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Extended Family: Soul Man Lee Fields doesn't see his audience as fans

How Do I Get a Big-Name Producer to Work on My Band's Album?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Announcing the Winners of the First Voice Media Group Music Writing Awards

By Ben Westhoff Each week in our print editions and every day on our blogs, the 13 Voice Media Group papers feature some of the best music writing in the country. That's why we're excited to announce the winners of our first VMG music writing awards. The honor goes to the authors of one blog post ... More >>

Strong Foundation: The Cornerstone Festival says goodbye, for now

Nothing's so funny in Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

R.I.P. Jim Marshall, The King of Loud

Marshall Amplification founder Jim Marshall passed away yesterday at the age of 88. He had been diagnosed with cancer late last year after suffering from a series of strokes. His name may not be familiar to the average music lover, but his amplifiers provided the massive, crunchy guitar sound that s ... More >>

St. Louis Native David Sanborn Returns With DMS

​After more than 40 years in the music business, one might think that saxophonist David Sanborn has done it all. From playing at Woodstock with the Butterfield Blues Band, to performing on dozens of hit records with artists ranging from Stevie Wonder to David Bowie, to a successful solo career ... More >>

The Seven Deadliest Music Festivals

wikimedia commons​It has been a particularly grim summer already in music festival fatalities, with one death over the weekend at Electric Daisy and two more at Bonnaroo a couple weeks ago. But this is hardly a new phenomenon: The combination of crushing crowds, heat and mind-altering substanc ... More >>

Chris Mucci Memorial Set for Saturday, April 9

Shirley and Chris Mucci of Alton, Il. ​Back in January we told you about a local musician looking for a cure. Chris Mucci, 61, of Alton, passed away on February 21 surrounded by his friends and family. This weekend, Chris's friends and accomplices in the music community are hosting a memorial ... More >>

Sly Stallone's Pudding, Ron Jeremy's Rum: Most Appetite-Curbing Celeb Food Products

Yesterday we questioned the proliferation of celebrity-owned chicken restaurants, with the opening of Flavor Flav's first Flav's Fried Chicken in Clinton, Iowa. But Flav's foray into food service left us with a second question: do you really want to eat food made by this guy? VH1 TV Shows | Music V ... More >>

In Search of Missing Person, Police Consult With Psychic

I see donuts in your future. ​OK, we couldn't let this one slip by. According to this morning's Post-Dispatch, the police department in the town of Woodstock, Ill., is on the hunt for missing person Beth Bentley, who was last seen eight months ago in Centralia, Ill., located about an hour east ... More >>

What the Folk?

Interview Outtakes: Carl Newman of the New Pornographers, in town tonight at the Pageant

Jason CrepsThe New Pornographers on ice.​In this week's paper, we ran an interview with the New Pornographers' redheaded frontman, Carl Newman. Now, in anticipation for tonight's concert at the Pageant with the Dodos, we offer outtakes from the conversation -- everything from Dan Bejar's geniu ... More >>

Megafaun

8 p.m. Friday, June 18. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

"Mayor-Juana" Cottleville's Don Yarber A Hit At Missouri NORML Meeting

photo by Keegan HamiltonDon Yarber's mustache also supports medical marijuana in Missouri​Riverfront Times founder Ray Hartmann had to cancel his speaking engagement Saturday at Missouri NORML's Spring Conference on Cherokee Street.Maybe it was just the mellow attitudes of the two dozen or so peop ... More >>

Book Review: Neil Diamond is Forever by Jon Bream

Voyageur Press​As Jon Bream emphasizes repeatedly throughout Neil Diamond is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music, Neil Diamond is not hip. That's probably why my parents liked him. Actually that's probably why most people's parents liked him, except for people whose parents ran ... More >>

St. Louis International Film Festival Announces Schedule, Including Lots of Music Films

The St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) announced its schedule a few weeks ago -- and as always, the fest has plenty of offerings for music-doc buffs and local music fans. SLIFF runs from November 12 to 22; all ticket info and locations of the films can be found at this link. Among the do ... More >>

Wounded, Laid-Off Lee Enterprises Reporter Gets Hired & Hitched

Todd Smith was the only person wounded in the Kirkwood shootings to survive. ​In case you missed Deb Peterson's schmooze on Todd Smith, the former Suburban Journals reporter who was wounded in the Kirkwood City Hall shooting a year before being laid off by the employer he took a bullet for: Smith ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Tom Russell, Playing at Off Broadway on Friday, Turner Hall on Saturday

This week in the RFT, freelance writer Roy Kasten interviewed Tom Russell about his creative process, especially for the new album Blood and Candle Smoke, which prominently features the sounds of Calexico, and some of his strongest compositions after over 30 years of songwriting. He'll be in the St. ... More >>

Ruining Woodstock: Who knew three days of peace & music would oppress us for 40 years? (Plus: this movie)

Woodstock (or Altamont) in the Ozarks -- The 35th Anniversary

ozarkmusicfestivalexhibit.comThe Ozark Music Festival kicked off 35 years ago last Saturday, July 18, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Concert promoters had assured Sedalians that they would be hosting a "soft rock" festival with 50,000 spectators.Instead, 160,000 people (and that's a c ... More >>

Summertime St. Louis: Summer of Salvation. The Terminator is back. Plus, 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Nine Inch Nails: First Live Appearances, Covers and Oddities

Counting Crows / Collective Soul

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 7. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois.

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Get Yer Peanuts Here

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Saturday, February 4; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Hip-Hop, Year 2 A.J.

Still no Jigga, but Kanye, some loveable Limeys and a great Beyoncé substitute held it down

Riverfront Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 14

Old-Fashioned Love Songs

Looking for the perfect songs for Valentine's Day? Yeah, we're not going to help you out at all.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of November 17, 2004

Scars and Bars

Bukowski gets his in a touching, terrifying documentary

A Touch of Gray

The jam-band community pulls together for one heck of a funeral

Best Biker Bar

Woodstock Lounge

Twist of Fate

This Bob Dylan movie is as inscrutable as Bob Dylan music

King of Rock

Rhymer Common breaks new ground on his adventurous, rock-infused new disc

Mag Hags

What's wrong with the state of music journalism -- and how to fix it

Got Milk?

Week of October 30, 2002

What Is Your Idea of Big?

Week of June 19, 2002

Gunn-Play

St. Louis native Russell Gunn returns home for a much-anticipated gig at Bistro Europa

Best Record-Store Clerk

Jim Lovins, Wherehouse Music

Groove

Written and directed by Greg Harrison

Hair Today

Is the seminal '70s musical still in style?

What Is Your Greatest Athletic Feat?

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER PLANET

The Chemical Brothers achieve combustion on their new album, Surrender

Star Treatment

Golden Globe

Making the Scene

A Post-Poster World

It's the power of the music, not cartoonish surface appearances, that makes for a music hero, say the local young folk we polled