Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Gems from Mose Allison Craig presents a comprehensive playlist of gems from the wonderful jazz sage, pianist and vocalist, Mose Allison. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm The IWJO at Jazz Under the Stars The Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra …
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Big Mo Pod Show 047 – “Trailer Park Prince”
In this week’s double feature our hosts discuss even more blues tracks! The topics of conversation naturally range all manner of blues genres and artists, but also cover some of John’s callers and friends of the Big Mo show. Tune in to hear it all! Songs featured in the episode: Royal Southern Brotherhood – “Moonlight …
Big Mo Pod Show 046 – “Blues Is Our Friend”
The boys from the Singing Cowboys Studio are back again with another deep dive into some Big Mo Blues Show tunes! As always the track list features a mix of old and new songs from many different blues sub-genres! Songs featured in this episode: Dr John – “My Indian Red” J.B. Lenoir – “Alabama Blues” …
Culture Crawl 1021 “Who Am I Going to Be This Year?”
Leslie Wright is back in the studio at the start of this new year with a slew of offerings coming up at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center. Retreats and events include topics ranging from end of life transitions, food relationships, grief circles, native flute circles, unplugged events, and the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Some events are …
Mt. Vernon Student Wins 2025 Corridor Jazz Art Contest
Evelyn Klima, a ninth grader at Mt. Vernon High School has been chosen as the cover design winner for the “The Corridor Jazz Project XVIII”, a compilation of recordings featuring twenty-one high school jazz bands produced by Iowa’s Jazz Station. “We had a record number of entries this year, so the competition was especially stiff,” …
Culture Crawl 1020 “Complete with the 18-minute Gap”
Iowa City Community Theatre opens this week with Peter Morgan’s, “Frost/Nixon,” a one act play based on televised interviews between former U.S. president Richard Nixon and English broadcaster David Frost. In the studio today are director Barry Schreier, Kehry Anson Lane (Frost), and Scot Hughes (Nixon). Performances will be January 17-18 & 24-25 at 7:30pm …
This Week’s Shows January 13 thru January 19
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Steeplechase Records, Part 6 Craig presents another terrific sampling of jazz from this remarkable Danish label. Founded by Nils Winther, Steeplechase has released over 1,000 top notch recordings from great artists like Kenny Werner, Paul Bley, Marc Copland, Jack Walrath, Harold Danko, Vic Juris, and more. …
This Week In Jazz January 12 thru January 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa, Sid Catlett, Grady Tate and Gerry Gibbs, trombonists Melba Liston and Quentin Jackson, singers Allan Toussaint and Cheryl Bentyne, guitarist Joe Pass and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert …