Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Betse Ellis + Marion Merritt
+ Jennifer Owen of Owen Cox Dance Group
+ Jake Wells

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Cuee – “Honey feat. Micha Anne [radio edit]”
from: “Honey”- Single / Cuee / November 27, 2017
[Cuee is a Chicago rap artist currently in Lawrence. Fally Afani writes in I Heart Local Music: Your 2017 local queer anthem is here, and we are screaming. Cuee’s “Honey” features local trans songstress Micha Anne, and it’s blasting confidence all over our speakers. LISTEN TO US. This is the track you put on when you’re gussying up for a night of raging on the Replay dance floor. In the song, Micha encourages us to “work it out,” “get sexy now,” and just “slay.” Then, Cuee (always the charmer) pops in, proudly proclaims “I’m brown skinned, I like action” and that she could “pull your girl without askin’.” We’re already a hot mess. 2017 has been such a shit year and we need this unapologetic happiness right now. Together, Cuee and Micha Anne are looking good and slaying. They are our guiding lights in dark times, and we are going to sissy that walk when we follow them into the new frontier. If this is the future of music, sign us up. We are here for it.]

[Cuee plays Replay Lounge, 946 Mass. St, LFK, on Saturday, October 20 with Khrystal., Mae C, and DJ Kate Furst.]

3. Jametatone – “No More Ignor”
from: Frog In The Pot / J. Ashley Miller / December 21, 2017
[New 10-song album from Jametatone, the solo project of J. Ashley Miller who also records with his band as Metatone. J. Ashley Miller is the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award Fellow. He is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. His genre-bending trans-modern work has been performed everywhere from YJ’s to the Kauffman Performing Arts Center, to the MoMa PS1 in NYC. Ashley utilizes a diverse range of technologies, techniques, and collaborators to access obscure facets of the human emotional landscape. You can view more of Ashley’s work at http://www.jametatone.com.]

10:08 – Pledge Break #1

Betse Ellis

Betse Ellis is originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Music and a Bachelors of Arts in English, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She has been playing the Violin for over 40 years, with over 20 years playing fiddle and also working as a teacher of music. Betse was one of the founding members of the critically acclaimed and internationally known band, The Wilders. Betse has released two solo records, and for the last several years is recording and performing with her partner, multi-instrumentalist Clarke Wyatt, as Betse & Clarke. Their debut album, “River Still Rise” was in our Top Ten, of The 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Last year their special analog recorded collection of tunes released on cassette called, Tunes We Like, was in our 117 Best Recordings of 2017. Betse & Clarke play Ollie’s Local, 3044 Gillham Rd., KCMO, tomorrow night, 7:00 to 10:00 PM.

Betse Ellis, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Marion Merritt

Marion Merritt is our most frequent contributor to WMM, She grew up in Los Angeles, and St. Louis. She went to college in Columbia, Missouri. She studied art and musical engineering, and is a avid lover of classic films and punk rock music. She saw Talking Heads on their first U.S. tour when they played One Block West, in 1978. For 13 years she has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her musically-encyclopedic brain on Wednesday MidDay Medley. Marion has joined us for every on-air fund drive to help raise funds for the MidCoast Radio Project. Marion is also the proprietor of Records With Merritt, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. Records With Merritt features new vinyl releases, weekly in-store performances from young and upcoming bands, holds meetings for a vinyl listening club, and was once the location for a wedding. More information at: http://www.recordwithmerritt.com

Marion Merritt thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Non-Commercial, Community Radio, means that three times a year, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming, to ask YOU our beautiful-listeners, to help us continue 90.1 FM’s unique, 24-7 programming, that is…essentially free to you. this year, 90.1 FM KKFI is celebrating our 30th year on the airwaves. While the spirit of this station is kept alive by hundreds of volunteers who passionately donate their time and abilities to keep the transmission of our 100,000-watt-signal alive. We are a operated by a not-for-profit organization, incorporated over 40 years ago, called The MidCoast Radio Project. We’re nonprofit, but we still have to pay the electric bill, the rent on our fully accessible production studios and offices, insurance, staff, royalties, production expenses. Even though we have hundreds of committed volunteers, who donate thousands of hours every year, producing radio shows, answering phones, creating websites, producing benefits, rewiring the board, setting up our computer system, we still need YOU, our listener, to take a moment and call 888-931-0901 and donate to keep us alive!

YOU are the reason we are able to stay alive.

