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Iowa Public Radio launches 94.1, an adult alternative radio station


Iowa Public Radio launches 94.1, an adult alternative radio station

MTV launched on August 1, 1981, playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles just after midnight. On Thursday, just after midnight, a new alternative station took over the airwaves and ushered in its new era with “Capricorn” by Vampire Weekend, who had just played Hinterland in early August. The alternative music station on […]

These are the 10 best concerts I have ever attended


These are the 10 best concerts I have ever attended

The best of the best, for now, from a life full of concerts. I keep thinking about Sade’s 2011 concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It was an evening of pure elegance, performed by a master artist, and the show is even more memorable for Sade’s rarity as an artist: she hasn’t performed a […]