Live Music

Graham Nash is touring behind his first solo album in seven years. After the breakup of Crosby, Stills and Nash, he sees renewed relevance in his classic songs and expresses a sense of renewed purpose in his latest work.

Erin Freeman, a choral director and conductor based in Washington, D.C., will become the third-ever leader of St. Louis Symphony Chorus. Predecessor Amy Kaiser retired in 2022 after 27 years at the helm.

Gateway Studios & Production Services in Chesterfield has worked on 40 tours in recent years, including outings by jam kings Phish and high-flying contender Goose. One recent day at the Factory reveals the work that goes on before a band can take the stage.

Musician Mike Mills looks back at his work with R.E.M. in “R.E.M. Explored,” a program including symphonic interpretations of the band’s songs, and Mills’ concerto written for violin, rock band and symphony orchestra.

St. Louis-based artist Damon Davis worked with the experimental classical ensemble Alarm Will Sound to create “Ligeia Mare,” an opera based in Black musical forms. They’ll perform a 20-minute excerpt tonight in a program that also includes new music by seven other composers.

Tevin Rice, aka the Gold Giraffe, is putting reggae's sun-splashed vibes front and center on Friday.

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.

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.

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.

St. Louis arts saw a lot of change in 2023, with new music venues and festivals, attendance struggles for theaters and an embattled community radio station seeing a DJ revolt. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy D. Goodwin and Chad Davis recap trends from the year in the arts.