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Henry Townsend, 1909-2006new
Known for his prodigious songwriting talents, Townsend had more than 350 published songs to his credit -- but that figure hardly describes the bluesman's total body of work.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
10-10-2006 |
Music
The Next Big Thingnew
A middle-aged couple have a million dollars and a big dream: To make St. Louis a pop-music hub.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-14-2006 |
Music
Going Down Slownew
Bennie Smith and a dwindling cadre of St. Louis music pioneers have a right to sing the blues.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-01-2006 |
Music
In With the Newnew
These St. Louis-area performers helped make 2005 a year of new beginnings for the local music scene, even as there were sad endings.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
01-04-2006 |
Music
Healthy Distrustnew
On the surface, 2005 was another banner year for hip-hop. But beneath the surface there was an underlying restlessness -- a cultural and an aesthetic agitation that was both hidden and violent.
Riverfront Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Overlooked in 2005new
Most of the CDs on this list are by artists you've likely never heard of, but a couple are by neglected but trusty war-horses.
Riverfront Times |
Scott Faingold |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Hip-Hop Year in Reviewnew
A tight focus reveals hip-hop thriving in dozens of niches, even if none of the resultant albums can completely refute the sense that the genre is still stuck in a holding pattern.
Riverfront Times |
Dan Leroy |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Let There Be Rocknew
One writer counts down the ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Heady Metalnew
When it comes to heavy metal, 2005 will be remembered as the year the promising Sounds of the Underground tour debuted, metalcore dominated the scene and Iron Maiden got egged at Ozzfest.
Riverfront Times |
Jason Bracelin |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
The Mad Bloggernew
Armed with keyboard and modem, the Internet's most controversial hip-hop blogger, Byron Crawford, is waging war with celebrity rapper Kanye West.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
11-09-2005 |
Music
Rap vs. Rapturenew
Christian hip-hop is on the march, but some say it's the Devil's music.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-22-2005 |
Music
Cold as Icenew
Rappers Huggie Brown and Alphonzo Cowper deconstruct an early-'90s classic about a group of Los Angeles gangbangers who flee to St. Louis to escape the heat on them.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-06-2005 |
Music
Won't Be Worried Longnew
Friends and family gather to mourn the suicide of St. Louis' Hunter Brumfield III, aka Toast, who was, depending on whom you ask, a great rapper, bassist, drummer, DJ, graffiti artist, lover, poet, breakdancer, bookworm, conversationalist, drunk or folk guitarist.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Music
Tags: Hunter Brumfield III
The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock (Besides Sting)new
McCartney, Santana, Buffett, The Adams Family, Elton John, Johnny Rzeznik, G.E. Smith, Oberst-Carrabba, Fred Durst and Bob Weir: Meet the men who've taken irrevocable turns for the worse and learn why they're still way cooler than Sting.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-08-2004 |
Music
Best Political Rap Attacks to Battle Bushnew
Just in time for the Republican National Convention, Jordan Harper gathers some of the best political ammo in hip-hop history.
Riverfront Times |
Jordan Harper |
08-27-2004 |
Music
