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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Claire Adams + ALBER + Rick Truman & The Folly Theater + Sondra Freeman & Michelle Bacon of Midwest Music Foundation

1.”It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / Dec. 20, 1979 [WMM theme]

2. Neko Case – “Hold On, Hold On”
   from: Fox Confessor Brings The Flood / Anti Inc / March 7, 2006
   [Neko’s 4th studio solo album. The album was recorded primarily in Tucson, over the course of two years as Case worked on the live The Tigers Have Spoken and continued to play with the New Pornographers. Critics hailed the record not only for Case’s trademark vocals but also her use of stark imagery and non-standard song structures. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood wound up on many “Best of 2006” lists, such as No.1 on the Amazon.com music editors’ picks and No. 2 on NPR’s All Songs Considered. The album debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It contains Case’s most autobiographical song, “Hold On, Hold On”. Case said: “the song is actually about me. It’s not metaphorical about other people. It’s not little pieces of my life made into a story about someone else or someone fictitious. // Neko Richelle Case was born September 8, 1970. She is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case has a powerful, untrained contralto voice, which has been described by contemporaries and critics as a “flamethrower”, “a powerhouse [which] seems like it might level buildings,” “a 120-mph fastball,” and a “vocal tornado”. Critics also note her idiosyncratic, “cryptic,” “imagistic” lyrics, and credit her as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar. Case’s body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop and is frequently described as defying or avoiding easy generic classification. // Case is the only child of James Bamford Case and Diana Mary Dubbs. Case’s paternal family surname was originally Shevchenko; her great-aunt was the professional wrestler Ella Waldek. Her father, a Vietnam veteran serving in the United States Air Force, was based in Virginia at the time of her birth. Case’s parents, who were teenagers when they had her, are of Ukrainian ancestry. Her parents divorced when Case began school. Case’s family relocated several times during her childhood due to her stepfather’s work as an archaeologist. She has lived in Western Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon and Washington. She considers Tacoma, Washington to be her hometown. // Case left home at age 15. By the age of 18 she was performing as a drummer for the Del Logs and the Propanes, playing in venues including a punk club called the Community World Theater.]

[Neko Case plays Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St, Lawrence Kansas on Friday, April 5, at 8:00pm.]

3. Paul Cherry – “Don’t You Wish”
   from: Pure Grooves Vol. 1 / Born Losers Records / September 15, 2023
   [Paul Cherry on acoustic guitar/synth; Joseph Faught on bass; Noah Barker on keys/synth; Nelson Devereaux on saxophone/flute; Roy Arsenault on drums/percussion; and Adam Paulsen on guitar. // All songs recorded at Honeymoon Suite, Lincoln Heights Los Angeles CA between spring 2022 and spring 2023. Engineered by Paul Cherry. Mixed by Paul Cherry. Additional Production by Paul Cherry, Noah Barker, Lydia Kitto. Radio Call-in sketches by Maya Nordine & Mood Killer. Mastered by Todd Mecaughey // Vocals & Acoustic guitar on track 3 performed by Mica Tenenbaum & Matthew Lewin]

[Paul Cherry plays The Emerald 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO WEST BOTTOMS, on Monday April 8, at 7:00pm with JW Francis]

4. Claire Adams – “Words of Love (2024)”
   from: “Words of Love (2024)” – Single / Claire Adams / April 2, 2024
   [Words of Love Claire Adams-vocals, bass; Daniel Dissmore on trumpet; Fritz Hutchison on drums; Jackie Myers on piano; Trevor Turla on trombone; Abraham Villaseñor on guitar. // Recorded, mixed and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab, KCMO. Additional recording by Odin Parada at Rec4 Studios, GDL. // Musically curious and multifaceted, Claire Adams is dedicated to collaborating, recording and songwriting to hone her melodic instincts and vision. A bassist, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Adams has lent a discerning ear and versatility to a number of projects. Claire founded the eight-piece genre-jumping collective Claire and the Crowded Stage – a project that united her pop sensibilities with non-traditional instrumentation. This project teamed her up with guitarist Katy Guillen and drummer Stephanie Williams, leading them to form the nationally touring blues-rock trio Katy Guillen & the Girls in 2012, with Adams on bass and backing vocals. In recent years Adams has been performing solo, collaborating with the KC based string quartet Rewound, and in a trio featuring pianist Alyssa Murray. More info at: claireadamsmusic.com]

[Claire Adams plays The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms on Thursday, April 11 at 8:00pm, opening for Fritz Hutchison & His Honky Tonk Band]

[Claire Adams plays The Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads 2715 Rochester Ave. KCMO on Sunday, April 14 with Jackie Myers and Fritz Hutchison]

10:11 – Interview with Claire Adams

Claire Adams has a new single called WORDS OF LOVE that was officially released yesterday on April 2, 2024. Musically curious and multifaceted, Claire Adams has spent more than a decade touring, recording and songwriting to hone her melodic instincts and vision. A bassist, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Adams has lent a discerning ear and versatility to a number of projects. // Picking up guitar as a teenager, Adams was immediately drawn to songwriting. Her penchant for wordplay and melody led her to Nashville to study, write and perform, sparking an interest in traveling, touring and working in collaborative environments. // Upon returning closer to home in 2010, Adams set up shop in Kansas City, Missouri, and Claire founded the eight-piece genre-jumping collective Claire and the Crowded Stage – a project that united her pop sensibilities with non-traditional instrumentation. This project teamed her up with guitarist Katy Guillen and drummer Stephanie Williams, leading them to form the nationally touring blues-rock trio Katy Guillen & the Girls in 2012, with Adams on bass and backing vocals. In recent years Adams has been performing solo, collaborating with the KC based string quartet Rewound, pianist Alyssa Murray, and Steve Gardels. Claire Adams plays The Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads on Sunday, April 14 with Jackie Myers and Fritz Hutchison. More info at: http://www.claireadamsmusic.com

Claire Adams thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Claire Adams was our guest on WMM on April 7, 2021

Claire Adams lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico but still gets back to Kansas City often to work on musical projects and see family and friends..

Claire Adams has collaborated with the KC based string quartet Rewound, True Lions, Steve Gardels, jazz pianist Alyssa Murrav, Jazz pianist Jackie Myers & drummer Fritz Hutchinson.

Claire Adams Alyssa Murray and Steve Gardels released the EP Easy Match on November 1, 2023. Easy Match contains 5 songs.

Claire Adams releases “It’s All in Fun” – Single on June 30, 2023. Claire Adams told Michelle Bacon at The Bridge, “”I wrote the string arrangement in the summer of 2021 and we went in to record it this past spring,” Adams said. “I’ve had the happiness of working with Alyssa Bell (viola) and Carmen Dieker (violin) for several years now, mostly playing my songs as arranged by others and I wanted to give a try to arranging a song myself.” “I feel like having an understanding of everyone else’s styles and strengths gives me a sense of direction and focus on what can otherwise be a really abstract craft,” she said. On bass, she, Guillen and Williams comprised the acclaimed trio Katy Guillen & The Girls for seven years, while she has consistently been working with Murray in the years to follow. The four of them got to work with Duane Trower, who has recorded and engineered the majority of Adams‘ solo songs.

