PorchFest, a free event in Union Park, and the inaugural Together Through Sound festival at Riverview Park are both free live music events not to miss this weekend.

Founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Gary Eldridge Grice, AKA GZA, brought da ruckus to Iowa City, performing selections from his 1995 solo debut ‘Liquid Swords.' Backed by the Phunky Nomads, The Genius sliced through his iconic album plus “C.R.E.A.M.” and ODB’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.”

The series from Iowa City’s Englert Theatre will feature six alternative acts over the course of this fall, including Bobby McFerrin’s daughter Madison McFerrin and the duo Tennis.

IV infusions for hydration and vitamins are popping up at music festivals around the country. IPR spoke with bass player Caleb Buchanan at the Hinterland Music Festival while he got his first infusion.

Music festivals are made possible because of huge plots of land and by communities of people who welcome them. How does our state’s largest event of its kind handle land management?

IPR's Artists of the Month for August, Greg Wheeler and The Poly Mall Cops, spent three years getting their record just right. Now that it's out in the world, they're ready to do it again.