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    December 27, 2011

    Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Two

    Tom LampeJay Farrar on the pedal steel for Colonel Ford​New Year's Eve isn't just amateur hour. It's a night-long, clown-car traffic jam of colossally defeated expectations, a dispiriting exercise in futility, even, or especially, when you're somewhere somewhat less coastal than Rio. In St. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2011

    Jay Farrar and Bobby Bare Jr. At The Sheldon Concert Hall, 10/21/11: Review And Setlist

    Sarah Samples and the SheldonJay Farrar soundcheck at the Sheldon​ Jay Farrar | Bobby Bare Jr. The Sheldon Concert Hall October 21, 2011 The worst thing you can say about any form of popular music, but rock music especially, is that it is polite. Let it be wild and outrageous, energetic and en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Show Review Photos: Jay Farrar Heats Up the Old Rock House, Thursday, June 17

    Photo: Jason StoffJay Farrar last night at the Old Rock House. See a full slideshow from last night's Jay Farrar solo gig at the Old Rock House.​Clad in a kitschy, long-sleeved black cowboy shirt, Jay Farrar barely flinched from the heat as he plowed through a 100-minute set loaded with Son Vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    Show Review: Son Volt at the Pageant, Friday, November 6

    No matter how many people he knows at a St. Louis Son Volt show, Jay Farrar will always be the guy who played a big part in creating the "alt. country" genre. Twenty years after Uncle Tupelo's heyday, Farrar and the current Son Volt line-up stay true to their roots without being strangled by them, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Set Tour Dates

    Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard are playing four shows in October, to celebrate the release of their Jack Kerouac-inspired collaboration, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. The closest tour date is October 26 in Chicago at Lincoln Hall -- and judging by the band backing the pair, a road trip m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Interview Outtakes: Son Volt's Jay Farrar

    In this week's paper, I interviewed Son Volt's Jay Farrar. SV's latest, American Central Dust, arrived in stores last week. He spoke about song inspirations (and a forthcoming project with Ben Gibbard) in print; below find more talk about side project Gob Iron, and the connection between Uncle Tupel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Son Volt Releases New Album, American Central Dust

    Received a press release yesterday that Son Volt is set to release a new album, American Central Dust, on July 7 via Rounder Records. Jay Farrar's band this time around is Dave Bryson (drums), Andrew Duplantis (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chris Masterson (lead guitar) and Mark Spencer (keyboards, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    Terror Blues

    Radar Station chats with Jay Farrar on the most depressing day of the year

  • Music

    December 10, 2003

    Rockets From the Crypt

    A new album, a new member and a new focus revive the Bottle Rockets

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    The Terroirist

    Jay Farrar calls Terroir Blues a "back to basics" album. It's not.

  • Music

    November 27, 2002

    Jay Farrar with the Rockhouse Trio

    Saturday, November 30; Mississippi Nights

  • Music

    June 6, 2001

    Twang Time

    The fifth annual Twangfest offers the best in alt-country (whatever that means)

  • Music

    November 1, 2000

    Diana Darby

    Naked Time (Delmore Recording Society)

  • Music

    March 24, 1999

    Deserving of Praise

    Naked Time (Delmore Recording Society)

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