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News from Iowa's Scene
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Alyssa Leicht/Iowa Public RadioGoth Babe played to an ecstatic crowd at the Val Air Ballroom, proving just how fun a live band they are. -
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds continue a late career hot streak with the ethereal, Wild God.
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Music News from NPR
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The Mexican band brings its signature “Boleroglam” to the Tiny Desk.
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![George Benson says that at the height of his commercial success in the 1970s, he faced a backlash from the jazz community. "[If] it appealed to too many people ... something's got to be wrong with it."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3a26212/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5973x3328+0+576/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F5973x4480%20373%200%2Fresize%2F5973x4480%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F0a%2Fc6e8ec6c40c0aa3164d397f2346f%2Fgeorge-benson-2024-0392-photo-credit-matt-furman-rhino-wmg-copy.jpg)
Vocalist, guitarist, and jazz icon George Benson joins Christian McBride for a conversation about his early years on the jazz scene, fame and his new “lost” album. -
Harrison Patrick Smith’s debut album as The Dare, What’s Wrong With New York, fuses pop, rock and electro, and his music has drawn comparisons to the sounds of New York in the 2000s.
![George Benson says that at the height of his commercial success in the 1970s, he faced a backlash from the jazz community. "[If] it appealed to too many people ... something's got to be wrong with it."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2bb7784/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5973x3328+0+576/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F5973x4480%20373%200%2Fresize%2F5973x4480%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F0a%2Fc6e8ec6c40c0aa3164d397f2346f%2Fgeorge-benson-2024-0392-photo-credit-matt-furman-rhino-wmg-copy.jpg)