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The Chevy Music Showcase is an online community and two minute mini-documentary TV series dedicated to the St. Louis music scene. Powered by Chevy , they launch at Atomic Cowboy this Thursday, January 12th at 7pm. The website is now live. The mini-documentary TV series will air soon on the local CBS affiliate KMOV. This post features a track by both of the artists that are playing at the launch party and are also involved in the first season. Beth Bombara is scheduled to perform at the launch with John Henry [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! Why the heck are you reading this? You should be spending this quality time with your family. Well, since you're here, this is my weekly look at what I didn't have time to get to: Beth Bombara, Wish I Were You The St. Louis native first grabbed my attention with a pair of solid EPs. Now she's returned with a full length, Wish I Were You. She's got the right amount

Welcome to the first Top List for It's Time to Play B-Sides . I've considered doing one of these lists every year since 2006, but never before have I had a year filled with as many really great albums that have compelled me to compile a year-end list. 2010 has been a pretty busy year for me as far as music has been concerned. Some fantastic concerts and events and some really interesting local (Eastern Iowa) releases have come out. This list represents releases that spent the most time on my playlist- in some cases I have had direct [...]

Another day, another Christmas-themed tune. This one is an original though. Not only has St. Louis-based indie folk rocker Beth Bombara has just released a new album, Wish I Were You, but she has also penned a holiday tune for all to enjoy. Check out "Christmas Ain't Coming" now: Christmas Ain't Coming by Beth Bombara Beth Bombara's website

Photo courtesy of Mike McDowell (incredible digiscoper and blogger) As an avid birder the winter months bring mixed emotions. As birds head south for the winter there are fewer species for me to lay eyes on. At the same time those birds which do endure the frigid temperatures band together, forming large flocks which are easier to find and often stop by my feeder for a bite to eat. I suppose the same is true for us primates. When it gets cold outside the festivals and activities of summer drift away as we cling [...]

• Beth Bombara - Winter Blues

Right on the heels of a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money to release her new album Wish I Were You on vinyl, St. Louis musician Beth Bombara is setting out to do a quick run through Wisconsin and Iowa to play some shows with her frequent partner-in-musical crime Cassie Morgan . This tour could technically be considered a Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine tour (a moniker under which they released Weathered Hands, Weary Eyes in April of this year) and certainly they [...]

One of my favorite indie releases from 2009 was an EP by St. Louis singer/songwriter Beth Bombara titled Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation . The six-song self-released CD by Beth was a stylistic switch from the pop-folk of previous solo effort Abandon Ship by pulling in some indie rock distortion and edginess that recalled Bettie Seveert . In particular, I love the harmonies on the track "Lights" which ended up on a bunch of my roadtrip mixes this past year. You can listen to "Lights" in the player below. For her [...]

Singer/songwriter Beth Bombara is probably best known for her work as part of Samantha Crain's touring band The Midnight Shivers. That is likely to change soon however as the St Louis-based Bombara steps out on her own with the new EP Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation.The EP is a collection of six tracks equally influenced by American roots music and '90s alternative rock. Country rockers

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation's self-titled EP. He had this to say: Last year, singer-songwriter Beth Bombara released Abandon Ship, a tidy... Continue reading "Homespun: Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation, self-titled EP" >

• Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation - 01 Lights

The always-prolific Grace Basement recently posted its new record, Gunmetal Gray, on its website for anyone to download. Haven't had a chance to listen yet, but I expect good things. The band&nbs... Continue reading "Grace Basement Posts New Album Online, Plays at Off Broadway Tonight" >