The Savage Hearts are a rising bluegrass-meets-honky-tonk band on Colorado’s musically innovative Front Range. Featuring string pedagogue Annie Savage along with songwriter/educator Kevin Slick, Old Town Pickin’ Parlor owner Kit Simon, fiddle phenom Nancy Steinberger and the driving bass boogie of Keith Summers, this Southwestern Bluegrass band specializes in high energy performances and has a passion for providing educational outreach. Members of The Savage Hearts band have recorded, performed and produced more than 30 albums. Headed up by fiddler and…

Home Brewed is a fun-filled, mixed generational group, playing Bluesy Rock and Roll and Rockabilly, mostly in support of non-profit organizations who are helping the less fortunate in society.  They play a mix of tunes: from classics by the likes of Johnny Cash, Stray Cats, Keb Mo, LIttle Walter, and, Eric Clapton, to current bands such as Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Kaleo, and JJ Grey and Mofro as well as some original songs. Singer-songwriter Brad Pouleson, formerly of…

Everyday People is a local Iowa City trio(sax, bass, drums)that creates original groove oriented conscious soul music-E.D.P.S.W’s music touches on various issues that concern the human race in today’s world. James Tutson and The Rollback are a soul/rock band from Iowa City. Their debut album On Hope was released in the fall of 2017 and is available on iTunes and Spotify. Critics have described their music as “roughed up soul,” which speaks to the pairing of frontman James Tutson’s deep…

If you are a Steely Dan fan, The Fez is going to knock your socks off! The Fez is a 15-piece band composed of some of the finest musicians in Eastern Iowa dedicated to faithfully reproducing the jazz/rock fusion masterpieces of Steely Dan. Featuring a 4-piece horn section, 3 backup singers, 2 keyboardists (including a genuine Rhodes 88), 2 guitarists, and one of the best rhythm sections around, The Fez captures the magic of Steely Dan’s glory days. The band…

Soul Sherpa is a Funk/Soul Musical collective ranging from 5-10 members. From a groove pumping rhythm section to a four-piece sizzling horn section, Soul Sherpa mashes multiple styles and genres of music creating a massive musical experience. Soul Sherpa recorded their debut LP ‘Same Wave Train’ with Luke Tweedy of Flat Black Studios in June of 2016. Plastic Relations is a locally-grown cover band focused on good times and great fun. They tailor set-lists to fit a theme or event,…

Pigs and Clover is a folk-rock project and a way of life, founded by Iowa singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Matt and Jamie Kearney. Their original songs feature pithy lyrics, harmony vocals, driving guitar and drum rhythms, and electric harmonica, and have been described as “smart, heartfelt and funny." Flash in in a Pan is a collective of Iowa City musicians that have teamed up to ramble everywhere from street corners to red carpet events. Founded in 2012, named on the assumption…

The Iowa-based Burt’s vocals are absolutely amazing –powerful, rich, warm, expressive and exploding with soul.  Burt recently recorded an album at Kid Andersen’s famed GREASELAND Studios in San Jose’, CA. He recently won the 2018 International Blues Challenge Winner in 3 categories: Solo/Duo, Solo/Duo Guitar, and Harmonica, and was a nominee for the 2019 Blues Music Award for his Debut Album Heartland And Soul.

Formed in 2017, the Brick Street Ramblers is an Iowa City-based eight-member group of traditional jazz musicians playing “the world’s happiest music,” Dixieland.  Vandello has been described in a lot of ways - mostly because they're so hard to define. A little bit early jazz, a little bit modern swing, and a whole lot of fun, this cheeky trio is influenced by artists like Squirrel Nut Zippers, Caro Emerald and Postmodern Jukebox - but their fresh take on vintage sounds is completely their own.