We have featured both country music and folk music on this podcast before. But to be frank and honest, I have huge backlog of submissions. And by combining them, I can get a bunch finally out of you people, so you can hear them instead of just me!

So mosey on up to the porch, grab a rocking chair, lean back, lift up your poop-kickin boots up, and pull down your cowboy hat, and have a listen to these fine Iowa artists bringing some of that western flavour!

Original painting by Monique Booker

Stretched and trimmed to make into a square

More Iowa Music Showcase podcast episodes:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20podcast

More IMSC posts featuring country music:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/country%20music

More IMSC posts featuring folk music:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/folk%20music

Cover by Monique Booker

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-cover-by-monique-booker.html

TRACK LISTING:

For more information on each track and the artists, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

Song 1 - "I'll Take Anything (Haggard Ever Done)" by Randahl R Cady

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-1-ill-take-anything.html)

Song 2 - "Sorry I Treated You Bad" by Pigs and Clover

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-2-sorry-i-treated-you.html)

Song 3 - "Wild and Crazy" by Moonshine Sorrow

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-3-wild-and-crazy-by.html)

Song 4 - "Thrill" by Nicholas Buckton

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-4-thrill-by-nicholas.html)

Song 5 - "Confluence" by Mississippi Jake and The Bootleggers Orchestra

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-5-confluence-by.html)

Song 6 - "Burn" by Pony Creek

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-6-burn-by-pony-creek.html)

Song 7 - "A Little Bit of Everything" by Randy Burk and The Prisoners

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-7-little-bit-of.html)

Song 8 - "Koyote Song" by Julie Gordon

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/imsc-ep-63-song-8-koyote-song-by-julie.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Next episode: Leaning towards the idea of a metal and rock show to get more submissions up...

OTHER IMSC WEBSITES AND LINKS:

Feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase

Instagram:

https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

This episode, we just continue presenting some of the different and various artists that you can find on the Des Moines record label, Sump Pump Records.

You can catch the first part here - http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2018/03/episode-61-music-of-sump-pump-records.html

Sump Pump Records NOT only produces their own records, but distributes a shit ton of Iowa music that you can find on their web page right here - http://sumppumprecords.com/promoted-1/

And they also feature videos from their records - http://sumppumprecords.com/videos-1/ - and a list of shows their bands are performing - http://sumppumprecords.com/events/

And in case, you didn't read the little history we presented last episode, here's how they describe themselves on their "About us" page on their website:

"SUMP PUMP RECORDS WAS FOUNDED IN 1998 BY DAN HUTCHISON, BRIAN WIKSELL AND BILL HEARD. WE RELEASED A VINYL 7" EP FOR WHY MAKE CLOCKS IN 1998 AND A FULL-LENGTH CD FOR CHAD O'NEALL IN 2000...THEN WE GOT PREOCCUPIED WITH OUR BANDS.

"NOW, IT'S A 5 WAY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DAN, BRIAN, WILL TARBOX, CHUCK HOFFMAN & TOM REELITZ RELEASING RECORDS WITH A DIY APPROACH, BY OURSELVES AND OTHER BANDS WE LOVE."

Sump Pump Records home page:

http://sumppumprecords.com/

Sump Pump Records on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sumppumprecords/

Sump Pump Records on Bandcamp:

https://sumppumprecords.bandcamp.com/

More Iowa Music Showcase podcast episodes:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20podcast

More IMSC posts featuring Sump Pump Records:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Sump%20Pump%20Records

More IMSC posts featuring record labels:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/record%20labels

Cover by Stutterin Jimmy

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-cover-by-stutterin-jimmy.html)

TRACK LISTING:

For more information on each track and the artists, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

Song 1 - "Motorcycle" by The Vahnevants

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-1-motorcycle-by-vahnevants.html)

Song 2 - "Punk Funk" by Zuul

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-061-song-2-punk-funk-by-zuul.html)

Song 3 - "Dead End" by Traffic Death

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-3-dead-end-by-traffic-death.html)

Song 4 - "Testimonial" by Eric Kennedy

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-4-testimonial-by-eric-kennedy.html)

Song 5 - "Little Light in the Big Rust" by Matthew James & The Rust Belt Union

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-5-little-light-in-big-rust.html)

Song 6 - "One Less Thing to Worry About" by Tom Armstrong

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-6-one-less-thing-to-worry.html)

Song 7 - "I Remember Darling" by Dexter Romweber

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-7-i-remember-darling-by.html)

Song 8 - "Stoned and Feathered" by Telekinetic Yeti

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-62-song-8-stoned-and-feathered-by.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Next episode: I have no idea. Probably some genre-based episode to help me catch up on submissions!

