By Michael Swanger scenescribe@mchsi.com
Iowa’s own Joe and Vicki Price recently won the 2009 Independent Music Awards’ Best Blues album honor. Fans can help the blues duo win the IMA’s People’s Voice winner by voting online until June 25 at www.theindependentmusicawards.com.
The Audition, The Dangerous Summer, Sparks the Rescue and The Right Coast perform an all-ages show on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. at the House of Bricks. Tickets are $10 through IowaTix.
The Drake University Choir will deliver singing valentines in the metro this weekend to help raise money for its 2012 European tour. Deliveries will be made from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12 and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13. Prices range from $25 to $60. Call 271-3024 or visit www.drake.edu/valentines.
Nashville-based folk-country music singer-songwriters Caitlin Nicol-Thomas (an Indianola native) and Jenn Bostic perform Friday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Ritual Café; Saturday, Feb. 13 at 10 p.m. at The Sportspage in Indianola; and Sunday, Feb. 14 at A.K. O’Connor’s in Beaverdale at 8:30 p.m.
Multi-platinum, pop-country music singer Jo Dee Messina brings her “Music Room Series” to Prairie Meadows’ Events Center for a concert on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. Messina will field questions and requests from the audience, as well as talk about the stories behind her hit songs on a stage that is designed to resemble the music room at her home. Tickets are $15 to $30 through the box office and Ticketmaster.
The House of Bricks’ annual “Petapalooza” Animal Rescue League fundraiser will be held Saturday, Feb. 13. Participating bands include Tom Brighton, P58, Blutiger Fluss, Tyke, By It’s Right Name, Monday Mourners, The Manics, Andy Fish, Buster and the Punks and more. Fans under 21 will be admitted from 5 to 9 p.m., though the event will continue until the bar closes. Raffles and door prizes will be offered, as well as a free dinner at 9:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to donate pet and cleaning supplies. Visit www.thehouseofbricks.com.
Winds of Plague, Despised Icon, For Today, Stray From the Path and The World We Knew play an all-ages show at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Vaudeville Mews. Tickets are $13 through IowaTix.
Scary Kids Scaring Kids and The Sleeping perform for all-ages on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at the House of Bricks at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 through IowaTix.
People’s Court will host all-ages concerts by Uncle Kracker, Rehab and Jessie James ($23) on March 18 at 7 p.m.; and Ingrid Michaelson, May Kearney and Cara Salimando ($27) on April 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available through IowaTix.
The Redstone Room in Davenport’s River Music Experience will host Tea Leaf Green ($15) on March 5 and the Cowboy Junkies on March 24 ($37.50). Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
The Des Moines Music Coalition announced that the 5th Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will take place on Saturday, March 27 at All Play, 615 3rd St. This is the first year the GDP will take place at All Play which will feature two stages and 10 to 15 bands from a wide variety of genres. Expect a line-up announcement in the next few weeks.
Envy on the Coast, Fall of Troy and Twin Atlantic perform an all-ages show on April 7 at the House of Bricks. Tickets are $12 through IowaTix.
The Pnuma Trio and Big Gigantic play the Vaudeville Mews on April 11. Tickets are $15 through IowaTix. CV
