At every step in roughly six decades of making music, Rush Cleveland’s remained true to himself. He doesn’t use a setlist, preferring instead to read the audience and go with his gut. And he’s a living encyclopedia of American music — “From Muddy to Merle and all points in between,” he likes to say. Yet […]
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House of Large Sizes returns to the stage in Cedar Falls with swagger for first shows in 10 years
It takes serious swagger to pull off the kind of rock and roll House of Large Sizes became known for over 35 years ago. The intricate, machine-gun timing of the songs, the energetic delivery and the ear-splitting volume all rely on a certain confidence and attitude to pull off convincingly. At a pair of shows […]
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Sarah Shook & the Disarmers set to unleash mix of punk and honky-tonk at The Mill
Imagine an alternate universe in which Black Flag emerged from the honky-tonks of 1960s Bakersfield instead of the punk scene of late-’70s Los Angeles. That’s the plane of existence inhabited by Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.
