Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Mireya Ramos & Erika Cecilia of Ladies Rock! + Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores + Gayle Cade-Price

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. Dragon Inn 3 – “I Can’t Stop”
   from: Trade Secrets / American Laundromat Records / April 18, 2023
   [The long-anticipated sophomore release from Dragon Inn 3. Features 10 brand new songs plus a fantastic cover of Yazoo’s “Only You.” // Dragon Inn 3 is: Grace Bentley on vocals; Philip Dickey on synths, drums, guitar, bass & vocals; Sharon Hamm on synths & vocals; David Hill on vocals & synths. Recorded from 2018 to 2022 at Davey’s house and Sharon’s house. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Philip Dickey. Additional recording and mixing help from Ross Brown, David Hill, and Chase Horseman. Mastered by Sean Glonek at SRG studios. Additional musicians: Bill Belzer percussion “I Can’t Stop”, John Cardwell guitar “Finally Going Down”, Ben Collins guitar “I Can’t Stop”, Tim Gillespie saxophone “I Can’t Stop” “Out Of Control” “Trade Secrets Theme”, Anita Kitungano vocals “See It Your Way”, John O’Hallaron guitar “Teleport”, Bora Wilondja vocals “See It Your Way” “Trade Secrets Theme”, Mauwa Wilondja vocals “Trade Secrets Theme”, Pelo Wilondja percussion “I Could Never”. Additional writers: Emma Bentley Ruzicka “Not Enough”, Bora Wilondja “See It Your Way”, JR Top “See It Your Way”, and Vincent Clark “Only You”. Cover photo: Dominik Podlipniak. Design: Dustin Williams. // Kansas City based band formed in 2012 with Grace Bentley, Sharon Bowie, Philip K. Dickey, E.P. Marcus. Dragon Inn 3’s debut LP DOUBLE LINE on August 17, 2018 through American Laundromat records. DOUBLE LINE was part of WMM’s 118 Best Recordings of 2018. The band spent six years whittling away on the songs. Combining sugary pop hooks, hypnotic beats, and huge MOOG synths, Dragon Inn 3’s playful take on 80s pop could double as the soundtrack to a John Hughes movie (if John Hughes directed Blade Runner). The cinematic origins of Dragon Inn 3 can be traced back to 2012, when Philip Dickey (leader of the indie-pop group, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) wrote a theme song for the award-winning short film Ghoul School. “If you watch the trailer you can tell it’s the same premise and look as Stranger Things–we just accidentally made it three years before them,” Dickey says. “I had so much fun making the soundtrack with the director (E.P. Marcus) that we decided to start a band.” Dickey recruited his sister, Sharon Bowie, an occupational therapist, and his wife, children’s librarian Grace Bentley, to help with songwriting and vocal duties. The group self-released the Ghoul School Soundtrack EP in late 2012, receiving high praise from Consequence of Sound, Philadelphia’s WXPN, and The Riverfront Times, before climbing to #1 on Bandcamp’s cassette charts. Then it was back to the studio (i.e. the bedrooms, kitchens, garages, and hotel rooms that doubled as makeshift recording studios). In between full-time jobs, parenthood, graduate school classes, and cross country moves, the members of Dragon Inn 3 put Double Line to tape. “I’m a stay-at-home dad now, so I would work on song arrangements and rough mixes when our toddler was taking his naps,” explains Dickey. “Grace would come home from work and record all her parts after his bedtime. We recorded all the breathy vocals in the living room and all the yelly parts in the garage so we wouldn’t wake him up.” The result is a highly addictive album that creates “a soundtrack for the more introspective moments on and off the dance floor,” according to critic David Greenwald. With members spread out over the country (KC, LA, and Springfield, MO), the group signed to American Laundromat Records in early 2018. A demo of “Bad Boy” (co-written with Free Energy’s Paul Sprangers) landed in a commercial for Ryan Adams’ Beats 1 Radio show before the song was even completed. More Info at: http://www.dragoninn3.com]

10:07 – ULAH SESSIONS presented by You Found Music and James Carter

You Found Music was created by James “Sarge” Carter who writes: “For many years I have loved music and what it has done for me, and that is why I created You Found Music. Supporting independent artists, helping them grow a fan base, and assisting in meeting any needs they may have from booking venues and festivals, to promoting a record. I am beyond passionate about helping people, and it’s what I do best.”

“You Found Music is different from the ordinary record label, management, promotions, and all around support element for the artist and/or singer songwriter. There is no contract to the service that we provide, and artists are completely in control of their works, bookings, sales, the revenue they generate, and direction they choose to go. We don’t function as a traditional label, and our service is a flat monthly fee. You decide if it’s a fit or not once we start working together. The purpose here is to provide a resource for all artists big or small, whether just starting out or a veteran in the industry. Community and support for one another is crucial in today’s time, and especially in an ever changing and evolving industry. Putting the power in the hands of the artist, and tailoring our service to fit their needs. You may find You Found Music as a launch pad to what’s next, or maybe a place you call home. The analogy that I like to give is “You’re the boxer, I didn’t train you how to fight or create, that is your’s, but when you’re in the fight, and look back to your corner you see me standing there at the ready with a stool in my hand, water, ice, and everything you need to get back out there for the next round.”

James Carter aka Sarge is the owner/founder of You Found Music. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a Veteran of 12 years. He served as a Personnel Chief, Administrative Chief, Staff Non-Commission Office In Charge (SNCOIC) of a Recruiting Sub-Station, and a Liaison for wounded, ill, and injured Marines at San Antonio Military Medical Center. James Carter is a songwriter. He writes “I have always loved to write, and this has been a joy in my life.” He most recently recorded ‘What’s Left of Me’, a song that he co-wrote with Donnie Blanz and is a tribute to all those who’ve served. “

James Carter studied at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and Park University in Kansas City, MO in areas of music business. He served as Director of Operations at Row Entertainment, Nashville, TN from 2014 to 2015, before relocating to Kansas City, MO. He as worked booking at Old Shawnee Pizza, Kansas City, MO venue under 300 capacity; booking ULAH Live Sessions, a boutique showcase capacity under 50; and has supported and assisted artists in their growth and exposure in all faucets of the music business. He has helped and supported single and album releases; pitched to publishers/labels; does booking for venues both locally and nationally touring artists; organized and developed showcases, conducts Artist/Band Management with Venue/Tour/Festival/Booking, and in a time of uncertainty hosted live streams to support artists from around the globe. James Carter works at building community and resource for artists and patrons alike.

