E Street Band

SXSW 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phosphorescent, Natalie Maines, Richard Thompson, China Rats and More: Review and Photos

This happened: Laura Cantrell, a New York-based country singer and songwriter, shared a stage with two friends, Rosie Flores and Kristi Rose, backed by Fats Kaplin and Mark Spencer, two of the finer musicians in a town that, on this or any week, affords some stiff competition. The trio of voices fil ... More >>

Open Highway Music Festival at Off Broadway, 8/11/12: Review, Photos and Setlists

A block away from Off Broadway at sundown, you could see the glint of light on pearl snaps and smell the macaroni and cheese, bacon and apple butter melting on Texas toast. It was the final night of the first Open Highway Music Festival and the Cheese Shack food truck was cooking. Looking for jam ba ... More >>

Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Do it Right: SXSW 2012 Day 3

Thursday, March 15, 2012 1 p.m. SXSW is time machine, not always dialed towards the future. Though the clubs change names every season, the gimmicks get more and more outrageous -- witness the skyscraper-sized vending machine stocked with minivan-sized bags of chemically-enhanced corn chips whose n ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen Tour Dates, E Street Lineup Announced

Bruce Springsteen's long awaited 2012 US tour dates are out and, at lest in this first batch, the closest he'll come to St. Louis is an April 17 show in Cleveland and an April 12 show in Detroit. A stop here could be announced at a later date -- there is a tantalizing week between the Cleveland show ... More >>

Dave Alvin with the Skeletons at Off Broadway, 7/7/11: Review, Setlist

Roy KastenDave Alvin and the Guilty Ones huddle at Off Broadway​ Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones | The Skeletons Off Broadway July 7, 2011 Just a few hours before the show, F-4 tornadoes flirted with the far outskirts of the metro area, thunderstorms capable of producing shot-glass-sized hail p ... More >>

The Ten Most Effective American Protest Songs

This one doesn't make the cut, unfortunately.​It's Fourth of July weekend, and in the haze of the heat, barbecue, domestic beer, and red-white-and-blue buntings, it's easy to get caught up in ranting-chanting, "USA! USA! USA!" The founding fathers and a lot of musicians might not agree with ... More >>

Clarence Clemons' Five Best Saxophone Solos with the E Street Band

wikimedia commons​Clarence Clemmons, longtime saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has suffered a stroke. We don't yet know the extent of it, but this is grave news regardless: The Big Man has been suffering from deteriorating health recently. Our most ardent well-wished go to him ... More >>

Tom Gabel gives a state of the union on his long-running punk project, Against Me!

Interview, Part Two: Max Weinberg on His Time with Conan O'Brien, Taking Advice from Ringo Starr and Being a Business Man

(This is part two of our interview with E Street drummer Max Weinberg. Part one can be found here. Max Weinberg and his Big Band are at the Argosy Casino in Alton tonight.)Image via​Matt Wardlaw: As you alluded to, you're really playing some intimate venues on this tour, which is really cool. ... More >>

Interview: Max Weinberg on His New Big Band and Feeling "1000 Percent" After Heart-Repair Surgery

courtesy of ​The percussive power of legendary E. Street Band drummer Max Weinberg provides the backbone for an endless soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen classics, the results of a creative partnership that's spanned nearly 40 years. In the early '90s, Weinberg was introduced to a whole new gene ... More >>

Review Setlists Photos: Avett Brothers, with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Cut the Pageant Wide Open, Friday, September 24

Jason StoffThe Avett Brothers at the Pageant. More photos here.​"I am a breathing time machine," Scott and Seth Avett sang at the very end of last night's show at the Pageant, passing the lines around like a bluegrass villanelle. After ten years and probably a thousand shows with a band that s ... More >>

Five New Local Songs to Hear: Rockwell Knuckles, Jumbling Towers, Union Tree Review, Jon Hardy & the Public, Via Dove

In recent weeks, a bunch of local bands unleashed new music on the masses. Here's a brief round-up. Know of anything else? Leave a comment. Your Fall Jam Union Tree Review, "Interstate" Fall is now officially here, says the calendar. Thankfully, Union Tree Review is here to provide your scarf-weari ... More >>

The Top Ten St. Louis Concerts of 2009

We reviewed a lot of shows this year -- nearly 100, judging by the number of posts in the "Show Reviews" archive. Deciding which 2009 concerts comprised the creme de la creme wasn't easy, to say the least. However, the following stood out from the pack. What did we miss? What were your favorites thi ... More >>

Readers think the Boss, birther bashing and anvil shooting is a blast

Review Setlist Photos: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at Scottrade Center, Sunday, October 25

