This Saturday, come out for the Big Fat Free Family Mayday Hoolie, a night of Irish music at Hartford Coffee Company in Saint Louis. Hartford Coffee is about my favorite spot for a family show, one block south of Tower Grove Park. Read more …
Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
Ten Mile House w/ Blue, Jonathan Ramsey, Brian Hoehn, and Double Take. A night of acoustic music.
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Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
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
Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
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.
Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
Chocolate Cafe and Coffee House, O'Fallon, MO
A great weekend of Irish music. Friday night, I’ll head off to Saint Charles County, right off U.S. 40 (I-64) to Chocolate Cafe and Coffee House. That show will start at 7:30PM. Chocolate Cafe is right at U.S. 40 on the west side of Route K. The actual address is 1120 Technology Drive.
Saturday night, I return to the fabulous O’Malley’s Irish Pub in Soulard. At 1900 Cherokee St, at the corner of Lemp and Cherokee, it’s just blocks from the Anheuser-Busch brewery, and right across the street from the old Lemp Brewery. It’s a great Irish pub with a history of serving healthy doses of the region’s own Irish music offerings. Tommy, Bailey, and the whole family work their arses off to make you feel at home. I’ll bring the music. So, call your friends and meet them at this local gem.
O'Malley's Irish Pub - 1900 Cherokee St, St Louis, MO
This weekend, if you’re in Saint Charles county, head to Chocolate Café. Then, Saturday, before you head off for some Lemp Ghost Hunting, Saturday night, come our for a few scoops with me at O’Malley’s.
See you there!
P.S. I promise to get some better –and bigger- photos of the venues, this weekend. 
Be sure, too, to check out the offerings at the Chocolate Café website.
Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
I gotta tell ya. After three missed years, there, including the third –I think- in which the store that housed it closed soon thereafter, I’m so gonna campaign to play at this show. Maybe I’ll just make some kit up, and apply for a booth. We’ll see.
Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known for his performances of Irish folk music. Connect with Jonathan at Google+
Friday, 9 May, I’ll perform 9PM to 1AM at the beautiful Castletown Geoghegan in Belleville, Illinois. So, come out for a free and all ages show. This is a last minute addition, so don’t look through your Blackberry calendar trying to figure out how you forgot to enter it. Just call your friends, and head over to the Irish jewel of the Metro East.
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.
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.
Come out to O’Malley’s Irish Pub, this Saturday, and celebrate the continuing countdown to Saint Patrick’s Day 2008. Your publican, Tommy, will have the grill rolling in the evening, and plenty of good times. Of course, Saint Louis’ most famous unknown Irish musician, myself, Jonathan Ramsey, will be there performing.
See you there!
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