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The Six Best Phil Ramone Productions

Phil Ramone was not a member of the Ramones. He was also not Phil Spector. He was something in between, a musician who handled the controls for many legendary recordings beginning in the 1960s. Ramone died Saturday of a brain aneurysm at the age of 79. In his honor, here are the six best Phil Ramone ... More >>

Are Lay's Limited-Time "Do Us A Flavor" Potato Chips Sold Out in St. Louis?

In February Gut Check fell in love. The object of our affection: Lay's new, limited-time chicken-and-waffles potato chips, one of three flavor finalists in its "Do Us A Flavor" contest. It was love-at-first-bite. But as is the fate of most missed connections, we hesitated too long in reconnecting ... More >>

Schnucks Now Carries Salume Beddu's Locally Made Artisan Salumi

Devotees of Salume Beddu's (3467 Hampton Avenue; 314-353-3100) cured meats have known for years the glories that reside within the humble walls of its south St. Louis location. Now the masses can join the salami soirée. The locally made artisan salumi is now available at a number of Schnucks store ... More >>

Cold Temps in Southwest = Fewer Fresh Greens in St. Louis

St. Louis isn't the only city experiencing cold temperatures. The arid deserts of Arizona are also encountering similar weather. On a routine trip to the grocery store the other day, Gut Check found signage outside that said "unseasonably cold temperatures" in Arizona were affecting the local fresh- ... More >>

Six Best Bass Solos In Rock

First, a joke: A man visits an Indian reservation. The tribe's chief leads him on a tour, and the man hears drums in the distance. "What are those drums?" he asks. The chief replies, "When the drums stop, bad things happen." They continue the tour, but the man keeps getting distracted. "Excuse me, w ... More >>

David Sanborn

8 p.m. Thursday, August 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Pink Slime: You Know You Want It -- Here's Where to Get It!

It's easy to say you want to know all about what's in your food and where it comes from. You know -- farm-to-table, sustainable agriculture, heirloom parsnips and all that. But we all know that sometimes our go-to guy at the farmers' market is fresh outta parsnips, heirloom or otherwise, and more to ... More >>

Six Worst Musical Thefts by White People

Keith Richards early in his career. ​February is Black History Month, the mere existence of which is a reminder that white people have spent a majority of America's existence being total dicks. When it comes to popular music, Caucasians are like a race comprising Winona Ryders who have no prob ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2011 is Live

The Village Voice has been running the definitive music critic's year-end poll for 39 years now, and its results are live. Your winners: tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l unseats Kanye West in the album category and Adele continues to trample all over everything in the singles department. Go look at the comp ... More >>

Paul Simon at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, 11/15/11: Review and Setlist

Kiernan Maletsky​Paul Simon | Punch Brothers Fabulous Fox Theatre November 15, 2011 Paul Simon still takes a wide stance when he gets into it. He tosses his hands for emphasis of his words, he converses his lines with an unseen foil. His voice belies his 70 years. Close your eyes and you can ... More >>

Your Guide to Tonight's Paul Simon Show

Courtesy of the artist​Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What tour makes a stop tonight at the Fabulous Fox Theatre -- check back tomorrow morning for a full review and setlist from the show. Paul Simon is among the best songwriters folk music has ever had, and at his worst you could still nev ... More >>

Paul Simon, Miami Horror Lead This Week's Show Announcements

​ These Gargoyle shows keep popping up outta nowhere: Miami Horror, Austrailia's sugary disco outfit delivered a solid album last year that went relatively unnoticed despite three cuts featuring ultradarling Alan Palomo of Neon Indian. They'll drop the adorable jams on October 27. The inimitab ... More >>

Paul Simon Is Coming To The Fabulous Fox

Photo by Mark Seliger​Paul Simon is coming to the Fabulous Fox Theatre! The legend will be in St. Louis on Tuesday, November 15th. Tickets are $49.50 to $79.50 and go on sale Friday, September 23rd at 10 a.m. Simon is touring in support of this year's So Beautiful Or So What, his first new re ... More >>

Guitar sensei Bill Frisell is always in tune

Panda Bear, Foo Fighters Lead this Week's Crop of New Releases

Chrissy WilmesVintage Vinyl General Manager, Leon Reed, with some of this week's releases​Every week, we'll ask your local record store clerks to advise you on which new releases are worth your hard-earned pennies. Today, Vintage Vinyl General Manager Leon Reed fills us in on a particularly st ... More >>

Simon and Garfunkel Documentary Screening This Week

​On Thursday, March 3, The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water will be screening at 7 p.m. at the Galaxy 14 Cine in Chesterfield Valley. The documentary focuses on the genesis and aftermath of Simon and Garfunkel's iconic album of the same name, and has interviews with Paul ... More >>

Take Her to the Cabaret, Ray

Yes, We Had No Bananas on Sunday

Kate StewartBananas at the Hampton Village Schnucks on Jan. 31. ​Sunday night, Facebook and Twitter lit up with a panic. Not just from the news of the impending storm doom, but because of a lack of bananas. Readers reported that Schnucks stores in Richmond Center only had organic bananas in ... More >>

Kings of Leon

7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 25. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Harper Simon

9 p.m. Thursday, November 19. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Chris Botti

8 p.m. Friday, September 18. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Ziggy Marley Performing and Signing at Barnes and Noble, July 7

Ziggy Marley is opening for 311 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 7. But in the morning he'll be signing autographs and performing at the Barnes & Noble in Chesterfield (1600 Clarkson Road). Marley (son of Bob) just released a solo album called Family Time, a kid-oriented col ... More >>

Swingin' Dick Loses Mustache, Respectability

Before we begin, let's have a moment of silence, shall we? The Stache is gone, and I don't think it's coming back. 

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, April 17 to 19

Busy weekend! Friday, April 17 *Solange/Teresajenee, Webster University *Pretty & Nice/Radical Sons, Firebird *Jason Ringenberg/Rough Shop, Off Broadway *Loyal Earth Fest at the Old Rock House*Unwed Sailor/Jovian Chorus/Dear Future, Luminary Center for the Arts*Alvin Jett and Phat NoiZ, Riddles* ... More >>

Paul Simon

8 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Here We Go Magic

9 p.m. Thursday, March 12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic F ... More >>

Maps & Atlases

7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 13. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

Erin Bode: Exclusive Web Interview

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend
(XL)

Cellar Beware

Islands

Return to the Sea (Equator)

Nuclear Pop Overthrow

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's make a joyful noise unto the indie-rock gods

Adrian Belew

Sunday, March 26 at 8 p.m. Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Saturday, March 18, at 8 p.m. Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard)

Hullabaloo, Volume 11 (1997)

Dionne Warwick brings the pain

Out of Africa

And back in song

Hip to be Square

Tracks offers comfort to Ensure-swilling music fans

Fry Guys

Plus: charter control; the opera comes to town; and so does the wrecking ball

Now Hear This!

Apartheid didn't stand a chance against so many songs

Hall Pass

Looking for influence, significance, development and perpetuation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Ode to Joy

The RFT music staff indulges itself by picking the best work of 2000

Paul Simon

You're the One (Warner Bros.)

Almost Famous

Written and directed by Cameron Crowe

King Sunny Ade

Wednesday, April 19; Duck Room

Marc Anthony

Saturday, March 18; Khorassan Ballroom

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

Peter E. Parisi spins obscure music on WEW; Riverport Amphitheatre sends Paul Simon boomer fans home early because of the Maryland Heights curfew; work finally begins recently on the new city jail

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts

Sound Checks

Heroic Couplings