Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

PARIS WILLIAMS + The KC PUNK SHINDIG + IVORY BLUE

Mark Spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Salvation Choir, Paris Williams, Catty Cline, Ida McBeth, IVORY BLUE, Oleta Adams, The Bad Ideas, Get Smart, Orange Doe-Nuts, and Everything But The Girl.

At 10:30 we talk with Paris Williams live in our 90.1 FM Studios about his new EP, REBEL HEART released on January 31, 2023 on Bitter Sweet Sounds. Paris Williams is a Rapper/Producer originally from Muskegon, MI. Previously Paris Williams released the single, Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released,“Chunky” on April 20, 2022. He released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis

At 11:00 AM Mark talks with Patrick Sumner, Aaron Rhodes, and Frank Loose Jr. about the KC PUNK SHINDIG – From VFW to Farewell, 1983 – 2023 presented by Bent Edge and Shuttlecock, on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Doors at 7:00 PM, Show starts at 8:00 PM, at FAREWELL, 6515 Stadium Drive, KCMO. This night of vintage and contemporary perspectives on a musical DIY art form that took rock back from the big labels and arenas and put it back into garages, basements, empty storefronts and old industrial spaces that revolutionized Rock & Roll and inspired a multi-generational subculture that has informed fashion and popular culture around the globe. Featuring Get Smart!, one of Lawrence and KC’s earliest punk groups; the band that saved KC punk, Orange Doe-Nuts (OD’s); KC’s raw and talented The Bad Ideas; and new and younger Kansas City based punk band Irradiated.

At 11:30 we welcome back to the show, IVORY BLUE who released their debut full length album, COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. In 2022 IVORY BLUE signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is managing Ivory and handling all of their publishing. For COMPOUND LOVE, IVORY BLUE served as songwriter, producer, vocalist, and played all instruments, with the exception of: Lester Estelle on drums, Klaartje Van Lue on piano, Craig Kew on bass, Lennon Bone on drums, and Marco Pascolini on pedal steel guitar. Nick Poortman served in mixing, with Kurt Festge who also served in mixing & Mastering. KC based singer songwriter and rock & roller, IVORY BLUE plays a ULAH Live Session, Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM ay ULAH, 4707 Rainbow Blvd, Westwood, KS. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic

Everything But The Girl photo by Robert Cheesmond (1983)

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Show #984