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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

WMM spins New & MidCoastal Releases + Nan Turner + Elizabeth S. Lane + Howie Howard of Mr. Furious Records

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. Say That Again – “Inside Out”
   from: “Inside Out” – Single / Say That Again / November 11, 2022
   [Will Kuenne on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, Carlos Nunez on lead guitar & background vocals, Trecen Peeler on bass guitar & background vocals, and Vinnie Cascone on drums. Produced by Carlos Nunez. Say That Again formed at the end of 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. With catchy hooks, and upbeat tempos, Say That Again seeks to write fun music that anyone can enjoy and dance to. Say That Again released the 5 track EP FLYING CARS on December 13, 2021. ]

3. Uncle Hassell – “It’s A Beautiful World, Sometimes”
   from: Selected Ambient Tag: Requiem for a Town Car / Clarke Wyatt / December 24, 2022
   [KC based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, Clarke Wyatt wrote: (in December 2022), “some street racers destroyed Cody Wyoming & Kimmie Queen’s beloved Lincoln Continental right after they had spent a bunch of money to get it back on the road. It will never roll again.” Clarke says “I recently started a game of ambient music tag, so I thought to myself, hey self, what if people contributed tracks & we compiled a record that Cody can sell to raise funds for a car? Well, that’s what we did. A bunch of incredible and fascinating KC musicians have sent me their audio experiments for the cause. It’s that simple: buy the record, support a great couple that had some really bad luck right at the worst time, and enjoy some really great space music. More tracks coming soon…” Contributing artists include: Betse Ellis, Mike Stover, Adam Stafford, Nate Hofer, Clarke Wyatt, Shawn Edward Hansen, Krysztov Nemeth, Jason Beers, Scott Hobart, Tilden Snow, Wade Allen Williamson, Gentleman Echo and Rod Peal. More info at: codywyoming.bandcamp.com]

4. Monta – “Everybody’s Baby”
   from: “Everybody’s Baby” – Single / The Record Machine / January 27, 2023
   [Dedric Moore writes: “It is an inspired take on Mikal’s original from a few years ago. It’s our 1st single going back to using Monta as the band name. New year, New music, new inspirations.” Before a sea of anonymous eyes, Monta occupies a misty stage to debut “Everybody’s Baby,” the band’s latest alluring take on electrified dreamworld post-punk. Vocalist Mikal Shapiro sings a tale of just-within-grasp stardom and the naked ambition to get there. The otherworldly adoration of unnamed strangers triggers an artist’s epiphany. Monta’s core players: Krysztof Nemeth & Lucas Behrens on guitars, Dedric Moore on electronics, Matthew Heinrich on drums, Teri Quinn with additional vocals, accompany this vision with a groovy flow that rings with subtle tensions & chorus-fed uplifts. // The song slips into the exotic for the final section, as if fame and fortune transport the protagonist to unfamiliar lands. The stars will only hang overhead for so long. // Monta continues to push their alternate reality into streamlined consciousness. Expect minimal rhythms set to maximum noise, shoegazed guitar signals, dark synthpop, extended-cut warped disco. Live musicians manipulating time & space via knob turning, cymbal cracking, pedal pushing as they interlock into hypnotic moments of heavenly bliss that seem to, captivating the mind. Info at: kosmiccity.com / therecordmachine.co]

5. Such Lovely People – “Twist The Knob”
   from: “Twist The Knob” / “Living Breathing” – Single / Such Lovely People / December 16, 2022
   [For “Twist the Knob” Josh Dorrell on vocals, guitars, keys & percussion; Steve Lacour on guitars; Brian Sisk on bass; Danny Peete on drums. For “Living Breathing” Josh Dorrell on vocals, guitars, bass & keys; Steve Lacour on guitars & bass; Zak Pischnotte on saxophone; Danny Peete on drums; and Amy Hammack on vocals. // Produced and Recorded by: Josh Dorrell. Drums, Saxophone, and Additional Vocals Recorded by: Andrew Koelker. Mixing by Yuuki Matthews. Mastering by Chris Colbert. Artwork by Graham Greene. // Such Lovely People is a project founded in 2020 by songwriter Kansas City, Missouri based Josh Dorrell (he/his). An established guitarist and vocalist, Josh has played in several bands and ensembles in the Midwest. Born in Kansas City but raised on wanderlust, he sought to devote his endless voracity to making good music that means more. On April 16. 2021 the band released the 6-track EP GREAT DISTINCTION. More information at: https://suchlovelypeople.bandcamp.com ]

6. Jass & The Boys –”Love U Like I Love U (feat. Jass & Black Light Animals)”
   from: “Love U Like I Love U” / Groove King recors – Fat Beats / December 2, 2022
   [“The Boys” are the members of Black Light Animals: Colby Bales, Branden Moser, & Cody Calhoun. Colby and Branden also are pare of the Freedom Affair. Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch released the EP OFFKEY: TOO HIGH on September 23, 2022. Jass released her single “Higher Ground” on August 16, 2022. It was WMM’s #1 Single in our 50 Favorite Singles of 2022. Jass released her single “Him” on February 23, 2022. Jass released AT THE CLOSE OF A DECADE on November 26, 2022. It was part of WMM’s 121 Best Recordings of 2021. She wrote, “After years of writing and recording in voice memos, I decided to grab my iPad and began recording something that I am very proud of, and named it, At the Close of A Decade, and released it in November 2019. With my iPhone/iPad, some apple headphones, I created this project. The amazing people around me told me it was worth it, even when I didn’t believe it myself. I convinced myself I would be the only one that liked my songs. If you decide to listen you’ll hear sound clips of shows and movies that made a difference in the way I saw the world, the way I saw myself, and the way I overcame my experiences. I remember asking my grandma and my son if I should release what I’ve been writing and they both said very simply to do it, so I’ve done it. I want to thank all of my wonderful friends who have been my soundboards during this process, all of the people that have asked me when it’s coming, the people that have kept me accountable, and believed that this time it was for real. My story is so very triumphant and beautiful because I have overcome experiences and shunned the fear I had to do what I love. It’s crazy how you can talk your way out of some amazing things and also how you can talk yourself into making some amazing things happen. If you partake, I hope you enjoy.” // Jass has played The Essence Festival, Apocalypse Meow, Manor Fest, Farmers Ball, KC Monarchs, recordBar, Bottleneck, Mutual Musicians Foundation, Grinders, Sofar Sounds, The Uptown Theatre . She has shared the stages with The New Respects, Thundercat, Old Sound, and many others. More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]