Claire Adams released “If It Isn’t Right (Alyssa Murray Remix)” on April 15, 2022
Claire Adams wrote to us saying, “Alyssa Murray made a super cool remix of one of the songs off the last album and I wanted to share it with you. The song is ‘If It Isn’t Right’ and also features the Rewound string trio and an arrangement by Peter Lawless. Alyssa really made it her own and gave it a whole new spin, she’s amazing!” Here are the full credits: Vocals: Claire Adams, Alyssa Murray, Fritz Hutchison. Synths and Beats: Alyssa Murray. Cello: Ezgi Karakus. Viola: Alyssa Bell. Violin: Carmen Dieker. String Arrangement: Peter Lawless. Mixed and Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights + Measures Soundlab. Cover Art by Cassie Allen. ‘If It Isn’t Right’ written by Claire Adams. This song was originally on Claire’s acclaimed album YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU originally released April 24, 2020.

Claire Adams released her album YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU April 24, 2020. Lost in the COVID 19 of 2020. The album was properly given a “release show” and put out on CD in 2021. 10 songs all written by Claire Adams. Recorded at The Blue House in Kansas City, MO. Additional tracking at MARZ Studios in Nederland, TX. Mixed & mastered at Weights + Measures Soundlab in KCMO. Written by Claire Adams, with Claire Adams on guitars, bass, and vocals; Alyssa Murray on keyboards & vocals; and Fritz Hutchison on drums & vocals.

Claire Adams released: Words of Love EP on Feb. 5, 2021 – Recorded and Produced by Claire Adams at Casa 34 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mixed and Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights + Measures in Kansas City, MO. Cover Photo by Hugo Parasol. ‘So This Is Love’ written by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. ‘Pocketful Of Rainbows’ written by Ben Weisman, ‘Till There Was You’ written by Meredith Wilson. “Words of Love” written by Claire Adams. ‘Calico Skies’ written by Paul McCartney.

Claire Adams released the EP Moras under the moniker, Mismo Sismo (same earthquake) on July 21, 2021. Claire Adams wrote and recorded this EP at home during the first months of the COVID-19 quarantine. The three songs are meant to be played all together but also stand alone. Mismo Sismo is a collaboration with photographer Hugo Parasol.

Claire played guitar on True Lions album THE FEMPIRE STRIKES BACK. In 2020 Clairplayed with the band Ondist for their three full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on Aug. 14, and Mise en Place on Nov. 13, 2020 with songs recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Claire also participated in Katy Guillen and The Girls Reunion shows in summer of 20. More info at: https://claireadams.bandcamp.com%5D

In 2020 the band Ondist has released three full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and Mise en Place on November 13 totaling 41 songs, plus a 26 track Acapellas & Instrumentals Release on July 3, plus a 4-song EP entitled Resound on February 28, plus 9 singles. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola are Ondist. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, Kansas City, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several of the tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic. We interviewed Maya Coppola on the October 7, 2020 on WMM.
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Claire Adams thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Claire Adams plays The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms on Thursday, April 11 at 8:00pm, opening for Fritz Hutchison & His Honky Tonk Band

Claire Adams plays The Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads on Sunday, April 14 with Jackie Myers and Fritz Hutchison. More info at: http://www.claireadamsmusic.com

10:27

5. Claire Adams – “All The Dreams”
   from: “Words of Love (2024)” – Single / Claire Adams / April 2, 2024
   [Claire Adams-vocals, bass; Fritz Hutchison on drums; Jackie Myers on piano. // Recorded, mixed and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab, KCMO. Additional recording by Odin Parada at Rec4 Studios, GDL. // Musically curious and multifaceted, Claire Adams is dedicated to collaborating, recording and songwriting to hone her melodic instincts and vision. A bassist, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Adams has lent a discerning ear and versatility to a number of projects. Claire founded the eight-piece genre-jumping collective Claire and the Crowded Stage – a project that united her pop sensibilities with non-traditional instrumentation. This project teamed her up with guitarist Katy Guillen and drummer Stephanie Williams, leading them to form the nationally touring blues-rock trio Katy Guillen & the Girls in 2012, with Adams on bass and backing vocals. In recent years Adams has been performing solo, collaborating with tRewound, and in a trio featuring pianist Alyssa Murray. More info at: claireadamsmusic.com]

[Claire Adams plays The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms on Thursday, April 11 at 8:00pm, opening for Fritz Hutchison & His Honky Tonk Band]

[Claire Adams plays The Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads 2715 Rochester Ave. KCMO on Sunday, April 14 with Jackie Myers and Fritz Hutchison]

10:31 – Underwriting

6. ALBER – “Ritmo”
   from: Lento / Locale Records / April 12, 2024
   [Alberto Racanati is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. His musical journey started at age 11 when he learned to play his first notes on the trumpet. At age 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums and trumpet in a plethora of bands across all genres. His musical studies then took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, where he lived from 2011 to 2014, discovering the multicultural nature of the arts. In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. In 2016 Alberto continued on to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. 2018 saw the start of Alberto’s journey with electronic music, writing material for trumpet and electronics. This is where the project Alber starts, especially using social media as an interactive, open sketchbook for his sonic excursions. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was then released in 2021. At the same time, Alberto ramped up his touring of the Midwest region and collaboration with a variety of other artists. Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. Additionally he became one of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residents, a program that features some of the most brilliant up and coming artists in the Kansas City region. Still in 2023, Alberto toured the East Coast of the US and his native Italy, in a much welcome reconnection with his musical roots. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and finalizing his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.]

[ALBER presents his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, Bari Italy, on May 23, 2024 at Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO.]

10:36 – Interview with Albert Racanati

Albert Racanati who records as ALBER. Alberto Racanati is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. He learned to play his first notes on the trumpet at age 11. At 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums & trumpet in multiple bands. In 2011 his studies took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland. In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. In 2016 Alberto moved to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was released in 2021. In 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. He also became a Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and is planning his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.

Albert Racanati thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Alberto Racanati is originally from Bari, Italy in Southern Italy on the coast of the Adriatic Sea

His musical journey started at age 11 when he learned to play his first notes on the trumpet. At age 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums and trumpet in a plethora of bands across all genres.

His musical studies then took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, where he lived from 2011 to 2014, discovering the multicultural nature of the arts.

In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois.

In 2016 Alberto continued on to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. 2018 saw the start of Alberto’s journey with electronic music, writing material for trumpet and electronics.

This is where the project Alber starts, especially using social media as an interactive, open sketchbook for his sonic excursions. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri.

His second album Journey, was then released in 2021. At the same time, Alberto ramped up his touring of the Midwest region and collaboration with a variety of other artists.

Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea.”

ALBER presents his multimedia installation “Born at Sea” on May 23, 2024 at Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO. “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, Bari Italy.

Alberto explained to us that “Born At Sea” features four shots of the sea from the shores of Bari, Italy, reflecting four different moods, with a different musical guest with each shot, and including dance. The project will involve all of the senses of the audience.

Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. Additionally he became one of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residents, a program that features some of the most brilliant up and coming artists in the Kansas City region.

