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Culture Crawl 1086 “No One Will Be Tied To Railroad Tracks”

Robin Crow from Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre is in the studio ahead of this year’s Summer Theatre Adventure, “Rascals Under The Big Top.” Kids aged 9-14 spend the week learning their roles at the new Eastern Iowa Arts Academy and put on a performance at the end of the week. It’s Jun 23-27 with the …

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Culture Crawl 1085 “Musicians Don’t Want To Mess With All That”

Creighton Gaynor is in the studio ahead of the first concert in the One World Music Series put on by his organization, Natural Talent Music. Playing this show is Irish band Blame Not the Bard and Mediterranean fusion band KERAK. The show is Fri Jun 27, 7:30 PM at The James Theater in Iowa City.  …

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Culture Crawl 1084 “Double Header”

The CR Municipal Band is headed into week three of their summer season and director Steve Shanley is back in the studio with the line up.  Wed Jun 18: McGrath Amphitheater with Iowa Brass starting at 7 PM and CRMB at 8 PM. Sun Jun 22: Bever Park with Iowa Brass starting at 7 PM …

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Culture Crawl 1083 “Sister Rosetta Tharp Is My Queen”

Guitarist Molly Miller joins us today ahead of upcoming gig at The Ideal Theater & Bar in Cedar Rapids with her trio (Andre de Santanna on bass and Tamir Barzilay on drums).  It’s June 19 (Juneteenth!) starting at 7:30 PM with local musician Nassor Cooper opening. To purchase tickets visit idealtheaterandbar.com.  For more info about …

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This Week’s Shows June 16 thru June 22

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)   (June 2) Mondays at 6:00pm Chick Corea In the 60s Craig commemorates the birth date anniversary of jazz legend Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea by spinning fine examples of Chick’s early work with Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Dave Pike, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, and a host of others. …

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This Week In Jazz June 15 thru June 21

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Lucky Thompson, Eric Dolphy, Jerry Jerome and Javon Jackson, singers Dave Lambert, Ivan Lins, Dominique Eade, Alicia Olatuja, and Tony Adamo, trombonists Jimmy Cheatham, Tom “Bones” Malone and Ryan Keberle, keyboardist Chris Hazelton, hornman Tom Harrell, drummer Billy …

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Big Mo Blues Show 066 – “Music of The People”

With another week blazing by comes another episode of the pod show! This week’s sampling of tunes features various artists across many generations of blues, and the main topic of discussion is how the blues played a vital role in forming many American cultural traditions that continue to this day.  Songs featured in the episode:  …

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Bob’s Final Show

Bob Naujoks, who has hosted Gentle Jazz for nearly 50 years, 37 of them on KCCK, is hanging up his headphones. The final Gentle Jazz show will air this Sunday from 7-10 a.m.  A couple of special guests will stop by and we hope you’ll tune in. Join us in wishing Bob well in his …

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