Musician interviews

Rainbow Kitten Surprise is back and better than ever. The band is working their way through a lengthy tour of their 2024 album, Love Hate Music Box, with another record on the way.

Emily Kempf and Jason Balla of Dehd spoke with IPR’s Cece Mitchell before their show at Gabe’s Iowa City about the creation of their latest album, reflections on their careers and the reasons why Kempf returned to the Chicago DIY music scene.

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields has received widespread critical acclaim and been included in countless "best of albums of all time" lists. This Thursday and Friday, the band will play the 1999 album in its entirety over two nights at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City.

Future Islands is bringing its synth-pop sounds to Des Moines, a city that holds a place in the band's history.

On Monday, Apr. 21, Los Angeles band Dawes played a show at Hoyt Sherman Place that garnered five standing ovations. IPR’s Cece Mitchell spoke with the brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith backstage before the show about the recent LA fires, making their latest record as a duo and balancing family life with being rockstars.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

With a new set of singles, Ames blues guitarist Matt Woods is bringing some old songs and sounds to a new audience.