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Taylor Swift

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Extraordinary Mommy Blogger Recounts Conversing with Country Music Royalty

    Most people don't get to meet with a musician that opened the proverbial door to a genre. But blogger Danielle Smith experienced something close to that when she conversed with Clay Walker, the man who introduced her to country music. Smith - who has won acclaim for her Extraordinary Mommy blog - w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Hop Aboard the Gravy Train, Unlikely Bedfellows!

    It's fitting that a film about a dystopian free-for-all would include music from the Arcade Fire. This is the group, after all, that composed several songs on Funeral about a world overrun by snow and power outages. But the song that appears in the movie is not from Funeral. It's an original song ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Davy Jones's Death and the Right Side of Music History

    Davy Jones died Wednesday, leaving behind performances on some of the most memorable pop songs of the 1960s, a surprisingly excellent sitcom, and, for movie-goers and music fans of a certain age, this transcendent power-ballad send-up from The Brady Bunch Movie. He also left behind a warning: Be car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    The Civil Wars Is Coming To The Pageant [Update: Sold Out]

    Update, 11/21/11: The Civil Wars has officially sold out the Pageant, less than a year after selling out the Old Rock House. Original post follows... Classicist folk band the Civil Wars is coming back to St. Louis. The time off has been good to the duo -- April's show at Old Rock House was a sold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Hundreds Flock to Jay Nixon's Downtown Fundraiser

    ​Daily RFT didn't get an invite* to Governor Jay Nixon's fundraiser yesterday, but apparently hundreds of other people did.A source in attendance tells Daily RFT that an estimated 600 people arrived last night at the Renaissance Grand downtown to support Nixon in his bid for re-election. David Pea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Fashion Week Music: The Highlights, The Appearances And The Odd Soundtracks

    Richard GuatyAnna Wintour eyeballing Nicki's tights. Oh, to peek inside the mind of the Vogue editrix in chief in this moment.​Thank science Fashion Week is over. Isn't it just torture? If there's something worse than not being in New York City for the circus that is Mercedes Benz Fashion Week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Taylor Swift at the Scottrade Center, 8/14/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

    Photo by Jon Gitchoff​Taylor Swift | Hunter Hayes | NeedToBreathe Scottrade Center August 14, 2011 Taylor Swift has documented her detractors well: They make frequent appearances in her overtly personal lyrics, most recently in her revenge jam "Mean." The song's music video even finds her t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Taylor Swift Is Destroying America

    What was that about short skirts? ​Taylor Swift is that skinny girl who's always whining about how fat she is. She claims to be the nerd that you're likely to overlook. And she'll tell you she's the sweetheart who gets taken advantage of by Big, Bad Men ("Don't you think nineteen's too young/ To b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Taylor Swift Is Saving America

    Communing with fans: One of many ways Taylor Swift is a superior pop star.​Let's get one thing out of the way: I am not a teenybopper. Never was. As a kid I never liked Grease or New Kids on the Block or Dirty Dancing. Even now, I can't give a crap about your Biebers or your Mileys. And how in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: August 12-14

    ​Welcome to the weekend. The heat wave's broken and there is no shortage of excuses to leave the house. Including Rum Drum Ramblers' vinyl release at the Gramophone tomorrow night. Stick around for the late show at the same venue for London Calling's five year anniversary party. Taylor Swift ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Nashville's Amelia White: Considerably More Neil Young than Taylor Swift

    courtesy of the artist​Amelia White, who will be playing at Off Broadway with Sam Knutson on Sunday, is an enveloping singer and a prolific songwriter (she runs her own small song publishing company and has co-written for artists like Tony Furtado, Anne McCue, Molly Thomas, Stephanie Schneider ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Yeah, Pomplamoose sold out to Hyundai, but this indie duo just might revolutionize the music business

    courtesy of the artist​Amelia White, who will be playing at Off Broadway with Sam Knutson on Sunday, is an enveloping singer and a prolific songwriter (she runs her own small song publishing company and has co-written for artists like Tony Furtado, Anne McCue, Molly Thomas, Stephanie Schneider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Is Bon Jovi Coming to St. Louis? [Updated]

    ​Interesting tweet from A to Z reader @gcflatt just a bit ago, asking if we had noticed a Bon Jovi show scheduled for May 22 at the Scottrade Center. Believe it or not, this was the first we had heard of it. However, a quick glance at Pollstar appears to confirm a date, and there's also a Tick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Taylor Swift's 2011 Tour Now Contains Two St. Louis Shows

    ​Months ago, we said that Taylor Swift's 2011 world tour was stopping in St. Louis on August 14, venue to-be-announced. Well, we can now confirm that Swift will be at the Scottrade center on that date -- and on August 13 too. Needtobreathe will open both dates. Tickets are on sale on Friday, F ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    2010: The Year In Music

    ​Months ago, we said that Taylor Swift's 2011 world tour was stopping in St. Louis on August 14, venue to-be-announced. Well, we can now confirm that Swift will be at the Scottrade center on that date -- and on August 13 too. Needtobreathe will open both dates. Tickets are on sale on Friday, F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Taylor Swift is Returning to St. Louis in 2011!

