IHEARIC VIDEOS - Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, and Steel Drums

Katie Wedmore

As per usual, we have a rather eclectic mix of videos from IHearIC. We had acoustic guitar player, Katie Wedmore, keyboardist Matt Smart, and Tyler Swick, Aaron Ziegler, and Blake Shaw playing electric bass and steel drums.

IHEARIC VIDEOS - A Steel Pan Player and a Cellist

Photo by Drew Morton
http://www.drewmadestuff.com/

Once again, we have an usual pairing with today's IHearIC videos. The first is some pan drums.
And the second features a cellist.

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music YouTube Playlist 2

Just another in a series of playlists featuring Iowa music picked at random. This time from YouTube.

The random selector picked some punk, alternative music, metal, and singer/songwriters.

If you're an Iowa (or Omaha, Quad Cities, or Sioux Falls) music act, and you have a YouTube channel, let me know and I'll follow you!

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music SoundCloud Playlist 3

Well, I tried to present a MySpace playlist, but it caused me nothing but problems and headaches. So I went back to a source that I knew would work - SoundCloud.

This is the third random playlist we've made on SoundCloud. The random sampler picked quite the variety - hip-hop, alternative, country, rock, and even some Arabic music and a parody!

More IMSC posts and podcasts featuring SoundCloud:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/SoundCloud

More IMSC posts and podcasts featuring playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/playlists

More IMSC posts and podcasts featuring random playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/random%20playlists

One year ago...
Playlists: An Iowa 4th of July Playlist -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/07/playlists-iowa-4th-of-july-playlist.html

Two years ago...
Episode 12: Lipstick Homicide Retrospective, Part 1 of 3 -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/06/episode-12-lipstick-homicide.html

Other IMSC websites and links:
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: alternative music, Americana, country music, hip hop, hip-hop, parodies, playlists, Random Iowa Music SoundCloud Playlists, random playlists, rap, rock music, singer/songwriter, SoundCloud, world music

EPISODE 47: Iowa Star Wars Music, Part 6 of 9 - Return of the Iowa Jedi

Welcome to the last of our 4-part series honoring 40th anniversary of the greatest movie ever made!

We took a detour with the last 2 parts, one with non-Iowan midwestern artists and one that feature Iowa artists but wasn't really Star Wars music. With this one, we return to music inspired by Star Wars from Iowa artists!

And as a bonus, we feature the second album from The Han Solo Project below!

So let's join some Iowans on a visit to a long time ago in a galaxy far. far away!

IMSC posts and podcasts featuring Star Wars:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20Wars

IMSC posts and podcasts featuring Spotify:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Spotify

To download the podcast, right click on the link below and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode47/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2047_.mp3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTdK5xXmcZ4

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

Cover by Dan OlderMusicGeek through questionable means

Opening - "Set for Stun" (excerpt) by Echo 3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

Song 1 - "Sunshine" by Dagobah
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-1-sunshine-and-song-5-ones.html)

Song 2 - "Get on the Dark Side" by The Han Solo Project
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-2-get-on-dark-side-and-song.html)

Song 3 - "A Dark Gift" by Jordan Mayland and The Thermal Detonators
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-3-dark-gift-by-jordan.html)

Song 4 - "Luke, I am Your Father" by Keepers of the Carpet
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-4-luke-i-am-your-father-by.html)

Song 5 - "The Ones" by Dagobah
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-1-sunshine-and-song-5-ones.html)

Song 6 - "That's No Moon" by The Han Solo Project
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-2-get-on-dark-side-and-song.html)

Song 7 - "Set for Stun" by Echo 3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

Closing - "Set for Stun" (another excerpt) by Echo 3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

All song are copyrighted by the performers and composers, and used by their kind permission.


Labels: 1990s, 2000s, alternative music, alternative rock, Dagobah, folk music, funk, geekcore, Indie (genre), indie music, Jordan Mayland and The Thermal Detonators, nerdcore, nerds, Spotify, Star Wars, world music

Next episode: A look at classical music coming out of Iowa!

One year ago...
Episode 29 - Guest Producer Craig Hlas of The Iowa Made Network, Part 2 of 2 -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/05/episode-29-guest-producer-craig-hlas-of.html

Two years ago...
Episode 9: Iowa Jazz Music -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/05/episode-9-iowa-jazz-music.html

Iowa Music Showcase can be listened to and/or downloaded on the following sites:
Home page:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iowa-music-showcase/id1173339660
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase
Bandcamp:
https://iowamusicshowcase.bandcamp.com/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMPcIaIvvs0Aj4zk2JbXdQ/feed

Iowa Music Showcase is also on Code Zero Radio every Tuesday and Thursday at 10pm central time:
http://codezeroradio.com/

Other websites:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase
ReverbNation:
https://www.reverbnation.com/iowamusicshowcase
Archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/@iowa_music_showcase#uploads
Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/user/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: 1990s, 2000s, alternative music, alternative rock, Dagobah, folk music, funk, geekcore, Indie (genre), indie music, Jordan Mayland and The Thermal Detonators, nerdcore, nerds, Spotify, Star Wars, world music

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 46: Iowa Star Wars Music, Part 4 of 9 - May the Fortieth be with You!

