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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

WMM presents the Women of Folk Alliance International + Kelley Hunt + Rachael Sage + Nani Noam Vazana

Today we feature Music & Interviews with Women of the 35th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, February 1 – 5, 2023, in Kansas City. Native, Black, Queer, Haitian, Mexican, Korean, British, Sephardic, Iberian, Kansan, these are just a few of the points of diversity.

Folk Alliance International is a non-profit organization that produces an annual conference that is the world’s largest gathering of the folk music industry and community. Founded in 1989, FAI is an advocacy, professional development and networking organization, and is one of the five largest music conferences in North America. As of 2016, FAI has a membership of approximately 3,000, and a budget of $1,000,000 USD.

Members include record companies, publishers, presenters, agents, managers, music support services, manufacturers and artists that work in the folk music industry.

The annual conference is an event that draws together music industry professionals from throughout the world to share ideas, network, and showcase emerging, mid-career, and legendary artists. Held over five days, the conference includes a keynote speaker, awards shows, over 2,400 registered attendees from 18 countries, 75 exhibitors, 150 panels & workshops, 200 juried official showcases, and over 2,800 private showcases held late at night. The conference is always held at a local hotel, and while in Kansas City has been at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.

Kansas City Area Artists Playing the 35th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference

Andrea von Kamper (Lincoln)
Barnaby Bright (L.A.) (Formerly KC)
Bob & Diana Suckiel
Christena Graves
David Hakan
David Luther
Elexa Dawson
Erin Eades
Ezgi Karakus
Gullywasher
Jackie Myers
John Keck
Joy Zimmerman
Kelley Hunt
Kristin Hamilton
Making Movies
Miki P
Rigby Summer
Timbers

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
   from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
   [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]

2. Leyla McCalla – “Dodinin”
   from: Breaking the Thermometer / Anti – Records / May 6, 2022
   [Leyla McCalla on vocals, cello, tenor banjo, guitar; Shawn Myers on drums, percussion; Pete Olynciw on electric & upright bass; Jeff Pierre on tanbou; Nahum Johnson Zdybel, guitars; with special guest vocalist Melissa Laveaux on “Pouki”. Mixed & Mastered by Kevin Ratterman, Invisible Creature Studios in Los Angeles, CA. // Produced by Kevin Ratterman // All songs written by Leyla McCalla/Makala Music (ASCAP), c/o Strictly Confidential, except “Nan Fon Bwa” (Composed by Frantz Casseus/Haitiana Music Company), “Dan Reken” (Traditional; Words by Richard Brisson), “Dodinin” (Atis Indepandan), “Pouki” (Manno Charlemagne), “You Don’t Know Me” (Caetano Veloso/Terra Enterprises, Inc), “Artibonite” (Lyrics by Leyla McCalla; Melody by Louis Lesly Marcelin, “Sanba Zao”), “Boukman’s Prayer” (Music by Leyla McCalla; Words by Dutty Boukman) // Memories of Haiti come to me in waves. Leyla McCalla writes: “As my work on the theater piece Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever began to materialize, I began to also hear an album in the making. After years of digesting audio recordings from the Radio Haiti archive housed at Duke University, with guidance from director Kiyoko McCrae and archivist Laura Wagner, I started to imagine how my personal story, the story of Radio Haiti and the story of Haiti-US relations could be connected through song in one album. While many of the songs on the album are inspired by the listening that I have done in the archive, much of the album is deeply self-reflective — integrating experiences that I have had navigating life as a child both in the US and Haiti, my journey in claiming my Haitian-American identity and understanding the experiences, sacrifices and challenges overcome by my immigrant relatives. This story is mine in many ways and yet belongs to the greater movement for freedom of speech and human rights worldwide.” //Leyla Sarah McCalla was born October 3, 1985. She is a classical and folk musician. She has been a cellist with the Grammy-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops but left that group to focus on her solo career. Both of McCalla’s parents were born in Haiti. Her father Jocelyn McCalla was the Executive Director of the New York-based National Coalition for Haitian Rights from 1988 to 2006 and is credited as translator on Vari-Colored Songs. Her mother Régine Dupuy arrived in the United States at age 5, is the daughter of Ben Dupuy who ran Haiti Progrès, a New York based Haitian socialist newspaper. McCalla’s mother went on to found Dwa Fanm, an anti-domestic violence human rights organization. McCalla was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey. She lived in Accra, Ghana for two years as a teen. After a year at Smith College, she transferred to New York University to study cello performance and chamber music. She then moved to New Orleans where she played music on the streets. We first played Leyla McCalla in 2016 the same year we saw her live at Folk Alliance International and the same year she released her critically acclaimed album Vari-Colored Songs on Music Maker Recordings on February 4, 2014. The album is a tribute to Langston Hughes which includes adaptations of his poems, Haitian folk songs sung in Haitian Creole and original compositions. McCalla says the first song she wrote for the album was Heart of Gold because it provided “a window into Hughes’ thinking”.McCalla chose to dedicate this work to Hughes because she says “reading his work made me want to be an artist.” McCalla started working on the album 5 years prior to its release. Commentators have noted the influence of Louisiana musical traditions such as old Cajun fiddle melodies and trad-jazz banjo on the album. Members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops appear on the album. Along with her solo work Leyla McCalla was part of Songs of Our Native Daughters is the debut Americana/folk album by four North American singer-songwriters collaborating as Our Native Daughters. The group includes Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell. The album was released on the Smithsonian Folkways label in early 2019. Songs of Our Native Daughters addresses American historical issues that have influenced the identity of black women, including slavery, racism, and sexism. The album features 13 songs, 11 of them written by the group’s members. It also includes a cover of a 1970s Bob Marley classic and a song that draws its lyrics from two poems.]

