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, November 15, 2023

WMM presents: Julia Othmer + Malek Azrael + Red Kate + Peregrine Honig

Mark spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Kadesh Flow, Red Kate, Julia Othmer, Malek Azrael & The Vibez, Mike Dillon and Punkadelic, Koney, Waxahatchee, Snail Mail, and Allison Russell.

At 10:15 Julia Othmer joins us to share her new single, “Open Wide” that premiered in late October when Julia played in Kansas City Repertory Theatre‘s GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories in Roanoke Park. In 2021, Julia Othmer released her 4th album, SEEDS VOLUME 2, and in 2020 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1, both from live recordings from her “Songs of September Project”, where she covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. Julia Othmer released SOUND on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st album, OASIS MOTEL. Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn. More info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com

At 10:30 Malek Azrael returns to WMM to talk about his show at The Greenwood Social Hall. Malek Azrael grew up in Kansas City. He worked for Boys Grow, and with touring bands. Malek Azrael was part of Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship, and sometimes plays with Making Movies. Makek Azrael released his 10-track debut album on October 15, 2021. Malek Azrael released the single “22” on January 13, 2023, and the newest single, “Anxiety” on April 30, 2023. Malek is the lead singer and songwriter of his band, Malek & The Vibez with Josh Luke on drums, Jack Roberts on bass, and Calvin Haverkamp on guitar. Malek played the Ameri-Kana Fest, KKFI’s Crossroads Music Fest, and Boulevardia Festival at Crown Center. Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon. More info at: http://www.mavband.us

At 11:00 Shawn Saving of “Kansas City’s no-bullshit, class-conscious punk rock and rollers, Red Kate” joins us to share music and information about the band’s third LP, EXIT STRATEGY. Addressing issues as varied as American exceptionalism (“Home of the Slave”), anti-intellectualism (“Don’t Think Too Much”), provincial conservatism (“Escape Room”), and technological dehumanization (“Lost Connection”), Exit Strategy holds a mirror up to our self-absorbed, narcissistic society, a society so easily manipulated and exploited through tribalism and fear that it makes one doubt that progress is actually possible (“No Solution”). Red Kate plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Wednesday, November 22 with The Uncouth and the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance. Red Kate plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS on Friday, December 1, 2023, with special guests Jackoffs and Sarkatha. More info at: black-site.org/red-kate and redkate.bandcamp.com 



At 11:30 Artist Peregrine Honig joins us to discuss her new show “Player,” opening Friday, November 17, at 6:30 PM at Studios INC, 1708 Campbell, KCMO. AND at the same time her show UNDERSTUDIES with small works opens at Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Blvd, KCMO, November 17, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition runs thru December 30, 2023. There will be an AFTER PARTY at The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO. Peregrine Honig was born in San Francisco, and moved to Kansas City, at 17 to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. At age 22, Honig was the youngest living artist to have work acquired by the Whitney Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Peregrine appeared on season one of Bravo’s artist reality television show, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, which aired in the summer of 2010. She owns a lingerie and swimwear boutique, Birdies, which opened in 2003, in the Crossroads. In 2017 Peregrine began managing The Greenwood Social Hall where she has presented concerts from Calvin Arsenia, Krystle Warren, Bach Aria Soloists, and this week’s concert with Malek Azrael & The Vibez. More info at http://www.peregrinehonig.com

On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or
STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org

Show #1019

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, November 8, 2023

WMM presents: Soul Child Radio! with Nicolette Paige

Nicolette Paige is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Nicolette Paige released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. In the past month Nicolette Paige headlined the Gaea Goddess Gathering Festival in Waynesville, Missouri., opened the Art In The Park Festival in Lawrence, KS. And perform for Farm Fest last Saturday, at The KC Farm School at Gibbs Road in KCK. More at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com

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. Bob Marley – “Soul Almighty” (underscore for Intro)
   from: Bob Marley and Friends, Vol.1 / One Media Publishing / Auguat 2, 2010

10:01 – Intro – Nicolette Paige

10:05

3. Red Astaire (Fredrik Lager) – “Rollin’ Stone”
   from: Nuggets For The Needy / Groove Distribution / 2009

4. Curtis Mayfield – “Beautiful Brother of Mine”
   from: Roots / Curtom / 1971

10:14 – This Day In Black History – Darrian Davis

10:19

5. Shash’U – “You Got This” (underscore for Interview with Zonte)
   from: Battle Anthems / Joy Ride Records / 2019

10:19 – Interview with Zonte Jigsaww Warren, Elijah Green, and Jace Stoiber

Zonte Jigsaww Warren is Owner, founder, dance coach at Street Styles Academy.

Also with Zonte is: Elijah Green, age 11, B-Boy dancer and Jace Stoiber, age 15, B-Boy & Hip Hop dancer at Street Styles Academy.

Street Styles Academy redefines street dance as a vehicle for passion, confidence, and fitness. Street Styles Academy celebrates the language of dance that connects souls and brings joy to all. With a range of styles from hip-hop to breakdancing, with expert instructors nurturing individuals at every level. SSA is more than a dance studio, it’s a judgment-free family that unites generations through shared passion with private and open classes in: Locking, Hip Hop, Popping, Breaking, House, and Krump. More information at: http://www.streetstylesacademy.com

10:26

6. Kraak & Smaak – “Squeeze Me”
   from: Plastic People / Jalapeño Records / 2008

10:29 – Underwriting

10:31

7. Kendrick Lamar – “King Kunta”
   from: To Pimp a Butterfly / Top Dawg Entertainment / 2015

8. Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
   from: B4.DA.$$ / Cinematic Music Group and Relentless Records / 2015

9. A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenerio (feat. Busta Rhymes, Dinco D & Charlie Brown)”
   from: The Low End Theory – Jive Records – 1991

10:42

10. Arrested Development – “People Everyday” underscore for Interview w/ Zonte)
    from: 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of… / Chrysalis Records / 1992

10:42 – More Interview with Zonte Jigsaww Warren, Elijah Green and Jace Stoiber

Zonte Jigsaww Warren is Owner, founder, dance coach at Street Styles Academy.

Also with Zonte is, Elijah Green age 11, B-Boy dancer and Jace Stoiber, age 15, B-Boy & Hip Hop dancer at Street Styles Academy.

Street Styles Academy redefines street dance as a vehicle for passion, confidence, and fitness. Street Styles Academy celebrates the language of dance that connects souls and brings joy to all. With a range of styles from hip-hop to breakdancing, with expert instructors nurturing individuals at every level. SSA is more than a dance studio, it’s a judgment-free family that unites generations through shared passion with private and open classes in: Locking, Hip Hop, Popping, Breaking, House, and Krump. More information at: http://www.streetstylesacademy.com

10:54

11. Nas & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley – “As We Enter”
    from: Distant Relatives / Universal Republic, Def Jam, Colombia Records / 2010

12. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
    from: People’s Instinctive Travels and The Path of Rhythm / Jive, RCA Records / 1990

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – SOUL CHILD RADIO with Nicolette Paige

11:02

13. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – “Express Yourself” (3:52)
    from: Express Yourself: Express Yourself: The Best of Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Warner Bros / 1972 (1970)

14. Nitty Scott – La Diaspora (Feat. Zap Mama)”
    from: Creature! / Indigenous Digital / 2017

11:10

15. POAN – “Estrellas (ft. Kama Lila Sol)” (underscore for Jenna Bodensteiner Interview)
    from: POAN Collaborations / Resueño Records / 2019

11:10 – Interview with Jenna Bodensteiner

Jenna Bodensteiner is the Founder and Ceremonial dance practitioner at Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, an “in the moment” non-choreographed movement practice that combines large movements, cardio, yoga, and other movements inspired by cultures from all over the world. The music is selected carefully and turned all the way up to transport you to another time and place.

Finding the roots that ground us and feeling the rhythm that drives and connects our energy is what will push your body through this high-energy movement class.

Jenna studied Special Education at UMKC and works in Early Care and Education Specialist at The Family Conservancy.

Jenna Bodensteiner hosts Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, Tuesday, November 14, at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Wellness Club, 918A Baltimore Avenue, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kcwellnessclub.com

11:22

16. Killer T – “Hondo (feat. Jah Prayzah)”
    from: Mashoko Anopfuura / Hot Property Entertainment / April 9, 2018

17. Jah Prayzah – Dangerous”
    from: Chitubu / Jah Prayzah / 2018

11:31 – Underwriting

11:32 – Soul Child Radio with Nicolette Paige

18. Kevin Florez & Captain Planet – Borracho Bailando Champeta”
    from: “Borracho Bailando Champeta” – Single / Bastard Jazz Recordings / August 6, 2021

11:35

19. Fela Kuti – Water Get No Enemy” (underscore for Interview with Jenna Bodensteiner)
    from: Music Is The Weapon / Wrasse Records / 2005

11:35 – More Interview with Jenna Bodensteiner

Jenna Bodensteiner is the Founder and Ceremonial dance practitioner at Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, an “in the moment” non-choreographed movement practice that combines large movements, cardio, yoga, and other movements inspired by cultures from all over the world. The music is selected carefully and turned all the way up to transport you to another time and place.

Finding the roots that ground us and feeling the rhythm that drives and connects our energy is what will push your body through this high-energy movement class.

Jenna studied Special Education at UMKC and works in Early Care and Education Specialist at The Family Conservancy.

Jenna Bodensteiner hosts Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, Tuesday, November 14, at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Wellness Club, 918A Baltimore Avenue, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kcwellnessclub.com

11:47 – Goodbyes / Thank You

11:48

20. Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran – “Peru”
    from: “Peru” – Single / YBNL Nation / December 24, 2021

21. Sly and The Family Stone – “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
    from: Greatest Hits / Epic / November 21, 1970

22. Stevie Wonder – “As”
    from:Songs in The Key of Life / Motown / September 28, 1976

11:58 – KC Arts Calendar

12:00 – Station ID

Next week on Next week on Wednesday, November 15, we welcome Julia Othmer, Malek Azreal, Shawn Saving, and Peregrine Honig.

THANK YOU to all of our listeners & friends who generously donated to support KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio!!! During our Wednesday MidDay Medley Fund Drive shows on October 12. With our On-Air Wednesday MidDay Medley fundraiser, com,bined with our Facebook Fundraiser, 45 individuals, all collectively donated a total of $2643.00 in honor of WMM, making Wednesday MidDay Medley in the top three fundraising shows at KKFI. In fact all five of KKFI’s MidDay Medley shows were in the top 25, as well as 4 of the 5 Jazz Shows. Thank you EVERYONE! You have again enabled us to continue the endeavor of KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City’s Community Radio!!!!

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.

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

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Show #1019

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, November 8, 2023

WMM presents: Soul Child Radio! with Nicolette Paige

Guest Producer, Nicolette Paige will host & produce the premiere of Soul Child Radio! Nicolette will spin tracks from: Dom Chronicles, Jass Couch, Sly & The Family Stone, Red Astaire, Curtis Mayfield, Kraak & Smack, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Charles Wright & The Watts, Nitty Scott, Killer T, Jah Prayzah, Kevin Florez & Captain Planet, and Fireboy.

At 10:30 Nicolette will interview Zonte Jigsaww Warren, Owner, founder, dance coach at Street Styles Academy. Also with Zonte is, Elijah Green B-Boy dancer and Jace Stoiber, B-Boy & Hip Hop dancer at Street Styles Academy. Street Styles Academy redefines street dance as a vehicle for passion, confidence, and fitness. Street Styles Academy celebrates the language of dance that connects souls and brings joy to all. With a range of styles from hip-hop to breakdancing, with expert instructors nurturing individuals at every level. SSA is more than a dance studio, it’s a judgment-free family that unites generations through shared passion with private and open classes in: Locking, Hip Hop, Popping, Breaking, House, and Krump. More information at: http://www.streetstylesacademy.com

At 11:10 Nicolette talks with Jenna Bodensteiner, Founder and Ceremonial dance practitioner at Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, an “in the moment” non-choreographed movement practice that combines large movements, cardio, yoga, and other movements inspired by cultures from all over the world. The music is selected carefully and turned all the way up to transport you to another time and place. Finding the roots that ground us and feeling the rhythm that drives and connects our energy is what will push your body through this high-energy movement class. Jenna studied Special Education at UMKC and works in Early Care and Education Specialist at The Family Conservancy. Jenna Bodensteiner hosts Rhythm & Rootz with Jenna, Tuesday, November 14, at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Wellness Club, 918A Baltimore Avenue, KCMO. More info at: http://www.kcwellnessclub.com

Nicolette Paige is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Nicolette Paige released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. In the past month Nicolette Paige headlined the Gaea Goddess Gathering Festival in Waynesville, Missouri., opened the Art In The Park Festival in Lawrence, KS. And perform for Farm Fest last Saturday, at The KC Farm School at Gibbs Road in KCK. More at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com

On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or
STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org

Show #1019

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, November 1, 2023

WMM presents Guest Producers Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek + Sondra Freeman and Apocalypse Meow 16

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. Bandits onThe Run – “You Have Changed”
   from: Lucifer on The Moon / Sub Pop / February 2, 2023
   [One of three new singles the band released so far in 2023 including: “Radio” on June 21, 2023, and “Reach Back” on October 12, 2023. Bandits on the Run is an indie-folk-pop-americana outfit consisting of three lead singers, a guitar, a cello, a suitcase drum, an accordion, and various toy instruments. They hail from Brooklyn, NY and are known for their vivacious performance style, genre-defying sound, soaring harmonies, and ability to make music-magic happen everywhere from subway platforms to concert halls. // Bandits on the Run is Adrian Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn. Formed upon a chance encounter while busking in the subways of New York City, the Brooklyn based outfit has gone on to receive accolades from NPR Music’s All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, NPR Weekend Edition, and the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. 2020 found them busy writing and recording their EP “Now Is The Time” with producer Ryan Hadlock (Brandi Carlile, The Lumineers) and producing a short musical film “Band At The End Of The World” commissioned by NYC based Prospect Theater Company. 2022 saw them they have composing music for the Netflix children’s animated series “Storybots”, scoring the Peter Hedges movie “The Same Storm”, and touring the globe with appearances at the Cambridge Folk Festival, Floydfest, Milwaukee Summerfest, Americanafest, and the Singapore Grand Prix.]

10:05 – Intro / Interview with Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek

Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. 
I’m Mark Manning. Today, we spin more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Whiffs, Glitter Wizard, Calibro 35 , Perfume USA , Heidi Lynne Gluck , A Giant Dog, MSPAINT , Turnpike Troubadours, Only Murders in the Building, The Phantastics, The Philistines, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream. We started the show with, Bandits on the Run.

At 11:30 we’ll talk with Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation about Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, The Philistines, and True Lions. Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends organized the first Apocalypse Meow to cover her medical expenses. To pay this forward to her local community, Abigail co-founded MMF. After she passed away in 2013, MMF established Abby’s Fund for Musicians’ Health Care, which has given out over $475,000 in health care grants to musicians in need. MMF has provided needed preventative care services through their health clinic events & partnerships. The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care & insurance info. This event also features an online auction from local vendors & artists that will go Live on November 3, at: 32auctions.com. More info at http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

But first, we welcome Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek of The Pitch. The Annual Pitch “Best Of” Issue hits the streets this Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. We’ll talk with Brock & Nick about some of the “Headlines” of 2023. And Nick shares his 10 Favorite Musical Releases of 2023.

Brock Wilbur is the editor-in-chief of The Pitch in Kansas City and the author of several books on video games and apocalyptic cinema. He lives with his wife, political journalist Vivian Kane, their three cats, and one gigantic dog. Brock Wilbur’s most recent book, “Postal” was published through Boss Fight Books and is available wherever books are sold. Brock also has experience doing stand-up comedy, and working as a researcher. Brock is the author of a forthcoming book about growing up with an adopted Bosnian brother, and an investigative journalism piece where he exposes a cult that has haunted the East Coast since the late 1970s.

Brock Wilbur, thanks for being with us on again on WMM.

Nick Spacek is the music editor of The Pitch. Additionally, he’s the co-host of horror podcast, The Carnage Report. Nick lives in Lawrence with his wife, three cats, and a movie and record collection big enough to constitute an actual problem. Nick has been covering music in the KC / Lawrence area, for two decades. Nick Spacek has worked in print and radio media. Nick covers soundtracks and film scores for Starburst Magazine, and is a freelance writer for Sunflower Publishing. Nick served as Station Manager and Program Director for KJHK 90.7 in Lawrence, and for 20 years worked as a baker at Great Harvest Bread Company in Lawrence. Nick Studied at The University of Kansas.

Nick Spacek, thanks for being with us on again on WMM.

Nick we started the show today with Bandits on The Run

The Pitch is celebrating 43 years as Kansas City publication.

The Pitch started as The Penny Pitch as part of Penny Lane Records. The original editor was Dwight Frizzell. The original owner was Hal Brody. The Pitch has survived the difficult print media landscape, multiple owners, multiple generations of some of Kansas City’s very best writers and journalists, and remains an essential publication, continuing to break important stories about working conditions in area restaurants and theaters, that some of our older news papers have bungled. The Pitch has been the very first to break news that has had international reverberations .

The “Best Of” issue has been part of The Pitch for as long as I can remember, celebrating all things Kansas City.

Brock Wilbur picked up a Pitch “Best of” issue during a visit to KC and it was a big part of his wife and his decision to move to Kansas City from Los Angeles.

The Pitch “Best of” Issue is divided between The “Our Picks” section from The Pitch writers & staff, and the “Your Picks” section, where people of Kansas City cast 679,500 votes in 505 categories, selecting their favorite people, restaurants, creators, businesses, and places. The second half of the issue is fully hands-off from our internal team, and no weight was placed on any of the scales. The winners and runners-up in these categories were 1000% picked by the city after rounds of nomination and voting. http://www.thepitchkc.com

As Brock Wilbur writes in his “Letter from The Editor”: “Does this magazine include every local hero and all that they did? Absolutely not. Is this the definitive list of the only people and businesses that are making a difference? Absolutely not. Is this a parade that we get to throw to celebrate the hard work and unyielding dedication of more people than there is space for naming them? Absolutely yes.”

Brock continues: “This year’s arcade-based theme is that we look at this write-up a bit like the disco cyberspace of a mall games emporium. There’s a marketplace of ideas here, with hundreds of machines to play and so many worlds to see. In each of those spaces, this is a chance for the champions of 2023 to input their initials next to their high score—to be looked upon and adored by all those who step up to try their hand next. But what’s most important here is that these high scores are transitional. This is a city full of new players on the come-up, with quarters stacked next to the screen to indicate that they’ve got next. If your name isn’t sitting at No. 1 in the category where you regularly compete, well, we cannot wait to see what new techniques you bring to the battle in 2024.”

10:14

3. The Whiffs – “Satellites”
   from: Scratch ‘N’ Sniff / DIG! / March 3, 2023
   [The Whiffs are: Rory Cameron on vocals & guitar, Zach Campbell on vocals & bass, Joey Rubbish on vocals & guitar, and Jake Cardwell on drums. Recording produced by The Whiffs // Mixed by Steve Squire & Rob Pope at The Green Lodge in Lawrence, KS // Mastered by Steve Squire // Photography by Shawn Brackbill. // On August 4, 2023, The Whiffs released the single “Satellites.” // The Whiffs released the 13 track album Scratch ‘N’ Sniff on March 3, 2023. // The Whiffs released the 14 track album, Another Whiff on December 6, 2019. The Whiffs released their 8-track debut release on March 10, 2017. // The Whiffs are a band from Kansas City, Missouri. “…one of the most accomplished examples of the genre I’ve heard in some time.” — SORRY STATE RECORDS. “This album just feels like America. It transports me to some mythical dive bar where The Replacements, Tom Petty, and Cheap Trick still rule the jukebox. ” — FASTER AND LOUDER // Scratch ‘N’ Sniff by The Whiffs — the second album by Kansas City’s foremost power pop foursome is upon us via Dig! Record Co (US) & Bachelor Records (EU). Not unlike their first album (Another Whiff), and as rock critic Jon Harrison heralds in the album’s liner notes: “this sophomoric offering provides all of the things you love about The Whiffs.” … Now, if you’re asking yourself ‘what do I love about the Whiffs’? Here’s a clue: SONGS. You love The Whiffs’ songs! And now Scratch ‘N’ Sniff’s got 13 new boffo numbers brimming with the hook-laden, never-far-from-the-bar pub-rock snarl The Whiffs nail every time. // The Whiffs are less recording artists than a band of journeymen, from the drums Jake Cardwell (C&C Drum Co.) built-by-hand, to Joey Rubbish’s home recording studio (Club Sandwich). It’s only natural Scratch ‘N’ Sniff is a homegrown production from the floor (tom) up, and was recorded in the band’s living room. The songs are all their own too. Whether penned by Cameron (Rory), Campbell (Zach) or Rubbish (Joey), they all stink of The Whiffs broken-in power pop confectionery. A close listen will reveal the cracks of many-a-can and roommates laughing at vocal takes. As such, everyone’s invited to Scratch ‘N’ Sniff and dive in!

[The Whiffs play the Union Pool, in New York City on Thursday, November 2, 2023]

4. Glitter Wizard – “She’s A Star”
   from: Kiss The Boot / Kitten Robot / Released March 7, 2023
   [San Francisco, Califronia based band with Lorfin Terrafor on guitars & vocals, Wendy Stonehenge on lead vocals, Kandi Moon on bass & vocals, Doug Graves on synthesizers & sequinser, Fancy Cymballs on drums & vocals, Screamin’ Lord Duff on vocals, and Geoff Yeaton on saxophone. Recorded by Paul Roessler at Kitten Robot Studios. Additional engineering and mixing by Screamin’ Lord Duff at Toneduff Studios. Mastering by Mark Chalecki at Little Red Book. Pre-production engineering by Kwame Korkor. Photos by Rob Williamson. Set styling by Audrey Taylor. Makeup and hair by Audra Angeli-Morse. Layout by Roy G. Biv. All songs written by Glitter Wizard except “Suffragette City” by D. Bowie. // The EP is something of a departure for the band, as they lace up their platforms and head straight for the jugular of early ‘70s glitter rock and junkshop glam. // Julian Cope once described Glitter Wizard’s unique brand of freak rock as “unashamedly glamorous hard rock,” and he’s not wrong. These San Francisco longhairs from another dimension were raised on punk and mix screaming riffs with a high-octane stage show full of sequins, headbanging and a sonic attack that’ll leave you dazed and ready for the next hit. Imagine the Stooges stole the outfits from the Spiders from Mars, synth man Dik Mik from Hawkwind and hit the stage on a speed bender.]

10:21 – Underwriting

10:23 – More Interview with Brock Wilbur and Nick Spacek

10:32

5. Calibro 35 – “Extraordinaire”
   From: ”Extraordinaire” – Single / Virgin / March 31, 2023 [Described by Rolling Stone as “the most fascinating, retro-maniac and genuine thing that has happened to Italy in the past few years”, Calibro 35 enjoy a reputation as one of the coolest bands around. // They’ve played major festivals and collaborated with PJ Harvey, Mike Patton and Stewart Copeland. // Calibro 35 (caliber 35) is a cinematic funk Italian band formed in 2007 in Milan. The band has released seven albums and several movie soundtracks. Different songs from the band have been sampled into hip hop productions including Dr. Dre’s “One Shot One Kill” and Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” Child of Lov & Damon Albarn. // The band started in 2007 when Italian producer Tommaso Colliva and guitarist Massimo Martellotta invited Enrico Gabrielli, Luca Cavina and Fabio Rondanini to what was supposed to be a five days long one-off studio project re-recording obscure music from Italian exploitation movie soundtracks. // The first self-titled Calibro 35 album was released worldwide by Cinedelic Records in 2008. The album mostly contains re-works of 1970s soundtracks by the genre’s maestros such as Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli and Luis Bacalov but also first original compositions by the band. The unexpected critical acclaim the album received led the band to perform the project live too, touring Italy and Europe. // Live concerts proved to be even more successful than the album with the band winning “Best Italian Tour” award at PIMI/MEI 2009. The same year the group embarked on its first tour in the United States. Calibro 35 played at HitWeek Festival in Los Angeles and at Nublu and Zebulon in New York City. They also performed on Jason Bentley’s radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW: one of the most important broadcasts of live music in the United States. In September they co-headlined closing event of Milan Film Festival with Australian band Jet. // In February 2010 second album Ritornano quelli di… was released by Ghost Records in Europe and by Nublu Records in the United States. The album contains several original songs written and recorded as soundtrack for American documentary Eurocrime. One of the songs from the album, “Convergere in Giambellino”, has been used as ending titles music of Hollywood blockbuster movie Red (Movie 2010) starring Bruce Willis and John Malkovich. // During the same year Calibro 35 recorded its first full length soundtrack for Italian-Spanish production SAID at Ennio Morricone’s studios in Rome. // On June 8, 2010 they opened for the English rock band Muse concert at San Siro Stadium in Milan. In September, they won “Best Band 2010” at Keep On Music Awards. In October, Calibro 35 played CMJ Festival in New York. // Back in the US to play SXSW Festival in Austin in Spring 2011, the band decided to stop at Mission Sound and Brooklyn Recordings Studios in New York to record the third album. The album, titled Any Resemblance to Real Persons or Actual Facts Is Purely Coincidental, was released in February 2012 by Nublu Records in the US and by Tannen Records/Rough Trade Distribution in Europe. The title track of the album would be sampled by Dr. Dre for his Compton in 2015. In summer 2012 Calibro 35 opened for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings in Bari. // In March 2013, the band travelled to Brazil for Nublu Jazz Festival, sharing stage with The Headhunters, Roy Ayers and Robert Glasper’s Experiment. On June 29 Calibro 35 opened again for Muse at Olympic Stadium in Turin. In October a new album, Traditori di tutti, was released worldwide by Record Kicks. For the first time the album contains only original music. After the album release the band embarked in another extensive tour playing in all major European cities. // In 2014, Italian public national broadcaster Rai Radio 1 commissioned all its jingles and library music to the band. Meanwhile, the band scored its second full length soundtrack for Italian Movie “Sogni di Gloria / Daydreaming”, awarded as “Best Feature Movie” at Houston Film Fest and Rome Independent Film Fest. // They further released the albums S.P.A.C.E. in 2015, Decade in 2018, and Momentum in 2020. // Several songs of the band have been sampled into modern style productions. Most notably “Ogni riferimento a fatti realmente accaduti” has been sampled by Dr. Dre on “One Shot One Kill (feat Snoop Dogg and Jon Connor)”; “Il consigliori” has been sampled by Jay Z on “Picasso Baby”, “Una stanza vuota” has been sampled by Child of Lov on “One Day (featuring Damon Albarn)”; “Eurocrime” has been sampled by Demigodz on “Summer of Sam”. // Personnel ; Enrico Gabrielli on keyboards, flute, saxophone, xylophone; Luca Cavina on bass; Massimo Martellotta on guitar, keyboards; Fabio Rondanini on drums; Tommaso Colliva on Sound Researches and Production.]

