Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025
(Part 4 of 4)

We present part-four, of our four-week special: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025. In 2025 there were over 1675 MidCoastal (KC area) releases in Albums, EPs, & Singles…(that we know of). We’ve culled these releases for WMM’s mix of New & MidCoastal releases. Based on playlists of this little ole radio show, we’ve compiled representative tracks from our favorite full-length albums and EPs of 2025.

This Wednesday, we’ll count down #30 through #1 with tracks from: The Freedom Affair, Black Light Animals, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Fullbloods, Pool Culture, Eddie Moore, Joel Vs Joel, Daniel Gum, She Said, Dragon Inn 3, Hembree, Ty Faison, TheBabeGabe, Willi Carlisle, Suzannah Johannes, Samantha Fish, Hermon Mehari & Tony Tixier, Lnrd Dstroy X Chromadadata, Stereolab, Bon Iver, Geese, Ken Pomeroy, Mavis Staples, Sudan Archives, Music from TRANSA, Wednesday, Tunde Adebimpe, Tune-Yards, Big Thief, and Snocaps.

In 2025 we’ve broadcast nearly 900 different tracks on WMM over our 100,000 watts of 90.1 FM Community Radio Airwaves. Over 500 of these tracks were from New & MidCoastal Releases.70 of the representative tracks in our “Best of” list are from MidCoastal Releases. In 2025 we’ve conducted over 175 interviews with 159 special guests. Nearly 50 of the bands and artists in our “Best of” list have joined us as guests on WMM.

This is the finale of our 4-week series: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025, presented in 4-parts: December 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st. We realize these “Best of” lists can seem subjective, so we ask that you please accept our list as a celebration of the year in music, and more music discovery for your ears. Our “Best of Lists” can be found at: http://www.wednesdaymiddaymedley.org

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