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 -- 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 >>
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 >>
7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.
You Can Trust the Funky Butt Brass Band
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7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 7. Touhill Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive.
Dani KinnisonTake 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, 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 >>
David EdmundsJay 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 >>
David EdmundsJay 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 >>
8 p.m., Friday, November 19. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.
* = 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
Nigel CraneThe Gaslight AnthemNew 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 >>
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 >>
Oliver Wangs shares his soul-sides.
Week of September 21, 2006
Thursday, January 26; Finale Music & Dining, (8025 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton)
B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets
Contribute to William Pope.L's Black Factory this Saturday at the Contemporary
The Whitaker Music Festival
Week of February 23, 2005
Saturday, January 29; Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Avenue)
A local company is leading kids to water. But can it make them drink?
All Soul, No Borders
It's an arts-in-the-garden party
Joey DeFrancesco brought the Hammond B3 back to life
Tuesday, December 23; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Is younger than Clark Terry's flugelhorn
The exodus of the creative class continues apace
100th Window (Virgin)
Monday, December 16; Generations
Saturday, November 9; Sheldon Concert Hall
Seeking St. Louis: Voices From a River City, 1670-2000
Renowned session drummer Ndugu Chancler heads up a celebration of the beat at UM-St. Louis
A new book about bubblegum bands provides more than empty calories
A jazzman who went looking for his dream in New York and found it in St. Louis
Friday, Oct. 19; Pageant
Enthusiasm fueled Ken Burns' new documentary on jazz, but the pursuit of profit also looms large
RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.