90.1 FM KKFI is “The Voice of the Community” Our Kansas City area Community Speaks Through our Airwaves and this Program

Along with all of the music, in the last year, Wednesday MidDay Medley has interviewed 200 guests:

Radkey, Ted Riederer, Shy Boys, Emmaline Twist, Howard Iceberg, Cody Critcheloe, Bach Aria Soloists, Calvin Arsenia, Tim Finn, Stephonne Singletone, Prisca Jebet Kendagor, Nathan Bowman, Holly Near, Of Tree, Michelle Bacon, Krystle Warren, Cris Williamson, Ivory Blue, Jesse Kates, Sterling Witt, Kristy Stremel, Summer Osborne, Sarah McCracken, Una Walkenhorst, Thee Devotion, Abandoned Bells, Amy Farrand, Barry Lee, Lisa McKenzie, Chase The Horseman, Keaton Conrad, Sid Sowder, Heidi Lynne Gluck, CJ Janovy, Aaron Rhodes, Fally Afani, Liz Jeans, Pranav Nanda, Cat Dail, Savannah Rodgers, Stuart Hinds, Lea Hopkins, Austin Williams, Jamie Rich, Philip Hooser, Lesley Poiries, Ryan Wilks, Tim J. Harte, Julia Othmer, Victor & Penny, The Grand Marquis, Nico Gray, Cheryl Kimmi, Chris Haghirian, Nathan Ruesch, Megan Slankard, Justin Van Pelt, Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe, Jeff Harshbarger, Jen Harris, Laurel Parks, Ben Parks, Spencer Brown, CS Luxem, Red Kate, Olivia Fox, Doby Watson, Kadesh Flow, David Wayne Reed, Shaun Crowley, Nick Carswell, Patrick Alonzo Conway, The Matchsellers, Teri Quinn, Steve Tulipana, Kemet The Phantom, D Rashawn Gilmore, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Ryan Lee Toms, Paul S. Nyakatura, Joesph Warren Wheeler, Summerland, Blake Berglund, Belle Plaine, Joe Stanziola, Chris McCoy, Wick Thomas, Josh Morgan, Simon Huntley, Mike Dillon, Ethan Eckert, Cody Calhoun, Cole Bales, AM Merker, Stephen Berry, Sarah Dolt, L. Ron Drunkard, Natalie Patrick-Knox, Theresa Scott, Johnny Hamil, Chris Tady, John Keck, Chris Teasley, Davin Watne, Ten Thousand One, Scott Hobart, Necia Gamby, Dedric Moore, Brenton Cook, Erica Joy, Betse Ellis, Clarke Wyatt, Ron Megee, Joelle St.Pierre, Nan Turner, Matthew Roth, Marco Pascolini, Ada Brumback, Richard Alan Nichols, Erin Keller, Jen Appell, Steve Gardels, Cynthia Hardeman, Matt Kesler, Scott Mize, Jennie Ferguson, Doug Hitchcock, Scott Hrabko, Jonathan Brokaw, David Weeda, Anna Selle, Bill Dickey, Roxi Copland, Joy Baker, Kathryn Golden, Bill Sundahl, Derick Cunninhgham, Desmond Mason, Bill Svoboda, Claire Adams, Ross Brown, Jerad Tomasino, Maria Cuevas, Garrett Nordstrom, Noah Davis, Steven Eubank, Julie Shaw, Sarah Beth Mundy, Lovergurl, Stephanie Bankston, Brook Worlledge, Heather Andrews, Chad Meise, Beth Marshall, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, Janet Henry, Michael McQuary, Clint Hoffmeier, Matt Tady, Alan Winkler, Matthew Dunehoo, Lou Jane Temple, Dave Storms, Sondra Freeman, David George, Jade Osborne, Quinn Hernandez, John Craige, Jennifer McCartney, Amy Marcus, Susanna Lee, Kyle Dahlquist, Vanessa Severo, Simone Briand, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jenny Mendez, Chato Villalobos, Miguel Morales, Salar Rajabnick, Barclay Martin, Zachary Van Benthusen, Krysztof Nemeth, Britt Adair, Duncan Burnett, Judy Mills, Jamie Searle, Patrick Alexander, and more.

