On Saturday, May 3, Derry & the Dirty Dishes will premiere their debut record Three Day Weekend at xBk Live in Des Moines. This new local children’s music group aims to mix things up with a multi-genre sound that will delight kids and their parents alike.

After a six-year break from music, Your Smith returned to Iowa for the Mission Creek Festival and played some songs from her upcoming album.

Tv On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe finds a deep groove with his debut solo record. It Bounces between genres but remains focused — a welcome return.

Julien Baker teams up with TORRES to bring one of the best country albums of 2025. It's a record full of emotion, poignant storytelling and powerful melodies.

Dua Saleh is a Sudanese-American musician and star of Seasons 3 and 4 of Netflix’s Sex Education. We caught up with the "Sugar Mama" singer at their first ever show in Iowa — inside a Grinnell dorm basement — to discuss the road to their 2024 full-length debut I SHOULD CALL THEM, telling music fans apart from TV fans and fusing Black metal and dance into ‘Black R&B.’

With its new Chroma 63 festival, the Waterloo Center for the Arts aims to acknowledge the underground arts and music scene in the Cedar Valley.

Iowa is home to several record stores. One of those is Rogue Planet Music, a store that offers cleaned vinyl and builds, repairs and sells vintage amplifiers and instruments.

Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival held its 20th edition this year, with an eye towards changes in 2026.

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.

The 1970s was a turning point in United States history. It was also a turning point in popular music. Many new genres were born, and in the process, changed music forever.