This text above is from: http://www.youfoundmusic.com

3. Ivory Blue – “All Outta Love”
   from: “All Outta Love” – Single / IVORY BLUE / February 24, 2023
   [Follow up single to “Starlit Live Child’ released October 28, 2022. IVORY BLUE released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. COMPOUND LOVE was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2022. 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. IVORY BLUE’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015. While the EP helped spread the word and give IVORY BLUE attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 artists/bands that competed in neXt2Rock. Ivory won local & regional challenges and advanced to nationals in Los Angeles to win the top prize. // IVORY BLUE has played Crossroads Music Festival, The Middle of the Map Festival, The Westport Roots Festival, the KCPT Screening of “Real Boy” at The Kansas City Public Library, and Kauffman Stadium. // Ivory Blue was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied it for so long, Ivory lived with eight different families, before running away at 15. // Ivory has talked with us about how in their life they have turned to music to express pain. Ivory spent most of their childhood looking for a family. In 2010 Klaartje Van Lue saw Ivory performing in a YouTube video and contacted them, flying Ivory to Kansas City, and adopting Ivory into the Van Lue family. During the past 10 years Ivory came out as “Non-Binary Transgender”. // As a multi-instrumentalist, Ivory began refining their performance style, using digital looping pedals to stack harmonies and guitar parts live on stage, giving their solo shows the feel of a full band. In 2011, Ivory settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting an intense regional following for their strong vocals and incisive, deeply personal lyrics. // By 2013, IVORY BLUE was playing regularly in and around Kansas City and the first EP ‘Ready Get Set’ was released. in 2015. IVORY BLUE released the video of “Family Table” directed by Mikal Shapiro, on August 21, 2021 and the audio track was released on September 7, 2021. IVORY BLUE released the single “Good Changes” on Oct 26, 2021. Ivory Blue released the singles: “Heavy,” “Bad Weather,” “It Must Have Been Me,” “Compound Love,” and “The Start” on December 14, 2021. IVORY BLUE released their debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. IVORY BLUE released the single “Red Light” on July 29, 2022. IVORY BLUE released the single “Starlit Love Child on October 28, 2022. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D

[IVORY BLUE plays a ULAH Live Session, Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM ay ULAH, 4707 Rainbow Blvd, Westwood, KS. Presented by You Found Music]

4. Friendly Thieves – “You Better Run”
   from: “You Better Run” / Friendly Thieves / October 28, 2022
   [Debut single from five-piece alt-funk band, Friendly Thieves who are: Sam Wells on lead vocals, Jamae Breeze on lead guitar, Sam Millard on bass, John Goss on drums, and Ben Baker on saxophone. // From Michelle Bacon’s piece in http://www.bridge909.org: Friendly Thieves describes themselves as if “Alabama Shakes and Young The Giant had a Vulfpeck-inspired love child,” and well, that’s pretty spot on. Their single captures that intersection of vibrant indie-rock energy and exceptional musicianship, with an intriguing funk aroma. // The bands show at ULAH is their only KC show so far this year before the ban sets off on tour to Austin, Chicago, Denver, and Nashville. // Sam Wells released her debut EP, FOR THE DEFLATED on French Exit Records on December 31, 2020. Sam Wells is a Kansas City, based singer songwriter who has shared stages with Betsy Phillips, Kelly Hunt, Andrew Ryan, The Zack Pietrini Band, and The Phantastics. She was featured as a composer and performer in the Kansas City Repertory Theater production of “Ghost Light” performed on the lawn of The Nelson Atkin Museum of Art in October, 2020. Sam has also performed in Troostival (2020), Kansas City Porchfest (2019) and Jamdemic. In 2019, Wells released her debut single “Lesson Learned.” In early 2020 Wells released her second single “Sugar” producer and engineered by Riley Corbin at the Lawrence Kansas Public Library recording studio. It was only a decade ago, Sam Wells sat in her bedroom learning the Corrine Bailey Ray classic “Put Your Records On”. This was all it took to ignite a lifetime love affair with music. With her smooth and sultry voice and the warm tones of a baritone ukulele, she shares stories of love, loss and everything in between. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sam Wells has lived in Lawrence, but now calls KC home. Sam Wells also contributed to The Black Lives Matter Compilation from French Exit Records that featured tracks from 22 acts from the area, and was released on July 6, 2020. Sam contributed the song, “Dear Black People”. On WMM we featured tracks from: Blackstarkids, Daniel Gum, Crystal Rose, UpKeep, Bream, Heavy Surface, Palace Intrigue, Self Harmony, and Sam Wells. All proceeds donated to One Struggle KC’s Liberation Fund, a Black-led coalition of KC activists seeking to connect the struggles of oppressed communities, locally & globally. French Exit Records launched in 2018, and is an independent music label based out of Kansas City, Missouri founded by Brad Girard. French Exit Records has released albums for No Magic and Raymond, and has organized live events. The Black Lives Matter Compilation is available on French Exit Record’s Bandcamp page: http://www.frenchexitrecords.bandcamp.com. More information at: http://www.whoissamwells.com. Sam Wells was on WMM on May 13, 2020 and January 20, 2021.]

[Friendly Thieves play a ULAH Live Session, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM ay ULAH, 4707 Rainbow Blvd, Westwood, KS. Presented by You Found Music]

[Friendly Thieves play at Boulevardia Friday, June 16, 2023 at Crown Center.]

5. Ernest Melton – “Sonnet for Sanity”
   from: “Sonnet for Sanity” – Single / Ernest Melton / December 18, 2020
   [Ernest Melton released the single, “Chronicles of Conception” on April 21, 2020, and “Narrative for Natives” on March 9, 2020. Earnest Melton is also featured on the BodaciousThang single, “Say Hi” released Sept. 2, 2020 on Jucy Burrito Records. In 2019 Ernest Melton released the album “The Standard Imperfections.” In 2018 he released the album “The Time of the Slave Is Over.” Ernest Melton is a saxophonist, composer, and band leader currently residing in Kansas City, Missouri by way of Goldsboro, North Carolina. He relocated to his mother’s hometown of Kansas City, Missouri at the age of ten where he picked up his first saxophone at Longfellow Academy of the Arts. Bored with the classical curriculum of the music department, Ernest studied more contemporary genres of music and the guitar until the age of fourteen when he joined his first jazz program through the American Jazz Museum of Kansas City. Playing mostly tenor sax by the age of fourteen, Ernest joined Lincoln High School jazz band and many other musical programs around the Greater Kansas City area. Naturally excelling, Melton left school at the age of sixteen to study music on his own. With kind neighbors and a supportive mother, Ernest was free to practice the saxophone, study albums, and write compositions at any hour of the day. It was during this time he found his first major influences in jazz like Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, and Pharoah Sanders. Pharoah’s polyphony were like echoes of Melton’s father, a Primitive Baptist preacher, and became a large influence of his playing. An avid composer as well, Ernest studied with tutors in classical orchestration, big band arranging, and Afro-Cuban drumming. He cites Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinsky, and Wayne Shorter as his favorite all around composers and still tries to implement their techniques in his music today. After being accepted into Berklee College of Music he decided not to attend and began his career playing music in bands of every genre around the Greater Kansas City area. In 2018 Ernest release his first full length album entitle, “The Time Of The Slave Is Over”, which received raved reviews at home and abroad by media such as Plastic Sax, Quest TV, and JAZIZZ to name a few. Currently, Melton is working on his second full length album. While still in his early twenties, Ernest Melton has played all over the country and plans to continue to travel abroad.]

[Ernest Melton and his Quartet play The Ship, 1217 Union Avenue, KCMO West Bottoms, on Thursday, March 16, at 8:00 PM.]