Still in 2023, Alberto toured the East Coast of the US and his native Italy, in a much welcome reconnection with his musical roots.

Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento o April 12, 2024 and finalizing his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.

DISCOGRAPHY
INTO THE WOODS – 2022
JOURNEY – 2021
ALBER – 2020

10:45

7. ALBER – “Suerte”
   from: Lento / Locale Records / April 12, 2024
   [Alberto Racanati is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. His musical journey started at age 11 when he learned to play his first notes on the trumpet. At age 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums and trumpet in a plethora of bands across all genres. His musical studies then took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, where he lived from 2011 to 2014, discovering the multicultural nature of the arts. In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. In 2016 Alberto continued on to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. 2018 saw the start of Alberto’s journey with electronic music, writing material for trumpet and electronics. This is where the project Alber starts, especially using social media as an interactive, open sketchbook for his sonic excursions. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was then released in 2021. At the same time, Alberto ramped up his touring of the Midwest region and collaboration with a variety of other artists. Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. Additionally he became one of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residents, a program that features some of the most brilliant up and coming artists in the Kansas City region. Still in 2023, Alberto toured the East Coast of the US and his native Italy, in a much welcome reconnection with his musical roots. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and finalizing his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.]

[ALBER presents his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, Bari Italy, on May 23, 2024 at Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO.]

10:48 – More Interview with Albert Racanati

Albert Racanati who records as ALBER is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. In 2016 Alberto moved to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was released in 2021. In 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. He also became a Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and is planning his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.

Albert Racanati thanks for being with us again on WMM.

In 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. He also became a Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident.

Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento on April 12, 2024, and is planning his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.

Albert Racanati thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and is planning his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.

More information at http://www.albersounds.com

10:57

8. ALBER – “Poolside (feat, Alex Mallett”
   from: Lento / Locale Records / April 12, 2024
   [Alberto Racanati is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. His musical journey started at age 11 when he learned to play his first notes on the trumpet. At age 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums and trumpet in a plethora of bands across all genres. His musical studies then took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, where he lived from 2011 to 2014, discovering the multicultural nature of the arts. In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. In 2016 Alberto continued on to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. 2018 saw the start of Alberto’s journey with electronic music, writing material for trumpet and electronics. This is where the project Alber starts, especially using social media as an interactive, open sketchbook for his sonic excursions. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was then released in 2021. At the same time, Alberto ramped up his touring of the Midwest region and collaboration with a variety of other artists. Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. Additionally he became one of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residents, a program that features some of the most brilliant up and coming artists in the Kansas City region. Still in 2023, Alberto toured the East Coast of the US and his native Italy, in a much welcome reconnection with his musical roots. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and finalizing his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.]

[ALBER presents his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, Bari Italy, on May 23, 2024 at Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO.]

11:00 – Station Identification

9. Matthew Whitaker – “Trust Me”
   from: Connections / Resilience Music Alliance / August 13, 2021
   [Matthew Whitaker (born April 3, 2001) is an American jazz pianist. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder’s induction into the Apollo Theater’s Hall of Fame. // Whitaker was the subject of Thrive, a 13-minute documentary about “the prodigious talent and irrepressible spirit of a musically precocious 12-year-old blind boy.” // Whitaker was born in Hackensack, New Jersey to May and Moses Whitaker. Born three months prematurely, he weighed less than two pounds, and was given a less than 50 percent chance of survival. He was later diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which caused his blindness. On his third birthday, he played “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on a toy Yamaha keyboard he had received as a birthday present. Whitaker had heard the song and played it by ear. // Whitaker began taking piano lessons when he was 5 as the youngest student at The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School, a New York school for the blind and visually impaired. With perfect pitch, he learned to play piano mainly by listening, although he learned to read Braille music as well. He later studied at The Harlem School of the Arts, and in addition to taking lessons in classical and jazz piano, he learned to play the organ, percussion instruments, the clarinet and bass guitar. At 9, he earned the support of the Jazz Foundation of America, and as a teenager, he attended the Manhattan School of Music’s Pre-College Jazz program. His playing was influenced by Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Barry Harris, Erroll Garner, and Thelonious Monk.// On March 6, 2017, he released his first album, Outta the Box. Other musicians on the album include Christian McBride, Dave Stryker, Will Calhoun, Sammy Figueroa, Melissa Walker, and James Carter. In April 2017, Whitaker performed on the Ellen Degeneres Show and competed on Fox’s Showtime at the Apollo, winning first place. Whitaker has toured Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Among other venues, he has performed at the main concert hall at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.]

[Matthew Whitaker plays The Folly Theatre at 300 West 12th Street, KCMO on Saturday, April 6, at 8:00pm for The Folly Jazz Series with this 22-year-old phenom. More info at http://www.follytheater.org]

11:02 – Interview with Rick Truman

Rick Truman is the Executive Director at The Folly Theatre at 300 West 12th Street, KCMO. Rick Truman joined the Folly Theater as Executive Director in January 2022. From 2003 to 2021, Truman served as Managing Director of Quality Hill Playhouse, a local nonprofit theater company, leading financial and administrative operations. He holds a Master in Public Administration from the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at UMKC and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in acting and directing from Avila University. In addition to his experience in nonprofit arts management, Rick has performed or stage directed at many Kansas City theaters, including Kansas City Repertory Theater, Musical Theater Heritage, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Spinning Tree Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, and Civic Opera Theater. On Saturday, April 6 The Folly Jazz Series continues with Matthew Whitaker, Jazz Series, 22-year-old phenom. More information at http://www.follytheater.org

Rick Truman, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Rick Truman joined the Folly Theater as Executive Director in January 2022.

From 2003 to 2021, Truman served as Managing Director of Quality Hill Playhouse, a local nonprofit theater company, leading financial and administrative operations.

He holds a Master in Public Administration from the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at UMKC and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in acting and directing from Avila University.

In addition to his experience in nonprofit arts management, Rick has performed or stage directed at many Kansas City theaters, including Kansas City Repertory Theater, Musical Theater Heritage, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Spinning Tree Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, and Civic Opera Theater

FOLLY PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERS

Folly Jazz Series
The Folly + 90.9 The Bridge Americana Concert Series
Live! In the Lounge
Folly Kids’ Series
Friends of Chamber Music
Harriman Jewell Series
Heartland Men’s Chorus
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra

Saturday, April 6: Matthew Whitaker, Jazz Series, 22-year-old phenom who is the youngest ever Hammond B3 artist (at 13) and Yamaha artist (at 15)

Sunday April 7 at 3:00 PM Emanuel Ax, Piano Part of Harriman-Jewell Series

Wednesday, April 10 at 8:00 PM Jimbo’s Drag Circus (This event is 18+)
Murray & Peter in association with House Of JIMBO proudly present “JIMBO’s Drag Circus” The Weirdest Show On Earth, featuring the many outrageous characters of JIMBO’s twisted imagination. // Best known for competing on the first season of Canada’s Drag Race (2020), the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs the World (2022), and the (spoiler alert) WINNER of the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (2023), JIMBO has quickly become a ‘Drag Icon’ garnering international recognition. JIMBO is a designer known for show stopping looks and creating a spectacle that leaves audience screaming for more. // The world tour will begin with 37 US cities including a stop at the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, MO on April 10, 2023.