7. Kadesh Flow – “Switch Up”
   from: “Switch Up” – Single / Ryan Jamaal Davis / January 6, 2023
   [Instrumental Production: Dominique Sanders, Written & Performed by: Kadesh Flow, Mixed by: Kadesh Flow, Mastered by: Kadesh Flow. In 2022 Kadesh Flow released 6 singles starting with “Move Different (feat. Gr3s0n)” on January 21, 2022, with lyrics by Kadesh Flow & Gr3ys0n. Music by Kadesh Flow. Mixing: Kadesh Flow. Mastering: Kadesh Flow and was released on January 21, 2022. :Move Different” was part of WMM’s 50 Favorite Singles of 2022. On October 21, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single ”Chill (feat. Mir Blackwell).” On October 10, 2022 Kadesh Flow released “Dream For Me.” On September 30, 2022 Marcus Lewis Big Band released the single, “You’re Very Special (feat. Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow & Kevin Church Johnson).” On July 1, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single “Away From You.”About that single Kadesh told us “I’ve been a little quiet from a release standpoint because I’ve been scoring a feature length film.” “This song is… inspired by Eren Yeager and his tragic, brutal journey in Attack on Titan but is also deeply personal to me. There’s a lot of current world problem glazing that I’m doing on it as well.” “Also, June 30, 2022, marks five years since I left my financial tech career to pursue my performing and recording artist career full time. I’m releasing this on July 1, partially in celebration of that milestone.” This was one of over nearly 30 new singles Kadesh Flow released in 24 months: In 2021 Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Soft Side,” on Jan. 21, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Assumptions feat. Shubzilla,” on Jan. 29, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Frosty,” on February 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Cry For Me 2,” February 12, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Not on My Watch,” on February 19, 2021, Inspired by Lord Beerus (Dragonball Super). Kadesh Flow released, “Held Me Longer,” on Marc written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Your Dream Isn’t Always Yours,” on March 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Forgot About Me,” on March 14, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Take Backs (feat. Ryan Heinlein),” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “But Hope” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single, “I Don’t Care” on April 9, 2021, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by D. Professor. Kadesh Flow released the single, “That Way” on April 16, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow, and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Saunders. Kadesh Flow released the new single, “So Far” on April 23, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “On Target” on April 30, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single ”Lighten Up”on May 7, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Elegant” on May 21, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the 13-track album ROOM SERVICE 2, on July 19, 2021. Kadesh Flow released the single “Coming For Your Neck” on August 20, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Easy” on August 27, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 18th single the year. Kadesh Flow released the single “Fiend” on Sept. 4, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by Dominique Sanders. This is his 19th single the year. le, “Gardens Out The Gutter” on Dec. 3, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “CHOICE (The Cost)” on December 17, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis is a rapper with an MBA. He is an emcee, producer, & trombonist. At age 11, he began rapping and playing trombone within two weeks of one another. His music has been featured on network television in multiple countries and territories across Southeast Asia. Kadesh performs as a solo hip hop artist. He also plays with The Phantastics, and Marcus Lewis Big Band. Kadesh Flow played the 17th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 11, as part of Deshica Rage (with Kadesh Flow & Jessica Paige) at 10:00 PM on Community Lending of America Stage at Lemonade Park. Kadesh Flow was on WMM on Oct. 21, 2020. More info at: http://www.kadeshflow.com]

10:30 – Underwriting

8. Nan & the One Nite Stands – “Yeah (Radio Edit)”
   from: High – Caliber / Nan Turner / February 19. 2021
   [All songs by Nan Turner. Initial Engineering on 2 and 5 by Mark Ospovat @ Speakersonic Studios, Brooklyn and on 1,3,and 4 by Pat Tomek @ Largely Studios, KCMO. All songs co-engineered, mixed, and co-produced by Chase Horseman @Element Studios, Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. // “Yeah” is track 1, on this 5-song EP // The One Nite Stands who played on these songs! Lizz Weiler on bass on 1, 3, and 4; Pat Tomek on drums on 1, 3, and 4; Mark Ospovat on bass on 2 and 5; Don Dawn + Tracy Flowers on backing vocals on 2, 4, and 5; Chase Horseman on keyboards, guitar, and co-production on 1-5. // Thanks to Mark O, Pat, Chase, Ian, Lizz, Don Dawn, Tracy, Peter Gallagher, and Frida the Dog. Xtra BigThanks to: Chase Horseman for sonic textures + production magic. Kimya Dawson, Bertrand “BP” Perrot, MMM, and Sun Ra for Tour Dawg “Space is the Place” Inspiration. // Follow up to the single “Desert Nights” released May 22, 2020, written by Nan Turner, and recorded by Mark “Dragon” Ospovat @ SpeakerSonic Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Additional recording and mixing and production by Chase Horseman @ Winky World Studios in Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. On July 12, 2019, Nan Turner released her solo EP, Champs and Losers, Version 2. Recorded, Mixed, and Co-Produced at Winky World in Kansas City, by Chase Horseman. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY. Ian Dobyns plays drums and Chase Horseman plays bass. Nan Turner is also one half of the critically acclaimed band Schwervon! Nan has been called the “Lucy Ricardo of Indie Rock. Her music has been described as “Tone Loc meets the Velvet Underground.” More Info at: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com ]

11:34 – Interview with Nan Turner

Singer-songwriter-drummer-dancer-actress-action hero, Nan Turner‘s music has been described as “Tone Loc meets the Velvet Underground.” On February 19, 2021, Nan + The One Nite Stands released HIGH-CALIBER. Nan Turner released the single, “Desert Nites”, on May 22, 2020. Nan released her solo EP, CHAMPS AND LOSERS, VERSION 2, on July 12, 2019. Nan Turner is one half of the critically acclaimed band Schwervon! with Matt Roth (Major Matt Mason USA) . They started the band in 1999 on the Lower East Side of New York City and toured internationally for over a decade, Schwervon! released 7 full length albums, 2 EPs, and 5 singles. In 2012 Schwervon! relocated to Shawnee, Kansas. Their album, Broken Teeth, was released in 2014 on local Kansas City label Haymaker Records. Nan has been called the “Lucy Ricardo of Indie Rock.”