6. Zion Isaiah – “Medicine”
   from: “Medicine’ – Single / Zion Isaiah / January 17, 2023
   [21 year old Zion Isaiah released the single “21” on October 28, 2022. Calla released the single “you and i (feat. Zion Isaiah & Hannah You) on June 15, 2022, on Memesquirt Records. Zion Isaiah released the single “So Harsh” on May 6, 2022. Zion Isaiah released the single “Oasis” on January 22, 2022. Zion Isaiah released the single “Tired of Missing You” on November 12, 2021. Zion Isaiah released the single, “Drive (feat. Painter Boy)” on August 13, 2021. Kansas City, Missouri based Zion Isaiah works at JHS Pedals, studies at Johnson County Community College, and Went to Kansas City Christian School. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/zeeon.boklender.%5D

7. Akkilles- “Happily”
   from: Happily – Single / David Bennett / April 21, 2023
   [Akkilles is the music project of David Bennett who makes music under the moniker Akkilles. He also helps other people make music. Engineered & Produced by David Bennett at Aorist Studios in KCMO. Main vocals, keys, acoustic & electric guitar by David Bennett. Additional electric guitar by Baird Williams. Recorded at: Aorist Studios in KC. Akkilles released three singles in 2019. “By Myself” – Single was released November 1, 2019. “Meet in the Middle” was released October 25, 2019. “Feelin’ My Self” was released February 1, 2019. Akkilles released the critically acclaimed debut record “Something You’d Say” on July 2, 2013.]

8. Jass – “Lifetime”
   from: “Liftetime” – Single / JASS / January 6, 2023
   [Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch. Jass and The Boys released the single “Love U Like I Love U” on December 2, 2022. Jass released the EP, OFF KEY: TOO HIGH on September 23, 2022. Jass released the single “Higher Ground” on August 16, 2022. It was #1 on WMM’s 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. I 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 opened for Thundercat sat GRINDERS, headlined a show at The Bottleneck in Lawrence with my boys! (Colby Bales and Brande Moser), and she opened up for The New Respects at The Uptown, and sang the Negro National Anthem at BLAQUE to School Night at the KC Monarchs game.More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]

[Jass’ song “GROW” was included inlets week’s episode of the television drama Bel-Air on the Peacock Network, directed and created by filmmaker Morgan Cooper. ]

[Jass plays Songbird Session at Blip Roasters, 1301 Woodswether Rd., Kansas City West Bpttoms. on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:00 PM]

10:29 – Underwriting

10:31 – Interview with Gayle Price

Gayle Cade-Price was most powerfully influenced by her mother, the original Rock and Roll Mama, Priscilla Bowman. Born in Kansas City, KS, the youngest of 2, and her passion for music was established very early in life. Gayle Price is the founder of the Pure Sweetness Entertainment Band with over 30 years of experience between their members. Lead singer, Gayle Cade-Price brings a sultry, soulful elegance to each and every performance. Her powerful, velvety, smooth voice, are complimented by her distinguished and phenomenally talented band members: Allen Monroe on keyboards, Desmond Jordan on drums, Wendell Dancer on bass, Charlotte Lockhart on background vocals, and Gerrit Blewitt on background vocals.

Pure Sweetness Entertainment led by Gayle Cade-Price performs at Uptown Lounge, 3400 Main Street KCMO on Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

Gayle Price thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Gayle Cade-Price writes that her biggest musical influence in her life was her mother, Priscilla Bowman.

Priscilla Bowman was born Priscilla Irene Mills, on May 30, 1928. She was a jazz and rhythm and blues singer, who had a No. 1 hit single on the Billboard magazine R&B chart in 1955 with the song “Hands Off”. She was the lead singer for the Jay McShann band.

The daughter of Ethel and Solomon Mills, she was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and has been called the city’s “original rock ‘n’ roll mama.” Her influences included singers Ruth Brown and Annie Laurie. She joined the Jay McShann band in the early 1950s. In 1955 the band signed with Vee-Jay Records, and Bowman recorded two sessions with them. One of the songs, “Hands Off” went to No. 1 on the R&B chart for three weeks in December 1955.

She recorded three sessions for Vee-Jay and its subsidiary label, Falcon, as a solo singer between 1957 and 1959 but could not repeat her success. However, in 1958 she was the first to record the song “A Rockin’ Good Way”, with uncredited vocal backing by The Spaniels. The song was written with Brook Benton and became a hit when Benton recorded it himself as a duo with Dinah Washington in 1960.

Bowman recorded again for Abner Records in 1959 and continued to record and make personal appearances, some with McShann, through the mid-1970s. She retired to family life. A compilation album of her recordings, An Original Rock & Roll Mama, was released in 1986. Bowman died in July 24, 1988 from lung cancer at the age of 60.

10:36

9. Jay McShann and His Orchestra – “Hands Off (feat. Patricia Bowman”
   from: A Taste of The Blues, Vol. 1 / Concord / January 1, 2093
   [James Columbus “Jay” McShann was born January 12, 1916 and died December 7, 2006. He was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and Ben Webster.// McShann was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was nicknamed Hootie. During his youth he taught himself how to play the piano through observing his sister’s piano lessons and trying to practicing tunes he heard off the radio. He was also heavily influenced by late-night broadcasts of pianist Earl Hines from Chicago’s Grand Terrace Cafe: “When ‘Fatha’ (Hines) went off the air, I went to bed”. He began working as a professional musician in 1931 at the age of 15, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma, and neighboring Arkansas. // McShann moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936, and set up his own big band which variously featured Charlie Parker (1937–42), Al Hibbler, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Bernard Anderson, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Coe, Gus Johnson (1938–43), Harold “Doc” West, Earl Coleman, Walter Brown, and Jimmy Witherspoon, among others. His first recordings were all with Charlie Parker, the first as the Jay McShann Orchestra on August 9, 1940. // The band played both swing and blues numbers, but played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was “Confessin’ the Blues” with Walter Brown on vocals. The group disbanded when McShann was drafted into the Army in 1944. After his return two years later, he found that small groups were now taking the place of big-bands in the jazz scene. // McShann told the Associated Press in 2003: “You’d hear some cat play, and somebody would say, ‘This cat, he sounds like he’s from Kansas City.’ It was Kansas City Style. They knew it on the East Coast. They knew it on the West Coast. They knew it up North, and they knew it down South.” // After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon began to record with McShann in 1945 and, fronting McShann’s band, he had a hit in 1949 with “Ain’t Nobody’s Business”. As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann’s band, which also featured Ben Webster. McShann had a modern rhythm and blues hit with “Hands Off”, featuring a vocal by Priscilla Bowman, in 1955. // In the late 1960s, McShann often performed as a singer as well as a pianist, often with violinist Claude Williams. He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario, where he made his last recording, “Hootie Blues”, in February 2001, after a recording career of 61 years. In 1979, he appeared prominently in The Last of the Blue Devils, a documentary film about Kansas City jazz. // One of McShann’s favorite stories to tell was how band member and friend Charlie Parker got his nickname “Bird”. During their drive to a gig in Nebraska with a car full of musicians, the driver of the car accidentally hit a chicken. According to McShann, Parker requested the driver turn around so he could get the bird, and sat with it in the backseat of the car all the way to Lincoln. Once they arrived he asked the keeper of the home they were staying in to cook it up for him. McShann died on December 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 90.]

