LOCK N LOAD - Our Interview With Dustin Conaway- Sept. 27, 2014

Lock N Load was a Sioux City live talk show podcast that ran from Jul 2013 to Jan 2017. As the show progressed, music started playing a bigger role in it. Iowa Music Showcase will feature some of their shows and excerpts that have a strong component of Iowa music or nearby neighbors, like this one featuring Dustin Conaway from Allen, Nebraska, a stone's throw away from Sioux City.

Local Country music Artist Dustin Conaway came in studio with us to talk about his first album coming and and also to debut and play live on our show. This is the clip from the episode which is titled "Dustin Vs. Zombies".

Check out Dustins Stuff:
https://www.facebook.com/guitarandmasonjar
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/dustin-conaway/id850505138
https://www.reverbnation.com/dustinconaway
Also availble on Spotify, iTunes and AmazonMp3

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 63: Iowa Country and Folk Music

We have featured both country music and folk music on this podcast before. But to be frank and honest, I have huge backlog of submissions. And by combining them, I can get a bunch finally out of you people, so you can hear them instead of just me!

So mosey on up to the porch, grab a rocking chair, lean back, lift up your poop-kickin boots up, and pull down your cowboy hat, and have a listen to these fine Iowa artists bringing some of that western flavour!

Original painting by Monique Booker
Stretched and trimmed to make into a square

PLAYLISTS: Thanksgiving - Iowa Style

Howdy all! This week I bring a treat fitting our upcoming American holiday.

Here is a playlist featuring Iowa artists all doing with giving thanks!

Happy holidays, everyone!

OTHER SOURCES; Iowa Music Showcase Live in Des Moines at Lefty's on Sat, Feb 4

Yes. that's right, I am once again abusing my power to promote my live show!

Why?

Because any money that I make from this show is going back into this website!

So come out and support this website and Iowa music! And please with all your friends, family, co-workers! Send this to your enemies just to annoy them!

Expand your musical horizons!
Discover new music!
Explore the wide diversity of music Des Moines and Iowa have to offer you!

For two years, the Iowa Music Showcase website and podcast has been a source to discover all kinds of Iowa music. Now Iowa Music Showcase and Lefty's Live Music present a live show!

Ten different acts of ten very different styles, displaying the wonderful variety and eclectic nature of the Des Moines and Iowa music scenes!

Late show ---
Danny Grause (country) - 12:30am
Foxholes (indie/shoegazer) - 11:45pm
The Paige Harpin Group (jazz/RnB/soul) - 11:00pm
Hallowed Hysteria (heavy metal) - 10:15
Des Moines Chamber Ensemble (classical) - 9:30pm

Early show ---
prettygirlhatemachine (rap/hip hop) - 8:00pm
The Dick Danger Band (funk) - 7:15pm
Java Jews (klezmer/Jewish folk) - 6:30pm
Patresa Hartman (singer/songwriter/folk) - 5:45pm
JC//jp (experimental/electronic) - 5:00 pm

$5 for each show, $8 for both!

To buy tickets ahead of time from Midwestix - https://midwestix.securemytix.com/event/iowa-music-showcase-live

For playlists featuring most of the artist:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/12/playlists-iowa-music-showcase-live.html

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE PODCAST - Episode 18: Happy Hawkeye Halloween! 2015, The Eerie Version

To download (just right click and hit "Save as..."):
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode18/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2018_.mp3

Bwahahaha! Welcome to my abode...

Tonight, we have the first of the two parts for our chilling soundtrack of Halloween music from Iowa artists!

The first part is for you of a, shall we say, more sensitive sensibility.

For you more timid lot, we bring tales of fear and dread from Iowa's county, folk, and pop artists.

For the more foolhardy, next episode, we bring the tales of terror from Iowa's rock, punk, and metal musicians!

So listen, if you dare, bwahahahaha! Bwahahahaha! Bwahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha!

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

Opening - "Iowa Music Showcase theme (Halloween edition)" by Ross Kendall
Song 1 - "Creek Creek" by Pumptown
Song 2 - "Caroline" by The Mayflies
Song 3 - "Lament #4" by Ryan O'Rien
Song 4 - "Sing My Funeral Song" by Old Scratch Revival Singers
Song 5 - "So Still" by The Parlours
Song 6 - "Revenge" by Nuclear Rodeo
Closing - "Iowa Music Showcase theme (Halloween edition)" by Ross Kendall

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

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!

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