Posted January 03, 2024in Sound Circuit
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 music plays in the background while he begins singing, “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this
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Posted December 06, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 KeeTown Loop at 2938 Grand Prairie Parkway, hosted its first concert, needtobreathe on Nov. 5. Vibrant isn’t named because of
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Posted November 01, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 and sings with three other bands in New York, he recalled his musical roots and the buddies he played with.
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Posted October 04, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 with its Annual Hall of Fame and Special Recognition Awards. The Des Moines Jazz Hall of Fame was established in
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Posted September 06, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 his music. When he finally ditched the notion he needed to be either blues or rock, his latest album and
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Posted August 02, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 an all-female rock group — Vixen — arrived. Vixen was the first all-female rock group from the 1980s to sell
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Posted July 05, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 shout it — over and over. The iconic nine minutes from 1974’s “Free Bird” made Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Hits
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Posted May 31, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 guitar. They play string bluegrass music in a non-traditional arrangement, as they have a tuba player instead of an upright
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Posted May 03, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 not sure exactly who I interviewed, except they were supposedly thousand-year old Egyptian mummies named Mummy Cass and Midnight. Here
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Posted April 05, 2023in Sound Circuit
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 Blackberry Smoke, an Americana rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia. Blackberry Smoke has embodied southern Georgia’s rich musical legacy, honoring
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