When Nick Gusman answers the door of his Tower Grove South bungalow, he's wearing a T-shirt from a writers' week festival for high school students that I booked him for back in 2019. Performing on stage in the high school auditorium, Gusman had been in solo acoustic-and-harmonica folkie mode, playing and singing songs from his then-new debut album, Dear Hard Times. Despite playing for an audience of teenagers who had never willingly listened to folk music much less had ever heard of Nick Gusman, the troubadour nonetheless won the kids over, one of whom later told me that he "didn't think he liked that kind of music" but that he loved the songs and sounds coming out of Gusman that day.
Elton John's latest musical will hit Broadway on October 19, and tickets are going on sale the last week of March.The musical, Tammy Faye, was a hit in London last…
SLU workers said the university is currently offering a four-year agreement that includes provisions on outsourcing work and insufficient wage increases
A man accused of passing police officers and other drivers at speeds of 100 miles per hour in St. Louis County is now behind bars. Police say that flat tires eventually slowed him down and led to his arrest.
Can you imagine what kind of world we’d live in if you could blame random media companies for tangential relationships they had with anyone who ever did anything bad? What would happen if we could blame newspapers for inspiring crime? Or television shows for inspiring terrorism? The world would be a much duller place. We’ve […]
The Missouri State Fair director said this week several events at the annual festival will not take place this year as work on a new, indoor arena in Sedalia is set to begin.
After removing her music from Spotify in 2022 in solidarity with her old friend and fellow Canadian icon Neil Young, Joni Mitchell's classic albums are back on the streaming service.As…
Police in Nashville, Tennessee, this morning recovered the body of a 22-year-old Mizzou student who was missing for the past two weeks. Police say Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville Friday morning, approximately eight miles from downtown. “No foul play-related trauma was observed,” the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
There are more than 60 artists playing on Mark Knopfler's all-star charity single "Going Home (Theme from Local Hero," but now that the official video is out, you can see…
Be amazed. Be amazing! The Science of Guinness World Records, a new exhibition at City Museum, spotlights the world’s greatest record holders and what it took for them to cement […]
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