Lots of live country music this month in the Quad Cities

Quad Citians: if you love country music there are a bunch of live shows coming your way in September. I’ve sifted through the various entertainment calendars (best…

Family reunion hoedown was a hit

The old dairy cow lot at my husband’s family’s farm was the perfect spot for a square dance. And square dancing was the perfect way to…

Iowa singer-songwriter Sean Costanza’s narrative style comes naturally

Not long ago I discovered the Iowa-based Americana alt country singer-songwriter Sean Costanza at Davenport’s awesome music joint The Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel. My…

Woo hoo! KarenLovesCountry takes a prize!

The two hour time change has me up early today in Scottsdale, AZ, so I’ve slipped off to our hotel lobby to write. This week Dan and…

Taking Tabor home

A look back to June 2009 when our daughter Hope first received her black lab service dog Tabor. Day 1 Today Hope got her new service…

PR pitch turnabout led me to Haley Mae Campbell’s fresh EP Lovers Lottery

Since forever my day job has been PR person, helping companies get their stories out through trade journals. I love working with entrepreneurs and the media,…

Living Vintage reveals springtime in Iowa

Whether Mother Nature cooperates or not, spring arrives this Saturday in DeWitt, IA. Living Vintage at 1416 11th Street will host its 4th Annual Living Vintage Spring…

Sportsmen hope to instill love of nature with antler hunt

“I got one!” yelled six year old Jaxson as he spotted his second “shed”at the annual McClean County Sportsmen’s Association Deer Antler Hunt. The Easter egg…

Time Jumpers and Colter Wall in one week

This week included two fantastic live country shows. First, my husband Dan and I caught The Time Jumpers’s weekly show in Nashville. Then we were lucky…