An Evening with Liz Longley to benefit Austen Mary’s Family
Concert Info
An Evening With Liz Longley
Friday July 25th, 2025
Cocktail Hour 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Performance starts at 8:00
$50 includes – beer, wine, cocktails
*All Proceeds Benefit Austen Mary’s family with medical and funeral expenses
Concert Location
Undivided Wealth Experience Center
657 Airpark W Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63005 – Click for Map
About Austen Mary
It is with great sadness that I have to share the news that Austen Mary lost her battle with cancer on Saturday morning (7/19/2025). No parent should have endure the passing of their child, especially so young. Life is so fragile and unforgiving sometimes.
We will still be holding our concert this Friday night and all proceeds with benefit her family with funeral and medical expenses.
A message from the family:
Our beautiful baby girl passed away this morning. This week has been rough and the fluid build-up in Austen’s body didn’t stop no matter what we tried. Her poor liver gave out. Eric and I knew last night that things had taken a turn for the worse. We held her between us for 6 hours while she took her last breath. She wasn’t in any pain.
My Grandma Mary…Austen’s namesake, said after my grandpa died that death can be beautiful. Austen Mary’s death was beautiful. We each held a hand of hers and snuggled with her all night. She took her last breath at 4:22am. She passed away peacefully surrounded by our love.
We love you Austen Mary 
. You are our baby girl, our Bean. Words could never express the loss in our lives. We fought like hell to save your life, and we are sorry we couldn’t. You are an amazing daughter, sister, granddaughter, cousin, niece and friend – Cyndi Fields
About Liz Longley
Nashville-based artist Liz Longley returns with her new album, “Start Again” all helmed by 5x GRAMMY Award-nominated producer Paul Moak. The new music reveals a woman embracing a slew of firsts, documenting Longley’s transition into motherhood and the dizzying changes in perspective, routine, and peace that followed, all explored through her signature blend of self-aware storytelling and gorgeous melodies.
“I feel like my brain split in half when I became a mom,” Longley says. “Your world gets smaller, and you’re overwhelmed by every little moment. I dealt with a lot of postpartum depression and anxiety, so there was a lot of relearning how to do things with a new human around. A lot of that journey is what fed into these songs.”
Several songs on Longley’s upcoming full-length grapple with the inevitable shifts in relationships that parenthood brings. Channeling sultry bossa nova, “Start Again” captures familiar lovers longing for the fire that first brought them together. Longley thinks of it as a sister song to “Torture,” the smoldering love song featured on her 2020 LP Funeral For My Past.
Longley previously garnered widespread acclaim for Funeral For My Past, which arrived after an amicable split with her former label, Concord / Sugar Hill Records, and a wildly successful crowd-funding campaign that placed her as the fourth most-funded solo female musician ever on Kickstarter. The record’s warm sound was also produced by Moak and brought to life by a cast of esteemed players known for records by Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Jake Bugg, Ingrid Michaelson, Kim Richey, Cam, and more.
Funeral For My Past landed on Newsweek‘s “100 Albums Released in 2020 to Put on Your Radar” with No Depression praising, “Longley mixes twangy songsand scruffy pop-rock that could soundtrack a major movie (or real-life) moment. It’s the roaring bonfire you throw everything that’s tied to bad memories into, but it’s also the sizzling, smoky embers when the flames die down.” Billboard lauded the “Americana and gospel-flavored soul, shimmering pop anthems and touches of jazz;” while Folk Alley noted, “Longley’s incredibly versatile voice feels right at home in this velvet lounge of a sonic setting.” American Songwriter added, “Liz Longley is a standout singer in a city that offers no shortage of superb singer/songwriters.”
Longley will be performing music new and old on a series of tour dates across the U.S. this year.
