Musical Collaboration

Storyteller, musician and theater-maker Martha Redbone plumbs the roots of Black and Native American folk styles.

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Martha Redbone and band will explore the roots of North American music at the Sheldon

Jeremy D. Goodwin

Musician and storyteller Martha Redbone plumbs the roots of American music and draws influences from her Black and Native American forebears. The Martha Redbone Roots Project plays the Sheldon on Friday.

Jazz bandleader Donny McClaslin, playing saxophone in the blue shirt, joins the National Symphony Orchestra in 2024 to perform "Blackstar Symphony." St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform an orchestral adaptation of David Bowie's final album, plus assorted hits, at the Stifel Theatre.

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Donny McCaslin and St. Louis Symphony bring new life to David Bowie’s final album

Jeremy D. Goodwin

Jazz bandleader Donny McCaslin reunited other veterans of David Bowie’s final album for an orchestral adaptation he says is moving the artistry of “Blackstar” forward.

St. Louis-based composer Christopher Stark worked with cello-percussion duo New Morse Code to craft "The Language of Landscapes," a piece that weaves field recordings and the sounds of discarded objects into a piece of music that celebrates nature while warning of the perils of climate change.

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St. Louis composer uses sounds of nature in an urgent warning about climate change

Jeremy D. Goodwin

Composer Christopher Stark teamed with innovative cello-percussion group New Morse Code for “The Language of Landscapes,” a piece that melds field recordings from nature with sounds wrung out of discarded items like plastic bags. The album includes remixes by St. Louis artists Mvstermind and Adult Fur.

Singer-songwriter Brian Owens joined Friday's program.

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Brian Owens To Feature, Honor Fellow Ferguson Native Michael McDonald This Weekend

Evie Hemphill

The artistic path of Brian Owens has long charted both tribute territory and totally new ground, and Owens is known to navigate both well. The local…