Ha Ha Tonka always comes to entertain and that's just what they did Friday night at the Firebird.

Off Broadway was packed like a sauna full of sardines for Josh Ritter, Friday night. By the end of the night everyone walked out, including the musicians, drenched in sweat. 

Old 97's may come from Texas, and they may be a Texas "bar band" through and through (clad in the requisite cowboy shirts and boots), but last night, to everyone at the Pageant, it felt like they were home again. "When the sun goes down on [St. Louis] town / That's when I'll know I'm home." Right?

If Webb Wilder were a meal he'd be surf 'n' turf, with a super-sized side order of twangy, tangy polk salad. The King of Swampedelic Rock unplugged in the Magnolia Avenue Studios for an exclusive acoustic session on the Interstate.

The Dive Poets describe their sound as "melodic roots rock"; add to that some guitar crunch and Midwestern lyrical impressions, and you have a hint of what they're after.

Chicago-based progressive bluegrass band Cornmeal take the laid-back acoustic groove of the Grateful Dead and mix it with some blazing picking ala New Grass Revival.

"My name is pilgrim and I'm going home," shouts Jason Kutchma on Red Collar's latest album. Home is somewhere between the psychedelic jangle of R.E.M. and the raving, blue collar rock of the Hold Steady. The band visited Coin-Operated Radio for a live performance.

Since releasing his first album in 2006, Ryan Bingham's star has been rising fast in the Americana cosmos. Along with his band the Dead Horses, the New Mexico-born songwriter turned in an exclusive acoustic set on the Interstate.