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Music at the Library

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Staff Picks in Music

Little Dragon – Ritual Union

Mission Creek Festival Literary Events

Trains, Monkeys, and cats who think they are Chihuahuas

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar Music

Riot on Sunset Strip by Dominic Priore

Berlin: Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile

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Local Music Project

We also have a selection of work from Iowa City area musicians available for free download at http://music.icpl.org!

Loan Periods and Fines

Audio Discs	Limit	Loan Period	Overdue Fines
Music CDs	None	3 weeks	25¢/day
Holiday CDs (at holiday time)	None	1 week	25¢/day
Fiction Audiobooks	None	3 weeks	25¢/day
Nonfiction Audiobooks	None	3 weeks	25¢/day
Children's Music	None	3 weeks	20¢/day
Children's Fiction Audiobooks	None	3 weeks	20¢/day
Children's Books with CDs	None	3 weeks	20¢/day

Online Resources

• Reviews
• Regional Info

• AllMusic.com Useful for finding background information on performers, including discographies, and for evaluations of popular recordings. It also has a wealth of information on classical composers and their works, including availability of recordings.
• Gramophone A British website that offers reviews and allows you to search for recommended recordings by composer.
• Metacritic A cross-section of reviews from many critics presented with scored rankings.

• GazetteOnline music calendar Cedar Rapids Gazette online music calendar.
• Jazz, Blues & News KCCK regional jazz & blues music events, as well as NPR news and music programming.
• KUNI regional live music A listing of who's playing where regionally.
• Summer of The Arts Iowa City Jazz Festival and Friday Night Concert Series listings.

Music Locations in the Library

• Map Key for Music Categories - Descriptions of the categories used at the Library.
• Map of Music Category Locations - Interior map of the Adult and Teen music area at the Library.