Calibro 35 Discography
2008 – Calibro 35 (Cinedelic Records CNCD14)
2010 – Ritornano quelli di… (Ghost Records GHST 035)
2012 – Ogni riferimento a persone esistenti o a fatti realmente accaduti è puramente casuale – (Tannen Records FIR.Y15)
2013 – Traditori di tutti – (Record Kicks RKX046)
2015 – S.P.A.C.E.
2018 – DECADE
2020 – Momentum
2022 – Scacco al Maestro – Volume 1
2022 – Scacco al Maestro – Volume 2

6. Perfume USA – “Tapeworm”
   from: Kiss it Goodbye – EP / Setterwind Records / May 18, 2023
   [Kansas City Missouri based 4-piece band isL Jamie Woodard on vocals & lead guitar, Anthony Kearney on guitar, Tyler Snowden on bass, and Travis Boaz on drums. Their new EP Kiss It Goodbye is the follow-up to their 2021 debut Charlie’s Angels. All songs written and performed by Perfume USA. Art by Kamtin Mohager. Photography by Lovesick Ethan. Produced by Perfume USA and Justin Mantooth. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Justin Mantooth @ Westend Recording Studios in Kansas City. Published and Distributed by Setterwind Records. // New Noise Magazine writes, “The middle of the United States is often thought of as desolate middle ground between the two coasts. Yet, as of late, places like Oklahoma City, Louisville and Kansas City have become hubs of creativity spawning new bands and thriving scenes. The latter being home to Perfume USA, a band that has become a staple in their region opening for bands like Candy, Heart Attack Man and Greet Death, each of which Perfume USA somehow fit perfectly on the bill with.”” // “”From their heavy and punchy riffs, to their pop hooks and droning fuzz scattered throughout their songs, listeners can’t help but get lost in their music, which is sure to resonate with fans of Nothing, Narrow Head, Far, Deftones, and Smashing Pumpkins. Kiss It Goodbye, Perfume USA’s forthcoming three-song 7-inch (May 19 via Setterwind Records), is the perfect introduction to this band’s ’90s grunge and alt rock inspired music.” More info at: tr.ee/perfumeusa]

[Perfume USA play The RINO 314 Armour Rd., North Kansas City, Missouri, on November 14, with Taking Meds, Public Opinion, and Squint. Doors open at 7:00 PM.]

10:44 – More Interview with Brock Wilbur and Nick Spacek

10:53

7. Heidi Lynne Gluck – “Skyscraper”
   from: Migrate Or Die / Heidi Lynne Gluck / July 7, 2023
   [Cowritten with Kenny Childers. Heidi Lynne Gluck released the singles: “All I See Is Magic” on May 25, 2023, “I’m Not Free” on June 2, 2023 and “Skyscraper” on June 7, 2023 Lawrence, Kansas based Heidi Lynne Gluck is a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist originally from the middle of Canada. After transplant-ing herself from the plains of Manitoba to the midwestern United States, Heidi quickly became an in-demand player, performing on stage and in the studio both as a solo artist and with renowned musicians including Juliana Hatfield & Some Girls, Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos, Lily & Madeleine, The Pieces, The Only Children, and others. Heidi Lynne Gluck joined us live on WMM on June 8, and Aug. 24, 2016. Heidi Lynne Gluck released her critically acclaimed album, PONY SHOW through Lawrence based Lotuspool Records on Aug. 26, 2016. This was the follow-up to her critically acclaimed release THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ROOM, released April 28, 2015. Heidi Lynne Gluck released the 8th edition of the Too Much Rock, limited edition, 7” vinyl Single Series on Aug. 3, 2018, featuring her original song, “Party Line.” and the B-side, “Good Guys and Bad Guys” a new version of Camper Van Beethoven song. Heidi Lynne Gluck also plays with the band the Roseline and was a featured vocalist on “Beauty in the Distance” with Asterales. Heidi recently released two new singles with Tom Brosseau, “Sunflower” on Dec. 15, 2022, and “Under African Skies” on Feb. 17, 2023.]

8. A Giant Dog – “I Believe”
   from: Bite / Merge Records / August 25, 2023
   [Austin Texas, based A Giant Dog is Andy Bauer on guitar; Andrew Cashen on guitar, keyboards, vocals; Daniel Blanchard on drums, percussion, vocals, and one guitar note; Graham Low on bass, and Sabrina Ellis on vocals, & keyboards. All songs by A Giant Dog. Recorded at LA CUVE STUDIO, Angers (FR). Engineered by ELLIOT ASCHARD & STW. Mixed by John Congleton. Mastered by Dan Coutant, Sunroom Audio. Produced by A Giant Dog. Backing Vocals by: Maxime Dobosz, Océane Rémy, Emilia Richman, and Geena Spigarelli. Strings by: Liz À la Ligne, Abraham Quivooij, and Graham Low. Keyboards, Knobs by: Shaun Dickerson. Guitar solo on “Different Than”: STW // The moment the needle drops on Bite, one’s conception of what an A Giant Dog record sounds like bends like space and time around a starship running at lightspeed. // The biggest point of departure is that Bite is a concept album, concerning characters who find themselves moving in and out of a virtual reality called Avalonia. You’re thrown into it quickly, as a calm, robotic voice says, “Welcome to Avalonia, happiness awaits inside” over a crushing synth line that segues into an opulent string arrangement. // The songs on Bite are full of bombast, at turns calling to mind the spacefaring operatic rock of Electric Light Orchestra and the high drama of an Ennio Morricone film score. The album’s narrative sweep is epic in scope, its characters facing impossible odds and certain doom, existing as comfortably with the sci-fi grandiosity of Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak as it does with the high fantasy of Dio and Iron Maiden. A Giant Dog is raucous ear candy culled from the hook-driven melodies of Slade, the glammy swagger of Marc Bolan, the morbidfantasy of Killer-era Alice Cooper, and the unpredictable wit of Sparks. These songs are by, for, and about the losers, freaks, and outcasts. The lonely. The terminally horny. Boozehounds and party animals. More info at: http://www.agiantdog.com]

11:00 – Station ID
11:00 – More Interview with Brock Wilbur and Nick Spacek

11:09

10. MSPAINT – “Titan of Hope”
    from: Post-American / Convulse Records / February 15, 2023
    [Hattiesburg, Mississippi based 4-piece punk band with Nick on synthesizers, Deedee on vocals, Quinn on drums, Randy on bass. Co-produced by Ian Shelton & Taylor Young @ The Pit Recording Studio. “Titan of Hope” Single Artwork by Brock Stephens. Lyrics by Deedee. Video by Derek Rathburn. All music by MSPAINT]

11. Turnpike Troubadours – “Brought Me”
    from: A Cat in The Rain / Bossier City Records / August 25, 2023
    [Turnpike Troubadours is an American country music band from Tahlequah, Oklahoma founded in 2005. They started their own imprint, Bossier City Records, in 2007 and have released six studio albums. Their self-titled 2015 album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200. // The band was formed in 2005, with original members including Evan Felker and R.C. Edwards. Their debut album Bossier City was recorded a month after the formation of the band, in order to have a recording to sell at live shows. Felker later said the musical arrangements were “not a good representation” of what the band later became. Diamonds & Gasoline followed in 2010. // The songs “Easton and Main” and “Bossier City” were re-recorded for their 2015 self-titled album. Turnpike Troubadours’ album A Long Way from Your Heart, was released in October 2017 and peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. // In 2019, the band announced they were going on indefinite hiatus. In November 2021, the band’s Instagram was cleaned of all previous posts and their website, http://www.turnpiketroubadours.com, read simply “Coming Soon” with the band’s logo. // Later in November 2021, the band announced its reunion and return to touring, with a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre announced for May 2022. // On August 25, 2023, the band released their comeback album “A Cat in the Rain” after releasing three earlier singles: “Mean Old Sun,” “Chipping Mill,” and “Brought Me.”]

11:17 – More Interview with Brock Wilbur and Nick Spacek

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11:26

11. Only Murders in The Building – “Look for the Light (featuring Meryl Streep)”
    from: Only Murders in the Building Season 3 (Deluxe Ed.) / 20th Century Studios / Oct. 4, 2023
    [Fresh on the heels of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building season 3 finale comes the “Only Murders in the Building Season 3 Deluxe Soundtrack” album. // The soundtrack features killer performances by Meryl Streep, Ashley Park, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Paul Rudd, and Jason Veasey and includes four original songs written by Pasek & Paul, Sara Bareilles, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Michael R. Jackson. // The deluxe edition also includes two bonus tracks and an original score by Siddhartha Khosla. // The deluxe album follows the release of Steve Martin’s rendition of “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” and Meryl Streep / Ashley Park duet, “Look for the Light” and the recently released original score by 6-time Emmy nominee Siddhartha Khosla. // Season three of Only Murders in the Building finds Charles, Oliver & Mabel (played by Steve Martin, Martin Short & Selena Gomez) investigating a murder behind the scenes of a Broadway show. Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd) is a Hollywood action star whose Broadway debut is cut short by his untimely death. Aided by co-star Loretta Durkin (Meryl Streep), our trio embarks on their toughest case yet, all while director Oliver desperately attempts to put his show back together. Curtains up! // Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films and television. Their works include A Christmas Story, Dogfight, Edges, Dear Evan Hansen, and James and the Giant Peach. Their original songs have been featured on NBC’s Smash and in the films La La Land, for which they won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song “City of Stars”, and The Greatest Showman. Their work on the original musical Dear Evan Hansen has received widespread critical acclaim and earned them the 2017 Tony Award for Best Original Score. In 2022, they won the Tony Award for Best Musical for serving as producers for the Broadway production of Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop. // While Pasek usually writes lyrics and Paul usually writes music, they share credit for both elements. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan and winners of the American Theatre Wing’s 2007 Jonathan Larson Grant, which honors achievement by composers, lyricists and librettists. / Bareilles made her Broadway debut when she composed music and wrote lyrics for the 2015 musical Waitress, for which she earned nominations for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She subsequently received Olivier Award nominations for its 2021 West End transfer production. She released the 2015 studio album What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress, which is a recording of her singing many of the musical’s songs. For her work in the 2016 Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants, she earned a Tony Award nomination. In 2019, she released her sixth studio album Amidst the Chaos, with the single “Saint Honesty” winning her the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance. In 2022, she returned to Broadway as The Baker’s Wife in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, earning a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and being nominated for her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.]

Only Murders in the Building Season 3 Original Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition)

1.”Look for the Light”
Written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Sara Bareilles
Performed by Meryl Streep & Ashley Park

2.”Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?”
Written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
Performed by Steve Martin

3.”Creatures of the Night”
Written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Performed by Martin Short

4.”For the Sake of a Child (Oliver Version)”
Written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Michael R. Jackson
Performed by Meryl Streep & Martin Short

5.”For the Sake of a Child (Ben Version)”
written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Michael R. Jackson
Performed by Meryl Streep & Paul Rudd

6.”Love’s Old Sweet Song”
Written by James Lynam Molloy & Graham Clifton Bingham
Performed by Jason Veasey

7.”Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland”
Written by Leo Friedman & Beth Slater Whitson
Performed by Jason Veasey

11:28 – Underwriting

12. The Phantastics – “All That Fine – Single”
    rom: “All That Fine”- Single / Kemet Creative / May 6, 2022
    [8 member band from KC formed in December of 2010. Kemet the Phantom on lead vocals; Leigh Gibbs on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone; Ryan Jamaal Davis on Trombone and rap vocals; Austin Quick on keyboards. The Phantastics specialize in genre-blending dance floor activators. In 2015, the music group was crowned “Kansas City’s best party band” by the Kansas City Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz & Soul are all incorporated into their music. “The band that can do it all”, according to I Heart Local Music, has shared the stage with some of music’s most legendary acts including George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. On Oct. 18, 2019 The Phantastics released LIVE AT THE PLAZA ART FAIR. On Aug. 24, 2018 The Phantastics released the EP, LIFE OF THE PARTY. On Dec. 14, 2013 The Phantastics released their debut album THE CLOSER. Info at: http://www.thephantastics.com]

[The Phantastics play Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Philistines, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, True Lions, and Poet Jen Harris for Midwest Music Foundation More info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

11:34 – Interview with Sondra Freeman

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.

Apocalypse Meow 16, is Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, The Philistines, and True Lions. Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends rallied to her side, holding the first Apocalypse Meow concert to cover her medical expenses. To pay this forward to her community, Abigail co-founded MMF. After she passed away in 2013, MMF established Abby’s Fund For Musicians’ Health Care, which has given out over $475,000 in health care assistance grants to musicians. MMF has provided needed preventative care services through their health clinic events & partnerships with local providers. The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care & insurance info. This event also features an online auction from local vendors & artists. Info at http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Sondra Freeman thanks for being with us again on WMM.

RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH ABBY’S FUND

If you or a family member needs healthcare assistance, please apply for an Abby’s Fund grant. This resource is available to active KC area musicians and music personnel. LEARN MORE AND APPLY at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundatiom.org

Please email Executive Director, Rhonda Lyne, for more information. rhonda@midwestmusicfound.org

Midwest Music Foundation offers the following services:

-Mental Health Grants to assist with counseling and treatment

-Free Dental Screenings at the UMKC School of Dentistry

-Free COVID-19 Tests

10:41

13. The Philistines – “A Twitch of The Death Nerve”
    from: The Backbone of Night / The Record Machine / June 4, 2016
    [KC based rock band with a psychedelic bent, for this recording the band was made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar & vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Michelle Bacon on bass & vocals, Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums. Recorded & mixed with Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. In March 2019 The Philistines made available, two new tracks: “Further” and “Velvet Rabbit,” that will be part of the upcoming album Dysnomia. Produced and engineered by paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios. For these new recordings The Philistines were made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar & vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums, and Barry Kidd on bass.]

[The Philistines play Apocalypse Meow 16, on Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, and True Lions, for Midwest Music Foundation. More info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

11:44 – More Interview with Sondra Freeman

We are talking with Sondra Freeman about Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, The Philistines, and True Lions. Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends rallied to her side, holding the first Apocalypse Meow concert to cover her medical expenses. To pay this forward to her community, Abigail co-founded MMF. After she passed away in 2013, MMF established Abby’s Fund For Musicians’ Health Care, which has given out over $475,000 in health care assistance grants to musicians. MMF has provided needed preventative care services through their health clinic events & partnerships with local providers. The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care & insurance info. This event also features an online auction from local vendors & artists. More info at http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Sondra Freeman thanks for being with us again on WMM.

The event features live performances by notable Kansas City-area bands as a donation of their time and talents to their community; local businesses and artisans donate products and services to the event for auction. All monies raised during Apocalypse Meow go directly to Abby’s Fund for Musician’s Health Care and the production costs of Apocalypse Meow. Performances, business donations, and services are purely voluntary.

“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?”

Midwest Music Foundation – http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Apocalypse Meow is the primary event for Abby’s Fund For Musicians’ Health Care — providing area musicians and industry workers with essential health care grants.

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.

Sondra Freeman thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Apocalypse Meow 16, is Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, The Philistines, and True Lions, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals. More info: midwestmusicfoundation.org

11:53

14. Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream – “Cuts Like A Knife”
    from: Shangri La / myowndamnrecords / July 8, 2023
    [Debut album from Nathan Corsi’s new rock band featuring Kansas City veterans Chris Meck, Tom Hudson, and Benjamin Hart. Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream released their second single, “Hits You Twice” on September 28, 2022. Nathan Corsi has one of the best voices in Kansas City music. With Steve Tulipana he fronts The Band That Fell To Earth paying tribute to David Bowie in this annual project created by Michelle Bacon. Nathan toured for nearly a decade with his band Not A Planet who released critically acclaimed EP, NAP on December 1, 2011; the album, THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE STRANGE on May 10, 2013; SMOKE BOMBS & CIGARETTES: THE HISTORY OF NOW (EP) on September 9, 2016.] [Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream play recordBar, at 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO, on Saturday, July 8, at 7:00 PM for their Record Release Party, w/ The Philistines and Friendly Thieves.]

[Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream play Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Philistines, The Phantastics, and True Lions for Midwest Music Foundation More info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]

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

Next week on Next week on Wednesday, November 8, we welcome Guest Producer Nicolette Paige with the premier of Soul Child Radio! with Zonte Jigsaww Warren – Owner, founder, dance coach at Street Styles Academy. And, Jenna Bodensteiner – Ceremonial dance practitioner at Rhythm & Rootz

THANK YOU to all of our listeners & friends who generously donated to support KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio!!! During our Wednesday MidDay Medley Fund Drive shows on October 12. With our On-Air Wednesday MidDay Medley fundraiser, com,bined with our Facebook Fundraiser, 45 individuals, all collectively donated a total of $2643.00 in honor of Wednesday MidDay Medley! Making WMM in the top three fundraising shows at KKFI. In fact all five of KKFI’s MidDay Medley shows were in the top 25, as well as 4 of the 5 Jazz Shows. Thank you EVERYONE! You have again enabled us to continue the endeavor of KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City’s Community Radio!!!!

THANK YOU to my incredible Fund co-hosts: Marion Merritt & Joelle St. Pierre & Nicolette Paige, AND KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers. And Lincoln Dreher one of our volunteers who went way above and beyond as a volunteer! And all of our phone volunteers.

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:
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http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM

Show #1018

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, November 1, 2023

WMM presents Guest Producers Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek + Sondra Freeman and Apocalypse Meow 16

WMM features more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Whiffs, Perfume USA, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Glitter Wizard, Calibro 35, The Phantastics, The Philistines, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, A Giant Dog, MSPAINT, Turnpike Troubadours, Meryl Streep from Only Murders in the Building, and Bandits on the Run.

At 10:00, we welcome Special Guest Producers – Brock Wilbur & Nick Spacek of The Pitch. Their Annual Pitch “Best Of” issue hits streets on Friday, November 3, 2023. Brock and Nick will share their own observations of the year, and Nick will share his Top Ten Favorite Musical Releases of 2023. Brock Wilbur is the Editor-in-Chief of The Pitch in Kansas City and the author of several books on video games and apocalyptic cinema. He lives with his wife, political journalist Vivian Kane, their three cats, and one gigantic dog. Nick Spacek is the Music Editor of the Pitch in Kansas City. Additionally, he’s the co-host of horror podcast, The Carnage Report. He lives in Lawrence with his wife, three cats, and a movie and record collection big enough to constitute an actual problem. Nick has been covering music in the Kansas City / Lawrence area, for nearly two decades. Nick covers soundtracks and film scores for Starburst Magazine, and is a freelance writer for Sunflower Publishing and he volunteers for Lawrence Humane Society. More info at: http://www.thepitchkc.com

At 11:30 we talk with Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation about Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 4, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, The Philistines, True Lions, and Poet Jen Harris. This is MMF’s annual benefit to provide health care grants to music industry professionals.

Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends organized the first Apocalypse Meow to cover her medical expenses. To pay this forward to her local community, Abigail co-founded MMF. After she passed away in 2013, MMF established Abby’s Fund for Musicians’ Health Care, which has given out over $475,000 in health care grants to musicians in need. MMF has provided needed preventative care services through their health clinic events & partnerships. The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care & insurance info. This event also features an online auction from local vendors & artists that will go Live on November 3, at: 32auctions.com. More info at http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

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Show #1018

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, October 25, 2023

WMM presents Lisa Mckenzie & 2023 Farm School KC Youth Music Fest + Supermassive Black Holes + Nathan Reusch & 20 Years of The Record Machine

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. Brittany Howard – “What Now?”
   from: “What Now?” – Single / Island Records / October 13, 2023
   [Brittany Howard, the 5-time Grammy Award®-winning powerhouse has shared the first single and video off her forthcoming solo album, WHAT NOW is a thriller of a title track offering a taste of what to expect on the full-length. Written & produced by Brittany with co-production from Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, SZA), with whom she has a longstanding creative relationship since Alabama Shakes. Recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium and historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Brittany’s hometown. The accompanying cinematic & action-packed video was directed by Danilo Parra (known for his work with A$AP Rocky) & produced by Adam Braun (070 Shake, P!NK). //“What Now” takes on a potent urgency fueled by its syncopated grooves, blistering guitar riffs, & fiercely honest lyrics (“I’ve been making plans that don’t include you anymore/My heart wants to stay but I don’t know what for”). “‘What Now’ is maybe the truest & bluest of all the songs,” says Howard. “It’s never my design to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I needed to say what was on my mind without editing myself. I like how it’s a song that makes you want to dance, but at the same time the lyrics are brutal.”// Brittany Howard released the album Jaime on ATO Records on September 20, 2019.]

3. Friendly Thieves – “Cool”
   from: “You Better Run” / Friendly Thieves / September 23, 2022
   [Friendly Thieves will release their debut album, Til Death on 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 information at: http://www.whoissamwells.com. Sam Wells was on WMM on May 13, 2020 and January 20, 2021.]

[Friendly Thieves play an Album Release Halloween Party, Friday, October 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd., North Kansas City.]

[Friendly Thieves play MUSIC UNITES, a Benefit for KKFI w/ Calvin Arsenia on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the Drexel Hall Stage at KC Irish Center, 19 Linwood Blvd, KCMO. Tickets are $25 in advance / $30 at the door. All proceeds benefit KKFI. Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/music-unites%5D

4. Calvin Arsenia – “Psycho Killer”
   from: Honeydew / Center Cut Records / June 28, 2019
   [On September 15, 2018 Calvin released Cantaloupe on Center Cut Records. The Honeydew EP contained remixes of three of the songs from Cantaloupe, plus this Talking Heads cover that was performed live in this style at a New Year’s Eve show at The Truman opening for Making Movies who performed the entire Talking Heads album, Remain in Light. The last three songs on Honeydew were from performed in this style at The Nelson Atkins 2019 event “Party Arty.” Honeydew was produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley, and Calvin Arsenia. // [Calvin Arsenia one of our most frequent guests, who first appeared on WMM on July 25, 2012. Today marks his 21st appearance! KC Magazine has hailed Calvin as ‘equal parts opera, symphony, musical theatre, rock show, all built around its creator: a charismatic 6-foot-7-inch harpist with a 3 and ½ octave range, natural stage command and knack for gilding gold and painting lilies.’ Born in Orlando, Florida, Calvin’s creative journey began when he moved to Olathe, Kansas, teaching himself the guitar, piano, banjo. He learned his signature instrument, the harp, at the age of 20. His passion for stretching the boundaries of musical expression saw him transform a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland’s Fringe Festival early in his career into a life-changing music mission, with an Edinburgh church offering him a role as musical liaison between the church and the city that would change his life. Two years and 300 shows later, Calvin returned to KC reborn as a humanistic songwriter / performer where at 24 he released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. On February 14, 2017 Calvin released his critically acclaimed full length debut, Catastrophe, with a live show at recordBar in November 2016 that involved a company of 50 people, dancers, stilt walkers. After signing to Center Cut Records, Calvin released the albums: Cantaloupe in 2018, with a sold out gigantic spectical at The Gem Theatre on Saturday, September 15, 2018. He then released, L.A. Sessions in 2019, and the EP HONEY DEW, and the EP Goddess with Quixotic, the Holiday album, ALL IS CALM. In 2020 Calvin collaborated with Mike Dillon on the Soundtrack to “Summer in Hindsight,” a feature-length film created by The West 18th Street Fashion Show that starred Calvin as an actor. Calvin is also the co-creator of the podcast “We Were Christian Kids” created with childhood friend Justin Randall who is a stand up comedian working in New York City and now Los Angeles. Calvin is also the published author of EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE, a collection of Poetry & Prose published on October 5, 2021, by Andrews McMeel Universal. Calvin was voted KC’s Best Musician in The Pitch 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He has been featured in Billboard, NPR.org. Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott.] [Calvin Arsenia played a PARADISE Album Release Party June 23 & 24, at The Emerald, 1715 West 9th St, KCMO, WEST BOTTOMS. Info: http://www.calvinarsenia.com]

[Calvin Arsenia plays MUSIC UNITES, a Benefit for KKFI w/ Friendly Thieves on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the Drexel Hall Stage at KC Irish Center, 19 Linwood Blvd, KCMO. Tickets are $25 in advance / $30 at the door. All proceeds benefit KKFI. Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/music-unites%5D

Calvin Arsenia Discography

Calvin Arsenia – Moments [EP] / Independent / April 9, 2014
Calvin Arsenia was 24 when he released this EP after returning home to Kansas City after living and performing in Edinburgh, Scotland. Calvin works as a songwriter, composer, lyricist, producer, and engineer. Calvin Arsenia played live on Wednesday MidDay Medley on October 22. 2014.

Calvin Arsenia – Prose [EP] / Independent / February 3, 2015
Recorded over the course of three live sessions at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Produced by Graham Coe. Engineered by David O’Leary. Music and Lyrics: Calvin Arsenia, with Fiona Reid & Liselot Van Oosterom on Vocals, Graham Coe on Cello, Mark Smith on Percussion, Lyle Watt on Guitar Calvin Arsenia on Vocals & Guitar & Piano. Calvin Arsenia joined us on WMM on March 18, August 5, and October 28.
Calvin Arsenia – Caviar [EP] / Calvin Arsenia / December 5, 2017
Produced for attendees at Calvin’s “Secret Show,” Tuesday, December 5, at Wickstock West, 1324 West 12th Street, in The West Bottoms, and for supporters of his Outlyre Tour. Words and Music by Calvin Arsenia. Produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley and Calvin Arsenia. Recorded at The Infoaming Vertex.

