This series, Art in the time of COVID-19, highlights musicians and artists in eastern Iowa whose life and work have been upended by the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. If you would like to recommend someone to be featured in this space, please reach out to Little Village. Christine Moad, Singer/Songwriter The […]
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Art in the time of COVID-19: Richard Wagor
This series, Art in the time of COVID-19, highlights musicians and artists in eastern Iowa whose life and work have been upended by the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. If you would like to recommend someone to be featured in this space, please reach out to Little Village. Richard Wagor, Bassist If […]
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Art in the time of COVID-19: Brook Hoover
This series, Art in the time of COVID-19, highlights musicians and artists in eastern Iowa whose life and work have been upended by the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. If you would like to recommend someone to be featured in this space, please reach out to Little Village. Brook Hoover, Guitarist Over […]
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Art in the time of COVID-19: Arin Eaton
Karen Meat has been performing their weird, delicious brand of pop music for seven years now. “There have been various incarnations of it,” says the band’s foundational member Arin Eaton, “but it’s what keeps it alive and interesting.”
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Art in the time of COVID-19: Tara McGovern
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. It’s been my favorite holiday since childhood, and a big part of that has always been the music, the love of which was passed down from my mother and grandmother right along with the family lore and recipes. That music, at least the live version of it, will be largely […]
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Top five 2018: A look back on Iowa music
2018 has been a trial, as we’ve watched the country succumb to the increasingly outlandish and horrible thrashing in the mud of President Tony Clifton. People have said that great music comes out of dire political times, but I hate that idea … Making great music is a personal, inward-focusing task.
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A definitive list of Maddie Poppe’s ‘American Idol’ performances
On Monday night, Maddie Poppe was announced as the winner of American Idol season 16, the first Iowan to win the competition. Relive all her Idol performances, from “Rainbow Connection” to “Going Going Gone.”
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Iowa’s Maddie Poppe, performing in CR this summer, advances on ‘American Idol’
On last night’s show, after a duet with Cobie Calliat on that singer’s pop hit “Bubbly,” American Idol announced that Poppe was among the Top 14.
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Interview: Pella’s Dave Keuning talks Iowa and outer space for the anniversary of Killers’ classic ‘Sam’s Town’
Dave Keuning is most comfortable in his element, which is neon. He is taller than a county courthouse and the many curls of pale auburn hair on his head deserve to rest on lush leopard patterns. Keuning plays guitar for the Killers in front of festival crowds the size of Thebes in the fourth century. […]