Welcome to the FIRST of our four-part series celebrating the greatest movie that was ever made!

This photo is from the 1978 Theodore Roosevelt High School Yearbook,
which carries no copyright.
The photographers are listed in the yearbook as:
Jeff Jones, Mark Tatarud, Mark Parker,
and a fourth name I cannot make out

And what, you ask, does Iowa have to do with Star Wars?

Not a whole lot! George Lucas isn't from here. And despite what you see on Facebook, Star Wars has been and never will be filmed here!

But a certain 13 year old from Des Moines, Iowa, did check out the film at the glorious, though torn down, Riviera/River Hills Theater! And he was blown away! And has been a die hard fan for 40 years!

A few years later, he discovered punk and the alternative music scene! And since that time, music and Star Wars have always played a central part in his life.


And it seems I am not the only Iowan like this! There are others! Others who actually know how to write and play instruments! And these Iowans have, like me here, combined their love of music and Star Wars.

And I am proud to present their work on the 40th anniversary of the greatest movie ever made!


I've also included a couple of bonus features.

Tom Hummer has done two albums of Star Wars related music under the name, The Han Solo Project. I've included the first of those two here. And I'll include the second one with the next podcast.

I've also included a video of The University of Northern Iowa Marching Band doing some Star Wars music.

Other IMSC posts and podcasts involving Star Wars:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20Wars

Other IMSC posts and podcasts using Spotify:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Spotify

Other IMSC posts and podcasts using YouTube:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/YouTube

To download the podcast, right click on the link below and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode46/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2046_.mp3


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

Cover from the 1978 Des Moines Roosevelt High School yearbook
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-cover-from-1978-des-moines.html)

Opening - "Set for Stun" (excerpt) by Echo 3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

Song 1 - "Call of the Jedi" by Czheck Productions
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-1-call-of-jedi-by-czheck.html)

Song 2 - "I Can Control You" by Jordan Mayland and The Thermal Detonators
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-2-i-can-control-you-by.html)

Song 3 - "It's You" by Dagobah
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-3-its-you-by-dagobah.html)

Extra - "20th Century Fox Fanfare/Star Wars theme/Cantina Band" by The University of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-extra-20th-century-fox.html)

Song 4 - "Dagobah-bah-bah-bah" by The Han Solo Project
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-4-dagobah-bah-bah-bah-by-han.html)

Song 5 - "Amidala" by Lame
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-5-amidala-by-lame.html)

SPOILER ALERT!!!
Song 6 - "It Sucks That Han Solo is Dead" by The Emblem Faction
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-6-it-sucks-that-han-solo-is.html)

Closing - "Set for Stun" (another excerpt) by Echo 3
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

All song are copyrighted by the performers and composers, and used by their kind permission.

PLAYLISTS: Iowa Science Music

Well, besides being a big geek on music, I also happen to geek out on science, (Yes, it is allowed to geek out on more than one thing!)

So in honor of today's March for Science (which I and my dog, Joe, will be doing in Des Moines), I put together this playlist of science-related songs by Iowa artists!


Other IMSC posts and podcasts involving science:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/science

Other IMSC playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/playlists

Other IMSC posts and podcasts involving Spotify:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Spotify

One year ago...
Playlists: Artists who Submitted (But I Still Haven't Put on a Podcast Yet!) -
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/04/other-sources-locusic.html

Two years ago...
Episode 8: Iowa City Children's Album
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/04/playlists-artists-who-submitted-but-i.html

Other IMSC websites and links:
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase Labels: alternative music, alternative rock, blues, folk (genre), folk music, hip hop, hip-hop, Indie (genre), indie music,jam music, jazz, March for Science, playlists, power pop, rap, science, Spotify, world music

Episode 38: Happy Hawkeye Holidays 2016, Part 1 of 3 - The Milk Edition

Well, once again we present you with Holiday tunes from and by Iowans.

And like last year, the first episode features more traditional tunes. The second will feature poppier far. And the last one more untraditional and risque stuff.

Although these songs tend to be mellow and laid back, we still have quite the variety with a world flute player, a choir from a Christian college, a gospel singer, a female folk singer, a female folk duo, and a recent Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame inductee!

So get your eggnog going, get a warm fire started, light up the tree, then sit back, relax, and enjoy holiday tunes as only Iowa can bring them to you!

