I recently caught up with Bayou boogie guitarist Tab Benoit (ben-wah) who will take his lively blues band to the Gramophone’s stage Thursday. The award-winning bluesman grew up in the smallish town of Houma in South Louisiana, where many of…

Get your Afrobeat on tomorrow (Wed.) at the Gramophone with Afromotive.

The up-tempo, high energy group out of Asheville, NC, is led by Adama Dembele from Cote d‘Ivoire, West Africa. He’s a thirty-third generation djembe player,…

For Teddy Presberg, a little bourbon, a lot of funk and some timely environmentalism is just the right mix.

The local funkster will roll out his sophomore album this month at various STL venues. A national tour later this year is…

Philly-via-Boston rapper Mr. Lif will twist some lyrical pretzels Thursday at the Gramophone.

Lif has been wowing audiences with his rapid fire delivery and biting social observations since the mid-1990s. His recent material would delight hip hop fans and policy wonks…

Get ready for Eli Jones weekend in St. Louis.

The Chicago soul/blues outfit will bring their three-piece horn section and powerful pipes of singer Stefanie Berecz to several venues here starting Friday.

Their debut album, Make it Right, is more smooth soul…

After the David Byrne show on Saturday we stumbled upon an absotively hoppin’ show at the Gramophone. Nashville’s Dynamites featuring Charles Walker played deep-South funk before a sweaty packed crowd. DJ Doug Morgan provided slick beats before and after the…