The Paul Lichty Jazz Orchestra made its Pride Fest debut last year at Des Moines Pride. This year Blake Shaw, Iowa City Pride Fest Entertainment Director, has booked them for the Iowa City Pride main stage. The festival is Saturday, June 20 in downtown Iowa City and features a range of performers during a full …
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New Music Monday for June 1, 2026
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Three-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Catherine Russell presents her first live album, “Catherine Russll—Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center,” captured during a special weekend at the Appel Room with New York’s Central Park as scenic backdrop. Invited to perform for JALC’s 2023-2024 season theme “Community and Consciousness,” Russell crafted a program …
This Week’s Shows June 1 -June 7
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm More Miles Davis Tribute Recordings Craig plays a fresh batch of other artist’s recordings that pay homage to the late Miles Davis and his music. We’ll hear some fabulous music from the likes of Buster Williams, Gary Bartz, Cassandra Wilson, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Humberto Ramirez, Al …
This Week In Jazz May 31 thru June 6
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger/bandleader Nelson Riddle, drummers Specs Powell, Charlie watts and Peter Erskine, singers Morgana King, Dakota Staton, Yolande Bevan and Ian Shaw, saxophonist/composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “’Round About Midnight” (1956) …
Culture Crawl 1215 “Be Careful, or You’ll Be in My Next Book”
Social psychologist, DEI expert, and author, Dr. Evelyn Carter, is in the studio today ahead of two upcoming events promoting her new book, “Was That Racist?” Dr. Carter will be in Iowa City at Prairie Lights on June 9 and on June 11 she will be in Cedar Rapids at the African American Museum of …
Culture Crawl 1214 “How To Hold Your Belly”
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre presents “The Laramie Project,” by Moises Kaufman & The Tectonic Theater Project coming up June 5-7 & 12-13 at First Street Community Center. Director Grant Freeman and cast member Mary Morgan-Blacharski are in the studio with the details. Shows on June 5, 6, 12, and 13 are at 7:30pm with a …
New Music Monday for May 25, 2026
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Bassist and composer Gabriel Espinosa’s “The Brazilian Project” is the realization of a lifelong devotion to the music that first stirred his imagination in the 1960s when the sounds of Jobim, Joao Donato and Sergio Mendes reshaped the global jazz landscape. Raised in Mexico on boleros and the Beatles, …
Special Programs for May 25 – May 31
KCCK’s Memorial Day Special (May 25) All Day Monday from 6:00am to Midnight Celebrate Memorial Day with KCCK’s day-long rebroadcast of the 2025 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Hear headliner Stefon Harris & Blackout, plus the Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra with Joel Frahm, fantastic student ensembles, BYO Brass, and all the main stage performances from this …