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Irish Music Saint Louis: Jonathan at Hartford Coffee Saturday 23 May

Saint Louis, Shows, St Louis Irish Music 21.05.2009 No Comments

$Irish Music at Saint Louis\' Hartford Coffee - Jonathan Ramsey$

Saint Louis has many great places to hear Irish music, folk music, and singer-songwriters. I have to admit there’s a place in my heart for Hartford Coffee Company.

Hartford Coffee is nestled in Tower Grove South, a block south of Arsenal and Tower Grove Park, at the corner of Hartford and Roger streets. The owners are very sensitive to the needs of the coffeehouse’s patrons, many of whom live in the surrounding neighborhood. There is a play area with a flat panel playing kid-friendly telly fare. There are tables near wall outlets, and a large “bar” with ample outlets for computer-toting workers and students.

Well, this Saturday, 23 May, they will have your own Jonathan Ramsey performing Irish folk and original songs starting at 7PM. That’s right, kids. Text your BFFs and Tweet your intentions of heading out for a night of fun at Hartford Coffee!

I’ll see you there!

Jonathan Ramsey Live
Irish Songs of Hope, Life, and Shame
Hartford Coffee Company
3974 Hartford Street
Saint Louis, MO 63116
(314) 771-5282

Tags: all ages, cafe, coffee house, dining, folk-music, Irish Music, live music, performance, Saint Louis
Better World, Other Musicians You Should Check Out, Saint Louis, Shows 13.11.2008 No Comments

Come on. Come on. Please, please come down to Saint Louis for the White Album 40th Anniversary Tribute Show at Natural Fact Deli in Webster Groves. My friends Rachel Brandt and Brad Johnson of The Nancy Boys will join me to help perform the entire iconic double album from “Back in the U.S.S.R.” all the way to “Good Night”. It’ll be a Fab night of dedication to Beatlemania. Proceeds from the show benefit LiveFeed, the Saint Louis charity dedicated to ending hunger one show at a time.

Rachel Brandt, whose delicate, bluesy piano and vocals, will take on roughly a third of the classic White Album songs. The next night, she’ll hit the Saint Louis scene for another show –of her own soulful originals- at Cicero’s in University City.

Brad Johnson normally –in a matter of speaking- fronts the Saint Louis rockers The Nancy Boys. You can find them, of course, at many of Saint Louis’ rock and pop haunts. Catch the band delivering their own pensive rock sound at Ten Mile House, on Friday, 21 November.

I, Jonathan Ramsey, contrary to rumours fueled by the media, have not abandoned society to spend the rest of my days with a long beard, dancing with wolves and fairy shoemakers. No. In fact, I can be caught regularly in Saint Louis and the region, peddling Irish folk, post-modern standards, and my own twisted originals. Regulars at Castletown Geoghegan and O’Malley’s Irish Pub know. For this one night, I’ll spread the late-60s counterculture-infused cheer of the Beatles’ White Album (AKA The Beatles The Beatles) with Rachel and Brad.

So, head off to Natural Fact Deli, join the fun, and help feed Saint Louis children. Proceeds will help purchase food for area pantries and kitchens.

Natural Fact Deli
20 Allen Ave
Webster Groves, MO
314-961-2442

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Tags: beatles, Irish Music, livefeed, Music, natural fact, rock, Saint Louis, st-louis, the beatles, white album
New Irish Pub in South Saint Louis

Saint Louis 25.08.2008 No Comments

Saint Louis, and Soulard in particular, has a new Irish Pub, and 3am establishment. Patrick McKeane’s features live music, and the array of stouts and lagers that you would expect at any respectable Irish public house.

Besides a new venue for crack and music, Patrick McKeane’s Pub is giving back to the community with its patrons’ help. Right now, you can contribute to the Patrick McKeane Scholarship Fund.

Go check out Patrick McKeane’s Pub at:

3152-54 Osceola
St. Louis, MO 63111

Check out their website at http://www.patrickmckeanespub.com/.

Thanks to my friend Summer for tipping me off.

Tags: irish pub, patrick mckeane's, pub, Saint Louis, soulard, south saint louis, st-louis
Music Video: Saint Charles Coffee House

Saint Louis, Video 28.07.2008 1 Comment

This is rough. It’s a camcorder take, from a weird angle, with posters upstaging me. We made no attempt at getting great audio. For that, I would have taken the audio from the board. We really just wanted to see how it would turn out, ad hoc. We also wanted to see what an index finger looked like up close on YouTube.

We’re going to work on it, but here’s a rough, homemade at a venue video. Thanks to my wife and daughter, who had plenty else to contend with, but nevertheless took a minute to set this up and let it roll.