10:39 – More Interview with Gayle Price

We are talking with vocalist and band leader Gayle Cade-Price. And we just heard a recorded track from Gayle Price’s biggest influence, her mother, the original Rock and Roll Mama, Priscilla Bowman who joined the Jay McShann band in the early 1950s and In 1955 the band signed with Vee-Jay Records, and Bowman recorded two sessions with them. One of the songs, “Hands Off”, became a hit and stayed at No. 1 on the R&B chart for three weeks in December 1955.

Gayle Price is the founder of the Pure Sweetness Entertainment Band with over 30 years of experience between their members. Lead singer, Gayle Price brings a sultry, soulful elegance to each and every performance. Her powerful, velvety, smooth voice, are complimented by her distinguished and phenomenally talented band members.

Pure Sweetness Entertainment led by Gayle Price performs at Uptown Lounge, 3400 Main Street KCMO on Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

Gayle Price thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Pure Sweetness Entertainment Band has over 30 years of experience between their members.

Members:
Gayle Price on lead vocals
Allen Monroe on keyboards
Desmond Jordan on drums
Wendell Dancer on bass
Charlotte Lockhart on background vocals,
Gerrit Blewitt on background vocals.

Pure Sweetness Entertainment are enthusiastic, hardworking and an absolute band.

With creativity and talent in their blood, The Pure Sweetness Entertainment Band is sure to make any performance, the performance of a lifetime! Appealing both to urban and adult contemporary listeners, their music brings a distinct sophistication. Their sound is often smooth and mellow, oftentimes gritty and energizing, but never lifeless.

Pure Sweetness Entertainment play R&B, Pop, Rock, Gospel or Country music

Gayle Price is currently writing some songs to get recorded later this year.

Gayle Cade-Price thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Pure Sweetness Entertainment led by Gayle Cade-Price performs at Uptown Lounge, 3400 Main Street KCMO on Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

More information at: https://puresweetnessent.wixsite.com/mysite

10:47

10. Amy Ray – “Tear It Down with Allison Russell”
    from: If It All Goes South / Daemon Records / September 16, 2022
    [Amy Ray ‘s tenth solo album, If It All Goes South, on her own label Daemon Records. Recorded live to tape at Nashville’s Sound Emporium and mainly produced by her frequent collaborator Brian Speiser, If It All Goes South owes much of its freewheeling vitality to the potent chemistry between Ray and her longtime bandmates, including guitarist Jeff Fielder (a Seattle-based musician known for his work with artists like Mark Lanegan and Duff McKagan), keyboardist Daniel Walker (Heart, Ann Wilson, John Fullbright), pedal-steel player Matt Smith (also a member of The Honeycutters), banjo player Alison Brown, fiddle player/guitarist Adrian Carter, bassist Kerry Brooks, and drummer Jim Brock. The follow-up to 2018’s Holler (a widely acclaimed release featuring Vince Gill and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon), the album also includes a dazzling lineup of guest musicians: Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, The Highwomen’s Natalie Hemby, Phil Cook, and I’m With Her, to name a few. // On April 24, 2020 The Indigo Girls released LOOK LONG, their 15th studio album. The Indigo Girls recorded the album with previous collaborator John Reynolds. Tour dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States but the duo performed a series of weekly live-streamed concerts online to raise money for charity as well as promote this release. These events were accompanied by a question and answer session and audience requests for performances. They also performed at a virtual festival of musicians raising money for the United Nations Foundation on Mother’s Day, 2020. Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo from Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The two met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. They started performing with the name Indigo Girls as students at Emory University, performing weekly at The Dugout, a bar in Emory Village. They released a self-produced, full-length record album entitled Strange Fire in 1987, and contracted with a major record company in 1988. After releasing nine albums with major record labels from 1987 through 2007, they have now resumed self-producing albums with their own IG Recordings company. Outside of working on Indigo Girls–related projects, Ray has released solo albums and founded a non-profit organization that promotes independent musicians, while Saliers is an entrepreneur in the restaurant industry as well as a professional author; she also collaborates with her father, Don Saliers, in performing for special groups and causes. Saliers & Ray are both lesbians and active in political and environmental causes.]

[THE INDIGO GIRLS play with THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY, Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM at The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO]

11. The Ants – “Cheap & Easy”
    from: Good Luck Crow / The Ants / September 17, 2022
    [The Ants 12th release and follow up to SUN CITY VICES released November 14, 2020. For this record the band brought I whol team of Guest Artists including: Mason Vickery, Betse Ellie, Johnny Hamil, Wayne Gottstine, Sue Phillips, David Regnier, David Randall, Chris DeVictor and Brad Nichols helped on this one. Prior to this the band released their 8th full length album GOLDEN SUBMARINE on Octoner 13, 2017. For GOLDEN SUBMARINE band member Chad Bryan said: “It is safe to say they have been under the radar for the past 17 years. We’ve long been a band other bands enjoy, but haven’t really gotten past that and into a larger audience. We’ve been releasing music independently for the past ten years and were on a small label out of Chicago called Sickroom Records prior to that. We’ve been relegated to local and regional work the past several years due to real life obligations. We did quite a bit of touring 2003-2010. The nucleus of the band is a four piece that has been together since 2006. Half of the band lives in Lawrence, the other half in Kansas City.” Band members include: David Randall, Sean McEniry, Brad Nichols, Chad Bryan. http://www.killtheants.com]

[The Ants play a vinyl record release show for Good Luck Crow on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 10:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave., KCMO, West Bottoms.]

