John Henry

Killer Blues to Install Headstones at the Graves of Stagger Lee, Milton Sparks This Weekend

All too often we read stories about aging, sometimes-forgotten music legends that slowly wallow away into obscurity. Highly influential music pioneers get left in the pits of financial hell when -- if there was any justice in the music business (spoiler alert: there truly isn't) -- these legends' e ... More >>

2012: The Year in St. Louis Music

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 >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: August 10 to 12

Saturday dominates this week's post with a commanding 70% of all picks for the week, though it should be noted that one of our picks, the Open Highway Music Festival at Off Broadway, technically takes place on each of the three weekend days, putting Saturday's lead at eight out of twelve -- or 66 an ... More >>

Will Hoge on Coronations, Stonehenge and Getting Tattooed in St. Louis

Will Hoge may be the hardest-working musician you've never heard of. A Nashville guitarist who traded his teaching dreams for songwriting, Hoge tried his hand in minor bands before getting noticed as a solo artist at the turn of the century. Despite not having his own hit song (and, oddly, watching ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: June 8 to 10

Another weekend of great St. Louis shows: Hot 104.1's Super Jam is this weekend at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, and in case you missed it Master P got added to the already stacked bill -- No Limit soldiers, take note. Twangfest also continues this weekend with shows Friday and Saturday at Off Broa ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

JD McPherson at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 4/26/12: Recap

JD McPherson Blueberry Hill's Duck Room April 26, 2012 JD McPherson's signature song, "North Side Gal," is a hit waiting for a chart, a single looking for a jukebox, an irresistible dance number on its way to a rockabilly rhythm & blues sock hop that doesn't exist anywhere, save all the joints where ... More >>

Real World, St. Louis Music Edition: Launch Party Thursday at Atomic Cowboy

OK, without the house and we doubt anyone stops being polite. But the Chevy Music Showcase will feature twelve St. Louis artists in a TV series. Each of the bands will get a two-minute episode on KMOV Channel 4 (CBS) with performance and interviews, with full clips to be found online for free downlo ... More >>

John Henry & the Engine

Sad Face of Yours EP
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The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 22 to 24

Joy Formidible (Wikimedia Commons)​Flip a coin: there's no other way to choose which of the excellent shows to attend this weekend. Whether your betting tastes lean toward the Joy Formidable's melodic fuzz from across the pond, or Ha Ha Tonka's Bible-Belt punk from St. Louis' backyard, odds ar ... More >>

Helen Fitzgerald's Steve Buncher: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Helen Fitzgerald's bar manager Steve Buncher. Below is a Q&A with Buncher, followed by the recipe for his "Triple S" shot. Katie Moulton​ When Girl Walks In ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: March 25 to 27

​Let us not speak of the weather, shall we? On the main music page, here are previews of many shows happening this weekend, including Margot and the Nuclear So & So's with Union Tree Review and Sleepy Kitty tonight and Mount Kimbie on Sunday, while below are ten more good bets for this weekend ... More >>

Helen Fitzgerald's Steve Buncher: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Helen Fitzgerald's bar manager Steve Buncher. Below is a Q&A with Buncher, followed by the recipe for his "Triple S" shot. Katie Moulton​When Girl Walks int ... More >>

Review: Lucero at Off Broadway, Tuesday, December 7

Jon GitchoffLucero's Ben Nichols at Off Broadway​When I interviewed Ben Nichols a couple weeks back, the singer recognized that St. Louis was due a proper Lucero show. After the band's LouFest set was cut short due to Nichols' health, and its previous Off Broadway gig was slightly interrupted ... More >>

A Road Playlist for Tony La Russa

TLR, Bob Schneider and the Twitter bird. Don't ask me, but the image works.​Tony La Russa is driving home. Rather than flying home after the season, he's taking his time heading back to the Bay Area this year and recreating a trip he took in 1996, which you all may recall was the year he took over ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18

Friday, April 16 *Ben Folds/Matt Pond PA, Chaifetz Arena *Flobots, Webster University *Mint Condition, The Pageant *Cheer-Accident/Conformists/Spelling Bee, Schlafly Tap Room *The Sparkle Rainbow Sunshine Jamboree Benefit, featuring Fattback, Red Headed Strangers, Peck of Dirt, Theodore, Magic City, ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Mardi Gras in Soulard, "Bloody Valentine Eve" at the Crack Fox, The Hood Internet at the Gramophone, Langhorne Slim at Off Broadway

Welcome back to the work week. That is, if you're one of the unlucky ones (like us) who doesn't have President's Day off. Oh, well. Pretend like you have a three-day weekend by checking out our coverage of the past couple days. Mardi Gras in Soulard Photo: David WalthallSee our NSFW Mardi Gras sli ... More >>

Photos: Langhorne Slim Last Night at Off Broadway, February 12, 2010

Last night at Off Broadway, Langhorne Slim (born Sean Scolnick in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) played his style of folk music with openers April Smith & the Great Picture Show of Brooklyn, New York, and locals John Henry and The Engine. Photographer Jon Gitchoff was there and he brings back these ph ... More >>

Win a Pair of Langhorne Slim Tickets!

