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. 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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” 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 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 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 Read more about Hotel Faux Pas[…]
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 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 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 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 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 Read more about The Special Consensus[…]