For the second time in fourteen months, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a non-stop, sweat-soaked, guitar-tossing, request-taking concert at the Scottrade Center. Springsteen's mission was clear: During "Working on a Dream" he claimed that he and the band were in town to "fulfill a sol ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Bruce Springsteen, Victorian Fetish Ball, A Place to Bury Strangers and Samantha Crain

It was a weekend for great concerts in St. Louis. We also saw the pre-Halloween parties begin. Here's a recap of our weekend coverage.Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure NightclubPhoto: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos from Saturday night's Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure Nightclub. Some photos are NSFW (Not Saf ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25

Friday, October 23 *MUTEMATH/As Tall As Lions, The Pageant *Jon Hardy & the Public/Sleepy Kitty/Murder City Players, Firebird *Tribute to Warren Zevon, featuring Bob Reuter, Rough Shop, et al, Off Broadway *D. Rider/The Conformists, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *The Lovin' Spoonful, Argosy Casino/ ... More >>

Video: Bruce Springsteen Talking About Chuck Berry

Yup, that's right, folks: Sunday is finally the return of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. They'll be playing at the Scottrade Center at 7:30 p.m. Part of the show will be a run-through of Born to Run in its entirety. And the rest? Well, up to the whims of the Boss. Check back Monday for our ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25. The Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Bruce Springsteen's Playing Born to Run Here on October 25. Beware of Crowd-Surfing!

Heard this rumor last night, but it turns out Kevin Johnson confirmed this Friday: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be playing the 1975 classic album Born to Run in its entirely at the Scottrade Center show on Sunday, October 25. Really, though, fans in front should be more alert for som ... More >>

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of August 4

Firebird *All Leather, Saturday August 22 *The Incurables, Saturday, August 22 (late show) *Ready the Destroyer/Sink the Bismark, Monday, August 24 *Pretty Little Empire/Theodore/Paper Dolls, Tuesday, August 25 *Hurts to Laugh, Friday, August 28 *Titus Andronicus, Tuesday, September 8 *These United ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Tickets On Sale Saturday

Get your ticket-buying fingers ready: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is confirmed to be returning to the Scottrade Center on Sunday, October 25. Tickets are on sale this Saturday, August 8, at 10 a.m. No word yet on ticket prices. I'll update this post when I know.

Garage, Inc.: Little Steven brings his garage-rock radio show back to the St. Louis airwaves

Working Class Hero: A tag-team review of Bruce Springsteen's new studio album

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

Tag-Team Review: Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream

Today, Bruce Springsteen releases Working on a Dream, his sixteenth studio album. To mark the occasion, writers Steve Kozel and Christian Schaeffer had an e-mail volley over the merits of the new work. Steve Kozel: Working On A Dream starts with the eight-minute Western epic, "Outlaw Pete," which c ... More >>

Rock Math: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Greatest Hits

(Welcome to Rock Math, where each week Ryan Wasoba will explain a newly released album with the aid of a mathematical equation.) Band: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Album: Greatest Hits Label: Columbia (available exclusively at Wal-Mart) Equation: Equation of an Ellipse ... More >>

Xmas Jams: A roundup of 2008's best Christmas albums

Bravo, Boss: Springsteen may have been late, but man, was he great

Show Review Setlist Photos: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Scottrade Center, Saturday, August 23

Video: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, St. Louis, Scottrade Center, August 23, 2008 -- "Then She Kissed Me," "Rendezvous," "Adam Raised a Cain," more!

Over the Weekend: Springsteen, Obama, Festival of Nations, The Lot Concert, South Grand Nightlife

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 23. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue

Ticket Prices for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Scottrade Center, August 23, 2008

Exclusive: View the Lineup for the Lot, Saturday, August 23 at the Schlafly Tap Room

New Bruce Springsteen single on iTunes -- for FREE!

100% Saxophone

B-Sides bows down to the best bendy brass tube

Swinging State

Kerry may have given up on Missouri, but musicians haven't

Rock Thee House

Thee Lordly Serpents mix garage rock with (gasp!) actual songwriting

Patti Scialfa

23rd Street Lullaby (Columbia)

Marah

Wednesday, April 14; Off Broadway

Boyd Tinsley

True Reflections (RCA/Bama Rags)

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 28, 2002

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Friday, August 30; Savvis Center

List-omania

RFT music geeks pick the best recordings of 2001

Hall Pass

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

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Kiel Center; Saturday, April 8

The Price You Pay

Getting Springsteen tickets will cost you, one way or another