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A Dozen Bands From Near, Far Gather In St. Louis This Week For Twangfest 23

St. Louis Public Radio | By Evie Hemphill
Published June 4, 2019 at 2:55 PM CDT
Local musicians Seth Porter (at left) and John Wendland joined Tuesday's talk show ahead of Twangfest 23.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Local musicians Seth Porter (at left) and John Wendland joined Tuesday's talk show ahead of Twangfest 23.
Local musicians Seth Porter (at left) and John Wendland joined Tuesday's talk show ahead of Twangfest 23.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Local musicians Seth Porter (at left) and John Wendland joined Tuesday's talk show ahead of Twangfest 23.

For the 23rd year in a row, Twangfest is gathering musicians from around the country in St. Louis this week for a several-day-long celebration of Americana music.

Described by its all-volunteer organizers as “the big top of a musical three-ring circus,” the nonprofit festival is this time around bringing in everyone from the Columbia, Missouri-based Burney Sisters and The Delines of Portland, Oregon, to the rock band Superchunk.

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy D. Goodwin talked with John Wendland, one of the organizers of Twangfest 23 as well as a member of Rough Shop, and with Seth Porter of the St. Louis-based Essential Knots.

Rough Shop is part of the Wednesday evening lineup at Off Broadway, and The Essential Knots will open for Superchunk on Saturday.

Listen to the discussion:

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What: Twangfest 23

When: Nightly shows Wednesday through Saturday, June 5 to 8, 2019

Where: Off Broadway (3508 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118)

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Evie Hemphill
Evie Hemphill joined the St. Louis on the Air team in February 2018. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.
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