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A staple of the Des Moines music scene across genres, Tommy Doggett has added his saxophone to folk, funk, jazz, + rock. With his new project, Lines + Lineage, Tommy steps up front as a bandleader + composer. Blending jazz chops with rock energy, Tommy has created instrumental music to describe the influence his family had on him as a child.
Bluesman Kevin Burt may be reverent towards Bill Withers, but he isn't afraid to mess with Withers' songs. He offers interpretations rather than recreations.
The first PorchFest DSM festival happened in Union Park on Sept. 11, where 17 Iowa-based artists played free shows on residential porches. We asked one of the organizers, Anne Ducharme-Jones, to write about it.
Some of the best kept secrets shouldn't be kept secret. Here's who we had at the IPR stage at 80/35.