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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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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

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 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

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 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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Posted March 01, 2023in Sound Circuit

Toto… is waiting for you

Some songs are so familiar, the first time you heard them is ingrained into your memory. Humming the melody and singing them word for word, you know every riff and drum beat, harmonizing at the top of your lungs each time you hear the songs. “Africa” by Toto is one

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Posted February 01, 2023in Sound Circuit

Three Dog Night

As classic rock bands tour, fans are eager to see the band “one last time.” For more than a half a century, Three Dog Night has performed to sold-out crowds. They continue with a concert at Hoyt Sherman Place on March 2. Three Dog Night founder Danny Hutton patched in

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