[Leyla McCalla is a 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Thurs., Feb. 2, in the Spotlight on Songcraft at Benton’s 20th Floor and Thurs, Feb. 2, in Shawnee Mission at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Rd, KCMO. ]

3. Lady Nade (Na’y’ed) As in ‘Lemonade’- “Everything is Free”
   from: “Everything is Free” – Single / Lady Nade / January 20, 2023  
   [“Everything is Free” was Originally written in the Napster era, Welch’s song has been embraced by a new generation of artists including Father John Misty, Courtney Barnett and Phoebe Bridgers. Written by Gillian Welch for her acclaimed Time (The Revelator) from 2001. From Rolling Stone, Sept. 19, 2018): The folk lament that details the existential fear brought on when the labor of a working person suddenly loses its value overnight. When she wrote it 18 years ago, Welch was commenting on the anxiety many recording artists felt as peer-to-peer file-sharing services threatened their livelihoods. The song turns on the corresponding threat that she could at any point withhold her art from the public. “Every day I wake up/Humming a song,” Welch sings in its culminating verse. “But I don’t need to run around/I’ll just stay at home.” Lady Nade (Na’y’ed) As in ‘Lemonade’ released her third album, the 11 – track, WILLING on June 18, 2021. The title track was released as a single and won ‘UK song of the Year’ in the 2022 UK Americana Awards. Lady Nade started writing poems and songs as a form of healing from grief, performing in venues across her native city of Bristol, her work developed into a calling to connect with her fans on a deeper level and help lead them through life’s complicated tapestry with the healing power of music. She pours creativity into every song, often lavishing them with a recipe to match. // Named one of Bristol’s most influential women of 2022, Lady Nade is continuing her rise as a multi-award winning eclectic Folk and Americana singer-songwriter. Her third album ‘Willing’ entered both the official Folk and Americana charts on its release. With the title track Single winning ‘UK song of the Year’ in the 2022 UK Americana Awards.// Her songs carry messages of love, loss, hope, relationships, friendships and the positive connection between music, well-being. // Lady Nade has learnt that loss and grief isn’t something one can recover from alone and with her music and recipes she creates a communal experience that everyone can enter into on their own terms. // This Bristolian folk / Americana songwriter fills your heart with words and melodies that nourish the mind, body and soul. Her performances are like a reunion. Share a room with her, and she’ll give you her story. All of it. The joys and sorrows. You will love her for it, and she will love you back.]

[Lady Nade (Na’y’ed) As in ‘Lemonade’is a 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Thurs., Feb. 2, in Washington Park Place 1 / Thurs., Feb. 2, Horizons Unplugged – 544 / Fri./Sat., Feb. 3/4, at 1:00 AM in The Black American Music Summit Private Showcase in Room 656, / Sat., Feb. 4, FLi Artists – 540 / Sun., Feb. 5, Horizons – 539 (Regents) at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Rd, KCMO.]

4. Rachael Sage – “Revelation Ground”
   from: Revelation Ground – EP / MPress Records / February 18, 2022 
   [Rachael Sage a NYC based Singer, Songwriter, Visual Artist, Performer, Activist, Producer. She is the Founder, President & Label Owner, of indie label MPress Records. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter Magazine. The New York Times describes Sage as “alternately channeling her inner Fanny Brice and Jewish Norah Jones”. Sage attended Stanford University where she hosted a nighttime college radio show as “Full Moon Rachael”. She studied theater with professors such as playwright Anna Deavere Smith, and graduated in 1993 with a degree in drama. For one year, she was in the Actors Studio MFA program. On March 6, 2020, Sage released her 14th studio album, CHARACTER. Described as an “inspirational tribute to survivorship”, the album was written as Sage was recovering from endometrial cancer. She expressed the hope that “these songs honor just how resilient the human spirit can be, and remind us that sometimes it’s ok to not be ok.”]

[Rachael Sage is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Thursday, February 2 at 9:00 PM, Benton’s 20th Floor, in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More information at http://www.rachaelsage.com]

10:17 –Interview with Rachael Sage

NYC based Singer, Songwriter, Visual Artist, Performer, Activist, Producer Rachael Sage is also the Founder, President & Owner, of indie label MPress Records. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter Magazine. The New York Times describes Sage as “alternately channeling her inner Fanny Brice and Jewish Norah Jones”. Sage attended Stanford University where she hosted a nighttime college radio show as “Full Moon Rachael”. She studied theater with Anna Deavere Smith and other professors, and graduated in 1993 with a degree in drama. For one year, she was in the Actors Studio MFA program. On March 6, 2020, Sage released her 14th studio album, CHARACTER. Described as an “inspirational tribute to survivorship”.

Rachael Sage is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Thursday, February 2 at 9:00 PM, Benton’s 20th Floor, in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More info at http://www.rachaelsage.com.

Rachael Sage Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Will You be playing multiple private showcases and also hosting your own showcase?

Folk Alliance International

Rachael Sage is currently working on a New Album.

Sage was born Karen Rachael Weitzman in 1971 in Port Chester, New York, to shoe designer Stuart Weitzman and his wife, Jane.

Sage studied drama and ballet before switching to music. A self-taught pianist, influenced by her parents’ doo-wop and the Beatles records, as well as Broadway cast albums, she created demos on a four-track recording system she received as a bat mitzvah present.

During junior high school, Sage gained admission to the School of American Ballet. Sage attended Stanford University where she hosted a nighttime college radio show as “Full Moon Rachael”. She studied theater with professors such as playwright Anna Deavere Smith, and graduated in 1993 with a degree in drama. For one year, she was in the Actors Studio MFA program. Her performance in their New York talent search won her a place on the Village Stage of the 1999 Lilith Fair.

Sage’s career includes the writing of jingles and theme music for film and television; her first notable jingle customer was Crystal Light. She began using the name “Rachael Sage” in 1995, and in 1996 she started her own record label, MPress Records, inspired by Ani DiFranco founding Righteous Babe Records six years earlier.

On April 23, 1996, Sage released her debut studio album, Morbid Romantic, on MPress. She toured Europe four times and released four more albums.

