A staple of the Des Moines music scene across genres, Tommy Doggett has added his saxophone to folk, funk, jazz, + rock. With his new project, Lines + Lineage, Tommy steps up front as a bandleader + composer. Blending jazz chops with rock energy, Tommy has created instrumental music to describe the influence his family had on him as a child.
Bluesman Kevin Burt may be reverent towards Bill Withers, but he isn t afraid to mess with Withers songs. He offers interpretations rather than recreations.
The first PorchFest DSM festival happened in Union Park on Sept. 11, where 17 Iowa-based artists played free shows on residential porches. We asked one of the organizers, Anne Ducharme-Jones, to write about it.