Calvin Arsenia – Catastrophe {EP] / Calvin Arsenia / February 17, 2016
Limited edition EP, produced for Folk Alliance International, contains demo recordings of original gems that are the blueprints for Calvin’s soon to be released full length debut, coming in 2017. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. He has played all over town, including showcases at Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, and collaborations with bands like My Brothers and Sisters. Standing at 6 foot 5 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, bango, guitar and harp. Calvin Arsenia is getting ready to release a new album in the fall. Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC professional development program for artists in the Kansas City metro area and across the Mid-America Arts Alliance five state region. Calvin Arsenia joined us live on WMM on February 24, July 13, and November 2.

Calvin Arsenia – Catastrophe [Album] / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017
Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordBar in November 2016 in a stage show that involved a cpmpany of 50 people, dancers, stilt walkers, special lighting, back up singers, guest artists. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC. Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Calvin recently returned home from a three month US/European Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerlnd, Lyon and Paris. in over 40 shows, with musician and friend Simon Huntley who plays with Quixotic. Calvin is working to release new music from Calvin’s June 11th, Live Recording at Kansas City’s newly restored Greenwood Social Hall, at 1750 Bellevue Ave. in KC. ] [Calvin Arsenia played Big Bang Buffet’s “Black Sheep Rising,” Tuesday, April 11, at 8:00 at The Buffalo Room. A benefit for 90.1 FM KKFI featuring Ron Megee, Lisa Cordes, Jon “Piggy” Cupit, The Sleazebeats, Kristie Stremel, Jen Harris, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jen Appell, Bill Belzer, Charlie Colborne, Mark Manning, Susan Cedarquis-Brewington, BJ McBride, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, Ryan Wilks, and Nico Gray.]

Calvin Arsenia – Live at Greenwood Social Hall / Unreleased / June 11, 2017
Solo live performance at Greenwood Social Hall, 1760 Bellevue, KCMO.

Calvin Arsenia – Caviar [EP] / Calvin Arsenia / December 5, 2017
Produced for attendees at Calvin’s “Secret Show,” Tuesday, December 5, at Wickstock West, 1324 West 12th Street, in The West Bottoms, and for supporters of his Outlyre Tour. Words and Music by Calvin Arsenia. Produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley and Calvin Arsenia. Recorded at The Infoaming Vertex. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. n the late Summer and Fall Calvin went on a three month US/European Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerlnd, Lyon and Paris. in over 40 shows, with musician and friend Simon Huntley who plays with Quixotic. Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp. Calvin teaches music. Calvin is a graduate of Artist INC.

Calvin Arsenia – Cantaloupe / Center Cut Records / September 15, 2018.
Calvin’s 2018 national debut, Cantaloupe (Center Cut Records), has been acclaimed for melding diverse textures into an alluring signature sound for the adventurous artist.

Calvin Arsenia – L.A. Sessions / Center Cut Records / September 20, 2019
Calvin performed live at L.A.’s The Mint, showcasing songs on LA Sessions with musicians who collaborated on the album. Says Calvin: “It’s such a special experience to play with them. To be able to perform these songs in front of an audience and do this for a living – to have made a career out of something I love is so amazing – it is an honor that I never take for granted.”

Calvin Arsenia – Honeydew / Center Cut Records / June 28, 2019
[On September 15, 2018 Calvin released Cantaloupe on Center Cut Records. This new EP is a remix of three of the songs from Cantaloupe, plus a Talking Heads cover that was performed live in this style at a New Year’s Eve show at The Truman opening for Making Movies who performed the entire Talking Heads album, Remain in Light. The last three songs on Honeydew were from performed in this style at The Nelson Atkins 2019 event “Party Arty.” Honeydew was produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley, Calvin Arsenia.

Quixotic & Calvin Arsenia – “Goddess – EP / Quixotic / May 17, 2019
[An innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection, mapping & live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences. Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion. Quixotic was given Silicon Valley’s unofficial stamp of genius when they were invited to perform at the global TED Conference in 2012. A unique blend of performance art, technology & emotion. Quixotic fuses all these elements in to what the New York Times branded an “innovative circus performance”.]

Calvin Arsenia – all is calm / Calvin Arsenia. / December 13, 2019
[Arsenia’s dreamlike whimsy shimmering through your favorite Christmas Classics. All proceeds for this album go towards the purchase of Calvin’s first harp. Featuring: Ben Muñoz on Cello, Shane Borth on Violin & Voila, & Luke “Skippy” Harbur on Beatbox. Mastered by Jametatone at the Infoaming Vertex and special thanks to Simon Huntley. Calvin wrote: “I recorded the majority of this album in my bedroom in between flights to and from KC and SF. I had my nephews and friend’s kids in mind and wanted an album of Christmas lullabys. I think it became just a little more sassy than anticipated, but I think you’ll enjoy it regardless.

Calvin Arsenia – Summer in Hindsight / Calvin Arsenia & Mike Dillon / Oct. 16, 2020
Soundtrack by Calvin Arsenia and Mike Dillon for The West 18th Street Fashion Show’s 20th year as a feature-length film. COVID-19 changed everything in 2020. “We are moving it from the street to the screen,” says Peregrine Honig to inkansascitymagazine. “Mike Dillon and Calvin Arsenia will be scoring and performing in the film.” The film premiered October 16, 2020 at The Boulevard Drive-In. Honig wrote,. “We did this during a pandemic and a cultural revolution. I am not sure where else or how else this could happen at this moment in history.” Calvin Arsenia had recently been emotionally and greatly moved by the area and national Black Lives Matter Movement. His own research into his own family revealed that Calvin’s great, great, great grandmother Alice Gilliam Scott, was a former slave who lived to observe her 100th birthday as noted by a regional newspaper Calvin had written. In the summer of 2020 Calvin wrote “Revelation” an unreleased track inspired by Black Lives Matter. Calvin premiered the song on WMM on August 12, 2020. He later shared his other new songs, “Scars and Stripes” and “The Flying Monkees are Coming!” on our October 14, 2020 edition of WMM. Both of those songs ended up on Summer in Hindsight.

Calvin Arsenia – Paradise / Calvin Arsenia / June 23, 2023
Calvin Arsenia played a PARADISE Album Release Party, Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24, at 7:00 PM at The Emerald, 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO, WEST BOTTOMS. More info at http://www.calvinarsenia.com

Calvin’s Book EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE / Andrews McMeel Universal / Oct. 5, 2021
a collection of Poetry & Prose More info at http://www.calvinarsenia.com.

5. Talking Heads – “Cities (Live) [2023 Remaster]”
   from: Stop Making Sense [2023 Remaster] / Rhino / July 7, 2023
   [Talking Heads joined forces with director Jonathan Demme for the groundbreaking concert film Stop Making Sense. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the concerts filmed for Stop Making Sense, a newly restored 4K version of the film returned to theaters for a global theatrical run with A24. // Rhino Records also released a deluxe version of the soundtrack that included the complete Stop Making Sense concert for the first time. STOP MAKING SENSE (DELUXE EDITION) became available on August 18, 2023 as a limited edition, 2-LP setSOLD OUT and digitally along with a Dolby Atmos mix of the complete concert, mixed by Jerry Harrison and E.T. Thorngren, who also mixed the original release. // Both versions feature every song performed in the film, including two that have never been released – “Cities” and “Big Business / I Zimbra.” The limited edition vinyl version featured a 28-page booklet with previously unpublished photos along with new liner notes from all four band members –Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison. // A live version of “Cities” that was previously unreleased is now available. It was previously only included in the original 1999 VHS/DVD of the Stop Making Sense film but is now the first Talking Heads single after more than 30 years. // The inspiration for Stop Making Sense came when director Jonathan Demme saw Talking Heads perform during the band’s 1983 tour for Speaking in Tongues. Afterward, he approached them with the idea of making the show into a concert film. They agreed and worked together over the next few months to finalize the details. Ultimately, Demme filmed three shows at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983 to create Stop Making Sense. // The concert film presents a retrospective of the band up to that point, with a performance that weaves together songs from all six of its studio albums. The show progresses methodically, opening with Byrne onstage performing “Psycho Killer” alone with a drum machine. After each song, he’s joined by a new band member until Weymouth, Frantz, and Harrison are all on stage with him. The group continues to grow throughout the concert as members of the stellar touring band are added: keyboardist Bernie Worrell, percussionist Steve Scales, guitarist Alex Weir, and back-up singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt. // The band performs 18 songs in Stop Making Sense, including its recent single at the time, “Burning Down The House.” That summer, the song was in heavy rotation on radio and MTV, helping the song become the band’s first top 10 hit in America. It was, however, a different song from Speaking in Tongues that was destined to deliver one of the film’s signature moments. Byrne would perform “Girlfriend Is Better” wearing his now iconic, oversized suit inspired by costumes worn in traditional Japanese theater. For good measure, a picture of him in the suit also graces the album cover. // Stop Making Sense focuses mainly on music by Talking Heads but does include a few songs recorded outside the band: “Genius Of Love” by Tom Tom Club, and “What A Day That Was” and “Big Business” from Byrne’s 1981 album, The Catherine Wheel. Limited edition vinyl versions of both of these albums, along with Harrison’s The Red And The Black, were released for this year’s Record Store Day. // Stop Making Sense was an artistic and commercial triumph when it arrived in September 1984. The film had people dancing in theatre aisles while the soundtrack sold over two million copies. Just last year, the Library of Congress added Stop Making Sense to the National Film Registry in recognition of its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. // In the STOP MAKING SENSE (DELUXE EDITION) liner notes, the four band members share their thoughts and memories of the project. // Weymouth praises Demme as a collaborator: “…Jonathan was a very enthusiastic, highly adaptive, and imaginative guy who was just as good a listener as he was a talker and collaborator. From the get-go you just got the impression he was as flexible as he was disciplined. Being team players, that boded well for a great relationship and a great film!” // Harrison says the film still holds up today: “To me, Stop Making Sense has remained relevant because the staging and lighting techniques could have been created in a much earlier time period. For example, Vari-Lights, lights with motors to re-aim them, had just come into vogue. Had we used them, there would have been a timestamp on the film, and it eventually would have felt dated…The absence of interviews, combined with the elegant and timeless lighting, created a film that can be watched over and over.” // Byrne says it’s interesting that this album was – for many people – an introduction to Talking Heads. “We had done a live album before this, but coupled with the film, and with the improved mixes and sound quality, this record reached a whole new audience. As often happens, the songs got an added energy when we performed them live and were inspired by having an audience. In many ways, these versions are more exciting than the studio recordings, so maybe that’s why a lot of folks discovered us via this record.”
   // Frantz recalls the sheer joy surrounding the entire Stop Making Sense experience. “I’m talking about real, conscious, transcendent joy… I’m talking about what the Southern gospel people call ‘getting happy,’ which means ‘to be filled with the Spirit.’ That is what happened to us onstage every night, and from my seat behind the drums, I recognized that this was happening to the audience too. Joy was visible in front of me and all around me every night.” STOP MAKING SENSE (DELUXE EDITION) Limited Edition 2-LP Track Listing

Side One
“Psycho Killer”
“Heaven”
“Thank You For Sending Me An Angel’
“Found A Job”
“Slippery People”
“Cities” (Previously Unreleased)

Side Two
“Burning Down The House”
“Life During Wartime”
“Making Flippy Floppy”
“Swamp”

Side Three
“What a Day That Was”
“This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)”
“Once In A Lifetime”
“Big Business / I Zimbra” (Previously Unreleased)

Side Four
“Genius Of Love”
“Girlfriend Is Better”
“Take Me To The River”
“Crosseyed And Painless”

6. Bad Alaskan – “Big Bang”
   from: Red & Black / Bad Alaskan / June 19, 2023
   [Bad Alaskan is Lawrence, Kansas based musician, scientist, researcher, speaker, activist, teacher, Alex Kimball Williams who identifies and celebrates her Native Alaskan / Black / Portuguese origins, with the motto: “Music is medicine.” Alex Kimball Williams also played in the band UltraVivid. Band Alaskan released the single “Red & Black” on December 10, 2021 The album also contains a cover of “Strange Fruit” that Bad Alaskan released as a single on August 17, 2019. Bad Alaskan writes: “This cover of ‘Strange Fruit’ is the perfect blend of old school & new school; direct reference & innovation; the blues & electronic. I’ve always loved the song & wanted to put my own indigenous spin on it. My classical & jazz training leaks through with solos & alterations to the lead melody. The 1939 recording featuring Billie Holiday’s vocals is my favorite cut of this classic. My variation alters the melody to fit a minor blues scale. The key is raised just slightly to stimulate discomfort, the tempo is more upbeat. Originally when she sang the song, it was always the end of her set, staff in the venue was instructed not to make any transactions. She would sing the song with eyes closed. Due to that devotional, prayer-like feel, I begin my sets with this song if I’m going to include it. I read somewhere that this song reminded her of her father. It lines up with my thoughts on my own ancestors, from what would have been his time. Instruments used are Korg Minilogue, Microkorg (vocoding) & Novation circuit. I always record all my parts at once (no over-dubbing), so please enjoy the “fruits” of my labor! Audio engineer: Ross Williams.]

7. Geese – “I See Myself”
   from: 3D Country / Partisan Records / June 23, 2023
   [n the summer of 2021, Geese emerged from out of nowhere, sparking a hype cycle unlike anything that had been seen for a young American rock band in recent memory. Suddenly a band that had previously planned to release some music, break up, and go away to college was touring the world. They made their TV debut on Colbert, were profiled by the NY Times, Stereogum Band To Watch, Consequence Artist Of The Month, Paste Best Of What’s Next, Rolling Stone called them “indie rock prodigies,” and they toured with Jack White and Spoon. // And during this entire process, that very same band everyone was getting to know ceased to exist. On a practical level, Geese are still the group we were introduced to in 2021: vocalist Cameron Winter, guitarist Gus Green, guitarist Foster Hudson, bassist Dom DiGesu, and drummer Max Bassin. But spiritually, Geese have returned as an entirely different prospect. ‘3D Country’ is the sound of a restless, adventurous band redefining themselves. // ‘3D Country’ fuses recognizable sounds with warped meditations on daily life in a world sliding out of view, Geese repurposing fragments of classic rock into a sound that is stranger and wholly their own. Right out the gates, the album kicks off with serpentine grooves underneath the armageddon visions of “2122,” before quickly ceding to the title track’s gospel-flecked chorus.“Undoer” is a slowburn simmer constantly building to something apocalyptic; “Crusades” travels back to Medieval times but chugs along on a “Heroes”-esque groove before strings swoop in around it. Later, Green and Hudson’s guitars bend and fry while Hudson also jumps in on vocals for an inhuman wail on “Mysterious Love,” and the whole album ends with the sideways piano elegy of “St. Elmo,” playing out like a saloon song viewed through a funhouse mirror. // With a heightened ambition fueling ‘3D Country,’ the band created a bugged-out, wild, unpredictable ride — an almost phantasmagoric reflection of contemporary life. Drummer Max Bassin sums up, “It feels like going to the circus and instead of having a good time, everyone is trying to kill you.” // Geese will tour extensively behind ‘3D Country,’ including a headline run of UK and European dates which they have shared today. Full dates below and here. More info: http://www.geeseband.com]

10:28 – Underwriting

8. Novella Olive – “Expectations”
   from: Flowers on The Wall [EP] / Ill Fit Records / May 22, 2023
   [4-track EP debut from 15-year old singer songwriter from KansasCity.]

[Novella Olive plays the 1st Annual Farm School KC Youth Music Fest, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, KCMO. The Fest features youth bands & dance troupes from all over the greater KC area including VanBros, Rottweiler Chicken, The Shrimps, RHO, Novella Olive, Axe Capeira KC, The Schoolhouse Rock Band, Traditional Music Society, Sounds of Africa.]

10:33 – Interview with Lisa Mckenzie

Lisa McKenzie went to Blue Springs Senior High and Studied Cultural Anthropology at UMKC. After her early heavy-metal bands with Heather, she became drummer for Cher UK and with the band was signed to Red Decibel Records, released numerous singles, two Red Decibel albums and wreaked havoc on stages across the country. After Cher UK ended, Lisa helped to form the Grand Marquis in 1998 where she played and recorded with the band for 18 years releasing multiple albums and EPs and winning Best “Blues” band one year, and best “Jazz” band the next, from The Pitch Music Awards. Lisa has played drums for the bands: Bantaba, Sycamore Grove, Alex Abramovitz & His Swing’n KC Jazz Band, she is a drummer of Damien Gunn band. Lisa teaches at Farm School KC a Motessori School serving students 12 to 18, where she is a Lead Adolescent Guide teaches Humanities, French, and runs the Equine Program.

Lisa Mckenzie joins us to share details about the 1st Annual Farm School KC Youth Music Fest, Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, KCMO. The Fest features youth bands and dance troupes from all over the greater Kansas City area including VanBros, Rottweiler Chicken, The Shrimps, RHO, Novella Olive, Axe Capeira KC, The Schoolhouse Rock Band, Traditional Music Society, and Sounds of Africa. Info: wwwfarmschoolkc.org

Lisa brought along Farm School KC Staff Member – Jackson Broadwater and five of the students of Farm School KC including Brodie, lead singer of the three piece student band Definitely Overthinkng This and their first single “Hotel Pool”.

Lisa Mckenzie & Jackson Broadwater thanks for being with us on WMM

We just heard Novella Olive one of the artist playing

1st Annual Farm School KC Youth Music Fest, Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, KCMO. – The Fest features youth bands & dance troupes from all over the greater Kansas City area including VanBros, Rottweiler Chicken, The Shrimps, RHO, Novella Olive, The Schoolhouse Rock Band, Traditional Music Society, and Sounds of Africa.

10:39

9. Definitely Overthinking This – “Hotel Pool”
   [New Single just recorded by a three-piece student band including Brodie on lead vocals]

Farm School KC is a Montessori Middle & High School program where students learn the power of self to contribute to their community, while developing global responsibility, leadership, empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to question and challenge, on a 10-acre campus with a fully functioning farm, run by the students. Info: wwwfarmschoolkc.org

1st Annual Farm School KC Youth Music Fest, Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, KCMO. The Fest features youth bands and dance troupes from all over the greater Kansas City area including VanBros, Rottweiler Chicken, The Shrimps, RHO, Novella Olive, The Schoolhouse Rock Band, Traditional Music Society, and Sounds of Africa. Info: wwwfarmschoolkc.org

10:48

0. Cheery – “90210 Poster”
   from: “90210 Poster” – Single / Spirit House Records / August 16, 2023
   [“Bliss” is Cheery’s 5th single, and one of three new singles released by Cheery this summer, from her new home in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. Cheery released “True Lover” on July 19, 2023. Cheery released “90210 Poster” on August 16, 2023. Cheery released “Bliss” on September 20, 2023. All three singles come with fabulous new music videos Katlyn has created. Cheery is the “Dream Pop” music project of musician and singer and songwriter Katlyn Cowpland formerly known as Katlyn Conroy, who was formerly based in Lawrence, Kansas. Katlyn met her husband on OkCupid and moved 4000 miles away to get married and relocate in Liverpool, England. When she was still based in Lawrence, Kansas, As Cheery, Katlyn released the single “Concept of Love” and b-side, “Vulture” on August 3, 2021, written and performed by Katlyn Conroy, and engineered and mixed by Eric Davis. Katlyn Conroy released SAPPHIRES funder her previous moniker and band, La Guerre through The Record Machine on January 20, 2015. It was #10 on WMM’s 115 Best Recordings of 2015. Katlyn Conroy was also part of the critically acclaimed band, Cowboy Indian Bear. She was the recipient of the 2013 Pitch Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. With over 20 years of live performance experiences she has performed alongside Daniel Johnston, Florence and The Machine, Grizzly Bear, Sara Barielles, Why? and more. Katlyn Conroy joined us on WMM on March 4, 2015 and August 26, 2015. More info at: http://www.cheery.bandcamp.com or https://linktr.ee/HearCheery ]

11. Nellie McKay – “The Drinking Song”
    from: Hey Guys, Watch This / Hungry Mouse Records / JAugust 21, 2023
    [Nellie McKay returns with Hey Guys, Watch This, out August 25th on Hungry Mouse Records. This is her first release since 2019’s Bagatelles, and her first album of original material in 13 years. // Recorded in Charleston, West Virginia, Hey Guys, Watch This traces the haunted sounds of Appalachia to a renaissance of revelry. For the album, Nellie enlisted The Carpenter Ants – Michael Lipton (guitar/vocals), Ted Harrison (bass/vocals), Jupie Little (drums/vocals), Mark Bates (vocals). Also featured on the album are Tim Carbone (fiddle), Ron Sowell (harmonica) and Alexi David (upright bass/vocals). // Speaking about The Carpenter Ants, Nellie states “When I discovered The Carpenter Ants, I felt at home. They know how to put on a good time. These guys exude a groundedness and connection to the Earth that’s reassuring. Beyond musicianship, maybe it’s the heart of these players, Mountain Stage and West Virginia generally that feels like a big hug.” She continues, “I’ve wanted to do something with the band for a long time, and though the songs on this album are not strictly Appalachian, I like to think encountering all the souls in this wonderful place rubbed off a little on the results, and it’s my great pleasure to share these songs with you!”]

12. Heavy MakeUp – “Gone Too Long”
    from: ‘Heavy MakeUp / Shuffle Records / September 8, 2023
    [Heavy MakeUp—the self-titled debut album from the dynamic new project of Edie Brickell, CJ Camerieri and Trever Hagen—is out now via Shuffle Records/Thirty Tigers. // Written and produced by the trio, Heavy MakeUp is filled with sonic exploration, capturing the artists’ improvisational spirit and shared curiosities through voice, synths, drum machines and brass. The album is their first official project as a collective, after initially discovering their musical chemistry when collaborating on 2022’s “More and More,” released by Camerieri and Hagen’s project, CARM. Following that experience, Brickell, Camerieri and Hagen were inspired to further explore their shared creativity and spent three days together improvising, which went on to become the basis of Heavy MakeUp. // In celebration of the new music, Heavy MakeUp made their live debut earlier this summer with shows at Westerly, RI’s The Knickerbocker and Newport Folk Festival. Each Heavy MakeUp performance is a singular musical experience, filled with song, spontaneity and improvisation. // About Edie Brickell: A GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician, Edie Brickell has released thirteen albums throughout her renowned career including 2021’s Hunter And The Dog Star, the most recent release with the New Bohemians. Released to widespread critical acclaim, Spin declared, “Brickell’s emotive vocals delve deep into the human condition while her band nimbly crosses numerous musical genres…complex but compelling work.” In addition to her work with New Bohemians, Brickell has also released music as a solo artist, as part of the groups The Gaddabouts and The Heavy Circles, and in collaboration with Steve Martin. Brickell and Martin have released two studio albums together including Love Has Come For You, whose title track won Best American Roots Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The pair also wrote the 2016 Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Bright Star. // About CJ Camerieri: Since graduating from The Juilliard School in 2004 with a degree in Classical Trumpet Performance, CJ Camerieri has become an esteemed soloist, chamber musician and indispensable collaborator for some of the most important artists of our time. He is a 2x GRAMMY winner and a co-founder of the acclaimed contemporary classical sextet yMusic. Camerieri has toured the world as a core member of Paul Simon’s band since 2013 as well as with artists such as Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Folds and Sting among many others. In 2021, Camerieri debuted his project, CARM, which was highlighted by performances on “The Late Show with Colbert Show” and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk Concert.” // About Trever Hagen: Trever Hagen is an experimental trumpet player and producer who has collaborated with a range of musicians and ensembles from Bon Iver, Mouse on Mars, Marijuana Deathsquads, and Aaron Dessner to his own solo performances, albums and bands, including techno group Awefekt and avant-garde noise improv group Fanny Hill. Hagen’s solo trumpet electronica albums have been released by the labels 37d03d, Audiotong, Music of New Reference and No Icon. Coming up in the traditional music worlds of jazz and classical music, Hagen sought out new sounds and techniques of performing the trumpet outside the boundaries of institutions. Although having performed on stages such as Coachella, Bonaroo and arenas across Europe, Hagen’s musical imperative lies in underground, DIY and counterculture musical communities. These musical goals have brought him around the globe as a solo noise artist playing no-input feedback with a mouthpiece-less trumpet to create a performance of entirely new sounds and textures. Having recently returned to his native United States after fourteen years in Europe and Asia, Hagen joined the trumpet-forward project Carm, writing and producing for the group along side performing, including on NPR’s Tiny Desk, Stephen Colbert’s Late Show and the Netherland’s-based new music platform, 2 Meters Sessions. As well, Hagen holds a Grammy nomination, a PhD and is an Oxford Press author.]

