Brittany was raised next to her father's radio station in Northeast Iowa, before moving to Iowa City for a B.A. in Journalism. Outside of helping with Mission Creek and serving as a DJ at KRUI for over two years, she has done work for KEXP in Seattle, Premier Guitar magazine, and Little Village magazine. She prefers whiskey, wine, foosball, Big Buck Hunter, and inappropriate humor.

With David Bazan, two things are always brought to light: his work with Pedro the Lion and his battle with religious endeavors. Nearly every discussion of him shows these points — like relating Michael Jackson to little boys or Tiger Woods to Perkins waitresses.
But Bazan makes it easy for us to talk about these [...]

Pieta Brown is many things. She is a beautiful woman with mesmerizing lips from nowhere, Iowa. She is Greg Brown’s daughter, Bo Ramsey’s wife, a rising singer-songwriter, and a new member of Red House Records.
BBC called her a Folk Goddess, a title she certainly deserves — she is comfortable with herself and familiar with [...]

People have been talking about them for weeks, and now they’re here. Trampled By Turtles is playing tonight at the Yacht Club with opening act, The Boomchucks.
Trampled By Turtles has the classic bluegrass sound where you wonder if sparks will fly from the fiddle or if the banjo and mandolin players’ fingers will ignite, sending [...]

The Daredevil Christopher Wright will likely be one of those surprising new finds for many Mission Creek attendees this year. Driving but a handful of hours to Iowa City from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the band has an enlightened sound without the frills of familiarity.
Perhaps that last statement is false. The Daredevil Christopher Wright [...]