The First Family of Folk
Pieta Brown said she gets so nervous when she opens for her dad that she can “barely talk.” “It never goes away, that dad factor,” she told the Englert crowd, “specially when it’s that dad.” And who...
View ArticlePieta Brown – One and All
Local Albums: May 2010 – One and All, the sixth full-length from Pieta Brown, finds the folky at her most relaxed and confident. One and All feels like a commiseration at The Mill: It’s easy, fluid...
View ArticleShow Preview: Pieta Brown at The Mill with The Vagabonds, 4/9/11
Pieta Brown at This Land Is Your Music II 12/4/2010 The Mill Restaurant is a long-standing center of the fertile live music scene in Iowa City. More than a few local artists got their start performing...
View ArticleOn the Beat: Summer listening guide
Quintron & Miss Pussycat w/Solid Attitude, We Shave / The Mill / July 17/ 9 p.m. / $10/$8 Adv. Summer in the Clubs! Live Music Venue GUIDE Iowa City is what is known in the biz as a ‘small market.’...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Iowa City Song Project
Iowa City Song Project maximumamesrecords.com As a teenager hungry for a scene larger than the veritable cultural island of Bellevue, IA, at night I would arrange and rearrange my radio antenna to...
View ArticleOn the Beat: Reunion Rock
Kelly PardekooperThe Mill | Nov. 23 | 8 p.m. | $7 Kelly Pardekooper began his musical career right here in Iowa City. Though currently based in Indianapolis, Pardekooper certainly hasn’t abandoned...
View ArticlePreach the Blues: Bo Ramsey and Highway 12 play The Mill this Saturday
Bo Ramsey (left) and Greg Brown performing in 2008. — photo by SD Dirk Bo Ramsey & Highway 12 w/ Kelly Pardekooper The Mill — Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m. ($12-15) Bo Ramsey and his band, Highway...
View ArticleThe Pines explore and preserve tradition
The Pines and photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier FilmScene -- Fri., Apr. 1 at 3 p.m. The Pines, with Bo Ramsey Englert Theatre -- Fri., Apr. 1 at 7 p.m. The Pines will be performing at The Englert on...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Bo Ramsey — Wildwood Calling
Bo Ramsey Wildwood Calling www.boramsey.com There is an adage in guitar circles that says, “Tone is in the hands.” In other words, the unique sound of a guitarist comes from how they play and not the...
View ArticleTrack Premiere: Kelly Pardekooper’s “Long Goodbye”
David Huckfelt w/ Kelly Pardekooper, Field Report The Mill — Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Kelly Pardekooper will perform at The Mill on Nov. 24. — Sandra Dyas/publicity photo Next Friday, Oct. 26,...
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