Homegrown event Open Highway Music Festival is taking 2024 off to focus on other ventures. The news comes on the heels of another popular local festival calling it quits.
Published July 19, 2021 at 3:00 PM CDT Listen • 16:15 The Factory
At 52,000 square feet, the brand-new Factory is a flexible entertainment space with an industrial vibe.
This weekend, the St. Louis music scene welcomes a brand-new venue and it’s a big one:
Able to accommodate up to 3,000 guests, it’s set to do just that Friday evening with its sold-out, grand-opening Deadmau5 show. After so many months of few in-person events, the venue’s debut feels especially exciting to Brian Carp, the Factory’s chief operating officer.
“I have been working on this project for just under three years,” he told
St. Louis on the Air. “So to see it come to fruition, to see people inside the building and enjoying live music again, has really been very satisfying. And I’m grateful to be a part of the team that is helping to bring an additional opportunity to see live music to the St. Louis area.”
Article Contributed by All Eyes Media | Published on Thursday, May 13, 2021
Son Volt, one of the most influential bands of their generation, has announced the July 30th release of their tenth studio album,
Electro Melodier (Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers). The title, taken from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, also describes the album’s unique blend of folk, country, blues, soul and rock. Listen to rocking first track “Reverie” HERE and pre-order
Electro Melodier HERE.
The follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed release Union, Electro Melodier finds band founder Jay Farrar’s unparalleled songwriting as poignant and intelligent as ever. Electro Melodier touches on the thought-provoking issues that impact us all, including the pandemic, love, and the inevitable passing of time. The current political divide makes its appearance on the album as well. “I wanted to concentrate on the melodies which got me into music in the first pl