10:15 – DNA Harmonies

4. Shy Boys – “Something Sweet”
from: Bell House / Polyvinyl Record Co. / Expected August 3, 2018
[Shy Boys line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little and Ross Brown. The group formed shortly after the trio became roommates in 2012. Kyle Rausch and Konnor Ervin were already band mates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music. In 2014 they released the self-titled Shy Boys on High Dive Records. The album received generally positive reviews and the single “Bully Fight” was featured on Spin.com. In June 2014 the band recorded and released two more singles and one of them, “Life Is Peachy,” was featured on Stereogum. On April 4th, 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.]

[Shy Boys play the Forever Fest, Friday, October 19, at 5:00 PM, at The Yard in North Lawrence, 512 Locust Street, with CS Luxem, and Mourning Ritual.]

5. Bob & Una Walkenhorst – “Get On The Bus”
from: For Tomorrow / BAT Records / October 12, 2018
[25 year old Una Walkenhorst is a singer/songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. Following the release of her debut album “Scars” in 2014, Una immediately had “new fans. . . coming out of the proverbial woodwork” (AXS). Paired with refreshingly raw vocals, Una’s heartfelt lyrics “will stop you in your tracks (at once beautiful and chilling),” wrote Gilded Palace Radio, as she weaves stories of genuine human experience. Una told KCUR FM that her father was one of the people who made her love music. But having a famous father can be challenging: “I knew that if I started my music career here I would have a lot of opportunities, but not all of them would be because of my music. They would be because I am someone’s daughter,” Walkenhorst says. Loading up her 97 Honda Civic, Una then spent a year traveling across North America promoting her music and connecting with listeners one-on-one. She ended up living in New Orleans. Una Walkenhorst is the youngest daughter of Bob Walkenhorst, a founding member of The Rainmakers, which had national and international hits in the 1980s and 90s, and continue to this day touring and recording new music. In January of 2018 Una Walkenhorst returned home to Kansas City from New Orleans. Over the past several years, Una and Bob had performed together at selected events, including Folk Alliance International. This year the father and daughter duo decided to record an album together, where they split the difference, taking turns as songwriters for the album’s songs, written individually, and recorded together, in clear beautiful harmonies, with that extra special shared musical DNA, that can be heard in the harmonies of The Carter Family, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, or Shy Boys.]

[Bob & Una Walkenhorst play Vinyl Renaissance, at 7932 Sante Fe Drive, Overland Park, KS., Thursday, October 18, over the lunch hour at from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM.]

6. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – “Walk in The Park”
from: The Radio Winners – EP / Glassnote Records / July 27, 2018
[Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear have garnered international acclaim, and new fans from all over the world. They signed with Glassnote Records and recorded their debut full length album in Nashville with acclaimed producer Jim Abiss. They performed their debut single “Silent Movies” on The Late Show with David Letterman, they’ve toured across the United States, and Europe, more than once. They were featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NBC’s The Today Show, and “Later With Jools Holland and played Bonnaroo, and the Newport Folk Festival, and the Ryman Theatre, in Nashville. Ruth Ward has continually performed throughout her life, mostly in coffee shops and open mics, for over 30 years, even recording a solo record. In the midst of this she got married and became a mom, and was busy raising a family. Madisen Ward was born in Oklahoma, and grew up in the outskirts of Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from William Chrisman High School in 2007. Madisen’s journey to become a musician, was “melodically passed down” through the songs of his mother, where Madisen grew up watching his mom perform at local coffee shops. Eventually he began to learn to play the guitar, and poured his talent for writing into the music to create original songs. They began playing Madisen’s original songs along with the occasional cover of a classic track, reinterpreted in their own incredibly beautiful performance of two voices and two guitars in harmony and orchestration. Their debut album, The Skeleton Crew, was released May 9, 2015 and was our most played record that year and was #1 on WMM’s The 115 Best Recordings of 2015.]

[Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear are currently out on the road with The Record Company with shows tomorrow in NYC, Friday in Boston, Saturday in Phiadelphia, Monday in Portland Maine, and continuing to Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, Austin, Dallas, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Denver through November 13.]

7. Mikal Shapiro – “Little Black Ant”
from: The Musical II / Mikal Shapiro / May 26, 2018
[The sequel to Shapiro’s 2015 concept album “The Musical.” Mikal Shapiro, on vocals & guitar, Chad Brothers on vocals & guitar, Johnny Hamil on bass, and Matt Richey on drums. Special guests include: Hermon Mehari on trumpet, Tina Bilberry on viola & violin, Damon Parker on keyboards, and Lauren Hughes on vocals. Engineered and co-produced by Joel Nanos at Element Recording & Mastering Studios.]

