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After 75 successful live music broadcasts, Pantorium Sessions as we know them are over, taken over by new management. It is not known if these grassroots events that ran for over four years will be sustained. |
Past Pantorium Sessions |
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Sunday February 4, 2020 Rockets of Desire Rockets of Desire |
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Sunday February 2, 2020 Satchel Bruna Satchel Bruna |
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Tuesday November 19, 2019 Stranger Than Fiction We celebrated our fund drive efforts with popular local band Stranger than Fiction, composed of Ames High School English teachers Del Schmidt, Joe Brekke and James Webb, with non-English teachers Larry "Red" Stoltenberg (lead guitarist) and Tony Stevens (drummer). High spirits and great tunes ranging the decades from Buffalo Springfield and The Band to the Avett Brothers and Decembrists. |
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Wednesday November 13, 2019 Michaela Thompson Michaela has hit the ground running in 2017 to make a name for herself in the Ames music scene. She continues on that path. |
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Monday November 11, 2019 Reggie Greenlaw and Green Oaks Reggie is a singer/songwriter/musician living in Ames, Iowa who plays guitar, hammered dulcimer, and mandolin. Curt Snook plays flute and violin. Steve Hurst plays mandolin and guitar. |
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Thursday November 7, 2019 Spincer (Spencer Braly) Spincer is a Texas-born, Iowa-based singer songwriter. Blending the storytelling he learned from years in barrooms, attitude from time in punk bands and a sense of humor about 2 shades darker than grey, Spincer writes songs about love and death. |
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Wednesday November 6, 2019 Courtney Krausse Des Moines singer/songwriter Courtney Krause makes her sophomore appearance at Pantorium Sessions. |
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Sunday November 3, 2019 Paul Nelson Tribute We celebrated the life and contributions of KHOI Chief Engineer Paul Nelson who did so much to get our radio station on the air, and also assisted with the very earliest Pantorium Sessions. His band, El Rio Skunko Trio, reformed for the purposes of this musical tribute. |
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Thursday October 10, 2019 Chris Myers & the Bad Dads Ames local musicians led by singer songwriter Chris Myers, known for his bluesy voice and guitar playing, in genres including acoustic, folk, Americana. The Chris Myers Band also features Nadav Mer (guitar), Chris Delaney (bassist), and Tony Stevens (drums). They are Ames locals who just got together and jammed in their homes and Nadav’s coffee Shop (Morning Bell Coffee Roasters), then discovered they had something and started gigging around town. |
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Wednesday October 9, 2019 Lojo Russo Russo, a self-taught singer and guitarist performs mostly as a solo touring artist, and is known for her charisma and her memorable connection with audiences. She plays a wide range of genres based in her eclectic background of playing guitar, bass and mandolin in folk, funk, jazz, jam, Irish and indie bands. She was nominated for a "Mammy" (MN Music Award) for "Best Folk Artist" and the title of "Best Female Artist" from MN Women's Press. Lojo spent her formative years as a musician in Minneapolis and currently lives in the Quad Cities, by the big river. Performing is her passion. |
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Sunday August 11, 2019 Rocky Raccoon KHOI celebrated its 7th anniversary on the air with an outdoor Beatles-themed party featuring Rocky Raccoon. |
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Thursday July 18, 2019 Vinyl Vagabonds The Vinyl Vagabonds are an upbeat R&B, Funk, Soul, and Roots Rock band based in Ames, Iowa. Their zeal for these genres of music is evidenced by the abundance of spirit on-stage. Vinyl Vagabond's ace-in-the-hole is singer Mook Bascomb. Mook's classic alto voice delivers both lead and harmony backing vocals with authenticity and joy. Co-lead singer Jeff Hart’s love of music and energy flows into his vocal and harmonica performance. Guitarist Kent Johnson not only drives the band with his funk-oriented rhythms and stark Blues-Rock leads, his is the crucial third voice in the three-part vocal harmonies that accentuate much of V.V.’s song list. The groovy rhythm section is composed of bassist Sean Ryan and drummer Todd Cumming, who keep it rocking steady for all the high steppers and hip shakers that can’t help but get out on the dance floor. |
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Wednesday July 17, 2019 Dan Tedesco |
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Wednesday June 19, 2019 Royce Johns Band |
