24 Aug 2004

Modest Kristofferson Puts the Focus on Songs

By Jeff Ignatius

Most performers would kill for one of Kris Kristofferson's careers. But he has three of them: as a great country songwriter, a musical performer of no small repute, and a successful actor. This man has been in a musical group with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings, and as an actor has worked with Martin Scorsese, John Sayles, Sam Peckinpah, and Tim Burton.

17 Aug 2004

RIBCO Revives "Homegrown" Showcase

By Administrator
One thing that's certain about RIBCO is that metal doesn't play there. Well, that sentence is about to become obsolete, as the resurrection of the "Homegrown" local-music showcase at RIBCO features a new edge. The event's goal is to give an opportunity to bands that normally wouldn't be able to play the RIBCO stage.
17 Aug 2004

Carter Family Gets Its Due from Modern Artists

By John James
Like a refreshing summer rain in the Clinch Mountains of Virginia, a new tribute CD to a national legacy has swept me deep in piney-woods bliss. From the electrifying intonation of Elvis Presley's voice and Johnny Cash's bass profundo, to the taste of butter, salt, and pepper over yellow corn grits, some things just blast straight down one's chain of American DNA, regardless of where you call home.
10 Aug 2004

The Lynyrd Skynyrd of Metal Bands Headlines Pigstock

By Jeff Ignatius
Superjoint Ritual could just be the strangest metal band in the world. For one thing, it's the now-full-time project of Pantera frontman Philip Anselmo, the "chosen one" of what seemed like a dozen side projects he participated in over the past few years.
03 Aug 2004

RIBCO Quietly Marks Its 25th Anniversary

By Jeff Ignatius

The Carmody boys didn't plan to get into the bar business when they bought the building at 1815 Second Avenue in Rock Island. The family - patriarch John and his sons Dan and Jerry - wanted to renovate the building and lease it out, but when two tenants fell through, they opened the Rock Island Brewing Company in 1979.

03 Aug 2004

The Metrolites Aim High with Fall Release

By Jeff Ignatius
Forming the band The Metrolites was just "something to do," said the band's leader, Scott Morschhauser. Oh, how things change in less than two years. The story of the Quad Cities best (if only) surf spy noir spaghetti-western lounge band is one of steadily increasing expectations and aspirations.
27 Jul 2004

Future Appletree Branches Out with New Release

By Jeff Ignatius
Less than two minutes into A Is Jump’s My Ice-Fingered Ghost, it’s readily apparent that even though this isn’t a typical release from the Quad Cities-based Future Appletree label, it’s a good match for the imprint’s oddity-laced pop sound.
20 Jul 2004

Fest Tries to Find a Youth Movement

By Jeff Ignatius
After 32 years, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival's audience isn't getting any younger. "Our crowd is usually quite old" - typically over 45 - said Ray Voss, president of the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, which runs the annual festival featuring jazz styles from the 1920s and '30s.
13 Jul 2004

Rocker Lennon Commits Career Suicide

By Jeff Ignatius
Lennon hates playing acoustic. It makes her "scared to death," she said in a recent interview with the River Cities' Reader. "I have terrible anxiety. I don't like being alone." So, naturally, she ended last year with an acoustic tour.
29 Jun 2004

A Guitar Hero You Can Dance to

By Jeff Ignatius
Unless you follow the developments in the world of guitar, chances are excellent you've never heard of Johnny Hiland. But if you like intense country-flavored guitar, you'd be remiss not to check him out when he headlines Muscatine's Independence Day festivities.

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