Ames Progressive

You heard me. Starting the night is acoustic guitar player, Nate Zantow. Nate puts down intricate blues patterns with lyrics as playful as the picking. A very talented musician whose recordings I heard at the Campus Town Recording studio, and at Boheme’s open mic night.
Joe Terry who has recorded several solo […]

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From the Boheme (R.I.P.) to the M-shop and the Practice Space, the best music in Ames is contained within various and sundry living rooms, and I am proud to announce that there is another to add to that esteemed list: the Ames Progressive Office. The shows at the Ames Progressive Office continue in a […]

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TESSA BEAN AND DONNY PETERSON
actually manage to quiet down a crowd of conversations when they sing duets. They sing a cover of Bonnie Prince Billy’s “Ain’t You Wealthy, Ain’t You Wise” that just aches. “Just Like a Woman” and “Fools Rush In” are also covered slower than the originals and featuring Tessa’s strong […]

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ISAAC NORMAN
has an old dusty road for a voice that matches perfectly with his beat up Chevy which has survived the better part of the 20th century, and total submersion during both hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Isaac, who has just moved back to Ames after living in New Orleans brings back descriptions of the […]

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