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Apr 11, 2025

The Maestro Supports Our Cause

Leonard Slatkin, beloved former conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and world-renowned composer and author, has released a public statement calling for 88.1 KDHX to remain the vibrant, independent, community radio station in St. Louis.

In the statement, attached to this release and pasted below, Slatkin states, “KDHX is at risk of being sold to an out-of-town conglomerate. We cannot afford to lose this valuable community resource and communication tool.”

Slatkin is one of the original founders of KDHX, having signed the Double Helix (the station’s parent company) Articles of Incorporation of 1971. He has long championed music and the arts in St. Louis, and his statement expresses his great love for KDHX, and its irreplaceable place in the community.

While KDHX is at risk, it has not been sold. Many individuals and groups, including the League of Volunteer Enthusiasts (LOVE) of KDHX, continue to work together within the legal system and within the community to stop the sale to the Tennessee conglomerate of K-Love, Inc.

We are all united in keeping KDHX alive and local in St. Louis, and we thank the maestro, Leonard Slatkin, for the following generous words of support.

Radio is one of the last bastions of the imagination. Living in the age of visual media, we are bombarded with images day and night. These represent the thoughts of others, and although they can provoke discussion and even dissent, the pictures cannot be altered by our minds.

When I moved to St. Louis in 1968, there was this lonely looking house on Olive Blvd. in what used to be Gaslight Square. From that building, the sounds of a new generation could be heard. KDNA was the place you went when you wanted something stimulating and different. But more than that, it offered us the opportunity to create our own representations of the sounds we were hearing. Our minds came alive.

Today, through its successor, KDHX, much of that imaginative spirit lives on in the form of exceptional music, arts, issues, and culture programming. However, recent events have put the station in a difficult financial position, and KDHX is at risk of being sold to an out-of-town conglomerate. We cannot afford to lose this valuable community resource and communication tool.

Please help keep KDHX alive and local by supporting the LOVE of KDHX campaign to save community radio in St. Louis. Long may it thrive.

Leonard Slatkin

Former conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin is a composer, author, Grammy Award winner, and National Medal of the Arts honoree. He is one of the original founders of the Double Helix corporation, the parent company of KDHX. His name and signature are on the original Double Helix Articles of Incorporation of 1971.

In the Media

Jeremy Goodwin has an extensive and excellent overview of our situation at stlpr. We highly recommend you give this one a click.

This Week’s Playlists

Our man Brian Lock keeps on keeping up with Spotify and youTube playlists for us.

This week's original playlist is Bjorn Borg and Aga Kahn Were Tight Bros From Way Back.

Reaching into the KDHX archives this week for a September 2023 Down Yonder show with DJ Keith Dudding.

Concert Calendar

Jeff Corbin keeps track of all the happenings around town for us.

Friday, April 11

Nate Lowery (matinee) – Venice Café

Cree Rider Band (evening) – Venice Café

The Falling Martins – Frisco Barroom

Jesse Farrar – Eckert’s

Glittermouth, Shareholder, Inner City Witches, Dialogue – Platypus

Infrared: Kudda and Dhoruba Jazztronica Set – The Dark Room

The Chugs, Small Steps, The Stars Go Out, The Alley Oops – The Heavy Anchor

St. Louis Tionol – The Focal Point

Kimmie Kidd, Christina Yancey and Dereis Lambert: Spirit and Soul of Natalie Cole – Blue Strawberry

Mary Rodgers Menagerie (evening) – Evangeline’s Bistro

The BOB Band (evening) – Evangeline’s Bistro

Hammurabi’s Code – Red Flag

Mississippi Queen Doobie Brothers Tribute – Diamond Music Hall

AJ Ghent – City Winery

Ethan Carl & Molly Lovette – Old Rock House

The Emo Tour – The Hawthorn

Keep with Bleed Black, Hard Handed, Misery – The Sinkhole

Ballister – Off Broadway

Gaga Nights: A Gaga Dance Party – Delmar Hall

Cord Fitch Memorial Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show – Granada Theatre, Mt. Vernon, IL

Vannah Leigh – Venue on Main

Chicago Farmer & the Fieldnotes with Neil Salsich & Gerard Erker – Atomic Pavilion

Not Like Us with DJ Domo Fresh & Maxa – Sophie’s Artist Lounge

Saturday, April 12

Cord Fitch Memorial Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show – Granada Theatre, Mt. Vernon, IL

