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 — […]
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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 […]
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Girls Rock! Iowa City for five fantastic years
For one week each summer, girls, trans youth and gender non-conforming kids aged 8-16 gather to dig into the roots of rock and roll. This is no rock history course, though — their education is far more visceral. They learn to rock the best way anyone can — by doing it. Girls Rock! Iowa City […]
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A-list: Girls Rock! camp bolsters confidence, showcases top local bands
Local bands take the stage at Trumpet Blossom on Feb. 25 at 6:45 p.m. to raise money for Girls Rock! Iowa City, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that teaches female, gender non-conforming and trans kids ages 8-16 how to rock and roll. In addition to the benefit’s seven-band lineup, representatives of Girls Rock! Iowa City will provide […]
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Girls Rock! Iowa City recruits campers, counselors at free showcase
Girls Rock! Iowa City Showcase Friday, Feb. 19 from 4-8 p.m. — WRAC, 230 N. Clinton St. Girls ages 8-16 are invited to sign up for a summer camp experience like no other: Applications are now being accepted for Girls Rock! in Iowa City and the 2016 recruitment campaign begins with a benefit show this […]
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Girls Rock! benefit to raise funds, melt faces this Friday at Gabe’s
Gabe’s is set to host a benefit concert for Girls Rock! this Friday at 6 p.m. The event, dubbed Girls Rock Benefit Explosion, will feature six rock bands…
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, along with Girls Rock! performers, play the Englert
Two of the country’s best banjo players, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, play the Englert Theatre tonight. The husband-and-wife duo have been…
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IYWP takes over: Reading, workshop and concert set for this weekend in collaboration with Girls Rock!
The Iowa Youth Writing Project (IYWP) has a full weekend of events planned for downtown Iowa City. On Saturday at 5 p.m. the IYWP will host a reading at Prairie…
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Girls Rock! summer camp to hold benefit show at PS1
Megan Buick, Cone Trauma and Maiden Mars are set to perform at a benefit concert for Girls Rock! Iowa City this Saturday at 7 p.m. in Public Space One. Money raised at the benefit will help fund Girls Rock’s week-long summer camp, which kicks off on June 23 and is open to all “female-identified, transgender […]