[Mikal Shapiro and the band that made The Musical II plays a Fundraiser for Sharice Davids for United States Congress, Thursday, October 25, at 8:00 pm, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Amy Farrand & The Like, Emmaline Twist, and Teri Quinn.]

10:25 – Pledge Break #2

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis

We just heard from Mikal Shapiro, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Bob & Una Walkenhorst, and Shy Boys. We not only play their latest music but we let you know where you can see and hear these artists live in Kansas City and around the country. We also offer information about when the music was released, who contributed to the recordings and information about these artists. Our detailed playlists are posted on our Wednesday MidDay Medley Facebook page, on our Twitter page, and our playlists dating back for the last 8 years are available at http://www.wednesdaymiddaymedley.org. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the very first radio show to play Shy Boys and Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Mikal Shapiro, and the new Bob & Una Walkenhorst record. Long before they were played on other stations, we were the very first to let people know about their music, right here on this little ole radio show.

WMM Plays New & MidCoastal Releases. Timothy Finn former music writer for the Kansas City Star named WMM “The Best Place to Hear Local Music on the Radio.”

10:32 – Underwriting

Betse Ellis and Jennifer Owen on the October 17, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley.

10:34 – Interview with Jennifer Owen

Jennifer Owen is Artistic Director of Owen/Cox Dance Group, an ensemble she co-founded with composer Brad Cox in 2007. She has choreographed over fifty new works for Owen/Cox Dance Group, including two commissions by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and works commissioned by Island Moving Co. of Newport, RI, Kansas City Dance Festival, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, and Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. She has also created nine new works for Kansas City Ballet’s In the Wings choreographic workshop, and a winning entry for the 2006 Columbus Choreography Project. Owen is the recipient of a 2000 Princess Grace Honorarium. Prior to founding Owen/Cox Dance Group, Owen enjoyed a 13-year international ballet career. After training with Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, she went on to dance with the Russian State Ballet, Moscow Renaissance Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, BalletMet, and was a guest artist with the National Ballet of Turkmenistan. She has performed principal roles in Giselle, Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and Donizetti Variations, and the central pas de deux in Todd Bolender’s Arena.

“Morena” a collaboration between Owen/Cox Dance Group and soprano Victoria Botero with ensemble, presenting contemporary choreography danced to music traditionally sung by Jewish, Muslim and Christian women. The show explores themes of love, family and loss in secular music from the Sephardic, Arabic and Armenian traditions. There are only two performance on Saturday, October 20 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, October 21 at 2:00 PM, at The Polsky Theatre

Jennifer Owen joins us to share details about, “Morena” a collaboration between Owen/Cox Dance Group and soprano Victoria Botero with performance on Saturday, October 20, at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, October 21, at 2:00 PM, at The Polsky Theatre in the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kansas.

Jennifer Owen, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Owen/Cox Dance Group is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit corporation with a mission is to create new music and dance collaborations, to present high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and to engage as wide an audience as possible through affordable live performance, education and outreach programs.

Owen/Cox Dance Group’s mission is to bring exciting new music and dance collaborations to Kansas City, partners with soprano Victoria Bo-ero on Morena, a world premiere music and dance work. Featuring the secular music traditionally sung by Jewish, Muslim, and Christian women. These songs from the Sephardic, Arabic, and Armenian cultures have a rich history of being passed from one woman to another since the medieval era. Curated by Victoria Botero and choreographed by Jennifer Owen, this program connects across time and faith, exploring themes of love, family, and loss.

“I am thrilled to present this collaborative performance with Victoria Botero,” said Jennifer Owen, Owen/Cox Dance Group Artistic Director. “It’s a re-markable gift for a choreographer to be able to create new dance works to music with such a rich tradition. Don’t miss this powerful event paring live music and dance!”