Sunday, April 14: Art For Art, a benefit auction where the visual arts industry is supporting the performing arts industry (art works are donated to the Folly, and we auction them online and at a special reception event where all the art will be displayed on the Folly stage)

Saturday, April 27: Alex Cuba, Americana Series, bi-lingual GRAMMY, Latin GRAMMY, and Juno winning singer-songwriter/producer and musician

Friday, May 3: “My Shadow Is Pink”, Kids Series, world premiere choral work commissioned by the Folly, based on the book of the same title by Scott Stuart about a 5-year-old boy who is scared to reveal his true self (i.e. his shadow) who loves the color pink and dancing in a tutu. The piece will be performed by a small ensemble of the Heartland Men’s Chorus.

Wednesday, June 5: The 50th anniversary of the Folly building being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This single event is what stopped the wrecking ball and started the process of restoring the theater to the beautiful showplace it is today.

June 22, Folly will be presenting our first ever Folly Pride Concert. With the fabulously talented and indomitable Alex Newell who will take the stage for an extraordinary night of timeless Broadway classics and contemporary chart-toppers.

Rick Truman, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

On Saturday, April 6 The Folly Jazz Series continues with Matthew Whitaker, Jazz Series, 22-year-old phenom. This summer the Folly will be presenting our first ever Folly Pride Concert. On June 22, the fabulously talented and indomitable Alex Newell will take the stage for an extraordinary night of timeless Broadway classics and contemporary chart-toppers. More information at http://www.follytheater.org

Shucked is a 2022 musical with music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and a book by Robert Horn. The Broadway musical SHUCKED opened on April 4, 2023 at the Nederlander Theatre. The show received nine nominations at the 76th Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cast member Alex Newell became one of the first two openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award, with their win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. (Along with J. Harrison Ghee)

