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Dean Minderman

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    St. Louis' Fontella Bass Hit Paydirt 46 Years Ago With "Rescue Me"

    "Rescue Me" is ubiquitous in commercial culture, featured in everything from a Pizza Hut commercial to an edgy television show starring the delightful Dennis Leary. But before the song became entwined in the glitz and glam that comes with endorsements, "Rescue Me" was St. Louis native Fontella Bass ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    George Benson

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 2. The Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at Natural Bridge Road.

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    2010: The Year In Music

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 2. The Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at Natural Bridge Road.

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    The Best of 2009 in Music

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 2. The Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at Natural Bridge Road.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Lady Di's Blues Corner Documents Local Musicians and Venues

    (Piece by Dean C. Minderman) Blues enthusiasts know that the music is best experienced live, but when you can't get to one of St. Louis' blues clubs in person, you can still take in some of the sights and sounds online by visiting Lady Di's Blues Corner. The site features dozens of pages of photos a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Cookie's Jazz and More in Webster Groves Closing Saturday Night

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    Ear Burns: Our critics spew some haterade about 2008's bummer songs, albums and events

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2008

    The blues documentary M for Mississippi premieres this weekend, has St. Louis roots, while Black Spade sibling Tef Poe steps out from his brother's shadow with a new album, label and mixtape

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    August 27, 2008

    Diamonds in the Mud: A preview of the Big Muddy Blues Festival and a look at some niches in need of some Neil

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    Annual local music festival the Lot turns ten years old, and the Gramophone fills its Tuesday nights with the sounds of jazz

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    WAR's Suspect Originality -- and Seven Other Bands Like It...

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    The 2008 RFT Music Award Winners: The Results Are In!

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2008

    B-Sides takes a Jazz Journey and says hello to Ne-Yo

    T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run t ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Remaking Michael

    Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

  • Music

    February 27, 2008

    B-Sides marches to the beat of a 30-piece punk-rock marching band and explores the history of name-shifting

    Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Smooth Operators

    Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    This Week's Issue

    Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    This Week's Issue

    Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2007

    R.I.P. Eddie Fisher, Legendary St. Louis Jazz Guitarist

    Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

  • Music

    July 11, 2007

    If I Should Fall from Grace

    Kevin Buckley steps out of the basement and the Cunninghams come home.

  • News

    June 13, 2007

    Rock the Vote

    The 2007 RFT Music Awards winners are here!

  • Music

    April 4, 2007

    Kick out the jammies.

    A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies for B-Sides, while the Downtown Trio adds jazz and pizzazz to local TV staple the Fan Show.

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Jazzercise

    B-Sides covers, well, the covers repertoire of the Bad Plus and learns about Todd Mosby's newfangled imratgitar.

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Building a Mystery

    B-Sides gets the skinny on the renovations going on at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, and gets to the bottom of the MetroLink's sound installation.

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    History Never Repeats

    Local scientist/historian Dennis Owsley compiles a history of jazz, while Calexico talk about their new music.

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    Music Showcase Schedule

    The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts

  • Music

    August 30, 2006

    Old Black Water

    The Big Muddy Blues Festival is back and bigger than ever, while B-Sides finds out that Michael Bolton isn't an assclown and spotlights photography superstar Tammy Leahy,

  • Music

    June 21, 2006

    The Lexicon of Love

    B-Sides catches up with ABC's Martin Fry, discusses this year's Clayton Jazz Fest and shows off the next grand-slammin' St. Louis scene trading card

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    Hungry, So (Not) Angry

    A local music fan starts Broke & Hungry Records, Matador Records gets its videogame on and the debut of "Yo! RFT Raps"

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    A Bigger Fish to Fry

    B-Sides attends a local radio station's Lenten fish fry, explores why a local jazz TV program didn't get off the ground and recommends this week's primo download

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    Week of January 5, 2006

    “What a windfall for us ‘yokels’ to have an individual of his keen wit among us.”

  • Music

    January 4, 2006

    Let's Get It Started

    B-Sides cops to liking the Black Eyed Peas, talks to local-boy-done-good Marty Ehrlich and dreams up some new logos for American Idol contestants

  • Music

    December 28, 2005

    My Favorite Things

    2005's best and brightest albums

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    “When I glanced at your byline, I could have sworn it said ‘Born Miserable.’”

    2005's best and brightest albums

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    Margaritaville Lives

    We picnic with Parrotheads, get literary with book-minded bands and witness an old-fashioned blues royale

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    Sing Us a Song

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

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Buffet of Champions

    You came, you saw, you voted: the winners of the 2005 Riverfront Times Music Awards

  • Music

    June 1, 2005

    Bull Run and the Everlasting Gobstopper

    If Jay Farrar's titles don't have to make sense, then neither do ours

  • Music

    May 25, 2005

    100% Saxophone

    B-Sides bows down to the best bendy brass tube

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Murder Most Fun

    We compare killers and Killers, look into The Source and learn about the final recordings of a rock legend

  • Music

    March 16, 2005

    Papal Bull

    We introduce the highly scientific Marsalis Apostasy Index, teach you how to make your own Irish songs and discover the soundtrack to a vasectomy

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Jeff Coffin Mu'Tet

    Saturday, February 12; Broadway Oyster Bar (736 South Broadway)

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Song of the STL

    On Saturday, September 4, we tuned in to local musical frequencies in their vast and varied incarnations. What we heard, all day and all night:

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Jazz Hands

    Nineteen "monsters" of music come together in the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    The 2004 RFT Music Awards

    Nineteen "monsters" of music come together in the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

  • Music

    June 2, 2004

    Riverfront Times Music Awards '04

    Nineteen "monsters" of music come together in the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2004

    Love, Sweat, Chocolate

    A cupid's guide to the romantic happenings around town

  • Music

    November 26, 2003

    Stag Party

    Radar Station discovers obscure link between rock music and alcohol

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Rights Knocked

    Week of January 1, 2003

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