Musicians:
Victoria Botero, Soprano, Kristee Haney, Mezzo-Soprano, Trilla Ray Carter, Cello

And featuring the Sharq Ensemble: Karim Nagi, Percussion and Aboud Agha, Oud

Dancers:
Yazzmeen Ladler (Ailey II), Christopher Page-Sanders (Cleo Parker Robinson Dance)
Demetrius McClendon (Deeply Rooted), Terra Liu (State Street Ballet)
Marlayna Locklear (Ailey II), Megan Buckley (Verb Ballets), and Martell Ruffin (Ailey II)

There are only two performance on Sat., Oct. 20 at 8:00 PM, and Sun, Oct. 21 at 2:00 PM, at The Polsky Theatre in the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., OPKS. For info: http://www.owencoxdance.org

Owen/Cox Dance Group 2018 – 2019 Season

New Dance Partners – 4 world premieres commissioned by JCCC – Sept. 21-22, at Yardley Hall, JCCC

Morena with soprano Victoria Botero – October 20-21, 2018 at Polsky Theatre, JCCC

For the Love of Dance – Annual Fundraiser – November 18, 2018

What Keeps Mankind Alive – music by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
February 1-3, 2019 – MTH Theatre, Crown Center

Strung Through Time w/ violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane – June 8-9, 2019, at White Recital Hall, UMKC

10:44

Jennifer Owen, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Owen/Cox Dance Group presents, “Morena” a collaboration with soprano Victoria Botero and ensemble, presenting contemporary choreography danced to music traditionally sung by Jewish, Muslim and Christian women. The show explores themes of love, family and loss in secular music from the Sephardic, Arabic and Armenian traditions. There are only two performance on Sat, Oct. 20 at 8:00 PM, and Sun,, Oct. 21 at 2:00 PM, at The Polsky Theatre in the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts ,at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd. Overland Park, Kansas

10:45

8. Stephonne Singleton – “You Are Fire”
from: Caged Bird Sings Songs About Red Beard / Glory Blue Music / July 27, 2018
[Full length debut from Kansas City based singer songwriter and actor, who calls himself the lovechild of Prince and Billie Holiday. 31 year old Stephonne Singleton was born in Kansas City and grew up in the inner-city, of Wyandotte County going to High School at Bishop Ward. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Benedictine College and his Masters in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University.]

[Stephonne Singleton plays Pianos, 158 Ludlow Street, in NYC, on Sunday, October 28, at 7:00 PM with Tales of Joy, New Alone, Ava Sophia and Paola Bennet.]

9. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Born In The Fall”
from: A Time To Keep Love Songs EP / Parlour Door Music / August 12, 2011 [UK]
[This EP came out before Krystle Warren’s 2012 European release, double album: Love Songs – A Time You May Embrace & Love Songs – A Time to Refrain from Embracing came from a 13 day recording session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and produced the vinyl release. This EP contained three songs from the Love Songs set, plus two other tracks “Sunbeams” which a different version of this song was part of Nezbeat’s collaborative release “From The Huge Silence” from 2005, and “Born in The Fall” of which a different more acoustic version can be found as a bonus track on the Japanese CD release of “Three The Hard Way.” Originally from Kansas City, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs.” Krystle release her last album, Three The Hard Way on Parlour Door Music on August 18, 2017. Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warren. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” Three The Hard Way was #1 on WMM’s 117 Best Recordings of 2017.]

10:52 – Pledge Break #3

We just heard Krystle Warren. Mark Manning was the very first to play Krystle’s music on the radio and on KKFI. He first interviewed Krystle Warren for The Tenth Voice, back 2002. Mark wanted recorded music of Krystle’s that could be played on the radio. Solomon Dorsey, Krystle’s Paseo Academy classmate and longtime friend and collaborator, invited Mark to a party where Krystle and her band were playing with Solomon on bass, in a very smoke filled apartment packed with area college students, at a huge party during a winter snow storm, in a building near Community Christian Church where Solomon lived. There had been a power outage because of the snowstorm, except Solomon’s apartment still had power. Mark waited over 2 hours, to be given a 2 song demo CD that contained Krystle’s first recorded music. The CD including a song called “Chanel #5.” Krystle has since gone on to be known all over the world, but maintains contact with her hometown of Kansas City. In the last year Krystle released her critically acclaimed album, “Three The Hard Way” which was #1 on WMM’s 117 Best Recordings of 2017. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the first to play tracks from Krystle’s album, long before it was released. Krystle even came on the show months before the release, to share music that was the inspiration for the recording.

