Lyle Lovett

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from April 8 to 13

Warning: show-going can be bad for your health. I type this with watery eyes, a sore head and throat, and a forever-runny, impossible-to-breathe-out-of nose. I suppose all that putzing around in the rain between breaking a sweat at shows over the weekend really exacerbated things quickly. Bah! Worth ... More >>

Joe Ely Maps Out the Flatlanders, Songwriting and Recording With Uncle Tupelo

Of all the clichés of sex, drugs and rock & roll (and any other genre you could name), chemistry is surely greatest, but it has the advantage of being true. There's really no other way to explain what happens with the greatest of bands, and the Flatlanders -- featuring the three distinct voices and ... More >>

How to Avoid Becoming a Walking Country Song in Five Easy Steps

Like many people, I had a brief but intense relationship with country music in the mid-1990s. College couldn't come quickly enough, and, with it, an appreciation for music that delved a little deeper than, "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee/It gets hotter than a hoochie cootchie." Of course, tha ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: August 24 to 26

LouFest is this weekend! We're sure you are aware of the huge outdoor event, with headliners Flaming Lips and Girl Talk, not to mention Dinosaur Jr. and Sun Volt. We've already worn out plenty of computer keyboards writing it up this year, so the contents of this post are decidedly LouFest-free. Th ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 13 to 19

LouFest is this weekend, but you will not find it listed within this post. This is because St. Louis's favorite outdoor festival will already see plenty of press this week -- hell, I'd be surprised if this blog post isn't surrounded on either side by bigass advertisements for the event. Point is, yo ... More >>

Sublime with Rome, Buddy Guy, Pretty Little Empire and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded Youtube videos with which you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new ... More >>

The Five Most Bizarre Genre Crossovers

Why yes: That is one person.​It happens to the best of us: You do the same thing over and over (and over), so you feel the need for change -- or at least a good drink. For Beyonce, that meant a new personality: Sasha Fierce. For Vanilla Ice, it meant launching a hard-rock career. For Fred Durs ... More >>

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt

8 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Tower of Power

7 and 9 p.m., Saturday May 14, at the Lumière Theatre in the Lumière Place Casino & Hotel.999 North Second Street.

Show Announcements: Week of April 7

Mumford and Sons blew up faster than a barn housing a meth lab, and now the Anglo-folksters are commanding $35 at the door. Don't make the same mistake you made with Florence and the Machine, this show will sell out before you can say hoe-down. At the Pageant June 5.​ Blueberry Hill *Dread Ze ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band and Dana Cooper at the Sheldon Concert Hall, Monday, August 2, 2010

courtesy of the Sheldon​There were a few different intriguing elements going into Lyle Lovett's Monday night St. Louis visit. For starters, the show sold out less than ten minutes after it went on sale. This, of course, had as much to do with the country-folk troubadour's crossover appeal as i ... More >>

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

8 p.m. Monday, August 2. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

Show Announcements: Week of June 10

Let's guess what J. Biebs is thinking here: "It's so tough being a teeny tiny heartthrob. Y'all just don't understand, yo! I'm angsty!"...Maybe. He's probably just thinking about recess though.​ Blueberry Hill Duck Room *Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, July 29 Cicero's *Oceans Over Airplanes ... More >>

No Depression Magazine to Cease Its Print Publication

The Holmes Brothers

8:30 p.m. Sunday, August 12. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway

Hot Summer Music

Your guide to St. Louis music — from now till Labor Day.

Lyle Lovett

7 p.m. Friday, July 28. Overlook Stage (Sullivan Boulevard, on the Arch Grounds).

Robert Earl Keen

Tuesday, April 25, at 8 p.m. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

Hungry Heart

The Rep feasts on Shakespeare

Bird Songs

With the Cards in the playoffs, there's always music in the air

Best Music Festival

River Splash

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 11, 2004

Lyle Lovett

Saturday, August 14; Gateway Arch Stage on the St. Louis Riverfront

Keb' Mo'

Wednesday, March 10; Pageant

Jack Ingram

Saturday, November 1; Off Broadway

Lyle Lovett

Thursday, October 23; Fox Theatre

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 22, 2003

Declaration of Independents

The St. Louis International Film Festival proves "indie" isn't a category but a way of life

Chris Robinson

New Earth Mud (Redline Entertainment)

Best Menu

Bella Città Mediterranean

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 28, 2002

Cowboy Man

Lyle Lovett's new career retrospective pays homage to his beginnings -- but also raises troubling questions about his future

Film Openings

Week of May 8, 2002

Darden Smith

Sunday, Feb. 10; Generations

Open Season

A performer's diary charts the brilliant, the bawdy, the baked and the banal among St. Louis open mics

Sheer Gaul!

Moulin Rouge thrusts forth a deliciously garish Paris

Sam Bush

Thursday, Nov. 2; Cicero's

He Writes a Book, He Broadcasts Games, He Raises Money for Charity, He Changes Lyrics

That Bob Costas guy really gets around

STUART LITTLE

Directed by Rob Minkoff

Listening Post

Sharp Cookie

1998: The Year in Music, Part 2