Episode 11: Guest Producer Bryon Dudley

Bryon Dudley got this opportunity because he won a contest, but now I've decided to open to anybody and anyone interested! If you would like to pick the music for an episode, feel free to send a list of 15-30 minutes worth of music by Iowa artists, of ANY genre or decade, to iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com.  And if I can get permission from the artists, I will play your list on a future episode!

If you haven't heard of Bryon Dudley, then you probably aren't very involved in the central Iowa, or at least Ames, music scene, Byron, usually along with his wife Rachel, is, and has been in numerous bands here.

But besides being a talented and prolific musician, Byron runs the record label, Nova Labs. He also runs a recording studio, The Spacement. And if that's not enough, he is also one of the co-owners of The Iowa Music Store!

So I feel it is both appropriate and an honor to have Bryon as my first, but hopefully not last, guest producer on my podcast!

Stong Like Bear home page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strong-Like-Bear/42212906131

Nova Labs Records home page:
http://www.novalabs.info/

Iowa Music Store home page:
http://iowamusicstore.com/

For more information, click on the artist or song...

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase opening by Dylan Boyle
Song 1 - "Wake You in the Morning" by Ira Grace and The Bible Belt Prophets
Song 2 - "Fleshlike Material" by Mumford's
Song 3 - "The Fall" by Brooks Strause
Song 4 - "Machete" by Bleujack
Song 5 - "W(rest)le" by Pennyhawk
Song 6 - "Shut Up" by Strong Like Bear
Closing - Iowa Music Showcase closing by Dylan Boyle

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

To download:
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode11_201506/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2011.mp3
Next episode: A tribute to the members of Iowa's pop punk band, Lipstick Homicide!

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Labels: acoustic, alternative music, blues (genre), Bryon Dudley, folk music, Guest Producers, Ira Grace and The Bible Belt Prophets, Mumford's, podcast episodes, podcasts, singer/songwriter, Strong Like Bear

Episode 10: Iowa Country Music

Strangely, for a state where farming plays such a central role, we really don't have a big country scene. It seems that if a musician wants to dig into that rural, pastural part of their music psyche, in this state, they usually turn to folk or Americana.

But be as that may, a few souls still are ready to tread the country road. And in this episode, we featured 5 Iowa artists doing just that, ranging from alt country to modern country.

For more information, click on the artist or song...

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase opening by Dylan Boyle
Song 1 - "Don't You Pray for Me" by The Colt Walkers
Song 2 - "North of the River" by Monday Mourners
Song 3 - "Hold On" by Crossfire
Song 4 - "That Kinda Tough" by Danny Grause
Song 5 - "Aim's Gettin' Better" by Diana Upton-Hill
Closing - Iowa Music Showcase closing by Dylan Boyle

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

To download:
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode10/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2010_.mp3

Next episode: Guest producer Bryon Dudley presents 5 songs!

Iowa Music Showcase can be listened to and/or downloaded on the following sites:
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IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 9: Iowa Jazz Music

This episode is dedicated to my jazz-loving wife and father-in-law.

Sorry it's taken so long to get another podcast out. "Life is what happens when we're making other plans." Overtime, family gallbladder operation, and a graduation conspired against me. Something had to give, and it was the podcast. I'll try to get it back to every two weeks.

At a casual glance, one might not think much about Iowa's jazz scene. The fans and players are not nearly as numerous as, say the rock, alternative, or even the blues scene.

But what it lacks in numbers, it more than makes up on dedication. Many of the colleges have Jazz departments. And the ones, that may not be big enough to have a jazz department, will often have one member of the music department dedicated to jazz.  And the colleges and college towns, if they don't jazz festivals, will often host Jazz musicians.

Here in Des Moines, we have Jazz in July, a month-long Jazz festival. And the restaurant, Chuck's, features Jazz every Friday and Saturday night. And The Des Moines Social Club has started a monthly show with The NOLA Jazz Band.

And if that is not enough proof for you, check out Jazzman Joe's YouTube channel, featuring literally 100's of videos of Iowa jazz artists doing their thing
- https://www.youtube.com/user/jazzmanjoe100/videos.

So here in the episode, we present six bands and artists pushing Jazz forward here in Iowa.

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 8: Iowa City Children's Album

This project is outgrowth of an University of Iowa couple, Kembrew "Roboprofessor" McLeod and Iowa Review managing editor Lynne Nugent, having a child and thinking they would no longer be able to rock. They turned out to be more capable than me and found a way to rock, as well as put together a children's music album  featuring Iowa City musicians of all stripes and children of Iowa City.

You can read the whole story in the liner notes - http://www.icpl.org/for_kids_by_kids/For_Kids_By_Kids_Liner_Notes.pdf!

This episode features nine of the songs from the album. You can download the whole album for FREE at The Iowa City Public Library website - http://www.icpl.org/for-kids-and-by-kids!

The podcast also includes one of five songs the album has from Girls Rock! Iowa City's 2014 summer camp!

And you can also check out The Folk Family Machine Trio, who sing on this episode and the album, at a fundraiser at Public Space 1 in Iowa City at 7 pm on Thursday, April 30.

And finally, a special shout out to Rachel Feldmann of pop punk band, Lipstick Homicide (https://lipstickhomicide.bandcamp.com/) for introducing to this project!

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 7: Iowa Women of Rock and Pop

In Iowa, as elsewhere, the women are outnumbered easily by the men in the field of music. But Iowa female musicians still make themselves heard and make a name for themselves. In this episode, we highlight 6 of those women in the genres of rock and pop, although this state has plenty of talented female musicians in other genres!