OTHER IMSC WEBSITES AND LINKS:

Feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase

Instagram:

https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

This month on the Iowa Music Showcase podcast, we present to you a sampling of some of the offerings you can find from Des Moines record label, Sump Pump Records.

This actually started with Chuck Hoffman of Sump Pump sending me a few submissions. So I suggested he send a few more and we could do an episode. He and one of his partners in crime at Sump Pump, Tom Reelitz, ended up sending me enough material for two episodes!

"The story of Sump Pump Records officially begins in 1998 when Dan Hutchison and Bill Heard formed the label to release the debut 7" EP of Why Make Clocks, then a duo of Hutchison and Brian Wiksell. A second release, Chad O'Neal's Evolution No. 9 CD, followed in 2001 before the label went dormant as its proprietors focused on their bands.

"In 2013, Hutchison embarked on a project of his own devising to release a compilation of music from artists based in Des Moines recorded entirely on 4-track cassette. Recording the majority of the tracks himself in his own basement, Hutchison enlisted Wiksell and a few other trusted former members of Why Make Clocks to re-launch Sump Pump Records for its release.

"Since then, Sump Pump Records has produced an eclectic selection of vinyl releases, and amassed a distribution inventory of other releases, largely by artists based in, rooted in, or connected in some way with the label's home state of Iowa, all available through their online store at sumppumprecords.com."

- from an email sent to us

Sump Pump Records home page:

http://sumppumprecords.com/

Sump Pump Records on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sumppumprecords/

Sump Pump Records on Bandcamp:

https://sumppumprecords.bandcamp.com/

More Iowa Music Showcase podcast episodes:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20podcast

More IMSC posts featuring Sump Pump Records:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Sump%20Pump%20Records

More IMSC posts featuring record labels:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/record%20labels

Cover by Stutterin Jimmy

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-cover-by-stutterin-jimmy.html)

TRACK LISTING:

For more information on each track and the artists, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

Song 1 - "The Punchline" by Chad O'Neall

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-1-punchline-by-chad-oneall.html

Song 2 - "Wulf" by Goldblums

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-2-wulf-by-goldblums.html

Song 3 - "Crazy Days" by A is Jump

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-3crazy-days-by-is-jump.html

Song 4 - "Dinosaur Park" by Skin of Earth

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-4-dinosaur-park-by-skin-of.html

Song 5 - "Vermillion" by Annalibera

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-5-vermillion-by-annalibera.html

Song 6 - "Rock On" by Broken Ones

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-6-rock-on-by-broken-ones.html

Song 7 - "Dream of a Surface" by Druids

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-7-dream-of-surface-by-druids.html

Song 8 - "I Made You a Card" by Karen Meat & The Computer

https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/03/ep-61-song-8-i-made-you-card-by-karen.html

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Next episode: We present the second half of our presentation of the music of Sump Pump Records!

On this episode, we feature four songs from The Iowa Composers Forum, a group for Iowa's classical composers. Each song was picked by the director, Brooke Joyce. He chose four songs he felt represented the range of styles that our classical composers use.

Brooke and I hope that you will enjoy this exploration into Iowa's classical music. If you do, then you might want to check out some of the shows that The Iowa Composers Forum puts on regularly. The latest, Winter Festival of New Music, will be at The University of Iowa School of Music, in Iowa City, on Feb 10th. More information and links are listed below!

