Beth Bombara

Local Record Store Day Wax from Tim Rakel's Extension Chord Records, Cassie Morgan, and More

It's one of the perks of this gig that, sometimes, Record Store Day comes a little bit early. The Vinyl Fairy has been making stops at my doorstep and leaving advances of this weekend's local wax offerings, which are every bit as exciting as, oh, the 1,000-quantity Todd Rundgren picture discs (or wh ... More >>

St. Louis Record Store Day 2013: A Comprehensive Guide

Mark your calendar and prepare your wallet: This Saturday, April 20, marks the sixth annual Record Store Day. Originally begun in 2008 as a way to pull music fans away from their computers and back into the already-dwindling brick-and-mortar shops, Record Store Day has grown larger with each passing ... More >>

The 2013 RFT Music Awards Nominees

Well, it's that time again, folks! Each year, we at RFT Music HQ present the RFT Music Awards, an annual celebration of the best and brightest musical acts St. Louis has to offer. The nominees are chosen by a crack team of industry insiders, dedicated die-hards and various other musical minds from o ... More >>

Weekend Round-up Review: SXSC Day One, Rat Heart, Bass Amp & Dan-O

All right, folks. Weekend two. Recap: For the month of March (and possibly longer/shorter depending on my funds, stamina, and sanity), I am seeing at least three local bands each weekend. The rules: the shows must fit a budget (who pays more than $8 to see a show?), predominantly local bands, and ... More >>

South By South City Fest to Overtake Off Broadway This Weekend

This weekend, Off Broadway is hosting the very first South By South City festival, a celebration of the St. Louis music scene inspired by SXSW fest in Texas. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night, $5 gets you in to see 5-6 native musical delights, plus samples of beer from the finest breweries in town. ... More >>

Help Us Select The 2013 RFT Music Awards Nominees

It's that time of year again! Each year RFT Music recognizes the hard work and exceptional talent of St. Louis' local musicians with the RFT Music Awards. In addition, our summer awards showcase on Washington Avenue provides St. Louisans a chance to see over 80 of these bands and musicians in action ... More >>

Pazz & Jop Results Are In! See this Year's Winners, Read Advice from St. Louis Artists

The Village Voice's annual critic's-list-to-end-all-critic's-lists, the venerable Pazz & Jop issue, is now in circulation. Each year the Voice polls hundreds of music critics in an effort to provide the most comprehensive list possible of the former year's most critically-acclaimed music. In additio ... More >>

The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: January 14 to 20

Whenever Kiernan Maletsky (remember that guy?) first announced to our small freelance music writing staff that Daniel Hill would be taking over the reigns at RFT Music, it was sort of emotional. Kiernan put in some really heartfelt words. It was nice. Daniel's response? He assured us all that the se ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 6 to August 12

This week's picks feature three rather large (as in a lot of bands) festival-type shows -- four if you count the 90s-fest happening at Verizon on Tuesday. On Friday, STL is the Movement 3 will go down at the Firebird; rappers Tef Poe, A-Game, Vega, Step or Get Left, Domino Effect, and ATG will perfo ... More >>

Beth Bombara, Karl Eggers and JJ Hamon on Tour Pacing and Harmonica Thieves

Beth Bombara is one of St. Louis' most talented -- and busiest -- musicians. She sings, plays keys and guitar in Old Lights, is the entire backing band for Cassie Morgan and maintains an active outfit under her own moniker. With banjo player Karl Eggers, she recently embarked on a tour of the West t ... More >>

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Lineup for June 2

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Pork Shop

Tower Groove Records: The Bands Discuss their First Double-LP Compilation

Photo by Dana Smith A backyard is as good a place as any to start a movement. That's where, in two separate neighborhoods over roughly nine months, 22 bands outlined the edges of a music collective, filled them in over beer and launched Tower Groove Records. They collected votes and took turns. The ... More >>

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Schedule

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase is two weeks away, on June 2. And here it is: 5 blocks, 14 stages, 74 bands and artists. Ten bucks gets you all the excellent St. Louis music you can absorb in one twelve hour span. And hey: At least for now, the forecast calls for an incredibly pleasant high of 89 degree ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 26 to April 1

