The inevitability of Broken Social Scene
As you read through articles about the Canadian band Broken Social Scene, the word “collective” is used a lot. The band’s membership ranges from around a dozen people to approximately [...]
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Posted August 30, 2017in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
Posted June 27, 2017in Just Released, Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
MELISSA ETHERIDGE unabated: See her on July 22 at Hoyt Sherman Place
By Adam Rogan Melissa Etheridge holds many titles. Rocker. Guitarist. Singer. Advocate. Grammy Award winner. Lesbian. Kansan. Cancer survivor. She’s kind of a new-age hippy, even though she grew up [...]
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Posted June 01, 2016in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
The luckiest guy in the world
Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt talks to Cityview about his good fortune and what it’s like to front an iconic rock and roll band. Ronnie Platt used to be a truck [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Sound Circuit, Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
He ain’t heavy
For years, Aaron Earl Short has been known as half of the husband and wife duo The High Crest, where his sharply honest lyrics and bluesy sound have drawn fans [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
Barking up the right tree
Mickey Davis has proven himself to be one of the brightest young minds in the city. Serving as the Des Moines Social Club’s program director, Davis has brought innovative, [...]
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Posted May 13, 2015in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
Rock hard, ride free
As a youngster growing up in a predominantly farm-based community in northwest Iowa, my musical palette consisted of heavy AM radio doses of Hall and Oates, Lionel Ritchie and the [...]
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