Bob Reuter

Americana: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a week and a half away! Think of it as St. Louis Music's own official holiday, and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for a Music Award this year, introd ... 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 >>

The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: February 11 to 17

Perhaps one of the greatest joys of this here job is seeing what bands come up with for press photos. They range from strange and deranged to just plain silly (as shown above in string form). In case you missed it last year, my predecessor and now music editor Daniel Hill compiled a list of the 15 m ... More >>

Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost Releases Video for New Song: See It Before It Self-Destructs

Last week Left South Pictures released a new music video for the song "Dana Dew" by Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost. The song is the first single from the group's upcoming EP on Left South Records. The video is only available for a limited time only; we're told it will be pulled from the internet at 11:59 ... More >>

A Bad Man in a Dirty Old Town: Bob Reuter's Beautiful New Book

Every Friday afternoon, St. Louis listens to his sporadic and scratchy radio show and tries to dissect host Bob Reuter. Perhaps we should leave this task to the professionals. Trying to comprehend Reuter is like trying to piece together a four piece puzzle with no corners. See also: -The Complete ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: August 31 to September 2

Apparently some dude named Isaac is coming to town this weekend and he's expected to raise all sorts of hell all over the place, causing for the unexpected implementation of emergency plans for two big festivals. The Del Yeah! festival at Old Rock House has cancelled its outdoor acts and expanded th ... More >>

The Weather Channel Would Like To Tell You About Old Lights and Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost

A little perspective on this weekend's incoming storm, from the Weather Channel: "Look at the twenty degree difference between Thursday to Friday as a high. That is huge! We're talking about maybe needing a sweater and really, really wanting to be in the air conditioning...a bit of a stormy weekend ... More >>

2012 RFT Music Showcase Recap: Part One

We came. We saw. We heard. We completely bombarded Washington Avenue. As any of the hundreds in attendance will certainly attest, the RFT Music Showcase was a blast. Perfect weather, great drinks (Thanks Schlafly!), and fantastic performances all around. The schedule read like a choose-your-own-adve ... More >>

Sweat, Hot Food and Blazing Guitars: The Big Muddy Chili Cookoff in Photos

Big Muddy Records has always postured itself as more of a family than a profit-driven business venture, so when Big Muddy daddy Chris Baricevic rounded up label kinfolk and friends for a music-packed cookout over Memorial Day weekend, it seemed more like a family reunion (especially with all the act ... More >>

Big Muddy Records' Chili Cook-Off

2 p.m. Sunday, May 27. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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 >>

Maps and Atlases, Royal Bangs, and More Show Flyers

Maps and Atlases is coming to the Firebird this Saturday in support of its most recent album, Beware and Be Grateful. Also, the Firebird will also host Royal Bangs on Friday. More show flyers, below:

Americana: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

A Comprehensive Guide to Record Store Day 2012

This just in: Vinyl is BACK! Now in its fifth year, Record Store Day has made its international mark, recognized by labels, bands, and collectors worldwide. Celebrating the cultural impact of the independent record store, RSD offers everything from live performances to special discounts to limited e ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: April 13 to 15

So it seems that the weather is finally seasonally appropriate for the first time in 2012, but don't let the April showers keep you inside this weekend or else you're going to miss out on some great live music. We've got three local album release shows this weekend -- hip-hoppers Hawthorne Headhunte ... More >>

River City's Bob Reuter talks about his new album, Born There

Big Muddy Records Plans Free Releases From the Vault, Introduces the Groundhogs and Lonesome Cowboy Ryan

Since 2005, Big Muddy Records has been an influential and propellant force in the rock 'n roll underbelly of St. Louis. Operating around the taste of local everyman, Chris Baricevic, Big Muddy has established itself as "an independent record label, promoting authentic American music made by artists ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows this Weekend: February 24 to 26

Have you sufficiently recovered from last night's EP releases from Theresa Payne and iLLPHONiCS? Good, because there's more new local music in the hopper: Water Liars will release its much-ballyhooed debut, Phantom Limb, tonight at Off Broadway, and Lantern Lights will do the same at Foam Coffee & B ... More >>

Bird's Mile Home and Alley Ghost at Heavy Anchor, 8/5/11

Photo by Michael Dauphin​Show Recap: Bird's Mile Home | Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost | The Ghetto Tumbleweeds The Heavy Anchor August 8, 2011 It seemed like an unassuming night at the Heavy Anchor, and generally it was. Early in the evening, there were more folks out on the smoking patio than the ... More >>

Beat them Runes

Kemper Presents Concert Series Kicks Off March 4

On March 4, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University will be kicking off its annual Kemper Presents Concert Series with a performance from the Pernikoff Brothers. These seven free concerts -- which take place on Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. -- are open to the public, and take place in ... More >>

