Pete Yorn—The Pageant—St. Louis, MO—August 9, 2009 I would imagine that Pete Yorn is having a lot of fun these days. In June, he released a well-received, hot-selling album, Back & Fourth, and he has another record, a set of […]
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Wussy/The Fervor—Off Broadway—St. Louis, MO—Aug. 7, 2009 Quick review: I caught a couple of almost-rootsy indie-rock bands last night, both with very strong new releases, who crossed the Mississippi to play a double bill in the comfy Off Broadway nightclub. […]
Willie Nelson—Lost Highway—Lost Highway—2009 Keeping up with Willie Nelson albums has always been a chore. Up until about ’93, though, Willie was “only” churning out an album or two a year, besides truck-stop mix-tapes, and you pretty much knew which […]
Dr. John—The Pageant—St. Louis, MO—August 4, 2009 When Dr. John first walked out on stage tonight, I was worried. The 68-year-old shuffled feebly over to his center-stage piano, leaning heavily on his walking cane. I thought for a second that […]
I have a quick follow-up to a piece I wrote here a couple of weeks ago called “The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Keep On Churnin’.” In that essay, I provided a bit of background on the Daredevils, a review of their […]
Tanya Tucker—My Turn—Saguaro Road—2009 Tanya Tucker has been in the country music game so long, it’s hard to believe that she just turned 50 last year. Of course when you hit the scene at age 13, you’re in for a […]
Shawn Colvin—Live—Nonesuch—2009 Shawn Colvin is complicated. She’s moody, strong, impulsive, courageous, paranoid, self-possessed, depressed. And that’s all just in the first song. This new live solo-acoustic recording opens with “Polaroids,” the track that also led off Fat City, her 1992 […]
Josh Ritter—Off Broadway—St. Louis—July 28, 2009 First of all, is there any rock-and-roller who smiles more than Josh Ritter? I don’t see how since that dude never stopped smiling (or cracking up) over the course of his two-hour show last […]
The Bottle Rockets—Lean Forward—Bloodshot—2009 The Bottle Rockets, the pride of Festus, Missouri, are back with Lean Forward, out August 11th, their first album since 2006’s Zoysia, and their third album on the Bloodshot label. The album also marks the return […]
Gogol Bordello—The Pageant—St. Louis—July 23, 2009 Oh, my neck! My ribs! My moustache! You see, I’ve just been to a Gogol Bordello concert. And if you attend one of those, you’d better be ready, if not for an elbow in […]
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