For her 2004 song “Sacrifice” from the album Ballads & Burlesque, Sage won Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song at the 4th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2005. “Brave Mistake” from the album Delancey Street was nominated for Best Story Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2011. In the same year, Sage won OutStanding Producer for her song “Hope’s Outpost” at the 7th Annual OutMusic Awards.

Sage wrote an editorial about homeless youth in New York City for The Morton Report. In her editorial, she mentioned a collaboration of artists, unveiling an album, New Arrivals Vol. 4: Artists Against Youth Homelessness, with proceeds going to the National Network for Youth.

Sage appears on Both Sides Now: the Very Best of Judy Collins, performing a duet with Collins on the Neil Young song, “Helpless”.

On May 20, 2016, Sage released her 12th studio album, Choreographic, on MPress Records, featuring some of the songs that she wrote to accompany dance competition routines for Maddie Ziegler.

On March 6, 2020, Sage released her 14th studio album, Character. Described as an “inspirational tribute to survivorship”, the album was written as Sage was recovering from endometrial cancer. She expressed the hope that “these songs honor just how resilient the human spirit can be, and remind us that sometimes it’s ok to not be ok.” The album reflects on themes such as compassion, gratitude, authenticity, optimism, mindfulness, forgiveness, vulnerability, and resilience, as well as issues surrounding co-dependence.

Sage regularly tours in North America and Europe and has shared stages with A Great Big World, Semi Precious Weapons, Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, the Animals, Jamie Cullum, and Ani DiFranco.

Sage’s sound has been described as theatrical. Producer Phil Ramone said of working with Sage that he was reminded of collaborating with Bob Dylan and that “She has a very unusual way of treating a pop song. I admire her editorial and musical ability when it comes to crafting a tune.”

Sage’s paintings and collages have been shown in small galleries in Lower Manhattan, and she has also contributed original artwork to her own CD package designs.

Sage’s sister Elizabeth is a film critic and children’s book author in New York.

Sage told Curve magazine in 2020 that she came out to her parents as bisexual in the mid-1990s. She said her songs portray her “full-range of life-experience, including having loved both men and women”. Sage has been celebrated by the LGBT community, winning OutMusic Awards multiple times, hosted by the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts.

In 2016, she teamed with cellist Dave Eggar to produce a benefit concert to help victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, a hate crime against gay people.

In 2018, Sage was treated for uterine cancer; she was in remission two years later when she organized an online benefit concert to fight cancer, with appearances by Lisa Loeb, Paula Cole and more. Sage stayed in New Haven, Connecticut, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rachael Sage Discography

Studio albums
Morbid Romantic (1996)
Smashing the Serene (1998)
Painting of a Painting (2001)
Illusion’s Carnival (2002)
Public Record (2003)
Ballads & Burlesque (2004)
The Blistering Sun (2006)
Chandelier (2008)
Delancey Street (2010)
Haunted by You (2012)
Blue Roses (2014)
Choreographic (2016)
Myopia (2018)
Character (2020)
Acoustic albums
Choreographic (Acoustic) (2016)
PseudoMyopia (2019)

EPs
Haunted by You – Acoustic EP (2012)
New Destination (2014)
The Tide (2017)
Character (Acoustic) (2020)

Collaborations
New Arrivals Vol. 1: Artists For Gulf Coast Hurricane Relief (2006)
New Arrivals Vol. 2: Artists Against Hunger & Poverty (2007)
New Arrivals Vol. 3: Artists For Eating Disorders Awareness (2008)
New Arrivals Vol. 4: Artists Against Youth Homelessness (2011)
New Arrivals Vol. 5: Artists For Hurricane Sandy Relief (2013)
Both Sides Now – The Very Best Of Judy Collins (2014)

Poetica (2021)

From http://www.poeticaproject.com:

“Writing song lyrics is very different for me than writing poems. Poems come from a much more subconscious, mysterious place that I would almost describe as a kind of soul-searching” – Rachael Sage

“Poetica is spoken word art at its finest, fusing the influences of Emily Dickinson and e.e. cummings with soundscapes reminiscent of Bjork and Laurie Anderson…empathic, poignant and courageous.” – Dave Eggar, Grammy nominee & Poetica contributor

Poetica is the brainchild of alt-folk-pop composer, producer, & poet Rachael Sage. A cinematic, stylistically expansive odyssey, Poetica calls to mind such poet/musicians as Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith & Laurie Anderson. Adventurous yet familiar in its intimacy, Sage’s voice is perfectly at home in the absence of typical song structure, while her musical arrangements fuse elements of jazz, classical & Appalachian folk with surprising agility. Only rarely does Sage enlist her more widely-known singing voice to punctuate these recordings, from which her signature piano playing is notably – and intentionally – absent.

Beginning as a duo collaboration under lockdown between Sage and her longtime cellist Dave Eggar (Esperanza Spalding, Duncan Sheik, Corinne Bailey Rae), the project soon evolved into a full-blown, cinematic spoken word album, with Sage producing and engineering the project in isolation with limited gear she happened to have with her while on tour while sending files back and forth to bandmates and guest musicians from every genre. From over 200 poems written both during and prior to lockdown, Eggar – whose parents are both poetry professors – volunteered to help Sage select the 18 spoken-word pieces that eventually comprised the album, whose initial goal Sage admits “was to create something that would literally keep me from going insane while locked by myself in an attic for the better part of a year and a half.”

In addition to three-time Grammy® nominee Dave Eggar, contributors to Poetica include renowned klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer, Spooky Ghost guitarist (and longtime David Bowie bandmate) Gerry Leonard, jazz trumpet player Russ Johnson, drummer Quinn (Janelle Monáe) and UK-based blues harmonica player Will Wilde. Frequent musical partners Kelly Halloran (Michael Franti), Doug Yowell (Suzanne Vega), Jack Petruzzelli (Rufus Wainwright), and James Mastro (Patti Smith) contributed violin, drums, and electric guitar, respectively. Award-winning photographers Tom Moore and Mark Anton Smith contributed moody, still life imagery.