Leslie Sanazaro Returns with Daughters of Cambodia Tour, Album

Bob Reuter​Singer-songwriter Leslie Sanazaro has a free show tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wine Press (4436 Olive Street). This show holds particular meaning for her, though: She'll be debuting new songs from a forthcoming album, Daughters of Cambodia, which is due in May 2011. The album is ... More >>

Still Be Around: A Tribute to Uncle Tupelo

8 p.m. Saturday, December 4. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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 >>

Bob Reuter of Bob's Scratchy Records Discusses 45s, Bob Dylan Going Acoustic and -- What Else? -- Scratchy Records

The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

The 2010 RFT Music Award winners

Bob Reuter Documentary Among Music-Related Entries in the 2010 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

Each year, the Tivoli Theatre hosts the St. Louis Filmmaker Showcase, a film fest packed with workshops, lectures and films of all genres and lengths from local filmmakers. bobreuterstl.comBob Reuter ​This year, local visual art and music hold a strong presence in the films. Over a year ago, ... More >>

Black Diamond Heavies, Bob Reuter, Rum Drum Ramblers Kicking Off Memorial Day Right With a BYOB Show

Leave it to the south-side to help the Lou kick off its Memorial Day weekend right. On Friday night, May 28, Black Diamond Heavies is doing a show at Tom Huck's Evil Prints Studio (814 Vandeventer). Just $7 nets you a set from BDH, performances by Rum Drum Ramblers and Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost and ( ... More >>

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 >>

St. Louis Record Store Day Recap: Apop Records Spotlights Up-and-Comers Shaved Women, Maximum Effort and Glow Dick, Veterans Bob Reuter, Strangulated Beatoffs and Skarekrau Radio

Nick LucchesiBob Reuter performs at Apop Records on Record Store Day​On Saturday, April 17, St. Louis was treated to a whole day of BBQ, beer and full-blown sonic wonderment as Apop Records proudly hosted its second-annual Record Store Day since moving to the Gateway City in 2007. In the ag ... More >>

Record Store Day in St. Louis: What's Going on at Vintage Vinyl, Apop Records and Euclid Records?

[Update, April 14, 3 p.m.: Now updated with info on what's going on at Slackers!] On Saturday, April 17, record stores around the country are celebrating Record Store Day -- a time to unplug from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon MP3 (or torrent sites) and purchase tunes in-person. As enticement, Record S ... More >>

What's Up Magazine Presents City Sound Tracks Festival Along the MetroLink on Saturday, March 27

Nothing beats a good train song -- "Folsom Prison Blues," "Cannonball Rag" and the grandaddy of them all, "Mystery Train" -- and nothing beats a music festival in the spring, especially when you can get in for the price of a MetroLink train ticket. City Sound Tracks, a festival organized by What's U ... More >>

The 2009 RFT Music Awards Winners

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

Show Flyer: Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost CD Release Show at Off Broadway, Sunday, March 29

This week's homespun column is Christian Schaeffer writing about Bob Reuter's new album, Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost. He had this to say: On Alley Ghost, members of the Rum Drum Ramblers, 7 Shot Screamers and Johnny O & the Jerks back Reuter with snare drum, banjo, upright bass and harmonica. The r ... More >>

Show Flyer MP3 Info: Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost, The Wedge, Sunday, January 25

Big Muddy Records sends along an MP3 (below), flyer and this missive: "Big Muddy Records has just embarked upon a mission to spread the works of Bob Reuter above and beyond the limitations of this world. South City St. Louis is the heart of culture around here. I dare say that's a fact. Bob Reuter's ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, September 12 - 14

CD/DVD Release Shows for The Space Parlour: Live in St. Louis Series, Vol. 2

All Night Long, All Night

The weekend that was the RFT Music Awards Showcase

RFT 2006 Music Showcase

Bigger, better, and more dang fun than ever

And the Nominees Are...

Get a load of the nominees for our annual music awards extravaganza

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Cowboy Shooter

Kamikaze Cowboy's Bob Reuter shows off his work behind the camera

Card-Carrying Geniuses

The Must ... Rock lineup looks pretty good on paper

Ass Ponys and Bob Reuter

Friday, Nov. 9; Off Broadway

Best Alternative-Rock Bar

Rocket Bar

Bob Reuter, Blueberry, Dave Stone and Darin Gray.

Monday, March 12; Duff's Restaurant (392 N. Euclid Ave.).

Best Open Mic

Frederick's Music Lounge

Best New Photographer

Bob Reuter