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George Harrison

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Official First-Ballot Inductees to the Simpsons' Music Hall of Fame: I Bent My Wookie

    The sheer longevity of The Simpsons would be impressive if it wasn't so frightening. Consider: A person born on the day of the first non-Tracey Ullman Show episode is now 22 years old. And if characters from the show actually aged, Bart Simpson would be three years away from being able to assume the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    How Beatlemania Extended to a Southern Illinois Town

    Beatlemania is arguably the most expansive musical frenzy in modern history, so it's not surprising that places big and small would try to latch on to every bit of the Fab Four's legacy. But it may be a revelation to some that the mania extended to Benton, Illinois, a smallish town located in the L ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2011

    Can musicians find new audiences through tribute nights?

    Beatlemania is arguably the most expansive musical frenzy in modern history, so it's not surprising that places big and small would try to latch on to every bit of the Fab Four's legacy. But it may be a revelation to some that the mania extended to Benton, Illinois, a smallish town located in the L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Peter Frampton Comes Alive! in St. Louis: Five Other Albums That Should Be Taken On Tour

    Frampton's Still Alive!​Classic rock fans, recently empty-nested mothers, and talkbox enthusiasts take note: Peter Frampton is going to play the iconic Frampton Comes Alive! in its entirety in St. Louis, part of a 35th Anniversary tour that will see the 1970s rocker play his classic live doubl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    The Last Waltz Tribute is Back: A Mercifully Flashing-Free Chat with Johnny Vegas

    Once a year, the Stag Nite All-Stars form a ramshackle convergence to pay loving, egg-nog-addled tribute to The Last Waltz, arguably the most famous concert in history. Spearheaded musically by Mark Moynihan of Racketbox, the group also includes members of a dozen-odd other south city mainstays. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Paul Simon at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, 11/15/11: Review and Setlist

    Kiernan Maletsky​Paul Simon | Punch Brothers Fabulous Fox Theatre November 15, 2011 Paul Simon still takes a wide stance when he gets into it. He tosses his hands for emphasis of his words, he converses his lines with an unseen foil. His voice belies his 70 years. Close your eyes and you can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Mumford and Sons, Ke$ha, the Avett Brothers, Wilco and Tornado Warnings: Beale Street Diary

    Katie Moulton​Ed: Last weekend, the Beale Street Music Festival welcomed one of the stranger lineups of the season to Memphis: Cee-Lo Green, Ke$ha, Mumford & Sons, Jon Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams, Wilco, Gregg Allman and more. We sent Katie Moulton on a last minute road-trip and she brought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Contest! Win a Concert for George Deluxe Prize Pack!

    ​On March 22, Concert for George -- the 2002 tribute concert in honor of the late Beatle George Harrison -- was released on Blu-ray for the first time. The night featured artists such as Eric Calpton, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney and Tom Petty playing Harrison's songs and honoring his life and l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

    recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Contest! Win a Ravi Shankar-George Harrison Boxed Set!

    A shot of the boxed set​This is a cool one: On October 19, Dark Horse Records/Rhino Entertainment released a limited-edition, deluxe boxed set titled Ravi Shankar George Harrison Collaborations. The 3xCD/1xDVD set honors Shankar's 90th birthday and features a 56-page hardbound Book, 3 CDs in r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2010

    Concert Review: Midlake Floods the Old Rock House with Old and New Folk Rock, May 15, 2010

    Dana PlonkaJesse Chandler and Tim Smith of Midlake​ The weather was Midlakian, if ever weather was. Mist and cloud vapors, a drizzle that came and went, all left the streets around the Old Rock House shining. Midlake, a Denton, Texas rock band, hadn't performed in St. Louis in years, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Some Happy VD Reading, Courtesy of Our Friends at The Pitch

    image source​The Plog, the news blog of Riverfront Times' sister paper in Kansas City, The Pitch, runs a delightful weekly feature called Studies in Crap in which Crap Archivist Alan Scherstuhl "brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Are Those Sleigh Bells We're Hearing? Nah, It's Just More Holiday Album Fun with Pet Shop Boys, Beatallica, REO Speedwagon and Michael McDonald...

    In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer spotlights a number of this year's top holiday releases. Here are several more festive releases that you might have missed. But are you really missing anything? Read on...​The Pet Shop Boys, Christmas Unlike your grandmother's fruitcake, which is always an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Homespun: The Hibernauts, Velvet Suit

    In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews the Hibernauts' new album, Velvet Suit. Suit opens with the slow-grower "Make Me a Son," which unfolds with plaintive piano chords, some George Harrison-inspired slide guitar and a string section. Where the Hibernauts of old couldn't wait to get to ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    The Hibernauts Velvet Suit

    Velvet Suit
    (self-released)

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Fitter, Happier, More Productive: M. Ward's Hold Time

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican!: What's so brave about Niños Héroes?

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    Show Review Setlist: The Eagles at the Scottrade Center, September 20, 2008.

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Second Spin: Sea Level, Cats on the Coast

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    The Nation's First Beatles Museum to Open in Branson

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2008

    Show Review: Iron and Wine at the Pageant, Friday, June 13

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    Clue To Kalo

    9 p.m. Wednesday, April 2. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

  • Home Entertainment

    January 30, 2008

    Donkey Punch

    Week of January 31, 2008

  • Home Entertainment

    December 5, 2007

    Cellar Beware

    Week of January 31, 2008

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    The Treasury

    9 p.m. Monday, December 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Tabla for Two, Please

    9 p.m. Monday, December 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    South by Southwest by Annie

    Check out our exhaustive recap of Austin's indie-rock fest.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2007

    SXSW: St. Louis Wrap-up

    Check out our exhaustive recap of Austin's indie-rock fest.

  • Music

    June 1, 2005

    Hype Goggles

    What will the beloved bands of '05 look like when the buzz wears off?

  • Music

    March 23, 2005

    Dave Mason

    Thursday, March 24; Bottleneck Blues Bar in the Ameristar Casio, 1260 South Main Street, St. Charles

  • Film

    May 19, 2004

    Blessed Are the Cheese Makers

    Monty Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

  • Music

    May 5, 2004

    High Score

    Sometimes the worst movies have the best soundtracks

  • Music

    April 28, 2004

    Bonnie Bramlett

    Thursday, April 29; Generations

  • Music

    November 26, 2003

    Various Artists

    Concert for George (Warner Strategic)

  • Film

    October 1, 2003

    Film Openings

    Week of October 1, 2003

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    David Bowie

    Reality (ISO/Columbia)

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    Abbey Roadkill

    The Aerovons were this close to becoming America's Beatles. What happened?

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Plucky Seven

    The New Pornographers play the sounds of summer. Hawaiian shirts optional.

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    Panjabi MC

    Beware (Sequence)

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Musiq

    Juslisen (Def Soul)

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Unhappy Accident

    Dee Dee Ramone died the same way he lived -- by accident

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    Guarding Angel

    Week of January 16, 2002

  • News

    January 2, 2002

    They Take the Heat

    Week of January 2, 2002

  • Music

    November 28, 2001

    Paul McCartney

    Driving Rain (Capitol)

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Sitar Star

    One of the world's pre-eminent sitar players, Imrat Khan once taught the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Now he teaches at Washington University.

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    Baby, Get Back

    "Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    Single Serving

    Willis Alan Ramsey recorded one classic record in 1972 and hasn't followed it up ... yet

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of June 28-July 4, 2000

  • Music

    June 7, 2000

    XTC

    Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Volume 2) (TVT Records)

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