Still tired from last week? Too bad, March is unrelenting. Time to down some coffee, eat some energy bars and pack in the protein (might we recommend some pink slime?) because this week is jam-packed with shows as well. On Friday, two guys named Pete who happen to be legends in their respective fiel ... More >>

Real World, St. Louis Music Edition: Launch Party Thursday at Atomic Cowboy

OK, without the house and we doubt anyone stops being polite. But the Chevy Music Showcase will feature twelve St. Louis artists in a TV series. Each of the bands will get a two-minute episode on KMOV Channel 4 (CBS) with performance and interviews, with full clips to be found online for free downlo ... More >>

Free New Year's Eve Party

11/11/11: Celebrate with the Eleven Magazine Cherokee Street Bash

​It's 11 11 11 folks, which probably means the apocalypse is coming. Or maybe all these elevens mean you should just buy lottery tickets or something. So, how will you users of the Gregorian calendar be celebrating 11/11/11? We have at least one suggestion: Our friends at Eleven magazine are ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do On Labor Day Weekend In St. Louis

​Welcome to our favorite Commie holiday, where we celebrate the laborers by taking Monday off and no longer wearing white. We'd say something about the coming of Fall, but our landlord just announced they've decided to keep the pool we share with a nearby apartment complex open until the end ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: August 12-14

​Welcome to the weekend. The heat wave's broken and there is no shortage of excuses to leave the house. Including Rum Drum Ramblers' vinyl release at the Gramophone tomorrow night. Stick around for the late show at the same venue for London Calling's five year anniversary party. Taylor Swift ... More >>

Behold, The Awesome Lineup For Tower Groove Records' Upcoming Carnival

​The nascent Tower Groove Records gets more exciting by the day. You can read, in our earlier story, more about the collective's inception and goals. Basically, several South City stalwarts decided it was time to pool their resources, and bands have been lining up to do the same. And while it ... More >>

Lucky Old Sons at Three Kings, 7/28/11

(crappy) photo by Kiernan Maletsky​The second of a pair of informal, free sets by laughing sock-hoppers Lucky Old Sons saw the quartet perform for an audience of exactly three (minus employees). Certainly not the bands' fault -- these sorts of sets reflect the whims of a venue's general audie ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World at the Pageant: The Beth Bombara Cover

Beth Bombara at last year's RFT Awards. Photo by Jon Gitchoff​Who is excited for Jimmy Eat World on Saturday? It's been six and a half years since the pop-punk band made an appearance in St. Louis, and we'll venture that a fair number of the fine readers of A to Z have made out with someone w ... More >>

Midwest Mayhem is Coming! Know Your Set Times

​KDHX's annual post-Spring fund drive massive blowout at the City Museum, Midwest Mayhem, is nearly upon us: It's tomorrow night, May 12. One noted St. Louis music expert (who is not affiliated with KDHX) says this is among his favorite nights of the year. I'm inclined to trust his opinions. ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 8 to 10

​It's FRIDAY, FRIDAY! Gotta get down on FRIDAY! Here's where you can find this weekend's FUN, FUN, FUN and partyin', partyin' (yeah), starting with locals Bikini Acid at Floating Laboratories and ending with Lil' Wayne and a few of his famous friends.

Ten Best Non-Mardi Gras Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: March 4 to 6

​This weekend kicks off the drunkest time of the year in St. Louis -- yes, it's Mardi Gras, the precursor to the days-long St. Patrick's Day celebration. All of the Mardi Gras listings and action is here. Some of the shows coming to town are here. And below, ten more events at which you won't ... More >>

Hear Beth Bombara's First Love Song for Free

​On Valentine's Day, Beth Bombara posted "Don't You Know" -- her "first love song," she says -- for free download over at ReverbNation. The song is from her late-2010 album, Wish I Were You. It's a strikingly beautiful song that starts with buckling banjo and then makes room for lush, lacy str ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: February 11 to 13

​Could it be? By Sunday the Ice of Doom will finally be starting to melt? Be still my heart! Go to these shows, then -- without fear of falling. And find some more ideas below. Friday Tef Poe Album Release @ The Gramophone The Force member celebrates the release of War Machine with a proper t ... More >>

