Episode 44: Iowa Indie and Alternative Music
"It's funny, it's taken me this long to get to these genres, because this is actually my kind of music. I listen to all kinds of music, but punk and alternative are my go-to music. I grew up listening...
View ArticleEpisode 45: Iowa Blues and Blues Rock
The blues have been a strong part of the Iowa music scene for decades! From its earliest days, when blues musician left the south and went up north to look for work, some stopped by, and some stayed...
View ArticleEpisode 46: Iowa Star Wars Music, Part 4 of 9 - May the Fortieth Be With You
Welcome to the FIRST of our four-part series celebrating the greatest movie that was ever made! This photo is from the 1978 Theodore Roosevelt High School Yearbook, which carries no copyright. The...
View ArticleEpisode 47: Iowa Star Wars Music, Part 6 of 9 - Return of the Iowa Jedi
Welcome to the last of our 4-part series honoring 40th anniversary of the greatest movie ever made! We took a detour with the last 2 parts, one with non-Iowan midwestern artists and one that feature...
View ArticleEpisode 48: Iowa Classical Music
Classical music has long been a part of our state. It goes beyond Dvorak's summer visit to Spillville! "Music institutions and venues Iowa is also home to the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Des Moines...
View ArticleEpisode 49: Iowa Rock Music
This month's podcast features rock music from Iowa that really hasn't fit nicely or neatly into any other category we featured before. So we have thrown all this mish-mash together in this one episode...
View ArticleEpisode 50: Nepotism
I was trying to decide what to do for my 50th episode for a while. I thought about doing my favorites, but I've played most of them already. Then I saw that Brian Compos, for the Pants Off Podcast's...
View ArticleEpisode 51: Iowa Hip-Hop and Rap 2
Well, we once again look at the hip-hop and rap music in Iowa. There are other genres I haven't even covered yet, but the submissions are piling up, so here we are! And if you want to hear more Iowa...
View ArticleEpisode 52: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2017, Part 1 of 4 - Killer Cows and Other...
Hello! Bwahahahaha! Welcome back, you foolish souls who dare to tread in the abode of The Evil Doctor OlderMusicGeek. This year, we have done something ingenuous! Bwahahaha! We have given each episode...
View ArticleEpisode 53: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2017, Part 2 of 4 - The Monster Turtle of...
Welcome back to the booful abode of The Evil Doctor OlderMusicGeek, as we present another netherlandish node of Iowa Halloween music. This episode we bring you a grizzly group of rock, pop, rap, and...
View ArticleEpisode 54: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2017, Part 3 of 4 - The Van Meter Visitor...
Welcome to this year's third installment of an enticing index of hawkeye musical horrors! In this aural assault, we present an unique unit of punk, experimental, electronic, progressive, psychedelic,...
View ArticleEpisode 55: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2017, Part 4 of 4 - The Black Angels and...
Welcome back, you who dare come for a fourth and final installment of horrific hymns from the musical children of the corn. We have quite the rock collection for you in this terminal installment, 90s...
View ArticleEpisode 56: Happy Hawkeye Holidays, Part 1 of 3: Nestor
Ho ho ho! Once again it's time for Santa OlderMusicGeek to send away that crazy Evil Doctor OlderMusicGeek, and usher in the Holiday Season - with a capital H and S! As we've done on the two previous...
View ArticleEpisode 57: Iowa Hawkeye Holidays 2017, Part 2 of 3 - The Snowman
Ho ho ho! Welcome back to our second collection of holiday tunes for you. Last week, we presented you with some of our fair state's more laidback holiday fair. But this week, instead of resting, we...
View ArticleEpisode 58: Happy Hawkeye Holidays 2017, Part 3 of 3 - Scrooge
Ho ho ho! We bring the last of this year's Holidays episodes. And as in previous years, this episode features some situations and language that some of you may not want to hear. So you have been...
View ArticleEpisode 59: Favorites of 2017
Howdy all! And welcome to Year 4 of this website and podcast! It was 3 years ago on Jan 4, 2015, when the first post and podcast went up.s Oh, how things have changed! This website was originally just...
View ArticleEpisode 60: Music from The Iowa Composers Forum
On this episode, we feature four songs from The Iowa Composers Forum, a group for Iowa's classical composers. Each song was picked by the director, Brooke Joyce. He chose four songs he felt represented...
View ArticleIowa Music Showcase - Episode 61: Music of Sump Pump Records, Part 1 of 2
This month on the Iowa Music Showcase podcast, we present to you a sampling of some of the offerings you can find from Des Moines record label, Sump Pump Records. This actually started with Chuck...
View ArticleIowa Music Showcase - Episode 62: Music of Sump Pump Records, Part 2 of 2
This episode, we just continue presenting some of the different and various artists that you can find on the Des Moines record label, Sump Pump Records. You can catch the first part here -...
View ArticleIowa Music Showcase - Episode 63: Iowa Country and Folk Music
We have featured both country music and folk music on this podcast before. But to be frank and honest, I have huge backlog of submissions. And by combining them, I can get a bunch finally out of you...
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