On “Fossora,” Björk explores motherhood, love, family, and growth.
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The Nakatani Gong Orchestra captivates the audience with their mesmerizing performance.
A preview of Nakatani Gong Orchestra’s performance at Witching Hour. (Image via Iowa City Daily Press-Citizen)
DEBIT kicked off the 2022 Witching Hour festival in Iowa City. Image via Never Apart.
DEBIT kicks off the Englert Theatre’s 2022 Witching Hour festival at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Image via Pitchfork.
billy woods – Aethiopes On Aethiopes, billy woods reestablishes his strengths as a storyteller, with help from producer Preservation’s experimentally jazzy beats. By now, woods has cemented himself as one of hip hop’s greatest writers, and his brooding yet clever introspection sounds especially powerful over Preservation’s musical backdropping. Samples of pianos will twinkle across some tracks, and pound discordantly on others, while electric guitars ring and horns blow. By the time the harmonica enters the equation, the beats here are unparalleled. It is an enveloping atmosphere completed by excellent percussion, which moves between hand drums, full kits, and shuffling jangles … Continued
Iowa athletics hasn’t seen a decision of this magnitude in 35 years. Not since the winter of 1985 to be exact when star quarterback Chuck Long announced he would return to Iowa to help the Hawkeyes get a shot at a national championship and a Heisman Trophy. Instead of the gridiron, this decision came on the hardwood, and the subject of the decision was Luka Garza. His decision? It’s time to ramp up for the winter of 2020-21 as the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year. The consensus 1st-team All-American is returning to Iowa City for his senior season. … Continued
This is a promo for Gordi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Gordimusic)!
Bassem Youssef is a political satirist that truly has caused some waves! Check him out at Mission Creek (Image via Mission Creek)!
Read about Elizabeth Moen’s music and upcoming Mission Creek performance here (Image via: elizabethmoen.com)!
“It doesn’t look like a lot on paper, but the sentiment is the underpinning of what love is.” The Pains of Being Pure of Heart’s “Echo of Pleasure” is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.
Countless Upsets Stir Limitless Playoff Combinations One month ago, the College Football world told itself that the 4-team playoff would be filled with ease once again. At the time, the SEC, ACC, Big 10, and Big 12 conferences each presumed to be represented by their champion. Only the Big 12 conference’s presumed representative is the same as prior with the top of the rankings left to chaos. Oklahoma continues to hum past the remainder of the Big 12. The following list withhold the schools who were in the top 6 a month ago and still are today: Alabama. That’s it. … Continued
The shamisen–sometimes called a banjo, sometimes a lute. This staple of Japanese folk music has many faces.
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A look back at Bon Iver’s landmark album “For Emma, Forever Ago,” and the impact it has had. The album is getting a vinyl reissue for its 10th anniversary, along with an exclusive live concert of the album in Milwaukee in February 2018.
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Bully’s Alicia Bognanno talks new record “Losing,” their new music video for “Feel the Same” by Lazy Mom, and making it as a woman in the music industry in today’s political climate.
Political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow presents on the creation of This Modern World
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Invisible and Ignored no longer.
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