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10. Alex Newell – “Independently Owned”
    from: Shucked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) / Haystack on Broadway / May 5, 2023
    [Alex Eugene Newell was born August 20, 1992. They are an American actor and singer. They[ are known for their role as Unique Adams on the Fox musical series Glee and Mo on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Newell also starred as Asaka in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 2018. For their role in Shucked, they won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Along with J. Harrison Ghee, they became the first openly nonbinary performers to win a Tony Award in an acting category. // As a singer, Newell has released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde, and the Knocks. // Newell was born on August 20, 1992, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Their father, a deacon, died of cancer when they were six years old, at which point their mother raised them as a single parent. // After four complete years of education in the first class of Kipp Lynn Academy, Newell moved on to and graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in 2012,[6] where they were involved in their school’s choir, improv club, and costume club; they were also a member of their church choir at Zion Baptist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts while later also directing the youth choir. They never had any formal voice lessons before landing their part on Glee. They have cited Donna Summer, Sylvester, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Beyoncé as their influences.// Newell was among 34,000 to submit an audition video in 2011 for the first season of Oxygen’s The Glee Project. Newell’s self-taped audition earned them over one million MySpace views as well as a spot among the 12 participants who competed for a seven-episode arc on Glee. During the arc, they asserted themself as an out gay man. Eventually, they became the series’ first runner-up.[ Nevertheless, the producers were so impressed that they decided to bring them on Glee for two episodes. Newell first appeared on Glee in the third season episode “Saturday Night Glee-ver”. They were cast in the role of Wade “Unique” Adams, a transgender teenager who was assigned male at birth. The shy, outcast Wade expressed their female identity through music as the bold, brave alter ego, Unique. Wade broke ground by being one of the most visible transgender characters on television and one of the first on a network prime time show. Newell’s performance was described as “bold”, with “remarkable restraint and powerful vocals.” // On his nightly show, Bill O’Reilly expressed concern that children watching the show unsupervised might be encouraged to experiment with what he termed “alternative lifestyles,” which he said the show glorified. Newell commented, “My mother said, ‘If Bill O’Reilly said something about you, you are doing something right.’ He just showed the public and conservative viewers me. There are more people seeing me now… There are people like Wade and Unique, and [they’re] being themselves. If kids want to go and do that, that is them expressing who they are.” They later appeared in two more episodes and completed their story arc that season. // Newell was accepted into the Berklee College of Music for fall 2012, but decided instead to move to Los Angeles to be on Glee when they were asked to rejoin the cast for the show’s fourth season. Unique returned as a Glee recurring cast member in the fourth season premiere, “The New Rachel”. Newell, along with the rest of the cast, received a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2012, but lost to Modern Family. For the fifth season, Newell was promoted to main cast because of the character’s popularity. In the sixth and final season, Newell was not a part of the regular cast, but did appear as a recurring guest star. A highlight of the sixth season was Newell singing “I Know Where I’ve Been” from Hairspray with the Transpersons Choir of 200 performers.// Over the years, Newell sang at numerous events, such as the Coachella Festival, but also at many LGBT events and pride festivals. They also performed at the Governors Ball Music Festival and BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. // Newell announced in October 2013 that they had been signed by Big Beat Records and that they were going to release Newell’s debut album. It was also revealed that it was going to be produced by Adam Anders. Their debut single, a cover of Sigma’s “Nobody to Love”, was released on June 3, 2014. In 2015, Newell embarked on a series of cover songs and collaborations. In March, they provided feature vocals for the re-issued version of “Stronger”, a song by Clean Bandit. Later in the same month, they produced a disco-house stylization of Robin S.’s single “Show Me Love” together with Russian DJ Matvey Emerson. Over the summer, they worked with the British electro duo Blonde by featuring vocals in their single “All Cried Out”. They then began to collaborate with the US electroduo the Knocks on the song “Collect My Love”, “a soaring disco standout” where they reached “staggering heights.” The song, from the EP So Classic, will be included in The Knocks’ debut album 55, scheduled to be released in March 2016. Finally, for Christmas, Newell released a cover of the song “O Come All Ye Faithful”. // Their original song “This Ain’t Over”, released in January 2016, was warmly welcomed by the media. Out commented: “The vibrant dance-pop track flawlessly revives disco if only for a few short minutes. Without the gimmicks of manufactured radio pop, Newell manages to serve This Ain’t Over with pure talent.” Spin said: “Newell’s unassailable voice is in full force on ‘This Ain’t Over,’ shining out like a triumphant beacon over a thumping, glamorous dance-pop soundscape.” Vulture concluded: “This is just diva vocal acrobatics flexed with the swag of a queen.”] // “This Ain’t Over” was announced as the first track off their debut extended play called Power, featuring production from the pop artists Diane Warren, Nile Rodgers, MNEK and DJ Cassidy. The EP will be released on February 19 via Big Beat. // Newell supported fellow Glee alum Adam Lambert on tour from February 23 until the April 2 finale at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre in 2016. After the tour, Newell recorded a new single in collaboration with Power producers DJ Cassidy and Nile Rodgers, entitled “Kill the Lights”, released on April 8, 2016, through Atlantic Records. It was expected to be one of a few tracks that Newell was making as part of the HBO TV series Vinyl. It was later revealed that the song had been recorded the previous year when Newell was working with Clean Bandit, Blonde and The Knocks, and inspired the producers to work with them on their debut extended play. Later that same month, the song was released again, featuring vocals from Jess Glynne.// ebut album, Once on This Island, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and Shucked // In 2017, Newell made their Broadway debut playing the role of Asaka in the revival of Once on This Island. // In 2019, Newell was cast in NBC’s musical dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist in the role of Mo, a genderfluid DJ and the protagonist’s next-door neighbor. In June 2021, the series was canceled by NBC after two seasons. In December 2021, The Roku Channel released a two-hour holiday film, Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, concluding the story of the NBC series. Newell reprised their role of Mo for the film. // In 2023, Newell premiered in the role of Lulu in the musical comedy Shucked on Broadway in the Nederlander Theatre. The show opened April 4, 2023, and is scheduled to run through January 14, 2024. In June 2023, they won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance in the role. Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first openly nonbinary actors to win Tony Awards in the same year. // Newell played the title role in NBC’s comedy pilot Imaginary Friend, which was expected to air in 2016. It was passed on and no other network wanted to make it into a series. They contributed with music to the HBO TV series Vinyl on a track also featuring DJ Cassidy and Jess Glynne. // They are committed to helping other LGBT youth and regularly performs at benefit concerts, most notably for The Trevor Project, the Human Rights Camp Jack Antonoff’s Ally Coalition and other fundraisers. // Newell was given a special recognition award at the 2015 GLAAD Media Awards, as part of the cast of Glee. // Newell identifies as gender nonconforming, and in May 2020 said they relate to their character Mo in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, who is genderfluid. They have stated they go by all pronouns. Newell also identifies as gay.] [Shucked is a 2022 musical with music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and a book by Robert Horn. The Broadway production began previews at the Nederlander Theatre on March 8, 2023, before opening on April 4. The show received positive reviews and went on to receive nine nominations at the 76th Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cast member Alex Newell became one of the first two openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award, with their win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.// A U.S. tour, West End production, and feature film adaptation are currently planned. Synopsis – Act One: The storytellers discuss the history of the town, Cob County, emphasizing the town’s love for corn. They introduce the audience to Maizy and Beau, a couple who are planning their wedding (“Corn”). // While Beau’s brother, Peanut, is officiating the wedding, the town’s corn suddenly begins to die. The town decides that they can’t have a wedding until they fix the corn. Maizy talks to her cousin, Lulu, and her grandfather, before discussing the situation with Beau. Maizy tells Beau that she wants to leave the town in order to find solutions, but Beau is against the idea. Maizy explains her reasoning, before booking a plane to Tampa (“Walls”). Maizy is amazed by Tampa, and she finds a podiatrist who calls himself a “corn doctor”. Unaware of what that actually means, she decides to meet the doctor, a man named Gordy (“Travelin’ Song”). // Gordy comes from a family of conmen, but is not great at the job (“Bad”); currently, he is in debt to some members of the mob (played by the storytellers). Gordy notices a bracelet that Maizy is wearing, which he takes to have appraised by the jewelers (also played by the storytellers), who say that the stones are incredibly valuable. Gordy realizes he can use the bracelet to get out of his debt. He tries to charm Maizy, and Maizy kisses him. Although shocked by her eagerness to cheat on Beau, she delights in her ability to save the corn (“Woman of the World”). // Maizy takes Gordy back to Cob County, where Beau is angered at her decision to go to Tampa. Maizy retorts that Beau is jealous that she managed to do something about their situation, whereas Beau couldn’t even leave the county. As the fight gets increasingly heated, Maizy admits that she kissed Gordy. Beau is shocked and angered, and breaks off his engagement with Maizy, deciding that he’s going to find someone who wants him (“Somebody Will”). // At Lulu’s whiskey distillery, Maizy vents about the situation. Lulu tells her that her mistake was telling Beau that she kissed Gordy. Gordy arrives and tries to sweet-talk Lulu, but Lulu ignores him, relishing her independence as a single person (“Independently Owned”). // Gordy receives two calls from the jewelers and the mob. The jewelers tell him the stones weren’t as valuable as they thought, while the members of the mob tell Gordy his debt has been cleared. However, Gordy misunderstands both calls, due to the poor cell service in Cob County. Peanut, Beau, and Lulu overhear the conversations, and go to warn Maizy (“Holy Shit”). However, Maizy remains optimistic and doesn’t believe the other three. She and Lulu get into an argument, leading to Maizy saying that Lulu’s whiskey is bitter. After they leave, Maizy wonders what love means (“Maybe Love”). // Gordy reveals a corn cob he’s found, which is growing, to the town. He tells them that the stones from the bracelet are stopping the corn from growing, and to fix the situation he will remove the stones from the county; he actually intends to keep the stones for himself. The rest of the town takes this as an answer, except for Beau, Lulu, and Peanut. Maizy, still frustrated with Beau and Lulu, and excited by her ability to save the corn, misinterprets Gordy being down on one knee, and agrees to marry him, to the surprise of everyone in Cob County (“Corn (Reprise)”). // Act Two: The storytellers briefly recap the events of Act I. The town goes into a song about how they’re Christian, but they drink alcohol (“We Love Jesus”). Peanut and Beau watch the celebration, and Peanut asks Beau if he’s doing all right. Beau says he’s fine, but admits his heartache after Peanut leaves (“OK”). // As Gordy tries to leave Cob County with the stones, he runs into Lulu. Gordy attempts to charm Lulu, again, and Lulu is interested in Gordy’s advances. However, she removes the catalytic converter from his car, forcing him to stay in town. // Maizy and Gordy both have trouble with the vows for their upcoming wedding. Maizy realizes that the chemistry between her and Beau is still there, and she begins to have second thoughts about the wedding. Lulu and Beau advise Gordy and Maizy, respectively, to pretend that they are the ones they are giving vows to, while the storytellers watch with chagrin (“I Do”). // Maizy asks her grandfather for advice about the wedding. Afterwards she speaks with Lulu, and the two make up (“Friends”). Lulu admits that she is interested in Gordy, and the two of them try to come up with a plan to set things right. Meanwhile, Peanut, while attempting to overlook his own romantic interest in Gordy, suggests that Beau, along with the rest of the men, get Gordy drunk, which would force him to admit everything. Storyteller 2 joins in on this song (“Best Man Wins”). // The evening before the wedding, the boys easily manage to get Gordy drunk (“Corn Mix”), and he admits his plan. He also admits that the corn cob he showed the town was planted, as he bought it from Whole Foods. However, Gordy says that he wants to do right. Beau and Maizy get back together, and Gordy and Lulu also get together. It is revealed that Storyteller One is Lulu and Gordy’s grandchild, while Storyteller Two is Maizy and Beau’s grandchild. Beau and Maizy have the wedding that they were hoping for, as Peanut, once again, officiates (“Maybe Love (Reprise)”).]

[Alex Newel plays The Folly Theatre at 300 West 12th Street, KCMO on Saturday, June 22, at 8:00pm for their first ever Folly Pride Concert. The night features the fabulously talented and indomitable Alex Newel who will take the stage for an extraordinary night of timeless Broadway classics and contemporary chart-toppers.]

