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CHILL VIBES Much like snowflakes, no two December shows are the same. • A.C. HAWLEY sometimes, be a mockery of itself.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy w/ Bitchin Bajas // The Englert // Dec. 15 // 7 p.m. // $17.50 Advance, $20 Day of Show; All Ages Bonnie “Prince” Billy is the recording name of Will Oldham, a Kentucky-born singersongwriter. Oldham has been a fixture of the independent folk and country music since 1993 thanks to his various Palace projects (Palace Brothers and Palace Music are the VIENNA TENG PLAYS CSPS DEC. 8. Photo by Mel Andringa
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e’ve reached the end of another year of music here in Iowa City. There have been some unforgettable shows by new visitors like Killer Mike and returning acts such as Quintron and Miss Pussycat.
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Music ONGOING:
MONDAYS: Open Mic with J. Knight The Mill Free, 8 pm TUESDAYS: Blues Jam Parlor City Free, 8 pm Lower Deck Dance Party Iowa City Yacht Club $2, 10 pm WEDNESDAYS: Free Jam Session & Mug Night Iowa City Yacht Club, Free, 10 pm THURSDAYS: Open Mic Uptown Bill's, Free, 7 pm Daddy-O Parlor City, Free, 8 pm Gemini Karaoke Blue Moose Tap House, Free, 9 pm FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: The Vault Dueling Pianos The Vault-Cedar Rapids Free, 9 pm SUNDAYS: Sunday Happy Hour and Open Mic Cedar Ridge Winery, Free, 3 pm Blues Sunday Checkers Tavern Free, 8 pm
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This month offers the same diversity of artists that we’ve been seeing in 2013—they all bring a different style. One is a legend of the indie folk scene. Another is a band that defies classification. Finally, we have an artist who breathes new life into a genre that can,
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best known), which have risen to legendary status over the years. Bonnie became his stage name in 1998 and has become the moniker for Oldham’s output since then. His music— both the Palace projects and Bonnie “Prince” Billy—shares many characteristics with The
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THURS., DEC. 5
Folk Night Little Bohemia, Free, 6 pm Sing-Along Messiah Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, $10-$12, 7 pm Casey Donahew Band First Avenue Club, $15+, 8 pm The IC Kings and Les Dames du Burlesque Holiday Show The Mill, $8, 9 pm
9 pm Rumpke Mountain Boys Iowa City Yacht Club, $7, 9 pm Skeeter Lewis & the CR Allstars Parlor City, Free, 9 pm House of Escher The Mill, $6, 9 pm Thin Hymns Trumpet Blossom Cafe, Free, 9 pm Jon Wayne and the Pain Gabe's, $7, 10 pm
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First Friday Jazz (Gail Williams Quintet) Opus Concert Cafe, $12, 5 pm Nick Stika Cedar Ridge Winery, Free, 6 pm Bob Dorr and Blue Band Campbell Steele Gallery, $20, 7 pm The Great Bluegrass Herons Iowa Theatre Artists Company, $15, 7 pm UI String Quartet Riverside Recital Hall at UI, Free, 7 pm Kirkwood Community College Choirs Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, $7$12, 7 pm Savannah Jack Band Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, Free, 8 pm Rubblebucket Blue Moose Tap House, $12+,
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis West High School, $10-$40, 12 am Irish Sessions Uptown Bill's, Free, 4 pm Saul Lubaroff Jazz Duo Trumpet Blossom Cafe, Free, 6 pm Back Home Boys Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon, Free+, 7 pm The Great Bluegrass Herons Iowa Theatre Artists Company, $15, 7 pm UI String Quartet Riverside Recital Hall at UI, Free, 7 pm Kirkwood Community College Concert Band Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, $7-$12, 7 pm