Nan Turner & The One Nite Stands play Records With Merritt, Saturday, February 11, at 7:00 to 9:00 PM, 1614 Westport Rd, KCMO. More info at: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com

For more information you can visit: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com

Nan Turner, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

On Sat, Feb. 11, at 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Records With Merritt,, 1614 Westport Rd, KCMO. Nan Turner & The One Nite Stands perform LIVE, featuring songs from Nan’s Upcoming figure skating musical about Tonya Harding and that particular era of skating with nancy Kerrigan and Oksana Baiul and even Verne Lundquist

Nan is doing a set of Skate Songs with her sparkle gems: Breakadawndon and Tracy Flowers. There’s a new song by Courtney Love that will surprise you! And Danielle Anderson is coming back as Nancy Kerrigan and Verne Lundquist.

Tonya Harding was born November 12, 1970 in Portland, Oregon. American figure skater, Tonya Harding, was the 1991 and 1994 US champion but her 1994 title was taken away after a controversy erupted regarding her ex-husband. He was charged with planning an attack on a rival American skater, Nancy Kerrigan. Tonya Harding was banned for life by the US Figure Skating Association after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Nancy Kerrigan was born October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is best known for her 1993 U.S. Figure Skating Championship win. She has also won medals at the 1991 and 1992 World Championships and the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was attacked and injured by a man hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s former husband.

Oksana Baiul-Farina was born November 16, 1977, in Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, an industrial city famous for manufacturing Soviet missiles. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and her father, Sergey Baiul, who died in 2006/7 disappeared shortly after. No one is certain whether he deserted his family or was pressured to leave town when he and his wife divorced. She was raised by her mother, Marina, a French teacher, and her maternal grandparents. In addition to having Ukraine ancestry, she is of Russian descent through her maternal grandfather. // She is the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies’ singles. Baiul is the first and only skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics. She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport. After winning the gold medal in 1994, Baiul decided to turn professional in order to tour in the United States and have a career based on her skating. She followed one of her coaches to Connecticut. Later, she also became involved in a variety of TV appearances, and benefit skates. She has lived in the United States since 1994. In 1997 she published 2 books, a memoir about her life and one on skating.

Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. was born in Duluth, Minnesota on July 17, 1940. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran University (formerly Texas Lutheran College), where he was one of the founders of the Omega Tau Fraternity in 1958 before graduating in 1962. He is now a member of the Board of Regents for his alma mater. Lundquist attended Augustana Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois in 1962. His father was a Lutheran pastor & President of the Nebraska Synod of the Augustana Lutheran Church. Lundquist played basketball & baseball and was a disc jockey at WOC, Davenport, Iowa. His ‘Golden Voice’ was the highlight of the seminary class on preaching. He began his broadcasting career as sports anchor for WFAA in Dallas and in Austin for KTBC, as well as being the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967 and remained with the team until the 1984 season. He was paired with future play-by-play man Brad Sham starting with the 1977 season, the year the Cowboys went 12–2 and captured their second NFL title in Super Bowl XII. He was sportscaster at WFAA during their 6pm news. Before becoming a nationwide sports commentator, from 1970 to 1974, Lundquist was commentator for the sports show, Bowling for Dollars, in Dallas, Texas. It aired weekday evenings on the ABC station, WFAA-TV, from 6:30 to 7:00, in north central Texas. During these four seasons, Lundquist started interviewing Cowboys players and their first head coach, Tom Landry, at their sidelines, during halftimes, practices, pre-season and pre-game warm-ups, in Dallas.

Mark Manning opens in a rare performance from “The Children of Karen Carpenter.”

On Sat, Feb. 11, at 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Records With Merritt,, 1614 Westport Rd, KCMO.

Nan Turner & The One Nite Stands perform LIVE, featuring songs from Nan’s Upcoming figure skating musical about Tonya Harding and that particular era of skating with nancy Kerrigan and Oksana Baiul and even Verne Lundquist

Nan Turner contributed a track to a compilation called, Ain’t I Folk? (Indie, Acoustic, Pop, Rock, Weird, And Bedroom Lo-Fi Covers of New York Antifolk Classics) released February 17, 2021 on Weemayk Music. Nan recorded a cover of “I don’t get love” written by her friend Angela Carlucci who goes by the name “Little Cobweb”. More info at http://www.littlecobweb.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-get-love Angela is also one of Nan’s dancers (and singers) for The One Nite Stands in NYC…and they’ve been dancing and doing shows together for many years. She is also in a great two-piece band called, True Dreams. More info at: truedreams.bandcamp.com

Anti-folk (or unfolk) is a music genre that arose in the 1980s in reaction to the remnants of the 1960s folk music scene, to mock the perceived seriousness of the time’s mainstream music scene, with the intention to shock and protest. Artists of the anti-folk genre observe the “rules” of music, but then deliberately break them. // Anti-folk was introduced by artists who were unable to obtain gigs at established folk venues in Greenwich Village such as Folk City and The Speakeasy. In the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter Lach started The Fort, an after-hours club on NYC’s Rivington Street in the Lower East Side. The Fort’s opening coincided with the New York Folk Festival. Because of this, Lach dubbed his event the New York Antifolk Festival. Other early proponents of the movement included The Washington Squares, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Brenda Kahn, Paleface, Beck, Hamell on Trial, Michelle Shocked, Zane Campbell, and John S. Hall. Roger Manning, Kirk Kelly, and Block. // The original Fort was shut down in 1985 by the police, and because of this the club moved locations several times, including East Village bars Sophie’s and Chameleon, before settling in the back room of the SideWalk Cafe starting in 1993. The New York Antifolk Festival continues to be held annually at the SideWalk Cafe (long outlasting the original Folk Festival). Events have also taken place in the band shells in Tompkins Square Park and Central Park. While living in San Francisco in the early 1990s, Lach helped establish a West Coast anti-folk movement at the Sacred Grounds Coffee House.

