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Corridor Jazz Project XIX Air Times
The 2026 edition of The Corridor Jazz Project album is out now, available as a download or CD in the KCCK Store. It’s also KCCK’s Featured Album for March. We’ll play tracks featuring each of the twenty bands throughout the next several weeks. Below are some approximate air times for each school’s tune. Most plays …
Culture Crawl 1174 “Amen To End All Amens”
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale completes its performance of Handel’s “Messiah” with Parts II & III, on March 8, 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Director Gerry Kreitzer says that while not performed as often as Messiah Part I at Christmastime, both of these sections are filled with even more of Handel’s rousing …
Culture Crawl 1171 “Do it as a Damn Polka”
Dreamer and The Hoping Machine is a new group formed from the rhythm section that accompanies the Family Folk Machine choir. The members also direct and contribute to much of the group’s original music. In fact, part of the reason for the group’s formation was that they wanted some of the original Family Folk Machine …
Culture Crawl 1170 “Jimmy, Come Down Here!”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian celebrate a decade at the helm of Red Cedar Chamber Music with “Return to Roots,” a concert that takes Red Cedar back to the days when it was a duo. Miera and Carey will be traveling all around the area for a variety of rural outreach shows, culminating in the …
Culture Crawl 1169 “Write Down Those Gems”
Culture Crawl 1169 “Write Down Those Gems” The Kirkwood Vocal Jazz Festival not only welcomes more than a dozen groups to campus Feb. 19 & 20, but also will feature the farewell tour of the legendary New York Voices, who will also hold a clinic with each group. Daytime shows are free, and the New …
Bobby D Opens Art Exhibit Jan 30
Bob DeForest, host of KCCK’s “da Blues” will open an exhibit of his art at a reception January 30, with music from Matt Panek and the Original Kool-Aid Trio. “Sunshine Dayglo (de) Forest” collects nearly ten years of Bob’s work, which is influenced by album covers, festival posters including the psychedelic poster artists of the …
Lisbon Student Wins 2026 Corridor Jazz Art Contests
Jordin McFarlane, a senior at Lisbon High School has been chosen as the cover design winner for the “The Corridor Jazz Project XIX”, a compilation of recordings featuring twenty-one high school jazz bands produced by Iowa’s Jazz Station. The Corridor Jazz Project features the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High …
25 Live – New Years Eve Special
The results are in! We asked you to vote for your favorite KCCK concerts from our 50th anniversary year and you responded! More than 400 votes came in for 40 different shows. On New Year’s Eve beginning at 1pm, we’ll play back the eight top vote-getters (in no particular order). Here’s the broadcast schedule (times …