In our strange new reality, working at home has become not just an option but a mandate for many. That is particularly challenging in some professions. Consider the plight of professional musicians. Their bread and butter is performing before a live...

Simon Chervitz plays bass guitar in so many local bands, it makes you wonder how he manages to keep the rhythm. There’s the Cara Louise Band (Americana); Defeated County (indie-rock); Spatula (prog-rock); and Illphonics (hip-hop fusion). Plus “a tap...

St. Louis fans of bluegrass or the blues are likely to have heard two accomplished Jewish musicians playing gigs around town. Joel Ferber and Ethan Leinwand both grew up on the East Coast, but they settled in the Midwest.Ferber, 59, is a Long Island native...

When you listen to songs like “Are You Lonely For Me Baby?” and “Cry Baby,” you are getting a sense of legendary songwriter and music producer Bert Berns’ sadness, according to the famous musicians interviewed in a new documentary, “Bang!...