Langhorne Slim and April Smith & the Great Picture Show are performing together on Friday night at Off Broadway. John Henry and the Engine is also on the bill. We have a pair of tickets for the show -- just leave a comment below with a valid email address and your full name, stating why you want to ... More >>

Vote for Ass Clown of the Week!

​Another week, another round Darwin-defying cretins who made local headlines. You know the rules: Vote for the person you feel was the biggest idiot this week. 1. John Henry: A Missouri man arrested this weekend for possession of drug paraphernalia and what looked to be tools and supplies for a na ... More >>

Message To Cop Lands Meth Head in Jail; Suspect Wrote Insult on Camo Jumpsuit

Montgomery County JailJohn Henry sans camo jumpsuit​Dumb and dumber were driving through rural Missouri just before midnight last Saturday when a Wellsville cop pulled over their vehicle. Upon questioning the two men, the police officer noticed one of them -- John Henry, 28 -- with an unusual mess ... More >>

MP3: John Henry and the Engine, "I Don't Wanna Know"

​ Apologies to the band: I spaced on posting this MP3 last Friday, before its CD release show at Off Broadway. Here's a new song from John Henry & the Engine, "I Don't Wanna Know," which is the title track to its new vinyl EP. The band is playing the Bluebird Music Festival in Columbia this w ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11

Friday, October 9 *They Might Be Giants/Guggenheim Grotto, The Pageant *The Bottle Rockets/Otis Gibbs, Duck Room *Maxwell/Chrisette Michele/Common, Scottrade Center *Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Cicero's *Street Dogs, Pop's *Essince, Vintage Vinyl *Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, Broadway Oyster Bar *A ... More >>

Covering the Bases: Mike Tomko hosts his third Under Cover Weekend

Tonight! Ha Ha Tonka at Off Broadway New MP3

Tonight at Off Broadway, Springfield's own Ha Ha Tonka is headlining a bill with Magnolia Summer and John Henry and the Engine. The band's forthcoming album, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, was recorded at Sawhorse Studios with Jason McEntire. We had this to say: Ha Ha Tonka's 2007 al ... More >>

St. Louis at SXSW: The Pragmatic, Black Spade, Theodore and more

Going into SXSW this year, I was curious to see how the economic meltdown was going to affect the festival. I had heard that fewer labels were having showcases, and fewer journalists and label employees were attending. More people I know personally went down to Austin on their own dime, with no plan ... More >>

Texas Tornado: St. Louis bands make a solid showing at SXSW

SXSW: Local St. Louis Bands Going?

So, this year's model of SXSW snuck up on me: Two weeks from now, I'll be in Austin running around in eighty different directions, music surrounding me from the second I step off the plane. Accordingly, I'm a bit behind as to who from St. Louis is going this year. So far, my list includes:Official s ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: February 27 to March 1

Friday, February 27*John Henry and the Engine/One Lone Car, Off Broadway*St. Louis Blues Festival, Chaifetz Arena*John Prine, Touhill*Celebrity Autopsy, Lemmons*Fattback/Dirty 30's, The Gramophone*Hooten Hallers, Schlafly Tap Room*Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Cicero's*Leslie Sanazaro Duo, ... More >>

B-Sides traces the history and evolution of the power ballad in honor of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, and examines An Under Cover Weekend's '80s and '90s participants

An Under Cover Weekend Participants Announced

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, July 11 to 13

John Henry and the Engine Under the Yellow Moon Release Show Saturday, April 12, at Off Broadway with the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

John Henry & the Engine

Under the Yellow Moon
(Home Tone Records)

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

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Jason Isbell

St. Louis Weekend Round-up, October 12-14

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Rising South

The Drive-By Truckers are making their homeland universal

Inside the Butt Kisser's Studio

Caitlin Cary gets the full-on Lipton treatment

American Originals

Saint Louis Art Museum exhibits its world-class collection of prints and drawings

Momus

Folktronic (Le Grand Magistery)

Flourescent

The 2000 Valley of Flowers Festival promises something for everyone

Pot of Gold

Waxing nostalgic and enthusiastic over the offerings of the Sheldon's "Folk Music in the Melting Pot" series