With plans for a full-length book of her favorite poems as well as another volume of spoken-word recordings already in the works, Sage has never been more grateful for her relationship to the written word. “Writing song lyrics is very different for me than writing poems. Poems come from a much more subconscious, mysterious place that I would almost describe as a kind of soul-searching. It’s a very spiritual process for me and I usually learn something after the fact, once each poem is written. I’ve been really enjoying the absence of any kind of song structure while creating these arrangements, and I also greatly credit Dave Eggar for supporting this vision, and my writing, unequivocally.”

Rachael Sage Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Rachael Sage is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Thursday, February 2 at 9:00 PM, Benton’s 20th Floor, in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More information at http://www.rachaelsage.com.

10:32

5. Poetica – “Unconditional (feat. Rachael Sage)”
   from: POETICA / MPress Records / October 22, 2021
   [Cinematic and stylistically expansive, Poetica is a creatively ambitious musical spoken word project distilling a poetic spirit through text, voice and music in the spirit of Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson. What began as a remote duo collaboration between poet/vocalist/producer Rachael Sage and three-time Grammy nominated cellist Dave Eggar eventually evolved into a full-blown spoken word concept album, with musicians contributing from around the globe. Produced and engineered by Sage herself, Poetica aims to create connection and shared experience via the unifying power of words. Adventurous yet familiar in its intimacy, Sage’s voice is perfectly at home in the absence of typical song structure, while her musical arrangements fuse elements of jazz, classical and Appalachian folk with surprising agility. Additional contributors to Poetica include renowned klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer, Spooky Ghost guitarist (and longtime David Bowie bandmate) Gerry Leonard, jazz trumpet player Russ Johnson (Elvis Costello), guitarist Jack Petruzzelli (Patti Smith), UK-based blues harmonica player Will Wilde, violinist Kelly Halloran (Michael Franti), and drummers Doug Yowell (Suzanne Vega) and Quinn (Janelle Monáe).] 

10:36 – Underwriting

6. Joy Clark – “Good Thing”
   from: “Good Thing” – Single / Joy Clark / June 10, 2022
   [Joy Clark is a black, queer, folk artist from New Orleans. She is a singer/songwriter, lyrical guitarist, and rising star. Her melodic offerings have been described as a balm for an anxious heart. Each song beckons the listener, welcoming them with open arms—always advocating for truth, authenticity, self-love, and the courage to boldly tell one’s story. Growing up the daughter of a minister, she learned to create an atmosphere ripe for an emotional experience. She believes music is her ministry and intimacy is her superpower. // http://www.countryqueer.com wrote: In December of 2021 Joy Clark met three-time grammy nominee and Folk Music Award winner Allison Russell, at the EXIT/IN. After hearing each other perform, three months later Clark gets a call to perform with Russell in a performance at the iconic Ryman Auditorium. “It was a dream realized.” Clark said. Calling Russell a “generous” and “strategic” artist, Clark said she feels as though Russell is not only about playing a good show, but also building a community. “I love the way she approaches working with other people,” says Clark. But their collaboration didn’t end there. // Just a little over a week ago, a performance of Russell’s “4th Day Prayer” aired on Jimmy Kimmel, featuring Sista Strings, Larissa Maestro, Elizabeth Goodfellow, Mandy Fer, and…Joy Clark. The “Goddesses”, as Russell refers to them, had all played together in various configurations (Sista Strings would accompany Russell for one gig, Elizabeth, Mandy, and Joy on another,) but this was the first time that all seven of them shared the stage.]

[Joy Clark is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Thursday, Feb. 2 in the Shawnee Mission Rm. / And the Spotlight on Songcraft session at Benton’s 20th Floor, / Sat., Feb. 4, at 11:00 PM in The Black American Music Summit Private Showcase in Room 656, at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at http://www.joyclarkmusic.com]

7. Kamica King – “Live, Love, Dream”
   from: “Live, Love, Dream” – Single / Kamica King / September 26, 2016
   [from http://www.kamicaking.com: U.S Dept. of State Cultural Ambassador and Texas Commission on the Arts State Touring Roster artist Kamica King is a gifted musical storyteller and a multitalented creative whose performances and appearances include The Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America series, Carnegie Hall, the US Open, abroad in South Africa, and TEDx with her talk entitled the “Power of Song”. / Kamica is an official artist of the City of Dallas CAP, and an alum of Mayor’s Star Council, and Music to Life’s Activist Artist Accelerator, co-founded by Noel Paul Stookey of folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. Kamica was one of only four artists featured by the NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert creator on “Inside the Mind of Bob Boilen” (DIY Musician Conference) for her song ‘Live, Love, Dream’, also featured in the documentary “Signs of Humanity” by Dallas artist Willie Baronet. / As seen on NBC, ABC and Fox, Kamica has been featured as a speaker, presenter and clinician around the nation, covering topics such as the role of music in stress management, self-care, music therapy, arts activism, and program development in the creative and therapeutic arts. As a first time filmmaker, her documentary For They Endured about the roles and identities of African-American women in music therapy (a historically underrepresented group), was selected as a featured presentation for advanced screening and discussion by the American Music Therapy Association. / A social entrepreneur, Kamica is the founder of Musically Me Unlimited, a musical self-empowerment program for youth of color with current programming centering equity for Black teen girls, and is the artist and board-certified music therapist behind music-centered socio-emotional wellness company King Creative Arts Expressions (KCAE). / Kamica’s work has enabled her to reach many communities through music, music therapy, and arts-infused enrichment programming from students and staff, to people experiencing homelessness, neurodiverse youth, persons with mental health needs, medical needs, and with organizations including The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, Notre Dame School, Texas Woman’s University, UT Southwestern, UT- Arlington, the cities of Carrollton & Dallas. / A university-level educator, Kamica holds a Masters in Music/Music Therapy (Texas Women’s University), Music Therapy Degree Equivalency (Southern Methodist University), and a BA in Music- Voice (Western Connecticut State University), where she minored in psych, and broadcast communication for radio, also serving as a radio show host and producer. She is author of “Building Rapport Across Cultures: Musical and Non-musical Techniques”, a chapter published in “Music Therapy in a Multicultural Context: A Handbook for Music Therapy Students and Professionals” co-edited by Melita Belgrave & Seung-A Kim (Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2020).]

