Johnny Cash

Sun of Sam: Million Dollar Quartet deflated by record-mogul fifth wheel

Tim McGraw Gets Sober, Kills Only Chance of Revitalizing Country Music

Country music has always mystified me. On the one hand, the songs always seem to focus on alcohol, failed relationships, and poverty - subjects that have spawned fantastic art for years. On the other hand, popular country music has been virtually unlistenable for at least the last twenty years.

Rock & Roll Myths Debunked and Proven in New Book Co-Authored By St. Louis Music Writer

Ever wondered if Pink Floyd purposefully synced Dark Side of the Moon with the Wizard of Oz? Or if Johnny Cash actually had the Folsom Prison blues? Gary Graff and Daniel Durchholz tackle these questions and more in their newest book Rock 'n' Roll Myths: The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Leg ... More >>

Whitey Morgan

9 p.m. Friday, June 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Country: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>

Chuck Mead

8 p.m. Thursday, May 3. Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

The 33 1/3 Series is Accepting Submissions

​Earlier this month, Spin announced that it is moving most of its album reviews to Twitter. Music writing is getting shorter, not longer, and yet the 33 1/3 Series, which has the gall to publish entire books on albums that aren't even current, soldiers on. There are 85 installments in print n ... More >>

Roger Daltrey At The Peabody Opera House, 10/8/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Roger Daltrey Peabody Opera House October 8, 2011 Better Than: Any band you've heard since John and Keith were here. It could have been an expensive disappointment, an awkwardly painful reminder that life moves too fast and people get old and it sucks. But in the thick of it, it was hard to think ... More >>

23 Musicians with Michele Bachmann Eyes: Horrifying and Hypnotic

Jeff Tweedy as the Queen of Rage​Michelle Bachmann's Newsweek cover, on which she stares out icily over the headline The Queen Of Rage, has provoked intense reaction, mostly because of Bachmann's rapidly ballooning public caricature, but at least partly because the look in her eyes is somethin ... More >>

Win A Copy Of Rosanne Cash's Memoir, Composed

​Rosanne Cash published her memoir Composed last August to widespread acclaim -- she'll be signing copies of it on September 27th at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room. The eldest daughter of Johnny Cash has been incredibly successful on her own, putting eleven singles on top of the Billboard Country ... More >>

Show Review and Setlist: Rodney Crowell at Blueberry Hill Duck Room, Monday, February 28

Story time with Uncle Rodney Crowell is a heartwarming way to spend the evening. Once upon a time, in a land called Southeast Texas, there were demonic possessions, grand mal seizures, bottles busted over heads, lies, more lies, alibis, memories of love and lust at Roy Acuff concerts and tornados hu ... More >>

LouFest, Day Two: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Gentleman Auction House

Jason StoffCarolina Chocolate Drops' Don Flemons. More photos from day two here​Carolina Chocolate Drops played at two in the afternoon to an enthusiastic, attentive audience. This wasn't a surprise: The trio's old-time string music is a popular draw in St. Louis. (In fact, CCD is coming back ... More >>

Setlist Review Photos: Adam Lambert Transcends American Idol at the Pageant, Sunday, August 8

American Idol's taken a beating this year. Besides the usual drama with its judges, interest in the show appeared to be dwindling. In fact, its results-show finalé drew its lowest ratings ever. Perhaps what Idol again needs is a personality like Adam Lambert. The season eight runner-up lived up to ... More >>

The Dive Bomber's Worlds Collide at Stan's Bar

"When are you going to Keith's? Keith's is perfect for 'Dive Bomber!'" Except it's no longer Keith's. Now it's Stan's Bar, as of January 1, anyhow, when bartender Stan took over ownership. Such is the nature of neighborhood bars, being bought by patrons or employees to continue the lineage when the ... More >>

Rosie Flores/Jon Langford

7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 5

A * means the band is coming to town, a indicates locals. ​ Vintage Vinyl 1. ERYKAH BADU---New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh 2. USHER---Raymond V. Raymond 3. DR.DOG---Shame Shame 4. MONICA---Still Standing 5. SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS---I Learned The Hard Way 6. SHE & HIM---Volume ... More >>

The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx

7 p.m. Monday, April 12. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 29

​* denotes a band coming to town; signifies a local band Euclid Records 1. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 2. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 3. She & Him - Vol 2. 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 6. Rogue Wave - Permalight 7. Fright ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 15-21

Euclid Records 1. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. John Hiatt - The Open Road 6. Graham Parker - Imaginary Television 7. Drive By Truckers - The Bi ... More >>

Choice Cuts: The St. Louis International Film Festival's eighteenth year brings together films shot around the world and in our back yard

One Piece at a Time: Building the Rams' Defense

You know, if you had told me just a couple of years ago that signing Ron Bartell was going to be of paramount importance for the Rams to have any chance of being competitive, I probably would have laughed in your face.

Vintage Vinyl's Top 50 Best-Selling CDs and Top 25 Best-Selling LPs of 2008

Vintage Vinyl just released its list of best-selling LPs and CDs of 2008. (Physical product? Remember that?) Interesting to see how many local releases -- and how much hip-hop/R&B/rap -- is on the CD list, while how much old (and new) indie rock is on the LP list. Looks like you kids are downloa ... More >>

Last Night: "800-Pound Gorilla" Opens at Mad Art Gallery

Interview Outtakes: Glenn Danzig, Part One

Second Spin: Oak Ridge Boys, Bobbie Sue

Bar of the Week: The Cat's Meow

The Stable's Grand Opening

Last Night: Grand Opening at The Stable

SXSW: The Aftermath and the Comedown

No Depression Magazine to Cease Its Print Publication

Full Moon Heat (Hammerstone's, Soulard)

Tim finds moonstruck strangers.

Danzig with the Stars

The coolest guy you know named Glenn finds Lost Tracks.

(Almost) Last Night's Show: Social Distortion

Social Distortion

7 p.m. Saturday, May 5. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

The Dempseys

9 p.m. Saturday, January 6. The Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).

Murder by Death / The Hush Sound

7 p.m. Saturday, November 4. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

Two Gallants

9 p.m. Thursday, October 12. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Hank III

Thursday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Writes and Wrongs

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

Someday, Some Way

The tale of a journalist obsessed

Best Jukebox

Tiffany's Original Diner

Loretta Lynn

Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

Quite a Tall Order

The Rock tries on Joe Don Baker's shoes for size, and they don't exactly fit

Don't Balk

At the Balkan Café NYE party

Pop's Special

Pop's Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison Avenue, 314-776-4200

Like Father, Like Sons

The proprietors of JackSons' carry on a family tradition

Tim Easton

The Truth About Us (New West)

Torch and Twang

The fourth annual Twangfest, the biggest and the best so far, celebrates some of the country's best roots artists

SALLY TIMMS

Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos (Bloodshot)