St. Louis Music

Wes Hoffman has been a familiar face in St. Louis’ pop-punk community since the early aughts.

The St. Louis artist is the writer and rapper behind hits like “Snatched” and the certified gold single “Pretty Girls Walk.”

Several local musicians were disappointed in lack of accommodations such as access to meals and greenroom space.

Katie McGrath founded Immigrant Song as a response to the increase in race-, culture- and religion-based domestic hate crimes in the U.S. since 2016.

A remastered version of their album, recorded at EMI Recording Studios in London, will be released by Euclid Records on April 20.

Twangfest has drawn performers and fans of country, soul, rock and other genres to south St. Louis every year since 1997. Organizers say the festival has ended, but smaller performances will go on at venues across the city.

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.

2023 St. Louis Teen Talent Competition winner Ray Strickland shares his belief in the power of the “universal language” of music.

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.

Singer-songwriter Brian Owens and his father, Thomas Owens, will open for Grammy Award-winning Samara Joy on her St. Louis tour stop.