Kick Up Your Heels at MO Country Fest

If you like your music tinged with a country twang, you’ll want to boot-scoot boogie your way to MO Country Fest on Saturday, January 14. Some of our states' most promising country crooners will be pickin’ anda grinnin’ at one venue.


The Backpacker Saxaphone

Our Musings columnist Ron Marr relates an amusing music-related experience when he went out on a limb and crafted a one-of-a-kind saxophone. The result was an unexpected and gloriously weird windfall from a woodwind.


World Premiere Christmas Concert

This unique choral concert, O Magnum Mysterium, presents joyful and inspiring Christmas music featuring 15 composers spanning five centuries.


Annual Air Force Band’s Holiday Concert

Could there be an any better way to get into the holiday spirit than by listening to the US Air Force Band of Mid-America present its annual “Spirit of the Season” holiday concert on December 2nd? Free and open to the public.


Timothy Haygood Looks Back on 30 Years

The Haygoods are one of the most popular shows in Branson, Mo. Timothy Haygood was only five years old when he began violin lessons, and he looks back at 30 years in the spotlight.


The Music Man

The man behind the music for St. Louis sports. Jeremy Boyer is the sole organist at all home Blues games and many home Cardinals games.


Painting done by local missouri artist George Caleb Bingham, features people on riverboat having a good time.

Melodies of Missouri

You will be surprised by some of the songs about Missouri and some of the celebrities who sang them. Our state, its people, and their stories are reflected in these six songs from our past.


12th annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition finalists.

St. Louis Teen Talent Competition Winners

St. LOUIS—A homeschool student from Granite City and a trio of homeschool students from Ferguson are the winners of the 12th annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The $8,000 first place prize went to Aubory Bugg, vocalist and guitarist, and Trifecta, made up of Dennis Bailey, Eliot Bailey, and Ethan Ryan.


Country music singer/songwriter Tyler Filmore.

Back roads and willows: Rising star reflections

Country music powerhouse Tyler Filmore, who performs under the stage name Filmore, would be the first to admit that he has everything he has ever dreamed of in Nashville. He has established a career there that has already snagged him a slew of hit songs. He is also surrounded there by family, friends, and his wife. But there is something missing.