Episode 31: Iowa Soul, Rnb, and Funk Music

If you google Iowa soul music, you get the following....

- A whole bunch of links to The Iowa Soul Festivals, which is more about bringing soul artists TO Iowa than about soul music FROM Iowa.
- Links to soul artists coming to Iowa
- The album "Eclectic Iowa Soul" by Rod Dugan, who seems to be from Texas but looks like he came from Iowa. If you want to check it out, it's on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Rod_Dugan?id=Avh4vxljsd57kneffprrdrsljni&hl=en
- And if you look far enough, a couple of mentions of The Maytags, a mention here and there of other Iowa bands, and a couple of mentions of my hip hop episode!

If you google "Iowa soul music" with quotes, you get exactly 7 entries. Three are porn sites! Two link to The Maytags on Tumblr. One about Iowa folk musician, William Elliott Whitmore. And one about the writings of of a Ray Franklin.

Needless to say, soul and RnB, plus funk, are not produced widely in our predominantly rural and white state, But a few people besides Dustin Smith are playing this awesome genre. And I'm happy to present a few of them on this recent podcast episode!

To download (right click and hit "Save as..."):
https://archive.org/download/IMSCEp31/IMSC%20Ep%2031.mp3

TRACK LISTING:
For more information on the track, click on the link below.

Song 1 - "Why Me" by Dominique Morgan
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-1-why-me-by-dominique-morgan.html)

Song 2 - "Are You Ready" by The Candymakers
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-2-are-you-ready-by.html)

Song 3 - "Spirit of Love" by Sophia Landis
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-3spirit-of-love-by-sophia.html)

Extra 2 - Videos of The Dick Danger Band
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-extra-1-videos-of-dick-danger-band.html)

Song 4 - "Invest in This" by Soul Sherpa
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-4-invest-in-this-by-soul.html)

Song 5 - "Beautiful Girls Put Yo Handz Up" by Polo Bandz
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-5-beautiful-girls-put-yo.html)

Extra 2 - Videos of Faculty Lounge
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-extra-2-videos-of-faculty-lounge.html)

Song 6 - "Too High" (radio version) by SP3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-6-too-high-radio-version-by.html)

Song 7 - "I'm So Sorry" by Dustin Smith
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-7-im-so-sorry-by-dustin-smith.html)

Song 8 - "Betsy" (live and acoustic) by Ladysoal
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/ep-31-song-8-betsy-live-and-acoustic-by.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

All rights reserved by the composers and performers. Used by their kind permission.

Other posts and podcast episodes featuring soul music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/soul%20music

Labels: 2000s, 2010s, Banks Polo, Candymakers, Dominique Morgan, Dustin Smith, funk, hip-hop, Ladysoal, piano music, podcast episodes, podcasts, rap, RnB, Sophia Landis, soul (genre), soul music, soul rock, Soul Sherpa, SP3

Next episode: We drop some Iowa electropop and electronic music on you!

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Labels: 2000s, 2010s, Banks Polo, Candymakers, Dominique Morgan, Dustin Smith, funk, hip-hop, Ladysoal, piano music, podcast episodes, podcasts, rap, RnB, Sophia Landis, soul (genre), soul music, soul rock, Soul Sherpa, SP3

Playlists: The Other T Party

Well, if I had my act together, I've would have had a podcast for this all set to go today! Considering it's been *5* years! And especially since this subject is all topical and in the news! Probably would have got me some extra exposure!

But I don't have my act together, so instead you get this playlist I cobbled together today from YouTube videos.

Five years ago today, I put together a live music benefit show to earn money for Transformations Iowa, the transgender support group. A friend cleverly came up with the title. "The Other T Party", since the Republican Tea Party was all in the news at that time.

I'm still rather proud of that show. It spoiled me, because it went better than any other show I put on. Didn't have the attendance or make as much money as I would have liked.

But I did get all the speakers I wanted, a doctor whose has a majority of trans patients, the head of Transformations Iowa, the head One Iowa, and a mom with a transgender child. Plus, we had two drag queens performing!

And I got 4 1/4 of the bands I wanted! I was proud of that line up! The only band I didn't get was Poison Control Center, but Pat Fleming did a pre-Gloom Balloon solo set!


And the cherry on the sundae? I met my wonderful and awesome wife there! (Okay, we had been corresponding via Match.com and email before that, but it was the first time I met her in person, so it still counts!)


So only the Ladysoal video is from the actual show. Afraid there aren't any other videos. But the rest are live performances from around that time by the bands that were there!


Transformations Iowa web site: https://www.facebook.com/transformationsiowa/

If you're transgender, feel free to send them a Facebook message  or email them at transformations@gmail.com. They're a friendly bunch!


Labels: acoustic, alternative music, alternative rock, indie rock, Lipstick Homicide, North of Grand, Other T Party,playlists, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock, soul (genre), soul music, soul rock, vintage rock, YouTube

OTHER SOURCES: Live from KURE (on Bandcamp and Soundcloud)

KURE, at 88.5FM on the dial or at http://www.kure.stuorg.iastate.edu/ on the internet, is the student station from Iowa State University in Ames. And it has an occasion show called "Live from KURE" featuring Iowa bands playing in the studio.

Past episodes can be found on BandCamp, Facebook, and SoundCloud.

Below I present five of the shows from the BandCamp page and the playlists of shows from SoundCloud.

KURE home page:
http://www.kure.stuorg.iastate.edu/

"Live from KURE" on BandCamp:
https://kure885.bandcamp.com/

"Live from KURE" on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kuredj/app/204974879526524/?ref=page_internal

"Live from KURE" on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/88-5-kure-ames-alt/sets/live-from-kure












Labels: acoustic, alternative music, alternative rock, Bandcamp, hard rock, KURE, KURE 88.5FM Ames Alternative,live music, Other Sources, radio shows, radio stations, singer/songwriter, soul music, soul rock, SoundCloud