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KCCK’s Featured CD for September 2017
The KCCK Featured CD for September is “The Better Angels of Our Nature” from the Brian McCarthy Nonet. The saxophonist has discovered the roots of jazz in the sounds and conflicts of the Civil War, arranging Union and Confederate folk songs and original music for his ensemble, which features several alumni of trumpeter Clark Terry’s …
Talking Pictures 8-24-17
The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Logan Lucky with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.
Talking Pictures 8-17-17
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Amelia 2.0 and Naked with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Scott Chrisman.
Talking Pictures 8-10-17
Amelia 2.0, Dark Tower and The Beguiled with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Phil Brown.
Clean Up Your Act 9-5-17
The Iowa DNR is proposing a 90,000-acre bird conservation area in the Lower Loess Hills.
Clean Up Your Act 8-9-17
Farm runoff from Iowa and other Midwest states is contributing to the largest dead zone ever in the Gulf of Mexico.
Talking Pictures 8-3-17
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955), Spider-Man: Homecoming, Atomic Blonde, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Scott Chrisman.
KCCK’s Featured CD for August 2017
The KCCK Featured CD for August is “New Angle” from the All Angles Orchestra. Led by Iowa native and UNI grad Mike Conrad, the 15-piece ensemble combines the worlds of classical and jazz to produce a wide variety of fascinating colors and textures. They are joined on their debut album by trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, a …