• Culture Crawl 1124 “You’re Going To Have A Split Mind”
    Oct 13 2025
    Leroy Troy is an old-time banjo specialist whose first music experience came from watching country legends like Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe at jam sessions in his home town in Tennessee. He’s gone on to perform on Her Haw, at the Grand Ole Opry, and tour all over the country. He was named National Old-Time …

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  • Culture Crawl 1114 “It Starts With The Script”
    Sep 18 2025
    Scot Hughes and Tom Milligan play Felix and Oscar in TKM Productions’ “The Odd Couple” Sept. 26-28 at the Amana Performing Arts Center. Scot and Tom have 8 Odd Couple productions between them! Even though it’s been decades since the play debuted, they say the script and characters make it a fresh watch each time. …

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  • Culture Crawl 1112 “Smell the Derring-Do”
    Sep 11 2025
    Maestro Tim Hankewich returns to the studio as Orchestra Iowa kicks off their 2025-26 season with Masterworks I on Sept. 13, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre & Sept 14, 2:00pm at Voxman Concert Hall. The program includes works by Korngold, Rachmaninov, and Barber’s Piano Concerto featuring Corey Hamm on Piano. Insights will be held at 6:45pm …

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    11 mins
  • Culture Crawl 1106 “He Called Everyone Daddy-o”
    Aug 14 2025
    It’s blues week at KCCK’s third Jazz Under the Stars concert of the season and joining Dennis in the studio are musicians Dan Johnson, Kevin Burt, and Griffin Shroyer. Griffin’s young artists group, 10th Street Rapids, kicks things off and a massive Kings of ‘da Blues jam session will follow. It’s also the annual KCCK …

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    16 mins
  • Culture Crawl 1105 “What A Strange Ballet”
    Aug 13 2025
    Today on the Culture Crawl two longtime friends of the station are in the studio ahead of the upcoming album release of Carol Montag’s “Strange Ballet.” Carol and Dan Towey, the studio engineer for the album, share insights into this multi-year project inspired by the events of the devastating Derecho that struck the Cedar Rapids …

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    15 mins