For the second week in a row, Maestro David Robertson has taken a well-known piece in the standard repertoire, plugged it into a high-voltage socket, and produced a performance that crackles with electricity.
I first saw the Devil Makes Three on the live webcast of the Newport Folk Festival last summer and thought they sounded and looked a little like the really pissed-off folks that got stuck in Nebraska in the 1889 Land…
"I want to take this hall with me. You're so lucky," Rosanne Cash told the audience at the Sheldon near the end of her set, which began with her calling the century-old venue "one of the best-sounding halls in the…
Where to begin? The City Museum alone is a multi-level, dizzying attraction of slides, wrought-iron climbing structures, curiosities, aquatic life and gorgeous tile mosaics.
Various Artists "The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver" ATO Records There are lots of tribute albums around, though they are a curious bird. The assumption we make as consumers is that the people who contribute do so…
The world of jazz is expansive and limitless. It combines elements from every style of music that it encounters, generating a sound that belongs entirely to the musicians on stage and those privileged enough to share the experience. Wednesday night,…
Mon May 20
Indie Folk band King James and the Killer Bee is a recent addition to the St. Louis music scene. The band recently stopped by the Magnolia studio's to talk with Heather Cooper about their debut EP: The Man I Am Today.
Click here to download Mr. Science Fiction from the EP: The Man I Am Today
Album art courtesy of…
Mon May 13
Muhammad "Mvstermind" Austin is a Saint Louis producer and rapper, and he just released his latest album, Artistically Day Dreaming. Mvstermind is a member of Musical Masterminds Entertainment, a collection of local artists pursuing music together. His new album takes the listener on a journey through is past accompanied by captivating production.
Click here to download "80-D" from Artistic Day…
Chicken and Pigs play rambunctious Americana at Harvest Sessions this week, with a special performance by Circus Flora during the set break at 10:45 a.m.
Who: Chicken and Pigs and a special performance by Circus Flora
When:...
DJ Needles - 1 PM
FarFetched Records Set with;
Scripts N Screws, Thelonius Kryptonite,
and Mathias and the Pirates - 2 PM
Corey Black - 3 PM
Tef Poe - 3:30 PM
DJ Mahf and Steddy P - 4 PM...
Join us for our second annual Twangspin at the Royale. Eight DJs from KDHX and Twangfest will be spinning all manner of twangy music -- honky tonk, swing, country soul, country rock, Americana and more -- from 6 p.m. to close out on...