Roy Kasten

Music Video: St. Louis Native Bhi Bhiman Covers Dire Straits' "Walk of Life"

John Burroughs grad (class of 2000) Bhi Bhiman left St. Louis after high school and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. But once a Redbirds fan, always a Redbirds fan -- Bhiman once wrote a song in celebration of former Cardinals star Albert Pujols -- and when RFT Music asked Bhiman to tell us ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 6 to 12

Guys, Daniel Hill made it rain blood yesterday. You know, for Slayer. We don't know about you, but this past weekend was a pretty intense party, blustery weather be damned. And it don't stop. Keep things moving this week with visits from the likes of Har Mar Superstar and more, and look forward to s ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: March 22 to 24

Bunnygrunt turns 20 this weekend! Not many bands live long enough to celebrate two decades, so be sure to prepare some spankings. Besides that, there's of other bands to see in a wide variety of shape and size. Read on for our recommendations.

I Have Eight Tickets to Yonder Mountain String Band at the Pageant: Win Them

Yonder Mountain String Band will play back-to-back shows this weekend at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161). Friday and Saturday's shows both start at 7:30 p.m., and the Deadly Gentleman open.

Psych: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a week away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more of o ... More >>

Josh Ritter is Coming to Plush

Josh Ritter is going on tour, and he'll make a St. Louis stop on Saturday, July 21 at Plush (3224 Locust Street, 314-535-2686). Tickets are $20 in advance or $23 day-of and on sale now. See also Josh Ritter at Off Broadway, July 22, 2011: Review, Photos, Setlist Interview: Josh Ritter talks to Roy ... More >>

Mississippi Nights' Final Jam Session Occurred Five Years Ago Today

In theory, music venues are interchangeable. If one especially great place shuts down, another spot surely will rise elsewhere. But there's something disquieting about the closure of an especially memorable venue. Even years later, I'm still bummed about how Shattered - a Columbia, Missouri, insti ... More >>

40 Best St. Louis Releases of 2011: Part Four

Part One: The Union Electric, Sweet Tooth, King Kong Magnetics, Warm Jets USA Part Two: Glass Teeth, Ryan Spearman, the Breaks and Adult Fur Part Three: Rum Drum Ramblers, Humanoids, Old Lights and Volcanoes

Dave Alvin with the Skeletons at Off Broadway, 7/7/11: Review, Setlist

Roy KastenDave Alvin and the Guilty Ones huddle at Off Broadway​ Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones | The Skeletons Off Broadway July 7, 2011 Just a few hours before the show, F-4 tornadoes flirted with the far outskirts of the metro area, thunderstorms capable of producing shot-glass-sized hail p ... More >>

Ted Leo at Off Broadway, 5/8/11: Review and Setlist

Ted Leo. Photo by Roy Kasten​Ted Leo/Title Tracks/The Blind Eyes Off Broadway Sunday, May 8, 2011 Few axioms in live music are as rigid as the Law of the Solo Headliner: Never put two loud and catchy power-pop bands on before him. Break it at everyone's peril. Unless, of course the solo artist ... More >>

More From the Kinky Friedman Tapes: On Heroes and Politics

Larry D. Moore​Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jew Boy and salty king of the one-liners, makes a rare appearance in St. Louis tonight at Off Broadway. We're celebrating with a week of wisdom nuggets from our interview with the Kinkster; read them here and here, and get the lowdown on the le ... More >>

Review: "September Gurls and Boys" Pay Tribute to Alex Chilton at Off Broadway, Friday, September 24

Roy KastenMagic City at Big Star Tribute.​It's been a tough year for Big Star fans. In March, guitarist/singer Alex Chilton died - ironically, several days before he was to perform at South by Southwest with original members Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens. Then, four months later, Hummel died t ... More >>

Save the Date: KDHX and BB's Team Up to Help Out an Old Friend Whose House Was Ravaged by Fire -- Gabriel of Gabriel's Tin Pan Alley

Roy KastenThe unofficial flyer for Gabriel's benefit​In the days of Clear Channel-dominated radio, KDHX is a beacon representing what radio used to be, what radio could have been. It's the one station on the dial where anything under the sun could be played -- from a poetry reading and controv ... More >>

Readers express concern over Rush's bid for the Rams, loony democrats and gun-toting drunks

History Never Repeats: Josh Ritter conquers complacency with an orchestral-leaning record and a tour with on-the-fly horn sections

Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend

After a quick four-day work-week, the weekend's here again. If you spent too much over the last three-day weekend, know that a night at the theater is probably out. So are wine-tastings and fund-raisers. But there are always local concerts, free art gallery openings and at least one food-centric str ... More >>

Readers speculate on the ongoing Christian Ferguson case, red-light cameras and a so-so show

Adam Reichmann Returns to Live Performing, Friday, January 30 at Fred's Six Feet Under

Roy Kasten headed to new venue Fred's Six Feet Under on Friday night to check out a rare performance by Adam Reichmann. The Nadine vocalist was debuting some new songs for an intimate crowd. Says Roy: Adam started out the night with what probably seemed like a new song to most: "Laurel Ca ... More >>

Outtakes: Chris Stamey of the dB's, on a New Album, Forthcoming Projects

In this week's paper, Roy Kasten interviews Chris Stamey of the dB's, who will be in town on Sunday playing a few shows with his partner-in-crime, Peter Holsapple. (Read Holsapple's blog. Really.) The first is a free show at 1 p.m. at Euclid Records, for the store's 45 RPM charity series. The second ... More >>

Ear Burns: Our critics spew some haterade about 2008's bummer songs, albums and events

Austin City Limits Day Two Review: Mugison, Fleet Foxes, Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, the Fratellis, John Fogerty

Foreigner's Lou Gramm — touring as a solo artist with his new band — answers our urgent questions, while Old 97's Murry Hammond steps out with a gospel-folk solo record

Tift Merritt

Show Review: KDHX's Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum, Thursday, May 22

Show Review: Wilco at the Pageant, Friday, May 16

Parlour Games

Limbeck gets classical and Nick Acquisto releases a compilation of classics.

R.I.P. Mississippi Nights

The lights go out at a fabled club — but only after one hell of a party.

The Embrace Between

B-Sides and Judah Friedlander fondly remember the hug heard 'round the world, catches up with Bobby Bare Jr. and tells you how to download even more Robert Pollard stuff

Obscurity Knocks

CD Baby's weird and wacky Missouri musicians, "Yo! RFT Raps" talks to inBox magazine's svengali, and the Raconteurs star in this week's Download

Shelby Lynne

Friday, August 26; Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Buffet of Champions

You came, you saw, you voted: the winners of the 2005 Riverfront Times Music Awards

Letters

Week of April 27, 2005

Domo Arigato!

We talk Japanese-style and chat with L.P.

Riverfront Times Music Awards '04

Film Openings

Week of March 3, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of August 9-15, 2000

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French Fried

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Local Time

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Perfect Circles

The RFT music editor advises you on his favorite music of 1998

1998: The Year in Music

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Best Electric Guitarist: John Horton

Best Acoustic Guitarist: Tom Hall

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