[Kamica King is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Friday, Feb. 3 in the Shawnee Mission Rm. / And the Sat., Feb. 4 at HOPE RISES: Music to Life Private Showcase in Room 743 / Sat., Feb. 4, at 12:30 AM in The Black American Music Summit Private Showcase in Room 656, at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at http://www.joyclarkmusic.com]

8. Van Dyke Parks & Verónica Valerio – “Veracruz”
   from: Van Dyke Parks Orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in America – EP / Van Dyke Parks & Verónica Valerio / June 11, 2021
   [Verónica Valerio was born into a family of harp players in Veracruz, Mexico. Her professional music career initiated at the age of nineteen. About the show Verónica Valerio’s original compositions and arrangements combine folklore tales and notions of the atemporal, while integrating voice, harp, traditional Mexican poetry, and different styles of music including son jarocho, jazz, gospel, and blues. She takes you on an adventure of her travels from the coasts of Veracruz and Yucatan to New Orleans and New York. The fundamental theme of her project is about how she observes, assumes, and translates the differences, distances, and similarities in the ambient and space around her. More than a concert, the performance is an invitation to navigate, and share her harp/boat and discover with her new sea routes and internal continents. From http://www.veronicanalerio.com: She began her career as a vocalist and bolerista as lead singer of the of Afro-Caribbean music group Juventud Sonera, in the Port of Veracruz. / A one-year stay in New Orleans- meeting blues musicians, and later studying at the Boys and Girls Harbor, Conservatory in New York, gave her, in addition to academic training, clarity in her musical quest in two ways: first, a pleasure for traditional music, including social and poetic content; and on the other, the need to recreate these languages in a contemporary way. / The sea, coast , people and loneliness, the contrast of the rural with the urban-before-and-now-are among the topics addressed by Veronica Valerio in her lyrics. Songs that are allegories of the contemporary world; metaphors alluding to the speed, virtual realities and concrete, shape the language of this young artist who, with the harp in tow, sings her unique worldview. // Van Dyke Parks Orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in America – EP A collaboration album between recording artist and arranger Van Dyke Parks and harpist and poet Verónica Valerio. / This record is a Chamber-music Suite of Songs of the Yucatan, featuring the poetry of Verónica Valerio and orchestrated by Van Dyke Parks. Starting with a new arrangement of Agustin Lara’s classic “Veracruz,” the album transports us to “a place of pyramids and pre-Collumbian history” following that place and time with three originals by Verónica Valerio called “Cielito Lindo,” “The Flight of the Guacamaya,” and “Camino a casa.” The four songs were also released on 7” vinyl.]

[Verónica Valerio is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Saturday, Feb. 4 in Benton’s 20th Floor / And the Sat., Feb. 4 in Heartland Song Network/Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcase in Room 743, at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at http://www.veronicvalerio.com]

9. Janice Jo Lee – “Here I Am”
   from: “Here I Am” – Single / Janice Jo Lee / 2022
   [Janice Jo Lee (she/her) aka Sing Hey, is a contemporary folk artist of Korean ancestry. She is a folk-soul singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, actor and playwright from Kitchener, on Haldimand Tract treaty territory. On stage she creates looping landscapes with her voice, guitar, trumpet and Korean jangu drum. Lee is a hard femme, queer, radical, comedian, truth-teller and satirist. She is interested in using art to build flourishing communities based in justice and joy. Lee’s work explores gender justice, antiracism, friendship, community, ancestry and the Earth. // From http://www.janicelee.com: POET PROVOCATEUR // “AN IRON FIST IN A SLOWLY-REMOVED VELVET GLOVE.”–MOONEY ON THEATRE // Janice Jo Lee is a dynamic artist. She is a second generation Korean-Canadian settler based in Tkaronto (Toronto), Ontario. She is a folk-soul-jazz singer songwriter, composer-sound designer, spoken word poet, theatre maker, and arts and anti-oppression facilitator. // Lee’s artwork has always been one with her activism. Her songs, poems and plays are immersed in issues of gender empowerment, community, climate change, the environment and antiracism. On stage she performs spoken word pieces and songs built on layers of cascading harmonies. With her guitar, looping pedal, trumpet, Korean janggu drum, disarmingly funny candour and poetically-rich lyrics, Lee commands the stage. She conjures warm energy, asks questions about our times, and leaves audiences rejuvenated and aglow. // Born in Toronto to a Korean immigrant family, she grew up riding bikes, singing in choir, and preferred soccer to her piano lessons. By the time she graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a major in English Literature and minor in Political Science, she was a songwriter performing locally with The Radical Choir. It was in this collective that Lee began her early practice as a folk musician – leading sing-alongs, composing songs inspired by local issues, and performing in community. // In the first ten years of her career in Kitchener-Waterloo she steered the emergence of its next generation of spoken word poets as the director of the KW Poetry Slam. As a folk music producer, she cultivated the local scene as a series curator and programmer. As an outspoken activist and organizer she brought forward uncomfortable conversations around racism and white supremacy in the local social justice culture and queer community. // In the next few years Lee toured the country and screened a full-length documentary called The Legend of Sing Hey (Dir. Becca Redden) at Rainbow Reels Waterloo and Toronto Queer Film Festival. She wrote and performed a critically-acclaimed one-woman musical titled Will You Be My Friend, (Dir. Matt White) a searing satire on cultural assimilation and whiteness in Canada. And she composed original music for three plays: Shaded by Nada Abousaleh, I Don’t Know and the Dora-nominated Suitcase, both by Syrian-Canadian playwright-actor Ahmad Meree. During the lockdown Lee expanded her practice facilitating anti-oppression conversations for universities and organizations such as Folk Alliance International, U of T School of Social Work, and Vancouver Poetry House. // This year she releases her long anticipated song cycle album titled Ancestor Song. Drawing inspiration from her island-dwelling family roots in South Korea, Lee says that “these melodies access a musical spirit deep in my blood memory. Melodies I feel have been passed down to me by my ancestors, who gave me the voice in my chest and my body as instrument.” The songs are folk in tradition, concerned with contemporary issues of the people and land. The melodies are rousingly thematic and supported by expansive jazz harmonies. Many songs depict water as a force of healing, power, drowning and destruction. // In the studio, Lee says for the first time she felt safe and supported by her producer, avant-folk-rock artist from Kitchener-Waterloo, JoJo Worthington. “Not only is JoJo an incredible sound engineer and musician with an ear for sonics that’s beyond my frequency, she is a kind person who cares about me and knows my moods. With JoJo in the control room, we were able to actualize my musical dreams without compromise and I couldn’t be more proud of this record. We captured the Janice Jo Lee sound and I’ve been telling everyone it’s the best thing I’ve ever made.” // The first single “Here I Am” is out now and stay tuned for the album Ancestor Song coming out in 2023.]