11. Lonnie Fisher – “Don’t Come After Me”
    from: “:Don’t Come After Me” – Single / Lonnie Fisher / March 14, 2024
    [Recorded at Weights & Measures Sound Lab with Duane Trower. Keyboards & Backup Vocals by Julia Wildstar. Bass Guitar by Autumn Hayes. // Lonnie Fisher released his 8-song, solo album FAMOUS GIRL on January 19, 2022 was part of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. FAMOUS GIRL was engineered by Ed Rose and Duane Trower with contributions from: Chris Nunez. Tim Jenkins, Tim Manning, and Julia Reynolds. On October 22, 2021 with his band, Lonnie Fisher And The Funeral released, HAUNTED with Lonnie Fisher on lead vocals, 5 String Guitar & Keyboards; Tim Jenkins on guitars; Chris Nunez on drums, Tim Manning on bass, & Julia Reynolds on vocals & keyboards. Info at: http://www.lonniefisher.bandcamp.com.]

[Lonnie Fisher plays Northside Social, 340 Locust Street, Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, April 6 with Nirvana Hope.]

12. L’Rain – “Pet Rock”
    from: I Killed Your Dog / Mexican Summer / October 13, 2023
    [Taja Cheek, known professionally as L’Rain, is an American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator known primarily as the lead vocalist and songwriter of her eponymous band. L’Rain has been recognized for experimental music that draws on a vast number of traditions and genres in a practice and aesthetic Cheek calls “approaching songness”. // Her self-titled debut, L’Rain, was included in best-of-year lists by publications including Pitchfork and Bandcamp Daily; her second album, Fatigue (2021), was named the best album of the year by The Wire. She has collaborated with artists including Vagabon, Helado Negro, and Naama Tsabar, 8 and performed with Kevin Beasley at the Whitney Museum of American Art. // Cheek was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn,[9] where she lived with her mother, father, and grandparents. Her father, Wyatt Cheek, worked in music marketing and promotion for entities including Select Records and Kiss FM; her grandmother ran a liquor store; and in the 1950s her grandfather owned a neighborhood jazz club. Cheek’s mother, Lorraine C. Porter, taught physical education, health, math, and science in Brooklyn schools.The stage name L’Rain is an homage to Porter, who died before the release of the self-titled debut. // Cheek studied ballet and modern dance at The Ailey School and learned piano, cello, and Baroque recorder before picking up bass in high school, then forming and joining groups that included an Iron Maiden cover band. She attended Yale to study music but dropped the major, citing factors including a lack of diversity among the program’s course offerings. She transferred to the American Studies program, where her major included a concentration in visual, audio, literary, and performance cultures; in 2011, she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction. While at Yale she worked as music director of radio station WYBC and booked shows. // After graduation, Cheek returned to New York, where she resumed playing in Brooklyn bands including Throw Vision, who released their debut in 2013 and an EP in 2015. // In 2017, Cheek released the self-titled L’Rain on New York City-based label Astro Nautico. She composed and performs vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, samples, and percussion on the album. L’Rain also features Alex Goldberg, Jeremy Powell, Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio), and Andrew Lappin, who co-produced the album with Cheek. Pitchfork included L’Rain among their 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017, and Bandcamp Daily listed the release as #10 in their Best Albums of 2017. // In 2018, L’Rain (represented by Cheek and Ben Chapoteau-Katz) collaborated with producer Morgan Wiley and vocalist Patrick Gordon to remake the 1980s Chicago house track “Your Love” for a benefit compilation which paired electronic artists with formerly-incarcerated singers. The release, Bring Down The Walls, raised money for Critical Resistance, an organization dedicated to ending the prison–industrial complex. // L’Rain’s second album, Fatigue, was released on Mexican Summer in 2021. Fatigue was named album of the year by The Wire, included among the year’s best by Pitchfork,and met with wide acclaim from outlets including NPR. Cheek provides vocals and plays guitar, bass, synth, keyboards, piano, percussion, tape effects, and airhorn on the album, which features an expanded roster of twenty performers; these include executive producer Andrew Lappin, on guitar and programming, and co-producer Ben Chapoteau-Katz, who contributes synths, saxophone, vocals, percussion, and airhorn. // In August 2023, L’Rain announced a third album, I Killed Your Dog, released in October 2023;the album was co-produced by Cheek with Lappin and Chapoteau-Katz, who perform alongside L’Rain bandmates Zachary Levine-Caleb, Justin Felton, and Timothy Angulo. // L’Rain has toured with bands including Black Midi (2021),Animal Collective (2022), Sharon Van Etten (2022),Big Thief (2023), and LCD Soundsystem (2023). // In 2011, Cheek began working with arts nonprofit Creative Time;in 2014, as site manager for an exhibit co-presented with the Weeksville Heritage Center, Cheek installed and ran a pop-up radio station from a pink Cadillac parked outside the Utica Avenue A/C subway station. (The project was conceived by Otabenga Jones and Associates in homage to Jitu Weusi, black nationalist community arts center The East, and the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.) The same year, Cheek––along with Ariana Allensworth, Salome Asega, Sable Elyse Smith, and Nadia Williams––co-organized “The Kara Walker Experience: WE ARE HERE”, a public gathering of people of color at the Domino Sugar Refinery for Kara Walker’s installation A Subtlety. In 2015, Cheek’s work as Curatorial Assistant for High Line Art included helping to organize an installation and performance by Kevin Beasley. // In 2016, Cheek joined the curatorial team at contemporary art institution MoMA PS1; the same year, she also opened the basement of her Brooklyn apartment to experimental music events under the name 49 Shade (initially co-organized with Max Alper, Dann Lawrence, and Matteo Liberatore). At PS1, Cheek co-organized Sunday Sessions and the Warm Up series through 2021; Warm Up lineups receiving extensive media coverage included a 2017 event with Cardi B, A$AP Ferg, and YATTA (of artist collective PTP); a 2018 show pairing Lizzo with 2019’s season opener, with Queens local duendita and Freddie Gibbs; 2020’s livestream edition, with Eartheater and KeiyaA;[48] and a limited-capacity 2021 event with Baby Tate and Patia’s Fantasy World.[49] As of July 2022, Cheek was listed as “former Associate Curator” at PS1. Her DIY space 49 Shade has presented artists including Kyp Malone, Miho Hatori, and Otomo Yoshihide, and Bartees Strange credits the space as introducing him to many of his collaborators. // In 2023, Cheek was announced as the first artist curator for BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. // L’Rain often layers and loops her vocals, and her work frequently features samples from her collection of hundreds of field recordings, some pitch-shifted or otherwise manipulated beyond recognition. She has spoken in interviews about her work’s tendency to evade or reject categorization, saying that she is “more interested in a Barthes, Death of the Author, approach to genre”, values illegibility, and seeks to complicate assumptions about the relationship between identity and aesthetics: “I’m hyper-aware of how marketing and packaging happens for Black people and women and Black women […] I like feeling a sense of agency in how those stories are told”. // AllMusic described L’Rain as making “dreamy, genre-blurring music […], reflecting on grief, change, joy, and resistance through a collage-like mixture of soul, psychedelia, gospel, musique concrète, and numerous other genres.” Pitchfork described her 2021 album Fatigue as “painterly and methodical, daubing vocal loops over clattering percussion, sweeping strings, and resonant synths to create a shapeshifting strain of experimental pop.” Reviewers have variously identified her style and influences as including free jazz, ambient, noise music, and disco; dance; “psychedelic orchestral pop” and “distorted shoegaze”; krautrock, outsider music, and hip hop; R&B and avant-garde rock; gospel, funk, and post-punk; and soul, drone, avant-pop, and musique concrète. // While Cheek is the sole fixed figure in L’Rain recordings and performances, she says the project follows a “more nuanced and collective [model]” than that of the “lone genius or creator”: “I’m trying to find a way to nurture my own voice and singular vision, especially as a Black woman musician, while also acknowledging that I work collaboratively with a team that is essential to the project.”[ Andrew Lappin and Ben Chapoteau-Katz are credited as Cheek’s closest collaborators and co-producers of L’Rain’s second and third albums; as of 2023, the band’s members are Cheek, Lappin, and Chapoteau-Katz with Zachary Levine-Caleb, Justin Felton, and Timothy Angulo.]