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Wednesday May 22, 2019 Marc Bailey |
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Thursday April 25, 2019 Cameron Rayburn Otherwise known as SLICE the Celestial Sorcerer, known to amaze crowds with his interstellar beats and astronomical lyrics. SLICE, now an Ames local, is an accomplished hip-hop artist who honed his mind-bending lyrics, heart-grooving beats, and energetic performance while living in Chicago. |
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Wednesday April 24, 2019 Barn Owl Band Central Iowa's "go-to" bluegrass band, existing for 28 years, featured on Prairie Home Companion. Good, old-fashioned, toe-tapping, foot-stomping entertainment brought up to date with fresh renditions of time-honored songs, as well as new compositions. Stay after the music for presentations by KHOI board members and a reception with refreshments with something for everybody to eat. |
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Tuesday April 23, 2019 Cheshire Moon Husband-and-wife duo Lizzie Crowe and Eric Coleman make music that brings old gods and folk tales into the modern day, and faerie tale princesses into the realm of dark magic. These hidden treasures of Ames are two-time national Pegasus Award-winners in the genre of "filk", folk music associated with science fiction and fantasy. Weaving journeys of song and story, they entice their listeners to come along with generous helpings of laughter, wit and charm. |
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Monday April 22, 2019 Spoken Word Movement 515 graduates Sarah Ha and Brenda Vasquez share their spoken word poetry and reflect on the impact of Movement 515, a Des Moines-based arts program where high school students and mentors collaborate to express their passions through spoken word poetry and become agents of change. |
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Wednesday March 27, 2019 Iowa No Mountain Boys This traditional bluegrass band is centered around regular gatherings at the Ames home of Mark Hargrove. Mark has played banjo in Iowa area bands for nearly twenty years and has been with Lori King and Junction 63 for the last five years in which he has traveled from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the Midwest. |
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Thursday February 28, 2019 Jim Coppoc verbiage. |
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Thursday February 27, 2019 Randy Burk & the Prisoners verbiage. |
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Wednesday December 12, 2018 Rocky Raccoon verbiage. |
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Wednesday November 14, 2018 Andrew Hoyt verbiage. |
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Tuesday November 13, 2018 Lizzy Poppyseed verbiage. |
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Monday November 12, 2018 JinErik & the Offbrands JinErik & the Offbrands at that performance was Gretchen Theesfield (violin), Ron Carson (bass), Dipayan Mitra (electric mandolin), Dean Erickson (keyboards), Erik Timmons (ringleader/songwriter), Mitch Durand (drums) |
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Monday November 8, 2018 Caleb Corona verbiage. |
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Monday August 12, 2018 KHOI 6th Birthday Celebration KHOI 6th Birthday Celebration. |
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Wednesday July 11, 2018 Nick Muhlbauer verbiage. |
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Wednesday June 13, 2018 Erik Timmons & Dipayan Mitra verbiage. |
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Wednesday May 9, 2018 Ryne Doughty verbiage. |
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Wednesday April 25, 2018 Jon Marko & Jeff Livengood verbiage. |
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Thursday February 15, 2018 Heath Alan Band Heath Patschull was joined by Krista Haugland (keyboards), Will Locker (cajon), and Jon Locker (bass). |
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Wednesday January 17, 2018 Chris Myers verbiage. |
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November 8, 2017 Pink Neighbor Pink Neighbor. |
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November 7, 2017 Jen McClung Jen McClung solo.. |
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October 25, 2017 Satchel Bruna Satchel Bruna thanks his mom. |
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September 28, 2017 Quervo Quervo behind the screen. |
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July 20, 2017 Vanessa Ellsbury |
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June 22, 2017 Sean Huston Sean Huston solo |
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May 25, 2017 Missippi Jake Mississippi Jake turned in a fine performance. |