Schwervon! is a two-piece American indie rock band. The band members are Matt Roth (Major Matt Mason USA) on electric guitar and Nan Turner on drums; the pair share singing duties. They started the band in 1999 on the Lower East Side of New York City, shortly after they began their ongoing romantic relationship. They have released five albums through Major Matt’s Olive Juice Music independent record label. Their first two albums have also been distributed by Shoeshine Records in Europe, where they have toured with Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson. In 2011, they did European tours, opening for the recently reunited UK alternative band The Vaselines, as well as Belle and Sebastian.

In 2012 Schwervon! relocated to Shawnee, Kansas.Their album, Broken Teeth, was released in 2014 on local Kansas City label Haymaker Records.

Schwervon! Discography

Quick Frozen Small Yellow Cracker (2000)
Poseur (2004)
I Dream of Teeth (2006)
Elephant in the Room (2007; German compilation of previously released material)
Low Blow (2009)
Courage (2012)
Broken Teeth (2014)
EPs and singles[edit]
Gas Money Tour EP (2005; with Jeffrey Lewis)
Elephant (2006; 7-inch single)
Cotton Mouth (2006; 7-inch single)
Fall Tour ’06 EP (2006; with Toby Goodshank)
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (2011; 4-way split 7-inch single/Meat Loaf cover with Elastic No-No Band, Huggabroomstik, and The Leader)
Landlocked/Off Duty Trip (The Raincoats) (2013; 7-inch single)
Blood Eagle/Wrath Of Angels (2017; 7-inch single)

Nan went to college with Soon-Yi Previn

Nan Turner Discography

Nan Turner – For Champs and Losers, Version 1 – February 28, 2007
[All songs and instruments by Nan Turner. Dibson Hoffwiler played drums on tracks 1 and 3, and guitar freakout on 3. Lisa Li-Lund sang vocals on track 5. Tracks 1-4 recorded by Dashan Coram at Luv-a-Lot Studios in Brooklyn. Track 5 recorded by Lisa Li-Lund in Brooklyn. All tracks mastered by Major Matt at OJ Studios, NYC.]

Nan Turner – Construction of a Champ – May 12, 2010
[Songs written by NAN TURNER. (except track 9 by Nick Cave) Tracks 3, 5, 7, 8 Recorded by Dashan Coram @ Luv-a-Lot Studios, Brooklyn/NYC. Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 Recorded & Co-Produced by Mark Ospovat @ Emandee Studios, Brooklyn, NY. All songs mastered by Matt Roth @ Olive Juice Music Studios, NYC. ONE NITE STANDS: Simon Beins: Guitar on 5, Bass on 7, 9. Trumpet on 8, 9; Daoud Tyler-Ameen: Drums on 2, 3, 5, 7, 9; Dan Gower: Piano on 9; Dave End: Vox on 7; Dan Fishback: Vox on 8; Christian De Roeck: “Dragon” Vox on 4; Adey Lobb: Melodica on 6; Mark “Slave to Production” Ospovat: Bass & many other newfangled synthy guitarey noise things: 1, 2, 4, 6.]

Nan Turner – For Champs and Losers, Version 2 – July 12, 2019
[All songs by Nan Turner. Recorded + Mixed + Co-Produced @ Winky World by Chase Horseman Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Alan Douches @ West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY. Ian Dobyns – drums on 1, 2, + 4; Chase Horseman – bass on 1, 2, + 4.
Huge thanks to Chase for your ears + producer magic. Also thanks to Ian, Alan, all my friends in KC and NYC, and to Frida the dog.]

Nan & The One Nite Stands – Desert Nites (Single) – May 22, 2020
[Written by Nan Turner. Recorded by Mark “Dragon” Ospovat @ SpeakerSonic Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Additional recording and mixing and production by Chase Horseman @ Winky World Studios in Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. Nan Turner on vocal & beats, Mark Ospovat on guitar & percussion, Chase Horseman on wurlitzer & bass & synthesizers, Dawn Yoder & Tracy Flowers on backing vocals. // Thanks to Mark O.,Chase, Ian, Tracy, Dawn, NY one nite stands Leslie, Angela, and Susan. My Dad. And last but not least, Frida the Dog. // Nan writes: I learned about existentialism at a young age. My Dad was a Philosophy Professor. Waiting for Godot and Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. were in my Ballet Bag for years. My mother + stepfather are libertarian folk that went to church, shot guns, and sold Amway. // I’m not saying this song is about any of that. But it’s also NOT NOT about that. // I started recording this song in 2017 with my good friend and collaborator Mark Ospovat in Brooklyn, NY. We laid down the foundation tracks of beat, guitar and vocals. Then I let the song lie…..because I didn’t know how to finish it or where it fit in my oeuvre. I almost wrote ovaries. That too. (You do know that songs are like babies, right?) // Cut to March 2020, Kansas City. Chase Horseman and I unearthed the tracks right before the quarantine. He sat down at the Wurlitzer and played some notes and suddenly the song made sense to me. Of course it needed Wurlitzer! Through Chase’s arrangements of keys and other instrumentation, and Dawn and Tracy’s backup vocals (shoutout to KC one nite stand dancers extraordinaire)…I knew the song was finally there and it was time to release it into the world.Thanks so much to both Mark Ospovat & Chase Horseman for helping me realize the song’s potential and also for adding your own inventive arrangements. A One Nite Stands Magical Collaboration from NYC to KC.]

Nan + the One Nite Stands – High-Caliber – February 19, 2021
All songs by Nan Turner. Initial Engineering on 2 and 5 by Mark Ospovat @ Speakersonic Studios, Brooklyn and on 1,3,and 4 by Pat Tomek @ Largely Studios, KCMO. All songs co-engineered, mixed, and co-produced by Chase Horseman @Element Studios, Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. The One Nite Stands who played on these songs! Lizz Weiler-bass on 1, 3, and 4 // Pat Tomek -drums on 1, 3, and 4 // Mark Ospovat – bass on 2 and 5 // Don Dawn + Tracy Flowers – vox on 2, 4, and 5
// Chase Horseman- keys, guitar, co-production on 1-5. // Thanks to Mark O, Pat, Chase, Ian, Lizz, Don Dawn, Tracy, Peter Gallagher, and Frida the Dog. Xtra BigThanks to: Chase Horseman for sonic textures + production magic. Kimya Dawson, Bertrand “BP” Perrot, MMM, and Sun Ra for Tour Dawg “Space is the Place” Inspiration.