12. Emily King – “Medal”
    from: Special Occasion / ATO Records / May 5, 2023
    [New York native Emily King is set to release her latest studio album Special Occasion. The new body of work is King’s first album in 4 years, following her multi-Grammy-nominated ‘Scenery.’ Using music as a means of meditation, King works through the most overwhelming emotions with ineffable grace and resilience. Today King releases the project’s second single “Medal,” a joyfully upbeat song punctuated by driving-low end bass, rhythmic hand claps, and a soaring chorus. // “I’d had this melody in my head for a very long time,” Emily King explains. “It was a slow song until I got in the studio with my producer and we picked up the tempo. He started playing this funky bassline on the chorus and it was like instant joy! The lyric was ‘I wanna be the girl with the medal’ like, I want that shiny feeling you get when the person you have a crush on gives you their attention. These days though, I’ve been singing the song to myself which gives it a slightly different meaning. Like, ‘Hey you are the prize girl!’ ‘You are the medal and you already won yourself!’ Ha. Makes me feel good and then I get to dancing.” // ‘Special Occasion’ sees King bring ever-evolving levels of depth and nuance to her songwriting, rooting each revelation into a mesmerizing blend of soul, R&B, and forward-thinking pop. “It’s about trying to find some kind of light in the middle of your hardest times: those moments when you don’t really have anything to celebrate, you’re just alone and sitting in those feelings and trying to make sense of it all,” King explains. // Emily King (born July 10, 1985) is an American singer and songwriter. She started her career in 2004 and her first album East Side Story was released in August 2007. In December 2007, King was listed as a Grammy nominee for Best Contemporary R&B Album. In 2019 Emily King was nominated for Best R&B Song for the 62nd Grammy Awards and her album Scenery was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. In 2020 Emily King was nominated again, this time for t for her song “See Me”. // Born in New York City in 1985, King grew up in a small apartment on the Lower East Side. Her parents, Marion Cowings and Kim Kalesti, were a singing duo who performed and traveled regularly taking her and her older brother with them. At age 16, King left high school after earning her GED to pursue her music career. She began playing shows in restaurants and venues around New York City including CBGB and The Bitter End. // King signed her first record deal with J Records in 2004 and appeared on Nas’ 2004 album Street’s Disciple credited as simply “Emily”. Her first album East Side Story was released in August 2007. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album of the Year. After leaving the label in 2008, King continued her work independently with producer Jeremy Most. She self-recorded her follow-up EP Seven in her home, released in July 2011. Throughout this time, King toured domestically and internationally with many artists including Nas, John Legend, Floetry, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, and Maroon 5. // In 2012, King was awarded the Holly Prize (a tribute to the legacy of Buddy Holly) from The Songwriters Hall of Fame for recognition of the “all-in songwriter” whose work exhibits the qualities of Holly’s music: true, great and original. In the fall, King was invited by Emeli Sandé to open for her UK tour playing sold out shows in five cities including at The Royal Albert Hall in London. King collaborated with José James on his album No Beginning No End in 2013 and can be heard on the tracks “Heaven on the Ground” and the acoustic version of “Come to My Door”. In 2014, King performed as an opening act for Sara Bareilles’ Little Black Dress tour. //King’s second studio album, The Switch, was self-released by her own label, Making Music Records, on 26 June 2015. The Wall Street Journal remarked that the album is “a tasteful collection of eleven songs that showcase King’s distinctive voice”. // She signed with the independent label ATO Records in 2017 and with them released her third studio album, Scenery, on 1 February 2019. // In late 2019, King once again performed as an opening act for Sara Bareilles in her Amidst The Chaos Tour. // In 2019, King helped to compose “Being Human”, the ending theme song for the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe Future, which she sang. Her song “Can’t Hold Me” was also used in an episode of the series. // King released her fourth studio album, Sides, on January 17, 2020. The album features acoustic takes on her previous songs, and includes a guest appearance by Sara Bareilles on the track “Teach You.” In response to racial unrest in the summer of 2020, King released the song “See Me” in August. The song was nominated for Best R&B Performance in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.]

13. The Critterz – “Stormtrooper Blues (Pew Pew)”
    from: “Stormtrooper Blues (Pew Pew)” – Single / The Critterz / May 5, 2023
    [The third single release from The Critterz comes out officially on April 1, 2023. The single was written by the band’s new member Don Dawn aka Breakadawn aka Dawn Yoder (who is also the lead singer of The Bad Ideas). She was introduced to the band by Pat Tomek. The Critterz are made up of Mist Blu, Rocky Raccoon, Alex ‘Ale Bear’ Boyd (who also plays with Interstate Run) and BreakaDawn on keyboards. Mist Blu describes themself as a “roughneck boygirl” and they do stump removal by day. Rocky Raccoon describes the band as: “reclusive and nocturnal.” Rocky Raccoon was formerly known for playing with pop punk band Helkat. The Critterz are punk-pop woodland creatures dedicated to fighting fascism and the occasional outdoor cat. They ask us not to worry because they don’t start fights. The Crittersz released their debut single, “La La Lu Lu Lu” on July 11, 2022. The Critters released their single, “It’s Gonna Be A Good Day” on October 13, 2022.]

[The Critters will play Thies Park’s “First Sundays” on April 2, 2023.]

11:00 – Station ID

14. Flor de Toloache – “Una Vida Y Otra Más”
    from: Motherflower / Fever Records – Enigma / 1984
    [Flor de Toloache is an all-female mariachi band based in NYC and founded by Mireya I. Ramos & Shae Fiol in 2008. // Flor de Toloache first began playing in the NYC subways where they were noticed by numerous media outlets including the New York Times. In 2014, they released their first album Mariachi Flor de Toloache and in 2016 they toured with The Arcs after having contributed to their album Yours, Dreamily. In 2017, they won a Latin Grammy for “Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album” for their second studio album Las Caras Lindas – a first-time win by women. “We wanted to do fusion because there was so much more that we can express musically, and we wanted to work with [producer] Rafa Sardina,” says Ramos. “We were really excited and also nervous. We didn’t know what to expect.” In 2019, they were nominated for a Grammy for “Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album” for their third studio album Indestructible, which was produced by Rafa Sardina and includes collaborations with notable artists including John Legend, Miguel, Camilo Lara, and Alex Cuba.]

[Mireya Ramos of Flor de Toloache plays Mireya Ramos Presents Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City Missouri.]

11:03 – Interview with Mireya Ramos & Erika Cecilia Noguera of Ladies Rock!

Latin-Grammy-winning, multiple Latin Grammy nominated and Grammy-nominated vocalist, violinist, Guitarron player, composer, producer, arranger and founder of Flor de Toloache – NY’s only all-women mariachi. She embodies all of her musical influences whether classical, mariachi, salsa, merengue or hip-hop, always creating a unique and refreshing sound. Her versatility, natural improvisational skills and beautiful tone has made her one of the top Latin artists in New York City and has landed her features on legendary albums by Latin Grammy Winner percussionist Luisito Quintero, Bobbito & Stretch, Len Smythe, Chicano Batman, AdrianQuesada (Black Pumas) and many more.

As a big advocate of empowering the next generation and promoting the importance of representation, she has been an integral part of educational projects like México Beyond Mariachi, Lincoln Center, and Mariachi Academy NY. She continues to share her experience and knowledge through workshops, educational programs and performances. Apart from touring with her band, she is proudly involved in She is the Music, the Recording Academy as a serving governor of the NY Chapter, a SAG-Aftra member and promoting her debut solo album self titled “Mireya” which include collaborations with Flor de Toloache, Gaby Moreno, Haydée Milanés, Camilo Lara, Adrian Quesada, Velcro and the legendary Mike Garson.

Mireya Ramos Thank you for being with us on WMM.

Erika Noguera is an entrepreneur, community organizer, and occasional performer who is passionate about nurturing communal healing and creating safe, inclusive spaces through art, connection, and mutual aid. She runs the coffee company, Doña Fina Café, with her dad; importing coffee directly from the family farm in Guatemala and roasting it weekly in KC. She also provides strategic communications expertise in the local arts and music community through the local youth empowerment nonprofit Art As Mentorship, Celebrate Ameri’kana Festival, and other projects.

Erika Noguera, Thank you for being with us on WMM.

Mireya and Erika are here to share all of the details about Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO. A Celebration of Women’s History Month. Femmes and allies come together for an afternoon and evening of exploring the creative power in our voices. Beginning with a Vocal Workshop led by Mireya Ramos, founder of the Latin-Grammy winning, all-female mariachi group Flor de Toloache. After the workshop, there will be time to connect with Mireya and local artists and makers. Refreshments and snacks provided. At 7:00 PM, Mireya will host an incredible line-up of powerhouse musicians and vocalists including: The Burney Sisters, Casii Stephan, Ezgi Karakus, Calvin Arsenia, Trevor Turla, Michael McClintock, Marco Pascolini, and Slim Hanson. Local vendors include: Socorro “Coco” Rico with ceramics and print, and original paintings; Bernadette Negrete with paper, and paint; Aliena Martes with weaving and jewelry; Doña Fina Café with family farmed coffee.

