If the name Jason LeRoy Christensen sounds familiar, perhaps you had a chance to see the band Scarlet Runner, which toured both nationally and locally. Jason still plays with Scarlet Runner from time to time, but now you can catch … Continue reading →

The Counting Crows summer tour is being billed as the “Outlaw Roadshow”. The tour will pull into downtown Cedar Rapids on Thursday, July 26th as part of RAGBRAI’s 40th Celebration. Hot new bands We Are Augustines, Kasey Anderson and The … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS — Orchestra Iowa’s last masterworks series concert at Coe College’s Sinclair Auditorium this weekend was a triumph for an organization that wasn’t sure of its future in the aftermath of the Floods of 2008. Maestro Timothy Hankewich thanked … Continue reading →

MOLINE, Ill. — Van Halen is jumping into the I Wireless Center in Moline at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21, during the band’s highly successful 2012 North American tour. Ky-Mani Marley is the opening act. Tickets go on sale at 10 … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS — Any one of last night’s contenders would have done Eastern Iowa proud opening for Alan Jackson and the KHAK 50th Birthday Bash on June 9. But someone’s gotta win. Lonesome Road’s kicking quartet tallied the most points … Continue reading →

“To put it simply, we’re a group of best friends and musical brothers who grew up listening to classic rock. We’ve become addicted to the solo, the melodic bass line, the roaring drummer, and the clean yet dirty vocals that … Continue reading →

The Washington Post says Mount Vernon native Dan Bern “expresses his love for humankind through scabrous, literary, skeptical rhymes full of hyper-articulation and the tormented self-knowledge of the really, really smart.” We prefer to say he’s real good. See for … Continue reading →

Iowa Blues Hall of Fame guitarist Ron DeWitte of Cedar Rapids will blaze the ARA Gallery & Interiors stage this weekend with his buddies Gerard Estella on keyboards, Dave Ollinger on bass, and Greg Kanz on drums. Doors open at … Continue reading →

Tickets are sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Straight No Chaser at the Paramount Theatre on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 to $39.50  through the Orchestra Iowa Ticket Office at 119 Third Avenue SE, located right next door to the Paramount … Continue reading →

IOWA CITY — The Pines as well as Greg Brown and Pieta Brown will perform at 7 p.m. June 1 at the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City. The Pines, an indie-folk, rock and blues, will celebrate its new … Continue reading →