John Prine

Country: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

The Pines

8 p.m. Thursday, September 13. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From September 10 to 16

Under normal circumstances I despise inane small talk and "how's the weather" chatter, but for the purposes of filling these show-pick-posts' opening paragraphs with content, its a consistent fallback. That said, I wore a jacket outside this weekend! WHOA HOLY SHIT. Sometimes I think I could write ... More >>

Brandi Carlile Breaks Through

Dave Matthews Band at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 7/11/12: Review and Setlist

Dave Matthews Band | Brandi Carlile July 11, 2012 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Dave Matthews has exceeded the usual confines of a musician. He is an idea, a cultural shorthand, a punchline, a hero. No less a songwriter than Brandi Carlile (much more on her in next week's print edition), who opene ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: June 29 to July 1

This weekend (Friday, to be specific) St. Louis will play host to the record releases of three of its finer bands: CaveofswordS release its debut offering on Friday at Heavy Anchor (click here for a profile of the band by Christian Shaeffer), Aquataine (formerly Supermoon, then Super Maroon) release ... More >>

Jason Isbell is Moving to Nashville and Getting Sober, but He's Not Starting Over

Although he's a good 11 years into his musical career, it seems as though Jason Isbell (Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, ex-Drive-By Trucker) -- playing Friday, June 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard) is just now settling into a comfortable place as an artist. After sweating it o ... 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 >>

Craig Finn and Mount Moriah at Off Broadway, 2/10/12: Review and Setlist

Kholood EidCraig Finn puts smiles on faces.​Craig Finn | Mount Moriah Off Broadway February 10, 2012 People still talk -- and most of them were doing so through all but the quietest numbers last night, but I digress and we're only three words in -- of the one-and-only show by the Hold Steady ... More >>

Ryan Adams at the Peabody Opera House, 1/31/12: Review, Illustrations and Setlist

Ryan Adams | Jason Isbell Peabody Opera House January 31, 2012 Ryan Adams has had a troubled relationship with himself and with his music, which forms much of the the narrative of his later career. Many of his fans have held similarly ambivalent opinions about his work. It has been difficult to be ... More >>

John Prine and Jason Isbell at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, 12/4/11: Review and Setlists

Roy KastenJohn Prine stands and delivers at the Touhill​John Prine | Jason Isbell Touhill Performing Arts Center December 3, 2011 Why is John Prine so beloved? He's never had a major hit of his own, never really crossed over from the folkie netherworlds, never, as a touring musician, done muc ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: December 2 to 4

Kinky Friedman. Photo by Nicole Weingart​The leftovers are finally gone and the Christmas lights all over the place no longer cause us to grit our teeth. So what better way to celebrate the Season than with a double-bill of Hanukkah mayhem and irreverence tonight at Off Broadway? Kinky Friedm ... More >>

John Prine

8 p.m. Saturday, December 3. Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at Natural Bridge Road.

Gin Blossoms, John Prine Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Slow week for announcements, but there are some gems up in here: Remember the '90s? Yeah, they like, weren't that long ago, and just when we thought we were nearing the end of this otiose, pervasive nostalgia, Lumiere Place comes to the rescue with October shows from Better Than Ezra and the Gin Blo ... More >>

Josh Ritter

8 p.m. Friday, July 22. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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 >>

Joe Pug

8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Concert Review: Band of Heathens and Deer Tick Scare Up Bluesy Rock at Off Broadway, Sunday, October 31

Kate McDanielDeer Tick @ Off Broadway​At first blush, a Band of Heathens and Deer Tick double bill at Off Broadway seemed a strange pairing. First blushes, however, are no match for good guitars, good songs and a damn good Halloween party.

Deer Tick goes its own way on The Black Dirt Sessions

Hear Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three's Newport Folk Festival Set

Courtesy of NPR, you can listen to Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three's Newport Folk Festival set from last weekend. Back in April, it was announced that the band would be performing at the world-famous festival, which also featured Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Levon Helm, John Prine, Avett B ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 21-27

= local, * = coming to town ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers 2. Tom Petty - Mojo* 3. Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic 4. Robert Randolph And The Family Band - We Walk This Road 5. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 6. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows - Songs Of ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 31-June 6

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers* 2. Jack Johnson - To The Sea 3. National - High Violet* 4. Jayhawks - Bunkhouse Album 5. Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 6. Bettye LaVette - Interpretations:British Rock Songbook 7. Roky Erick ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 24- May 30, 2010

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers* 2. Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 3. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street 4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 5. Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards 6. White Stripes - Under Great White Norther ... More >>

R.I.P. Larry Weir, 1953-2010

Sara Finke/KDHX​Officially, Larry Weir was the longtime operation manager at KDHX (88.1 FM) and host of the program "Songwriters Showcase," which brought some of the best singer-songwriters to the attention of discerning St. Louisans. Unofficially, he was the station's guiding spirit, a constant, ... More >>

Photos Review Setlist: Jenny Lewis, Farmer Dave and Deer Tick at the Pageant, Sunday, June 14

Twangfest 13 closed out on Saturday, June 13 at the Duck Room, but you could consider the Pageant debut for Jenny Lewis (supported by indie twang-blues rockers Deer Tick and the droll and self-consciously eclectic Farmer Dave) an unofficial fifth night. And yet the vast majority of the capacity crow ... 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 >>

John Prine

8 p.m. Friday, February 27. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Drive.

John Prine ... Oh Boy ... Dan Reeder

John Prine comes to the Touhill February 27, which is a very good thing.Unreal watches TV about as much as we go to the movies, but some of our most favorite friends are more culturally literate than we are.So it was that we were treated to a first-season episode of Weeds, the Showtime series whose ... More >>

Twangfest: Hayes Carll

Opening for Old 97's. 8 p.m. Friday, June 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier embodies the word "intense." And that's a good thing.

God Only Knows

Todd Snider's restless soul belies a heart of gold.

The Tim Carroll Band

Friday, May 12, at 9 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Various Artists

A Case for Case — A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case (Hungry for Music)

Greg Brown

Friday, February 3; the Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard)

John Prine

Touhill Performing Arts Center (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road)

Chris Knight

Tuesday, May 3; the VooDoo Lounge in Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights)

2003 Music Awards

The readers spoke, and the RFT music staff listened. Find out who's large and in charge on the St. Louis music scene.

Josh Ritter with Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Wednesday, January 29; Focal Point Arts Center

Holy Rolling

The Holmes Brothers aren't sweating the secular/sacred conundrum, just following Jesus' example

Midnight Caller

A Bosnian family gets a chilling reminder of the hatred left at home

Festus Tornadoes

The Bottle Rockets rediscover themselves -- by covering their longtime idol, Doug Sahm

Iris DeMent

Thursday, Nov. 8; Sheldon

Sparks Plug

Bluegrass virtuoso Larry Sparks brings a new sound to an old genre

Fred J. Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels

Friday, Oct. 15; Off Broadway

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