Kris Allen with Trent Harmon

City Winery St. Louis presents Kris Allen with Trent Harmon live in concert on March 31.

On New Year’s Day in 2013, Kris Allen and his then-pregnant wife, Katy, were in a head-on collision that left the singer-songwriter-guitarist with a career-threatening shattered wrist. In the following two years, he underwent three surgeries, relearned how to play guitar (despite regaining just 30 percent movement in the damaged wrist), recorded his third album and toured relentlessly, including a two-month-long stint that started just one week after his accident.

The American Idol season 8 winner ultimately retreated from the whirlwind and immersed himself in a songwriting spell that yielded more than 70 new tracks. Culled from the collection of songs, Allen’s fourth full-length album, Letting You In, finds the Nashville-based artist delivering his most intimate and dynamic work to date.