Sarah Jarosz Englert Theatre — Thursday, July 14 at 8 p.m. http://www.sarahjarosz.com Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz will play at the Englert Theater Thursday, July 14 as part of her national tour. The tour is in promotion of her most recent album, Undercurrent. The Wall Street Journal remarked that the record’s “country-flavored folk songs” were “simple” and “intimate” […]
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Folk music, food trucks and family fun at first-ever Prairie Land Music Fest
Prairie Land Music Fest Johnson County Fairgrounds — Friday, June 24–June 26 at 11 a.m. each day Summer generally brings thoughts of swimming pools, barbecues, ice cream cones and hot weather clothing. In Iowa City, we like to add one more thing to that list — festivals. The newest in the summer line up is […]
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Gregory Alan Isakov back in Iowa City
Gregory Alan Isakov The Englert Theatre — Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov is returning to Iowa, back again at the Englert for the first time since his visit in February 2014, and this time he’s bringing a symphony. Isakov’s soft and dreamy indie-folk music is bolstered by layers of classical […]
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Interview deep cut: Faust’s Jean-Hervé Péron on band harmony, compromise and cement mixers
Mission Creek Presents: faUSt, with Mammifer and Bob Bucko, Jr Gabe’s — Tue., Apr. 5 at 8 p.m. Learn more about the history and origins of the band Faust in this deep cut from Liv Carrow’s interview with founding member Jean-Hervé Péron, aka JHP art-errorist, in advance of faUSt’s performance at Mission Creek Festival. Despite […]
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Yacht Club announces massive thirteenth anniversary celebration
Yacht Club 13th Anniversary Celebration Yacht Club — Saturday, Jan. 23 at 4 p.m Iowa City’s own Yacht Club (13 S. Linn St.) turns thirteen this year and will celebrate with a ten-hour, six band party on Jan. 23. In a press release, the club’s owner and talent buyer, Scott Kading, wrote, “This is something […]
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Halfloves: fresh name, familiar sound
Halfloves album release party Englert Theatre — Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m. This March, a local band familiar to many will get a verbal makeover. Once known as The Olympics (and, prior to that, The Happy Chromosomes), the newly-minted Halfloves are set to make some noise in 2016. The band, which has four albums […]
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Something More Than Free: Jason Isbell to perform at Englert Theatre on July 7
In the American South you will find the keys to our chief musical exports in blues, jazz, bluegrass and rock and roll, the keys to our national literary …
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Dave Douglas & High Risk play IC Jazz Fest Main Stage
Dave Douglas and his new quartet, High Risk, represent a step forward for electronic jazz, and a progressive, forward-thinking choice for a Friday night headliner at the Iowa City Jazz Festival…
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Mining the medieval for a modern sound: Dagmar plays the Yacht Club
Indie music act Dagmar, based in Fairfield, IA, plays the Yacht Club this Thursday in support of their new album Afterlight, released just this past week. …
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Boston pop-punk act Drunken Logic play the Yacht Club
Boston-based band Drunken Logic head to the Yacht Club this Thursday to perform its smart, pop-heavy brand. Sounding at times like a cross between…
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Sir Richard Bishop headlines a night of experimental music at the Trumpet Blossom
Mission Creek has built a solid reputation for curating some of the best musicians in niche genres, and for this year’s festival there…
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Kids takeover the Englert to celebrate Iowa Rock City and the release of ‘For Kids and By Kids’ album
A celebration of kids, community and local music takes place this Saturday at the Englert to mark the release of the album For Kids and By Kids. The album i…
