Miles Davis

Win Tickets to See Major Lazer and Lunice Tonight at the Pageant

EDM artists / daggering experts Major Lazer will perform with Lunice at the Pageant tonight. We've got two tickets and we're itching to give them away, today! See Also: -Mad Decent's Lunice Talks Miles Davis, Why He Finds St. Louis "Inspirational"

Euclid Records' 50 Best-Selling Albums of 2012

Euclid Records -- one of several excellent purveyors of music in this town and our 2012 winner for Best Record Store -- has just released its top 50 sellers of 2012. It's an interesting list for several reasons. It bears almost no resemblance to Billboard's list, of course. But it also speaks to the ... More >>

All That Jazz

Very Foreign Language: Liturgy's Greg Fox is getting weird and wonderful with Guardian Alien

The Castle Ballroom, an Historic Dance Hall, Lies Vacant in Midtown

The Castle Ballroom - one of St. Louis' few remaining links its jazzy musical past - is in need of a buyer. And despite some challenges, boosters see potential to rehabilitate the facility to its former glory. Located at 2839 Olive St., the Castle Ballroom was one of the first dance halls that targ ... More >>

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo Duo

7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

Kaboom: Readers debate the fate of East St. Louis and hunter Jeff Foiles

Homespun: The Funky Butt Brass Band

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DMS

7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 7. Touhill Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive.

A New Mural In The Loop Pays Tribute To Local Music Celebrties

Dani Kinnison​Take a look at the Loop's new mural, freshly painted on the side of Vintage Vinyl. Created by Washington University graduates Leah Nixon and Macy Moore, the mural features hometown musicians Nelly, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Grace Bumbry and Willie Mae Ford Smith.

Living Things Releases a Free Mixtape, Malocchio

Living Things, which still proudly claims St. Louis as its home, yesterday released a new, free mixtape on its website. Called Malocchio, the release is "influenced by the sounds of Afrobeat and psychedelic-era Nigerian dub," according to a release sent out by the band's publicist. The genesis for ... More >>

RIP Jay Landesman, Founder of Crystal Palace Nightclub, Mayor of Gaslight Square, Writer and All-Around Hep Cat

David Edmunds​Jay Landesman, who founded the Crystal Palace nightclub, which became the linchpin of the Gaslight Square hipster/entertainment district, and wrote the novel The Nervous Set, which became the basis for the world's first (and only) beatnik musical, died Sunday in London. He was 91 ... More >>

R.I.P. Jay Landesman, Founder of Crystal Palace Nightclub, Mayor of Gaslight Square, Writer and All-Around Hep Cat

David Edmunds​Jay Landesman, who founded the Crystal Palace nightclub, which became the linchpin of the Gaslight Square hipster/entertainment district, and wrote the novel The Nervous Set, which became the basis for the world's first (and only) beatnik musical, died Sunday in London. He was 91 ... More >>

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension

8 p.m., Friday, November 19. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 20

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. DEAD CONFEDERATE---Sugar 2. MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SO'S---Buzzard* 3. KEM---Intimacy 4. WALKMEN---Lisbon* 5. SANTANA---Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time

Show Review Setlist: Gaslight Anthem, Chamberlain and Tim Barry at Pop's, July 16, 2010

Nigel CraneThe Gaslight Anthem​New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem has made great strides in the past few years. It's gone from trekking around the country in a beat-up van, to cruising in style in a full-blown tour bus. It's gone from moving modest units on a small punk label (XOXO Records), to cra ... More >>

The Science of Jazz: The Nu-Art Series

Jazz for Life: Jazz legend Sonny Rollins performs in St. Louis

Over the Weekend: Dave Holland at the Sheldon, Lambchop at Off Broadway, DJ Klever at Lush

Good morning St. Louis. Well, the worst is still to come, so if you're huddled at home, get up and get to work before the snow really comes down. Here are highlights from a few concerts and events from the past weekend.DJ Klever at LushSarah ParadoskiOn Saturday night, Atlanta's DJ Klever played rec ... More >>

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: George Benson, “Give Me the Night”

Forever Changes: Chick Corea's Return To Forever reunites and shows neo-jazz fusion groups how it's done

Ike Turner: An Obituary

The Re-Entroducer

Oliver Wang�s shares his soul-sides.

Joe thinks that perhaps you have funky hygiene

Week of September 21, 2006

Tim Ries Presents the Rolling Stones Project

Thursday, January 26; Finale Music & Dining, (8025 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton)

Pimping All Over the World

B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets

The United Colors of America

Contribute to William Pope.L's Black Factory this Saturday at the Contemporary

Garden of Song

The Whitaker Music Festival

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of February 23, 2005

Roy Hargrove

Saturday, January 29; Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Avenue)

Aqua Boogie

A local company is leading kids to water. But can it make them drink?

Best Jazz Radio Program

All Soul, No Borders

Bloomin' Beautiful

It's an arts-in-the-garden party

Organ Donor

Joey DeFrancesco brought the Hammond B3 back to life

Saric, Stone and McClain with Bhob Rainey

Tuesday, December 23; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

Gideon's Trumpet

Is younger than Clark Terry's flugelhorn

Expat Alert!

The exodus of the creative class continues apace

Massive Attack

100th Window (Virgin)

Joey DeFrancesco

Monday, December 16; Generations

Terence Blanchard

Saturday, November 9; Sheldon Concert Hall

Best Big Fat Hardcover Book About St. Louis Culture

Seeking St. Louis: Voices From a River City, 1670-2000

Bang the Drum All Weekend

Renowned session drummer Ndugu Chancler heads up a celebration of the beat at UM-St. Louis

Sugar, Sugar

A new book about bubblegum bands provides more than empty calories

The Ballad of Willie Akins

A jazzman who went looking for his dream in New York and found it in St. Louis

Medeski Martin & Wood

Friday, Oct. 19; Pageant

Giant Steps

Enthusiasm fueled Ken Burns' new documentary on jazz, but the pursuit of profit also looms large

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

Listening Post

1998: The Year in Music

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