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Iowa recruiting tour hits San Francisco today, Palo Alto Thursday
A trio of Iowa economic and business organizations are embarking on a West Coast tour hopeful their message about the benefits of moving to the Hawkeye State is music to the ears of Californians. The Greater Des Moines Partnership is hosting a recruiting event at 5 p.m. today in San Francisco that features a live…
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80/35 Music Festival announces 2010 event, seeks musicians
Late last week, the Des Moines Music Coalition announced the dates and venue for the 2010 iteration of the 80/35 Music Festival. Set for Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 this year’s festival will again take place at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. The organizers have put out a call for both…
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The Nadas’ year-long recording project reaches completion
One band that is taking an innovative approach to the process of making an album is The Nadas [link thenadas.com], Des Moines-based roots rocker, in their new project Almanac [link thenadas.com/almanac]. I recently had the chance to sit down with one of the band’s founders, Jason Walsmith [twitter: @thenadas], at the Authentic Records [link: authenticrecords.com]…