Dave Moore is a singer-songwriter, who plays guitar, button accordion and harmonica. He was influenced by country blues and conjunto music. Dave lives in Iowa City, records for Red House Records and was a frequent performer on A Prairie Home Companion. He has toured throughout the United States and Canada.

James Tutson and the Rollback is a modern rhythm and blues/soul band from Iowa City, Iowa. The group was formed in 2016 when singer-songwriter James Tutson assembled a 4-piece backing band to rehearse and record his second full-length album, On Hope (2017). After playing a handful of local shows and discovering a tight, crowd-pleasing sound on stage, Tutson christened his new ensemble “the Rollback,” and a band was born.  Tutson gradually shed his folk-rock songwriter beginnings and returned to his…

You might be forgiven if you think Hector Anchondo just blew up out of nowhere. In the last two years, the Omaha guitarist has landed on everyone’s radar, with all the markings of becoming the “next big thing.”  He won the International Blues Challenge in 2020 in the solo/duo category. He’s been nominated for a slew of prestigious awards lately, including for a BMA for best acoustic blues album; a Blues Blast award for best acoustic guitarist and best acoustic…

For more than 25 years Kevin Burt has been electrifying audiences throughout the Midwest dispelling the myth that true blues has no roots in Iowa. His soul-inspired presentation is unique which consistently gets him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and Aaron Neville, with the ability to build an audience rapport that has been compared to B.B. King. Kevin is a self-taught musician (vocals, harmonica, and guitar) whose smooth, warm vocal presentation sets a mood of relaxed…