I know you’re laughing, Clavey!

Tags: missouri, mo, music video, saint charles, saint charles coffee house, saint peters
Castletown Geoghegan –Belleville, IL- to Rock This Friday Night

Saint Louis, Shows 25.06.2008 No Comments

Come out to Belleville for a night of all ages fun, and some new songs, at beautiful Castletown Geoghegan.

CTG is a great, family-owned restaurant/public house in downtown Belleville. Come out and make this a great night!

See you out there!

Tags: belleville-il, castletown-geoghegan, illinois, Irish Music, pub, restaurant
This Weekend: Saint Peters, MO and O’Malley’s in Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Shows, St Louis Irish Music 16.05.2008 No Comments

Friday night, come up to the Borders, at Mid-Rivers Center in Saint Peters. This is an early show, as well as ALL AGES, so bring the kids, and enjoy a coffee or tea along with me. The show starts at 7PM, and this Borders always rocks, so to speak.

Saturday night, join me and your friends, at O’Malley’s Irish Pub, 1900 Cherokee Street, in the Lemp Neighborhood of Saint Louis. The pub has a nice, laid back atmosphere. You can talk to your friends in the front or back pub, enjoy a little dinner, early, and sing along with me after 9PM.

So, call your friends, and meet up at Mid-Rivers or O’Malley’s, this weekend! See you there.
Castletown Geoghegan Show 11 April 2008 -TONIGHT!

Saint Louis, Shows 11.04.2008 No Comments

That’s right! I can’t believe I hadn’t posted it here, yet. Tonight, I’ll be in Belleville, Illinois, at the lovely Castletown Geoghegan for an ALL AGES, NO COVER show. If you haven’t been to Castletown Geoghegan, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s a nice place just to enjoy a pint, or a soda, and you can partake of some very nice Irish and American fair. [I'm quite a fan of the fish and chips!]

So, Metro East and Saint Louis Metro folk, call your friends, and head over to Castletown Geoghegan for a night of fun, and help me rock Belleville.

Tags: belleville-il, castletown-gagen, castletown-geoghan, castletown-geoghegan, gagen, Irish Music, irish-songs, live music, live-irish-music, performance, saint-louis-irish-music, show, St Louis Irish Music
Free MP3: “Follow Me Up To Carlow” Live at Cruisin’ Route 66, 12 December 2007

Irish Music, mp3, Recordings, Saint Louis 11.04.2008 No Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve put a new free MP3 up. So, here’s a snarling tribute to Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne, Follow Me Up To Carlow. This is Podsafe, and released under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-alike license. That means you can copy it, give it to your friends, make videos with it. If you do something fun with it, let me know. I’d like to see.

Follow Me Up To Carlow Play MP3

Tags: creative-commons, cruisin-route-66, follow-me-up-to-carlow, mp3
April Fools Show at Cruisin’ Route 66 is No Joke!

Saint Louis, Shows, St Louis Irish Music 01.04.2008 No Comments

Tonight, I’ll be at the Cruisin’ Route 66, that swingin’ joint near Webster Groves, near Shrewsbury, and near Affton, Missouri. It’s about two miles east of the Crestwood Center, and a couple miles west of Ted Drewes. They have a great, and very affordable menu, and great bartenders. Of course, tonight, they’ll have me, and a few hours of rowdy Irish music.

So, call your friends, and have them meet you at Cruisin’ Route 66. We’ll have a big blowout with music and kicks-getting.

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Tags: acoustic-music, cruisin-route-66, folk-music, Irish Music, live music, live-folk-music, route-66, Saint Louis, st-louis
New Show Update! Friday 3/28 Castletown Geoghegan to Rock!

Irish Music, Saint Louis, St Louis Irish Music 26.03.2008 No Comments

Come out to beautiful Belleville, Illinois, for an evening of great food, drink, or whatever turns you on, plus a large helping of Irish Music, featuring myself. That’s this Friday, just west of the little circle where Main Street meets IL-159.

I’ll try to record this one, since my voice didn’t take long to recover from Saint Patrick’s Day. Speaking of Saint Pat’s, I need to post my debriefing, notes, errata, and whatnot about the fabled day of green, and how it went down, last week. Sneak peek: it was awesome, if wet!

Plus, this week, or on Friday itself, I’m determined to get my own damn photos of the Castletown Geoghegan, inside and out. Maybe I need to set up a nice gallery of venues. Perhaps said gallery requires an accompanying set of venue tribute songs.

Tags: acoustic-music, belleville, castletown-gagen, castletown-geoghan, castletown-geoghegan, folk-music, il, illinois, Irish Music, live music, live-folk-music, Saint Louis, st-louis