"It’s Irish Music For the Iowish People!"

This is the motto of the Des Moines, Iowa based musical conglomerate known as The Crowfoot Rakes. The Crowfoot Rakes were formed way back towards the end of 2022, between a loosely defined group of five individual musicians, who wanted to strive towards the common goal of spreading their questionably cobbled together musical philosophy to anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot. The band suffers from an eclectic palette of musical influences ranging from traditional Irish folk music, (colloquially known as "Trad,") to contemporary folk punk, to more well known artists such as Mark Knopfler and Tom Waits.

The Crowfoot Rakes are an energetic yet incredibly versatile band, with each member being a multi-instrumentalist. They play everything from guitar, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle, to lesser heard or known instruments such as accordion, bodhran, cittern, and Irish bouzouki, but the crown jewel of their instrumental heap would be the Uilleann pipes, or the Irish bellow bagpipes. The Crowfoot Rakes' very own Boy Wonder, Logan Barleen is one of only two uilleann pipers in the state of Iowa, and just one of a handful in the entire Midwest. The other featured members include Logan's full time father and part time madman, stringsmith Big Bob Barleen, the fiddlin’ wizard, Greg Valentine, slick whistling Brad Millison, and the six string beat thumping machine, Ryan O'Rien. 

With a diverse range of musical backgrounds and styles, The Crowfoot Rakes bring a vast variety of sounds to the stage, suitable for any and every occasion.

It’s bona fide, and IT’S GRAND