Folk Music

“Jackson Petty” is a song about Mondlock’s great-great-grandfather who avoided being conscripted into the Civil War as a 13-year-old but met a tragic end on his family’s farm in south-central Missouri.

Kevin Buckley’s debut solo album “Big Spring” features elements of traditional Irish folk, bluegrass, swing and Tejano music.

In Missouri’s own bicentennial year, the Missouri Folk Arts staff is sharing 200 stories over the course of 52 weeks about folk and traditional arts in the Show-Me State.

Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle are two of the most revered American singer-songwriters performing today. The two longtime friends and performing buddies…

The first song off Patrick Haggerty’s 1973 album “Lavender Country" proudly proclaimed the recording’s intentions. It’s gay. It’s country. And it makes no…

There’s music in the streets of St. Louis on Tuesday. Well, more music than usual.More than 40 performers in more than 15 locations will take part in Make…

The Beatles seem to be invading St. Louis once again. This summer Paul McCartney will perform at Busch Stadium, to mark the 50th anniversary of the…

Last year local musician Louis Wall decided to record and produce an album pairing St. Louis-born with immigrant musicians. At the time, he didn’t know it…

A St. Louis nonprofit called Playing for the Cause is trying to connect philanthropic musicians and their fans to causes they care about. Lynn Cook…

It seems as though everyone in the St. Louis music scene knew Anne Tkach. In April, Tkach died tragically in a house fire. Ellen Herget, 30, played with…