Nan Turner, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Nan + The One Nite Stands, On Sat, Feb. 11, at 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Records With Merritt,, 1614 Westport Rd, KCMO. Info at: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com

Nan Turner & The One Nite Stands perform LIVE, featuring songs from Nan’s Upcoming figure skating musical about Tonya Harding and that particular era of skating with Nancy Kerrigan and Oksana Baiul and even Verne Lundquist.

10:51

9. Nan & the One Nite Stands – “Space”
   from: High – Caliber / Nan Turner / February 19. 2021
   [All songs by Nan Turner. Initial Engineering on 2 and 5 by Mark Ospovat @ Speakersonic Studios, Brooklyn and on 1,3,and 4 by Pat Tomek @ Largely Studios, KCMO. All songs co-engineered, mixed, and co-produced by Chase Horseman @Element Studios, Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. // “Yeah” is track 1, on this 5-song EP // The One Nite Stands who played on these songs! Lizz Weiler on bass on 1, 3, and 4; Pat Tomek on drums on 1, 3, and 4; Mark Ospovat on bass on 2 and 5; Don Dawn + Tracy Flowers on backing vocals on 2, 4, and 5; Chase Horseman on keyboards, guitar, and co-production on 1-5. // Thanks to Mark O, Pat, Chase, Ian, Lizz, Don Dawn, Tracy, Peter Gallagher, and Frida the Dog. Xtra BigThanks to: Chase Horseman for sonic textures + production magic. Kimya Dawson, Bertrand “BP” Perrot, MMM, and Sun Ra for Tour Dawg “Space is the Place” Inspiration. // Follow up to the single “Desert Nights” released May 22, 2020, written by Nan Turner, and recorded by Mark “Dragon” Ospovat @ SpeakerSonic Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Additional recording and mixing and production by Chase Horseman @ Winky World Studios in Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Ian Dobyns. On July 12, 2019, Nan Turner released her solo EP, Champs and Losers, Version 2. Recorded, Mixed, and Co-Produced at Winky World in Kansas City, by Chase Horseman. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY. Ian Dobyns plays drums and Chase Horseman plays bass. Nan Turner is also one half of the critically acclaimed band Schwervon! Nan has been called the “Lucy Ricardo of Indie Rock. Her music has been described as “Tone Loc meets the Velvet Underground.” More Info at: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com ]

10. Andrew Foshee – “Through an Alien’s Eye”
    from: A PARROT SO TRUE – [EP] / Talent Agency / January 13, 2023
    [Recorded February 2020 with Jon Estes in Nashville, TN. Additional recording by Andrew Foshee in Kansas City, MO. With Andrew Foshee on guitar, vocals & production; Jon Estes on bass, guitar, keys, synth & production; Liz Estes on strings; Jon Radford on drums & percussion. Mixed by Jon Estes. Mastered by John McLaggan. All songs written by Andrew Foshee, with string arrangements by Jon Estes. Photo by Chadwick Christopher and Design by Jeremy Fetzer. // Andrew Foshee released the single “Here In My Home” on December 12, 2022. Andrew Foshee released the songle “Through an Alien’s Eye” on November 18, 2022. Andrew Foshee released his critically acclaimed 11 track album STRANGE RELATIONS on November 15, 2017. It was in out top Ten of WMM’s 117 Best Recordings of 2017. That recording contained Andrew Foshee on acoustic guitar, vocals, sampling, keys; Jon Estes on classical guitar, electric guitar, standup bass, piano, keys, percussion, string arrangements; Jeremy Fetzer on electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Jack Lawrence on bass guitar; Dave Racine on drums, percussion; Alexis Saski on backing vocals; Jem Cohen on backing vocals; Molly Parden on backing vocals; Liz Estes on viola, violin; Amy Helman on viola, violin; Eduardo DuQuesne on words of encouragement. Produced, engineered and mixed by Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, TN. Mastered by John Baldwin At John Baldwin Mastering in Nashville, TN. Additional production and sequencing done by Andrew At Ye Ol’ Basement Studio in Kansas City, MO. Cover art by Mariano Peccinetti. Andrew Foshee is a songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. His knack for cinematic home recordings has lead to several song placements in tv and new media. Earlier this year he teamed up with producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Benjamin Booker) and a high clergy of guest musicians at Tokic’s Nashville studio, The Bomb Shelter, to fully realize his latest project. More info at: http://www.andrewfoshee.com] [Andrew Foshee joined us on WMM on November 1, 2017. More info at: http://www.andrewfoshee.com]

11. M/S Ride – “So, Did I Miss You? (featuring Scott Morris)”
    from: Fight Songs / Mr. Furious Records / November 1, 2022
    [M/S Ride is multi-instrumentalist Howie Howard’s new solo album, FIGHT SONGS, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrenc, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]

11:00 – Interview with Howie Howard

Howie Howard grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups all along the way. Inspired by the legendary Dischord Records out of Washington D.C. he then founded Mr. Furious Records to document and share his friends’ music and help keep them active as life-long music makers. Howie moved to KC in 2005 and Lawrence in 2015 and has played in local bands including Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Closing in on it’s 20th anniversary, Mr. Furious Records has just released its 73rd project “Not One Person Left Out,” a collaboration between Howie and local rapper, producer, and engineer Royce Diamond. More info at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com

Howie Howard, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade.

Howie graduated from Doane University, (located in Crete, Nebraska) singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time.

Inspired by the legendary Dischord Records out of Washington D.C. he then founded Mr. Furious Records to document and share his friends’ music and help keep them active as life-long music makers

Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015.

Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop.

“It’s Santa” by Anywaves (Cory Kibler and Josh Oberndorfer) from the compilation “XMAS” by Mr. Furious Records. Anywaves is a new project from old friends, and we used this song as a reason to fully remaster and relaunch our label’s holiday compilation “XMAS.” It’s only on Bandcamp for now but will be coming to streaming, with another new holiday song, for December 2023.

