27 Jul 2005

River Cities' Reader Music Guide Charts

By Administrator
Here are links to the charts (as PDF documents) from the 2005 River Cities' Reader Music Guide: Bands
26 Jul 2005

A Problem of Perfection

By Jeff Ignatius
If you've seen Jim the Mule live, the first few seconds of the band's new self-titled studio album will be a bit of a shock: Some dirty but muted guitar and drums kick things off, and my first thought was that something had gone wrong in the recording process.
26 Jul 2005

Josh Duffee's Jazz Makes Audiences Feel Young at Heart

By Mike Schulz
When you first meet the energetic, charming Josh Duffee, within five minutes you find yourself thinking: This man is sharp. This man is focused. This man came ready to play. And what he plays is jazz.
26 Jul 2005

Ed Polcer: Improvising His Way to Fame

By Mike Schulz
For Ed Polcer, bandleader and performer with the much-loved swing ensemble Ed Polcer's All Stars, a musical career shouldn't have come as a surprise. He hails from a horn-playing family - his father performed weekends at the Majestic Theatre in Patterson, New Jersey, and his uncle was a jazz musician who toured with Benny Goodman's orchestra.
26 Jul 2005

Evolver

By Jeff Ignatius
What started as a joke isn't so funny any more. For one thing, the threat of legal action hangs over Michael Tierney and his band. For another, his four-piece outfit is successful - and notorious - beyond what anybody could have expected based on its roots.
28 Jun 2005

Deanna Bogart Not Wasting a Minute

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Deanna Bogart's first appearance at the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest five years ago was so successful that a local Davenport club whose name she can't remember - but based on the general location and description, we think it might have been Boozie's Bar & Grill - invited her to play a gig.
28 Jun 2005

Artist Inflects Music with Activism and Love

By Mike Schulz
When asked what message he hopes to convey with his music, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist, and social activist Willie King has a simple yet profound answer: "Love. To love everybody and have respect for everybody.
28 Jun 2005

Fiery, Versatile Guitarist Returns to the Blues Fest

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins learned to play and sing the blues in a small town in Georgia. "Commerce" was its name. It was here at the age of eight (more than 50 years ago) that she received her first guitar as a Christmas present.
28 Jun 2005

Sunday, July 3, Bandshell

By No Author
The Soul Searchers - 2 p.m. The Des Moines Register calls them "the band that's obviously meant to play the blues." Since the early '90s, the Soul Searchers have done just that for fans across Iowa.
28 Jun 2005

The Original Blue Man

By Jeff Ignatius
Douglas Ewart works with his hands, and that's not just because he's a musician. The Chicago-based Ewart not only composes and plays but builds his own instruments, creates artwork for performances, and designs and makes the costumes for himself and his band.

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