Des Moines singer-songwriter Sara Routh lives her life with a passion, anchored by her love of music, family and making music with family. She also performs a rad acoustic cover of “Killing in the Name.” Routh shared her story with Little Village with a trademark candor also found in her songwriting and live shows. Talk […]
Girls Rock! Des Moines
A debut album by 14? Singer-songwriter Bridget Bell is a star on the rise with a little help from Girls Rock! Des Moines
How did a junior high student in rural Iowa come to record one of the best releases I’ve heard this decade? For that matter, how does someone from that background acquire the tools to pull off such a thing? If you ask Bridget Bell — who just released her debut EP, forgive and forget — […]
Contact Buzz: Girls Rock! Des Moines gives kids the instruments for confidence
“Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told me that they’d been down … But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That’s the power music has.” –Mary J. Blige “Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the […]

