KCCK’s Culture Crawl is back! in this weird interim when most performances are cancelled, we’ll be visiting with artists, directors, and performers to see how they are keeping busy and engaged. And it may be the best time ever to talk to authors! Dave Bluder intended to launch his first book, “The Great Gamble,” on …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Jane Harvey Bob Naujoks begins a new Vocal Short List series with Jane Harvey. Her early claim to fame was recording “He’s Funny That Way,” with the Benny Goodman Sextet. During her career she …
To the KCCK Family: Because that’s what we are. The musicians, teachers, students, donors, and music fans who make up KCCK’s constituency are a family. We celebrate together when times are good. And we grieve with each other during tough times. The current crisis hits our community particularly hard, as the venues whose music and …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Nnenna Freelon This week the Short List begins a new vocal series. Nnenna Freelon was a late-starter in the music business, beginning after the birth of her third child. She grew up singing, however, …
Theatre Cedar Rapids presents “The Humans” March 20 – April 5. It’s the story of a family gathered around the Thanksgiving table where long-suppressed feelings and conflicts surface. Cast members Noel VanDenBosch and Carrie Pozdel say the naturalistic conversational style of the play’s dialogue is unique, with multiple conversations happening at the same time. Plus, …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Bix Beiderbeck, saxmen George Coleman, Ornette Coleman and Lee Konitz, pianists James Williams and Sir Charles Thompson, drummer Roy Haynes and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else” (1958), Orhette Coleman’s “Tomorrow is …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Paul Winter Bob Naujoks’s “Baker’s Dozen” concludes with saxophonist Paul Winter. Originally inspired by Charlie Parker, he changed direction after State Department cultural tour of Latin America. His music would come to incorporate, among …
Orchestra Iowa presents “Rebellious Russians” March 6 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and March 7 a the Paramount Theatre. The program will include Shostakovich’s towering 5th Symphony, and Ballet Quad Cities will be the Orchestra’s special guest to perform a brand-new interpretation of Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks Concerto.” Music Director Tim Hankewich, who …
