1. J.D. Allen, Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits- Blue Room
My review.
2. Mary Lattimore- Lied Center
My review.
3. Pat Metheny- Orchestra Hall (Detroit)
My review.
4. Anthony Roth Constanzo- Folly Theater
My review.
5. St. Vincent- Grinder’s KC
My review.
6. Erykah Badu- Midland theater
My review.
7. Irreversible Entanglements- Stephens Lake Park Amphitheatre (Columbia, Missouri)
My review.
8. Marc Anthony- T-Mobile Arena
My review.
9. Bird Fleming and Bill Summers’ “Voyage of the Drum”- Dunbar Park
My review.
10. Rod Fleeman Trio- Green Lady Lounge (multiple shows)
Fleeman is Plastic Sax's 2021 Person of the Year.
11. José James at Old Church Concert Hall (Portland)
My review.
12. Oleta Adams with Isaac Cates & Ordained- Old Mission United Methodist Church
My review.
13. Te Deum- St. Mary's Episcopal Church
14. Asleep at the Wheel- Muriel Kauffman Theatre
My review.
15. Eddie Moore, Ryan J. Lee and Zach Morrow- Charlotte Street Foundation
My review.
16. The Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box- The Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
My review.
17. Thollem McDonas- 9th and State
My review.
18. UMKC Opera’s George Frideric Handel’s “Acis and Galatea”- White Recital Hall
My review.
19. Johnny Rawls- Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest
My review.
20. Jeff Kaiser, Kevin Cheli and Seth Davis- Charlotte Street Foundation
My review.
21. Mike Dillon and Nikki Glaspie- 1900 Building
My review.
22. Brentano Quartet- Lincoln Recital Hall (Portland)
My review.
23. Flooding- 7th Heaven
My review.
24. En Vogue- Hy-Vee Arena
My review.
25. Mary Gauthier- Knuckleheads
26. Joshua Bell and Alessio Bax- Helzberg Hall
My review.
27. Pistol Pete- recordBar
28. Second Nature Ensemble- Westport Coffee House
My review.
29. Dare- 7th Heaven
My Instagram clip.
30. The Kansas City Symphony’s “Coming to America”- Helzberg Hall
31. Renée Fleming- Helzberg Hall
32. Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne, Seth Davis and Evan Verploegh- Charlotte Street Foundation
My review.
33. Guitar Elation- Green Lady Lounge (several shows)
34. Kansas Virtuosi- Yardley Hall
My review.
35. UMKC Conservatory’s “Jazz at the Playhouse”- University Playhouse
My Instagram clip.
36. Granger Smith- KC Live
37. Sentenced 2 Die- 7th Heaven
My Instagram clip.
38. Jackie Myers, Matt Hopper and Ben Tervort- Market at Meadowbrook
39. Summerfest Chamber Music Festival- Atonement Lutheran Church
My review.
40. Trinity Jazz Ensemble- Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church
My review.
41. Mike Stover- Campground
42. Richard Thompson- Folly Theater
My review.
43. Ben Tervort Quartet- Westport Coffeehouse
My Instagram clip.
44. Roman Alexander- KC Live
My review.
45. Béla Fleck- Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Portland)
My review.
46. The Kansas City Chorale- Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church
47. Kian Byrne- Second Presbyterian Church
48. Everyday Strangers- Gem Theater
My instagram clip.
49. Lyric Opera of Kansas City- Meadowbrook Park
50. Paris Williams- Lemonade Park
There Stands the Glass also ranked the The Top 50 Songs of 2021 and The Top 50 Albums of 2021. Pat Metheny is this site’s Artist of the Year. Rod Fleeman is Plastic Sax’s Person of the Year. A list of There Stands the Glass’ top performances of 2020 is here.