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The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer. He said the St. Louis scene he grew up in shaped his style.
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Adam Wainwright is the author of 200 wins in MLB and a 13-song country music album titled “Hey Y’all.” The Cardinals great dug deep into his personal life for a set of tuneful songs with lyrics rooted in his appreciation for the importance of family.
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Artist Kahlil Robert Irving is a St. Louis native with two solo exhibitions in museums right now. His exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis is like an archeological dig into a contemporary urban landscape.
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Nancy Kranzberg examines the contribution hip-hop has made in its 50-year history to the increasing cultural diversity of the St. Louis region.
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Heil is noted as the inventor of the talk box, the original featured in a display at the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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"It is time for new leadership, leadership that is truly connected to the community, that listens to the community, and that inspires the trust of the community," the musicians wrote in their open letter. "It is time to return the exiled DJs to the air."
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The Evolution Festival will return to Forest Park for its second year. The late-September event will include performances by nearly 30 artists spread across three stages, including The Killers, Beck, Jane’s Addiction and Killer Mike.
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St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on Saturday will perform “Brahms X Radiohead,” a musical fusion by conductor/composer Steve Hackman.He said it draws on the intense anxiety present in each.
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Jazz great David Sanborn, a Kirkwood native, got his start playing teen hangouts and clubs around St. Louis. Jazz St. Louis will honor him with its first lifetime achievement award on Thursday.
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For 30 years, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s IN UNISON Chorus has taken the music of the Black church to the symphony hall. On Friday, it celebrates its anniversary at the Stifel Theatre with gospel singer BeBe Winans. The chorus has covered a large part of the Black experience through gospel and spiritual music.
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The latest round of work by local artists is now installed throughout St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Participating artists say it’s a way to achieve heightened visibility for their work.
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St. Louis Symphony will again split its concerts among several venues in its 2024-25 season, including the Stifel Theatre. Programs will include three world premieres and 20 pieces that the orchestra has never before performed.