Rupert Wates is returning to The Focal Point! He has captivated our audience in the past with his superb guitar work and poignant lyrics, and we're excited to have him back. Rupert was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He began his full-time songwriting career in the late 1990s after signing a publishing deal with Read more about Rupert Wates[…]
Al Scorch grew up in Chicago, with its storied history of corrupt power at the top and righteous fighters and big dreamers at the bottom. From the town that gave the world characters like Studs Terkel, Upton Sinclair, and the anarchists in Bughouse Square, Scorch adds his voice to the choir with the enthusiasm and Read more about Al Scorch[…]
The Tillers have been creating their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for over a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape. The Tillers got their start in August Read more about The Tillers[…]
Joe, Rinn, Paul, and Joey play the music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Hot Club of St. Louis is an all-star line up of the city’s finest acoustic jazz musicians led by guitarist Joe Park. The group usually performs many of the classics made famous by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of Read more about The Hot Club of St. Louis Plays The Beatles: Presented by Focal Point Friends of Traditional Jazz Blues & Ragtime[…]
One More Dollar Band: An evening of contemporary string band music from the Ozarks After more than five years as a trio, One More Dollar has honed its craft and reputation of a rockin’ roots based folk music group traveling all over the Midwest. Coming from their home base of Springfield Missouri, near the Read more about One More Dollar[…]
St.Louis’ (as well as St.Charles’) own goofballs of the midwest are doing a reunion! Expect masterful musicianship, ridiculous parodies, goats on wheels, ballads of love, love of weed, love of truckers, love of small brains, love of weed, love of women, love of canned goods, love of friends and most importantly love of weed! We Read more about Jim Findlay’s Colin Sphinctor Band[…]
Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music present The Stones River Reelers for the very first time at Focal Point. The Stones River Reelers are a P-E-D-I-G-R-E-E-D old-time band from down in Sunny Tennessee. Hitch up the Mules. They'll provide that century-old music without any of the ailments. Fifteen strings, twenty reeds, and good cleanish humor Read more about Stones River Reelers: Presented by Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music[…]
If you’re looking to be impressed, you will be – if you’re looking to make a friend, you already have. Darren Nicholson, who has played mountain music since his youth in Western North Carolina, is a high-caliber musician with substantial contributions to such acts as Alecia Nugent and Balsam Range. Yes, he’s a punchy Read more about Darren Nicholson Band[…]
Alan Sibley is a multi-instrumentalist, Bluegrass/Gospel singer and host of The Bluegrass Trail, a nationally televised music series on RFD-TV. Growing up in rural Mississippi, music was always a part of the Sibley home. Many of Alan’s earliest memories are of listening to his mother play the piano and accordion while singing some of the Read more about Alan Sibley & The Magnolia Ramblers[…]
We are happy to get country and folk singer Jack Grelle "out of retirement" and back on stage at the Focal Point! Over the past few years Jack has been teaching and traveling, but now he is ready to perform music again! Backed by his longtime side man Ryan Koenig, Jack will play some old Read more about Jack Grelle and Ryan Koenig[…]
