Chicago-born current Iowan  singer/songwriter BEN SCHMIDT  uses  his warm reedy mid-range voice and a powerful arsenal of fingerstyle and flatpicked guitar chops to texture his soulful compositions. Mr. Schmidt’s self-taught approach to music is rooted in vintage folk and blues, but whether by himself on a lap slide guitar, or in front of a band, he […]

CORKY SIEGEL and  HOWARD LEVY?  Yes it is, it's true.  Two amazingly talented harmonica and piano players with very impressive bios and maybe biceps share the stage. Check this out.  Corky and his Chamber Blues Multiple Grammy- Award Winner HOWARD LEVY  is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording […]

This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, Jerry Wicentowski, has been described by country music historian Bill […]