Other IMSC post and podcasts featuring Holiday music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Holiday%20Music

To download the podcast, right click and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode39/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2039_.mp3

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

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase theme (Christmas version) by Dylan Boyle
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/iowa-music-showcase-theme-christmas.html)

Song 1 - "O Holy Night" by Jonny Lipford
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-1-o-holy-night-by-jonny.html)

Song 2 - "Jolly Old St Nicholas" by Mary McAdams
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-2-jolly-old-st-nicholas-by.html)

Song 3 - "O Come O Come Emanuel" by Dagmar
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-3-o-come-o-come-emanuel-by.html)

Song 4 - "Mistletoe and Magic" by Tammy Edwards
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-4-mistletoe-and-magic-by.html)

Song 5 - "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Tina Haase Findlay
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-5-in-bleak-midwinter-by-tina.html)

Song 6 - "Awake, Awake, For the Night is Flying" by Nordic Choir
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ep-39-song-5-in-bleak-midwinter-by-tina.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme (Christmas version) by Dylan Boyle
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/iowa-music-showcase-theme-christmas.html)

All song are copyrighted by the performers and composers, and used by their kind permission.


Next episode: We bring out poppier Christmas tunes from our cornfed artists!

Iowa Music Showcase can be listened to and/or downloaded on the following sites:
Home page:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iowa-music-showcase/id1173339660
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase
Bandcamp:
https://iowamusicshowcase.bandcamp.com/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMPcIaIvvs0Aj4zk2JbXdQ/feed

Iowa Music Showcase is also on Code Zero Radio every Tuesday and Thursday at 10pm central time:
http://codezeroradio.com/

Other websites:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase
ReverbNation:
https://www.reverbnation.com/iowamusicshowcase
Archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/@iowa_music_showcase#uploads
Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/user/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: blues (genre), choirs, choral, Christmas, Christmas 2016, Christmas music, Dagmar, folk, Holiday Music,Holiday Music 2016, holidays, Mary McAdams, pop music, singer/songwriter, Tina Haase Findlay, world music

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music SoundCloud Playlist 1

Well, I've been making playlist of music from Spotify that is picked at random using shuffle. But I decided there is a lot of unheard Iowa music on SoundCloud. So I go on there once in a while and hunt down Iowa artists and follow them.

If you're an artist I'm NOT following, let me know, and I start following you. Just send a link to iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com!

So here's some artists from SoundCloud, totally picked at random. I even used a random number generator to pick them! The playlists features electronic music, world music, hip hop, folk, gospel, and piano music!

Other IMSC articles featuring playlists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/playlists

Other IMSC articles featuring SoundCloud:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/SoundCloud

Labels: Christian music, electronic music, folk (genre), folk music, gospel, grunge, hip hop, hip-hop, piano music,playlists, Random Iowa Music SoundCloud Playlists, rap, rock music, SoundCloud, world music

Other Sources: An Iowa folk and ethnic music compilation

I would like to thank Paul Hertz for telling me about this delightful Smithsonian Folkways collection of ethnic and folk music from our fair state, "Iowa State Fare: Music from the Heartland"! -We'll politely ignore the fact that they misspelled "fair"!

(For those who don't know, Paul Hertz is an Ames musician that has played in too many bands to mention. Mumford's probably being the most popular. But Paul also composes and performs classical pieces of his own. You can hear his music at https://soundcloud.com/paul-hertz.

And he does the local music show, "Ready, Ames, Fire", on Ames community station, KHOI. For all the details , go to http://khoifm.org/music-programs/ready-ames-fire. You can also listen to it, along with other KHOI shows, at http://archive.khoifm.org/.)

As for this album...

"Scandinavian string band melodies, Meskwaki Indian love songs, gospel harmonies, polkas, old-time fiddling, Mexican folk songs, and blues are some of the vibrant community-based musical traditions presented in this unique collection of Iowa music. Iowa State Fare showcases the vitality and diversity of the state's musical traditions on the occasion of the celebration of 150 years of Iowa statehood. These 1996 studio recordings feature eight ensembles and one solo performer selected to appear in the Iowa Sesquicentennial program at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife. The CD booklet features essays, bibliographic information, and lyrics with translations. 'The joys of Iowa's indigenous musics abound.' "
- from the Smithsonian Folkways website

Below is the Spotify and YouTube playlists for the album...

For other IMSC podcast episodes and articles featuring compilations:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/compilation%20albums

For other IMSC podcast episodes and articles on folk music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/folk%20music




Labels: American Indian music, compilation albums, ethnic music, folk (genre), folk music, Indian music, Iowa State Fair, Iowa State Fare: Music from the Heartland, Native American music, Other Sources, world music

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music Spotify Playlist 1

Been busy, so I'm just putting up a Spotify playlist I made of random music from Iowa.

I won't lie. This will probably become a fairly regular thing.

Labels: alternative music, folk (genre), folk music, heavy metal, metal (genre), metal music, Nadas, playlists, pop music, pop punk, punk, punk rock, Random Iowa Music Spotify Playlists, Slipknot, Spotify, world music