Steve Ewing

The Ten Best Food Events in St. Louis This Weekend: June 7 to 9

Summertime means food trucks, wine fests and farmers' markets. Ease into the season with a fun event this weekend. Choose from National Doughnut Day with Strange Donuts, St. Louis Uncorked at Soldiers Memorial Plaza, Foodology at Missouri Botanical Gardens and more. Recommendations await after the j ... More >>

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

Plenty of dining options abound this weekend from barbecue and Baconfest to classes on fruit trees and baked sweets. Eat to support a special cause or to support art. Take your pick -- just click through the jump for Gut Check's full list of recommendations. Friday (Mar. 22): Lenten Fish Fries @ ... More >>

St. Louis Baconfest Unloads A 500-Pound Hog Log On Kiener Plaza This Weekend

An introductory sentence on the first annual St. Louis Baconfest's website says it all: "Without bacon life would be sad, food would be boring and the birds would not chirp." How our fine avian friends would actually react in the presence of so much pig remains questionable, but Baconfest president ... More >>

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

All those poor Thursday shows had a run-in with a winter storm, and few made it out alive. Avenge their would-be good times by living out the glory with these shows -- there's way too much cool stuff (no pun intended) happening to skip out on account of a little bit of snow. See Also: -Son Volt, D ... More >>

The Seven Best Hot Dog Stands in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

MU330 returns with a classic lineup

The Urge at the Pageant, 11/11/11: Photos

Todd Owyoung​St. Louis' caffeinated ska god is officially, definitely, selling-out-the-Pageant-back-to-back back. In only its second show since a Pointfest reunion earlier this summer, Steve Ewing and the boys treated the crowd to an All Ones Day set of classics and cuts from an upcoming new r ... More >>

The Urge: Win Tickets to Friday's Sold-Out Show!

Todd Owyoung​The Urge plays its first of four November shows at the Pageant this Friday. It's the second show the band has played since reforming at Pointfest this summer and it is very, very sold out. So is Saturday's show. But we have, sitting right in front of us, shiny tickets for Friday's ... More >>

The Urge Two Night Stand At The Pageant Is Sold Out! [Update]

Photo by Todd Owyoung​Update, 9/21: Both nights are now sold out. So it took eleven days for the Urge to sell nearly five thousand tickets. Well that didn't take long. Nine days after the Urge announced a back-to-back shows at the Pageant, one of them has sold out. The brand-newly reunited ... More >>

The Urge Reunion at Pointfest, 9/10/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

Photo by Todd Owyoung​The Urge Pointfest September 10, 2011 "We have an announcement: The Urge is back!" While it was nice of singer Steve Ewing to mention this midway through his band's first set in six years, it was also totally unnecessary. From the moment Bill Reiter and Matt Kwiatkowski ... More >>

The Urge Is Back: A Reunion Interview With Steve Ewing

​So, you might have heard that the Urge, that ska goliath of local lore, is back together. You might not have heard, however, that it is with a vengeance. The decision to reunite for the first time since 2005 comes with a changed music scene, a more grown-up group of guys and a laundry list of ... More >>

The Urge Is Back And Headlining Pointfest Alongside Cake, Chevelle and Bush

​The rawk cannot be stopped! Ska-punk stalwart the Urge is back! Steve Ewing and friends return for a headlining gig at the Pointfest 29, which also features Cake, Chevelle and Bush -- one of the more auspicious Pointfest bills in recent memory. This isn't a one-off -- the Urge (including or ... More >>

RFT Showcase 2011: Highlights (Part Two)

Pretty Little Empire. Photo by Steve Truesdell.​Ed: The RFT Music Showcase was Saturday. It was hot, it was crowded and you would have needed to be in ten places as once to see all the good stuff. Among those who tried was Diana Benanti -- she brings you part two of her highlights below. Read ... More >>

Steve Ewing

8 p.m., Wednesday, June 8. International Tap House, 1711 South Ninth Street.