    According to Billboard, Taylor Swift's 2011 Speak Now tour includes a date in St. Louis: August 14, at a venue TBA. More details as they're announced! "Mine":

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Interview: Zac Brown Band's Clay Cook on How It's (Beginning To) Spread Its Wings Beyond Country

    C.Taylor CrothersThe Zac Brown Band​BY PHIL FREEMAN Country's hard to define in 2010. The genre includes pop stars (Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum), critic-friendly brooders (the morose, arty Jamey Johnson) and grinning, suburbanite showmen (Brad Paisley). And then there are all the indie-rock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    New Release Highlights for October 26: Bryan Ferry, Sean Lennon, Warpaint and More.

    (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Juliette Commagere's Procession​*Juliette Commagere, The Procession Commagere, who's previously provided vocals for Hello Stranger and The Bird and the Bee, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Diana Horner's Country Hip-Hop Dancing: The New Craze Sweeping the Nation(?)

    So, Katy Perry tweeted the following video at Taylor Swift earlier today. It's a whole treatise on country hip-hop dancing, colloquially known as "cowboy hip-hop." I'm not sure what's better: the new-age flute on the video's soundtrack, the fashion -- spandex bike shorts under jean shorts, classiqu ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Butch Walker and the Black Widows

    8 p.m. Monday, April 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Film

    February 10, 2010

    Valentine's Day looks for love in all the wrong places

    8 p.m. Monday, April 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Show Review Photos Setlist: Nick Jonas and the Administration, Diane Birch at the Pageant, Tuesday, January 19

    Context is everything. Tell someone you're going to see Prince's band circa the New Power Generation, and the night's cred is through the roof. But tell someone you're going to see the same band - but fronted by teenpop heartthrob Nick Jonas -- and suddenly the show has a very different connotation. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    The RFT's Freelancers Choose Their Favorite 2009 Music

    I'd be remiss if I didn't point people to our front-of-book feature this week: The RFT's freelancers choosing their favorite music of 2009. Whether waxing ecstatic about concerts and singles or album releases and recording artists (hint: Taylor Swift love!), the writers covered quite a bit of ground ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    The Best of 2009 in Music

    I'd be remiss if I didn't point people to our front-of-book feature this week: The RFT's freelancers choosing their favorite music of 2009. Whether waxing ecstatic about concerts and singles or album releases and recording artists (hint: Taylor Swift love!), the writers covered quite a bit of ground ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2009

    Boys Like Girls/Cobra Starship

    6:30 p.m. Friday, November 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Music

    October 7, 2009

    Local Harvest: For the first time ever, Farm Aid comes to St. Louis.

    6:30 p.m. Friday, November 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Show Review Setlist: Gretchen Wilson at Farm Aid, Sunday, October 4

    You know what you're going to get with a Gretchen Wilson set: no-frills, unpretentious, hard-twanging country-rock tunes - with emphasis on the rock. Her mid-afternoon set kicked off with the 2004 hit "Here For the Party." Sporting a black camisole, sparkly silver belt and jeans and big hoop earring ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Kanye West, Serena Williams and Rep. Joe Wilson: Who is the Bigger Ass Clown?

    We here at Daily RFT apologize for this delayed version of Ass Clown of the Week this week, what with Kanye West's late arrival into the mix and regular news blogger Chad Garrison away from the computer screen for the next few days. So who was the rudest among these three Ass Clowns?Joe "YOU LIE!" W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Lady Gaga and Kanye West in St. Louis?

    According to Pollstar, Lady Gaga and Kanye West's "Fame Kills" tour is set to hit St. Louis on Friday, December 4, at the Scottrade Center. Neither Ticketmaster nor the Scottrade's website has this info yet, so consider it tentative until we do get word. In light of last night's events -- i.e., when ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    Taylor Swift

    7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Open Comment Thread: The 2009 Grammy Awards

    Because I'm on vacation, I'm writing this FROM THE PAST (ooh, spooky), and there won't be any live-blogging about Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast from me this year. However, consider this post an open commenting thread for the show. According to Grammy.com, the list of performers is crazytown:Curre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Taylor Swift in St. Louis, April 25?

    [Editor's note, February 18: This show is confirmed! Info here.]According to Taylor Swift's website, the country-pop sensation will be in St. Louis on Saturday, April 25. No venue or other information is available yet, so consider the show tentative. Admit it: Her single "Love Story" is a total gui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: June 13 through 15

    [Editor's note, February 18: This show is confirmed! Info here.]According to Taylor Swift's website, the country-pop sensation will be in St. Louis on Saturday, April 25. No venue or other information is available yet, so consider the show tentative. Admit it: Her single "Love Story" is a total gui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

    [Editor's note, February 18: This show is confirmed! Info here.]According to Taylor Swift's website, the country-pop sensation will be in St. Louis on Saturday, April 25. No venue or other information is available yet, so consider the show tentative. Admit it: Her single "Love Story" is a total gui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2008

    2008 Grammy Awards: The Liveblog

    [Editor's note, February 18: This show is confirmed! Info here.]According to Taylor Swift's website, the country-pop sensation will be in St. Louis on Saturday, April 25. No venue or other information is available yet, so consider the show tentative. Admit it: Her single "Love Story" is a total gui ... More >>

  • Music

    May 9, 2007

    Taylor Swift / Kellie Pickler / Brad Paisley

    7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

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