The Prince Experience
As Gabriel Sanchez struts on the stage, dressed in a purple crushed velvet outfit, he confidently picks up his guitar and approaches the microphone. Glancing at the sold-out crowd, organ [...]
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Posted January 03, 2024in Sound Circuit
Posted December 06, 2023in Sound Circuit
Vibrant Music Hall
Music lovers, concert goers and live show aficionados can add one more venue to choose from in Des Moines’ suburbia — Vibrant Music Hall. Vibrant Music Hall, located in Waukee’s [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Sound Circuit
Dipsos, Other Brothers, 10 Watt Robot
When Kenny Sehgal was driving from New York to his hometown of Urbandale, he reminisced about his old band while listening to music in his car. Although he plays guitar [...]
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Posted October 04, 2023in Sound Circuit
Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame
Every city has its jazz heroes, and Des Moines is no exception. For the past 22 years, the Community Jazz Center of Greater Des Moines (CJC) has honored these heroes [...]
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Posted September 06, 2023in Sound Circuit
Anthony Gomes embraces his own style
As a musician, Anthony Gomes has been categorized as being “too rock” in the blues genre or “too blues” in the rock and roll scene. Music critics struggled to label [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Sound Circuit
Vixen rocks
If you lived through the 1980s music scene, you know it was full of rock ballads and big-hair musicians stringing guitar licks on MTV. Rock bands were mostly male-dominated, until [...]
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Posted July 05, 2023in Sound Circuit
Get ready to yell, ‘Free Bird!’
As a concert rocks along in most any venue with a large audience, there’s seemingly one fan who always yells, “Free Bird!” Correction. Not one, but hundreds of fans often [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Sound Circuit
Alleygrass
Alleygrass is an up-and-coming bluegrass/jam band that is performing at the Bevington Bluegrass Festival on June 17 at the Briar Patch Amphitheater. Colby Burhenn, founder of Alleygrass, sings and plays [...]
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Posted May 03, 2023in Sound Circuit
Here Come the Mummies
When interviewing musicians for CITYVIEW, we feature established musicians or up-and-coming acts, divulging the band’s personality through a series of provocative questions. But when interviewing Here Come the Mummies, I’m [...]
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Posted April 05, 2023in Sound Circuit
Blackberry Smoke
For fans of Americana and Southern country-rock music, musicians such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers and Molly Hatchet often make the Top 20 lists. Adding to that elite list is [...]
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