Mireya Ramos Presents Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City Missouri.

Vocal workshop. Vendor Fair. Concert. A celebration of women in music and the life force of all who identify with the impulse to create.

A celebration of women in music and the life force of all who identify with the impulse to create. Latin-Grammy-winning founder, leader, and vocal powerhouse Mireya Ramos, presents Ladies Rock! A Celebration of Women’s History Month.

Come together with femmes and allies for an afternoon and evening of exploring the creative power in our voices. Beginning with a Vocal Workshop led by Mireya Ramos of founder of the Latin-Grammy winning, all-female mariachi group Flor de Toloache.

About the Vocal Workshop: “I will be sharing with you breathing techniques, styling and some tricks that have helped me navigate my voice in different genres, allowed me to play around with many different colors, and led me to discover my own power through singing. We will join our voices with a few melodies you may all know and we will have fun playing around with different sounds that will help you discover new exciting things about your own voice.”

After the workshop, folks will have time to connect with Mireya and each other, and local artists and makers; all in the beautiful, light-filled Charlotte Street Foundation Hall. Refreshments and snacks provided.

Local artist & vendors include:
Socorro “Coco” Rico – ceramics and print, and original paintings
Bernadette Negrete – paper, and paint
Aliena Martes – weaving and jewelery
Doña Fina Café – direct-single origin- family farmed coffe

At 7:00 PM, Mireya will host an incredible line-up of powerhouse musicians and vocalists including: The Burney Sisters, Casii Stephan, Ezgi Karakus, Calvin Arsenia, Trevor Turla, Michael McClintock, Marco Pascolini, and Slim Hanson.

The Burney Sisters, comprised of sisters Olivia -17, Emma-15, and recently joined 12-year-old sister Bella, create music with a maturity and emotional intelligence that belies their age. Olivia and Emma write keen and knowing songs while arranging for multiple instruments and structuring unique and resonant harmonies. The result-personal and penetrating music that both connects with and captivates their listener. Their soul nurturing sibling harmonies and tunes are reminiscent of The Avett Brothers, First Aid Kit, Indigo Girls, The Staves, and Joseph. “The Burney Sisters… Have the talent and wisdom of artists three times their ages. They have already opened for Wynonna Judd, and played high profile music festivals.” – Bobby Jean Sawyer. — Wide Open Country

11:12

15. The Burney Sisters – “Can’t Look Past Your Door (Single)”
    from: Can’t Look Past Your Door (Single) / BBS Productions / May 6, 2022
    [From Columbia, Missouri, The Burney Sisters, comprised of sisters Olivia-16, Emma-13, and recently joined 11-year-old sister Bella , create music with a maturity and emotional intelligence that belies their age. Olivia and Emma write keen and knowing songs while arranging for multiple instruments and structuring unique and resonant harmonies. The result—personal and penetrating music that both connects with and captivates the listener. Their soul nurturing sibling harmonies and tunes are reminiscent of The Avett Brothers, First Aid Kit, Indigo Girls, The Staves, and The Wild Reeds. More info at: http://www.theburneysisters.com] [The Burney Sisters were 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artists – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM in Roanoke Room, in Westin Crown Center Hotel.]

[The Burney Sisters plays Mireya Ramos Presents Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City Missouri.]

11:15 – More Interview with Mireya Ramos & Erika Cecilia Noguera

We are talking with Latin-Grammy-winning, multiple Latin Grammy nominated and Grammy-nominated vocalist, violinist, Guitarron player, composer, producer, arranger and founder of Flor de Toloache – NY’s only all-women mariachi. Mireya Ramos

And our friend Erika Cecilia Noguera entrepreneur, community organizer, and occasional performer who is passionate about nurturing communal healing and creating safe, inclusive spaces through art, connection, and mutual aid. She runs the coffee company, Doña Fina Café, with her dad; importing coffee directly from the family farm in Guatemala and roasting it weekly in KC.

Mireya Ramos and Erika Noguera, Thank you for being with us on WMM.

Mireya and Erika are here to share all of the details about Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO. A Celebration of Women’s History Month.

Femmes and allies come together for an afternoon and evening of exploring the creative power in our voices. Beginning with a Vocal Workshop led by Mireya Ramos, founder of the Latin-Grammy winning, all-female mariachi group Flor de Toloache.

Mireya Ramos embodies all of her musical influences whether classical, mariachi, salsa, merengue or hip-hop, always creating a unique and refreshing sound. Her versatility, natural improvisational skills and beautiful tone has made her one of the top Latin artists in New York City and has landed her features on legendary albums by Latin Grammy Winner percussionist Luisito Quintero, Bobbito & Stretch, Len Smythe, Chicano Batman, AdrianQuesada (Black Pumas) and many more.

As a big advocate of empowering the next generation and promoting the importance of representation, she has been an integral part of educational projects like México Beyond Mariachi, Lincoln Center, and Mariachi Academy NY. She continues to share her experience and knowledge through workshops, educational programs and performances. Apart from touring with her band, she is proudly involved in She is the Music, the Recording Academy as a serving governor of the NY Chapter, a SAG-Aftra member and promoting her debut solo album self titled “Mireya” which include collaborations with Flor de Toloache, Gaby Moreno, Haydée Milanés, Camilo Lara, Adrian Quesada, Velcro and the legendary Mike Garson.

Come together with femmes and allies for an afternoon and evening of exploring the creative power in our voices.

Beginning with a Vocal Workshop led by Mireya Ramos of founder of the Latin-Grammy winning, all-female mariachi group Flor de Toloache.

After the workshop, we will have time to connect with Mireya and each other and local artists and makers; all in the beautiful, light-filled Charlotte Street Foundation Hall. Refreshments and snacks provided.

At 7:00 PM, Mireya will host an incredible line-up of powerhouse musicians and vocalists including: The Burney Sisters, Casii Stephan, Ezgi Karakus, Calvin Arsenia, Trevor Turla, Michael McClintock, Marco Pascolini, and Slim Hanson. Local vendors include: Socorro “Coco” Rico with ceramics and print, and original paintings; Bernadette Negrete with paper, and paint; Aliena Martes with weaving and jewelry; Doña Fina Café with family farmed coffee.

Event Sponsors:
FMK Music
Charlotte Street Foundation
Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City
Flyer Design: Megan Ammari

Casii Stephan is a MN born, indie-pop meets soul-rock artist now based in Tulsa, OK. Casii’s “gorgeously emotive voice inspires comparisons to alt-pop artists like Florence Welch and Fiona Apple with a writing style reminiscent of Carole King” (NPR). Her music combines her love for the storytelling elements of Disney ballads and the bold, brilliance of The White Stripes, as well as the soul-wrenching R&B melodies of H.E.R. Her songs have received awards and nominations from the Independent Music Awards, Hollywood Music and Media Awards, and USA Songwriting Competition. She has been featured in Billboard, Earmilk, and was named as one of NPR music’s Artists to watch in 2022. Casii Stephan and her band, “The Midnight Sun”have performed multiple official SXSW showcases, toured the Midwest, and recently performed in LA at the “We Found New Music showcase”. Casii’s live performance has received rave reviews from American Songwriter as a “knockout set of blues-funk and soul”. Casii just returned from the Folk Alliance International Music Conference where she was a jury-selected official showcase artist . Casii traveled to Muscle Shoals, AL early 2023 to record an EP with producer, Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones) and is set to release it later this year.

