Songs from the Great Midwest

Welcome. Wander awhile.

Joe Stickley walking beneath a cloudy Midwestern sky in southern Illinois.

Current Work

Falling Fences IV

Back at Sawhorse Studios in St. Louis, recording the fourth Falling Fences album.

Ordinary Wings

Back with Wil Reeves at Centro Cellar Studio, where recording is underway on his first solo album since Wasn't It Pretty.

Catalog

  • Friendship's Quiet

  • The Eagle and The Pearl

  • Smoke Leaves Town

  • Wasn't It Pretty

  • Falling Fences

  • Falling Fences II

  • The Wild Sea

  • Take It with Love Album Cover

    Take It with Love

  • Songwriter's Hell

Upcoming Shows

Joe Stickley performing at the Songbird Concert Series at The Focal Point in St. Louis.

Fall 2026

September 6 · 7:30 PM
Falling Fences at McGurk’s

September 13 · 7:30 PM
Falling Fences at McGurk’s
18 Years of Sundays

September 18
Joe Stickley — Lafayette Park Conservancy
Private House Concert

September 19 · Noon
Falling Fences — Kirkwood Greentree Festival

October 3 · 6:00 PM
Falling Fences — Kirkwood Fall Fest
Downtown Kirkwood

November 22 · 7:30 PM
Falling Fences at McGurk’s

December 20 · 7:30 PM
Falling Fences at McGurk’s

December 27 · 7:30 PM
Falling Fences at McGurk’s

Letters from the Great Midwest