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Blues Revue CD Review

Blues Revue CD Review

The self-titled third CD by Iowa’s Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts builds on the band’s early promise, moving closer to Chicago sounds while retaining the rawness of their Hill Country […]

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Iowa State Fair Grandstand

Iowa State Fair Grandstand

On Aug. 17, 2010, Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts became the first Iowa act in several years to play the Iowa State Fair Grandstand, opening for Pat Benatar and REO […]

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Living Blues CD Review

Living Blues CD Review

Des Moines-based Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts have become one of the hottest acts on the Iowa club circuit of late, with bassist Scott Cochran and drummer Michael Swanger teaming […]

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Insider Sessions

Insider Sessions

On a little corner off of Grand and 17th Street in downtown Des Moines is a bar where locals come almost every day of the week to wind down after […]

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Lightning has struck again

Lightning has struck again

Lightning has struck again. The self-titled and much-anticipated follow-up to Matt Woods and the Thunderbolts’ widely lauded 2007 release, Be My Friend, became available last week to the delight of […]

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