[L’Rain plays recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO Saturday, April 6 at 8:00pm, with Armand Hammer.]

11:29 – Underwriting

13. Cowtown Country Club – “Undone”
    from: “Undone” – Single / Cowtown Country Club / June 2, 2023
    Cowtown Country Club released their self titled album, on September 15, 2018. Since first appearing on stage in August 2017, Greg Gagnon (guitars), Leah Sproul Pulatie(guitars), Brian Werner (bass), and Jessica Salley (drums) have been delighting audiences as Cowtown Country Club with their twist on country and western executed with glittering guitars, 24-karat vocal harmonies, and eye-catching western wear. At once both deeply familiar and excitingly fresh, Cowtown Country Club has a reputation for their original interpretations of classic country and western swing, plus a signature brand of countrified covers – re-imaginings of pop hits.]

[Midwest Music Foundation’s Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

11:35 – Interview with Sondra Freeman & Michelle Bacon

Sondra Freeman is Director of Promotions & Artist Relations for Midwest Music Foundation, a nonprofit created to support music and musicians in Kansas City and the surrounding areas, founded in 2008 by a collective of musicians and music lovers. The Midwest Music Foundation (MMF) unites and empowers the greater KC music community by providing programs and resources to area musicians through outreach, support, education, and health care opportunities. Sondra is instrumental in MMF’s annual events: Apocalypse Meow, and other collaborative musical events and fundraisers.

Michelle Bacon, is Content Manager at 90.9 The Bridge, where she helps to shine a light on area musicians and events. Michelle Bacon is a board member for MMF and is Co-Chair Mental Health for Musicians,and Diversity Chair. Michelle has written for The Kansas City Star, The Deli Magazine KC, and Folk Alliance International. Michelle plays drums in the band Frogpond. Michelle also plays bass with Other Americans, and The Band That Fell To Earth: A Tribute to David Bowie

Sondra Freeman and Michelle Bacon joins us to share details about Midwest Music Foundation’s 6th Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Sondra Freeman and Michelle Bacon thanks for being with us again on WMM.

DONATION DRIVE | APRIL 1ST-30TH, 2024

CONCERT | APRIL 6th AT THE SHIP, 1221 Union Avenue KCMO WEST BOTTOMS

The annual Spring Donation Drive expands MMF’s ability to connect musicians with vital resources for mental and urgent health care needs.

Since the formation of Midwest Music Foundation in 2009, Kansas City’s world-class musicians have been at the heart of our mission. While they regularly contribute to our experiences of healing, catharsis and celebration, they also work in an industry that often devalues personal health and wellness. For working musicians, affordable and adequate access to health care continues to be a major barrier. Hundreds of artists have benefited from MMF’s emergency health care grants, clinician resources, plus preventive care and wellness clinics at large-scale events across the metro area.

Throughout April 2024, Midwest Music Foundation (MMF) continues our service to Kansas City’s music community in our Spring Donation Drive. Funds raised will expand our ability to connect musicians with vital mental health resources.

The Ship’s – All Else the Sea stage will host two events that evening

DINNER SHOW with Cowtown Country Club – Doors at 6pm, music from 7-9pm

EVENING SHOW with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams and SirQueen & Boomer Green
Doors at 9:30pm, show at 10pm

The night will showcase a variety of local artists, beginning with a dinner show with Western swing quartet Cowtown Country Club at 7:00pm on the venue’s new All Else the Sea stage.

Starting at 10:0)pm, that stage will host music from the alt-funk quintet Friendly Thieves and multi-hyphenate rapper/producer Paris Williams. On The Ship’s original stage, DJ SirQueen and Boomer Green will serve up dance vibes until 1:00am.

Funds from MMF’s annual Donation Drive have assisted local musicians and industry professionals with affordable, essential health care services. This year’s focus on our Mental Health For Musicians initiative will designate funds for counseling and other mental wellness resources. As artists lost countless opportunities to create, perform and generate income over the pandemic, their need for mental health support remains at an all-time high. Our initial goal of $20,000 will provide mental health grants to 10 musicians. Tito’s Handmade Vodka is matching all donations to Midwest Music Foundation made in March and April up to $15,000

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater KC will be on hand from 6 to 9 p.m. to provide information and resources to attendees. Research College of Nursing will be offering free health screenings from 7 to 9 p.m.

Funds from MMF’s annual Donation Drive have assisted local musicians and industry professionals with affordable, essential health care services. This year’s focus on our Mental Health For Musicians initiative will designate funds for counseling and other mental wellness resources. As artists lost countless opportunities to create, perform and generate income over the pandemic, their need for mental health support remains at an all-time high. Our initial goal of $20,000 will provide mental health grants to 10 musicians.

If tickets, information or to make a donations can be made to MMF by visiting http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

10:42

14. Paris Williams – “Pack Light” (radio edit)
    from: “Pack Light” – Single / Bitter Sweet Sound / August, 2023
    [Paris Williams released his EP REBEL HEART through Bitter Sweet Sound on January 31, 2023. It was part of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2023. Paris Williams is a 24-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi. // Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music. This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018. Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school. Paris Williams previously 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][Paris Williams joins us LIVE on WMM on March 8, 2023 and August 2, 2023]
    [Midwest Music Foundation’s Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

[Midwest Music Foundation’s Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

10:45 – More Interview with Sondra Freeman & Michelle Bacon

Sondra Freeman is Director of Promotions & Artist Relations for Midwest Music Foundation, a nonprofit created to support music and musicians in Kansas City and the surrounding areas, founded in 2008 by a collective of musicians and music lovers. The Midwest Music Foundation (MMF) unites and empowers the greater KC music community by providing programs and resources to area musicians through outreach, support, education, and health care opportunities. Sondra is instrumental in MMF’s annual events: Apocalypse Meow, MidCoast Takeover and the MidCoast Takeover fundraiser shows, and other collaborative musical events and fundraisers.