Point & Clique: The 2011 RFT St. Louis Web Awards

Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

Ten shows, concerts and benefits to attend between December 23 and 29

Ten Things To Do in St. Louis: December 23-29

Wikimedia CommonsA scene from Christmas Holidays at Merryvale​For local clubs, the week after Christmas can be rather dead. Out-of-town touring acts take a break for the holidays, while locals tend to rest up, spend time with family and save their energy for New Year's Eve. (The exception to t ... More >>

Murphy Lee, Steve Ewing: Local Musicians Dish on Food

Jennifer SilverbergSteve Ewing and his hot dog cart.​If you don't usually check out the music section of the RFT...well, what the hell is wrong with you?No, but, really, if you haven't seen it yet, the current issue features interviews with two St. Louis-based musicians also active in the local fo ... More >>

Murphy Lee promotes a healthy-cooking show, while Steve Ewing finds success with a hot-dog cart

Steve Ewing's Latest Post-Urge Endeavor: Steve's Hometown Hot Dogs!

courtesy of Steve EwingSteve Ewing and his team at Taste of St. Louis​Steve Ewing is a familiar face in the local music scene. He first made a name for himself as the frontman for the popular rock/funk/ska/reggae/you name it act the Urge, a post he held from the '80s until the band's breakup i ... More >>

The Brat Goes On: Steve Ewing's Hometown Hot Dogs & Sausages

Facebook.com​A little blog love: Head over to A to Z (the RFT music blog) for an interview with Steve Ewing, a local musician who also operates Steve Ewing's Hometown Hot Dogs & Sausages, a hot dog stand at the corner of North 2nd Street and East Grand Avenue.

Record Store Day in St. Louis: What's Going on at Vintage Vinyl, Apop Records and Euclid Records?

[Update, April 14, 3 p.m.: Now updated with info on what's going on at Slackers!] On Saturday, April 17, record stores around the country are celebrating Record Store Day -- a time to unplug from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon MP3 (or torrent sites) and purchase tunes in-person. As enticement, Record S ... More >>

Homespun: Steve Ewing, Zodiac

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Steve Ewing's album, Zodiac. He had this to say: Like duct tape or Bisquick, the covers album can have many uses. They can serve as a tribute to musical heroes, a calling card of stylistic influences or a fun, lightweight celebration of treasured s ... More >>

Homespun: Steve Ewing

Zodiac
(self-released)

The Distance to Here: The Natural Selection bridges the gap between St. Louis and Denver to hone its funk-disco attack

Video: The Natural Selection, "Down Elevator," Playing at Cicero's Tonight!

Tonight at Cicero's, I highly recommend going to check out the Natural Selection, a Denver-via-St. Louis band I wrote about in this week's paper. The band's playing with Say Panther and one other act, and the show starts at 9 p.m. Says I: Bassist Nick Jost, a graduate of SIUE's Jazz Studies program ... More >>

The Natural Selection

9 p.m. Thursday, December 11. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Video: Earthworms, "Get Up" featuring Steve Ewing

Steve Ewing

Common Side Effects
(SaS Records)

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Local Release on a Label

Project: Dress Locally

Digging Your Scene

B-Sides takes a pull of Earthworms' Burbon and rocks out to...Tetris?

The Final Jam

Mississippi Nights: Final Jam report

Local Motion, Weekend Edition

Close Calls

A local promoter's venue is shuttered

Local Motion: My Weapon of Choice

Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Lojic

Friday, January 28; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Transdermal Celebration Canceled

Radar Station mourns a broken streak

Sounds Around Town

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 29, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 23, 2002

Hot House Flower

Alexis Tucci, St. Louis' official Party Girl, talks about her band's rapidly rising fortunes

Urge to Submerge

One of St. Louis' favorite bands calls it quits

The Urge

Friday-Sunday, Dec. 21-23; Pageant

Heavy Stereo

St. Louis favorites the Urge change frequency on their new album, Too Much Stereo

RFT Reader Picks