Name: Andy Waggoner & Friends
Start: 2026-12-01T19:00:00
Location: The Sheldon

Nadia Maddex

Andy Waggoner

The Sheldon

Vincent Varvel began his professional career while studying music at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, freelancing with many different performers in the St. Louis area. He has toured the United States and Europe with various ensembles in addition to leading his own group performing his original compositions. He has performed classical music with St. Louis Chamber Soloists, Chamber Project St. Louis, the Kingsbury Ensemble, soprano Stella Markou, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Pop and Jazz artists he has performed and recorded with include the Peter Mayer Group, Erin Bode, the Alan Ferber Nonet, Sam Moore(Sam & Dave), the Shirelles, Lou Christie, and more. He has recorded five albums as a leader: Pictures and Postcards(2000), …not a creature was stirring… (2004), Third Person(2015), Your Song(2018), and his latest, Mystery Street(2023). His original music has been heard on satellite radio and cable television. He is currently Director of Guitar Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, along with maintaining a private teaching practice and performing regularly with his own group and as a sideman.

Vincent Varvel Quartet featuring Leslie Craig

Over their career, Bread scored 13 hits on Billboard’s Top 100! The two surviving members of Bread (David Gates & Robb Royer) are happily retired and enjoying their time with family and the fruits of their musical careers. Enter TOAST – The BEST of BREAD who does everything possible to keep the legacy of Bread alive.

Toast - The Best of Bread

Join Science Friday host Ira Flatow for an evening of botany and conservation, from orchids to cacti and mosses to bananas. In this special event, Ira talks with botanist Lúcia Lohmann, President and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, about the many ways plants connect to our lives, and the importance of researching and conserving them. Plus, St. Louis Public Radio’s Kate Grumke hosts a conversation about Ira's history, the backstory of how Science Friday came to be and celebrating 35 years on the air!

Science Friday Live with Ira Flatow

Produced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Green Day, Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio, Amythyst Kiah’s new album Still + Bright explores the vast expanse of her inner world: her deep-rooted affinity for Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions, a near-mystical connection with the natural world, the life lessons learned in her formative years as a self-described “anime-nerd mall goth.” In dreaming up the backdrop to her revelatory storytelling, Kiah and Walker arrived at a darkly cinematic and exhilarating twist on the rootsy alt-rock of her 2021 breakthrough album Wary + Strange—an LP that landed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021 and drew acclaim from major outlets like Pitchfork. With its sonic palette encompassing everything from fuzzed-out guitars and industrial-leaning beats to gilded pedal steel and Kiah’s exquisitely graceful banjo work, Still + Bright fully affirms her as an artist of both daring originality and uncompromising depth.

Amythyst Kiah

After thirty-five years of being at the forefront of the ever-evolving musical landscape of New Orleans, Grammy Award winner Jon Cleary decided to bring that sound back home, both figuratively and literally. He assembled his Absolute Monster Gentlemen (his acclaimed all-star big band) in his home studio in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, drew up a setlist of some of his most beloved songs– and some new favorites– and rolled tape.

Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen

Sam Grisman is a bassist and bandleader leading a commanding improvisational ensemble performing live acoustic music in the tradition shaped by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman and many other heroes. Known for deeply attuned interplay and dynamic performances, Sam Grisman Project brings together a rotating cast of exceptional musicians to create listening-room experiences rooted in musicianship, storytelling, spontaneity, and collaboration. With frequent guest appearances and ongoing collaborations with bluegrass pioneer Peter Rowan, the band continues a living tradition of great American acoustic music.

Sam Grisman Project

SLSO: Live at the Sheldon - Brass Trio

Join Andy Waggoner for his annual Christmas Concert at the beautiful Sheldon Concert Hall. Featuring special guest Nadia Maddex.