Before I go, I just thought I'd let you know that you can listen to and/or get the score for many classical pieces by Iowa composers on their website! Just hit where it says "Catalog"! Here's the link - http://www.iowacomposers.org/?page_id=112

Information on The Iowa Composers Forum:

The Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) was founded in March of 1987 in Des Moines by seven composers who wished to create an environment for the performance and dissemination of music composed by Iowans. Over the intervening years, the ICF has presented more than 100 concerts and tour recitals of works by member composers. These concerts have featured the performances of over 800 works of new music, including works by student composers from the elementary, middle, high school and collegiate level. The ICF has commissioned many new works, both unilaterally and in partnership with other organizations such as the Iowa Music Teachers Association and the Iowa Choral Directors Association. The ICF sponsors its own annual student composition competition, open to students studying at the collegiate level and earlier.

Each year, we offer:

- a concert series in the fall

Information on their upcoming festival in February:

The Iowa Composers Forum will host a one-day Winter Festival of New Music in Iowa City on Saturday, February 10. Two concerts will be offered at 3 pm and 7:30 pm in the Concert Hall of the Voxman Music Building on the UI campus. These two concerts will feature new music by composers from across Iowa and the environs, including two young composers commissioned specifically for this festival. Performers include UI faculty, students, and the CNM ensemble.

The Iowa Composers Forum's home page:

http://www.iowacomposers.org/

The Iowa Composers Forum on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/IowaComposersForum/

TRACK LISTING:

For more information on each track and the artists, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase Theme (classical version) by Jess Vee (Jessica Villegas)

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/06/opening-and-closing-iowa-music-showcase.html)

Song 1 - "Charlottesville" written and performed by Brooke Joyce

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/01/ep-06-song-1-charlottesville-written.html)

Song 2 - "In the Dragon’s Mouth" written and performed by Eric McIntyre

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/01/ep-60-song-2-in-dragons-mouth-written.html)

Song 3 - "The Shriek of Silence" written by Logan Larson and performed by Lisa Neher and Abbie Corrine

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/01/ep-60-song-3-shriek-of-silence-written.html)

Song 4 - "Aus tiefer Not" written by Jeremy Maas and performed by Gregory Peterson

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2018/01/ep-60-song-4-aus-tiefer-not-written-by.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase Halloween Theme 2 by Jess Vee (Jessica Villegas)

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/ep-34-iowa-music-showcase-halloween.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Howdy all! And welcome to Year 4 of this website and podcast! It was 3 years ago on Jan 4, 2015, when the first post and podcast went up.s

Oh, how things have changed! This website was originally just a place to put the podcast. But since then, I've add playlists from Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, and BandCamp, and soon ReverbNation, to our repertoire! And also, on the occasional post about Other Sources, you can hear and find Iowa music, like compilation albums, other podcasts, other websites, among other places.

And now, starting since last month, we have added a new interview podcast, Your Own Private Iowa, featuring one- to two-hour interviews from Richard Sutton with Iowa musicians. And once a week, we present a video of a live performance from an Iowa jazz or classical act on Jazzman Joe Videos. And once a month, we present a video of an alternative act on our Fester Rage Videos.

And soon, we will be reprinting Culture Myth articles from former Cityview music writer, Chad Taylor!

So overall, a pretty good year here at IMSC!

But as for this podcast, we present the songs that were YOUR favorites, plus one of mine. This was determined by what posts and podcasts got the most views and/or listens. Then the song to represent that podcast was picked by which song's post on the Iowa Music Showcase Songs websites got the most views.

TRACK LISTING:

For more information, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase Theme by Dylan Boyle

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

Song 1 - "Nets" by Clay Carnivore (the most viewed post this year on the Iowa Music Showcase Songs website)

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/07/ep-49-song-1-nets-by-clay-carnivore.html)

Song 2 - "Weihnachten (Frohlocket, Ihf Volker, No. 1 of Sechs Spruche, Op. 79)" by The Wartburg Choir (from the most viewed post on this website, "EPISODE 48: Iowa Classical Music")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/06/ep-48-song-2-weihnachten-frohlocket-ihr.html)

Song 3 - "Say It with Me" by JC//jp (from the most viewed podcast episode on our Archive.org page, "EPISODE 42: The Acts of Iowa Music Showcase Live")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-9-say-it-with-me-by-jcjp.html)

