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Iowa City musician Ben Schmidt has been on the Eastern Iowa scene for a while, releasing two critically-acclaimed self-released albums- Write It Down in 2002 and While You Were Sleeping in 2005. His press releases draw accurate comparisons to John Gorka, Jesse Winchester, Kelly Joe Phelps and Leonard Cohen. Ben is releasing a new album titled Silt which draws its inspiration from post-flood experience- the songs are from the perspective of people who have experienced personal "storms" - physical, emotional and spiritual and what remains when those waters subside. The album is [...]

Thursday night, November 19th, was the last of the three shows that comprised Pieta Brown 's Artist-in-Residence at the Mill Restaurant in Iowa City . Each show had different opening acts and gallery exhibits, and Pieta used these shows to try out different performance configurations. The first show was a solo acoustic show, the second was a duo show with Bo Ramsey , and this show was a full-band show. The band, dubbed "Skyrocket" was Bo Ramsey on guitar, Steve Hayes on drums and Jon Penner on bass. Effectively this her "Dream #93 band with a swap [...]

In the middle of her solo performance at The Mill in Iowa City Thursday night, Pieta said to the small crowd, "It's like I'm playing to you in my living room!" Pieta was referring to the small crowd on Thursday night, but the stage was adorned with a chair and nightstand as well as lamps and an old dress form giving the stage a homey touch with lighting designed by Stan Crocker , who has done a lot of lighting design for TV shows like CMT's Crossroads. Last night was the first night of a three-week artist-in-residency [...]

As previously announced , November brings a special "songwriter in residence" at The Mill in Iowa City by Pieta Brown called "This Land is Your Music : Pieta Brown & Friends" which is a series of three shows on November 5, 12, and 19 which is described as "celebrating Music, Land & Community." Each of the shows will center around Pieta's music with her playing in solo, duo (with Bo Ramsey) and in a full band configuration. In addition to her set, there will be an opening act and there will be an exhibit in the "back [...]