11:06

12. Anywaves – “It’s Santa”
    from: X-Mas / Mr. Furious Records / December 15, 2022
    [XMAS is a 13-track compilation/collaborative effort to create new holiday music by writing original songs and radically re-imagining canonical works. XMAS originally launched in 2005 and was updated annually through 2009. For 2022 we have re-released the compilation with new tracks from Anywaves and a full remaster from the original mixes*. And who knows, the holiday spirit may still stir in years to come. New artwork by Cory Alan “Skunk” Kibler. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]

11:10 – Interview with Howie Howard (Continued)

We are talking with Howie Howard. Inspired by the legendary Dischord Records out of Washington D.C. he then founded Mr. Furious Records to document and share his friends’ music and help keep them active as life-long music makers. More info at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com

Howie Howard, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year.

Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush.

Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases.

More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP.

Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit.

“Emerge From The Infinite (excerpt)” from the album Exoplanetary Shadows by Night Mode. I was a fan of Drew’s old Lincoln band Rent Money Big back in ‘02-’03 but never knew him personally, only to connect with him in 2007 in Kansas City via Cory. We’ve been collaborating ever since, first as the heavy psychadelic band Mars Lights, then with me drumming for his solo-ish project Dark Satellites, and later adding the synth-based cosmic / cinematic / experimental project Night Mode.

11:16

13. Night Mode – “Emerge From The Infinite (excerpt)”
    from: Exoplanetary Shadows / Mr. Furious Records / January 27, 2023
    [3-track electronic music album including the tracks: “Sifting Signals” (31:29). “Interstellar Portal” (17:58). “Emerge From The Infinite” (11:41). Performed and recorded by Drew and Howie. Mixed by Drew at Bright Black. Mastered by Howie at home. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]

11:20 – Interview with Howie Howard (Continued)

We’re talking with Howie Howard. Inspired by the legendary Dischord Records out of Washington D.C. he then founded Mr. Furious Records to document and share his friends’ music and help keep them active as life-long music makers. Info at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com

Howie Howard, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year.

Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit.. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.

Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP.

Closing in on its 20th anniversary, Mr. Furious Records has just released its 73rd project “Not One Person Left Out,” a collaboration between Howie and local rapper, producer, and engineer Royce Diamond.

“Small Town Brown Grass (Jimbi)” from the album NOT ONE PERSON LEFT OUT by M/S Ride and Royce Diamond. The songs on this album originated as drum-machine-plus-synthesizer jams several years ago that sat on the shelf, unfinished, until I got the idea to heavily process the beats with a SP-404 sampler (which I didn’t even have when I made the
jams) and add choppy vocal samples.

Howie Howard, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Mr. Furious Records has just released its 73rd project “Not One Person Left Out,” a collaboration between Howie and local rapper, producer, and engineer Royce Diamond. More info at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com

11:26

14. M/S Ride feat Royce Diamond – “Small Town Brown Grass (Jimbi)”
    from: NOT ONE PERSON LEFT OUT / Mr. Furious Records / February 1, 2023
    [Vocals by Royce Diamond (roycediamond.com), Art by Til Willis (tilwillis.bandcamp.com ),
    Everything else by Howie. M/S Ride is multi-instrumentalist Howie Howard’s solo project. As M/S Rice, Howie released , FIGHT SONGS, on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com]

11:30 – Underwriting

15. Bach Aria Soloists – “Si dolce e l tormento”
    from: Bach Aria Soloists / Reference Recordings / February 10, 2023
    [Elizabeth Suh Lane, Violin–Artistic Director–Founder; Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Soprano; Elisa Williams Bickers, Harpsichord–Organ–Piano; and Hannah Collins, Cello. Producer: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Artistic Director. Editing by: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Elisa Williams Bickers. Recording Engineer and Editor: PJ Kelley of The Post Haus Acoustic,. Kirk Patton (Mendelssohn Organ Sonata). Mix and Mastering Engineer: Robert Friedrich of Five/Four Productions, LLC®. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered using REVEAL SDM Technology®. REVEAL—Superior Dimension Music Technology is employed exclusively by Five/Four Productions, LLC to raise the standard ofexcellence in both music recording and the music listening experience. Digital Audio Workstation System: Merging Technologies Pyramix DAW. Monitored Through: EMM Labs Switchman. Monitor Speakers: ATC SCM 150, SCM 50 and SCM 25 Album Art Director: JoAnn Nunes. Cover Photo: Dan White Liner Notes: Steven Ledbetter. Bach Aria Soloists’ vision is to collaborate with world-class artists; perform in unique and traditional venues; present BachReach, BAS’ innovative education that introduces exciting, interactive music and multi-discipline programs, and Orchestral and Chamber Music Clinics for schools in our community for FREE, thanks to BAS’ BachReach funders. Their recently announced alliance with Marsalis Mansion Artists opens the ensemble to touring in the U.S. and beyond. More info: http://www.bachareasolists.com]

[Le Dolce Sirene will be released in a special celebration titled: Record Revelry on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM, at Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Road, Lenexa, KS, 66219. More information at http://www.bachariasoloists.com]

11:36 – Interview with Elizabeth Suh Lane

Elizabeth Suh Lane is the founder Executive Artistic Director and violinist of the Bach Aria Soloists. Acclaimed by Michael Tilson Thomas as, “a marvelous soloist and chamber musician who exemplifies the most accomplished and creative aspects of our finest musicians today.” Elizabeth resided in Europe for nearly a decade, concertizing across the globe as a chamber, solo and orchestral musician in the world’s finest concert halls. She was a first violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra under directors Michael Tilson Thomas, André Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Colin Davis; and toured with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Claudio Abbado, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Gidon Kremer, among many others. Her leadership of Bach Aria Soloists has produced worldclass collaborations with leading artists, including Bach scholar Dr. Christoph Wolff, composer Narong Prangcharoen, cellist Matt Haimovitz, Parsons Dance’s Elizabeth Koeppen, to name a few. Elizabeth has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was named Professional of the Year by the Asian American Chamber of Commerce for her excellence in the field of music and education. Elizabeth served on the faculties of Snowpond Chamber Music Seminar in Maine; Brian Lewis Young Artists’ Program instructing advanced violin students; and conducts her Orchestral and Chamber Music Clinics throughout the region as part of Bach Aria Soloists’ BachReach. She was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra Education team training teachers and students in schools across Great Britain and was the Teaching Assistant for Baroque violinist Jaap Schröder at the Yale School of Music. Elizabeth continues her love of teaching today, mentoring a studio of young violinists who have received scholarships to universities across the U.S.

