A little ditty about Jim and Diane
Four years ago, Richard Bywater moved into the house next to retired couple Jim and Diane Baker. A first-time homeowner and a student at the time, Bywater didn’t know what [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in Your Neighbors
Posted August 09, 2016in Joe's Neighborhood
Rio bound
“There is always a certain game flow. When you don’t know beach volleyball, you don’t see it.” The women clear the net with ease. It looks like a water [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in Sound Check
The Other Brothers
“Rosetta” Independent The Other Brothers released a live album last year, but “Rosetta” marks its first studio effort. Recorded in a series of one-takes on vintage instruments and microphones, [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in Sound Notes
As one of this issue’s feature stories attests, August is time for the Iowa State Fair. Whether you are headed to the grandstand or just playing it free this year, [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in Sound Circuit
Releasing the Hounds
Holy White Hounds has been on a solidly upward trajectory for the past year. After the enormous local success of their album “Sparkle Sparkle” and its lead single [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in The Sound
Diving into the unknown with Grace Potter
Almost exactly a year ago, Grace Potter made the biggest decision of her career to date and set aside her band, The Nocturnals, to release a solo album called “Midnight.” [...]
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Posted August 04, 2016in The Sound
They want you to (still) want them A brief conversation with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen
Cheap Trick is a Midwest music institution. Formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1974, the band has released 17 studio albums and several live albums, including the much-beloved, “At Budokan.” The [...]
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