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Video: Samuel Locke Ward on Little Village Live, 7/13/11
This week on Little Village Live, local favorite Samuel Locke Ward played a full set and, as it turns out, we’re still picking up jaws off the floor. This episode marked Ward’s second appearance on...
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Iowa City Weekender: April 26-28
Hello, hello. Come on in. Get settled in for another dose of the Weekender. Here’s how it’s going to work this week: This weekend, especially Thursday (tonight) is nuts and there is simply too much to...
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Iowa City Weekender: October 11-14
Welcome to this fresh edition of the Weekender. With the exception of Thursday night’s Alloy Orchestra show at the Englert, everything is local this week. With a couple of eerie film screenings and a...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward – Double Nightmare
Samuel Locke Ward Double Nightmare samuellockeward.bandcamp.com I was introduced to the insanity of “Big Lizard In My Backyard” by The Dead Milkmen sometime in the 80’s. The irreverent, usually...
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Album Review: Iowa City Song Project
Iowa City Song Project maximumamesrecords.com As a teenager hungry for a scene larger than the veritable cultural island of Bellevue, IA, at night I would arrange and rearrange my radio antenna to...
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On The Beat: What shows are in store for the winter migration
WILD BELLEw. Ramona Falls, Milk & EggsGabe’s | Jan. 25 | 9 p.m. | $10/12 Iowa City has been pretty quiet over the past few weeks. That tends to be the case when a big chunk of the population...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward- 7 AM New Year’s Day
Samuel Locke Ward 7 AM New Year’s Day samuellockeward.bandcamp.com The normally prolific Samuel Locke Ward, no longer content with releasing two recordings per year, has embarked on an ambitious...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward – Panther Puss
Samuel Locke Ward Panther Puss samuellockeward.bandcamp.com/ For his second in a year-long series of monthly releases, Samuel Locke Ward has dipped back into more familiar territory. After the...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward – Major Surgery at Discount Rates
The album ends with a song that should become the soundtrack to the lingering recession: “Regret to Inform You.” The track is the rejection form-letter so many job-seekers have received in these hard...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward – In Case You Have Doubt
Samuel Locke Ward In Case You Have Doubt samuellockeward.bandcamp.com Iowa City’s under-employed over-achiever Sam Locke Ward is back with the 6th installment of his year-long “album a month” project,...
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The Lame Years project proves that more Samuel Locke Ward is always better
Samuel Locke Ward’s The Lame Years featured 12 album releases in 12 months. — photo by Zak Neumann On Dec. 1, as the clock hit midnight, Samuel Locke Ward posted Back from Heaven onto his Bandcamp...
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Bob Log III returns to the Mill this Thursday for a one-man Delta blues dance...
Bob Log III is a strange guy, but that’s kind of his shtick. — photo by Craig Ferguson Bob Log III w/ Samuel Locke Ward and the Garbage Boys The Mill — Thursday, Aug. 28 at 9 p.m. ($10-$12) Bob Log III...
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Samuel Locke Ward on Little Village Live
From KRUI Studios in Iowa City, Iowa, we are happy to present a performance by one of Iowa City’s most celebrated musicians, Samuel Locke Ward. Locke Ward has released too many tapes (such as Boombox...
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Samuel Locke Ward & Darren Brown – From the Privilege of the Grave
Local Albums: May 2010 – The fact that you can hold this album in your hands is astounding. From the Privilege of the Grave faced nearly every hurdle imaginable–from technical and logistical issues to...
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On Friday Night, the Mill hosted Sam Locke Ward’s release party for his new album, “Barely Regal Beagles” and the kickoff for his west coast tour with the unparalleled Simon Joyner. Joining Sam was a...
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Show Photos – Sam Locke Ward, Paleo, Bob Bucko Jr, Douglas Nye @ the Mill, 1/18
Another lovely Tuesday Night Social Club at the Mill has come and gone. This week offered a lineup of great local singer-songwriters that I am sure you will have many opportunities to catch in the...
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The Bassturd returns to Gabe’s this Saturday (in the form of Bumping Uglies)
With openers Little Ruckus, Samuel Locke Ward and Everybody Nose, this is a cant-miss show for local music aficionados. Tickets are just $5. — photo by Adam Burke The Bumping Uglies Gabe’s — Saturday,...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward — Dunwich Piano Recital
Samuel Locke Ward Dunwich Piano Recital samuellockeward.bandcamp.com/album/dunwich-piano-recital Samuel Locke Ward hasn’t had an album reviewed in Little Village in over a year. Given that he released...
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