Bach Aria Soloists new recording Le Dolce Sirene will be released in a special celebration titled: Record Revelry on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM, at Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Road, Lenexa, KS, 66219. More information at http://www.bachariasoloists.com

Elizabeth Suh Lane thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

About Bach Aria Soloists – Bach Aria Soloists is dedicated to presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries and those he inspired to our community through BAS’ critically acclaimed concerts, multi-genre collaborations and BachReach education. Its repertoire is adventurous, including but not limited to, chamber music from Baroque to Contemporary, arias, art songs, composer commissions inspired by Bach, and more. The Missouri Arts Council selected Bach Aria Soloists as The Arts Organization of 2020.

Led by Artistic Director-Founder-violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane, the ensemble includes Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano; Elisa Williams Bickers, harpsichord, organ, piano; and Hannah Collins, cello. “Collaboration is integral to BAS,” says Elizabeth Suh Lane. Bach Aria Soloists has partnered with international and regional artists, including Dr. Christoph Wolff; Matt Haimovitz; the Kansas City Chorale; Grammy-winning bandoneónist Héctor Del Curto; Bobby Watson; Heart of America Shakespeare Festival; contemporary dancers from Parsons Dance; Owen/Cox Dance; and Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company.

Bach Aria Soloists was invited to perform at the 2022 Thailand International Composition Festival as Artist-in-Residence and was awarded the 2022 USArtists International grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Mellon Foundation. BAS gave the world premiere at the Festival of Narong Prangcharoen’s composition Reticence for Soprano Violin, Cello and Harpsichord written for BAS.

Bach Aria Soloists new recording Le Dolce Sirene credits:

Elizabeth Suh Lane, Violin–Artistic Director–Founder
Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Soprano
Elisa Williams Bickers, Harpsichord–Organ–Piano
Hannah Collins, Cello

Producer: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Artistic Director
Editing by: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Elisa Williams Bickers

Recording Engineer and Editor: PJ Kelley of The Post Haus Acoustic, Kirk Patton (Mendelssohn Organ Sonata) Mix and Mastering Engineer: Robert Friedrich of Five/Four Productions, LLC® Recorded, Mixed and Mastered using REVEAL SDM Technology®.

REVEAL—Superior Dimension Music Technology is employed exclusively by Five/Four Productions, LLC to raise the standard of excellence in both music recording and the music listening experience. Digital Audio Workstation System: Merging Technologies Pyramix DAW Monitored Through: EMM Labs Switchman Monitor Speakers: ATC SCM 150, SCM 50 and SCM 25 Album Art Director: JoAnn Nunes Cover Photo: Dan White. Liner Notes: Steven Ledbetter

Elizabeth Suh Lane is the founder Executive Artistic Director and violinist of the Bach Aria Soloists. Acclaimed by Michael Tilson Thomas as, “a marvelous soloist and chamber musician who exemplifies the most accomplished and creative aspects of our finest musicians today.” Elizabeth resided in Europe for nearly a decade, concertizing across the globe as a chamber, solo and orchestral musician in the world’s finest concert halls. She was a first violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra under directors Michael Tilson Thomas, André Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Colin Davis; and toured with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Claudio Abbado, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Gidon Kremer, among many others. Her leadership of Bach Aria Soloists has produced worldclass collaborations with leading artists, including Bach scholar Dr. Christoph Wolff, composer Narong Prangcharoen, cellist Matt Haimovitz, Parsons Dance’s Elizabeth Koeppen, to name a few. Elizabeth has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was named Professional of the Year by the Asian American Chamber of Commerce for her excellence in the field of music and education. Elizabeth served on the faculties of Snowpond Chamber Music Seminar in Maine; Brian Lewis Young Artists’ Program instructing advanced violin students; and conducts her Orchestral and Chamber Music Clinics throughout the region as part of Bach Aria Soloists’ BachReach. She was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra Education team training teachers and students in schools across Great Britain and was the Teaching Assistant for Baroque violinist Jaap Schröder at the Yale School of Music. Elizabeth continues her love of teaching today, mentoring a studio of young violinists who have received scholarships to universities across the U.S.

Sarah Tannehill Anderson is a versatile musician, excelling as a singer of opera, oratorio, choral music, contemporary works, and art song. After spending several years
performing with national companies, such as Opera Company Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Omaha, Fort Worth Opera, and Opera Theater St. Louis, Sarah is now thrilled to make her home and career in the vibrant Kansas City music scene. Sarah has also been a member of popular regional chamber ensembles, such as Lyric Arts Trio, Missouri Choral Artists, Spire Chamber Ensemble, and the Kansas City Chorale. She has appeared as soloist with the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Kansas City Ballet, and New Ear Ensemble. Sarah’s main passion, as a soloist and chorister, is her album work. Recordings include the Kansas City Chorale’s Life and Breath Choral Works by René Clausen, in which she was featured as a soloist, and that won the GRAMMY® for Best Choral Performance in 2013, as well as the Chorale’s Rachmaninoff: AllNight Vigil, winning the GRAMMY® for Best Choral Performance in 2016. She has also premiered and recorded new works by composers such as Anthony Maglione, Forrest Pierce, Ingrid Stölzel, and Bonnie McLarty. She is featured on the album, Vieux Amis Nouveaux Costumes, with the Midwest Chamber Ensemble, and has recorded two albums with the GRAMMY®nominated St. Tikhon Choir. Sarah is the creator of Raise Your Virtual Voice, a digital hub for vocal training, which can be found on YouTube. She is also a Realtor® with NextHome Gadwood Group Realty, serving both Missouri and Kansas.

Elisa Williams Bickers, FAGO, is active across the country as a solo organist, continuo harpsichordist, and piano accompanist. She is the harpsichordist, organist, and pianist for the Bach Aria Soloists; and Associate Director of Music and Principal Organist at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. She performs regularly with the Kansas City Symphony, Te Deum Chamber Choir and the GRAMMY®winning Kansas City Chorale. She has served on the faculties of the UMKC Conservatory and Washburn University as instructor of organ and harpsichord. A native of Clinton, Maryland, Dr. Bickers began her organ studies with the Potomac Organ Institute. She has degrees in church music and organ performance from Texas Christian University and the University of Kansas. Her teachers have included Dale Krider, Joseph Butler and Michael Bauer. She was awarded the 2009 Carlin Award for excellence in teaching—the highest honor possible for graduate students at KU—and has competed and won prizes in the William Hall Competition, NYACOP and the International Buxtehude Competition. Most recently, she was awarded the Fellow certificate of the American Guild of Organists, the Guild’s most prestigious certification. Dr. Bickers guided the installation of Richards, Fowkes & Co. (Opus 22) pipe organ at Village Presbyterian, which is a landmark instrument in Kansas City. She was also the chair for New Music for the 2018 American Guild of Organists National Convention.