Midwestern Harvesters – Music Box Listening Room, Greenville, IL

Diesel Island – Stovall’s Grove

Mariner 5 – Atomic Lounge

Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers – The Pageant

Gimme Gimme Disco – Delmar Hall

A Tribute to The Smiths – Off Broadway

The Uncouth with No Guard, Hot Rails, World View, Comrad! – The Sinkhole

Jessica Kirson – The Factory

Joe, Musiq Soulchild and Eric Benet – Chaifetz Arena

All Together Now: Celebrating the Music of the Beatles – Old Rock House

John Hughes Experience – Diamond Music Hall

Drunkurwater – Red Flag

Saint Louis Banjo Club Saturday Brunch – Evangeline’s Bistro

Jose Emilio Gobbo Jazz Trio – Evangeline’s Bistro

Tionol – Sheldon Concert Hall

Sarah Potenza – Blue Strawberry

Rachel is Kozi with Ish Ensemble & Scotty and the Future – The Golden Record

Samba Bom – The Focal Point

Murtaugh, Animated Dead, Nolia, Abrade – The Heavy Anchor

The Lady J Huston Show – Dark Room

Fly By Night with Biko FKA Needles – Sophie’s Artist Lounge

Snooze, Inches from Glory, Interpersonal, Neighboring Villages – Platypus

Joe Metzka (matinee) – Eckert’s

Shortmist (evening) – Eckert’s

Andrew Dahle Trio with Daithi Melia – Broadway Oyster Bar

The Gaslight Squares – Frisco Barroom

Subtracting Swore – The Attic Music Bar

Honky Tonk Airlines (matinee) – Venice Café

Hunter Peebles and the Moonlighters (evening) – Venice Café

Young Dubliners – Wildey Theatre

Clint Black – Family Arena

Sunday, April 13

Remi Wolf with Dana and Alden – The Pageant

Leprous with Wheel – Delmar Hall

Marlon Funaki with The Back Alley – Blueberry Hill Duck Room

Young Widows with Cherubs, Porcelain, Rejected Limbs – The Sinkhole

Daisy the Great – Old Rock House

Emery: Songs & Stories with Flake – City Winery

Vomit Forth, Locked Shut – Red Flag

Hot Swing Jazz Brunch with Miss Jubilee & the Yas Yas Boys – Evangeline’s Bistro

Madeline De Geest (matinee) – Eckert’s

Pierce Crask (matinee) – Broadway Oyster Bar

Soul Sunday with Laka (evening) – Broadway Oyster Bar

Farshid Etniko – Frisco Barroom

Monday, April 14

G-Eazy with Marc E. Bassy, Goody Grace – The Pageant

Just B – Delmar Hall

Soulard Blues Band – Broadway Oyster Bar

Tuesday, April 15

49 Winchester with Noeline Hofmann – Delmar Hall

Wheatus with Rematch – Blueberry Hill Duck Room

Fust with the Jits – The Sinkhole

Connor Price – The Hawthorn

The Bosman Twins – Sheldon Concert Hall

Sumpp/Meremott & More – Platypus

Drew Lance & Friends (matinee) – Broadway Oyster Bar

Eric Lysaght (evening) – Broadway Oyster Bar

Sharon Bear – Venice Cafe

Wednesday, April 16

Sam Morril – The Pageant

The New Mastersounds with Playadors – Delmar Hall

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert – The Factory

Sarah Kinsley – Old Rock House

The Will Hancock Band – Evangeline’s Bistro

Ethan Jones and Katie Hubbard – Blue Strawberry

18AndCounting – Sophie’s Artist Lounge

The Queer Underground – Platypus

Voodoo Grunge – Broadway Oyster Bar

Emerson Magana – Frisco Barroom

Jakob Baxter – Venice Cafe

Thursday, April 17

Pecos & the Rooftops with Huser Brothers – The Pageant

Red Not Chili Peppers with Pudding Time – Delmar Hall

Nuclear Tomb with Obscene, Ill Omen, Ex Cathedra – The Sinkhole

Moon Hooch with Future Joy – Old Rock House

Simply the Best: Tina Turner Tribute – City Winery

Josiah Joyce & Drew Weiss – Evangeline’s Bistro

Samantha Clemons – Blue Strawberry

Kara and Bob Band – Eckert’s

Butch Moore (matinee) – Broadway Oyster Bar

The Hamilton Band (evening) – Broadway Oyster Bar

Sean Canan & Hilary Fitz – Frisco Barroom

The Couch Burners – Venice Cafe

Friday, April 18

Sammy Rae & The Friends with Zinadelphia – The Pageant

Geoff Tate’s Operation with Thomas McCarthy – Delmar Hall

The John Hughes Experience – Old Rock House

Luke Combs UK Tribute Show – City Winery

4 a Trappas – Red Flag

Joe Park Organ Trio – Evangeline’s Bistro

The Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show – Sheldon Concert Hall

Todd Day Wait with Hunter Peebles & Lorna Kay – The Golden Record

Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius – The Focal Point

Lousy with Coyotes, Melody Den, Scotty & the Future – The Heavy Anchor

Jamie McGeechan – The Dark Room

Slow Spread Love – Sophie’s Artist Lounge

Voodoo Little Feat – Atomic Pavilion

Glass Mattress, Blinded by Sereo, Cazadores – Platypus

Adam Harbison (matinee) – Eckert’s

Dustin Coleman (evening) Eckert’s

Brother Francis & the Soultones – Broadway Oyster Bar

Miss Jubilee – Frisco Barroom

Homestead Groove – The Attic Music Bar

Sharon Bear (matinee) – Venice Café

Ivas John (evening) – Venice Café

Davy Knowles and Band – Wildey Theatre

Hairball Silver Anniversary Tour – River City Casino

New Releases

Allen Dahm not only tells us what records are coming out today, but he’s got a bunch of highlight’s of Saturday’s Record Store Day releases. We urge you to support your local record store - they’ve all been supportive of us.

