T.S Eliot once wrote that April is cruelest month, but here in St. Louis, December is turning out to be cruel for local music venues. On the heels of the recent announcement that Lucas School House will close at the year's end, the Webster Groves club Cookie's Jazz and More also is ending its run this Saturday night.
Opened in March 2004 by Harold and Cookie Whitfield in a Allen Avenue storefront in the Old Webster business district, the room offered straight-ahead Latin and smooth jazz from
With all the buzz bands playing in Austin, Texas at South By Southwest, who's left to entertain us here in the Midwest? Post your show in the comments section!Friday, March 20* Kim Massie, The Gramophone* PMtoday/Hereafterhis, Adelaid/Hey Nightmare, Cicero's* The Dirty Blondes, Deluxe* Big Bambou, Farmous Bar* The Schwag (18th anniversary show), The Pageant* Alex Ray & The Last Place (CD release), Cicero's* Soulard Blues Band, Backstreet Jazz a Blues* Flannel (a tribute to grunge of the '90s