Mireya Ramos and Erika Noguera, Thank you for being with us on WMM.

Mireya Ramos Presents Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City Missouri.

Vocal workshop. Vendor Fair. Concert. A celebration of women in music and the life force of all who identify with the impulse to create.

11:24

16. Casii Stephan – “Trust Fall”
    from: “Trust fall” – Single / Mills Record Company / May 31, 2013
    [Casii Stephan is a MN born, indie-pop meets soul-rock artist now based in Tulsa, OK. Casii’s “gorgeously emotive voice inspires comparisons to alt-pop artists like Florence Welch and Fiona Apple with a writing style reminiscent of Carole King” (NPR). Her music combines her love for the storytelling elements of Disney ballads and the bold, brilliance of The White Stripes, as well as the soul-wrenching R&B melodies of H.E.R. Her songs have received awards and nominations from the Independent Music Awards, Hollywood Music and Media Awards, and USA Songwriting Competition. She has been featured in Billboard, Earmilk, and was named as one of NPR music’s Artists to watch in 2022. Casii Stephan and her band, “The Midnight Sun”have performed multiple official SXSW showcases, toured the Midwest, and recently performed in LA at the “We Found New Music showcase”. Casii’s live performance has received rave reviews from American Songwriter as a “knockout set of blues-funk and soul”. Casii just returned from the Folk Alliance International Music Conference where she was a jury-selected official showcase artist . Casii traveled to Muscle Shoals, AL early 2023 to record an EP with producer, Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones) and is set to release it later this year.]

[Casii Stephan plays Mireya Ramos Presents Ladies Rock! on Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City Missouri.]

11:28 – Underwriting

17. Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores – “Numb (Radio Edit)”
    from: “Numb” – Single / Frog Party / January 20, 2023
    [“Numb”, the latest single from Lawrence musicians Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, combines heartbroken lyrics with elements of moody, dark trap production and murky indie guitars. As described by Center Cut Records: “‘Numb’ begins with some Pink Floyd vocals in an echo chamber, and some soundbites laid over a haunting piano for good measure. Paul’s Philly soul special voice is back again, but this time we’ve got some distorted vocals and instruments with Deegan lurking in the mix.” – Patrick Sprehe // Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores are preparing to roll out their collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the coming months under the collective of Lawrence artists Frog Party. The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through an eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronic music, and soul.Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores– released “Your Sunshine (Feat. Hannah Davis)” on April 29, 2022]

[You can also watch the music video for “Numb”, directed by Brooke Hemrick, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RycI_sJqg9s]

11:33 – Interview with Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores

Paul Jesse is a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, Kansas, whose debut EP, Stuck This Way came out in 2021 and combines his smooth and passionate vocals with psychedelic R&B, hip-hop, and electronic bedroom-pop production.

Deegan Poores is also a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, whose debut album from last year, The “Vanishing” Album, combines indie rock, yacht rock, power pop, and synth pop to create a genre-bending sound with co-production from singer-songwriter-producer-filmmaker Remy Styrk from Kansas City.

After coming together last year to make the song “Your Sunshine”, which features Lawrence based singer-songwriter Hannah Davis, Paul asked Deegan to executive produce his debut album. Hello Paul Jesse, releasing over the upcoming months as three EPs by Lawrence arts collective Frog Party, takes the sound Paul established on Stuck This Way and expands it to include elements of Deegan’s sound as well as trip hop, hyperpop, and folk, among other genres, all cohering around Paul’s voice and hooks. The lyrics chronicle Paul’s growth and development as a person through heartache, self-reflection, and love, and each EP captures a different stage of that transition. Hello Paul Jesse, Part I is out now, and new single “Remedy” featuring Arkko is out Friday, March 17th.

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores for being with us on WMM.

Center Cut Records had this to say about lead single “Numb”:
“‘Numb’ begins with some Pink Floyd vocals in an echo chamber, and some soundbites laid over a haunting piano for good measure. Paul’s Philly soul special voice is back again, but this time we’ve got some distorted vocals and instruments with Deegan lurking in the mix.” – Patrick Sprehe

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores are preparing to roll out their collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the coming months under the collective of Lawrence artists Frog Party.

The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through an eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronic music, and soul.

It’s being released in three parts, each part showcasing different stages of his development, and then as a full project to allow each section to be absorbed fully.

Part I captures Paul Jesse at his most anxious, sensitive, and depressed. Lyrically, the EP focuses on heartbreak, acceptance, and rejection, and the music reflects these dark themes. “Intro (Hello)” is a fever dream of spoken word samples and heavy synths that leads directly into the piano ballad “You Don’t Care”, a strong contender for radio play with its dramatic build. Fellow Frog Party artists Indiglow contribute a guest feature to “Not Perfect”, which finishes out the EP with spacey guitars from Deegan and moody synths and heavy trap drums courtesy of ProdbyRai

Last year Deegan Poores released The “Vanishing” Album on February 25, 2022. “Vanishing” was originally released as a single on June 19, 2020. Eventually the track became the title from Deegan’s THE “VANISHING” ALBUM. Written & produced by Deegan Poores. Deegan Poores is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Kansas City, Kansas. Production by: Deegan Poores and Remy Styrk. Engineering by: Remy Styrk. Mixing: Remy Styrk and Deegan Poores. Mastering: Val Cecil. Cover Art: Clayton Phillips. // To see the “Vanishing” video, directed & produced by Remy Styrk visit: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCie5UaItSkEugr7MJ6ubzvg // More info at: http://www.deeganpoores.bandcamp.com]

Last year Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores released the single “Your Sunshine (Feat. Hannah Davis)” on April 29, 2022. Paul Jesse is now a 22 year old singer songwriter based in Kansas City, MO. Paul Jesse & X-GD released the single “To The Sky” on February 25, 2022, and “Stuck This Way” on October 6, 2021. Paul Jesse released the single & video for the song, “Gone,” directed by @strife.studios. // “Your Sunshine” is a chill, trip-hop and classic R&B inspired song about feeling the warmth of one’s love even when they’re not in your presence. Over a bliss bed of murky drum samples, chunky bass, jangly guitars, and lush keyboards, Paul layers his vocals with featured vocalist and friend Hannah Davis to create huge harmonies. The anthemic chorus is an instant earworm. This song was the first collaboration between Paul and Deegan, and has led to a fruitful musical partnership. // Paul Jesse is a singer and songwriter from Lawrence, Kansas who combines his smooth and passionate vocals with production that combines elements of hip-hop, trap, pop, and psychedelic R&B. His self-produced debut EP, Stuck This Way, came out late last year and is a great document of his sound. // Info at: http://www.facebook.com/pauljessemusic

Frog Party is rolling out Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores’ collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the upcoming months as three EPs, with part I being released February 17th. The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through Deegan’s eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, soul, and electronic music. Part I captured Paul at his most anxious, sensitive, and depressed, while “Remedy” alongside Part II convey a transition towards reflection, acceptance, and contentment.

