Joel Sires of TWINS joins Jordan virtually In The Birdroom to discuss the new TWINS album, Joel's musical background and history, and a lot more.  Plus, we get to hear an unfinished tune called "Feast of Maria" that Joel and Jordan collaborate on and a track called "Buffalo Snow" from the new album.

The new TWINS album, "Dream On" can be found at www.twinstheband.com or search for "Twins the band" on Google, Spotify, or Apple to track down the Waterloo, Iowa based band. A portion of album sale proceeds will be donated to the NAACP.

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LAV.ISH joins Jordan virtually In the Birdroom on the 20th episode of the show!  The band has just released their new album "Lost and Fond," which is getting a lot of well deserved recognition online and through Spotify streams.  Make sure to discover more on LAV.ISH by finding them online!

https://www.facebook.com/lav.ish.musica/

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DJ Marty McFly chats about his experiences in the Iowa DJ circuit, moving to Colorado to hone his skills, developing Conscious Crew back in Iowa, being involved in the music community, and providing positive artistic and creative environments. Plus, we get a fun musical collaboration between him and Jordan!

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Brian Clark and DubYou of Lyric Xpress are doing great things and putting out excellent Hip-Hop. Learn more about Lyric Xpress, the musicians involved, and get to know both Brian Clark and DubYou. We chat about their history getting into Hip-Hop, Brian Clark's many projects, ambition, preparedness, and much more.

www.LyricXpress.com

Andrew Jones of Zap Tura joins Jordan In the Birdroom to discuss his music, recording, his upcoming album, and their mutual love for The Beach Boys!
Andrew and Jordan also record two songs, "Sailboat" and "Fright" In the Birdroom...PLUS, we debut a brand new song called "Thank You" from the upcoming Zap Tura album!

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Local musician and Girls Rock! Des Moines director, Sara Routh, joins Jordan Mayland In The Birdroom for an in-depth chat about her musical journey. From her early days growing up in Norwalk being surrounded by jazz music, to her adventures off to China, New York, and LA seeking out her musical career, we get to know Sara Routh, her music, and what drives her to continue to create and follow her passion for music.

Sara also performs two unreleased songs, "Wave," and "Rosemary" on the show that her and Jordan collaborate on! Thanks Sara for being such an open book and a great guest!

Sara Routh Website: www.sararouth.com

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Backstage Ball 2020 performer, Lily DeTaeye, hangs out with Jordan In the Birdroom to chat about her musical journey. We discuss getting involved in the Des Moines music scene, recording albums, co-writing songs with local musical favs, and much more! Lily also performs two songs, one of which is unreleased. Enjoy!

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Des Moines band, Contakta, joins Jordan In the Birdroom for a great chat about their history playing music together, how the band started, what's in store for the future, and much more. And as always, the band performs a few tunes In the Birdroom with Jordan as well!

Don't miss them live February 22nd at xBk with Twinsmith.
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Jordan welcomes local musician, Joryn Brown, into The Birdroom for a detailed chat about Joryn's musical journey, his major influences, bands he's involved in, and a bunch more. There is also of course special music in the episode, and a discussion about coming back from a hand injury, how that impacted his playing and what it took to come back from it. As a disclaimer, there are some detailed descriptions of the incident mentioned during the show. 

This was such a great session to do with Joryn! We put together 5 songs, traded off instruments, and it's worth the listen! -Jordan

www.lyricxpress.com

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The Vahnevants close out 2019 as our last guests on the podcast! The Vahnevants will be releasing their new album Freakout People, January 18th at The Vaudeville Mews at 9:30 with Heavy Gratitude, DJ DJ Tanner, and Bob Bucko Jr. Head to www.thevahnevants.bandcamp.com to pre-order the album and check out more material! 

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Thanks for a great year!