13. Sufjan Stevens – “Will Anybody Ever Love Me”
    from: Javelin /Asthmatic Kitty / October 6, 2023
    [adrienne maree brown sings on “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?“ “Everything That Rises“ “Genuflecting Ghost,“ “My Red Little Fox,“ “So You Are Tired,“ and “Javelin (To Have And To Hold).“ Nedelle Torrisi sings on “A Running Start.“ Pauline Delassus sings on “Shit Talk.“ Bryce Dessner plays acoustic and electric guitars on “Shit Talk“. Megan Lui and Hannah Cohen sing on “Goodbye Evergreen,“ “A Running Start,” “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?“ “Everything That Rises,“ “My Red Little Fox,“ “So You Are Tired“ “Javelin (To Have And To Hold),“ “Shit Talk,“ and “There’s A World.“ Sufjan Stevens performs everything else. This album was recorded, engineered, arranged, produced and mixed by Sufjan Stevens. Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC. Vinyl mastering by Josh Bonati. // All original artwork, collage, painting, photography, typography, layout and design by Sufjan Stevens. // Over the course of his career, Sufjan Stevens has blurred distinctions between the major and the minor, between the details that color our existence and the big events that frame our lives. He has turned historical footnotes of States into kaleidoscopic pop, and rendered the immeasurable grief of loss with intimacy and grace. // His new album ‘Javelin’—Sufjan’s first solo album of songs since 2020’s The Ascension and his first in full solo singer-songwriter mode since 2015’s Carrie & Lowell—bridges all these approaches. Sufjan uses the quietness of a solitary confession to ask universal questions in songs we can share communally. // Where The Ascension, lauded by The New York Times as “a cry of despair and prayer for redemption,” used ornate but urgent electronics to square up to its moment, ‘Javelin’ begins more like a self-portrait, detailed yet plain. Yet whether listened to individually or as an album, these 10 songs become something much bigger, the entire experience of Sufjan’s 25-year career expressed in four-minute bursts. Choral, orchestral, and electric wonder: it all shows in ‘Javelin’, all of it animating these songs as full spectacles. In each song we hear the vulnerability and candor of quiet starts, then Sufjan raising the stakes. // At times, ‘Javelin’ has the feel of a big team album production—but it is decidedly not: almost every sound here is the result of Sufjan at home, building by himself what sometimes feels like a testament to classic ’70s Los Angeles studio recording sessions. There are indispensable contributions from a close circle of friends; the harmonies of five singers who afford ‘Javelin’ so much frisson: adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui, and Nedelle Torrisi. Bryce Dessner plays acoustic and electric guitar on “Shit Talk.” And, of course, Neil Young wrote the tender and mystic closer, “There’s a World.” // And speaking of the world: there is a permeable sense of world-building imbued in every corner of ‘Javelin’, especially in the 48-page book of art and essays that accompanies the album. With a series of meticulous collages, cut-up catalog fantasies, puff-paint word clouds, and iterative color fields, Sufjan builds order from seeming chaos and vice versa. And toward the middle of it all are 10 short essays by Sufjan, another window into the process that informed ‘Javelin’. // On ‘Javelin’, Sufjan returns as we may know him best, offering vulnerable reflections on love and relationships, so that in listening we may see ourselves more fully.

11:00 – Station ID

14. Supermassive Black Holes – “Weatherby Lake”
    from: Stop Safely Now / Supermassive Black Holes / October 27, 2023
    [The album was recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Song written by Chad Brothers]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thursday, October 26, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Friday, November 10, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 West 39th St., KCMO, on Saturday, December 30, 2023.]

11:04 – Interview with Chad Brothers

Musician & songwriter Chad Brothers and members of the band, Supermassive Black Holes talk about their new studio album, “Stop Safely Now,” to be released on Friday, October 27, 2023. Formed in 2010 during the legendary Monday jam nights at Crosstown Station. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thurs, Oct. 26, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Fri., Nov. 10, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 W. 39th St., KCMO, on Sat, Dec. 30, 2023. Info at: http://www.smbhkc.com

Chad Brothers thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Supermassive Black Holes were formed in 2010 during the legendary Monday jam nights at Crosstown Station.

Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals;
John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals;
Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals;
Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals.

Stop Safely Now / SMBH / Oct. 27, 2023 (songwriter & lead vocal credits)

1. Spaghettification IV – 2:26 (John Johnson & Chad Brothers)
2. Smile Then I Sigh – 6:04 (Alexis Barclay)
3. Down In the Back – 2:44 (Chad Brothers)
4. Lifeboat – 4:14 (John Johnson)
5. Put Down the Phone – 3:49 (Alexis Barclay)
6. Who You Are – 6:58 (Matt Davis & John Johnson)
7. Weatherby Lake – 3:29 (Chad Brothers)
8. Why – 5:37 (Alexis Barclay)
9. Whole – 3:21 (John Johnson)
10. Visualizer – 3:18 (Chad Brothers)
11. Slice – 4:50 (John Johnson)
12. Change Your Mind – 5:45 (Matt Davis)
13. Bend – 4:44 (John Johnson)
14. Wiser – 4:05 (Chad Brothers)
15. Lockdown – 4:40 (John Johnson)
16. Spaghettification III – 0:25 (John Johnson)
17. Young and Childlike – 7:09 (Alexis Barclay)

11:12

15. Supermassive Black Holes – “Put Down The Phone”
    from: Stop Safely Now / Supermassive Black Holes / October 27, 2023
    [The album was recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Song written by Alexis Barclay]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thursday, October 26, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Friday, November 10, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 West 39th St., KCMO, on Saturday, December 30, 2023.]

11:16 – More Interview with Chad Brothers

Musician & songwriter Chad Brothers and members of the band, Supermassive Black Holes talk about their new studio album, “Stop Safely Now,” to be released on Friday, October 27, 2023. Formed in 2010 during the legendary Monday jam nights at Crosstown Station. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thursday, October 26, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Friday, November 10, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 West 39th St., KCMO, on Saturday, December 30, 2023. More info at: http://www.smbhkc.com

Chad Brothers thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Supermassive Black Holes

John Johnson – electric & acoustic guitar /  synthesizer / kazoo / vocals
 – Has been involved with other bands including Heads of State, David George Band, Sopchoppy, plus his solo project John El & Modern Culture.  He enjoys collecting stamps and spending time with his friends named Doug.

Matt Davis  –  drums / piano  / vocals
 – Studied audio engineering at Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Arizona; worked at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, other projects have included Brody Buster Band, Hellhound Junkies, Counter-Culture and The MGDs.

Alexis Barclay  –  bass / vocals – Hailing from Northwest London and grew up with a chimpanzee. Has performed with other projects including Yossarian’s Lament, Blarney Stoned, Brother Bagman and the duo Brothers Barclay (w/ Chad Brothers)

Chad Brothers  –  electric & acoustic guitar  /  vocals – 
Grew up in Winfield, KS, home of the annual Walnut Valley Festival and National Flatpicking Championships. Has performed with other projects including Grazgrove, Old Sound, with his wife and partner Mikal Shapiro in The Musical and Shapiro Brothers, and with other area musicians including Howard Iceberg, Danny McGaw and Wells the Traveler.

11:25

16. Supermassive Black Holes – “Whole”
    from: Stop Safely Now / Supermassive Black Holes / October 27, 2023
    [The album was recorded, engineered, mixed & mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Song written by John Johnson]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thursday, October 26, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Friday, November 10, 2023.]

[Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 West 39th St., KCMO, on Saturday, December 30, 2023.]

11:28 – Underwriting

17. Monta – “Perimeter Dancer”
    from: Crystal Momentum EP / The Record Machine / March 24, 2023
    [The band released the single “Looking Back” on February 27, 2023, and “Everybody’s Baby” on January 27, 2023. Monta’s latest, the Crystal Momentum EP, hones the Kansas City band’s mastery of electrified dreamworld post-punk, presenting four spacious songs to accompany out-of-body explorations. Monta’s core players — Mikal Shapiro on vocals, Krysztof Nemeth and Lucas Behrens on guitars, Dedric Moore on electronics, Matthew Heinrich on drums, and Teri Quinn with additional vocals — accompany their visions with a groovy flow that rings with subtle tensions, introspective instrumentation, and chorus-fed uplifts. // Found within are “Everybody’s Baby,” an otherworldly adoration of unnamed strangers set to transfixing melodies and a snake-like groove; the buoyant “Looking Back,” which shines a danceable, sonic brightness through a haze of ecstatic reminiscence; the inspired “Perimeter Dancer,” an ode to those who fight for the cause, accompanied by a punky disco beat and a chorus that launches the song upward to a mirror-ball-lit sky. And then there’s “Luna Lost In Your Gaze,” a righteous desert sleepwalk of a tune that recalls the spaghetti western tones of Monta’s past while remaining on the current trajectory. // With the Crystal Momentum EP, Monta grabs the moment, further defining the distinctive mix of synth-pop and dark psychedelia that’s become the band’s trademark. Take a leap and fall into their world. // Monta means “to climb higher.” Through lineup changes and scenes ebbing and flowing, this band continues that climb. Founded by brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore, Monta (originally Monta At Odds) has grown into its own community with a rotating cast of musicians and characters. More Information at: kosmiccity.com / therecordmachine.co]

[Monta plays 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Black Light Animals Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd]

11:33 – Interview with Nathan Reusch

At 11:30, Mark talks with Nathan Reusch, co-founder of The Record Machine a pioneering independent record label that has been making waves in the industry for over 20 years. Originally focused on promoting local talent, the label quickly expanded its reach and began releasing music from artists across the United States. In addition to producing exceptional music, The Record Machine also organizes events in its own backyard. Nathan will share information about 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Monta, Black Light Animals, Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co

Nathan Reusch, thanks for beig with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Record Machine started as a homegrown, pioneering independent record label and expanded to events in Kansas City, MO. We initially established the label to promote and release music from our hometown, but as time went on, we began releasing records from all across the country. We aim to work with a diverse group of hardworking, dedicated, and stand out on their own accord. Our catalog is an eclectic mix; we are proud that we don’t fit into any single genre and a unifying, uplifting quality to our releases. We hope to nurture musicians and connect them with a broader audience. Tim Finn of The Kansas City Star remarked about The Record Machine’s output “[They] have assembled a stable of diverse artists who are making music that deserves national attention.”

11:38

18. Soultru – “Neighborhood”
    from: The Legend of Guitar Boy [EP] / The Record Machine / April 7, 2023
    [Soultru released, The Truth: an Acoustic EP. through the Record Machine, on October 19, 2020, with vocals by Terrance Banks. Singer, songwriter, poet and emcee Terrance A Banks is a;so known as Soultru is a native of Davenport, Iowa and is currently based out of the Quad Cities area of NW Illinois/NE Iowa. Combining his poetic and lyrical talents with a soulful voice, Soultru has forged his own unique sound. Soultru credits a wide range of influences, including Gavin Degraw, John Legend, Yelawolf and Son Little. More info at: http://www.soultrumusic.com]

[Soultru plays 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noise FM, Black Light Animals, Monta and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co]

11:41 – More Interview with Nathan Reusch

At 11:30, Mark talks with Nathan Reusch, co-founder of The Record Machine a pioneering independent record label that has been making waves in the industry for over 20 years. Originally focused on promoting local talent, the label quickly expanded its reach and began releasing music from artists across the United States. In addition to producing exceptional music, The Record Machine also organizes events in its own backyard. Nathan will share information about 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Monta, Black Light Animals Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co

Nathan Reusch, thanks for beig with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

In 2011 The Record Machine founded Middle of the Map Fest as a joint venture between KC’s Ink magazine(Part of the KC Star) and The Record Machine. In the years since, the festival has grown to encompass Music, Speakers, and Film. Bands that we love like Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Iron and Wine, Fred Armisen, OK Go, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Cold War Kids, Charles Bradley, Aimee Mann, Atmosphere, The Get Up Kids, Daniel Johnston, Of Montreal, Kate Nash, The Joy Formidable, Two Door Cinema Club and many more have shared the same stage as Record Machine artists.

“It’s a great way for KC to show off and, more specifically, showcase our flourishing arts and culture scene,” KC Mayor Sly James said in a KC Biz Journal article earlier that year. “Events like Middle of the Map Fest bring crowds of people to our city who oftentimes leave in awe of everything Kansas City has to offer.”

The Record Machine is the collective sum of individuals, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and talent; our artists represent a significant part of not only our culture but our company’s reputation and achievements. We embrace and encourage our artist’s differences in race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, religion, sexual orientation, and other characteristics that make our community unique.

11:45

19. The Noise FM – “Distant Lover”
    from: Deleted Scenes / The Record Machine / November 3, 2023
    [Seven songs from the vault never before released. A live version of this song is on their album, Hot Sauce: The Noise FM Live From recordBar released December 9, 2016. Formed by the core duo of brothers Austin and Alex Ward in the small town of Fort Scott, Kansas, The Noise FM plays melodic, beat-driven indie-rock. Sometimes the band’s songs get really loud, emphasizing bombastic drums, fuzzed-out synthesizers, and intricate guitar riffs — a sound inspired by the brothers’ love of the 90s alternative bands they grew up watching on Canada’s MuchMusic channel (inexplicably, Fort Scott aired MuchMusic instead of MTV, likely making it the only rural Kansas town with a teenage population fluent in Canadian alternative rock). At other times, The Noise FM’s music focuses on tight, danceable grooves and harmonized vocal melodies. / Following multiple years touring behind the release of 2014’s full-length record Attraction (The Record Machine), the band temporarily shifted its focus to outside projects with Alex & Austin moonlighting as members of successful Chicago garage-pop group Archie Powell & The Exports and internationally touring rock group Hembree. / After living nearly 9 years in Chicago, the brothers recently relocated to Los Angeles to pay significantly more in rent while completing The Noise FM’s long-awaited follow-up to Attraction. // Austin and Alex Ward also play in the band Hembree // Austin and Alex Ward also play in the band Scores with CJ Calhoun, and Greg Panciera. Scores just released the 5-track EP Vol. 2 through Oread Records on October 6, 2923]

[The Noise FM plays 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring Soultru, Black Light Animals, Monta and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co]

The Noise FM Discography

Dream of the Attack / 9-track Album / November 14, 2008
Enclave / 6-track EP / May 14, 2010
Attraction / 10-track Album / The Record Machine / January 28, 2014
Road Warrior Remix / 8 Remixes / The Record Machine / December 2, 2014
Hot Sauce: The Noise FM Live From recordBar / The Record Machine / December 9, 2016
“Cooler Heads Prevail” / “Who’s Watching Who?” / Singles / The Record Machine / July 31, 2020
“Will You Spend Merry Christmas with Me?” / Single / The Record Machine / Dec. 1, 2022]

11:49 – More Interview with Nathan Reusch

At 11:30, Mark talks with Nathan Reusch, co-founder of The Record Machine a pioneering independent record label that has been making waves in the industry for over 20 years. Originally focused on promoting local talent, the label quickly expanded its reach and began releasing music from artists across the United States. In addition to producing exceptional music, The Record Machine also organizes events in its own backyard.

Nathan will share information about 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Monta, Black Light Animals Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co

Nathan Reusch, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Monta, Black Light Animals Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co

20. Black Light Animals – “Pink Lemonade”
    from: “Pink Lemonade” – Single / The Record Machine / September 15, 2023
    [The latest release from the Kansas City based psychedelic soul group, Black Light Animals: Alex Hartmann on drums & percussion, Branden Moser on bass & background vocal, Cody Calhoun on lead electric guitar & background vocals, Colby Bales on lead & background vocals, & acoustic guitar. This band is also “The Boys” as in Jass and The Boys plus Clarence Copridge on keyboards, who have been releasing their own string of singles “Daydream Girl” (August 25, 20230 “GVN2U” (July 14, 2023) and “Love U Like I Love U” ((December 2, 2022). Branden Moser and Cole Bales also play bass and guitar in the soul powerhouse, The Freedom Affair. This new single follows “Persephone” that was released on September 23, 2022. Black Light Animals released their full length debut album, Playboys of The Western World on Groove King Records on July 3, 2020. Formed from the ashes of their last band, Instant Karma the new record contains lush pop vocals crooned over spaghetti western riffs, psychedelic synth, and hip hop drums. More info at: http://www.blacklightanimalsband.bandcamp.com]

[The Black Light Animals play 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noise FM, Soultru, Monta, and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co]

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

Next week on November 3 we welcome Guest Producers – Brock Wilbur, Editor in Chief of The Pitch, and Nick Spacek, Music Editor of The Pitch. Also next week, from Midwest Music Foundation – Sondra Freeman joins us to share details about Apocalypse Meow 16, Saturday, November 6, at 6:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand.

THANK YOU to all of our listeners & friends who generously donated to support KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio!!! During our Wednesday MidDay Medley Fund Drive shows on October 12. With our On-Air Wednesday MidDay Medley fundraiser, combined with our Facebook Fundraiser, 45 individuals, all collectively donated a total of $2643.00 in honor of Wednesday MidDay Medley! Making Wednesday MidDay Medley in the top three fundraising shows at KKFI. In fact all five of KKFI’s MidDay Medley shows were in the top 25, as well as 4 of the 5 Jazz Shows. Thank you EVERYONE! You have again enabled us to continue the endeavor of KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City’s Community Radio!!!!

THANK YOU to my incredible Fund co-hosts: Marion Merritt & Joelle St. Pierre & Nicolette Paige, AND KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers. And Lincoln Dreher one of our volunteers who went way above and beyond as a volunteer! And all of our phone volunteers.

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

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Show #1017

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, October 25, 2023

WMM presents Lisa Mckenzie & 2023 Farm School KC Youth Music Fest + Supermassive Black Holes + Nathan Reusch & 20 Years of The Record Machine

Mark features more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Novella Olive, Friendly Thieves, Calvin Arsenia, Bad Alaskan, Cheery, Supermassive Black Holes, Black Light Animals, Monta, Soultru, The Noise FM, Brittany Howard, Talking Heads, Geese, Nellie McKay, Heavy MakeUp, and Sufjan Stevens.

At 10:30, musician & educator Lisa Mckenzie shares details about the 1st Annual Farm School KC Youth Music Fest, Saturday, October 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, KCMO. The Fest features youth bands and dance troupes from all over the greater Kansas City area including VanBros, Rottweiler Chicken, The Shrimps, RHO, Novella Olive, Axe Capeira KC, The Schoolhouse Rock Band, Traditional Music Society, and Sounds of Africa. Farm School KC is a Montessori Middle & High School program where students learn the power of self to contribute to their community, while developing global responsibility, leadership, empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to question and challenge, on a 10-acre campus with a fully functioning farm, run by the students. Info: wwwfarmschoolkc.org

At 11:00 AM musician & songwriter Chad Brothers and members of the band, Supermassive Black Holes talk about their new studio album, “Stop Safely Now,” to be released on Friday, October 27, 2023. Formed in 2010 during the legendary Monday jam nights at Crosstown Station, Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party “Acoustic” Show at Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 1515 Westport Rd. KCMO on Thursday, October 26, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play an Album Release Party Electric Show at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS. on Friday, November 10, 2023. // Supermassive Black Holes play a New Year’s Eve Eve Show at OurHouseKC, 1815 West 39th St., KCMO, on Saturday, December 30, 2023. More info at: http://www.smbhkc.com

At 11:30, Mark talks with Nathan Reusch, co-founder of The Record Machine a pioneering independent record label that has been making waves in the industry for over 20 years. Originally focused on promoting local talent, the label quickly expanded its reach and began releasing music from artists across the United States. In addition to producing exceptional music, The Record Machine also organizes events in its own backyard. Nathan will share information about 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noice FM, Monta, Black Light Animals Soultru and Pala Zolo, on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO. More info at: http://www.therecordmachine.co

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Show #1017

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, October 18, 2023

WMM presents Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming for SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love + The Electric Lungs + Jamogi

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. Various Blonde – “Turn It Up”
   from: “Turn It Up” – Single / Various Blonde / August 4, 2023
   [Various Blonde is a Kansas City based experimental, rock, pop, and funk band originally formed in 2008 and currently served by founder Joshua Allen on guitar, synthesizers, and vocals; and Mark Lomas on drums. The band has been described by Mills Record Company as, “Having all the sex appeal of The Weeknd and all the grit of Rage Against the Machine–the combination makes for a performance that is explosive.” On September 24, 2022 Various Blonde released the single, “Love is How We Survive.” On August 19, 2022 Various Blonde released the single, “Obtuse”. On June 9, 2022 Various Blonde released the single, “Too Many Secrets.” On March 13, 2020 Various Blonde released a three song EP called 3s 2 through The Record Machine. On January 2020 Various Blonde released a three song EP called 3s 1 through The Record Machine. On September 16, 2016 Various Blonde released the 10-track album ALL BASES COVERED through The Record Machine. On January 13, 2015 Various Blonde release the 10-track album, SUMMER HIGH. “More info at: http://www.variousblonde.com]

3. Loraine James – “One Way Ticket To the Midwest (Emo) [feat. Corey Mastrangelo]”
   from: Gentle Confrontation / Hyperdub / September 22, 2023
   [Loraine James is also known as Whatever the Weather. Loraine James was raised in an Alma Estate tower block in Enfield, North London. Her interest in music began in childhood. She took piano lessons, and was allured by 2000s alternative bands like Paramore and Death Cab for Cutie, as well as the calypso and funk music her mother introduced her to. In her adolescence, James took an interest in electronic music and was inspired by IDM artists like Squarepusher and Telefon Tel Aviv. / She majored in commercial music at the University of Westminster. Despite this, James planned on following in the footsteps of her mother and pursuing a career in education. // James is queer. // James continued to work on music during her spare time, producing a number of experimental electronic tracks. Starting 2015, she released many of these tracks on Bandcamp. In 2017, she self-released Detail before signing with electronic music record label Hyperdub. // In 2019, her Hyperdub-released debut album For You and I received significant attention and topped end-of-year lists in publications including The Quietus and DJ Mag, where it was named Favourite Album of the Year. The following year, James released two EPs; Hmm in July followed by Nothing in October, a four-track EP featuring a cadre of international vocalists such as Uruguayan singer Lila Tirando a Violeta, Iranian-born rapper Tardast, and HTRK’s Jonnine Standish. In early 2021, she remotely collaborated with Dominican performance artist and dancer Isabel Lewis for CTM’s 2021 virtual edition. // Her second album, Reflection, was conceived during the COVID-19 lockdown after she had quit her teaching job to focus on music. Released in June 2021, the experimental album encompasses a variety of genres and was lauded by critics. // In February 2022, James announced that she had adopted the moniker Whatever the Weather and that an eponymous album would be released in April 2022. The lead single “17°C” and its accompanying music video were previewed. The following month, she released a collaborative EP with TSVI, titled 053. // Her third release of the year, James’ album Building Something Beautiful for Me was released on 7 October 2022. It is an homage to American composer Julius Eastman and is inspired by a mix of his unreleased and previously available works.]

Loraine James Discography

Gentle Confrontation / Album / 2023
Building Something Beautiful for Me / Album / 2022
Whatever the Weather / Album / 2022
Reflection / Album / 2021
Nothing / EP / 2020
Hmm / EP / 2020
For You and I / Album / 2019
Detail / Album / 2018

4. Ivory Blue – “Ghost of Light”
   from: “Ghost of Light” – Single / IVORY BLUE / October 27, 2023
   [This new single follows IVORY’s previous releases,”In A World Like This” from September 22, 2023, ”The Best of Life” from August 4, 2023 and “Control” from May 26, 2023. IVORY released the single “All Outta Love” on February 24, 2023. 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. IVORY BLUE released the single “All Outta Love” on February 24, 2023. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D

5. 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.]

6. The Roseline – “Aloneness”
   from: “Aloneness” – Single / RPH Records / November 10, 2023
   [Written by Colin Halliburton. Acoustic guitar: Colin Halliburton on vocals & electric guitar, Bradley McKellip on bass, Colin Jones on drums, Jim Piller on keyboards, Heidi Gluck on back ground vocals. // Engineered, produced, and mixed by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios in Kansas City, KS Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL. // Their 8th LP, Keystone of the Heart, arrives February 2nd, 2024 and is arguably their most distilled, elegant, and emotionally resonant album of their career. Halliburton describes it as “a protest record which protests the dissolution of a marriage, the slog of existence in late stage capitalism, and grotesque hatred and violence.” While this certainly sounds clunky and heavy-handed, Halliburton knows when to inject some levity and humor. Songs which appear dour and grim in the early verses always seem to find some hope and light by their end. Keystone of the Heart offers pure aural aloe for troubled times. // The Roseline’s 7th album CONSTANCY. Released November 5, 2021, was #1 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. // The Roseline are a Lawrence, KS, based alt-country, Americana, rock band, formed by Colin Halliburton with friends in 2005. The Roseline released their 7th album GOOD / GRIEF on April 3, 2020. The Roseline released BLOOD on September 29, 2017; and TOWNIE on June 19, 2015. The band has toured the US and Halliburton has completed two European solo tours thus far, taking him through Poland, Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands. // Eight albums into their career, the Lawrence band has crafted a songbook that is at once familiar and singular. The Roseline founder and principal songwriter, Colin Halliburton, began the project as an acoustic folk trio. It has since evolved into the five-piece heartland rock band of its current form. // Kind foreign press and high charting on the Euro Americana Chart (“Lust for Luster,” “Blood,” “GOOD/GRIEF” and “Constancy” all charted in the top 10) led to a deal in the Benelux with Dutch label King Forward Records. The band also released “Vast as Sky” in 2012 with the Bay Area label Ninth Street Opus (home to Sarah Lee Guthrie and Carrie Rodriguez). Aside from those, the project has largely been a truly DIY, independent venture. // The Roseline has had the good fortune of landing placements in indie movies and major network television shows such as ABC’s “Nashville” and “Resurrection,” as well as USA’s “Queen of the South,” Netflix’s “Virgin River” and MTV’s “Teen Mom.” The band’s work has been featured on NPR, “Pop Matters,” “American Songwriter,” “The Bluegrass Situation” and “No Depression,” among others. The band closed out 2022 by releasing two new singles, “Hot Dice” and “Saber Rattlers.”Colin Halliburton joined us on WMM on March 25, 2020. More info at: https://roselinemusic.com/%5D

[The Roseline play a Kansas City ALBUM RELEASE show for their new album, KEYSTONE OF THE HEART” on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at 8:00 PM at Hillsiders, 401, N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas in Strawberry Hill, with Teri Quinn and Lauren Lovelle]

7. Mireya & The Poor Choices & Trevor Turla – “Blue Bayou (feat. The Burney Sisters)”
   from: Sin Fronteras / Mireya Ramos / September 15, 2023
   [from mireyaramos.com: The U.S. border with Mexico has always been a fault line where cultural and political forces clash and meld with one another in a close embrace that is centuries old. The monumental musical project, Sin Fronteras, out September 2023, by Latin Grammy winner Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices proves this 5,525-mile-long expanse that physically bisects the two countries and cultures doesn’t spiritually separate them. It is a ranchera and country dialogue that could only happen in Kansas City, Missouri which has become a second home for the New York City-based Mireya. // “La Frontera showcases the similarities between styles of music and traditions that on the surface may seem very different. I like that this album sparks a conversation—that’s always been important to me as an artist,” – Mireya Ramos // Mireya is a vocalist, violinist, composer, and arranger, and the founder of Flor de Toloache, NYC’s first and only all-women mariachi band. She co-produced Sin Fronteras with Beau Bledsoe, founder/director of classical chamber Ensemble Iberica. The 10-song album features 25 musicians, including Latin Grammy winners Texmaniacs, Ensemble Iberica, and western band Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices. Though this community spans different genres, generations, and cultures, it coalesced around an album of original and traditional songs that meld influences from both sides of the border. // “The parallels between the music on both sides of the border became obvious to me years ago—you can see that in the traditions of cowboys in the U.S. and Mexico,” says Beau, who grew up in Arkansas but spent summers in the early 1990s studying ranchera in a tiny town in Mexico near KCMO. // Mireya might be best known for her pioneering work with her two-time Latin Grammy-winning group Flor de Toloache, and her acclaimed solo career. Flor de Toloache has toured nationally and internationally, and performed on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert,” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and BBC 2’s Later with Jools Holland. The mariachi quartet has garnered critical-acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ Magazine, and The New York Times. // Mireya was born in California to proud Dominican and Mexican parents, and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her earliest connection to county music was through Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt. When her family relocated from Puerto Rico to New York City, the Suzuki method, classically-trained violinist began to connect with bluegrass musicians and see firsthand the connections between the music of her Latin heritage and country music. Meeting Beau a decade ago and working with him for an internationally-themed seasonal performance series he curated in Kansas City only deepened the ranchera-country conversation for Mireya. // The shows documented a uniquely KCMO musical expression. Because of the city’s proximity to Interstate 35, a main tree branch for immigration to Mexico, Kansas City has had a long history of both traditional country and Latin music. “When I first moved here, I would study classical music at the conservatory, and play two-chord ranchera’s at night on the historic Southwest Blvd,” Beau recalls. // 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, Adrian Quesada (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. Originally for San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mireya Ramos, has an exciting new album coming out that was recorded here in Kansas City titled, Sin Fronteras, co-produced with Beau Bledsoe and the KC-based super-group, Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices. Sin Fronteras will be officially released on September 15, 2023.]