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April 19, 2017 Mountain Eats Mountain Adam Lyon looped through his one-man show. |
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April 18, 2017 Michaela Thompson Michaela Thompson with Thomas Grothe (drums). |
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April 17, 2017 Bill Morrison and Del Schmidt. |
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April 12, 2017 Three Poets Three Poets: Jennifer L. Knox, Jane Satterfield, and Ned Balbo. |
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April 11, 2017 Tres Hombres The KHOI FUN Drive edition of Pantorium Sessions April 11th featured Tres Hombres (Larry "Red" Stoltenberg, Steve Carter, and Tom Eckart). Rock classics. Righteous RnR. |
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April 10, 2017 Wally & Adam verbiage. |
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March 16, 2017 Evan Campbell For Real For Real is Evan Campbell (lead vocals/guitar), Sean Huston (electric-accent guitar), Cal Rebhuhn (drums), and Magi Grundy (violin and harmony vocals). |
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January 19, 2017 Strong Like Bear - acoustic Pink Floyd |
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December 8, 2016 Holly Figueroa |
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November 17, 2016 The incomparable Tom Richards assembled Large Band with four local musicians--Billy Kearney, Ron Carson, Stever Hurst and Merle Hall--in a one-time performance of old-time folk favorites. |
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November 16, 2016 Ben Schrag Ames' popular and prolific songwriter Ben Schrag performed new tunes along with our old favorites, accompanied by snappy patter and upbeat, rhythmic guitar lines. |
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November 15, 2016 Patresa Hartman of Des Moines brought us her wholly original "soul folk", including songs from her newly released album The Queen of Everything, accompanied by percussionist Renee Potts Flanagan. |
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November 14, 2016 Matt Woods rocked our house with traditional and original steel and slide blues tunes, including an encore tune by Son House, which started this central Iowan on his musical path. |
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October 19, 2016 Th Wrld Bnk is a two-piece live Hip Hop outfit. |
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May 19, 2016 Britches & Hose and their ukeleles delivered a delightful performance of Rock hits reimagined. |
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May 12, 2016 Ben Schrag with Cal Rebhuhn shared Ben's songwriting with percussion. |
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May 11, 2016 Courtney Krause turned in a solid performance with the aid of guitarist Dylan Boyle. |
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May 10, 2016 Melon Farmer was used to replace a certain phrase in the BBC-friendly dub of the movie Repo Man. No radio edits were necessary for this performance. |
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May 9, 2016 Sugar Valley is Dan Jones, Buz on bass, and sister Kimberly Lynn Jones. |
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May 5, 2016 Longtime Ames favorite folksinger and storyteller Tom Richards resumed his musical career with a folksy set at Pantorium Sessions.. |
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May 4, 2016 Jen McClung along with bassist extraordinaire Greg Bruna delivered a heartfelt performance. |
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May 3, 2016 Dang Felton with accompanist Amanda performed soothing songs with grace and beauty. |
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May 2, 2016 Polk City dude Dennis Kain entertained us. |
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April 21, 2016 Doctor Murdock Four great guys playing their hearts out. |
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March 17, 2016 Ames' own Shoegaze band Liana performed. Thanks to Reverb Consultant Adam Brimeyer. |
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February 18, 2016 Boone-area jam band Obsidian's Dream is Eric "Bert" Carlson (bass), Chris "Shaggy" Zeitler (ringleader), Todd Robert Cumming (drums), and Mike "Fook" Larrew (guitar). |
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January 21, 2016 Strong Like Bear Strong Like Bear (power trio) is Bryon Dudley, Rachel Dudley, and Greg Bruna. MC Blake Delaney. |
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November 5, 2015 Arizona Landmine Arizona Landmine is Leon Owusu, Ian Francis, Griffen Clark, Daniel Jacobitz. MC Blake Delaney. Daniel performed the miracle of turning 30-years-old live on the radio. |
Funding for Pantorium Sessions comes in part from a grant from the City of Ames Commission On the Arts. Please donate to KHOI to continue these popular live music broadcasts.The complete Pantorium Sessions Roster