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Posted April 29, 2015in Sound Notes

The Hinterland Music Festival announced its final three lineup additions for its inaugural year. Added this week were Justin Townes Earle, Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear, and Des Moines’ [...]

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Posted April 22, 2015in Sound Notes

The Des Moines Social Club is getting into the music business. The Club, which has hosted video production class and music lessons in its classrooms since opening the Firehouse, has [...]

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Posted April 15, 2015in Sound Notes

80/35 has made its initial lineup announcement this past week, with the headliners being announced as Wilco and Weezer. Other acts include Run the Jewels, Jenny Lewis, Talib Kweli and [...]

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Posted April 08, 2015in Sound Notes

The Iowa State Fair has announced its grandstand ticket prices for this year. They range from a low of $32 for Casting Crowns up to $60 to check out Carrie [...]

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Posted March 31, 2015in Sound Notes

The Des Moines Music Coalition has announced that all of the free stages at this year’s 80/35 Music Festival will be populated by Tibetan throat singers… Indie darling two-piece MAIDS [...]

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Posted March 25, 2015in Sound Notes

The Iowa State Fair continues to roll out its Grandstand acts for this year’s edition. Latest to be added to the list: “All About That Bass” singer Meghan Trainor. Trainor [...]

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Posted March 18, 2015in Sound Notes

Shania Twain has announced a Des Moines date for her “Rock This Country” tour. The country superstar will hit Wells Fargo Arena on Aug 6. Tickets went on sale March [...]

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Posted March 11, 2015in Sound Notes

The Hinterland Music Festival has already experienced healthy success in terms of sales for its inaugural season: VIP tickets for the event sold out in 10 seconds. Now, festival organizer [...]

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Posted March 04, 2015in Sound Notes

The Iowa State Fair is starting to roll out its musical lineup for the coming summer. Grandstand shows announced thus far include Casting Crowns on Aug. 13; Justin Moore on [...]

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Posted February 25, 2015in Sound Notes

It is once again time for the Nate Niceswanger’s monthly Des Moines Music Collectors Show. The event takes place at the downtown Holiday Inn and features collectors hawking CDs, LPs, [...]

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