Twangfest's twitter just let me know that the four-day music festival confirmed several acts today. No venues or days listed yet, but these will take place between June 10 and 13.Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles
Bruce Robison
Daddy (featuring Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack)
Eilen Jewell
Some names trickled out a few weeks ago, but we can exclusively reveal the Twangfest lineup for this year's model, which takes place
from Wednesday, June 10, through Saturday, June 13.Wednesday (Pageant)Alejandro EscovedoHot Club of Cowtown
TBA
Thursday (Duck Room)
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys Bruce Robison Eilen Jewell
Brothers Lazaroff Friday (Duck Room)
Andre Williams Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles TBA
Jon Hardy and the Public Saturday (Duck Room)Jason Isbell and the 4
Friday, June 12
*Twangfest, featuring Andre Williams, Asylum Street Spankers, Jon Hardy & the Public, more, Duck Room
*Yowie/Upsilon Acrux/Aleuchatistas, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (late)
*Peter Brotzmann, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (early)
*The Northwoods, Off Broadway
*Colbie Caillat, Six Flags
*David Dee/Marcel Strong, Beale on Broadway
*Funky Butt Brass Band, The Gramophone
*Robin Trower/LOGOS, The Pageant
*The Saps et al, Cicero's
*Traindodge/33 On the Needle/Caporetto/Fumer, Firebird
Looking for a way to pass a lazy Saturday afternoon? Twangfest has your answer tomorrow starting at 1 p.m., as it presents a free day party called "Out of the Gate: A St. Louis Music Showcase" at the Schlafly Bottleworks. The lineup:1:00 pm - Corey Saathoff Band
2:00 pm - Trigger 5
3:00 pm - Melody Den
4:00 pm - LeadvilleDon't forget, Twangfest is still going on at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night at the Duck Room. Tonight's lineup includes Jon Hardy & the Public, Asylum Street Spankers, Sa
Want to hear live audio performances from Twangfest? Go here, sez twang guru Roy Kasten. There you'll find nifty cassette tape widgets and streaming live sets from Amy Lavere (who's back in town at Off Broadway in August), DADDY, Big Sandy, Jon Hardy & the Public, Andre Williams, Jason Isbell and a ton more!
Before we begin, a pledge. This review will not use the following words which fall like random keystrokes from a chimpanzee blogger's laptop: rock (or its derivations), crunchy, drunk, Americana, twang, testosterone, Neil Young, alt.country (or its derivations), wasted, and/or dudes.
In other words, we'll keep this short.
The Fox Theatre
*Mark Knopfler, Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Pageant
*Matisyahu, Monday, November 2
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, Thursday, November 19
*LMFAO, Friday, November 20
Blueberry Hill
*Chuck Berry, Wednesday, October 1
*The Hibernauts, Saturday, October 24
Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy!
Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs
1. Murphy Lee - You See Me
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Maxwell - Blacksummer's Night
4. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
5. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
6. Oliver Sain - St. Louis Breakdown
7. Michael Jackson - Thriller
8. Boys Like Girls -
