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Tommy Stinson is a founding member of The Replacements and has played with the likes of Guns N' Roses and Soul Asylum. He's also had busy solo career. You can catch Stinson live at London Underground in Ames Wednesday, July 9.

Honky Tonk in Iowa? Look no further than Katie and the Honky Tonks' upcoming debut album.

From his work with Supertramp to being crowned "One of the Top 10 Guitar Players in the World" by Guitar Magazine and performing/recording with the likes of Cher, Christina Aguilera, B.B King, Miley Cyrus and many more, Carl Verheyen seems like he's done it all, and yet he's just getting started.

Legendary Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould talks assembling his latest album, visiting Iowa again — this time Codfish Hollow, and how he's worked through his anger.

Punk and reggae legend H.R. delivered a dose of his trademark positive mental attitude in late February to a Des Moines music community reeling from the latest salvo in the culture wars.

Many Ames community members associate Ames City Auditorium with their children’s grade-school concerts, dance recitals, and awards ceremonies, and those events continue to have a home in the space. But for Craig Kaufman, who manages the auditorium, bandshell and community center for the City of Ames, the venue can be — and is — more than what it's been known for.

The success of a recent show at the historic M-Shop inspires an Iowa musician to consider what it takes to make a living with music. Independent musicians and authors weigh in.

Central Iowa musician Jordan Messerole released his seventh studio album Oct. 20. This new album is a departure from his established sound, and finds him digging deep — in both his lyrics and vocally.

Iowa State University's Goldfinch Room is drawing on five years of fostering intimate artist-audience connections with a weekend-long reunion festival Sept. 28-29. The Goldfinch Room Reunion Festival lineup includes nearly 20 acts, mostly from Iowa, who have performed in the Goldfinch Room previously.

One Can Stan has released a four-track EP titled Two. The collection features music that's rough-and-ready for fans of heavy drums, loud electric guitars and direct, vivid storytelling.