John Moen isn't just the drummer for the Decemberists; he's also leader of the jangle 'n' slide folk-rock project Perhapst, and his new release "Revise Your Maps" features the gently storming, gently melodic "Willamette Valley Ballad," an homage to Moen's home state of Oregon.

From Irish drinking songs to Nirvana covers, Stickley & Canan explore an eclectic repertoire delivered in the American folk tradition.

Dawes
"Stories Don't End
Hub Records

Dawes is from Los Angeles and have become linked to a new Laurel Canyon sound that remakes the sound (if not the scene) made in the late '60s by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, the Byrds and others. Their music harks back to a time when the grass was green, not red or purple, and mellow was a way of life, not an ice cream flavor.

When Gaelic Storm hit the Pageant on Friday night, the Guinness and Jameson reserves were strained in ways the bartenders likely had not seen the likes of since the great Whiskey War Festival of 2012.

Thursday evening, Off Broadway filled with friends, family and new fans as two acts with ties to St. Louis took the stage.

The Shivering Timbers that make up the soul of this preview are Jayson and Sarah Benn, an Ohio-based husband and wife team that performs under that name.

The line at the door of the Firebird snaked through the parking lot. This was the first sign. Then -- the smiles, the excitement, no one worrying about not getting in -- a sense of fate in the air.

Former KDHX DJ Jim Findlay brought the current version of the Colin Sphinctor Band to the Focal Point on Saturday.

Crosby, Stills and Nash drew an ecstatic crowd to the Fabulous Fox Theatre Thursday night.

Grease-faced workers, oppressed migrants and honest travelers all find a home and a voice in the unburnished ballads of the Union Electric.