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90.1 offers 104 different radio programs. 84 of these programs are locally created and produced and hosted and engineered and written by over 100 different people, who create content, and personally handcraft each show, each week. There are 143 hours each week of locally produced handcrafted programs. You we not find this kind of representative diversity anywhere else on your radio dial. Or from any singular source on your computer. It is very special. It needs to be nourished and kept alive in a world of corporate, nationally owned, commercial or religious broadcasting. Not only do we bring the most diverse and unfiltered news and information, but our musical playlists are very deep, and comprehensive. In one week you can hear over 2000 different songs played, in Blues, Jazz, Folk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Classical, World, Americana, Southern Soul, Fusion, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Electronic, Native, Local, Old Time, Rockabilly, Women’s, Children’s, Gospel, and Experimental. With all of this, you also hear the voices from the hundreds of KKFI volunteers, and thousands of guests from the community, who share their stories, while broadcasting live from our non-commercial, midtown studios, here at 39th & Main, in the center of our metro, across two states, and many cities, and hundreds of communities, and thousands of radios. How much is this worth to you?

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10:59 – Station ID

10. Emmaline Twist – “Starcrossed”
from: Dissimulation / Black Site / August 24, 2018
[Debut LP from Emmaline Twist, Kansas City’s Darkwave / Post-Punk / Shoegaze project. In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.” The band is Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar. Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Matched with compelling cover-art created by Amy Abshier. Alex Alexander recently joined the band on synthesizers & guitar.]

[Emmaline Twist plays a Fundraiser for Sharice Davids for United States Congress, Thursday, October 25, at 8:00 pm, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Amy Farrand & The Like, Mikal Shapiro and the band that made The Musical II and Teri Quinn.]

11. Amy Farrand & The Like – “Junk Man”
from: One / Amy Farrand / April 28, 2018
[Amy Farrand & The Like are Amy Farrand on lead vocals & guitar, Steve Tubbert on bass, Felix Dukes on drums, Kyle Dahlquist on keyboards & backing vocals, Stephan Jean-Francois on trumpet, and Katie Gilchrist on backing vocals. 11-song debut album was recorded w/ Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. Amy Farrand plays over a dozen instruments, bass, drums, lap steel, guitar, she has hosted variety shows, and radio shows and has been a a member of the bands: American Catastrophe, Experimental Instrument Orchestra, Shotgun Idols, Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Atlantic Fadeout, The Silver Maggies. One reviewer wrote of her, “Amy Farrand is a tough-as-nails vocalist making her an invaluable asset to any live act.” ]

[Amy Farrand & The Like play the Brick Saturday, October 20, at 8:00 pm, with Molly Gene]

[Sister Mary Rotten Crotch plays recordBar Wed, Oct 31, 9:00 pm with Bob Log III, Molly Gene.]

11:05 – Pledge Break #4

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis

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11:12

12. Jake Wells – “Water, Pt. 2”
from: Orange and Blue – EP / Sound 81 Productions / May 17, 2018
[Kansas City based indie folk singer songwriter. Jake Wells was born in Florida grew up in Colorado. Jake studied Music Composition at University of Northern Colorado. “Jake’s sound evokes an emotionality and maturity much deeper than his age of 22 would imply.” He was named one of Spotify’s top 20. He has performed on stages since he was a teenager. His single releases are currently gaining radio play in the Midwest on several FM stations.]

[Jake Wells plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Monday October 22, at 7:00 PM, with special guests: Calvin Arsenia, and Duncan Burnett x RIOT.]

Jake Wells photo by Alec Matlock. Jake Wells plays recordBar, Monday October 22, at 7:00 PM, with special guests: Calvin Arsenia, and Duncan Burnett x RIOT

11:15 – Interview with Jake Wells

Last week the whole world saw KC based singer songwriter – Jake Wells perform on NBC television’s musical competition show The Voice, where he sang in the blind audition and ended up being chosen to be a part of the team coached by Adam Levine of Maroon 5. Jake Wells spent his childhood singing and playing gospel music throughout the country, all the while developing his own talent and style. He studied musical composition in Colorado and performed music while hitchhiking the States before moving to Kansas City. We first played Jake Wells on Wednesday MidDay Medley when Jake released his first self-produced single, “Roll Like Thunder”. This year Jake released his debut EP Orange and Blue. Jake Wells plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Monday October 22, at 7:00 PM, with Calvin Arsenia, and Duncan Burnett x RIOT.

Jake Wells, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Last Tuesday night, October 9, we saw Jake sing on NBC’s The Voice, in the blind audition for celebrity musicians: Adam Levine, Jennifer Hudson, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson. We watched Jake’s family backstage waiting with anticipation for one of the “coaches” to turn around. At the last moment of his song, Adam Levine turned his chair, making Jake a member of his team, and moving him to the next stage of the competition – The battle rounds.