Hannah Collins is a dynamic performer who uses diverse forms of musical expression and artisticcollaboration to build community. Winner of De Linkprijs for contemporary interpretation, she takes an active role in expanding cello repertoire through commissions and interdisciplinary projects. Resonance Lines, her solo debut album on the Sono Luminus label, is an “adventurous, impressive collection of contemporary solo cello music,” negotiated “with panache” (The Strad), pairing music by Benjamin Britten and Kaija Saariaho with commissioned works by Caroline Shaw and Thomas Kotcheff. Over the past decade, New Morse Code, her “remarkably inventive and resourceful duo” (Gramophone) with percussionist Michael Compitello, has developed projects responding to our society’s most pressing issues, including dwb (driving while black), a chamber opera by Roberta Gumbel and Susan Kander, and The Language of Landscapes, a multimedia work by Christopher Stark addressing the urgency of the climate crisis. They were the winners of the 2020 Ariel Avant Impact Performance Prize. Hannah is a member of Bach Aria Soloists, Grossman Ensemble, and A Far Cry, and has recently performed on modern and Baroque cello with The Knights, Quodlibet Ensemble, the Sebastians, and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. She earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Yale and holds degrees in music from the Yale School of Music, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and City University of New York. She is an alumna of Ensemble Connect and is currently Associate Professor of Cello at the University of Kansas. http://www.hannahcollinscello.com

REFERENCE RECORDINGS is proud to present a very special new release! Entitled Le Dolce Sirene to represent the dynamic allwomen force of Bach Aria Soloists, this exciting new album includes works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mendelssohn and Bach, alongside a new transcription by BAS of Cecilia McDowall’s song cycle Four Shakespeare Songs.

Hailed for producing “the most surprising and brilliantly innovative collaborations in Kansas City,” Bach Aria Soloists dedicates their critically acclaimed concert series to presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and those he inspired. The ensemble’s repertoire is adventurous and broad, including chamber music from Renaissance to Contemporary, vocal arias, Tango and new living composer commissions. BAS consists of Founder/Artistic Director and violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane, GRAMMY®winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Elisa Williams Bickers who plays Harpsichord, Organ and Piano and cellist Hannah Collins. Elizabeth Suh Lane calls their new recording, “a quintessential representation of our Baroque and contemporary chamber music performance. Much of it highlights our soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson, but because of the exposed, soloistic compositional virtuosity of Bach and Handel, and the BAS treatment that we utilize for this music that begs for improvisation, it also exposes the versatility of virtuosity of all of our Soloists.”

Le Dolce Sirene was produced by BAS Founder/Artistic Director Elizabeth Suh Lane. The album was recorded and edited by PJ Kelley of the Post Haus Acoustic, and by Kirk Patton (Mendelssohn Organ Sonata). It was mixed and mastered by multiGRAMMY® – winning Robert Friedrich of Five/Four Productions.

Reference Recordings, founded in 1976 in San Francisco, has multiple GRAMMY® awards and a catalog that includes numerous American and international orchestras, ensembles and choruses. FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings’ mission to encourage unique and fine artists, and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally. Reference Recordings are distributed in North America by Naxos USA, and internationally through a network of independent distributors. For more information, visit: http://www.ReferenceRecordings.com

Bach Aria Soloists – “La Folia Variations ”

Elizabeth Suh Lane, thank you so much for being our guest on WMM

Le Dolce Sirene will be released in a special celebration titled: Record Revelry on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM, at Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Road, Lenexa, KS, 66219. More information at http://www.bachariasoloists.com]

For WMM & Elizabeth Suh Lane. I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

11:50

16. Bach Aria Soloists – “La Folia Variations”
    from: Bach Aria Soloists / Reference Recordings / February 10, 2023
    [Elizabeth Suh Lane, Violin–Artistic Director–Founder; Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Soprano; Elisa Williams Bickers, Harpsichord–Organ–Piano; and Hannah Collins, Cello. Producer: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Artistic Director. Editing by: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Elisa Williams Bickers. Recording Engineer and Editor: PJ Kelley of The Post Haus Acoustic,. Kirk Patton (Mendelssohn Organ Sonata). Mix and Mastering Engineer: Robert Friedrich of Five/Four Productions, LLC®. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered using REVEAL SDM Technology®. REVEAL—Superior Dimension Music Technology is employed exclusively by Five/Four Productions, LLC to raise the standard ofexcellence in both music recording and the music listening experience. Digital Audio Workstation System: Merging Technologies Pyramix DAW. Monitored Through: EMM Labs Switchman. Monitor Speakers: ATC SCM 150, SCM 50 and SCM 25 Album Art Director: JoAnn Nunes. Cover Photo: Dan White Liner Notes: Steven Ledbetter. Bach Aria Soloists’ vision is to collaborate with world-class artists; perform in unique and traditional venues; present BachReach, BAS’ innovative education that introduces exciting, interactive music and multi-discipline programs, and Orchestral and Chamber Music Clinics for schools in our community for FREE, thanks to BAS’ BachReach funders. Their recently announced alliance with Marsalis Mansion Artists opens the ensemble to touring in the U.S. and beyond. More info: http://www.bachareasolists.com]

[Le Dolce Sirene will be released in a special celebration titled: Record Revelry on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM, at Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Road, Lenexa, KS, 66219. More information at http://www.bachariasoloists.com]

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

Next week on February 15 – Marion Merritt & Betse Ellis will be back to co-host with me for our 2023 Winyer On-Air Fundraiser with special guest Hermon Mehari who returns to Kansas City to play The Folly Theater on Saturday, February 18, 8 PM. Mehari’s performance is part of the Folly Jazz Series, now in its 41st year. Please Tune in next week and call in during our show to show your support for Wednesday MidDay Medley on 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio.

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