Michelle Bacon, is Content Manager at 90.9 The Bridge, where she helps to shine a light on area musicians and events. Michelle Bacon is a board member for MMF and is Co-Chair Mental Health for Musicians,and Diversity Chair. Michelle has written for The Kansas City Star, The Deli Magazine KC, and Folk Alliance International. Michelle plays drums in the band Frogpond. Michelle also plays bass with Other Americans, and The Band That Fell To Earth: A Tribute to David Bowie

Sondra Freeman and Michelle Bacon joins us to share details about Midwest Music Foundation’s 6th Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Sondra Freeman and Michelle Bacon thanks for being with us again on WMM.

DONATION DRIVE | APRIL 1ST-30TH, 2024

CONCERT | APRIL 6th AT THE SHIP IN KANSAS CITY, MO

MMF’s annual Spring Donation Drive expands our ability to connect musicians with vital resources for mental and urgent health care needs.

We believe that a healthy, thriving community of artists contributes to the strength and character of our city. Funds raised from the Donation Drive will expand our ability to connect musicians with vital mental health resources offering mental health care grants, education and support, while continuing to provide urgent health care grants through Abby’s Fund for Musicians’ Health Care.

Throughout April 2024, Midwest Music Foundation (MMF) continues our service to Kansas City’s music community in our Spring Donation Drive. Funds raised will expand our ability to connect musicians with vital mental health resources.

“Abby believed that music can take you to where you need to be and that it’s important, and the people that do that need to be taken care of.” – Sondra Freeman

Abby’s Fund for Musicians’ Health Care was named for Abigail Henderson (1977-2013).

Death Notice from St. Louis Post Dispatch: Abigail Hope Henderson the Kansas City vocalist who started a nonprofit organization to help musicians pay health-care costs, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 of cancer at her home. She was 35. For more than a decade, Abigail was the lead singler of several area bands: Trouble Junction, The Gaslights, Atlantic Fadeout, and Tiny Horse. In 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had health insurance, but the cost of the treatments prompted her and husband Christopher Meck, to start the Midwest Music Foundation which raised funds to help area musicians pay health care costs. “Medical bills can throw you into poverty in a week – in one day,” she said. “There’s nothing like standing in your kitchen opening a hospital bill for $63,000.00 in one day and $47,000.00 the next. After a while you don’t want to open them anymore. Who can pay that?”

For more info visit: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Midwest Music Foundation Staff

Rhonda Lyne, Executive Director
Sondra Freeman, Director of Promotions and Artist Relations
Canyon McClung, Production Specialist
Danielle Anderson, Media Manager

Midwest Music Foundation Board

Chris Meck, Founder, Musician and CM2 Audio
Amber Hulet, President
Eric Barton, Treasurer, General Counsel
Julia Haile, Secretary, Education Chair, Musician
Dr. K. Allen Greiner, MD, MPH, Chair of Health + Wellness, University of KS Med Center
Dr. Erin Corriveau, MD, MPH, Public Health Officer, University of Kansas Med Center
Michelle Bacon, Co-Chair Mental Health for Musicians, Diversity Chair, Musician
Molly Gotobed, Insurance Program Research Chair, Kansas Assistance Network, Community Health Council of Wyandotte County
Jerry Jones JD, Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Health Programs, Movember Foundation
Eddie Moore, Musician
Sonia Hall, President & CEO BioKansas

Rhonda Lyne is Executive Director of Midwest Music Foundation. She is a scientist by day and avid supporter of the arts by night. Rhonda has had an active role with the MMF since the inaugural fundraiser, Apocalypse Meow, in 2008. Inspired by MMF founder, Abigail Henderson, Rhonda is dedicated to the mission of the MMF a nonprofit created to support music & musicians in KC and the surrounding areas, founded in 2008 by a collective of musicians & music lovers. Rhonda is instrumental in MMF’s fundraising, volunteer, event coordination, overseeing the health care fund, and day to day activities of the organization.

DINNER SHOW with Cowtown Country Club – Doors at 6pm, music from 7-9pm

EVENING SHOW with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams and SirQueen & Boomer Green
Doors at 9:30pm, show at 10pm

The night will showcase a variety of local artists, beginning with a dinner show with Western swing quartet Cowtown Country Club at 7:00pm on the venue’s new All Else the Sea stage.

Starting at 10:0)pm, that stage will host music from the alt-funk quintet Friendly Thieves and multi-hyphenate rapper/producer Paris Williams. On The Ship’s original stage, DJ SirQueen and Boomer Green will serve up dance vibes until 1:00am.

Funds from MMF’s annual Donation Drive have assisted local musicians and industry professionals with affordable, essential health care services. This year’s focus on our Mental Health For Musicians initiative will designate funds for counseling and other mental wellness resources. As artists lost countless opportunities to create, perform and generate income over the pandemic, their need for mental health support remains at an all-time high. Our initial goal of $20,000 will provide mental health grants to 10 musicians. Tito’s Handmade Vodka is matching all donations to Midwest Music Foundation made in March and April up to $15,000

Sondra Freeman and Michelle Bacon thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Midwest Music Foundation’s Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org.

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

11:54

15. Friendly Thieves – “Cool”
    from: Til Death / Friendly Thieves / October 31, 2023.
    [Friendly Thieves released their single “Redbone” on October 4, 2023. Friendly Thieves released their single “Rush” on July 31, 2023. Friendly Thieves released their debut single “You Better Run” on October 28, 2022. The five-piece alt-funk band Friendly Thieves 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 info at: http://www.whoissamwells.com. Sam Wells was on WMM on May 13, 2020 and January 20, 2021.][Friendly Thieves played MUSIC UNITES, a Benefit for KKFI w/ Calvin Arsenia on Nov. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the Drexel Hall Stage at KC Irish Center, 19 Linwood Blvd, KCMO.]

[Midwest Music Foundation’s Annual Spring Donation Drive, Mental Health Care for Musicians, Saturday, April 6 at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with a 6:00 Dinner Show with Cowtown Country Club and a 10:00 Evening Show with Friendly Thieves, Paris Williams, SirQueen and Goomer Green. The Spring Drive is raising funds to assist local musicians & industry professionals with affordable, essential health care service. Donate/Info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

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

Next week on Wednesday, April 10 we talk with Mara Williams Assistant Managing Editor for Race and Equity Issues at The Kansas City Star and JM Banks – KC Star Culture and Identity Reporter who share detail about The KC Star’s new 4 – week series VOICES OF KANSAS CITY starting April 17, Wednesdays at 6:00am to 7:00am featuring the stories of eight young black activist in Kansas City.

Also next week Jennifer Owen and Brad Cox of Owen/Cox Dance Group talk with us about 4 FRAGMENTS premiering April 12-14 at City Stage at Union Station

AND We welcome back to the show, our friend D. Rashaan Gilmore Emmy Winning host of the Kansas City PBS program Flatland KC. D. Rashaan is a Newsweek contributing writer and the former host & producer of “Unbossed and Unbothered” that aired from 2021-2022, on 90.1 FM KKFI.

And Zachary Philips plays lIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios

THANK YOU to our incredible KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers.

This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. Instead it is about a collective spirit of hundreds of hardworking people, unselfishly setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the gigantic goal of keeping our airwaves free, non-commercial, and open to all! Congratulations and thank you to all programmers & volunteers who went the extra effort to keep our station alive.

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

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

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