Song 4 - ""Happy" by Far From Innocent (from our most listened to podcast episode on our SoundCloud page, "EPISODE 45 - Iowa Blues and Blues Rock")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/ep-43-song-5-happy-by-far-from-innocent.html)

Song 5 - "Amidala" by Lame (from our most viewed video on our Facebook page, "EPISODE 46 - Iowa Star Wars Music, Part 4 of 9: May the Fortieth Be With You")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/ep-46-song-5-amidala-by-lame.html)

Song 6 - "30 Days" by Men of Science and Faith (from the most viewed podcast episode on our YouTube channel, "EPISODE 44: Iowa Indie and Alternative Music")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/03/ep-44-song-7-30-days-by-men-of-science.html)

Song 7 - "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" by Philbo King (from the most listened to podcast episode on our BandCamp page, "EPISODE 45 - Iowa Blues and Blues Rock")

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/ep-43-song-5-happy-by-far-from-innocent.html)

Song 8 - "Set to Stun" by Echo 3 (MY favorite of the past year)

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/ep-47-song-7-and-theme-set-for-stun-by.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase Christmas Theme by Dylan Boyle and Dan OlderMusicGeek

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/iowa-music-showcase-theme-christmas.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Ho ho ho! We bring the last of this year's Holidays episodes.

And as in previous years, this episode features some situations and language that some of you may not want to hear. So you have been warned.

The rest of you I hope enjoy this last collection of festive musical frivolities.

And be back next week as we present a whole bunch of playlists featuring Iowa's own songs of the season!

IMSC posts featuring the holidays:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/holidays

Art by John Leech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leech_(caricaturist)

TRACK LISTING:

For more information, click on the link below the track.

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase Christmas Theme by Dylan Boyle and Dan OlderMusicGeek

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/iowa-music-showcase-theme-christmas.html)

Song 1 - "A Collage of Impressions" by The Poison Control Center

s (https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-1-collage-of-impressions-by.html)

Song 2 - "Eggnog and Beer" by Less Poetry and Pizza Babe

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-2-eggnog-and-beer-by-less.html)

Song 3 - "High on Christmas" by Dan Bee

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-3-high-on-christmas-by-dan.html)

Song 4 - "Distracted When You Kiss" by Gloom Balloon

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-4-distracted-when-you-kiss.html)

Song 5 - "Happy Holidays" by Bryan Baker

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-5-happy-holidays-by-bryan.html)

Song 6 - "Christmas Makes Pants Happy" by Keepers of the Carpet

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-6-christmas-makes-pants.html)

Song 7 - "When No One Calls on Christmas" by Tuff Jerks

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-7-when-no-one-calls-on.html)

Song 8 - "Party of the Party" by Karen Meat

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-8-party-of-party-by-karen.html)

Song 9 - "Merry Christmas, Bats" by Personal Vendetta

(https://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/12/ep-58-song-9-merry-christmas-bats-by.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase Christmas Theme by Dylan Boyle and Dan OlderMusicGeek

(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/iowa-music-showcase-theme-christmas.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.

Next week: We present with playlists from various websites featuring holiday music from our own state's musicians!

Next episode: The favorites of 2017!

PREVIOUSLY ON IOWA MUSIC SHOWCASE:

Three weeks ago...

PLAYLISTS: Thanksgiving - Iowa Style -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2017/11/playlists-thanksgiving-iowa-style.html

One month ago...

Just what the heck is on this website! -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2017/11/just-what-heck-is-on-this-website.html

Three months ago...

OTHER SOURCES: An Iowa Noise Music Compilation -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2017/09/other-sources-iowa-noise-music.html

Six months ago...

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music BandCamp Playlist 1 -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2017/06/other-sources-random-iowa-music.html

One year ago...

Episode 39: Happy Hawkeye Holidays 2016, Part 2 of 2 - The Cola Edition -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/12/episode-39-happy-hawkeye-holidays-2016_11.html

Two years ago...

Episode 21: Happy Hawkeye Holidays 2015, the Flurries Edition -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/12/episode-21-happy-hawkeye-holidays-2015.html

Iowa Music Showcase can be listened to and/or downloaded on the following sites:

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