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Music for Pollock: GhostCat

The band GhostCat looks at Mural
Mark Munger

  

In our ongoing series Music for Pollock, we invite local bands and musicians to view Jackson Pollock'sMural and find a way to express their impressions using music. We begin the process at the Sioux City Art Center, where Mural is currently on view. 

Credit Mark Munger
GhostCat at the Sioux City Art Center

GhostCat seemed particularly suited for this project: they play catchy, fast music, with influences running to punk, jazz, and blues. When we first viewed mural, the conversations followed these paths, references to bebop and all; however, it was their excitement about learning more and finding new ways of expressing ideas that most impressed us.
 

Credit Mark Munger

Listen to the other installments of Music for Pollock

Join FM90 and the Sioux City Art Center as we celebrate the music of this series and Mural with "Rocking Pollock," happening Saturday, January 31, at the Art Center. There will be live performances of by Drum Fest, Elsa Va, and the Titans of Industry. It is free and open to the public, but you should RSVP with the Art Center. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.