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The Influential Music of St. Louis Sax Legend Oliver Sain Lives Onnew

Oliver Sain was a saxophone player, producer, composer, arranger, talent scout and multi-instrumentalist who reigned over the St. Louis worlds of blues, jazz, soul and R&B for more than four decades.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
05-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop Ex-Pat Wafeek Celebrates Paradoxes with New Albumnew
How does he reconcile the fact that he's backhanding the hype machine with one hand while hitting up one of the best-known hip-hop blogs for some cross-promotional buzz with the other?
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
12-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fist Citynew
Rockwell Knuckles aims to punch through St. Louis hip-hop's glass ceiling.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rockwell Knuckles
More Than Meets the Eyenew
Rapper/producer Vandalyzm makes a major splash with his debut album.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Megatron Majorz, Vandalyzm
St. Louis' Underground Hip-hop Scene Struggles with 'Ghettofication'new
Fans of underground hip-hop pride themselves on advancing the art and culture of the music, a stark contrast to many of the city's large urban nightclubs where the crowd is just out to party. The divide between the two approaches has sparked a culture war.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
09-07-2007 |
Music