This episode of The Art Inside the Craft features singer songwriter, Sanya N’Kanta. Sanya is a Jamaican born singer songwriter that writes about the world around him as he draws on his experiences growing up in the United States while never losing touch with his Jamaican roots. His newest EP release, These are the Days, […]
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This episode of The Art Inside the Craft features singer songwriter, Chuck Hawthorne. Chuck has toured the world as a member of the military and as a traveling musician, writing songs that are both from the heart and grounded in personal experience. Chuck discusses his music, the process of songwriting, and preforms his song “Such […]
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On a cold, January night in Des Moines, Iowa, I head down East Grand Avenue in search of Quinton’s Bar and Deli to meet up with singer-songwriter, Ward Davis. Greg Jones, sometimes songwriter and full time tour manager for Ward, invited me to a pre show sit down for some conversation before photographing the show […]
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Photos by @scott.fitzgerald_ Marc Ford has, for as long as I can recall, been one of my favorite musicians. The first time I heard his talent, he was adding his melodic playing on The Black Crowes’ second, and best album — 1992’s Southern Harmony and Musical Companion — through a tape deck in my blue […]
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For the second night during the 3rd week of January, Wooly’s in Des Moines, Iowa hosted another night of some of the best country music has to offer. I again packed up my lenses on Thursday the 22nd and headed back out for the 4 hour round trip drive to shoot 3, yes 3, amazing […]
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January 20th, 2020 the city of Des Moines, Iowa hosted two of what many consider to be on the upper level of the best Country and Western music being created in the music industry. Texas singer songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson, and Saskatchewan’s Colter Wall, one of Canada’s truly authentic singing cowboys, are blazing trails of […]
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If the name Vincent Neil Emerson, or VNE as he’s called on most social media, isn’t familiar to you yet, hang on to your hat and be ready to get a lesson in good timin’, honky tonkin’, straight outta Texas, country music. His new album, Fried Chicken and Evil Women, has already garnered 360k streams […]
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November 23rd I packed up my camera gear and started a 5 hour round trip journey to catch some photos of one guy playing for about an hour. The Talk Shop Lounge in St Charles, Iowa was my destination and Josh Morningstar was the reason for the trip. It wasn’t my first time seeing Josh […]
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November 7th, the Mill hosted a couple amazing talents with Cedar Rapids based Dickie Prall of the band Dickie, and the Talbot Brothers, Nick and Tyler, from Portland via Nebraska. This was the Talbotts first time playing Iowa City and with the welcome that they received, I believe it wont be the last. The 250 […]
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I’m The Smile is Charlie Roth’s 8th album and while the songs run the gambit, the sentiment of the album is very personal and full of rich emotion. Each song seamlessly fits with the next and weather written by Charlie or covers, the song selections make for a wonderful listen. Charlie has a great album […]
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