For 19 years Mark Manning has served as Coordinator of the KCK Organic Teaching Gardens, an Initiative of The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity, Health Careers Pathways Program, K-12. Each year Mark works with 1000 to 2000 students, between K through 8th grades, with organic, "raised bed" gardens built directly on the school grounds of three Middle Schools and four Elementary Schools in the inner city of the Kansas City, Kansas school district. Mark conducts over 440 workshops annually in classrooms at these schools. He started the project under the guidance of Marcia Pomeroy, in 1999, after working in a literacy program. The KCK Organic Teaching Gardens has been financially supported through grants from The Kauffman Foundation, and The University of Kansas Medical Center. The project has been recognized locally and nationally by The National Gardening Association, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Community Gardens, The Green Bliss Festival, The Urban Farm & Garden Tour, and on the PBS television program America's Harvest. Mark learned about gardening from his grandmother Edna Jacobsen on the family's McCool Junction, Nebraska farm. His grandmother raised a huge garden, chickens, sheep and cattle. She preserved apples, wild berry jams, and beets and virtually everything she grew was canned for consumption in winter months. Edna raised seven children with no running water and as a child lived in a sod house. His passion for the school gardening program has been fueled by the fact that he doesn't see the lessons he learned from his grandmother passed down to kids today. Kids need to know where their food comes from, especially with the rise of diabetes, and over weight Americans. We can all learn from our gardens how to treat ourselves and the world better.
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 23, 2022
Michelle Bacon’s Favorite Releases of 2022 + Wednesday MidDay Medley’s Favorite 15 Singles of 2022
We’ll play MidCoastal Releases from: Julia Haile, Blackstarkids, Hembree & Morgxn, Radkey, Kat King, Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow, Ivory Blue, Jass, Good Lemons, Flare Tha Rebel, MellowPhobia, Kye Colors, Kasey Rausch, The Creepy Jingles & The Swallowtails, The Phantastics, Pure XTC, Various Blonde, Olivia Fox, Kris Bruders, Claire Adams with Alyssa Murray, Major Matt Mason USA, Black Light Animals, and Kevin Morby.
At 10:00 AM we will spin WMM’s Favorite 15 Singles of 2022. These tracks represent the diverse talent in our MidCoastal Music Community. On November 23, after the show at 1:00 PM, check http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org and our Wednesday MidDay Medley Facebook Page and Twitter for the complete list of WMM’s 50 Favorite Singles of 2022, as previously played on the show.
At 11:00 AM we welcome Michelle Bacon, Content Manager at 90.9 The Bridge, where she helps to shine a light on area musicians and events. Michelle has also written for The Kansas City Star, The Deli Magazine KC, and Folk Alliance International. Michelle plays drums in the band Frogpond, and also plays bass with Other Americans, and The Band That Fell To Earth. Michelle Bacon joins us to share her Favorite Musical Recordings of 2022.
NEXT WEEK, on November 30, Tim Finn – Music Writer for In Kansas City Magazine, Marion Merritt – owner of Records With Merritt, Chris Haghirian – Host of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, and Fally Afani – Founder & Editor of I Heart Local Music will share their Favorite Musical Releases of 2022.
In Two Weeks: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley throughout December for our 4-week series on December 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. This is our celebration of the year in music based on the playlists of this little ole radio show. In 2022 we’ve played hundreds of New & MidCoastal Releases. We conducted over 120 interviews with 120 special guests.
Tune in on 90.1 FM KKFI or streaming live at kkfi.org
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 16, 2022
Eddie Moore + Glenn North + Pure XTC
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – “You Got To Move” from: Carry Me Home / Anti / May 20, 2022 [This follows her 14th studio (solo) album from rhythm & blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist, born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mavis Staples, of her family band, The Staple Singers, is a celebrated equal rights activist. She’s performed at inaugural parties for Presidents Kennedy, Carter and Clinton, She began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches, appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with “Uncloudy Day” for the Vee-Jay label. When Mavis graduated from what is now Paul Robeson High School in 1957, The Staple Singers took their music on the road. Led by patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples on guitar and including Mavis and her siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, & Purvis, the Staples were called “God’s Greatest Hitmakers.” With Mavis’ voice and Pops’ songs, singing, & guitar playing, the Staples evolved from enormously popular gospel singers (with recordings on United and Riverside as well as Vee-Jay) to become the most spectacular and influential spirituality-based group in America. By the mid-1960s The Staple Singers, inspired by Pops’ close friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., became the spiritual and musical voices of the civil rights movement. They covered contemporary pop hits with positive messages, including Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and a version of Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth.” Staples was briefly married to Spencer Leak in 1964; they divorced when Staples would not end her music career to stay home. She has no children. In the 2015 documentary Mavis! she reveals that Bob Dylan once proposed to her, and she turned him down. Her initial recordings were as a member of her family group, the Staple Singers. Led by her father Roebuck “Pops” Staples the Staple Singers were major artists in gospel and soul music from 1957 to 1969. Commencing releasing albums as a solo artist in 1969, Mavis Staples has released 13 studio albums, two live albums, three compilations, one soundtrack, one EP, and 51 singles over a career spanning five decades.] [Mavis Staples plays The Lied Center in Lawrence, Kansas on Friday, November 18 at 7:30 PM.]
