Ron Pope

City Winery St. Louis presents Ron Pope on Tuesday, September 8!

Ron Pope spent years proving what independent artists could do before anyone had a roadmap for it. Nearly half a billion streams on Spotify, sold-out shows across three continents, a devoted following built without a major label or a single compromise. His 2017 release "Work" earned comparisons to Petty and Springsteen while refusing to sit still long enough to be categorized.

What makes Pope worth seeing live is the same thing that's always separated him from the pack: he writes from somewhere real, and you can hear exactly where that is. At City Winery, that kind of songwriting finds its ideal setting — intimate, unhurried, close enough that nothing gets lost between the stage and your seat.