Jeff and I (The Soft and Low) are so looking forward to playing our original folk-rock and a small handful of lovingly selected covers at La Wine tomorrow! A few weeks ago, Shanshan (owner of La Wine) shared some fascinating background that we are honored to pass along. See you tomorrow (Saturday, September 16) at… Read More The Soft and Low at La Wine Bar
Thank you to Little Village Mag and Rob Silverman Ascher for the wonderful review of the Willow Creek Theatre production of MACBETH. 3 more performances Fri Aug 25-27. 🎟️ willowcreektheatre.org WCTC is a cozy theater and the tickets will go quickly. Don’t miss out! “What’s done cannot be undone.”
Macbeth opened Saturday, August 19 at Willow Creek Theatre and I’m so proud of our team. Not one weak link. Everyone is all in. I play Hecate and Hecate plays my fiddle. That’s the closest I can come without spoilers to explaining my contribution to this story. WCTC is unique in how they center artists… Read More Macbeth
My musical partner Jeffrey C. Capps and I ~ aka The Soft and Low ~ are looking forward to giving you three hours of certified fresh and (mostly) locally grown music this Saturday 8/19 at the Iowa City Farmers Market 🥗 from 9 am to noon. We’ll sing and play three distinct sets comprised of… Read More The Soft and Low
Join us and our pals in Crystal City for a midsummer concert at beautiful CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. Saturday, July 22 doors open at 7 with music at 8. Tickets at CSPSHall.org
A million thanks to Little Village and to Saunia Powell in particular for this thoughtful and beautifully articulated review of City Circle’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA. To be seen so fully for all that we have been working to bring forward in this production is a gift that we don’t take for granted. Every detail of… Read More Theater Review: ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ from Coralville’s City Circle Theatre Company by Saunia Powell
Widely regarded as playwright Brian Friel’s masterpiece, Tony Award-winning DANCING AT LUGHNASA is a haunting play about five unmarried sisters making a living in 1930s rural Ireland. I’ve loved this play for decades since I saw it as a teenager and I’m so happy to be serving as music consultant on this project and also… Read More Brian Friel’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA
Freegrass and our special guests Aviana Gedler (viola, voice, arrangements) and Robert Espe (violin, soprano saxophone) will be at Noce Jazz Club in Des Moines on Friday, March 24 at 7 pm. Tickets at nocedsm.com
by Diana Nollen Published in The Gazette March 9, 2023. Eastern Iowa’s traditional Irish music will lose a big part of its mettle when Coppers & Brass plays its final concert — fittingly — on St. Patrick’s Day, at The James Theater in Iowa City. But the heart of the music will continue pulsating through… Read More Road ending for Coppers & Brass with St. Patrick’s Day concert in Iowa City
Tara McGovern 