8. Freight Train Rabbit Killer – “Common Thorns”
   from: “Common Thorns” – Single (w/ “Mule to Plow”) / Haymaker Records / October 20, 2023
   [“Common Thorns” was written by Kris Bruders, with Kris Briders on vocals & guitar, Mark Smeltzer on guitar, Jason Beers on bass, Fritx Hutchison on drums, Cole Gurley on saxophone, Trevor Turla on trombone, Andrew Crowley on organ. Engineered by Jeremy Wurst at B-24 Studios Kansas City, MO. Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Crowley at Organica Recording, St. Paul, MN // Freight Train Rabbit Killer, a musical duet made up of Kristopher Bruders (Freight Train) and Mark Smeltzer (Rabbit Killer). Described as “Apocalyptic Roots” or “Doom Blues” their intense and riveting live shows are accompanied by suits and masks. // On April 30, 2022 Freight Train Rabbit Killer released their album Hammer of Judgement through Haymaker Records. For this album, the duo is accompanied by accomplished multi-instrumentalists and solo recording artists Jason Beers and Fritz Hutchison. The Hammer of Judgment recording session was a one-of-a-kind pseudo-live studio album, utilizing an interactive crowd of dedicated fans experiencing the recording process first-hand with all the bells and whistles of a professional recording studio (isolated tracking, overdubs, post-production, etc.). Tickets were sold in advance and the session was captured at GFM Modern Recording in Blue Springs, Missouri in April 2019. Post-production work, a global pandemic, and national independent record pressing delays pushed the release back three years from the recording date, but the end results made it worth the wait. Freight Train Rabbit Killer played a special Vinyl Release Party at The Fifth Floor, Saturday, April 30 at 8:00 PM, at 1106 Santa Fe St., KCMO, in the West Bottoms, with Drop A Grand, and Teri Quinn. Freight Train Rabbit Killer – 10 year Anniversary Exhibition 3 shows in 7 days featuring old music, story-telling, animation, art, and even more music. Release of two new songs “Common Thorns” and “Mule To Plow” on all digital platforms on Friday, October 20, 2023. These songs will be available on the forthcoming LP “The Ten Year” due early 2024 on Haymaker Records and available for pre-order at all events. Special merch also available during the events. More info at http://www.haymakerrecords.net]

[Freight Train Rabbit Killer play Boulevard Brewing Beer Hall, 2534 Madison Ave. KCMO, on Tuesday, October 24, at 6:00 to 8:00 PM (FREE). Featuring a 10-year art retrospective with artist Hector Casanova and student works from the Kansas City Art Institute with live on-air discussion and performance by Freight Train Rabbit Killer with 90.9 FM The Bridge live from Boulevard Brewery.]

[Freight Train Rabbit Killer play Stockyards Brewing Co., 1600 Genessee KCMO on Saturday, October 28, at 7:00 -10:00 PM (FREE). 10th Anniversary (to date) multimedia performance with video projections & props.]

[Freight Train Rabbit Killer play The Ship, 1221 Union Ave. KCMO, on Tuesday, October 31. This Halloween Event with a special blacklight performance featuring Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Peculiar Pretzlemen, and The Black Mariah Theater. This will be a black light costume contest with prizes for the top three costumes.]

10:29 – Underwriting

9. Jamogi – “Star-Crossed Lover”
   from: Star-Crossed Lover – EP / Jam Tunes / March 3, 2023
   [Jamogi Bridges is also know as Byron Hyde a Kanas City based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally form Los Angeles, California. Since releasing this EP Jamogi released a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023.Jamogi previously released the AGE OF AQUARIUS EP on March 3, 2023, and the single “Celebration” on December 9, 2022, and the single “Anymore” on May 6, 2022. Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, August 26, at 6:15 PM on the Kissick Construction Stage at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO (Indoor Stage) one of 6 STAGES in West Bottoms with over 25 Bands.]

[Jamogi plays an AGE OF AQUARIUS FINALE CONCERT at Englewood Arts, 10901 East Winner Road, Independence, MO, on October 26, at 7:00 PM. For more information you can visit: http://www.englewoodarts.art]

10:35 – Interview with Jamogi Bridges

Jamogi Bridges a KC based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from Long Beach, California. Jamogi’s music is a fusion of soulful R&B melodies with infectious pop beats and dance-floor grooves. Jamogi released his debut single, “Celebration” on December 30, 2022. Jamogi delivered his debut EP, AGE OF AQUARIUS on March 3, 2023. Jamogi followed up with his latest EP, STAR-CROSSED LOVER, on March 3, 2023, followed by a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single, on June 9, 2023. Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on August 26, 2023. More info at: https://linktr.ee/Jamogi

Jamogi Bridges, thanks for being with us on WMM.

Jamogi Bridges a KC based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from Long Beach, CA.

Jamogi’s music is a fusion of soulful R&B with infectious pop beats and dance-floor grooves.

Jamogi is 24. Jamogi is originally from Long Beach, California. He moved to Kansas City hen he was 15 years old.

Jamogi has been singing since he was seven years old. He started singing in church. It was his uncle’s church, and it was his uncle who urged him to sing.

His first performance out of Church was in Middle School. singing, CeeLo Green’s “Forget You.”

Jamogi sang with, for many years, and graduated from The Kansas City Boys Choir, founded by Ollie Robinson in 1994. Jamogi served as Assistant Music Director also.

For Jamogi’s live performances he plays with an ensemble of musicians with himself on lead vocals and keyboards, a drummer, bass player, horn section, and back up singers.

Tanner Sutton on bass
Micah Cotton on drums
Zee Underscore on background vocals
NOYÉ on background vocals
Chyazia on background vocals
Reina on background vocals
Alex Thomas on saxophone
Luke Inman on trumpet

Jamogi’s has “band practice” twice a week.

Zee Underscore is a Kansas City based singer, songwriter, electrical engineer, and co-founder @zntl_ent More information at: https://linktr.ee/Zeebee.notes

Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on August 26, 2023.

He wants to go big, but he also wants to help other artists. He is interested in marketing.

Jamogi attended the MixMaster Music Conference in September at Lawrence Public Library.

Jamogi wants to play The Midland and Kauffman Future Stages

He is currently recording new music while also playing out live.

Jamogi considers Tank and the Bangas a huge nspiration

Jamogi released his debut single, “Celebration” on December 30, 2022. Jamogi delivered his debut EP, AGE OF AQUARIUS on March 3, 2023. Jamogi followed up with his latest EP, STAR-CROSSED LOVER, on March 3, 2023, followed by a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single, on June 9, 2023.

More info at: https://linktr.ee/Jamogi

Jamogi Bridges, thanks for being with us on WMM.

Jamogi plays an AGE OF AQUARIUS FINALE CONCERT at Englewood Arts, 10901 East Winner Road, Independence, MO, on October 26, at 7:00 PM. For more information you can visit: http://www.englewoodarts.art

10:50

10. Jamogi – “Blackout”
    from: Age of Aquarius- EP / Jam Tunes / March 3, 2023
    [Jamogi Bridges is also know as Byron Hyde a Kanas City based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally form Los Angeles, California. Since releasing this EP Jamogi released a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023. Jamogio released Star-Crossed Lover EP on March 3, 2023. Jamogi previously released the AGE OF AQUARIUS EP on March 3, 2023, and the single “Celebration” on December 9, 2022, and the single “Anymore” on May 6, 2022. Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, August 26, at 6:15 PM on the Kissick Construction Stage at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO (Indoor Stage) one of 6 STAGES in West Bottoms with over 25 Bands.]

[Jamogi plays an AGE OF AQUARIUS FINALE CONCERT at Englewood Arts, 10901 East Winner Road, Independence, MO, on October 26, at 7:00 PM. For more information you can visit: http://www.englewoodarts.art]

11. She Speaks in Tongues – “My John”
    from: gloria GUITAR / SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES / May 6, 2014
    [Kate McCandles on vocals, guitar; Eric Schmidt pm guitar; Daniel Majid on bass guitar; Adrian Vigliano on drums; Nigel Harsch on samples. All songs performed by She Speaks in Tongues. All songs arranged by Kate McCandless. Described by Sasha Geffen as “Best Feminist Rock n’ Roll Exorcism” SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES is ARTIST/VOCALIST Kate McCandless. Armed with voice and looping pedal and a fierce, shamanic energy, SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES lures with nostalgia – simultaneously embracing and questioning its comfort and authority with a dark, feminist bent. “Due to the music sampling in my work, I am currently only accepting DONATIONS for my music at this time. Please donate to VENMO or PAYPAL after listening or downloading to enable me to continue making my work and covering costs.” – The artist // “Blue” recorded at Emaciated Raiden (aka Dick Cheney’s Bunker), Chicago, Ill., 2013. Engineered and mixed by Steve Marek. Songs 2–6 recorded at CarterCo Recording, Chicago, Ill., 2013. Engineered and mixed by Jonah Kort. Additional mixing and effects engineering by Curtis Ruptash at The Wayback Machine, Chicago, Ill. Mastered by Jonathan Schenke. Cover photo by Reginald Lawrence.]

[SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love, with THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com]

11:00 – Station ID

12. PJ Harvey – “To Bring You My Love”
    from: To Bring You My Love / Island Records / February 27, 1995
    [The title track recalls the blues of Robert Johnson as well as the song “Dirt” by The Stooges. To Bring You My Love is the third studio album by the English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey, released on 27 February 1995 by Island Records. Recorded after the break-up of the PJ Harvey trio, it stands as her first proper solo album. The songs on the album are heavily influenced by American blues music. // Harvey co-produced the record with Flood and John Parish. To Bring You My Love would be the first of Harvey’s many collaborations with Flood and Parish. The music on the album was played largely by Harvey and Parish, with contributions from seasoned musicians Joe Gore, Mick Harvey, Jean-Marc Butty, and others. Many of the musicians who appeared on the album joined Harvey on tour to support it in 1995. // To Bring You My Love is considered to be PJ Harvey’s breakthrough. It garnered massive critical acclaim worldwide and became her best-selling studio album. The single “Down by the Water” received extensive airplay on radio and on MTV. The album was placed on Rolling Stone magazine’s original list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. // PJ Harvey took a break from the spotlight in 1994. After releasing two studio albums (Dry and Rid of Me) and a compilation (4-Track Demos) in less than two years, she kept a low profile for most of the year. Harvey made only one public appearance in 1994, performing a cover version of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” with Icelandic singer Björk at the annual BRIT Awards. // Using the royalties that she had received from her first two studio albums, she bought a house in rural England close to her parents’ home in Yeovil. She described her new home as “completely in the countryside. I have no neighbors. When I look out the window, all I see are fields.” Living in near isolation, she began writing the songs that would appear on To Bring You My Love. // The subject matter and tone of the songs on To Bring You My Love differ somewhat from what Harvey had presented on her earlier albums. The songs on Rid of Me (1993), for example, are more aggressive in their depictions of relationships. They focus more on revenge (“Rid of Me”, “Rub ’til It Bleeds”), or act as an attack on traditional masculinity (“Man-Size”, “50ft Queenie”, “Me-Jane”). Although these songs do directly consider longing and loss, many of the songs on To Bring You My Love focus particularly on these topics, specifically considering the loss of, or longing for, a departed lover. The title track presents a narrator who not only desires love but is willing to sacrifice everything to get it. “I’ve lain with the devil,” Harvey sings, “Cursed God above/Forsaken Heaven/To bring you my love.” // Many of the songs on To Bring You My Love employ biblical imagery such as Heaven, God, and Jesus Christ. Harvey, however, is not a religious person. She wasn’t baptized and did not attend church as a child. She spoke of her use of religious imagery by saying “I look towards religion as possibly one means to finding an answer, to making sense why we’re here. That’s what drives the creative force, to make sense of one’s life. A very natural place to look is in that divine area, because it’s so strong and has been here long before us.” // With the exception of two tracks (“Meet Ze Monsta” and “Long Snake Moan”) the album is considered much softer musically than her previous studio albums. // Many references are made to one of Harvey’s major influences, Captain Beefheart. The opening line of the album, “I was born in the desert”, is also the opening line of Beefheart’s debut studio album, Safe as Milk (1967). The album’s second track, “Meet Ze Monsta”, is a direct response (from the perspective of one of the “young girls” invited to meet the monster) to Beefheart’s “Tropical Hot Dog Night”, the second track of his 1978 album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), an album which Harvey has said had a particular impact on her. A lyrical and melodic resemblance to Beefheart’s “Dropout Boogie” is also found on the track “I Think I’m a Mother,” and the vocal melody at the end of Harvey’s “Teclo” (“Let me ride on his grace for a while…”) seems to mirror Beefheart’s melody in “Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles”. // Musically, the album is more complicated than Dry or Rid Of Me. Two guitar parts are used in many of the songs, in most cases played by Harvey and Parish. Acoustic guitar and strings, used sparingly in her previous releases, can be heard throughout To Bring You My Love. Bells, chimes, and a vibraphone add to the atmosphere of the recording. Keyboards and organ are also used extensively, a result of much of the album being composed on a Yamaha keyboard Harvey bought second-hand. The deep, rumbling organ tones provide many of the lower notes on the album, replacing traditional basslines. // To Bring You My Love was Harvey’s first album of new material since disbanding the original PJ Harvey trio in 1993. For this recording she recruited producer Flood, her old Automatic Dlamini bandmate John Parish and a new line-up of session musicians including multi-instrumentalists Joe Gore, Eric Drew Feldman, Mick Harvey and drummer Jean-Marc Butty. She herself played guitar, keyboards, vibraphone and bells on the record, as well as co-producing it with Flood and John Parish. // As her second full-length release on a major label, To Bring You My Love received a heavy promotional push from Island Records. Extensive MTV rotation and college radio airplay for the first single “Down by the Water” — with its eccentric, eye-catching Maria Mochnacz-directed music video of Harvey drowning in an emerald pond while wearing an extravagant wig, heavy make-up and a slinky red satin evening gown — gave Harvey her biggest radio hit to date, reaching #2 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart.[20] The album itself debuted at #40 on the Billboard 200 and #12 in the UK, and went on to sell roughly one million copies. The moderate commercial breakthrough of To Bring You My Love had nothing to do with any scaling-down of her trademark lyrical intensity: the infanticide fable “Down by the Water” — whose whispered coda of “Little fish big fish swimming in the water/Come back here, man, gimme my daughter” references the old Lead Belly blues standard “Salty Dog” — ostensibly deals with a mother drowning her child. // The critical response was overwhelmingly positive. Rolling Stone praised the record as “astonishing” in its four-star review. The Independent shared the same point of view, writing that Harvey’s performance “make[s] the record stand out from its peers”; reviewer Nicholas Barber saw it as “a threatening, nightmarish creature”, adding “imagine Siouxsie and the Bad Seeds”. Los Angeles Times noted the “rich imagery” of the lyrics, writing that “in the most gripping moments, […] [Harvey] speaks with the captivating clarity and force of someone reaching for a final, life-saving anchor.” // The album received universal acclaim. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop critics poll by a wide margin, and was also voted the year’s number-one album by publications such as Rolling Stone, The New York Times, People, USA Today, Hot Press and, in “the biggest landslide victory in 15 years”, the Los Angeles Times. It featured in Top Ten lists for magazines like Spin, NME, Melody Maker, Mojo and The Wire, though a contrarian Time list dubbed it the “Worst Album of 1995.” The album received two Grammy Award nominations as Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal for the single “Down by the Water”, and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Spin magazine later ranked it at number 3 in a list of the best albums of the 90s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at number 435 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Slant Magazine, in 2011, rated To Bring You My Love as the 20th best album of the 90s. As of December, 2005, (according to AskBillboard) To Bring You My Love has sold 371,000 copies in the US.][On July 7, 2023 PJ Harvey released I Inside the Old Year Dying through Partisan Records. The story behind PJ Harvey’s tenth album – goes back six years to the end of touring around her previous record The Hope Six Demolition Project, and Harvey’s keen feeling that somewhere in the endless grueling cycle of albums and shows, she had lost her connection with music itself. “I was quite lost,” she says. “I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do: if I wanted to carry on writing albums and playing, or if it was time for a change in my life.” // Eventually (thankfully), she once again began to feel pulled in the direction of new songs, music, and sounds. The resulting body of work is audacious and original even by the standards of an artist who has always ensured that each phase of her progress has taken her somewhere new. Full of a sense of a cyclical return to new beginnings, it combines its creative daring with feelings of openness and invitation, in the most fascinating way. Collectively, the songs emerge as one of the most powerful and arresting statements of Harvey’s career. // Anchored by her nearly thirty-year creative partnership with her most trusted, long-term musical associates John Parish and Flood, Harvey set out with an explicit mission: to avoid anything reminiscent of their musical past. She draws on the creative freedom she had felt in past musical work on soundtracks, and in the theater. Her perspective shifts away from the big themes of previous albums Let England Shake and Hope Six (“looking out, at war, politics, the world”), towards something more intimate, eerie, and human. “I instinctively needed a change of scale,” she says. “There was a real yearning in me to change it back to something really small – so it comes down to one person, one wood, a village.” Meanwhile, her voice has become, if anything, a more intensely pure instrument over the years. // With I Inside the Old Year Dying, Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life’s opposites, something embodied by Wyman-Elvis, a Christ-like presence in some of the songs who symbolizes the thin line between life and death – and, for that matter, between recent history and the ancient past. Scattered with biblical imagery and references to Shakespeare, all these distinctions ultimately dissolve into something profoundly uplifting and redemptive. “I’m somewhere where I’ve not been before,” Harvey says. “What’s above, what’s below, what’s old, what’s new, what’s night, what’s day? It’s all the same, really – and you can enter it and get lost. And that’s what I wanted to do with the record, with the songs, with the sound, with everything.” // PJ Harvey has commanded attention since the start of her career and is the only musician to have been awarded the UK’s Mercury Music Prize more than once, winning first in 2001 for Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea and again in 2011 for Let England Shake. An accomplished poet and visual artist, as well as a musician and songwriter, her work is striking in its originality: vivid, absorbing and distinct. Since the release of The Hope Six Demolition Project, which went to #1 album in her native UK, she has contributed compositions for stage and screen; most recently for Sharon Horgan’s acclaimed Bad Sisters mini-series.]

[SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com]

11:06 – Interview with Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming

Described by Sasha Geffen of The Chicago Reader as “Best Feminist Rock n’ Roll Exorcism” SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES is ARTIST/VOCALIST Kate McCandless. Armed with voice and looping pedal and a fierce, shamanic energy, SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES lures with nostalgia – simultaneously embracing and questioning its comfort and authority with a dark, feminist bent. Kate McCandless samples music as hungrily as Girl Talk, but she doesn’t use a computer. With her band Speaks in Tongues, the singer repurposes well-worn rock and blues classics into new narratives…unravels threads from the music she loves to knot together her own bizarro-world reimaginings, a process she describes…as ‘a necessary feminist act…a reclaim of agency.”

Cody Wyoming is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, composer, band leader, actor, director, record producer and performer who has been a part of Kansas City’s Music and Entertainment community since the mid 1990s. He has performed in, and directed several local theater productions, but is mostly known for having played in well over two dozen bands over the last three decades, including: The Philistines, the Pedaljets, The Guillotine Choir, WYCO, The Afterparty and The Cody Wyoming Deal. The Philistines are returning after a lengthy hiatus this year with their long awaited sophomore album Dysnomia. Which they hope to release this fall. The Cody Wyoming Deal, is an outfit known for playing classic albums in their entirety.

We last talked with Kate McCandless and Cody Wyoming on April 5, 2023 when they joined us to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: Patti Smith’s EASTER on EASTER, Sunday, April 9, 2023, at 7:00 PM, at recordBar 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO. With THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Julia Othmer, and Teri Quinn.

Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming join us again but this time to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE.

Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming Thank you for being with us on WMM

Wow. First off, Kate tell us about what we just heard, “My John: from your release, Gloria, GUITAR.

SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES started in Chicago and has transitioned to Kansas City.

I first became aware of your music last year when you played the Outer Reaches Festival.
Last week Cody’s band The Philistines played this years Outer Reaches Fest.

How did Kate McCandless and Cody Wyoming meet?

PJ Harvey, how did you first discover this artist?

About SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES//// HEALING ARTS

Kate McCandless (SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES) is as an artist, writer, energy healer, and tarot reader in the Kansas City area, after studying and practicing in Chicago IL. Her Shamanic approach takes the work beyond the basic hand positions or interpreter role, and flows seamlessly with her artistic practice and expression. Kate was attuned and initiated into the Reiki practice at levels 1-Master through Sara Gaines of Red Bird Reiki’s 1 Year Shamanic Reiki Apprenticeship (Chicago/Galena IL.) There she studied and explored Shamanism in the open tradition/practice of the Andean Peruvian shamans/Q’ero. Kate’s path to Tarot came naturally and intuitively and she is mostly self taught, though counted among her teachers is Lindsay Mack. Kate has completed Mack’s renowned and in depth course, Tarot for the Wild Soul and continues to study and practice on her own. Kate believes tarot and energy work is for every person and can be used as an excellent tool for self reflection, healing, and self care for any one who is curious, interested, and/or called. She serves as a compassionate facilitator and holder of space. She believes the journey is yours and she is here to support that without dogma nor judgement. Kate believes that tarot and energy work is intended to be inclusive, compassionate, healing, unpretentious and easeful, while rooted in the here and now. By reflecting on “what’s here now” we can curiously and kindly bring our awareness to reach for a more whole and healing present, and therefore, future. Other practitioners/artists she considers teachers and inspirations are Chani Nicholas, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, Tatianna Morales, Renee Sills (Embodied Astrology,) Michelle Tea, Julia Cameron, and Rachael Gonzalez (FAMILIAR) just to name a few.

SHAMANIC ENERGY WORK + TAROT //// SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES

“KATE IS INCREDIBLE! I don’t have the words to fully relay what happened but Kate created the most healing safe cocoon of reiki energy magic I have ever experienced. I was able to feel and release challenging emotions and I feel we accomplished deep healing work for myself and ancestors… my experience was so epic. Thank you Kate for doing this kind of work in the world.” – Amy W., Energy Healing Client, Kansas City, MO

11:15

13. Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming – “C’mon Billy” (LIVE)
    (originally from PJ Harvey’s, To Bring You My Love on Island Records from February 27, 1995)

11:19

We’re talking with Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming.

Kate McCandless and Cody Wyoming who join us to share details about Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming join us to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE.

ABOUT THE SHOW and SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES SUBMITS series

Born out of the impulse to reclaim joy after the heaviness of these many years… Artist/Vocalist and Chicago transplant SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES ( Kate McCandless) pairs up with local legend Cody Wyoming and his “deal”…a crew of some of KC’s finest…to create a quality, live performance of albums that have been creative touch points of inspiration, nostalgia, and sweet sweet nerdery.

SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE.

SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES is Kate McCandless on vocals, performance, percussion.

CODY WYOMING DEAL is Cody Wyoming on guitar, organ, synth, & backing vocal; Matt Richey on drums; Justin Muschinske on bass, baritone, organ, guitar, & synth; J. Howell on guitar, prepared guitar, & sound design; Katie Gilchrist on backing vocals, percussion & keyboards; Rachel Fuentes on cello; and Joanna Metsker on violin.

50ft. QUEENIE is Amy Farrand on vocals; Katie Gilchrist on vocals; Julie Berndsen on vocals; Chris Meck on guitar, Brandon Phillips on guitar, Adam Phillips on drums, Chris Wagner on bass. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com

For, SHE SPEAKES IN TONGUES – DOMESTIKA, released May 8, 2020 – Kate McCandless writes DOMESTIKA began as an exploration of what I believed were feminist themes in Bjork’s music and a desire to highlight them. This was especially given her latest releases Vulnicura & Utopia, and subsequent interviews. “Domestika” was the original title intended for what became Bjork’s iconic Vespertine, until she met Matthew Barney … the partner who would later cheat on her and file for divorce. There was something I wanted to reclaim in that. This desire was highlighted by my more recent struggles with Motherhood, mental health, and the wounding of being homebound. // In the process I formed a chain of channeled messages … as if from my Mother ancestors, or Mother Earth herself. Messages of unheard stories, pain, healing, justice, and hope. // This album is my bloody valentine to Motherhood and all the wisdom She gave me. My hope is that this music serves as a kind of balm for my listeners, especially during these trying times. // Vocals, looping pedal, arrangement/mashup, select lyrics: Kate McCandless.Electronic music (Light Bearer): Nigel Harsch. Engineering: Steve Marek. Mixing and Mastering: Steve Marek. Music & Lyric Inspiration: Bjork.