[Janice Jo Lee is an Official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Fri., Feb. 3 in Spotlight on Pan-Asian Artists Private Showcase Room 831 / And Sat., Feb. 4 in Century A at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at: http://www.janicelee.com ]

10. Elexa Dawson – “Speak Again”
    from: “Speak Again” – Single / Lost Cowgirl Records / November 18, 2022
    [“Speak Again,” Written by Hon. Jack Markell and Elexa Dawson. This is indigenous Americana songwriter Elexa Dawson’s (Citizen Potawatomi) third single since her debut solo album, Music is Medicine. “Speak Again” is a call to remembering Indigenous languages “near erased.” Somber and driving, the song sparkles with cosmic country depth. Inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerrer’s account of the loss of the Potawatomi language, Braiding Sweetgrass, former Delaware governor Jack Markell composed a poem called “Nine Remain.” He reached out to Kimmerrer seeking a Potawatomi musician to compose and perform the music. The author connected Markell with Dawson, who provided cultural context while putting the lyrics to music. The title evolved to “Speak Again” to offer a vision of a future where the language returns in a meaningful way to Potawatomi communities. Elexa says “In the video three generations of Potawatomi share knowledge across time and space, redefining what it means to truly speak again. The video brings into focus the cycle of giving and receiving between three generations, and includes natural elements of traditional Potawatomi culture and society, and the medicine creatures that bring balance between worlds.” The First Peoples Fund awarded Dawson its 2022 Artist-in-Business Leadership grant to create a video for “Speak Again” in collaboration with Potawatomi animator Nichole Emmons. Emmons combines various forms of stop motion animation to create a rich landscape of Potawatomi imagery for “Speak Again.” The video been selected to premiere on November 18th at the TCL Chinese Theater during LA Skins, Hollywood’s Indigenous Film Festival. Music video releases worldwide Nov 25. Elexa Dawson released her single, “Mother” on October 29, 2021. On April 2, 2021, Elexa Dawson released “New Song” which was #3 on of WMM 15 Favorite Singles of 2021. Elexa’s 2019 album, MUSIC IS MEDICINE (Lost Cowgirl Records) and her song “High Place” charted at #6 on Sirius XM’s Indigenous Music Countdown. Elexa Dawson joined WMM on June 2, 2021.Elexa Dawson’s video for “Speak Again” premieres at LA Skins Fest in Hollywood CA., on November 19 at the Chinese Theatre. http://www.elexadawson.com]

[Elexa Dawson is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Saturday, Feb. 4 in Pershing / And the Thurs., Feb. 2 in Heartland Song Network/Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcase in Room 743 / Sat., Feb. 4 at HOPE RISES: Music to Life Private Showcase in Room 743 / Sat./Sun, Feb. 4/5, in Indigenous Voices Room 556 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at http://www.veronicvalerio.com]

11:00 – Station ID

11. Kelley Hunt – “Bright Lights”
    from: Winter Soulstice / 88 Records / November 4, 2021,
    [Kelley Hunt is an acclaimed pianist, singer, songwriter, & teacher. We are honored to have her join us in our 90.1 FM Studios. Kelley Hunt is a 2007 recipient of the State of Kansas Governor’s Award for the Arts. In 2006, Hunt was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame alongside such artists as Melissa Etheridge, the Byrds’ Gene Clark and Big Joe Turner. Lawrence, KS. based, Kelley Hunt was born in Kansas City, MO. She attended University of Kansas in 1977. Hunt’s musical influences include: Ruth Brown, Ann Peebles, Wanda Jackson, Jay McShann and Mary Lou William. Kelley Hunt has toured all over the world, and has performed six times on A Prairie Home Companion. In 1995 Kelley released her debut album KELLEY HUNT. Her song from that album, “If I Don’t Dance” was in the film, Dance with Me in 1998. The LIVE album INSPIRATION, followed in Oct. 2000. Her 2004 album, NEW SHADE OF BLUE, peaked at number 9 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Her 4th album, MERCY was issued in 2009. Minneapolis Star Tribune noted “Surprises don’t often crop up on the well-trodden blues circuit. This Kansan is a full-blown phenomenon: powerhouse singer, hardboogieing pianist, polished songwriter…” In 2011, GRAVITY LOVES YOU was released with 12 new songs. Kelley released the single “Heartland” in 2013 with Sam Bush on mandolin. In 2014 Kelley released her album THE BEAUTIFUL BONES. On Nov. 4, 2022 Kelley released her 7th album WINTER SOULSTICE.

