Julia Jessen and Rachel Schneider from the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art are in the studio today to talk about four summer exhibitions currently on display. “Thinking Big” (through 9/15), “Tiny Wonders” (through 9/1), “ROY G. BIV” (through 10/27) and “The Vessel” (through 3/30) can all be viewed for free through the museum’s Free Summer …
Perhaps our favorite weekend of the year, the Iowa City Jazz Festival takes over Iowa City! Twenty bands, two stages, three days of music as Iowa City becomes the jazz capital of the world. Don’t miss headliners Ingrid Jensen w/ the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra, 3X Grammy nominee Lackecia Benjamin, Matt Wilson, Iowa City native …
This week, the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band celebrates America with a show featuring patriotic music. The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale joins the band to add their voices to “American The Beautiful” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic, as well as a Samuel Barber march and Glenn Miller medley. Steve and Dennis also discuss recent …
The KCCK Featured Album for July is “Suite for Africa” from Amina Figarova. The Azerbaijani-born pianist and composer was inspired to write the suite by her experiences meeting students during her travels to South Africa, and a chance encounter during a travel mishap with the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, who brought the stirring piece fully …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place July 11, 2024. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands, Ahmad Jamal and Michael Abene, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, saxman Teodross Avery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1952), Lee Morgan’s …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm The Easy Going Side of Black & Blue Craig spins some laid back fare from the French jazz and blues label Black & Blue. We’ll hear from great musicians like Arnett Cobb, Lockjaw Davis, Lloyd Glenn, Illinois Jacquet, Don Byas, Milt Buckner, and many others. …
Craig Erickson and Gerard Estella have been busy cooking up a unique to them album, “Dream Tracks” and are in the studio today to tell you all about it. The album release concerts will be Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7:30pm at the Opus Concert Café. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased …
