Billy Joel

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to Play New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Where in the world isn't Pokey LaFarge these days? In the past year, he's made all sorts of waves -- on the radio, over the ocean and even on TV, culminating a wide range of adoring fans. Between appearing on Jools Holland's NYE Hootenanny, backing up Jack White and performing on HBO's Boardwalk Emp ... More >>

Romantic Misadventures and Song Selections for Karaoke Virgins

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

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The Six Best References To Drunk Driving In Song

The trifecta may be sex, drugs, and rock & roll, but at some point you have to get from point A to point B. Against its better judgement, rock & roll has gotten behind the wheel while intoxicated several times. We are not endorsing such an activity, but the risk factor of driving while intoxicated h ... More >>

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music

Anchorman 2 Will Make You Just-Kidding-But-Seriously Love Some Bad Seventies Songs Again

You probably saw this Thursday morning, attached to a mostly accurate quote on your Facebook news feed: Will Ferrell appeared as Ron Burgundy on Conan to announce Anchorman 2. That's great, and anybody who's ever derived any joy from quoting any movie will have long since dug their "I Love Lamp" shi ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan's Billy Joel Tattoo: Five Other Lyrics She Could Have Used

Photo credit to... what's that? You figured it out already? ​Lindsay Lohan got a Billy Joel lyric tattooed on her rib cage, and frankly we can't believe it took this long. The gossip mill says that, "It represented where she is in life and everything she's been through ... it signifies that sh ... More >>

Frances Bean Cobain And The Other Nine Hottest Offspring Of Musicians

Rocky Schenck​Today is Frances Bean Cobain's 19th birthday. Time flies, right? In celebration of Miss Frannie, we've compiled a list of hot rock 'n' roll spawn. These people have at least one rock star parent and their moms are frequently models. (Figures.) They are all totally bangable, and m ... More >>

The Gap Ruins Four Food Trends in One Leap

On Friday we thought Applebee's killed the food truck trend dead. But it was only the beginning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydishThe Gap puts tacos in jeans. ​ Meet Pico de Gap, a taco truck operated by The Gap in Los Angeles. Because having a trillion brick and mortar stores isn ... More >>

The Ten Most Facepalm-Inducing Uses of French in Pop Music: In Honor of Bastille Day

​Bastille Day is upon us, when all the world celebrates Louis XIV crossing the Delaware or something. We're not clear on the details, and on that front we join countless English-speaking pop and rock stars who took similarly haphazard forays into the Language of Love. In honor of the Frog's b ... More >>

The Five Most Bizarre Genre Crossovers

Why yes: That is one person.​It happens to the best of us: You do the same thing over and over (and over), so you feel the need for change -- or at least a good drink. For Beyonce, that meant a new personality: Sasha Fierce. For Vanilla Ice, it meant launching a hard-rock career. For Fred Durs ... More >>

Sarah Palin's Paul Revere And Three Mostly Accurate History Songs

by Bob Weinstein; Wikipedia. ​Note to self, as a future historical-figure-ghost: If Sarah Palin and Paul Revere are any indication, the best way to trend on Twitter 200 years after your death is to have someone controversial give a particularly strange recounting of your life's work, as inform ... More >>

Billy Brown on Sonic Youth, Record Store Day, and Drunk Reggae Fans

Photo by Jon Scorfina​In early January, Rolling Stone reported that vinyl sales had increased fourteen percent over the previous year with around 2.8 million units sold, making 2010 the best year for vinyl in recent memory. DJ Billy Brown is part of a new generation of music fans choosing rec ... More >>

The Ten Most Annoying Drunk-Sing-Along Songs

Wikimedia Commons​Mardi Gras is this weekend. For some, it's a reason to stay the hell away from Soulard. For others, it's the time to go on a bender for a few days. The latter scenario wreaks havoc on livers, arrest records -- and jukeboxes. Yes, throw alcohol into the mix, and sane, rational ... More >>

Someone in St. Louis Bought Elton John's Record Collection. Who Was It?