[Kelley Hunt is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Sat., Feb. 4, in Shawnee Mission Rm., Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kelleyhunt.com]

11:04 – Interview with Kelley Hunt

Kelley Hunt is an acclaimed pianist, singer, songwriter, & teacher joins us in our 90.1 FM Studios. Kelley Hunt is a 2007 recipient of the State of Kansas Governor’s Award for the Arts. In 2006, Hunt was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame alongside such artists as Melissa Etheridge, the Byrds’ Gene Clark and Big Joe Turner. Lawrence, KS. based, Kelley Hunt was born in Kansas City MO. She attended University of Kansas in 1977. Hunt’s musical influences include: Ruth Brown, Ann Peebles, Wanda Jackson, Jay McShann and Mary Lou William. Kelley Hunt has toured all over the world, and has performed six times on A Prairie Home Companion. In 1995 Kelley released her debut album KELLEY HUNT. Her song from that album, “If I Don’t Dance” was in the film, Dance with Me in 1998. The LIVE album INSPIRATION, followed in Oct. 2000. Her 2004 album, NEW SHADE OF BLUE, peaked at number 9 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Her 4th album, MERCY was issued in 2009. Minneapolis Star Tribune noted “Surprises don’t often crop up on the well-trodden blues circuit. This Kansan is a full-blown phenomenon: powerhouse singer, hardboogieing pianist, polished songwriter…” In 2011, GRAVITY LOVES YOU was released with 12 new songs. Kelley released the single “Heartland” in 2013 with Sam Bush on mandolin. In 2014 Kelley released her album THE BEAUTIFUL BONES. On Nov. 4, 2022 Kelley released her 7th album WINTER SOULSTICE. Kelley Hunt is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Sat., Feb. 4, in Shawnee Mission Rm., Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kelleyhunt.com

Kelley Hunt, Thank You for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

First… Congratulations on the new album WINTER SOULSTICE, released on November 4, 2022. The majority of the songs are “holiday themed” however there are two tracks on the album that go beyond the holidays and speak of social injustice, human rights, Black Lives, and are recorded in a special way that makes them feel and sound sacred, and part of the larger spiritual message you are singing about in WINTER SOULSTICE.

Winter Soulstice is your 7th album. Does it get easier or harder to put together an album release?

Like many independent artists, including almost all of the women we are featuring today, you have created your own label 88 Records.

Second…Congratulations on being selected as an Official Showcase Artist for the 35th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference happening today through Sunday here in Kansas City, with hundreds of musicians from around the world, along with radio DJs, concert and event promoters, music writers, and music lovers all flying into our city today.

Kelley Hunt is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Sat., Feb. 4, in Shawnee Mission Rm., Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO.

What are you looking forward to seeing at Folk Alliance International.

Kelley Hunt is a 2007 recipient of the State of Kansas Governor’s Award for the Arts.

In 2006, Hunt was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame alongside such artists as Melissa Etheridge, the Byrds’ Gene Clark and Big Joe Turner.

Lawrence, KS. based, Kelley Hunt was born in KCM and University of Kansas in 1977.

Hunt’s musical influences include: Ruth Brown, Ann Peebles, Wanda Jackson, Jay McShann and Mary Lou William.

Kelley spent 15 years performing live before recording her first album.

Kelley Hunt has toured all over the world, and performed 6 times on A Prairie Home Companion.

Kelley Hunt is a pioneer of music. A woman making music in a male dominated business, traveling from venue to venue, sitting through soundchecks, giving hours of performances, writing and recording and producing records, navigating the music business.

In 1995 Kelley released her debut album KELLEY HUNT.

The Pandemic took it’s toll on the music industry. Venues closed, tours cancelled, sessions postponed. Kelley navigated by doing regular online concerts connecting to fans and the music community.

Kelley Hunt, Thank You for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Kelley Hunt is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Sat., Feb. 4, in Shawnee Mission Rm., Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kelleyhunt.com

11:24

12. Kelley Hunt – “Ancient Bell”
    from: Winter Soulstice / 88 Records / November 4, 2021,
    [Kelley Hunt is an acclaimed pianist, singer, songwriter, & teacher. We are honored to have her join us in our 90.1 FM Studios. Kelley Hunt is a 2007 recipient of the State of Kansas Governor’s Award for the Arts. In 2006, Hunt was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame alongside such artists as Melissa Etheridge, the Byrds’ Gene Clark and Big Joe Turner. Lawrence, KS. based, Kelley Hunt was born in Kansas City, MO. She attended University of Kansas in 1977. Hunt’s musical influences include: Ruth Brown, Ann Peebles, Wanda Jackson, Jay McShann and Mary Lou William. Kelley Hunt has toured all over the world, and has performed six times on A Prairie Home Companion. In 1995 Kelley released her debut album KELLEY HUNT. Her song from that album, “If I Don’t Dance” was in the film, Dance with Me in 1998. The LIVE album INSPIRATION, followed in Oct. 2000. Her 2004 album, NEW SHADE OF BLUE, peaked at number 9 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Her 4th album, MERCY was issued in 2009. Minneapolis Star Tribune noted “Surprises don’t often crop up on the well-trodden blues circuit. This Kansan is a full-blown phenomenon: powerhouse singer, hardboogieing pianist, polished songwriter…” In 2011, GRAVITY LOVES YOU was released with 12 new songs. Kelley released the single “Heartland” in 2013 with Sam Bush on mandolin. In 2014 Kelley released her album THE BEAUTIFUL BONES. On Nov. 4, 2022 Kelley released her 7th album WINTER SOULSTICE.

[Kelley Hunt is an official Showcase Artist at FAI performing Sat., Feb. 4, in Shawnee Mission Rm., Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. Info at: http://www.kelleyhunt.com]

11:29 – Underwriting

13. Nina Noam Vazana – “Una Segunda Piel”
    from: Una Segunda Piel – Single / Noam Vazana / March 23, 2022
    [Nani Noam Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language. In her new album ‘Ke Haber’ (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, celebrating migration, gender and female empowerment. The soundscape bridges over tradition and modern life, capturing the sounds and smells of the marketplace and fuses them with raw, flamenco like vocals and surprising instrumentations. Nani’s parents escaped Morocco in the 1950’s and found refuge in Israel. But she rediscovered her heritage on a destined moment in Fez’s medina – hearing people singing on the street, a song her grandmother sang to her when she was a child. A phenomenal powerhouse performer delivering socially pertinent millennial, songs in a dying language. Nani is a professor at the London Performing Academy of Music and the Jerusalem Music Academy, she chairs of the Amsterdam Artist Collective and founded Why DIY Music and Nova Productions. She is a 2022 Edison Award Nominated artist.]