Jake Wells was born in Niceville, Florida and spent his childhood singing and playing gospel music throughout the country with his family, all the while developing his own talent and style. Jake is one of five childen, He has two sisters and two brothers and he is the middle child.

He studied musical composition at University of Northern Colorado in Colorado and performed music while hitchhiking the States before moving to Kansas City.

We first played Jake Wells on Wednesday MidDay Medley when Jake released his first self-produced single, “Roll Like Thunder”. Jake has release other singles and this year Jake released his debut EP, Orange and Blue.

Jake Wells with Dorothy Hawkins on the October 17, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Jake Wells plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Monday October 22, at 7:00 PM, with Calvin Arsenia, and Duncan Burnett x RIOT.

Jake’s band includes: Tyler Beyer, Jordan Thompson, and Elliott Holt

11:26

Jake Wells, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Jake Wells plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Monday October 22, at 7:00 PM, with Calvin Arsenia, and Duncan Burnett x RIOT. More information at http://www.jakewellsmusic.com

11:27

12. Calvin Arsenia – “Tip Toe”
from: Cantaloupe / Bullseye Records / September 15, 2018 (KC Release)
[The first release on Bullseye Records. Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC in 2014 after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released the EPs, Moments, Prose, and last year’s full length debut, Catastrophe. This year he released the EP Caviar to special guests who attended his Wickstock West show in West Bottoms. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar & harp. Calvin has played Folk Alliance International, KC Fringe Fest, Apocalypse Meow, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Last year he undertook a three month US/European Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Lyon and Paris.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays recordBar, Mon. Oct 22, at 7:00 PM, w/ Jake Wells and Duncan Burnett x RIOT.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Making Movies: Once In A Lifetime at The Truman, on Mon, Dec 31, 9:00 PM.]

16. Duncan Burnett – “Black Boy Joy”
from: The Almighty EP / R.I.O.T LLC / May 4, 2018
[Olathe, Kansas based hip hop artist, singer, songwriter, producer, musician, drummer. From Tim Finn’s Back To Rockville(KC Star) Blog Sept. 9, 2015 – When he settled on hip-hop as his music genre, Duncan Burnett had two missions in mind. The first: Keep the messages positive. “I’m big on spirituality and being a positive influence,” he said. “When I started, my goal was to have my nieces and nephews be able to listen to their uncle’s music and love it and be able to repeat every line and lyric but also to have people my age relate to it.” His second mission was to provide live music during his performances. A trained drummer and percussionist, Burnett, 26, has been performing live since he was 7 years old. Live music, he said, is in his blood.]

[Duncan Burnett X RIOT plays recordBar, Mon. Oct. 22, at 7:00 PM, w/ Jake Wells, Calvin Arsenia.]

11:32 – Underwriting

11:34 – Pledge Break #5

This is WMM’s Fall Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt, & Betse Ellis.

90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio offers loads and loads of information about what is going on in the community. Not only does this show interview nearly 200 guest each year, not only do we play nearly 1000 different songs with nearly half of those being locally produced, but we also shine a light on area not-for-profit theatre companies, art museums & galleries, area festivals, service organizations, area record labels and record stores, the area music scene, arts scene, theatre scene, literary arts scene, political action scene.

In just this past year, we’ve featured segments shining a light on: Bach Aria Soloist, KC Gamelan Genta Kasturi, The Workers Revival Festival, Open Spaces Kansas City, The Arts Asylum, KC PrideFest, Midwest Music Foundation, The MidCoast Takeover, Kansas City Public Library, The Midwest Innocence Project, InterUrban ArtHouse, Record Store Day, Folk Alliance International Conference, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Spinning Tree Theatre, Middle of The Map Fest, Shuttlecock Music Events, Clay Platte Montessori, American Jazz Museum, Never Records, KC Fringe Fest, Late Night Theatre, The Barn Players, Crossroads Music Fest, Lawrence Field Day Fest, Girls Rock! and the Annual Girls Rock! Camp, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Apocalypse Meow, Union Station, Outer Reaches Festival, Plaza Art Fair, Bullseye Records, Black Site Records, Haymaker Records, Squeezebox Theatre, Crossroads KC, The Midland Theatre, Johnson County Performing Arts Series, Voltaire, Datura Records, Too Much Rock, Shelf Life, The Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, The Band That Fell To Earth A Tribute To David Bowie, The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, UMKC Conservatory of Music, and more…

11:41

15. Remy Styrk – “In Too Deep”
from: In Too Deep – Single / Remy Sryrk / June 13, 2018
[20 year old Remy Stryk lives in Leawood Kansas. Originally for Newark, New Jersey. This multi instrumentalist has been writing and recording music for several years. “In Too Deep” is one of four singles Remy has released in the last two years. Written by Remy Styrk. Mixed and Mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. Remy Styrk released the EP Sunday, on January 25, 2018 a follow up to the August 12, 2015 full length album, Telling Stories Through The Basement Door.]

