Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Loving Look at Impulse! Craig celebrates the important Impulse! Jazz label by presenting some great material from a variety of artists. We’ll hear classics from John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, Milt Jackson, Howard Roberts, McCoy Tyner, Gabor Szabo, and a host of others. …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/singer/composer Fats Waller, arranger/saxophonist Bill Holman, reedmen Sonny Fortune, Tony Scott and Ken Peplowski, drummers Victor Lewis and Dick Berk, pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, singers Rosemary Clooney and Jackie Cain and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke …
Lyn Curry from Vocal Artists of Iowa is in the studio ahead of upcoming concert series “Elemental Springs” Saturday, 5/17, 3pm at Voxman Concert Hall in Iowa City & Sunday, 5/18, 3pm at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. For more information visit vocalartistsofiowa.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” …
This week’s episode of the pod show is a special edition featuring a third host, Merrill J. Miller! This Cedar Rapids blues man of great renown joins your usual hosts for a game of “why’d you play that”, offering his views on the blues artists featured in the show. He offers a unique viewpoint in …
Orchestra Iowa (almost) closes this season out with “Masterworks VI: A Booming Finale” coming up Saturday, May 17, 7:30 pm at Paramount Theatre & Sunday, May 18, 2pm at Coralville Center for Performing Arts. Insights held in the Encore Lounge at 6:45pm Saturday night and 1:00pm at West Music Sunday afternoon. Tim Hankewich also hints …
Adam Springer & Drew Hurn from the Wonderful Smiths along with Nick Dusil from Iowa Giving Crew are in the studio ahead of a benefit concert coming up May 17, 7pm at the Ideal Theater with Wonderful Smiths and The Mamiltons. All proceeds will go towards Iowa Giving Crew. Tickets at idealtheaterandbar.com. To keep up …
Dr. Gerry Kreitzer is back in the studio ahead of the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale’s season finale, “Music That Touched Our Souls” coming up Sunday, May 18, 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church. For tickets and more information visit crchorale.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. …
2025 was the first year for West Liberty Varsity Jazz in the Corridor Jazz Project. Maddie Christensen, Alyssa Stagg, and Jacob Zeman brought new energy and another first. We don’t think the hard-rock band Cake has ever appeared on Iowa’s Jazz Station before, but it definitely worked! Maddie, Alyssa, and Jacob’s Playlist: Ray Charles, “What’d …