Selected Ambient Tag: Requiem for a Town Car / Clarke Wyatt / December 24, 2022
[KC based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, Clarke Wyatt wrote: (in December 2022), “some street racers destroyed Cody Wyoming & Kimmie Queen’s beloved Lincoln Continental right after they had spent a bunch of money to get it back on the road. It will never roll again.” Clarke says “I recently started a game of ambient music tag, so I thought to myself, hey self, what if people contributed tracks & we compiled a record that Cody can sell to raise funds for a car? Well, that’s what we did. A bunch of incredible and fascinating KC musicians have sent me their audio experiments for the cause. It’s that simple: buy the record, support a great couple that had some really bad luck right at the worst time, and enjoy some really great space music. More tracks coming soon…” Contributing artists include: Betse Ellis, Mike Stover, Adam Stafford, Nate Hofer, Clarke Wyatt, Shawn Edward Hansen, Krysztov Nemeth, Jason Beers, Scott Hobart, Tilden Snow, Wade Allen Williamson, Gentleman Echo and Rod Peal. More info at: codywyoming.bandcamp.com] [Betse Ellis. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Betse received her Bachelors of Arts in Music and a Bachelors of Arts in English, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She has been playing the Violin for over 40 years, with over 20 years playing fiddle and also working as a teacher of music. Betse was a founding member of the acclaimed internationally known band, The Wilders. Betse has released two solo records, and records and performs with her husband, multi-instrumentalist Clarke Wyatt, as Betse & Clarke. In 2020 they released their latest 8-song release, WINTER, which was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020. Betse also plays with the Starhaven Rounders.]

Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming Thank you for being with us on WMM

Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming join us to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE.

11:27

13. The Philistines – “Further”
    from: Further – Single / The Philistines / (March 15, 2019) (Unreleased)
    [New music from The Philistines, that will be part of the upcoming album Dysnomia. Produced and engineered by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios. The Philistines are a Kansas City based rock band with a psychedelic bent, made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar & vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums, and Barry Kidd on bass.]

[SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com]

11:30 – Underwriting

14. The Electric Lungs – “Chances”
    from: WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM [EP] / Independent / October 17, 2023
    [The Electric Lungs are a KC based 4-piece band formed in 2012 by Tripp Kirby, Marc Bollinger, Eric Jones, and Jason Ulanet. The Electric Lungs released their EP THE ELECTRIC LUNGS on February 8, 2018. The Electric Lungs released their album, DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE on October 20, 2015, recorded mastered with Joel Nanos of Element Recording. The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013. The Electric Lungs joined us on WMM on April 8, 2015.]

[The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Fri, Oct. 20, at 7:00 PM w/ Still Ill and The Travel Guide. Info: http://www.therinokc.com.]

11:35 – Interview with Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet

Tripp Kirby has been playing in bands for over 20 years and is celebrating 10 full years with The Electric Lungs. He has released music with multiple projects including the KC “cowpunk band,” Them Damned Young Livers, and his solo project, Fire Beats Plague. Jason Ulanet worked as a DJ for The Buzz for 15 years. The Electic Lungs are Tripp Kirby, Eric Jones, Jason Ulanet, and Marc Bollinger who formed the band in 2012, The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013 followed by DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE in 2015, and the EP, THE ELECTRIC LUNGS in 2018. The Electric Lungs have played Folk Alliance International Conference, Middle of the Map Festival, Westport Roots Festival, Mid-Coast Takeover in Austin, and Apocalypse Meow 15. The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City, on Friday, October 20, at 7:00 PM with Still Ill and The Travel Guide. More info at; http://www.therinokc.com

Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet, Thanks for being with us as today on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Members of The Electric Lungs joined us on WMM on April 8, 2015 to talk about their album release of that year, DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE.

Formed by Tripp Kirby, Eric Jones, Jason Ulanet, and Marc Bollinger in 2012

The Electric Lungs:
Tripp Kirby on lead vocals and guitar
Eric Jones on drums
Jason Ulanet on keyboards
Marc Bollinger on bass

The Electric Lungs have played Folk Alliance International Conference, Middle of the Map Festival, Westport Roots Festival, Mid-Coast Takeover in Austin, and Apocalypse Meow 15.

Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet, Thanks for being with us as today on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City, on Friday, October 20, at 7:00 PM with Still Ill and The Travel Guide. More info at: http://www.therinokc.com

11:42

15. The Electric Lungs – “Fast and the furious XVII (Turn it on and Go)”
    from: WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM [EP] / Independent / October 17, 2023
    [The Electric Lungs are a KC based 4-piece band formed in 2012 by Tripp Kirby, Marc Bollinger, Eric Jones, and Jason Ulanet. The Electric Lungs released their EP THE ELECTRIC LUNGS on February 8, 2018. The Electric Lungs released their album, DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE on October 20, 2015, recorded mastered with Joel Nanos of Element Recording. The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013. The Electric Lungs joined us on WMM on April 8, 2015.]

[The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Fri, Oct. 20, at 7:00 PM w/ Still Ill and The Travel Guide. Info: http://www.therinokc.com.]

11:45 – Interview with Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet

Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet are celebrating 10 full years with The Electric Lungs. Formed with Eric Jones, and Marc Bollinger in 2012, The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013 followed by DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE in 2015, and the EP, THE ELECTRIC LUNGS in 2018. The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City, on Friday, October 20, at 7:00 PM with Still Ill and The Travel Guide. More info at; http://www.therinokc.com

Tripp Kirby, Thanks for being with us as today on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Electric Lungs – Discography
SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED / 2013
DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE / 2015,\
THE ELECTRIC LUNGS [EP] / 2018.
WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM [EP ] / 2023

A sonically diverse bunch of tunes written for the fun of it and played in hi-def for your enjoyment. Drawing from a wide variety of musical styles and pulling them back into the realm of pop rock and punk. It’s like touring the world in your favorite easy chair or like eating cooked sushi.

Tripp Kirby & Jason Ulanet, Thanks for being with us as today on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City, on Friday, October 20, at 7:00 PM with Still Ill and The Travel Guide. More info at: http://www.therinokc.com

11:53

16. The Electric Lungs – “Everybody’s Waiting”
    from: WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM [EP] / Independent / October 17, 2023
    [The Electric Lungs are a KC based 4-piece band formed in 2012 by Tripp Kirby, Marc Bollinger, Eric Jones, and Jason Ulanet. The Electric Lungs released their EP THE ELECTRIC LUNGS on February 8, 2018. The Electric Lungs released their album, DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE on October 20, 2015, recorded mastered with Joel Nanos of Element Recording. The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013. The Electric Lungs joined us on WMM on April 8, 2015.]

[The Electric Lungs play a WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM – EP Release Show at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Fri, Oct. 20, at 7:00 PM w/ Still Ill and The Travel Guide. Info: http://www.therinokc.com.]

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

Next week on October 25 we talk with rock and roll drummer Lisa Mckenzie about her work with adolescent bands, adolescent jam sessions and a adolescent music festival. ALSO, Chad Brothers joins us to share music from the new album released from Supermassive Black Holes. AND Nathan Ruesch joins us to share music an details about: 20 Years of The Record Machine featuring The Noise FM, Monta, Black Light Animals and More at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO, on Saturday, November 11, 2023 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM.

THANK YOU to all of our listeners & friends who generously donated to support KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City Community Radio!!! During our Wednesday MidDay Medley Fund Drive shows on October 12. With our On-Air Wednesday MidDay Medley fundraiser, com,bined with our Facebook Fundraiser, 45 individuals, all collectively donated a total of $2643.00 in honor of Wednesday MidDay Medley! Making Wednesday MidDay Medley in the top three fundraising shows at KKFI. In fact all five of KKFI’s MidDay Medley shows were in the top 25, as well as 4 of the 5 Jazz Shows. Thank you EVERYONE! You have again enabled us to continue the endeavor of KKFI 90.1 FM – Kansas City’s Community Radio!!!!

THANK YOU to my incredible Fund co-hosts: Marion Merritt & Joelle St. Pierre & Nicolette Paige, AND KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers. And Lincoln Dreher one of our volunteers who went way above and beyond as a volunteer! And all of our phone volunteers.

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

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Show #1016

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, October 18, 2023

WMM presents Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming for SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love + The Electric Lungs + Jamogi

Mark features more New & MidCoastal releases from: The Roseline, Various Blonde, Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices and Trevor Turla, Jamogi, IVORY BLUE, The Electric Lungs, Freight Train Rabbit Killer, The Philistines, SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES, PJ Harvey, Loraine James, and L’Rain.

At 10:30, we’ll talk with Jamogi Bridges a KC based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from Los Angeles, California. Jamogi’s music is a fusion of soulful R&B melodies with infectious pop beats and dance-floor grooves. Jamogi released his debut single, “Celebration” on December 30, 2022. Jamogi delivered his debut EP, AGE OF AQUARIUS on March 3, 2023. Jamogi followed up with his latest EP, STAR-CROSSED LOVER, on March 3, 2023, followed by a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023. Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on August 26, 2023. More info at: https://linktr.ee/Jamogi

At 11:00 AM Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming join us to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE. SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES is Kate McCandless on vocals, performance, percussion. CODY WYOMING DEAL is Cody Wyoming on guitar, organ, synth, & backing vocal; Matt Richey on drums; Justin Muschinske on bass, baritone, organ, guitar, & synth; J. Howell on guitar, prepared guitar, & sound design; Katie Gilchrist on backing vocals, percussion & keyboards; Rachel Fuentes on cello; and Joanna Metsker on violin. 50ft. QUEENIE is Amy Farrand on vocals; Katie Gilchrist on vocals; Julie Berndsen on vocals; Chris Meck on guitar, Brandon Phillips on guitar, Adam Phillips on drums, Chris Wagner on bass. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com

At 11:30, Mark talks with Tripp Kirby of The Electric Lungs. Tripp Kirby has been playing in bands for over 20 years and is celebrating 10 full years with The Electric Lungs. He has released music with multiple projects including the KC “cowpunk band,” Them Damned Young Livers, and his solo project, Fire Beats Plague. Formed with Eric Jones, Jason Ulanet, and Marc Bollinger in 2012, The Electric Lungs released their breakthrough album, SIMPLIFIED AND CIVILIZED in 2013 followed by DON’T BE ASHAMED OF THE WAY THAT YOU WERE MADE in 2015, and the EP, THE ELECTRIC LUNGS in 2018. The Electric Lungs have played Folk Alliance International Conference, Middle of the Map Festival, Westport Roots Festival, Mid-Coast Takeover in Austin, and Apocalypse Meow 15. The Electric Lungs are releasing their fourth studio effort, WHERE I GO FOR WHERE I AM, on October 17, 2023. More info at: http://www.theelectriclungs.bandcamp.com

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Show #1016

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, October 11, 2023

WMM presents Fearless Women: Karen Lisondra & GHOST LIGHT + Bitch + Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre & Nicolette Paige

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. Hannah Jadagu – “What You Did”
   from: Aperture / Sub Pop Records / May 19, 2023
   [Fresh out of high school, Hannah Jadagu released her debut EP, What Is Going On?, a collection of intimate bedroom pop tracks recorded entirely on an iPhone 7, which was, at the time, Jadagu’s most accessible mode of production. An off-the-cuff approach to music making and instinctive ability to write unforgettable hooks belied the intensity of Jadagu’s subject matter. In a short run time, What Is Going On? confronts some of the nation’s most urgent struggles all through Jadagu’s compassionate perspective. “I want my songs to be both super intimate and still universally relatable,” Jadagu says. “With the EP, so many people told me that the songs resonated with them on a personal level, and that’s what I’m always hoping for.” // Resonate it did; What Is Going On? is Jadagu’s first Sub Pop release, but she’d been putting out music on SoundCloud for years, garnering a small online fanbase as she settled into an aesthetic, and recognition from a broader audience was overdue. “It really took off when I became a percussionist in my middle school’s band,” she says. “Writing songs started as a hobby and quickly became a passion to the point that I spent all my free time recording.” // On May 19th, 2023 Jadagu premiered Aperture, her first LP and most ambitious work to date. Written in the years between graduating from high school in Mesquite, TX and her sophomore year of college in New York, Aperture finds Jadagu in a state of transition. “Where I grew up, everyone is Christian; even if you don’t go to church, you’re still practicing in some form,” Jadagu says, laughing. “Moving out of my small hometown has made me reflect on how embedded Christianity is in the culture down there, and though I’ve been questioning my relationship to the church since high school, it’s definitely a theme on this album, but so is family.” // As a kid, Jadagu followed her older sister – a major source of inspiration who she refers to as “the blueprint” – to a local children’s chorus, where she received choral training. “I hated it,” Jadagu admits. “But it taught me how to harmonize, how to discover my tone, how to recognize and write melody.” The aching single “Admit It” is dedicated to Jadagu’s sister, whose boundless love and impeccable taste has been a constant for Jadagu ever since she was a kid. At home, the siblings were raised on mom’s Young Money mixtapes and the Black Eyed Peas (to whom she credits her love of vocoder) but it was in the sanctity of her sister’s car that Jadagu discovered indie artists who would go on to inspire her work. // “Lose” showcases Jadagu’s love of contemporary indie auteurs as it weaves a spare and unpretentious guitar riff with barebones piano chords all while Jadagu sings about the thrill and underlying fear that comes with beginning a new relationship. It is, in her words, a “classic pop song.” “The things we haven’t done/ Play out in my mind/ Would you just give me time?” she sings, nearing the end, as the skittering drumbeat propels the song from a place of contemplative yearning to defiance. “Every track on this album, except for “Admit It”, was written first on guitar, which is an instrumental throughline,” Jadagu says. “But the blanket of synths I use throughout helps me move between sensibilities. There’s rock Hannah, there’s hip-hop Hannah, and so on. I didn’t want any of the songs to sound too alike.” // Emblematic of this ethos is the single “Warning Sign,” which starts out as an acoustic, R&B slowburner before a muscular electric guitar enters the mix and the song morphs into something akin to psychedelic. “I knew I could make another album on my phone, but I wanted to make sure that I was leveling up, especially for the debut,” Jadagu says. So she began the difficult process of searching for a co-producer capable of complementing her work without dominating it. Enter Max Robert Baby, a French songwriter and producer who captured Jadagu’s attention with his take on Aperture’s lead single “Say It Now.” The duo worked together remotely, sending stems to one another via email, before eventually meeting in-person for the first time at Greasy Studios on the outskirts of Paris. // “When I recorded my EP, it was all MIDI, but in the studio Max and I worked with a ton of analog instruments,” Jadagu says. “There’s some Glockenspiel on the album, calling back to my percussionist days, and some synth warping that adds texture.” While What Is Going On? was heavy on layered reverb, making Jadagu’s vocals feel “shy,” she took what she calls a more “intimate, up close” approach while recording her voice for the LP. That experimentation is best heard on the rousing “What You Did,” which leverages crushing accusations against the song’s unnamed subject. Screaming static and a crunchy guitar part softens under Jadagu’s calm delivery as she sings: “Act like it’s best if we make amends, but I don’t wanna talk to you again.” // An aperture is strictly defined as an opening, a hole, a gap. On a camera, it’s the mechanism that light passes through, allowing a photographer to immortalize a moment in time. For Jadagu, the word perfectly encapsulates the mood of her debut album. In the years it took her to complete, she faced moments of darkness, sure, but the process of making it, her first ever in a professional studio, was ultimately a cathartic experience, one she now shares with you, the listener. Let the light in.] [Hannah Jadagu played the Bottleneck in Lawrence Kansas on Friday, September 29, 2023]

3. Sweeping Promises – “Shadow Me”
   from: Good Living is Coming For You / Feel it Records – Sub Pop / June 30, 2023
   [“For more than a half century, underground music revolutionaries have taken a whack at the mundane mainstream like a piñata. England punks spat “NO FUTURE” at germ-free adolescents. Ohio new wavers devolutionized mankind with whips. Athens art school students chomped at hero worship. MetroCard-carrying riot grrrls rebirthed the bomp with a gasoline gut. In 2020, Sweeping Promises read our pandemic minds with Hunger for a Way Out. In 2023, they return with a new message: Good Living Is Coming For You. At first glance, this nouveau wave slogan offers hope wrapped around relief. At first listen, we realize this may actually be a warning. Darker still, a threat. // A band famous for their unfussy, monolithic anthems, Sweeping Promises elegantly ravage us again with another future classic. They return as a fist of velvet rose petals roaring inside a compact wrecking ball. Gone is the Boston brutalist ambience of their subterranean concrete laboratory and the revelatory single mic recording technique. In its place, a retired and resplendent nude painting studio in Lawrence, Kansas, bathed in light with high ceilings and hardwood floors. Guided once again by their surrounding architecture, a reverb-rich space remains the defining element at the heart of their highly stylized sound. A watery ghost from the golden age of art-punk now wields sharper knives and more microphones. // If the mood of HFAWO was hungry, GLICFY is RAVENOUS. In 2023, appetite is addressed in new ways: Power struggles are aired in “Eraser,” restraints are broken in “You Shatter,” anguished excla-mations sting in “Good Living Is Coming for You.” The taboo subject of aging is (s)heroically dragged out into the open. Every line is delivered with such joyous, soaring layers that each punch lands like a chef’s kiss. // Sweeping Promises are Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug. A chance meeting in Arkansas led to a decade of playing in an eclectic assortment of projects together. Their relentless practice made perfect. Bass playing Lira is an emotive bolt of thunderous energy with the iconic blast of a girl group rolled into one robust throat. Caufield is an intentional guitar player and drummer. No note or hit is extraneous. Together they are meticulous sound engineers, using space as a key ingredient to their distinct sound. Controlling every aspect of their craft, from the first note they write together, all the way through to the final mastering process, each record is an unspoiled fingerprint unique to their dynamic chemistry. // Written before the pandemic, Hunger for a Way Out was released on Feel It Records in 2020. The songs drip with the anxious urgency of a commanding live performance yet their gauzy production transports us like the fading memory of a favorite song. This distorted sense of time resonated with thousands of quarantined listeners who turned the album into a life-saving floatation device and most beloved album of the year. This is when Feel It Records (North America) and Sub Pop (everywhere else) joined forces to divide/unite and conquer; beginning with the 2021 single “Pain Without a Touch” and now carrying through to G.L.I.C.F.Y.. // The pandemic went on to trigger an absurd chain of events for Sweeping Promises. Under financial strain, Mondal & Schnug uprooted their lives, and surrendered their studio in Cambridge to take refuge with family in Texas. They completed over 50 demos between their Austin bathroom and a Marfa abode, but feeling unsatisfied, they sought another fresh start. When a disused church in Ohio proved too difficult to rehab, they ultimately found lasting inspiration in Kansas. With their home & studio all under one roof, life is music & music is life. // G.L.I.C.F.Y. ultimately reflects being thrust into a severely unpredictable world. A capsized boat isn’t entirely bad. In fact, it can be the necessary push toward finding solid ground.” – Tracy Wilson (Courtesy Desk) ]

[Sweeping Promises play Outer Reaches Fest, on Saturday, October 14 at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO, On the Les BonsBons Electrique stage w/, Keo & Them, Static Phantoms]

10:06 – Pledge Break #1

Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today WMM features 15 Fearless Women w/ New & MidCoastal Releases from: Heidi Lynne Gluck, Jass & The Boys, Keo & Them, Julia Othmer, Crys Matthews, Bitch, Samara Joy, Karla Thomas, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joni Mitchell. We started w/ Hannah Jadagu, & Sweeping Promises.

At 11:00 we talk with Karen Lisondra, Associate Director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO, with performances by poets Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer and more.

At 11:30 we’ll talk LIVE with singer songwriter Bitch who released her acclaimed album BITCHCRAFT, the long-standing queer icon’s 9th studio album. Bitch first achieved notoriety as one half of the queer folk duo Bitch and Animal. In the mid 2000s, Bitch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in the John Cameron Mitchell film Shortbus, co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, produced two albums of her elder folk hero Ferron, and licensed her music to The L Word. Bitch will play recordBar on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 PM with Folk Music award winning artist, Crys Matthews.

We take break to encourage YOU to support 90.1 FM KKFI. To help me, is my friend…

Marion Merritt is our most frequent contributor to WMM, She grew up in Los Angeles, and St. Louis. She went to college in Columbia, Missouri. She studied art and musical engineering, and is a avid lover of classic films and punk rock music. She saw Talking Heads on their first U.S. tour when they played One Block West in 1978. For nearly 20 years she has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her musically-encyclopedic brain on Wednesday MidDay Medley. With her partner Ann Stewart, Marion is the proprietor of Records With Merritt, a minority owned business at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, that features new vinyl releases, in-store performances,, and was once the location for a wedding. More information at: http://www.recordwithmerritt.com

Marion Merritt, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Also with us is Joelle St. Pierre, a friend of the show, a friend of mine since the early 1990s when we worked together at Cafe Lulu. Joelle is a super volunteer for 90.1 FM KKFI, helping with KKFI’s special events, the Crossroads Music Festival, answering phones for our On-Air-Fund Drives, being a “Listener Evaluator” for KKFI’s Program Evaluation Initiative. Joelle works full time for an Insurance Company but also finds time to volunteer for Midwest Music Foundation, Folk Alliance International, and several other charity organization.Joelle helped me build two 18-raised bed gardens for schools in KCK, and also helped water gardens for several years. Poet Kahlil Gibran notes that “Music is the language of the Spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife”.

Joelle St. Pierre, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Nicolette Paige released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. In the past three weeks Nicolette Paige headlined the Gaea Goddess Gathering Festival in Waynesville, Missouri., opened the Art In The Park Festival in Lawrence, KS. And perform for Farm Fest last Saturday, at The KC Farm School at Gibbs Road in KCK. More at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com

Nicolette Paige thank you for being our guest on WMM

90.1 FM KKFI is “Radio Powered By Diversity” For 35 Years our Kansas City Area Community Speaks Through our Airwaves and this Program.

So far in 2023 on WMM we have conducted over 125 interviews with 118 special guests: Karen Lisondra, Bitch, Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, Nicolette Paige, Dedric Moore, Brenton Cook, Mark Ronning, Nathan Reusch, Krysztof Nemeth, Jennifer Owen, Stacy Busch, Marty Bush, Spencer Brown aka Daisy Buckët, IV0RY BLUE, Alyssa Murray, Mica-Elgin Vi, Noah Bartelt, Shaun Crowley, Jeffrey Stolz, Wallace Cochran, Betty Berry, Scott Easterday, Cody Wyoming, Mara Rose Williams, Nick Carswell, Fally Afani, Dan Jones, Steve Tulipana, Miki P, Mireya Ramos, Trevor Turla, Bill Sundahl, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, Sophia and Analiese of The Black Mariah Theater, JNabe, Danny Alexander, Michael B. Tipton, Mark Meisenheimer, Tillie Hall, Joy Zimmerman, Paris Williams, Zava, Kevin Willmott, Mark von Schlemmer, Heidi Gluck, Nate Holt, Kirsten Paludan, Jade Osborne, Alisön Hawkins, Fritz Hutchison, Audrey Crabtree, Beth Byrd, Chip Ashby, Stephanie Iszory, Jass, Clarence Copridge, Calvin Arsenia, Kirstie Lynn, Galen Clark, Chris Haghirian, Nico Gray, Mike McCoy, Madisen Ward, Mikal Shapiro, Jen Harris, Stephonne, Betse Ellis, Luke Harbur, Julia Reynolds, Andrew Connor, Ryan Connor, Bill Belzer, Krystle Warren, Mike Dillon, Malek Azreal, Philip Dickey, Elyshya “Millz” Miller, Ethan Eckert, Sondra Freeman, Alicia Ellingsworth, Patrick Sprehe, Kate McCandless, Megan Birdsall, Michael Andrew Smith, Jess Shoman of Tenci, April Fletcher, Brad Cox, Necia Gamby, Iris DeMent, Kelly Dougherty, Audrey Bramlett, Erika Cecilia, Paul Jesse, Deegan Poores, Gayle Cade-Price, Patrick Sumner, Aaron Rhodes, Frank Loose Jr., Kurt Witt, Tim Miller, Anthony Cruz, Olivia “Liv” Wyrick of Cardio Party, Aisha Kahlil, Hermon Mehari, Nan Turner, Elizabeth Suh, Howie Howard, Nani Noam Vazana, Kelley Hunt, Rachael Sage, Michelle Bacon, Devon Teran, and Aaron Mitchum.

10:14 – Joni Mitchell

4. Joni Mitchell – “Both Sides Now”
   from: AT NEWPORT / Rhino / July 28, 2023
   [Roberta Joan “Joni” Mitchell was born November 7, 1943. She is soon to be 80 years old. She is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time, known for her starkly personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate pop and jazz elements. She has received 10 Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. AllMusic has stated, “When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century”. //On March 2015, Mitchell suffered a brain aneurysm rupture, which required her to undergo physical therapy and take part in daily rehabilitation. Mitchell made her first public appearance following the aneurysm when she attended a Chick Corea concert in Los Angeles in August 2016. She made a few other appearances, and in November 2018 David Crosby said that she was learning to walk again.// Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance – her first in 20 years – delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs. // Mitchell’s triumphant return to the stage on July 24, 2022, is featured on a new live album from Rhino, AT NEWPORT, available on July 28, 2023 on CD and 2-LP black vinyl. Produced by close collaborator Brandi Carlile, along with Mitchell. // Mitchell was joined on stage at the Newport Folk Festival by a star-studded band led by Carlile, the 9x GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter. Other performers included Carlile’s bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Wynonna Judd, Marcus Mumford, Celisse, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, and more. // Mitchell delighted the audience, blending her voice with the other singers on stage on classics like “Big Yellow Taxi,” “A Case Of You,” and “Both Sides Now.” For good measure, she even flashed her guitar prowess, playing a solo instrumental version of “Just Like This Train.” // In his liner notes for AT NEWPORT, Cameron Crowe writes about Mitchell’s arduous and miraculous recovery from a life-threatening brain aneurysm in 2015, that led to her emotional return at Newport. // “Mitchell emerged from the side of the stage, swaying smoothly, in fine summer-style with beret and sunglasses. Her good-natured mood instantly set the tone. This performance would be an intimate gathering of friends, not unlike the Joni Jams she’d been hosting in her own living room over the last few years of recovery. Smiling broadly, Mitchell made her surprise appearance, taking her on-stage seat alongside Carlile. Within minutes, the news had rocketed around the globe. Mitchell was back, sparkling with enthusiasm, delivering a tender and passionate set of 13 songs, ending with a joyful sing-along of ‘The Circle Game.’” // On June 10, 2023, Mitchell headlined a once-in-a-lifetime “Joni Jam” at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington, with special guest Brandi Carlile. Mitchell’s first ticketed show in 20 years, the concert sold-out immediately when it was announced last in the fall of 2022. // Mitchell’s ongoing return to the public eye continued in March when she was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C. The show featured performances by James Taylor, Graham Nash, Annie Lennox, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Angelique Kidjo, Ledisi, and Diana Krall, along with several artists from the Newport concert, including Carlile. The concert – “Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” – was broadcast on PBS stations on Friday, March 31.]

5. Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On I’m a Radio (with Neil Young & The Stray Gators) [For the Roses Early Sessions]
   from: Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) / Rhino / Oct. 6, 2023
   [Come 1972, Joni Mitchell’s singular songwriting talent and poetic gifts were undeniable. Fresh off the back-to-back Platinum-certified releases of 1970’s Ladies of the Canyon and 1971’s Blue (totemic albums whose artfulness and ubiquity would influence generations of songwriters) Mitchell had grown wary of mounting media scrutiny. Everything from her style choices to romantic partners became the subject of far more gossip column inches than were ever dedicated to the lifestyle minutiae of her male counterparts. // In response, she had pulled back, announcing an early retirement from the stage in 1970 and moving to the quiet expanses of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. It was a fruitful change of scenery. Inspired by her proximity to nature and refreshed by the peaceful seclusion, she began constructing the songs that would become For The Roses. This respite thrust Mitchell into a remarkably fertile creative period, yielding a run of albums — 1972’s For The Roses, 1974’s Court And Spark, and 1975’s The Hissing Of Summer Lawns — that would simultaneously expand and refine the scope of her music. Her adventurous, intricate arrangements and growing formidability as a bandleader injected these songs with a clarity of purpose, a potent muscularity, and a sense of possibility — it is among the most exciting eras of a near peerless career. // This era comes into even greater focus on Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975), out October 6, 2023 on Rhino Records. It’s the latest entry in Rhino’s ongoing, GRAMMY® Award-winning series exploring the vast untapped archives of rare Joni Mitchell recordings — a project guided intimately by Mitchell’s own vision and personal touch. Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) will be available both in a 5CD / digital version and a 4LP cut-down version, both with an accompanying book featuring photos and a conversation about this period between Joni Mitchell and longtime friend Cameron Crowe. // As Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) — which won a 2022 GRAMMY® Award for Best Historical Album — and Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) did, Vol. 3 boasts an embarrassment of riches. The collection begins with an early cut of “Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire,” one of two songs (along with “For The Roses”) test-driven during a visit to a Graham Nash David Crosby recording session at Wally Heider’s in Hollywood. // From there, listeners are treated to early demos and alternate versions from sessions from For The Roses, Court & Spark, and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns; historic live show recordings, including the entirety of Mitchell’s triumphant 1972 return to Carnegie Hall and a definitive gig with her Court And Spark backing band Tom Scott & the L.A. Express; and tracks from sessions cut alongside James Taylor, Graham Nash, and Neil Young. // As she approaches her 80th birthday later this year, Joni Mitchell is reaffirming the vitality and resonance of her music. Last month, she released At Newport, a live album commemorating her incredible comeback performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival. Pitchfork described it as “a joyous surprise, a moment of wonder,” while NPR Music says it “[shows] Mitchell’s legacy in action and how younger generations of musicians carry forth her spirit of imagination and fearless reconfiguration.” // Back in June, Mitchell held her first ticketed performance in over 20 years at a sold-out Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, WA. Rolling Stone called it “The triumph of the human spirit we all desperately craved…a powerful celebration of Mitchell’s life and resiliency.”] [For The Roses was originally released on Asylum Records in November 1972. Joni Mitchell originally wrote the song “You Turn Me On I’m A Radio” in response to her record label’s desire for her to write a hit song. Mitchell reveals her purpose on lines such as, “And I’m sending you out this signal here, I hope you can pick it up loud and clear”. She believed that including words in the song about radio themes would convince stations to play the recording. The song was recorded in preparation for Mitchell’s upcoming fifth studio album in Hollywood, California, United States at A&M Studios. Although Graham Nash, David Crosby, and Neil Young all contributed to the recording session for the song, only the harmonica piece performed by Graham Nash was included on the official release. “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” was released as a single in November 1972 via Asylum Records. The song became Mitchell’s first top-ten hit in Canada, reaching the tenth position on the RPM Top Singles chart. Additionally, the single became her first top-forty hit in the United States, reaching number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside North America, “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” peaked within the top-forty on the Australian Kent Music Report chart. The single was included on Mitchell’s fifth studio effort For the Roses, which was issued in November 1972. Released between her 2 biggest commercial and critical successes – “Blue” and “Court & Spark”. In 2007 it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. “For the Roses” was Mitchell’s farewell to the business; she took an extended break for a year after. The album was critically acclaimed with The New York Times saying “Each of Mitchell’s songs on For the Roses is a gem glistening with her elegant way with language, her pointed splashes of irony & her perfect shaping of images. Never does Mitchell voice a thought or feeling commonly. She’s a songwriter and singer of genius who can’t help but make us feel we are not alone.”]

10:23 – Pledge Break #2

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, and Nicolette Paige.

Today on WMM we are celebrating 15 Fearless Women with musical tracks 12 of our Favorite New & MidCoastal musical releases and three incredible Guest Hosts who help keep Community Radio alive and on the air. 90.1 FM KKFI’s non-profit organization and governing body is the MidCoast Radio Project. MidCoastal is where we are, on the coasts of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers with a music community that spans the Kansas City Metro region and west to Lawrence and Topeka and south to Olathe and east to Columbia and North to St Joseph. Not necessarily the reach of our 100,000 watt signal but definitely the reach of our community.

WMM and KKFI are committed to featuring artists under-represented in other media, and that includes the music community that lives within Kansas City and Lawrence and the area radiance of our 100 watt signal. The story of Kansas City’s Arts and Music Community is our primary objective on WMM, where for over 19 + years we have shined a light on this music and the artists who create it, and that story also include the music labels who help get this music out into the community and beyond Kansas City. That story also includes the recording studios where this music is engineered and mastered.

Wednesday MidDay Medley 90.1 FM was the first radio show and first radio station to ever play many if these amazing musical artists. WMM was the first to play the recordings of: Calvin Arsenia, and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, and Krystle Warren, and The Black Creatures and KD Kuro, The Shy Boys, The Salvation Choir. We were the first to interview these artists live on the radio and bring their music to a wider audience.

Timothy Finn Kansas City area music writer named WMM “The Best Place to Hear Local Music on the Radio.” and the Best Place to hear area musicians talk about their music.

10:32

6. Keo & Them – “Fool Me Once”
   from: “Fool Me Once” – Single / Midtopia / October 6, 2023
   Keo & Them released “Don’t Say: as a “single” with the tracks: “Be Still” and “Money Grooves (feat. Greg Spero) on June 2, 2023. Kei & Them are from Wichita, Kansas. // For Wichita-based, Texas-raised singer/songwriter Keo, making music is as much about the one creates and the songs one writes as it is about making deeper connections with the other people partaking in an artistic journey. From the unique flavors, perspectives, and performances they each contribute, Keo finds the “Them” that brings her project Keo & Them full circle. // First formed and conceptualized by Keo in 2018, the collective consists of Keo and a revolving door of musicians and collaborators, each of whose contributions would leave an indelible mark on the project’s ever-adapting sound that merges the worlds of 70’s pop and R&B with the moody glow of contemporary neo-soul and beyond. For Keo, the project’s sole constant member, the fluid line-up allowed her to become immersed and acquainted with a Wichita music scene she was completely new to and overwhelmed by. Through meeting, jamming, and performing with the Kansas town’s tight-knit and eclectic music scene in which Keo found something akin to a family. // With the band’s new EP, Don’t Say, finding that familial connection made for a crucial milestone, as the record is a deeply personal work that showcases Keo’s songwriting in a more vulnerable and brutally honest lens than ever before. As a result, the “Them” heard on Don’t Say consists of people Keo holds incredibly dear: Nathan Harrison (guitar), Cece Raheb (Bass), and Dexter McCoy(drums), with the latter two being part of Keo & Them’s first ever iteration. At its core Don’t Say is a record about acceptance of oneself within oneself, from the quirks that make us unique to the flaws and shortcomings that make us human beings. Between the soulful, somber sway of “Don’t Say,” to the stoic yet brutally honest self-reflection of “Be Still” and culminating in the funk-tinged, content confidence radiating throughout “Money Grooves”, Keo brings listeners along on a vulnerable story of self-growth wrapped in a three-track package of suave, cleverly arranged neo-soul. // More info at: http://www.keoandthem.com]

[Keo & Them play Outer Reaches Fest, on Saturday, October 14 at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO, On the Les BonsBons Electrique stage w/ Sweeping Promises, Static Phantoms, Alyssa Murray]

7. Samara Joy – “Linger Awhile”
   from: Linger Awhile / Verve / September 16, 2022
   [ With her GRAMMY-Award winning and chart-topping album, Linger Awhile, 23-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable Verve Records. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her legions of fans in addition to millions of likes on TikTok — cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz singing star. In February 2023, Samara Joy took home two GRAMMYs – Best Jazz Vocal Album and the auspicious Best New Artist award.// Samara Joy McLendon, is known professionally as Samara Joy. She is an American jazz singer. She won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019 and was named Best New Artist by Jazz Times for 2021. // A native of the Castle Hill section of the Bronx, Joy was born in 1999 into a musical family. Her paternal grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, were founders of Philadelphia gospel group The Savettes. Her father, a bass player who has toured with gospel singer/songwriter/producer Andraé Crouch, introduced her to gospel greats like The Clark Sisters, and soul & Motown were also a big presence in her home. // At Fordham High School for the Arts she performed with the jazz band, and won Best Vocalist at Fordham University’s “Essentially Ellington” competition at Lincoln Center. But she first encountered jazz in a meaningful way when she enrolled in the jazz program at SUNY’s Purchase College as a voice major, and was named an Ella Fitzgerald Scholar. Friends there introduced her to the great jazz vocalists like Sarah Vaughan and Fitzgerald and instrumentalists like Kenny Washington, Jon Faddis (with whom she studied) and Ingrid Jensen. While she was still in college, before the release of her 1st album, film director Regina King called her “a young woman who seems like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald are both living in her body.” // In 2019, as Samara McLendon, she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. // Working with producer and eventual manager Matt Pierson, she recorded her self-titled debut album while still in college, graduating magna cum laude in 2021. Samara Joy was released on 9 July 2021 with Whirlwind Records. // On February 15, 2022 she performed on Today with guitarist Pasquale Grasso and performed again on Today in Sept. 2022. // She released a number of viral video performances, including one that had been viewed over 1.5 million times as of Oct. 2020.// In February 2021 she was featured in Women of Color on Broadway, Inc.’s music video of “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess and on jazz pianist Julius Rodriguez’s album Let Sound Tell All. // Jazz Times named her Best New Artist for 2021. // On June 15, 2022 she was featured at Carnegie Hall’s 16th Annual Notable Occasion. and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival. On Sept. 16, 2022 she released her 2nd album, Linger Awhile, on Verve Records. The album features drummer Kenny Washington, guitarist Pasquale Grasso, pianist Ben Paterson, & bassist David Wong. // On Feb. 5, 2023, Samara Joy won 2 Grammy Awards, for Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album for Linger Awhile // A few weeks ago on September 8, 2023, Two-time GRAMMY-winner Samara Joy has returned with her new single “Tight.” Featuring Joy with her working band (pianist Luther Allison, bassist Mikey Migliore and drummer Evan Sherman), the track was recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in NYC. Originally written by Betty Carter and a true showcase of Joy’s incredible range, “Tight” has been a fan favorite during Joy’s onstage sets. // The release of “Tight” continues a whirlwind year that saw Joy take home the auspicious Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album awards at this year’s GRAMMY’s. Joy also released the deluxe edition of her album Linger Awhile, which includes brand new music plus fan favorites like “Guess Who I Saw Today” and “Can’t Get Out Of This Mood.” // Since Samara’s breakout GRAMMY wins, Linger Awhile has reached #1 on Amazon Best Sellers, Billboard Jazz, Pandora Trendsetters, iTunes and Amazon’s digital-music and CD sales, and more. Samara has garnered over nearly 1 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, and tour dates all over the world have sold out. //.]

[Samara Joy plays The Folly Theatre, 300 W 12th St. KCMO on Saturday, October 14, 2023]

10:38 – Pledge Break #3

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, & Nicolette Paige

On June 28, 2023 about 15 weeks ago, Wednesday MidDay Medley celebrated 1000 Shows! 1000 weeks of broadcasts, with LIVE performances in our 90.1 FM Studios from: Madisen Ward, Mikal Shapiro, Calvin Arsenia, IVORY BLUE, Stephonne, Poet Jen Harris.

1000 weeks equaled 2000 hours of radio, 30,000 hours of preparation, over 2900 Interviews, 2500 guests, and over 20,000 songs, from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues and listeners and communities. Wednesday MidDay Medley has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music scene, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases.

WMM has presented new formats in radio, with our “A Story In A Song” series, and our special shows featuring: Apocalypse Meow, Crossroads Music Fest, Folk Alliance, Manor Fest, International, The Outer Reaches Festival, Boulevardia. KC Fringe Festival, Owen Cox Dance Group, Bach Aria Soloists, KC Pride, and our annual tribute shows to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., David Bowie, Iris Dement, Pioneers of Punk, LGBTQIA Themes, Black Lives Matter and interviews with Tommy Ramone, Iris Dement, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin. Plus, our annual 4-week special: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of the Year.

To say we’ve been inspired by the KC music scene, is an understatement. The KC music community is fueled by a collaborative and generous heart that is beating in so many of the artists we’ve met while doing this show. We are inspired by the Fearless Women who created radio on 90.1 FM long before us: our friend April Fletcher who plays bass professionally in Los Angeles, and hosted Mix Well Before Serving on 90.1 in 1988 on KKFI’s first year of broadcast, and this year returned after 35 years to host and produce WMM. And our friend Anne Winter, who left us in 2009, and reminded us how we’re all connected. At Anne’s funeral we realized that we are connected to hundreds of other people who Anne had touched with her gentle, wise, guidance and had nudged into taking a job, going out on a stage, organzing an event, doing a radio show. We were all connected, she had loved us all and supported us, and some of us made a pact to do just a little bit of what Anne did, if we all did a little we could continue her work to help build our community, that is how we keep Anne alive in our heart. And through collaboration, and shining a light, like Abigail Hope Henderson, who we lost in 2013, but not before she ignited a movement to create the Midwest Music Foundation supporting heath care needs and mental health care for the music community. I’m inspired by the diverse , intelligent, motivated, listeners, looking for place on the dial, where they can connect to the stories & music & voice of our community.

Today we celebrate the pure idea of community radio, free form radio, radio that tells the story of the people who live here, the artists, the writers, the teachers, the performers. We celebrate 1015 weeks of WMM, the show that has brought us together, at this time, on this frequency, in these community airwaves. Thanks for listening.

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10:45

8. Carla Thomas – “Sweet Sensation”
   from: Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos selections / Concord / Oct. 2, 2023
   [In its heyday, Stax Records was synonymous with soul music’s biggest stars – from Otis Redding and Carla Thomas to Sam & Dave and The Staple Singers. But behind their iconic hits was a talented team of songwriters. Craft Recordings celebrates the work of these unsung heroes with the collection Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos. The 7-disc box set includes 146 demos (140 previously unreleased) from Stax’s legendary roster of songwriters, including Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks, and William Bell. From early sketches of classic ’60s and ’70s hits to never-before-heard songs with full-blown arrangements, Written in Their Soul offers fans a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the storied Memphis label. // Compiled by multiple GRAMMY®-winning producer Cheryl Pawelski, the songs featured on Written in Their Soul fall into three categories: demos that were released by artists at Stax or its subsidiary imprints, including Volt, We Produce, and Enterprise (CDs 1–3); demos by Stax songwriters that were released by artists on other labels, such as Atlantic and Decca (CD 4); and a trove of hit-worthy recordings that were never released (CDs 5–7). Adding context to these songs are notes by Pawelski, plus a new essay by Emmy® and GRAMMY-winning writer/producer Robert Gordon (Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story) and Stax’s original Director of Publicity, Deanie Parker, who later served as the founding President and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, which encompasses the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, among other educational organizations. Ms. Parker, who joined the Stax fold in 1962, was also a songwriter at the label. // “Demo recordings are often tossed off without inhibition, just writer and tape recorder sharing an intimate space,” writes compilation producer Cheryl Pawelski. “I love all these songs as they tumbled out for the first time. They’re filled with the joy and magic of discovering something that wasn’t there moments before. Suddenly, there it is, a song filled with the hope of finding an audience, of saying something, of moving someone.” That magic is palpable throughout Written in Their Soul, which captures some of America’s best songwriters laying down their ideas (often for the first time) on tape. // A fascinating example is Henderson Thigpen’s “Woman to Woman,” which became a signature hit for Shirley Brown in 1974. The idea for the song first came to Thigpen when he heard his wife talking about two women fighting over the same man. “When two men get serious,” Thigpen recalled, “they say, ‘Let’s talk man to man,’ so I thought of these ladies saying, ‘Woman to woman, let’s hash this out.’” // Gordon and Parker point out that the “Woman to Woman” demo is notable in that it is voiced by a male artist, but written from a female perspective. This, they say, “is an expression of a great songwriter’s skill – the ability to inhabit any character, even those not of their gender. While it was a matter of economics for the songwriter to sing across gender boundaries – if the writers brought in an outside vocalist, they’d have to pay them or have a fee taken from their royalties – the real achievement is the writers’ ability to so comfortably imagine themselves as someone else.” // Not all of the demos stray far from their final versions – in fact, fans may recognize some songs immediately. Homer Banks’ demo for “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right” (written with Carl Hampton) is a prime example. Originally intended for the Emotions, the song was shelved, only to be discovered two years later by Luther Ingram. The singer-songwriter, who stayed true to Bank’s demo, turned the song into one of the biggest hits of 1972. // Gordon and Parker note that the strength of this demo gave the songwriting duo greater creative responsibilities. “The similarity between [the] demo and Luther’s final release was strong enough to push Homer and Carl into taking more control of the sessions. ‘We found other producers were literally copying the demos and having hits,’ Homer [recalled]. ‘So…we simply decided that we were going to produce!’” // Stax was also home to several female songwriters – a rarity at that time. One of the label’s first big stars, Carla Thomas, was a prolific writer who penned her debut hit, “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes),” when she was just 15. Thomas’ work is exemplified here on multiple demos – the majority of which she would record herself – as well as several unreleased songs, including “Let’s Be Sure” and “It’s Up to You.” Some of Deanie Parker’s unreleased work is also highlighted, including demos of “Spin It” and “Nobody Wants to Get Old” with Mack Rice. // Among Stax’s most prolific songwriters was Bettye Crutcher, whose songs in this collection include solo compositions as well as collaborations, including works with her hitmaking team We Three (featuring Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson). But Crutcher had plenty of challenges to overcome, explains Parker. “She realized that there were barriers, that the writers had turf, and to be a woman in that environment was extremely difficult. // Crutcher, who passed away last October, told Gordon and Parker, “These guys just didn’t want to accept a girl coming in there doing what they were doing…I really was going to have to win them with my work, they were not going to give me any edge.” Written in Their Soul offers more than two dozen demos by Crutcher – a testament to her talents and tireless work ethic. Adds Parker, “I’ve never seen anybody who could write as many songs in one sitting as Bettye – she was like a machine!” // Other highlights from Crutcher’s rich collection of work include the previously-unreleased feminist anthem by We Three, “Too Much Sugar For A Dime.” Written In Their Soul includes two versions of the song: a raw demo, performed by Homer Banks, followed by a flashier rendition by Crutcher that features a full band, backup singers, and supremely funky guitar licks by Bobby Manuel, who frequently collaborated with the songwriter. // While it is thrilling to hear the early workings of classic Stax tracks, an equal portion of Written In Their Soul is devoted to the songs that never made it out into the world. Many of these tracks are fully-realized studio recordings that were sent to publishers for copywriting purposes. // Looking back at the breadth of demos collected here, Parker marvels, “This music has lasted over fifty years, and it’s still being studied, emulated, enjoyed. It has earned the right to become a tool used to teach a new generation: Culture. Music. Arts. Man’s humanity to man. There’s so many lessons to be learned from these demos, from the Stax vault, from the songwriters at Stax…But every great song starts with something that hits you.” Artist represented: March Wind, Homer Banks, William Bell, The Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Deanie Parker, Eddie Floyd, Bettye Crutcher, Mack Rice, Wendy Rene, Veda Brown, and Henderson Thigpen.] [Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is best known for her 1960s recordings for Atlantic and Stax including the hits “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)” (1960), “B-A-B-Y” (1966) and “Tramp” (1967), a duet with Otis Redding. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas. // Thomas was born and raised in the Foote Homes Projects in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Along with her siblings, Marvell and Vaneese, she was one of three musical children of Rufus and Lorene Thomas. Despite growing up in the projects, the Thomas family lived near the Palace Theater on Beale Street, as Rufus was the theater’s Master of Ceremonies (MC) for their amateur shows. This access not only gave Thomas her first taste of the music world but it also provided a springboard for her transformation into the Queen of the Memphis Sound. // After her last Stax recording in 1971, Love Means…, and an appearance in Wattstax in 1972, Thomas slipped into relative obscurity when compared to her 1960s musical heyday. She featured in a number of modern-day projects, including a 1994 compilation of her greatest hits, a 2002 live recording of a Memphis performance and the 2007 release Live at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, D.C., a long lost live recording of Thomas in 1967. She would also occasionally tour during the 1980s and became heavily involved in the “Artists in the Schools” program that provided Memphis schoolchildren with access to successful artists. These workshops were organized to talk to teenagers about music, performing arts and drug abuse. In 1991, she appeared with her father at the Porretta Terme Soul Festival. In 1993, Thomas was awarded the prestigious Pioneer Award, along with such musical heavyweights as James Brown and Solomon Burke, from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation in honor of her career achievements. She was featured in the 2003 documentary Only the Strong Survive, that was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and showcased important Stax recording artists. In 2021, Thomas featured on Valerie June’s single “Call Me a Fool”, which received a GRAMMY nomination for Best American Roots Song.]

9. MeShell Ndegeocello – “Call The Tune”
   from: The Omnichord Real Book / Blue Note – Verve / June 16, 2023
   [13th album from acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her career. Following her 2018 album Ventriloquism, Meshell returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad spectrum of her musical roots. The Omnichord Real Book was produced by Josh Johnson and features a wide range of guest artists including Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, and others. // Meshell Ndegeocello was born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968 in West Berlin, Germany, to US Army Sergeant Major and saxophonist father Jacques Johnson and health care worker mother Helen. She was raised in Washington, D.C. where she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Oxon Hill High School. She is a singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her later work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae and rock. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, being nominated for eleven Grammy Awards, and winning one. She also has been credited for helping to “spark the neo-soul movement”. // Ndegeocello adopted her surname, which she says means “free like a bird” in Swahili. Early pressings of Plantation Lullabies were affixed with stickers to help pronounce her name. The spelling has changed in the hands of record labels a few times during her career; the correct spelling of her stage name as of 2001 is Meshell Ndegeocello.]

10:50 – Pledge Break #4

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, & Nicolette Paige

Where can I find out about what is happening in my community?

Labor Rights, Renter’s Rights, The Environment, The Kansas City Visual & Literary Arts , The Performing Arts, Women’s Issues, Native American Issues, LGBTQIA Issue, Urban Issues, Black Lives Matter, Black Owned Businesses, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Classical, Hip Hop, Folk, Women’s Music, Indie Rock, Pop, Electronica, Punk

…the answer: KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio. Radio Powered by Diversity

KKFI is an Independent, non-commercial radio station! Now, more than ever, Independent, Community Media is important for our world. KKFI is owned by the Active Members who volunteer to keep KKFI alive! We are here to listen to you, to share your concerns, and offer resources and information. Along with our National Public Affairs shows like Democracy Now and Alternative Radio we offer more locally produced public affairs programs than anywhere else on the dial. We offer programs specifically produced for the LGBTQIA Community, Women’s Issues, Native American News and Culture, Middle Eastern Music and Information, Latino Programming, African American Public Affairs and Community News, Labor and Worker’s Unions, our prison population and justice system, environmental programming, Visual and Literary Arts, and Performing Arts.

Just remember what you don’t have to hear when you are tuned to 90.1 FM KKFI! –- No commercials! We do have brief underwriting announcements, recognizing those who financially contribute to support non-profit community radio. At KKFI there is no automated robot playing the same 40 songs in a “rotation,” based on a formula, created by a singular programmer of the robot. KKFI is the opposite of a robot. There is always human being on the end of the phone line anytime you call 816-931-0901.

90.1 offers 100 different radio programs. 85 of these programs are locally, produced, hosted, engineered and written by over 100 different people, who create content, and personally handcraft each show, each week. There are 64 local music shows and 21 locally produced News, Public Affairs, Arts & Talk shows. You will not find this kind of representative diversity anywhere else on your radio dial. Or from any singular source on your computer. It is very special. It needs to be nourished and kept alive in a world of corporate, nationally owned, commercial or religious broadcasting.

Not only do we bring the most diverse and unfiltered news and information, but our musical playlists are deep, and comprehensive. In one week you can hear over 2000 different songs played, in Blues, Jazz, Folk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Classical, World, Americana, Southern Soul, Fusion, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Electronic, Native, Local, Old Timey, Rockabilly, Women’s, Children’s, Gospel, and Experimental. With all of this, you hear the voices from the hundreds of KKFI volunteers, and thousands of guests from the community, who share their stories, broadcast live from our non-commercial, midtown studios, at 39th & Main, in the center of our metro, across two states, a collective of communities, and thousands of listeners. What is this worth to you?

