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5d ago
Every day is a holiday. Don’t believe me (or Katy Perry’s 2015 hit)—you can check for yourself. Just log on to your computer and ask what we commemorate today (or whenever). There’s always something being celebrated by someone somewhere. Most people know that February is the month of Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, and even Groundhog…
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3w ago
Historians consider Texan Lightnin’ Hopkins as the most significant country blues musician of his generation. Artists as different and important as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix have cited Hopkins’s style of guitar playing and singing as seminal to the development of their own work. The influence Hopkins has had on the genre has been…
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Iowa Source » Music
2M ago
Welcome to my 50th article of High-End Sound! I hope you have enjoyed the adventures I’ve shared and been able to apply some of the tricks that I’ve learned to make your systems look and sound more real. With over 51 years in the audio-video business, I can attest that my industry is constantly changing…
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Iowa Source » Music
2M ago
In the blink of an eye another year has gone by. While 2024 has been a great time for albums, physical copies of discs have been largely replaced by streaming. Below is my list of 13 of the year’s best country, rock, and pop records. I have left off platters by multimillion-selling artists such as…
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3M ago
Oklahoma singer-songwriter Ken Pomeroy made her first record when she was 14 years old. She made a second one when she was 16 and a third at 19. The 21-year-old just recorded her fourth, this time for the legendary Rounder Records label. She also has a cut on the soundtrack for the current box-office hit…
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Iowa Source » Music
3M ago
Some months ago, I found a new band, Leonid & Friends, on YouTube. They’re composed of Ukrainian and Russian musicians, which in these times is cool in itself. What I love is that they perform the songs of the great horn bands. A ton of Chicago, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, the Ides of March,…
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Iowa Source » Music
5M ago
The Americana Music Association (AMA) celebrated its 25th anniversary this year with its annual AmericanaFest in Nashville from September 17-21. As usual, there was much discussion of the term “Americana” and how it’s defined. The word was originally coined as a way to establish a chart for records that were too country for rock radio…
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Iowa Source » Music
5M ago
John Moreland will perform at Hancher Auditorium on September 25 as part of the weeklong Infinite Dream festival. Other acts include noted experimental artists such as Patti Smith (as a poet and as a musical performer with a band), Meshell Ndegeocello, Andrew Bird, Madison Cunningham, and many others. All seats are general admission, and several…
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Iowa Source » Music
7M ago
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” —William Shakespeare The band Silverada is best known as Mike and the Moonpies, the former name under which the group recorded and toured for some 20 years. Country music critics consider it one of the best live…
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Iowa Source » Music
7M ago
Chloe Kinnon of Winona Fighter (photo by Steve Horowitz)
Winona Fighter is a power punk trio from Nashville that features frontwoman Chloe Kinnon on vocals, Dan Fuson on guitar, and Austin Luther on bass. The band enjoys a reputation for high-energy shows. Whether the group performs for 20,000 people, as at their recent opening gig for the Offspring, or at a small rock club for a few stray audience members, Winona Fighter puts it all out there, according to Kinnon.
Speaking over the telephone from Nashville, Kinnon explained that the band will approach its two upcoming shows (at 80/35 Musical ..read more