12. Serene Fiend – “Just Wont Go Away”
from: Sowing Discord / DK Records / July 27, 2018
[Industrial pop-rock project from Lawrence, Kansas based Joel Bonner. Vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizers, Drum Programming, Mixing, Mastering by Joel Bonner. Written by Joel Bonner. I Heart Local Music calls Sowing Discord “warm and beautiful, wrapping you up its lush sound.”]

11:49 – Pledge Break #6

This is WMM’s Fall Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt, & Betse Ellis.

KKFI offers 24-7 programming, and YOU (the listener), basically get all of this amazing programming for “free.” I, for one, love that I can turn on my radio, or computer device, and tune into the 90.1 FM’s 100, 000 watt, crystal-clear signal, and hear the music, information, news, entertainment, events, and stories, that I really cannot find anywhere else. 90.1 is my comfort, my special companion, my diverse friend, introducing me to all kinds of new & local music, as well as the news & information without the intrusion of commercials. It is radio brought to YOU by real people, who create these shows out of love, and are guided by KKFI’s noble mission that “seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.”

Driving in your car, at the office, at the gym, in your garage, in your cubicle, in your art space, on your ipod, at your construction site, in your kitchen, in your barn, YOU can take 90.1 with you, as your companion. 90.1 FM is generally a good date. Good for a few laughs, fun to dance with, always interested in good conversation. Isn’t 90.1 FM KKFI worth a few dollars a day, or a week? So many people tune in to kkfi.org everyday, but studies show, that less than 1 percent actually donate to keep this miracle of broadcasting alive. Your support means that you will help bring this programming to folks who could not donate at this time, for whatever the reason.

This is your chance to put your money where your ears are. Please help keep this part of our public airwaves alive for our community to enjoy, free from commercials, free from religious sermonizing, free from extremely conservative and slanted right wing “talk radio,” and free from corporately “owned and cloned” robotic affiliates that play the same 15 songs everyday at the same time. YOU deserve better. YOU deserve radio that really reflects our great city, and tells the story of our great music scene, and performing arts scene, and labor rights, and women’s issues, and LBGT information, and programming specifically produced for Latinos and African Americans, working people, Jazz lovers. Support the free-form spirit that is 90.1 FM KKFI!

Call 888-931-0901 // Visit: http://www.kkfi.org // Become a Sustaining Member!

Donations of $5.00 per month or moe enable you to attend the 2018 Sustainer Concert (for New & Existing Sustainers) with Cubanisms & The Sextet, Thursday, November 29, 5:00 to 9:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO

11:56

17. FACEFACE – “We Awesome (radio edit)”
from: MMmm / FACEFACE / Digital release Feb. 15, 2018 / Physical release June 15, 2018
[KC based experimental electronic hiphop musical collaboration with Ryan Lee Toms & Paul S. Nyakatura.]

[FACEFACE play a Spooktacular house warming, 2103 Central Avenue, Kansas City, KS, on Saturday, October 27, at 9:00 pm, with It’s Me Ross, Dead Vinyl, and Momma’s Boy.]

18. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
[WMM Closing Theme]

Next week on October 24, it will be a full moon and we will be welcoming Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore and Steve Tulipana who join us to share details about The Outer Reaches Festival, Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, at recordBar with: Freight Train Rabbit Killer; Heaven’s Gateway Drugs (Fort Wayne, IN); Mysterious Clouds; Abandoned Bells; The Guillotine Choir; JC & the Nuns (Lawrence, KS); Lesser Pleasures (Lawrence, KS); New Obsessions; Lava Dreams, Cave (Chicago, IL); Sound of Ceres (Brooklyn, NY); J Fernandez (Chicago, IL); Death Bells (Sydney, Australia); Lace (Houston, TX); Black Givre (Montréal, Québec); and Kee Avil (Montréal, Québec).

Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information.
Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:
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http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM

Show #756