10:57

10. Julia Othmer – “White Rabbit”
    from: White Rabbit – Single / Fricken’ Awesome Records / August 29, 2021 (Unreleased)
    [Recorded Live at Kulak’s in North Hollywood with Andy Sanesi (Missing Persons, Eminem, Arturo Sandoval) on drums, Jamie Kime (Dr. John, Zappa Plays Zappa) on guitar, and Chris Roy (Nancy Sinatra, Don Randi) on bass. This year Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. From those songs Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be released together on “Seeds.” In 2020 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st album, OASIS MOTEL. In 2018 and 2019 Julia toured with The Alarm in U.S. and United Kingdom. More info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.]

[Julia Othmer plays Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM featuring poets, Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer and more. For more information visit https://bit.ly/GhostLight23%5D

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – Interview with Karen Lisondra

Karen Lisondra is a multifaceted performer/director/educator who spent over a decade doing devised theatrical work in South America, touring the globe with two prestigious theatre companies, Fuerza Bruta and Teatro de Los Andes. She co-founded Resonation Music and Arts with her husband, Amado Espinoza, to inspire curiosity and respect for world cultures, stimulate creativity, and promote a sense of togetherness through music and art in the classroom and beyond.

Karen Lisondra, is the Associate Director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two FREE outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO. Arts & Mask Making for all ages will happen 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM, with a Haunted Parade starting at 7:00 PM led by Amado Espinoza and Karen Lisondra. The GHOST LIGHT performances will begin at 7:30 PM featuring poets, Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer.

Karen Lisondra Thank you for being with us on WMM

Kansas City Repertory Theatre Announces Artists of 4th Annual Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Storie From KC’s Cultural Crossroads

Two Outdoor Performances Oct. 13 and 14 @ Roanoke Park
FOOD TRUCKS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND MORE!

Kansas City, Mo. (Sept. 12, 2023) – Kansas City Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Stuart Carden today announced the artists in the return of 4th Annual Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two FREE outdoor performances Oct. 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park (3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO 64111). Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will last approximately 90 minutes.

4th Annual Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads returns after packed performances in its last three seasons. Ghost Light features extraordinary musicians, writers, and storytellers that reflect the cultural riches of our KC community, art-making opportunities, and a chance for little-ones to march in the Ghost Light Orchestra and our Haunted Parade. Costumes are encouraged!

ARTISTS – Storytellers include Glenn North (poet) and Mary Silwance (poet). Each night will also feature a winner of the Kansas City Public Library Ghost Story writing contest.

Bands include Black Light Animals and Jass, musician Julia Othmer and J Buch, the youth musician from Art as Mentorship, will also perform.

Music-Making for all & Haunted Parade led by Amado Espinoza & Karen Lisondra.

Original Environmental Design by Rafael Toribio
Environmental Installation by KCRep Props Department
Carden will emcee both performances.

Carden stated, “The beautiful & atmospheric surrounds and tremendous audience turn-out last year has lured us back to the wooded, limestone cliffs of Roanoke Park for our 4th Annual Ghost Light. We are so excited to build on our tradition of sharing original ghost stories & songs of hauntings and the haunted created by a rich array of Kansas City artists and performed just for you. “ He continued, ”This year we are expanding our all-ages arts engagement to both nights of performances and invite all to come out early for mask and lantern-making, learn to play a pan-flute with musician Amado Espinosa and join the Ghost Light Orchestra, & march in the music filled haunted parade. Plus, more food trucks, kid drinks, & City Barrel brews & this is going to be a ghostly celebration for all.”

4th Annual Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads – Oct. 13 & 14, 2023 | Roanoke Park – Conceived & Directed by Stuart Carden

4th Annual Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads returns! This hybrid concert and ghost-story event weaves together local storytellers and musicians to share frighteningly fun tales from KC’s cultural crossroads that will leave you shaking with excitement! Costumes encouraged!

Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14 (ASL on Saturday evening show)

4:30 – 7:00 PM – Ghost Light Arts Engagement for All Ages
Ghost Light Orchestra – Amado Espinoza and Karen Lisondra
Mask Making – Concept by Rafael Toribio
Luminary Making – Concept by Rafael Toribio
7:00 – 7:30 PM – The Haunted Parade w/ Arts Engagement all-ages participants – Led by Karen Lisondra and Amado Espinoza
7:30 – 9:00 PM – Ghost Light Performance

Ghost Light is open to the public. RSVP at: https://kcrep.org/event/ghost-light-2023/ .
For more information about the 2023-2024 season, call Ticketing Services, 816-235-2700, or visit https://kcrep.org/.

Seating is general admission, outside on a grass lawn and is ADA accessible. Parking is free & available at lots on the KCMO Parks grounds and the surrounding area. Food and drink trucks will be on site and patrons are welcome to bring in their own food and drink as well. Restrooms are available in the Westport Roanoke Community Center.

Support – KCRep’s 2023-2024 season is underwritten by the Hall Family Foundation, Hallmark Corporate Foundation, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation, The McDonnell Foundation, Inc., The Shubert Foundation, the Missouri Arts Council (a state agency, whose gift is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts), Theater League, and University of Missouri Kansas City.

Partners for the events are Roanoke Park Conservancy , Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City Parks and Recreation, Art as Mentorship, and Kissick Construction.

Young People – Submit Your Ghost Story – The KB Public Library, in partnership with the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library and Kansas City Repertory Theatre, invites kids ages 10-14 to share their spooky tales for its annual Youth Ghost Story Contest. Entrants must live in the service area of one of the two libraries and can submit a short story or poetry – or multiple entries – from September 1 through September 30. Submissions must be no more than 600 words and must be original – in the writer’s own words. For more details, go to https://www.kclibrary.org/ghoststorycontest . Winning entries will be performed at Ghost Light and featured in videos on the Kansas City Public Library’s youth YouTube channel.

KC Rep is celebrating 60 years of transformative theater, KC Rep is a cultural catalyst at the center of our nation’s creative crossroads. Upholding their mission to inspire, entertain, and open minds by creating transformative theatre experiences for all KCRep produces world-renowned classic works and world premieres on their two mainstages, in unique spaces, and throughout the community. Lauded by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Variety and The Toronto Sun, KCRep regularly produces at Spencer Theatre, where it serves as the professional theatre in residence at the UMKC, and Copaken Stage located in downtown Kansas City. Under Artistic Director Stuart Carden and Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras, KCRep employs more than 150 professional artists, technicians, and administrators, and historically serves more than 60,000 patrons and 10,000 school children annually. To receive KCRep updates: http://www.facebook.com/KCREP, @KCRep or Instagram(@KCRepTheatre) or YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kansascityrep.

Karen Lisonra Thanks for being with us on WMM.

Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM featuring poets, Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer and more. For more information visit https://bit.ly/GhostLight23

11:11

11. Jass & The Boys – “Daydream Girl (feat. Jass & Black Light Animals)”
    from: “Daydream Girl”- Single / Groove King Records / August 25, 2023
    [New single from Jass & The Boys follows their earlier single, “Gvn2u(feat. Jass & Black Light Animals)” released on July 14, 2023, and “Love U Like I Love U (feat. Jass & Black Light Animals) “ released December 2, 2022 through Groocve King Records. “The Boys” are the members of Black Light Animals: Colby Bales, Branden Moser, & Cody Calhoun. Colby and Branden also are pare of the Freedom Affair. Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch released the EP OFFKEY: TOO HIGH on September 23, 2022. Jass released her single “Higher Ground” on August 16, 2022. It was WMM’s #1 Single in our 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, and 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 played The Essence Festival, Apocalypse Meow, Manor Fest, Farmers Ball, KC Monarchs, recordBar, Bottleneck, Mutual Musicians Foundation, Grinders, Sofar Sounds, The Uptown Theatre . She has shared the stages with The New Respects, Thundercat, Old Sound, and many others. More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]

[Jass & The Boys play Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM featuring poets, Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer and more. For more information visit https://bit.ly/GhostLight23%5D

11:16 – Pledge Break #5

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, & Nicolette Paige

90.1 FM KKFI offers loads and loads of information about what is going on in the community. Not only does this show interview 150 guest each year, not only do we play nearly 900 different songs with more than half of those being locally produced, but we also shine a light on area not-for-profit theatre companies, art museums & galleries, area festivals, service organizations, area record labels and record stores, the area music scene, arts scene, theatre scene, literary arts scene, political action scene.

Here are all of the organizations, people, and events we’ve helped shine a light on so far in 2023: KC Repertory Theatre, Outer Reaches Fest, Owen/Cox Dance Group, No Divide KC, The Folly Theatre, The Kinsey Sicks, recordBar, Lawrence Arts Center, Manor Records, The Rino, KC Blues Society, Records With Merritt, Kansas City Star, Lawrence Music Alliance, MixMaster Music Conference, Midwest Music Foundation, KC Gift, Briarfest, Warwick Theatre, The Record Machine, Synergy Systems, Lemonade Park, Crossroads Music Festival, The Ship, The Black Box Theatre, Amplify Lawrence, Quindaro Ruins, Music Writing of Dave Marsh, Innovation Festival, Queer Narratives Fest, Art in the Loop, The documentary film: NO PLACE LIKE HOME: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HATE IN KANSAS, KC Fringe Festival, Make Music Day, Boulevardia, Arts in The Park, UMKC Conservatory of Music, The Emerald, The Crossroads Hotel, High Dive Records, Greenwood Social Hall, KC Folk Fest, Manor Fest, One Voice Radio, KC Farm School at Gibbs Road, Center Cut Records, KKFI Band Auction, Charlotte Street Foundation, Women’s History Month!, KC Punk Shindig!, Sweet Honey in The Rock, University of Missouri at Columbia, Lawrence Public Library, I Heart Local Music, Black History Month, Mr. Furious Records, Bach Aria Soloists, Folk Alliance International, Martin Luther King Jr., Tribute to David Bowie, Tribute to Iris DeMent

11:25

12. Bitch & Roma Baran – “Polar Bear (Roma Baran Remix)”
    from: “Polar Bear (Roma Baran Remix)” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / September 26, 2023
    [Bitch is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever” when she released “Bitchcraft,” her ninth studio album, on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars. Bitchcraft, was also included by Yahoo on their list of the top ten albums of 2022. With her signature electric violin and lyrical smarts front and center over huge beats and deep synths, Bitch coined the genre “Poet Pop” and she has been touring nationally ever since, igniting her loyal following and inspiring new followers with her colorful and bold stage shows. // “Bitchcraft is a masterpiece,” said Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, who, along with Ani Difranco, have taken Bitch on tour as their opener. Joey Soloway (Transparent) directed the music video for “Easy Target.” // In addition to headlining over 70 shows in 2022, Bitch honed her acting chops and played a role in the new Audible podcast of Alison Bechdel’s “Dykes To Watch Out For,” alongside Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein and Roxane Gay. The series was directed by Leigh Silverman, and Bitch co-wrote a song for it with Faith Soloway. // Bitch first achieved notoriety as one half of the queer folk duo Bitch and Animal. The band toured with Ani DiFranco, and released two albums on her label Righteous Babe Records. In the mid 2000s, Bitch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in John Cameron Mitchell’s film “Shortbus,” co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, produced two albums of her elder and folk hero Ferron. // Bitchcraft, Bitch’s first album in eight years, is one that makes you think and makes you dance. It was recorded in LA, Austin, Provincetown, and Boston. Full of violins, synths, and huge vocals, the record is neon pink and in your face. It’s Joni Mitchell set to a click track; it’s queer Cyndi Lauper and will hex you with its brilliance. It also makes you think: about the state of the world, about evil politicians, about what it means to exist as a woman, and how to find joy along the way.

[Bitch will play recordBar on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 PM with Crys Matthews.]

11:30 – Interview with Bitch

Singer songwriter Bitch released her acclaimed album BITCHCRAFT last year through Kill Rock Stars. Bitch makes witchy poet pop music, with violins & synthesizers, and the songs are spectral, heartbreaking, political, & beautiful. “Bitchcraft” is the long-standing queer icon’s 9th studio album. Bitch first achieved notoriety as one half of the queer folk duo Bitch and Animal. The band went on to tour with Ani DiFranco, who signed the duo to her label Righteous Babe Records. In the mid 2000s, Bitch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in John Cameron Mitchell‘s film Shortbus, co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, produced two albums of her elder folk hero Ferron, and licensed her music to The L Word. Eight years ago, she began to weave together her latest record Bitchcraft that was born in a move from New York City, where Bitch had lived for 15 years, to a log cabin in the woods. It was there, in the cabin, that Bitch began to write some of the songs that would appear on Bitchcraft. Bitch will play recordBar on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 PM with Crys Matthews. Info at: http://www.bitchmusic.com or http://www.therecordbar.com

Bitch, thanks for being with us on WMM.

“Bitchcraft is a masterpiece,” said Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, who, along with Ani Difranco, have taken Bitch on tour as their opener. 

“Bitchcraft is poppy and poetic and will appeal to her loyal fan-base as well as put her on the map for new audiences to discover.”—Brooklyn Vegan

“Danceworthy political anthems, environmental lamentations, and operatic instrumentals. Bitchcraft shows a stunning range that ultimately reveals how an album can draw on multiple genres while remaining a powerful and poptastic whole.”—Louder than War

Bitch is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever.” “Bitchcraft,” her 9th studio album, was included by Yahoo on their list of the top ten albums of 2022. Bitch coined the genre “Poet Pop” and has been touring nationally ever since, igniting fans with her bold stage shows.

Headlining over 70 shows in 2022, Bitch also played a role in the Audible podcast of Alison Bechdel’s “Dykes To Watch Out For,” with Jane Lynch, & Carrie Brownstein, directed by Leigh Silverman. Bitch co-wrote a song for it with Faith Soloway. 

Bitch makes witchy poet pop. She does it with violins and synthesizers, and the songs she writes are spectral, heartbreaking, political, and beautiful.

Bitch grew up with a tap dancing studio in the basement of her childhood home, and began playing the violin, her first love, as a young child. Bitch first achieved notoriety as one half of the queer folk duo Bitch & Animal. The band went on to tour with Ani DiFranco, whom they caught the ears of while playing a gig at a pizza shop in Provincetown on Cape Cod.

In the mid 2000s, Bitch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in the John Cameron Mitchell film Shortbus, co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, produced two albums of her elder folk hero Ferron, and licensed her music to The L Word. Eight years ago, she began to weave together Bitchcraft, her latest record.

Bitchcraft was born in a move from New York City, where Bitch had lived for 15 years, to a log cabin in the woods. There was all the time in the world to make art, and it was there, in the cabin, that Bitch began to write some of the songs that would appear on Bitchcraft. “It gave me space to think about the biggest version of myself that I could be,” she says of those early days in the cabin. The songs she wrote were a departure from anything she’d ever written before, and she began to craft huge pop tracks with the help of her trusty violin. Then, she moved to LA and Bitchcraft began to shapeshift again.

To complete her album, Bitch called on Anne Preven and God-des who helped her crystalize her vision in terms of writing and production. She called on Roma Baran (Laurie Anderson) to produce the violins on “Polar Bear.” She called on Melissa York (Team Dresch, The Butchies) and Faith Soloway (Transparent) to co-write a couple of the songs. Joey Soloway (Transparent) also directed the music video for “Easy Target”

Bitchcraft is like Joni Mitchell set to a click track, it’s queer Cyndi Lauper. It’s neon pink, in your face, ready to hex you with its brilliance. It’s an unbelievably fun record that is extremely capable of breaking your heart a little bit. It also makes you think: about the state of the world, about evil politicians, about what it means to exist as a woman, and how to find joy along the way.

Bitch Discography

“Polar Bear (Roma Baran Remix)” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / September 26, 2023
“You’re The Man” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / January 12, 2023
Bitchcraft (11 track album) / Kill Rock Stars / February 4, 2022
“Easy Target” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / November 10, 2021
“Hello Meadow” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / October 6, 2021
“Boys of Summer” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / September 21, 2021
“Come to My Window” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / September 15, 2021
“Standing in The way of Control” – Single / Kill Rock Stars / June 17, 2021
Blasted! (11 track album) / Short Story Records / March 23, 2010
Make This Break This (11 track album) / Capital B Records / October 10, 2006
The Be-Sides (One Take Wonders and Poems) / Capital B Records / September 20, 2005
“Tiny Tree Christmas”-Single/ Bitch & John Cameron Mitchell / Kill Rock Stars / 12/9/’21

Bitch and Animal Discography

Sour Juice and Rhyme (12 track album) / Righteous Babe Records / June 10, 2003
What’s That Smell? (13 track album) / Righteous Babe Records / November 9, 1999
Eternally Hard (14 track album) / Righteous Babe Records / September 10, 1997

Bitch, thank yo so much for being with us on WMM.

Bitch will play recordBar on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 PM with Folk Music award winning artist, Crys Matthews. Info at: http://www.bitchmusic.com or http://www.therecordbar.com

11:41

13. Bitch – “Easy Target”
    from: BITCHCRAFT / Kill Rock Stars / February 4, 2022
    [Bitch is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever” when she released “Bitchcraft,” her ninth studio album, on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars. Bitchcraft, was also included by Yahoo on their list of the top ten albums of 2022. With her signature electric violin and lyrical smarts front and center over huge beats and deep synths, Bitch coined the genre “Poet Pop” and she has been touring nationally ever since, igniting her loyal following and inspiring new followers with her colorful and bold stage shows. // “Bitchcraft is a masterpiece,” said Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, who, along with Ani Difranco, have taken Bitch on tour as their opener. Joey Soloway (Transparent) directed the music video for “Easy Target.” // In addition to headlining over 70 shows in 2022, Bitch honed her acting chops and played a role in the new Audible podcast of Alison Bechdel’s “Dykes To Watch Out For,” alongside Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein and Roxane Gay. The series was directed by Leigh Silverman, and Bitch co-wrote a song for it with Faith Soloway. // Bitch first achieved notoriety as one half of the queer folk duo Bitch and Animal. The band toured with Ani DiFranco, and released two albums on her label Righteous Babe Records. In the mid 2000s, Bitch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in John Cameron Mitchell’s film “Shortbus,” co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, produced two albums of her elder and folk hero Ferron. // Bitchcraft, Bitch’s first album in eight years, is one that makes you think and makes you dance. It was recorded in LA, Austin, Provincetown, and Boston. Full of violins, synths, and huge vocals, the record is neon pink and in your face. It’s Joni Mitchell set to a click track; it’s queer Cyndi Lauper and will hex you with its brilliance. It also makes you think: about the state of the world, about evil politicians, about what it means to exist as a woman, and how to find joy along the way.

[Bitch will play recordBar on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 PM with Crys Matthews.]

14. Crys Matthews – “Changemakers”
    from: CHANGEMAKERS / Crys Matthews / May 26, 2021
    [Winner of the 2022 Folk Alliance International Folk Muaic Award for Song of the Year. Crys Matthews was also an Official Showcase Artist for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, More info at http://www.folk.org. Already being hailed as “the next Woody Guthrie,” Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. A powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent reflect her lived experience as what she lightheartedly calls “the poster-child for intersectionality,” Justin Hiltner of Bluegrass Situation called Matthews’s gift “a reminder of what beauty can occur when we bridge those divides.” She is made for these times and, with the release of her new, hope-fueled, love-filled social justice album Changemakers, Matthews hopes to take her place alongside some of her heroes in the world of social-justice music like Sweet Honey in the Rock and Holly Near. Of Matthews, ASCAP VP & Creative Director Eric Philbrook says, “By wrapping honest emotions around her socially conscious messages and dynamically delivering them with a warm heart and a strong voice, she lifts our spirits just when we need it most in these troubled times. // ”Matthews began performing in 2010, but cemented her acclaim at Lincoln Center as the 2017 New Song Music and Performance Competition grand prize winner. That year she also released two new projects—her album of thoughtful songs on love and life called The Imagineers, and her EP called Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers, which tackles social justice themes. Matthews also won the People’s Music Network’s Social Justice Songs contest at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance. Loyal fans quickly followed as Matthews racked up performances at large music festivals and prestigious venues across the country including the Sundance Film Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, and locally at venues like The Birchmere, TheHamilton, Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, and Jammin’ Java. In her TedTalk about difficult conversations called “Sing, Don’t Shout—An Alternative Approach” Matthews spoke about being born and raised in a small town in southeastern NorthCarolina by an A.M.E.preacher, and how she witnessed the power of music from an early age. A former drum major and classically-trained clarinetist turned folk singer, Matthews is using her voice to answer Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to be “a drum major for justice.” // “I believe in hope,” Matthews said. “As a social-justice songwriter, it is my duty to keep breathing that hope and encouragement into the people who listen to my music.” And, from the title track to the last track, Changemakers does just that all while tackling some heavy topics like immigration, the opioid crisis, Black Lives Matter, and gun safety to name a few.“ Ani DiFranco said, “People used to make records as in a record of an event,” said Matthews, “so I hope that these songs will serve as a time capsule, a record of the events of the last four years and what it was like to live through them.” Crys Matthews’s thoughtful, realistic and emotional songs speak to the voice of our generation and remind us why music indeed soothes the soul. More info at http://www.crysmatthews.com]

[Crys Matthews will play recordBar on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 PM opening for Bitch.]

11:49 – Pledge Break #6

Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre, & Nicolette Paige

KKFI offers 24-7 programming, and YOU (the listener), basically get all of this amazing programming for “free.” I, for one, love that I can turn on my radio, or computer device, and tune into the 90.1 FM’s 100, 000 watt, crystal-clear signal, and hear the music, information, news, entertainment, events, and stories, that I really cannot find anywhere else. 90.1 is my comfort, my special companion, my interesting friend, introducing me to all kinds of new & local music, as well as the news & information without the intrusion of commercials. It is radio brought to YOU by real people, who create these shows out of love, and are guided by KKFI’s noble mission that “seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.”

Driving in your car, at the office, at the gym, in your garage, in your cubicle, in your artspace, on your iPod, at your construction site, in your kitchen, in your barn, YOU can take 90.1 with you, as your companion. 90.1 FM is generally a good date. Good for a few laughs, fun to dance with, always interested in good conversation. Isn’t 90.1 FM KKFI worth a few dollars a day, or a week? So many people tune in to http://www.kkfi.org everyday, but studies show, that less than 1 percent actually donate to keep this miracle of broadcasting alive. Your support means that you will help bring this programming to folks who could not donate at this time, for whatever the reason.

This is your chance to put your money where your ears are. Please help keep this part of our public airwaves alive for our community to enjoy, free from commercials, free from religious sermonizing, free from extremely conservative and slanted right wing “talk radio,” and free from corporately “owned and cloned” robotic affiliates that play the same 15 songs everyday at the same time. YOU deserve better. YOU deserve radio that really reflects our great city, and tells the story of our great music scene, and performing arts scene, and labor rights, and women’s issues, and LBGT information, and programming specifically produced for Latinos and African Americans, working people, Jazz lovers. Support the free-form spirit that is 90.1 FM KKFI!

Marion Merritt, Joelle St. Pierre and Nicolette Paige Thank You! Thank you to everyone who donated! For WMM. I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

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15. Heidi Lynne Gluck – “I’m Not Free”
    from: MIGRATE OR DIE / Heidi Lynne Gluck / July 7, 2023
    [Heidi Lynne Gluck released the singles: “I’m Not Free” on June 2, 2023 and “Skyscraper” on June 7, 2023. Lawrence, Kansas based Heidi Lynne Gluck is a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist originally from the middle of Canada. After transplanting herself from the plains of Manitoba to the midwestern United States, Heidi quickly became an in-demand player, performing on stage and in the studio both as a solo artist and with renowned musicians including Juliana Hatfield & Some Girls, Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos, Lily & Madeleine, The Pieces, The Only Children, and others. Heidi Lynne Gluck joined us live on WMM on June 8, and August 24, 2016. Heidi Lynne Gluck released her critically acclaimed album, PONY SHOW through Lawrence based Lotuspool Records on August 26, 2016. This was the follow-up to her critically acclaimed release THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ROOM, released April 28, 2015. Heidi Lynne Gluck released the 8th edition of the Too Much Rock, limited edition, 7” vinyl Single Series on August 3, 2018, featuring her original song, “Party Line.” and the B-side, “Good Guys and Bad Guys” a new version of Camper Van Beethoven song. Heidi Lynne Gluck also plays with the band the Roseline and was a featured vocalist on “Beauty in the Distance” with Asterales. Heidi recently released two new singles with Tom Brosseau, “Sunflower” on Dec. 15, 2022, and “Under African Skies” on Feb. 17, 2023.] [Heidi Lynne Gluck joined WMM on July 12, 2023.]

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

Next week on Oct. 18, we’ll talk with Jamogi aka Byron Hyde a KC based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from LA, California, who released his EP Star-Crossed Lover on March 3, 2023, followed by a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023. Jamogi released the AGE OF AQUARIUS EP on March 3, 2023, and the single “Celebration” on Dec. 9, 2022, and the single “Anymore” on May 6, 2022. // Jamogi played the 19th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, August 26, 2023

ALSO next week Kate McCandless & Cody Wyoming join us to share details about SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES submits: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love W/ THE CODY WYOMING DEAL, Friday, October 20, 8:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO. Featuring 50ft. QUEENIE. SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES is Kate McCandless- vocals, performance, percussion // CODY WYOMING DEAL is Cody Wyoming – guitar, organ, synth, backing vox. Matt Richey-Drums, Justin Muschinske – bass, baritone, organ, guitar, synth; J. Howell – guitar, prepared guitar, sound design; Katie Gilchrist-backing vox, percussion, keys; Rachel Fuentes – cello; Joanna Metsker – violin // 50ft. QUEENIE is Amy Farrand – vox; Katie Gilchrist – vox; Julie Berndsen – vox; Chris Meck- guitar, Brandon Phillips – Guitar, Adam Phillips-drums, Chris Wagner- Bass. More info at: http://www.shespeaksintongues.com

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

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. It is a collective spirit of hundreds of people, setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the goal of keeping our airwaves, non-commercial, and open! Thank you to programmers & volunteers who made extra effort to keep our station alive

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