[Noam “Nani” Vazana is an 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Saturday, February 4, at 6:00 PM in Washington Park Place 3 / Nani also will play the Heartland Song Network Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcast, Saturday, February 4, at 11:30 PM in Room 542 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO.]

11:35 – Interview with Nani Noam Vazana

Nani Noam Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language. In her new album ‘Ke Haber’ (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, celebrating migration, gender and female empowerment. The soundscape bridges over tradition and modern life, capturing the sounds and smells of the marketplace and fuses them with raw, flamenco like vocals and surprising instrumentations. Nani’s parents escaped Morocco in the 1950’s and found refuge in Israel. But she rediscovered her heritage on a destined moment in Fez’s medina – hearing people singing on the street, a song her grandmother sang to her when she was a child. A phenomenal powerhouse performer delivering socially pertinent millennial, songs in a dying language. Nani is a professor at the London Performing Academy of Music and the Jerusalem Music Academy, she chairs of the Amsterdam Artist Collective and founded Why DIY Music and Nova Productions. She is a 2022 Edison Award Nominated artist.

Noam “Nani” Vazana is an 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Saturday, February 4, at 6:00 PM in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO.

Nani also will play the Heartland Song Network Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcase, Saturday, February 4, at 11:30 PM in Room 542 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More information at http://www.nanimusic.com

Noam “Nani” Vazana, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Nani Noam Vazana played Greenwood Social Hall, 1715 Belleview, Mon., Jan 30.

Nani writes: 6 years ago I embarked on an unexpected journey following a song I rediscovered on the streets of Morocco. After a sold-out performance at the Tangier Jazz Festival I visited Fez, my grandma’s hometown. She spoke #Ladino but my father forbade us to speak to each other in any other language but Hebrew. Instead, she sang some songs in the kitchen, in this mysterious dialect no one could understand. I still remember peeling beans with her, listening to the fascinating rhythms and hope that one day I’ll be able to sing them myself, as well as she did.

Then 20 years later, hearing the same melody sung on the narrow streets of downtown Fez felt like a destined moment. As if I was meant to disconnect from my roots and rediscover them, when I was ready. A traditional Ladino song was sung in Arabic, through the throats of a few hundred people on the square in front of Fez’s blue gate and brought me back to my grandmother’s kitchen.

Now this song is reawakening, the 1st single of a new album of traditional Ladino songs titled “Andalusian Brew”. The language of the Sephardic Jews from the North of Africa and the Iberian peninsula.

Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language. In her new album ‘Ke Haber’ (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, celebrating migration, gender and female empowerment.

The soundscape bridges over tradition and modern life, capturing the sounds and smells of the marketplace and fuses them with raw, flamenco like vocals and surprising instrumentations. Soft choral-like trombones embellish mariachi guitars & percussion with glimpses of piano & cello tracks, make this record a magical realistic mosaic. Nani unveils a piece of history we don’t easily find in other mythology & anthropology.

Nani Noam Vazana plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1715 Belleview Ave,. KCMO on Monday, January 30 at 6:30 PM.

Nani Noam Vazana is an 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Saturday, February 4, at 6:00 PM in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO.

Nani also will play the Heartland Song Network Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcase, Saturday, February 4, at 11:30 PM in Room 542 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More information at http://www.nanimusic.com

Nani ranked the Top-20 on the World Music Charts Europe (#13 Ke Haber), represented the Netherlands at the EU Music Festival in Vietnam and performed at the Kennedy Center USA, BBC Radio 3, the London Jazz Festival UK and the Jodhpur RIFF festival India.

Nani showcased at APAP USA, Jazzahead DE and Injazz NL. The held talks at TEDx Amsterdam NL & hosted 3 WOMEX panels. The Dutch NPO network released a mini documentary about her musical work and she also composed music for BBC4 and NPO documentaries.

Nani is a professor at the London Performing Academy of Music and the Jerusalem Music Academy, she chairs of the Amsterdam Artist Collective and founded Why DIY Music and Nova Productions.

Awards:
ACUM Album Award, IL 2021
PAIS Album Award, IL 2020
SENA Album Award, NL 2019
Arts Council England Premiere Award, UK 2019
Sephardic Music Award, ES 2017
iTunes Top-20 bestseller, NL 2015
ACUM Album Award, IL 2011

Nani Noam Vazana, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Nani Noam Vazana is an 2023 official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference performing Saturday, February 4, at 6:00 PM in Washington Park Place 3 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO.

Nani also will play the Heartland Song Network Midwest Music Foundation Private Showcase, Saturday, February 4, at 11:30 PM in Room 542 at the Weston Kansas City at Crown Center, 1 East Pershing Road, KCMO. More information at http://www.nanimusic.com

11:54

14. Nina Noam Vazana – “No Kero Madre”
    from: “No Kero Madre” – Single / Noam Vazana / October 8, 2022 

Next week on February 8 we play New & MidCoastal Releases from: Monta, Uncle Hassell, Andrew Foshee, Bach Aria Soloists, Jass & The Boys, Kadesh Flow, Nan & The One Nite Stands, M / S Ride featuring Scott Morris, M/S Ride featuring Royce Diamond, Anywaves, and Night Mode.

At 10:30 we talk with musician and performer Nan Turner who plays Records With Merritt on February 11 at 7:00 PM. We also talk with Howie Howard of Mr. Furious Records. At at 11:30 we welcome Elizabeth S. Lane of Bach Aria Soloists who havc a new recording to be released.

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

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