Josh Rouse Tickets

Josh Rouse is a favorite of the family, especially my wife. She had not seen him live before and was totally enchanted with his performance. The intimate HOB setting allowed for up close interaction. Josh's guitar playing and vocals were true and he was accompanied by an outstanding drummer and second guitar...Don't recall his name but he was phenomenal! The opening act, Arthur Yoria, was a pleasant addition. He is very gifted and we have already purchased some of his songs from iTunes. My 23 year old son and his girlfriend equally enjoyed the performances.

Josh and his band should be filling much larger venues by now. It's a travesty that he's not better known. Josh keeps on writing and recording great songs that infuriatingly few people are lucky enough to hear. He is a skilled performer as well. And what a great performance last Friday. He played a solo acoustic Sad Eyes to begin his encore. He sat on the edge of the stage and strolled into the crowd, making the show all the more personal. In a much larger club or arena show you'd never achieve this level of intimacy. Imagine seeing Elvis or The Beatles in a small basement club with a hundred or so polite fans in attendance. Oh my God, how wonderful. Musically though, I prefer Josh's catalog to Elvis' any day. He and the band were tight and well rehearsed. They rocked on several numbers. But the thing I like best about Mr. Rouse is his use of strong melodies. I'm not into high energy dance numbers. I like beautiful pop songs, melodic rockers, and lyrics with a story to tell or vivid poetic imagery. That's always been Josh Rouse's forte. And he delivered the best of his catalog from the middle of his career thus far and from his latest release. The lead guitarist gets a nod for providing a very full sound covering for the lack of keyboards and steel guitar which were present in the original recordings but absent in the live show. The rhythm section did a fantastic job as well.

We saw him in Chicago on the Nashville tour & was so excited to hear he was coming to St. Louis this time around. The show was incredible! Josh & his band are amazing! Not to be missed!

Josh plays great music and puts on a great show! No opener, just all Josh Rouse all the time. Acoustic encore was incredible!

What a great show! The venue was very intimate, and one could very easily access the front of the stage, bar, or balcony. Josh played 19 phenomenal songs, including two acoustic. Great vocals, a spectacular band (guitar player was awesome), and just a fun and exciting vibe throughout the show.

Great venue, fantastic artist. Only wish he came to the states more...

Really, the only issue I had with the entire show was this annoying person standing to my right that yelled out multiple times during about half the set. Josh should've put that down, probably. Otherwise, it was exactly what you would prefer to have in a set from him, and his backing-band has some real kick!

Pretty good, very much Josh Rouse essence and great location for the performance.

Josh was in fine form as was his excellent Spanish band. Great songs, very comforting sounds.

Was excited to see him at my favorite NYC venue - but he just wasn't big enough to fill even this intimate gem of a space with energy. Snooze. As my wife noted, better to leave this "easy-listening" for chilling around the homefront.