2024 Guest Djs – Linn Mar

Sutra Iyer, Zach Kendrick, and Augie Ketels from the Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble conclude the 2024 Guest DJ season with a bang. Linn-Mar had a stellar year, that included a 3rd place Jazz Championships finish, just behind rival Prairie. But the Lions will have a chance at revenge when they take on the Prairie Hawks… in the bowling alley.

Sutra, Zach, and Augie’s Playlist:

  • Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Symphony in Riffs
  • Brecker Brothers – African Skies
  • George Duke – Cravo e Canela
  • The Roy Hargrove Quintet – Strasbourg / St. Denis
  • Chick Corea & Return to Forever – Spain
  • Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble – Night in Tunisia

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Big Mo Pod Show 010 – “Music Changes Context”

Another edition of the weekly podcast rolls out with your hosts John and Noah discussing deep cut blues from John’s most recent show. This week’s songs cover a wide range of topics and eras, with one track in particular by Blues Traveler sparking a conversation about how the power of music can change the tone of any subject matter. Songs featured in the episode: 

  1. Robert Pete Williams – “Graveyard Blues”
  2. Scrapomatic – “Louisiana Anna” 
  3. Blues Traveler – “Funky B***h”
  4. Craig Erickson – “Stormchasin'” 
  5. The Dig 3 – “Damn The Rent” 

Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with Big Mo each week at 6pm, and catch the podcast for a behind the scenes look at the show! 

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Big Mo Pod Show 008 – “Blues In The Schools”

On this special episode John goes solo and tells the story of how Kirkwood’s Blues In The Schools program got started, as well as the how’s and why’s of its production. Listen in to discover where the program came from and why its important to Iowa’s blues community! 

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Big Mo Pod Show 009 – “Do What You Love And Do It Well”

In another special episode this week John interviews local music legend Dan “DJ” Johnson, a musical polymath who’s dabbled in songwriting, bass playing, and signing over a fifty year career that’s still ongoing! Tune in to this episode to learn a little about how he plays and the ethos that goes behind his performances.  

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Culture Crawl 922 “Shocked I’d Never Heard of Him”

 

Some people have a second act, but UI alum Harold Bradley had at least four. Collegiate, military, and NFL football standout, artist, musician, and activist. University of Iowa Chief Innovation Officer Jon Darsee began to dig into Bradley’s background after appreciating four paintings of Iowa Black leaders Bradley painted back in the Seventies.

Those paintings hang in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) and the display has been transformed into a permanent exhibit, part of which is a short documentary celebrating Bradley and his diverse career.

Visit the Bradley exhibit anytime the IMU is open, on the second floor near the International Ballroom.

Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or www.kcck.org/listen.

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Talking Pictures 5-15-24

Abigail (2024) and Alice & Jack (2024 PBS Materpiece) with Ron Adkins and Phil Brown.

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Culture Crawl 921 “Any Job-Better Job-Career Job”

Culture Crawl 921 “Any Job-Better Job-Career Job”

Inside Out Reentry Community serves people returning to Johnson County after incarceration, and to educate the public to help the formerly incarcerated achieve success in the community.

Inside Out will host “Be An Instrument For Change” Sunday, May 19 at 3pm in Chauncey Swan Park, to celebrate music, community, and shared experiences. Admission is free, but sponsorships are available to help defray costs and support Inside Reentry, beginning at just $50.

More info at www.insideoutreentry.com/

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Culture Crawl 920 “Good ‘Ol Days in the Frat at the Heidelberg”

Culture Crawl 920 “Good ‘Ol Days in the Frat at the Heidelberg”

Orchestra Iowa closes its Masterworks season with the landmark piece for orchestra and chorus, “Carmina Burana.” Tim Hankewich says Orff’s landmark work is much more than its best-known segment, “O Fortuna.” Also on the program is Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1, which the Maestro says has become one of his favorites.

May 18 at the Paramount Theatre, and May 19 at the UI’s Voxman Hall of Music. Tickets and info at www.artsiowa.com.

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