Join us for another wonderful night of Hobocane (a.k.a. Javier Mendoza) music to benefit the children and families of World Pediatrics! This show is generously hosted by the Bubash Family. Get your tickets early as they are likely to sell out! We will have raffle baskets and a 50/50 available, bring your good luck! Show Read more about Hobo Cane (aka Javier Mendoza)[…]
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 (Joe Park Trio, Sidney Street Shakers) and featuring St. Louis’ own virtuoso violinist Rinn Netherton, Paul Davis (Wack-A-Doo) on rhythm guitar, and Joey Glynn (Rum Drum Ramblers, South City Three) on bass. Read more about The Hot Club of St. Louis Album Release Concert presented by Focal Point Friends of Traditional Jazz Blues & Ragtime[…]
Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. Lone Piñon is Jordan Wax (violin, Read more about Lone Piñon (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]
CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR Mattie Schell Mattie Schell is a Compass Records artist based in St. Louis, Missouri. Half of regional favorites River Kittens, Mattie has also toured as a featured artist with the Allman Betts Family Revival for the entirety of their 2021-2023 seasons. Mattie seamlessly shifts between soul, country, and jazz styles Read more about Focal Point St. Louis Songwriters Showcase[…]
Atlanta, GA based songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling is known for his intricate finger-style guitar and road tested vocal delivery, both of which are perfectly suited for the Focal Point stage. To date, Stelling has released 7 albums and played thousands of concerts across the US and EU. Over the last decade Stelling has Read more about Christopher Paul Stelling[…]
Leon Majcen is a musician whose story is one of resilience and determination. He grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the son of Bosnian war refugees who had fled their homeland in search of a better life for their children. From a young age, Leon was drawn to the power of storytelling through Read more about Leon Majcen[…]
Tommy and Django Halloran are a father/son guitar duo from St. Louis. The elder Tommy has worked as a bandleader for over thirty years, specializing in jazz, blues, and all manner of soulful music. His son Django is a burgeoning guitarist who with an innate ear for improvisation. For this special concert the pair will Read more about Tommy and Django Halloran[…]
Walter's favorite Woodstock songs reimagined and his stories of 10 years performing with the legendary Woodstock opening act. One of our FAVORITE St.Louis transplants, Walter Parks is both entertaining and educational, presenting historic music, original music and stories that preface songs in a contemporary way. Walter toggles between hollers, spirituals, Appalachian reels, Delta blues, Read more about Walter Parks – Woodstock Variations & Tribute to Richie Havens[…]
Finnegan's Wake is an American band formed in 1974 at the County Cork Pub in Springfield, Illinois. John C. Van Orman, William Furry and Bill Rintz joined together during weekly gigs at the Pub, which soon evolved into the band, Finnegans Wake, named after the James Joyce novel. The three men, bound by a love Read more about Finnegan’s Wake[…]
The Midwestern Harvesters - Lynn "Chirps" Smith, Fred Campeau, and Jim Nelson - have been playing together for over four decades beginning with their long association with the Volo Bogtrotters. Although the Bogtrotters were their primary creative outlet during those years, these guys have forged a special, intuitive musical bond that brings out the best Read more about The Midwestern Harvesters (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]
Bluegrass singer, songwriter and Pinecastle Recording Artist, Kim Robins vocals have earned her two nominations for IBMA’s Momentum Vocalist Award (2015 and 2017). Her two Pinecastle releases, Raining in Baltimore and Leave the Porch Light On have received rave reviews and continuous airplay since their release. As Bluegrass Today stated, "Kim Robins deserves to be taken seriously as a vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader Read more about Kim Robins Band (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]
“Karen Choi is every bit the Americana traditionalist. Her work is brimming with dusty tales of human encounters both fulfilling and damaging, all rooted in a strong sense of place” -Hear Nebraska Karen Choi is a singer/songwriter living in the American midwest. She was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska where she was introduced Read more about Karen Choi And Her Band[…]
The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly reimagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers—all built on the bedrock of their collective bluegrass mastery. Ever since Read more about The Blue Canyon Boys – High Octane Colorado Bluegrass (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]
Wild Earp is a purveyor of country & western and everything on the borderlands thereabouts. The recipient of the 2023 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Male, Earp brings a creative approach to traditional American Roots music, developing his own style that honors the masters of the past while still allowing the genre to evolve in Read more about Wild Earp and the The OK Chorale present Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs[…]
Hotel Faux Pas brings its irreverent folk-pop-quirk-rock sound to The Focal Point for its annual reunion. Since the 1990s, the lyrical, satirical quartet has been making witty music throughout the region. Catch the band in all its glory while you can.
Golden Shoals is Amie Alvey and Mark Kilianski - a fiddle and guitar duo with a "rousing old-time-style music that’s fueled by acerbic modern-day wit” (-No Depression Magazine). They are no strangers to traditional music, having placed in contests including Clifftop (3rd place 2023, 4th place 2022), Mount Airy, The Grand Masters Fiddlers Championship and Read more about Golden Shoals (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]
Carolann Solebello is a performing songwriter born and bred in New York City. Best known to folk audiences as a founding member of Americana trio Red Molly, she will be joining us as a solo troubadour but she also tours with a modern folk foursome No Fuss and Feathers. Carolann’s smooth, compelling voice and warm Read more about Carolann Solebello[…]
Chicago Farmer returns for a second appearance at The Focal Point! The son of a small-town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow Midwesterner John Prine, he’s a working-class folk musician to his core. His Read more about Chicago Farmer[…]
"a world-class finger-style guitarist and lap slide player.” -DownBeat No less an authority than legendary Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen admiringly described Mary Flower as "a national treasure in your own backyard." Indeed, the internationally renowned award-winning Portland, Oregon-based singer/guitarist/songwriter is a prodigious talent whose seasoned skills have established her as one of America's Read more about Mary Flower with Nick Pence & Ethan Leinwand presented by Focal Point Friends of Traditional Jazz, Blues & Ragtime[…]
The Special Consensus is a bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound in over four decades of performing, making their music a modern classic. Band leader and founder Greg Cahill is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and was inducted into the Society for the Read more about The Special Consensus[…]