Mavis Staples Solo Discography
Mavis Staples / June 16, 1969 / Volt
Only for the Lonely / Oct. 12, 1970 / Volt
Oh What a Feeling / July 16, 1979 / Warner Bros.
Time Waits for No One / May 19, 1989 / Paisley Park
The Voice / August 24, 1993 / Paisley Park
Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson (w/ Lucky Peterson) / Nov. 5, 1996 / Verve
Have a Little Faith / August 17, 2004 / ANTI-
We’ll Never Turn Back / April 24, 2007 / ANTI-
Live: Hope at the Hideout / November 4, 2008 / ANTI-
You Are Not Alone / Sept. 14, 2010 / ANTI-
One True Vine / June 25, 2013 / ANTI-
Livin’ on a High Note / February 19, 2016 / ANTI-
If All I Was Was Black / November 17, 2017 / ANTI-
Live in London / February 8, 2019 / ANTI-
We Get By / May 24, 2019 / ANTI-
Carry Me Home / March 20, 2022 / ANTI-]
Black Light Animals – “Persephone” from: Persephone – Single / Groove King Records / September 23, 2022 [Persephone” is the latest release from the psychedelic soul group, Black Light Animals, comprised of members of the soul powerhouse, The Freedom Affair. Written and produced by 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, with Alyssa Bell on viola, Matt Bennett on violin, and Sascha Groschang on cello. String Arrangement by Alyssa Bell and Colby Bales. Mixed and Engineered by Cole Bales. Album Artwork by Sean at Pariah in the Sky. Video Directed by Dave BrickThe track is modeled after the sweeping, orchestral arrangements akin to the likes of Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood as well as David Axelrod. And in the tradition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” the song tells the story of the narrator’s plea to a mysterious woman to not steal her lover’s heart. This new single follows the release of Black Light Animals’ full length debut album, Playboys of The Western World released on Groove King Records on July 3, 2020. Black Light Animals played a special Vinyl Release Show at Lemonade Park, Saturday, August 21, with The Freedom Affair. 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. Playboys of the Western World is a sprawling, decadent examination of what it means to be a human being through the lens of horror movie organs, spaghetti western guitars, hip hop grooves, psychedelic sojourns, and ballads crooned to lovers in the night. More info at: http://www.blacklightanimalsband.bandcamp.com]
[Black Light Animals play The Rino, 314 Armour Rd., North Kansas City, on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 7:00 PM with Black Mariah Theatre, & Guise of Arcadia]
Kat King – “With Nothing in My Way” from: “With Nothing In My Way” – Single / Manor Records / September 30, 2022 [Kat King writes: Written in the peak of lock down after a very necessary break-up, this was one of those songs that kind of “magically” flew out of me. The dichotomy of being locked in my home while also feeling a resounding new freedom was interesting to say the least. It was the first time in a long time that I felt like I could give my whole being into caring about others and prioritizing self-care in a way I hadn’t been able to because I wasn’t caught up in my own afflictions. Musically it became a challenge of how many melodies I could stack on each other without it turning into chaos to really emphasize the feeling of “I can give my energy to whatever I want to.” Any time I play it I try and remind myself to not lose that energy and I hope it does the same for you. Produced by Joel Martin. This new single follows their single “New Sun” released Juy 29, 2022.Led by Kat, on vocals with. Derek Melies on guitar, John Kaul McCain on bass, Daniel Cole on drums, & Kara LePage on keys bring a refreshing dynamism both on and off the stage. Centering on themes of self-care, steadfast friendship, and revitalizing optimism, “New Sun” was a follow up to the June 9, 2021 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN 5-track EP recorded with her band. Co-produced & mixed/mastered by Joel Martin. Lawrence Kansas based singer songwriter Kat King released her last single Song of Spain in 2019 and her single “2017” in, 2018. She released her 5-song EP “Falling Up” on December 1, 2017. Kat King has been creating music since the 2nd grade. She’s produced one 13-song album and three EP’s, the first one released at the age of 14. More info at: http://www.katbking.com]
[Kat King plays Ha Ha Tonka’s 12th Tonka’s-giving at recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave., KCMO on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at 7:00 PM.]
Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy – “Be Driven” from: Grinding of The Stars / Til Willis / November 4, 2022 [Recorded in a 122 year old barn, Grinding of the Stars highlights the band as a trio, stripped down and rugged. It’s the dark twin to their last album, Dirtflowers. Til Willis on guitars & vocals, Eric Binkley on bass, Austin Sinkler on drums. Recorded/Mixed/Produced by Til Willis. Mastered by John Hruska. Cover art by David Huddleston. Til Willis was born in the heat of 1980, and has been making music for a long time. On December 6, 2019 Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy released DIRTFLOWERS. On March 19, 2020 Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy released the 5-song EP CONFIDENTIAL BEDROOM. On June 5, 2020, Til Willis released Live at KVPH, a 13-song release recorded live at Kaw Valley Public House in Lawrence, Kansas on January 25, 2020. On October 30, 2020 Til Willis released SMALL GUARANTEES his 6-track EP collaboration with experimental music-maker Selvedge aka Chance Dibben.]
Waterofelegance – “Born to Live” from: Love – EP / Waterofelegance / August 30, 2022 [6-track EP released by Waterofelegance, who also released the single, “Beauty Undisguised” on September 3, 2022, and the single, “Happy Dance (feat. Young Miller Tha Don)” on September 23, 2022. Originally from Florida, now based in Kansas City, warterofelegance writes about their work saying, “My music is like water — hydrating and refreshing for the mind and spirit.” Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Waterofelegance started in music at six years old. She released her first song, “Kiss,” amidst the pandemic in 2020. .and followed that with “Do No Wrong” on March 25, 2020, “Goddess” on October 23, 2020, “70’s Girl” on June 3, 2021, My First Love,” released June 28, 2001, and ”I’m Gonna Be Me” on June 28, 2021.]
Elexa Dawson – “Speak Again” from: “Speak Again” – Single / Lost Cowgirl Records / November 18, 2022 [“Speak Again,” Written by Hon. Jack Markell and Elexa Dawson. This is indigenous Americana songwriter Elexa Dawson’s (Citizen Potawatomi) third single since her debut solo album, Music is Medicine. “Speak Again” is a call to remembering Indigenous languages “near erased.” Somber and driving, the song sparkles with cosmic country depth. Inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerrer’s account of the loss of the Potawatomi language, Braiding Sweetgrass, former Delaware governor Jack Markell composed a poem called “Nine Remain.” He reached out to Kimmerrer seeking a Potawatomi musician to compose and perform the music. The author connected Markell with Dawson, who provided cultural context while putting the lyrics to music. The title evolved to “Speak Again” to offer a vision of a future where the language returns in a meaningful way to Potawatomi communities. Elexa says “In the video three generations of Potawatomi share knowledge across time and space, redefining what it means to truly speak again. The video brings into focus the cycle of giving and receiving between three generations, and includes natural elements of traditional Potawatomi culture and society, and the medicine creatures that bring balance between worlds.” The First Peoples Fund awarded Dawson its 2022 Artist-in-Business Leadership grant to create a video for “Speak Again” in collaboration with Potawatomi animator Nichole Emmons. Emmons combines various forms of stop motion animation to create a rich landscape of Potawatomi imagery for “Speak Again.” The video been selected to premiere on November 18th at the TCL Chinese Theater during LA Skins, Hollywood’s Indigenous Film Festival. Music video releases worldwide Nov 25. Elexa Dawson released her single, “Mother” on October 29, 2021. On April 2, 2021, Elexa Dawson released “New Song” which was #3 on of WMM 15 Favorite Singles of 2021. Elexa’s 2019 album, MUSIC IS MEDICINE (Lost Cowgirl Records) and her song “High Place” charted at #6 on Sirius XM’s Indigenous Music Countdown. Elexa Dawson joined WMM on June 2, 2021.. http://www.elexadawson.com]
