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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Kasey Rausch + Marcus Rattler + Hailes

Mark Spins More New & MidCoastal Releases from: Brooke Tuley and the Moon Travelers, Kadesh Flow, Reviser, Ivory Blue, The Country Duo, Hailes, Legerdemain, Suki Waterhouse, and Kelela.

At 10:30am Kasey Rausch shares music from, Little Lagoon Sessions, the debut full-length album from The Country Duo. Kasey Rausch & Marco Pascolini created this duo releasing singles and an EP recorded at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, with the head engineer, Curry Weber. The Duo reconnected with Curry but this time in Gulf Shores, Alabama, in a house on the banks of the Little Lagoon where the album was produced by Curry with Rausch, and Pascolini. Finishing touches were recorded by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Sound Lab in Kansas City. Matt Brahl, offered light percussion. Chad Meise of Oddio Hut did separate mastering for the vinyl and digital tracks. The Country Duo play a LITTLE LAGOON SESSIONS RELEASE SHOW. Friday April 17, 2026 at Mod Gallery, 1809 McGee St. KCMO. Doors open at 6:00pm. River Trade Radio’s Scott Stanton interviews The Duo, at 7:00pm. The Country Duo plays the full album live with special guests, Richard Burgess and Matt Brahl at 8:00pm.

At 11:00am Mark welcomes Marcus Rattler, a classically trained percussionist and drumset player with a specialization in steel pan. He performs with dozens of groups every year and regularly with his Kansas City based genre bending fusion band, Legerdemain. This band holds deep roots in Jazz and performs in different sizes of ensembles, across the country and abroad. In 2026, Legerdemain represented KC in the International Blues Challenge with their fusion jazz interpretation of the Blues and is releasing their debut album, Monsters ’n’ Me in the Spring. Marcus provides masterclasses and clinics for musicians of all levels at schools and conventions. He is also the Percussion Director and principal chair of the KC local wind band, Pinnacle Winds. He is currently working to build a steel pan orchestra school in his hometown of KC to create access to the instrument and culture for the midwest.

At 11:30am Lindsey Hailes joins us to talk about her career in theatre, touring in the Tony Award Wining Broadway musical, Hadestown and her critically acclaimed EP, Five that was released on September 29, 2025. After graduating from Blue Valley West High School and briefly attending college, Hailes spent two years in the U.S. tour of The Wizard of Oz before moving to New York in 2017 to continue her acting career. COVID-19 shut down theatre and she turned her energies toward writing music. When Broadway came back to life, HAILES returned to theatre and joined the Hadestown Broadway Tour for three years. While on tour Hailes continued writing music. The music on her debut EP FIVE came from her time attending a writing camp in Austin, Texas. After living in New York City for the last seven years, R&B artist, songwriter, and actress Hailes is back home in Kansas City. More info at: http://www.hailes.komi.io/.

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Show #1143