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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

WMM presents Chris Garibaldi & Mark Henning on James Grauerholz – Life’s Too Good To Keep + Lonnie Fisher + Sisterbot, Zan Bondi & Hadiza. – Solstice at Sunset

Mark spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: James Grauerholz, Lonnie Fisher, Sisterbot, Hadiza., and Collidescope.

At 10:10 Adee Dancy (Sisterbot), Hadiza., and Zan Bondi share details about Solstice at Sunset Mini-Fest at Manheim Gardens, 4229 Forest Ave, KCMO, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 2:00pm to midnight. This all-ages garden festival returns with immersive garden activities, wellness offerings, and a full lineup featuring 8 musical acts: Snow Goose, Kissin, Babydoll, 2W33dy, Hadiza., Sisterbot, Christina Silvius, and Coloratura, with performances running from 3:00 to 11:00 pm. Guests can enjoy 10-minute yoga flows with Charenee from New Moon Wellness, explore the grounds with a garden passport scavenger hunt, bundle fresh herbs, collect a DIY snack directly from the garden, look to the sky with telescope time and stargazing once the sun sets, and more.

At 10:35 Lonnie Fisher shares new singles: “Hear My Voice” and “Mediocre White Man.” Lonnie Fisher studied music at Kansas State University, graduating in 1992. By 1999 he was touring with his band, Sturgeon Mill. After the band broke up Lonnie embarked on a solo career while also pursuing a career as a chef. After the loss of his girlfriend to cancer in 2005 Lonnie began to struggle with alcoholism. In 2008 Lonnie suffered a major stroke followed by a second stroke two years later. His life as a chef and musician stopped as Lonnie struggled to relearn everything and rehabilitate. Against all odds, Lonnie returned to the studio and stage in 2018. He couldn’t return to the kitchen due to the inability to move fast enough, but started his own business as a personal chef. Lonnie Fisher & The Funeral released the album, HAUNTED on October 22, 2021. He released his solo album FAMOUS GIRL on January 19, 2022; BEAUTIFUL STAR on February 9, 2023; the EP, SEEDS on July 28, 2023, and the album FLOATING PALACE, on August 9, 2024. Info at: http://www.lonniefisher.bandcamp.com.

At 11:00am Chris Garibaldi co-founder of Lotuspool Records and Mark Henning of the bands Zoom, National Trust, Voice of Action, share details about the new Lotuspool release: James Grauerholz – Life’s Too Good To Keep, a 21-track, double vinyl album of the recorded songs of James Grauerholz. Grauerholz has long been known as ‘The Burroughs Guy’. From 1974 until William Burroughs death in 1997, James handled the business of William S. Burroughs Communications, acting as his manager, bibliographer, editor, literary executor and companion. To this day he continues to helm the business of Burroughs. What has been little-known up until now is that James has led a double life as an accomplished musician and songwriter with an extensive body of work stretching back from the late 1960s to the present. In fact, music was his first passion. This new collection of songs span thirty years, or as James so aptly puts it ‘My Life In Four Acts’ – with each side of the two lps representing an Act. Though much of the material could easily be considered Great American Songbook, there is also a deeply personal and distinctly Queer element to the songs. One must not forget that back in the 1970s hardly anyone was doing this. In fact, James may have created his very own lane. More info at: http://www.lotuspool.com

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