Brent Windler – “Mr. Sun” from: New Morning Howl / Brent Windler / August 20. 2021 [Bathed in the warm glow of the sun, Brent Windler’s debut solo record ‘New Morning Howl,’ summons the restrained beauty of his native Midwest. Windler’s pacific harmonies and intricate vocal and instrumental structures capture the polite malaise of Americana as it is lived everyday in mid-sized cities of the heartland. “Leaning out your window, yelling out I need to learn to let go,” Windler sings on the opening track “Around the Bend.” It’s a sentiment that perfectly captures both the sticky sameness of a Midwestern evening and Windler’s own embrace of a sound that is uniquely his own. All Songs Written by Brent Windler. Produced by Brent Windler and Ryan Benton. Recorded and Mixed by Ryan Benton at Courtesy Tone, KCMO. Mastered by Greg Beery, Los Angeles, CA. “Around the Bend” Mastered by Piper Payne, Nashville, TN. Strings arranged by Kaitlin Wolfberg. Horns arranged by Brent Windler and Mark Hamblin. Design and layout by Dallas Gutschenritter and Brent Windler. With Brent Windler on Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Ukulele, Percussion; Ryan Benton on Drums, Percussion, Synths; Nick Siegel on Piano; Joel Pack on Bass; Heidi Gluck on Vocals; Nate Harold on Synths; Joseph Vande Kerk on Guitar,; Kaitlin Wolfberg on Strings; and Mark Hamblin on Horns. Brent Windler is a singer/songwriter based in KCMO. His songs display Power pop leanings but still stay rooted in the Midwestern US creating a unique blend of melodic pop and Americana. Brent is also known for his work with The Casket Lottery, and the band Sons of Great Dane. Brent Windler also released “Spanish Jasmine” on Sept. 4, 2020 and under the moniker, Dandelions with Tim Gutschenritter the duo released “The Cat, The Killer” on September 29, 2020 and “Take On the World” on November 24, 2020.]
[Brent Windler plays a New Morning Howl Vinyl Release Show at The Brick, 1727 McGee Street, KCMO, on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 7:00 PM with Lazy Projector and Daniel Gum.w/Lazy Projector & Daniel Gum.]
10:30 – Underwriting
Pure xtc – “Get Lost” from: Shed My Skin EP / Taylor Hughes / November 18, 2022 [Shed My Skin EP follows the Pure XTC single “Get Lost” on Septeber 9, 2022, and “Shadow” released June 1, 2022. Pure xtc released the EP Nobody’s Home on November 12, 2021. Pure xtc is the musical project of Kansas City based Taylor Hughes. Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS who are on hiatus. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. “Ghost” was produced & mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios. http://www.purextcmusic.com] [Pure XTC aka Taylor Hughes was our guest on WMM July 14, 2021. And November 10, 2021.]
[Pure XTC played Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals.]
10:36 – Interview with Taylor Hughes
We welcome, Taylor Hughes who joins us in our 90.1 FM Studios to share details about her musical project, pure xtc and her new EP, “SHED MY SKIN,” to be released November 18, 2022. Taylor Hughes is a queer multi instrumentalist, writing and recording music out of her home studio in Kansas City, MO. Inspiration for the project was sparked while Hughes was living in NYC in late 2020. Shortly after, Hughes moved to Kansas City, MO., where pure xtc quickly began turning heads with the release of her debut single, “Ghost” in July 2021. In August 2021 pure xtc performed for the first time at Kansas City Pride followed by the release of her debut EP, NOBODY’S HOME in November 12, 2021. The new single “Shadow” was released on June 1, 2022, just before pure xtc returned to the main stage at KC Pride. pure xtc also opened for Dashboard Confessional, Dayglow, and Jenny Lewis at Boulevardia in June 2022. pure xtc hit the east coast in July including a headlining show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. pure xtc toured the west coast In September, ending at The Dinah in Palm Springs, CA. pure xtc also released a hazy blood-orange IPA in collaboration with Crane Brewing to celebrate her sophomore EP release, “SHED MY SKIN.” pure xtc played Apocalypse Meow 15 in early November. More info at: http://www.purextcmusic.com
Taylor Hughes thanks for being with us on WMM
It was great to see you live, a few weeks ago at recordBar for Apocalypse Meow 15
The new EP, “SHED MY SKIN,” will be released on November 18, 2022.
pure xtc also released a hazy blood-orange IPA in collaboration with Crane Brewing
“Ghost” (debut single) released July 9. 2021, “Bad Dreams” (second single) released September 10. 2021. NOBODY’S HOME EP released November 12, 2021. “Shadow” (single)released on June 1, 2022, “Get Lost” (single) released September 9, 2022 SHED MY SKIN EP released November 18, 2022
Pure XTC was on our show one year ago on Novenber 10, just before Pure XTC played an EP Nobody’s Home Release Show, Saturday, November 13, 2021, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd., KCMO, with TC Superstars, and Various Blonde.