​Elton John is on the cover of the latest Rolling Stone. Haven't had a chance to read the whole article yet, but so far it reads great -- the performing legend talks about playing piano at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, about encouraging Billy Joel to write music again and of course, fatherhood. On ... More >>

Ten Musicians Who Don't Act Their Age

Last weekend, Chuck Berry gave fans in Chicago a scare: A New Year's Day concert ended prematurely after the 84-year-old fell ill. This gig aside, however, Berry remains a workhorse: Without fail, he plays monthly at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, and he told Rolling Stone last year that he's working o ... More >>

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Aqualung

9 p.m. Thursday, May 6. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Homespun: Spark1duh?

My Life with Dusty Wallets
(self-released)

Show Review Setlist: Billy Joel and Elton John at the Scottrade Center, Thursday, May 14

For the third time in 15 years, Billy Joel and Elton John have teamed up with their dueling pianos co-headlining tour. It's a fool-proof idea, really, and therefore no surprise that it drew a near-capacity crowd to the Scottrade Center last night. Both men have racked up dozens of hit songs and sol ... More >>

Billy Joel and Elton John

7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14. The Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Billy Joel and Elton John at the Scottrade Center, May 14

That's right -- Billy Joel and Elton John will be bringing their dueling piano tour to the Scottrade Center on Thursday, May 14. No ticket prices yet, but I'm sure I'll get 'em today, because tickets go on sale later this week.

STL Show Announcements, Week of January 13

Here are some of the new shows announced this week at venues around St. Louis! Pops * The AP Tour featuring Family Force 5/The Maine/3OH!3, Wednesday, April 15 Family Arena * Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry/Papa Roach/Saving Abel, Tuesday, February 17 Scottrade Center *Billy Joel and Elton John, ... More >>

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scene ... More >>

Vandalyzm Megatron Majorz CD Release Party at the Old Rock House, Sunday, February 17

Mapping Out the Birthplace of the Blues -- But Where's St. Louis?

Shift Happens

Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.

The In?

An American Cocktail

Daily Web Crawl

Billy Joel Sets the Record Straight about the Soviet Union

Salute the Dynasty

The River of Dreams

B-Sides gives you a guided tour of St. Louis through the eyes of Billy Joel, and provides three nifty downloads for the price of one.

Ur-body

Get they old art on

You've Got a Friend

We catch up with the Gentleman Callers, find out what Ron Jeremy has to do with school and examine how much James Taylor really sucks

Sing Us a Song

Aging piano man Billy Joel pleads for AC/DC's mercy

Copeland

Friday, June 10; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Rock Opera of Ages

Introducing Pyromania!, the show-stopping, arm-severing Def Leppard musical

Dance, Piano Man!

Twyla Tharp plays a stunning game of Twister with the Billy Joel songbook

Monk Business

Creating beauty, raising consciousness

Cowboy Him

A hometown boy's skills on the open range could win him $25K, Mariano Favazza offers a money-back guarantee, and Unreal gets to the seat of the issue at the new ballpark; plus, won't someone from the STL break the marathon-bowling record?

High Society

Tangerine's atmosphere may make you squirm, but the food will comfort and delight you

Piano Men

Key-ticklers at the Drake Bar and the Big Bang reinvigorate the old piano-bar concept

Voices Carry

Despite the vocal strength of the cast, it can't salvage the mediocre songs of Avenue X

Marty Stuart

Saturday, Dec. 15; Incahoots

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Hall Pass

Looking for influence, significance, development and perpetuation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Russian Roulette

A visit to Astoria European Cuisine yields mixed but largely enjoyable results

What Were the First Concert and the Last Concert You Attended?

Published the week of July 26-August 1, 2000

SOLDIER'S JOY

Beating the drum for the Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival

Album of Memories