Here it is, folks! We have the full roast of Iowa City ready to stream for your pleasure, hosted by Little Village Magazine and Prairie Lights Book Store. Video editing is by Yale Cohn, with video courtesy of Ed Butler. There are 13 videos total–one for each author or songwriter–so sit back, relax and enjoy some classic Iowa City roasting!
From Los Angeles, California to the Little Village Live studio comes Andy Frasco, touring extraordinaire. This young musician plays hundreds of shows each year, including four in Iowa City, but not without good reason. Take a look at the following video to see Frasco’s own brand of high-energy Blues.
Collectible Boys and Andy Frasco dropped by the studio this week for some Little Village Live double feature shenanigans. We’re also happy to note that this week marked the first anniversary of Little Village Live, but you’re here for the music, so lets get to it.
Straight out of Athens, Ohio come the harbingers of darkness known only as Skeletonwitch, or something to that effect. The thrash metal group took the stage late Saturday night at the White Lightning Warehouse and, as the following video attests, put on a show that would make any headbanger proud.
Day two of the Iowa City Jazz Festival wrapped up with another bevy of live music entertainment and beautiful weather to boot. Lets get to it, shall we? First up, we have Grammy Award-nominated trombonist Roswell Rudd and his Trombone Tribe, the day’s main stage headliners.
Safe to say, Iowa City has plenty of love for singer/songwriter Daphne Willis. The 22-year-old Chicagoan brought a throng of fans to Gabe’s over the weekend, playing alongside Megan McCormick, Megan Burtt, Amanda Miller and Alan Sweet. Check out the video inside to see Daphne in action.
The Prids and Soft Tags, both hailing from the Pacific Northwest, gave us plenty of reason to get out of the heat and into The Yacht Club with back-to-back high energy sets of indie rock. The students may have shipped out for the summer months, but that hasn’t kept Iowa City from rocking with bells on, and we have the video to prove it.
Portland’s System and Station and the more local rock group Modern Day Satire–based in Des Moines–came by Gabe’s this weekend to play us some music. The show was a nice cherry on top of an otherwise action-packed Iowa City weekend, of which the Iowa City Pride Parade and Festival was the centerpiece, and we have plenty of video for you to sink your teeth into.
This week on Little Village Live we were joined by Des Moines’ Thankful Dirt, a semi-local duo featuring Molly Matthews on vocals and Darren Matthews on acoustic guitar. Check out video from the show or grab the mp3 for the full hour-long program.
Iowa City’s The Gilded Bats came by Little Village Live this week for some of that old time string music. The group, together since 2003, have a certain authenticity when it comes to practicing their craft, evident in their ability to write alarmingly catchy folk tunes.