April 11

Abbey Cone – Greener

The Album Leaf – Rotations

Bedridden – Moths Strapped To Eachother’s Backs

Bjørn Riis (of Airbag) – Fimbulvinter

BLACKWRISTBAND – My Escape

Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE

Bootsy Collins – Album of the Year #1 Funkateer

Cabal – Everything Rots

Clutter – Clutter Loves You EP

Daughter of Swords – Alex

Dead Pioneers – PO$T AMERICAN

The Driver Era – Obsession

ELVENKING – Reader Of The Runes – Luna

Epica – Aspiral

Eyedress – Stoner

Fancy Hagood – American Spirit: The Last Drag

fantasy of a broken heart – Chaos Practitioner EP

Fomies – Liminality

Galactic and Irma Thomas – Audience with the Queen

Gerald Clayton – Ones & Twos

Idle Heirs – Life Is Violence

Johanna Warren – The Night of the Wind EP

Jon Pardi – Honytonk Hollywood

Joni – Things I Left Behind

Kali Malone – The Sacrificial Code (Reissue)

Ken Carson – More Chaos

Leatherman – Turn You On

LL Cool J – All World: Greatest Hits (Vinyl Reissue)

LL Cool J – Phenomenon (Vinyl Reissue)

Lullahush – Ithaca

Magnolia Park – VAMP

Mamalarky – Hex Key

Marathon – Fading Image

Mark Morton (of Lamb of God) – Without the Pain

Maria Usbeck – Naturaleza

The Mars Volta – Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio

Mika Häkki (of Monolord) – Mørker

Nell Smith – Anxious

Nellie McKay – Hey Guys, Watch This

OK Go – And the Adjacent Possible

Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life

Ribbon Skirt – Bite Down

Röyksopp – True Electric

set dressing – i can’t be alone tonight EP

SONUM – The Obscure Light Awaits

Sons of Ra – Standard Devitation

Spin Doctors – Face Full of Cake

Tara Nome Doyle – Ekko

Tapeworms – Grand Voyage

Teen Mortgage – Devil Ultrasne onic Dream

Trousdale – Growing Pains

Turnpike Troubadours – The Price of Admission

Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles

Various Artists – Chet Baker Re:imagined

Within Destruction – ANIMETAL

April 12 (Record Store Day 2025)

a-ha – Hunting High and Low – The 1984 Demos

Air – Moon Safari Live & Demos

Alessandro Alessandroni – L’Ora del Cocktail (Vinyl Reissue)

The B-52’s – The B-52’s (Vinyl Reissue)

Belly – King (Vinyl Reissue)

Bill Evans – Further Ahead: Live in Finland (1964-1969)

Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol (Vinyl Reissue)

The Blasters – An American Music Story: The Complete Studio Recordings 1979-1985

blur – The Magic Whip (10th Anniversary)

Charles Mingus – In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts

CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye (10th Anniversary Special Edition) (Vinyl Release)

The Cure – The Head on the Door (Vinyl Reissue)

Cypress Hill – Live at the Fillmore (Vinyl Release)

David Bowie – Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03)

The Dream Syndicate – Sketches for Out of the Grey (Vinyl Reissue)

Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (Vinyl Reissue)

Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Vinyl Release)

Geddy Lee (of RUSH) – The Lost Demos

Gil Scott-Heron – Moving Target (Vinyl Reissue)

Gorillaz – Demon Days (Live from the Apollo Theater) (Vinyl Release)

Jeff Bridges – Slow Magic, 1977-1978

The Jesus Lizard – Flux EP

John Lennon – Power To The People – Live At The One To One Concert, New York City, 1972 EP

John Williams – Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl Release)

John Williams – Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl Release)

John Williams – Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl Release)

Joni Mitchell – Live 1976 (Vinyl Release)

Judas Priest – Live in Atlanta ’82 (Vinyl Release)

The Killers and Bruce Springsteen – Encore at the Garden

La Lom – Live at Thalia Hall

Lemonheads – Lemonheads in Dreamland

Liam Gallagher – Acoustic Sessions (Vinyl Release)

Lisa Germano – Geek the Girl (Vinyl Reissue)

Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music (Vinyl Reissue)

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives – Super Junk

Oasis – Time Flies… 1994-2009 (Vinyl Reissue)

Passengers (a.k.a. U2 and Brian Eno) – Original Soundtracks 1 (30th Anniversary Edition)

Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Vinyl Reissue)

Post Malone – Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana

Public Image Ltd. – First Issue (US Version)

Rage Against the Machine – Live on Tour 1993

The Rembrandts – The Rembrandts (Vinyl Reissue)

The Replacements – Tim (Vinyl Reissue)

Sting – Sting 3.0 Live

Sun Ra – Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Reissue)

Various Artists – The Virgin Suicides (25th Anniversary Edition)

Wire – Nine Sevens (Vinyl Reissue)

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