First question: Do you use inexpensive LED bulbs in the lights you turn on in the evening and at night? Next question: How is your sleep going? Deep and refreshing? If so, that’s terrific—you can stop reading now. If you do have sleep issues, your LED bulbs are likely contributing to them big time. The| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
On November 27, 1964, Bob Dylan gave a performance at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. My parents dropped me off at the concert with cab fare, the address of a party they were attending in “the City,” and careful instructions about calling a taxi after the show. I was 13 years old. Cultural Icons| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
When Bryan, our oldest child, who turns 28 this month, was in kindergarten, he came home one day with a flyer in his backpack. The flyer invited kids to try bowling at one of the local alleys. The fee was $4 a week and there was no upfront cost. We decided to give it a| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
I didn’t know I cared about jazz. Sure, I’d gotten caught in a “Heavenly” Harry Connick Jr. wave in the early ’90s—my teenage self swooned over his velvety voice and big-band sound—but it wasn’t until 1996, when a crew of chain-smoking college-age hipsters invited me to their poker game that jazz began to rewire my| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
This list of 12 tracks represents some of the best new releases over the past year, as well as a couple from 2022. Genres include Americana, singer-songwriter, alternative, reggae, and electronic. Special merit goes to three singer-songwriter artists—Duo Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Peter Bradley Adams, and Sarah Jarosz—who each have two tracks chosen from| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Drew and Ellie Holcomb have been married for almost 20 years and, for the most part, they have kept their musical identities separate. While Ellie began as a backup singer with Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors in 2008, she launched her own successful career as a Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) performer. She has won several| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine