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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

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

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

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