The ten best local albums of 2010, as chosen by the RFT

A Very Bert Dax Christmas CD Release Shows

The Riverfront Times' Ten Best Local Albums of 2010

​In an age where bands can succeed or fail on the basis of one MP3, it's refreshing that full-length albums are alive and well in St. Louis. Each year, the Riverfront Times receives dozens of CD, MP3 and, occasionally, vinyl submissions for our local-review column, Homespun, and we do our best ... More >>

Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: December 3 to 5

​No getting around things: It's cold. Really cold. Still, there are plenty of reasons to leave the house this weekend. Start here with the music previews -- and continue below with more local goings-on. Friday Beth Bombara and Benjamin Riley @ The Map Room An acoustic apertif to your Friday n ... More >>

Homespun: Beth Bombara

Wish I Were You (self-released)

A Very Bert Dax Christmas Returns in 2010 With a CD, Holiday Shows

​Although it's still 70 degrees in St. Louis, it's already time to start thinking about the holidays. After a year off, the Matt Harnish-created A Very Bert Dax Christmas compilation is returning for 2010. A co-production with Pancake Productions, Volume 8 in the series is going to feature MIS ... More >>

Entre:Underground Goes Whole Hog -- And You Should Too!

image via​Hey buddy! Innerested in some of the good stuff? I know a guy, he can hook you up with some serious pork, nahmsayin? That's right, it's time for the second-ever Pork n' Roll, presented by Entre:Underground, purveyor of secretive St. Louis dinner parties. This year's event, scheduled ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend Night Two: Samuriot, Tenement Ruth, Beth Bombara and Cassie Morgan, The Orbz and The Hibernauts

Night two of An Under Cover Weekend featured a little something for everyone, a nice reminder of another one of the event's benefits: the ability to bring disparate crowds together. Most of this diverse crowd was still filtering in during Samuriot's opening set as third-wave ska legends Reel Big Fi ... More >>

Ten Things To Do This Weekend

image via1. Dogtown Street Musicians FestivalThis weekend marks the first ever Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Located between the 1200 - 1300 block of Tamm, this event will run Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 2. Funk Fest 5Go get funked up at Broadway Oyster Bar Saturday night, starting at ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend returns for more cover-song shenanigans

Your 2010 RFT Music Showcase Schedule is Right Here

​On June 5, the RFT Music Showcase is happening on Washington Avenue. All day, all night. Have you voted yet for your favorite bands? If not, I suggest you do that right here! Perhaps the schedule for the music showcase will spur on your clicking fingers. Read on below for the bands, venues an ... More >>

Hear an MP3 from Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine -- And Read our Feature Article On the Band

(photo by Jennifer Silverberg) In this week's print edition, Christian Schaeffer spoke with solo performers Cassie Morgan and Beth Bombara, who often join forces under the moniker Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine. The act's debut LP is Weathered Hands, Weary Eyes -- and in the article, Schaeffer desc ... More >>

Cassie Morgan and Beth Bombara craft sweet, melancholy folk music

The Safes

9 p.m. Saturday, October 17. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

In the Studio: Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine

(Welcome to In the Studio, a section on A to Z that spotlights -- what else? -- local artists in the studio. If you are also recording/recently recorded -- or are a studio engineer/producer and working with people -- email me, with the phrase "In the Studio" in the subject heading.) Cassie Morgan (l ... More >>

Death Vessel

8 p.m. Friday, May 29. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

2009 RFTMusic Showcase Schedule! Right Here!

Just before we adjourned for the three-day weekend, I received the lineup/schedule for this year's RFT Music Showcase, on Sunday, June 7. Here's the full list of nominees -- and don't forget to vote for your faves! And if you have any complaints/gripes -- I don't want to hear them, because I didn't ... More >>

Winning the War: The 2009 RFT Music Awards nominees and annual music showcase are here!

Homespun: Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation, self-titled EP

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation's self-titled EP. He had this to say: Last year, singer-songwriter Beth Bombara released Abandon Ship, a tidy EP of mostly acoustic songs that paired understated sonics with her sweet, distinct voice. She retu ... More >>

Homespun: Beth Bombara & the Robotic Foundation

Beth Bombara & the Robotic Foundation
(self-released)

Beth Bombara

Abandon Ship
(self-released)