Tony Dehner
Senior Music ProducerExpertise: Music! Picking and presenting the music you've loved and will love, interviewing music-makers and writing about the Iowa music scene
Education: University of Northern Iowa
Favorite Iowa Destination: Clear Lake
Experience:
- Has curated and hosted AAA programming and live performances on Studio One, bringing new artists and old favorites to Iowans' homes for over a decade
- Has interviewed national and local musicians including Sunny War, Indigo De Souza, The War & Treaty and Chicago Farmer, among others
- Selects and hosts IPR Studio One's Artist of the Month series
- Received a 2024 first place PMJA Visual Storytelling award for All Access: IPR's Music Magazine
- Has appeared as a guest on The Guitar Department with Joe Alton
My Favorite Stories
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It's important to pack well to enjoy your summer festival experience! Take it from IPR's Tony Dehner - who has a few useful tips to share on what to take with you. -
IPR's Tony Dehner interviewed Sunny War on her recent stop by the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City. Beyond being a great person, she also kindly spent some time explaining a whole music subgenre to us. -
IPR's Tony Dehner didn't get lost in the woods at the first-ever music festival. He was exactly where he was supposed to be. -
Why do people yell "Free Bird" at concerts? It all started as a diss. Kevin Matthew, a radio DJ from Chicago, was an original troll, and not in a good way. -
The latest release for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game has an official soundtrack, and it's awesome.
My Latest Stories
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Iowa City's Anthony Worden kicks off a busy spring with a new music video. -
With a new set of singles, Ames blues guitarist Matt Woods is bringing some old songs and sounds to a new audience. -
Munk Rivers got their start as a brother and sister having fun playing music together and has evolved into a full band with lots in mind for the future. -
The newest album from Iowa City's James Tutson finds the singer getting very real about relationships, and also working with a horn section for the first time. -
2024 was a year full of music discovery and exciting artists breaking into the mainstream. Take a look back at some of the best of the year with our top albums of 2024.