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, singer-songwriter-producer duo from Lawrence, KS, are releasing a new single “Remedy (ft. arkko)” on Friday, March 17, 2023. “Remedy”, the latest single from Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, is an up-tempo hyperpop love song with lush synths, chipmunk vocals, pounding 808s, and thunderous bass. Paul both coos sweetly and belts out his admiration, while the guest verse from rapper-producer arkko takes the song for an anxious, frantic spin.

11:41

17. Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores – “Remedy (feat. Arkko) (Radio Edit)”
    from: “Remedy (feat. Arkko) (Radio Edit)” – Single / Frog Party / March 17, 2023
    [Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, singer-songwriter-producer duo from Lawrence, KS. RIYL: James Blake, Joji, Yung Lean // “Remedy”, the latest single from Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, is an up-tempo hyperpop love song with lush synths, chipmunk vocals, pounding 808s, and thunderous bass. Paul both coos sweetly and belts out his admiration, while the guest verse from rapper-producer arkko takes the song for an anxious, frantic spin. // Frog Party is rolling out Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores’ collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the upcoming months as three EPs, with Part I was released February 17, 2023. The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through Deegan’s eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, soul, and electronic music. Part I captured Paul at his most anxious, sensitive, and depressed, while “Remedy” alongside Part II convey a transition towards reflection, acceptance, and contentment.]

11:44 – More Interview with Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores

We are talking with Paul Jesse, a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, Kansas, whose debut EP, Stuck This Way came out in 2021 and combines his smooth and passionate vocals with psychedelic R&B, hip-hop, and electronic bedroom-pop production.

Deegan Poores is also a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, whose debut album from last year, The “Vanishing” Album, combines indie rock, yacht rock, power pop, and synth pop to create a genre-bending sound with co-production from singer-songwriter-producer-filmmaker Remy Styrk from Kansas City.

After coming together last year to make the song “Your Sunshine”, which features Lawrence based singer-songwriter Hannah Davis, Paul asked Deegan to executive produce his debut album. Hello Paul Jesse, releasing over the upcoming months as three EPs by Lawrence arts collective Frog Party, takes the sound Paul established on Stuck This Way and expands it to include elements of Deegan’s sound as well as trip hop, hyperpop, and folk, among other genres, all cohering around Paul’s voice and hooks. The lyrics chronicle Paul’s growth and development as a person through heartache, self-reflection, and love, and each EP captures a different stage of that transition. Hello Paul Jesse, Part I is out now, and new single “Remedy” featuring Arkko is out Friday, March 17th.

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores for being with us on WMM.

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, singer-songwriter-producer duo from Lawrence, KS. “Remedy”, the latest single from Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, is an up-tempo hyperpop love song with lush synths, chipmunk vocals, pounding 808s, and thunderous bass. Paul both coos sweetly and belts out his admiration, while the guest verse from rapper-producer arkko takes the song for an anxious, frantic spin. // Frog Party is rolling out Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores’ collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the upcoming months as three EPs, with Part I was released February 17, 2023. The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through Deegan’s eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, soul, and electronic music. Part I captured Paul at his most anxious, sensitive, and depressed, while “Remedy” alongside Part II convey a transition towards reflection, acceptance, and contentment.

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores are preparing to roll out their collaborative album, Hello Paul Jesse, over the coming months under the collective of Lawrence artists Frog Party. The album chronicles Paul’s development as a person, in his relationships, and in his relationship with himself through an eclectic blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronic music, and soul. It’s being released in three parts, each part showcasing different stages of his development, and then as a full project to allow each section to be absorbed fully.

Part I captures Paul Jesse at his most anxious, sensitive, and depressed. Lyrically, the EP focuses on heartbreak, acceptance, and rejection, and the music reflects these dark themes. “Intro (Hello)” is a fever dream of spoken word samples and heavy synths that leads directly into the piano ballad “You Don’t Care”, a strong contender for radio play with its dramatic build.

Fellow Frog Party artists Indiglow contribute a guest feature to “Not Perfect”, which finishes out the EP with spacey guitars from Deegan and moody synths and heavy trap drums courtesy of ProdbyRai

Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores for being with us on WMM.

Hello Paul Jesse, releasing over the upcoming months as three EPs by Lawrence arts collective Frog Party, takes the sound Paul established on Stuck This Way and expands it to include elements of Deegan’s sound as well as trip hop, hyperpop, and folk, among other genres, all cohering around Paul’s voice and hooks. The lyrics chronicle Paul’s growth and development as a person through heartache, self-reflection, and love, and each EP captures a different stage of that transition. Hello Paul Jesse, Part I is out now, and new single “Remedy” featuring Arkko is out Friday, March 17th.

For WMM & Deegan & Paul, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

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19. Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores –“Not Perfect (feat. Indiglow) (Radio Edit)”
    from: Hello Paul Jesse, Pt. 1 – [EP] / Frog Party / February 17, 2023
    [Paul Jesse is a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, Kansas, whose debut EP, Stuck This Way came out in 2021 and combines his smooth and passionate vocals with psychedelic R&B, hip-hop, and electronic bedroom-pop production. Deegan Poores is also a singer, songwriter, and producer based out of Lawrence, whose debut album from last year, The “Vanishing” Album, combines indie rock, yacht rock, power pop, and synth pop to create a genre-bending sound with co-production from singer-songwriter-producer-filmmaker Remy Styrk from Kansas City. After coming together last year to make the song “Your Sunshine”, which features Lawrence based singer-songwriter Hannah Davis, Paul asked Deegan to executive produce his debut album. Hello Paul Jesse, releasing over the upcoming months as three EPs by Lawrence arts collective Frog Party, takes the sound Paul established on Stuck This Way and expands it to include elements of Deegan’s sound as well as trip hop, hyperpop, and folk, among other genres, all cohering around Paul’s voice and hooks. The lyrics chronicle Paul’s growth and development as a person through heartache, self-reflection, and love, and each EP captures a different stage of that transition. Hello Paul Jesse, Part I is out now, and new single “Remedy” featuring Arkko is out Friday, March 17, 2023

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

Big THANK YOU to all of our wonderful listeners and friends who generously and thoughtfully donated to support KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio during our Wednesday MidDay Medley broadcast today! Through the airwaves, and through social media, a total of 55 people donated a total of $3149.00 to allow us to continue our mission. THANK YOU to my incredible co-hosts: Betse Ellis & Marion Merritt, and special guest J Kelly Dougherty, and very special guest Hermon Mehari for sharing your brilliance with our listeners. Thank you to Scott Bunte, Lincoln Dreher and Darryl Oliver for taking our donations over the phones.

Next week on March 22, WMM plays more New & MidCoastal Releases PLUS we talk with KKFI Director of Development and Communications Kelly Dougherty joins us to share the details about KKFI’s upcoming Band Auction March 25 and 26. We also chat with one of our current High School Intern, Audrey Bramlett AND in our entire second hour we welcome very special guest, IRIS DEMENT who plays a sold out show at Knuckleheads the following night March 23, and whose new album is WORKIN’ ON A WORLD is getting glowing reviews every where and cracked the Billboard Top 40 Album Charts!

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Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org

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