Editors’ Pick: Abbie Sawyer w/Annalibera, D. Smith, xBk Live, Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m., $15-18 Des Moines musician Abbie Sawyer is celebrating the release of her first solo album […]
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Photo Gallery: Mission Creek Festival 2022
After two years of COVID-19 disruptions, Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival returned to an in-person format this year. Thirty-five separate bands and musicians performed across three days, and 12 authors, […]
Camp Euforia returns this summer for one last celebration
Camp Euforia (CE), one of Iowa’s longest-running independent music festivals, has announced the acts performing in its final festival this summer. After 17 years, the festival is being discontinued, and […]
Dr. Ellie Wolfe sets early childhood education to music in Drake University class
Ask Dr. Ellie Wolfe the value of music education, and you’ll get no offhand answer. “It’s key. It’s integral. It’s a part of the human condition,” Wolfe said. “I would […]
Gross Domestic Product Festival returns to Des Moines in April
Another favorite Iowa music tradition is returning to Des Moines next month. The Des Moines Music Coalition (DMCC) announced this year’s lineup for the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a […]
REVOICED, TikTok’s ‘new fave guy group,’ bring their vocal harmonies to the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (Updated)
Update: On Thursday night, the Nov. 20 REVOICED concert was canceled. The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts will be providing refunds to ticket-buyers. Anyone with questions about refunds should […]
Getting to know Iowa (and Midwest music) at Grey Area festival
The last time I went to a music festival was two years and two months ago, AthFest in Athens, Georgia, the town I called home until a few weeks ago. […]
Ani DiFranco, feminist icon and ‘righteous babe,’ will present a softer sound at the Englert
With the release of her 20th studio album, Binary (2017), singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco brought a few new politically-prescient, strongly feminist songs into the world, but with a softer side than some of the frenetic albums from earlier in her career.
Elite 8: 2016 Albums of the Year
This year’s Elite 8 presents another list of great albums to consider. As always, these records are just the beginning of a conversation, and we encourage you to create and […]
Album Reviews: The Pines with Dave Simonett and Erik Koskinen – “Highwayman” Single
It was Glen Campbell who first approached Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson about recording a version of the Jimmy…
Loretta Lynn postpones Iowa Shows due to exhaustion
Country music legend Loretta Lynn has postponed both of her shows in Iowa this week due to exhaustion. The Grammy Award-winning artist was scheduled to play Tuesday in Spencer, Iowa […]
First Look: Elvis Costello + The Roots release track from upcoming collaboration
Although a few test pressings were released earlier this year on Record Store Day, for the general public, today marked our first chance to legally hear a track off…