The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell.
“Ghost” was produced and mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios. “Ghost” was produced and mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios.
Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS who are on hiatus. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. http://www.purextcmusic.com]
From THE DAILY LISTENING – July 9, 2021
Kansas City, MO’s pure xtc – the project from EXNATIONS drummer, Taylor Hughes – is the epitome of lonely night drives. The idea was formed during an extremely isolating time for Hughes during her move to NYC in 2019. As EXNATIONS goes on hiatus, pure xtc allows Hughes to explore darker territories while delving into the highs and lows of adjusting to city life and all that follows.
Debut track, “Ghost,” takes the notion of loneliness, social isolation and anxiety to another level; one the listener can feel if that’s all they’ve known their whole lives. Deliciously haunting as it is relatable, “Ghost” is the perfect introduction to an endeavor that will surely break stigmas surrounding mental health while bringing her community of listeners closer together.
“Have you ever felt alone at a table of friends? Maybe you didn’t even make it to the restaurant because they stopped asking you to hangout, after you’ve said no too many times. Because laying alone in bed with pizza and tequila felt a lot easier than explaining why you ‘look so sad’ all the time. Yeah, I’ve been there. Isolating myself and then wondering where everyone went, turning myself into a literal ghost town.”
“Ghost” was produced and mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios.
We are talking with Taylor Hughes about her music project, pure xtc and her new single “Bad Dreams” released September 10, 2021
Taylor moved to Kansas City in January 2021. She is a multi-instrumentalist. She plays drums in the band EXNATIONS.
Her Fender guitar is named “Little Edie”
10:43
Pure xtc – “Shadow” from: Shed My Skin EP / Taylor Hughes / November 18, 2022 [Shed My Skin EP follows the Pure XTC single “Get Lost“ released September 9, 2022, and “Shadow” released June 1, 2022. Pure xtc released the EP Nobody’s Home on November 12, 2021. Pure xtc is the musical project of Kansas City based Taylor Hughes. Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS who are on hiatus. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. “Ghost” was produced & mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios. http://www.purextcmusic.com] [Pure XTC aka Taylor Hughes was our guest on WMM July 14, 2021. And November 10, 2021.]
10:46 – Interview with Taylor Hughes
We welcome, Taylor Hughes who joins us in our 90.1 FM Studios to share details about her musical project, pure xtc and her new EP, “SHED MY SKIN,” to be released November 18, 2022. Taylor Hughes is a queer multi instrumentalist, writing and recording music out of her home studio in Kansas City, MO. Inspiration for the project was sparked while Hughes was living in NYC in late 2020. Shortly after, Hughes moved to Kansas City, MO., where pure xtc quickly began turning heads with the release of her debut single, “Ghost” in July 2021. In August 2021 pure xtc performed for the first time at Kansas City Pride followed by the release of her debut EP, NOBODY’S HOME in November 12, 2021. The new single “Shadow” was released on June 1, 2022, just before pure xtc returned to the main stage at KC Pride. pure xtc also opened for Dashboard Confessional, Dayglow, and Jenny Lewis at Boulevardia in June 2022. pure xtc hit the east coast in July including a headlining show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. pure xtc toured the west coast In September, ending at The Dinah in Palm Springs, CA. pure xtc also released a hazy blood-orange IPA in collaboration with Crane Brewing to celebrate her sophomore EP release, “SHED MY SKIN.” pure xtc played Apocalypse Meow 15 in early November. More info at: http://www.purextcmusic.com
Taylor Hughes thanks for being with us on WMM
The new EP, “SHED MY SKIN,” will be released on November 18, 2022.
pure xtc also released a hazy blood-orange IPA in collaboration with Crane Brewing
Recent LIVE shows for Pure XTC
It was great to see you live, a few weeks ago at recordBar for Apocalypse Meow 15
In July 2022 pure xtc hit the east coast in July including a headlining show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. pure xtc toured the west coast In September, ending at The Dinah in Palm Springs, CA.
pure xtc also opened for Dashboard Confessional, Dayglow, and Jenny Lewis at Boulevardia in June 2022.
Also in June 1, 2022, pure xtc returned to the main stage at KC Pride
In September 2020 she got engaged to Ericka Kern
Taylor Hughes, thank you for being with us today on WMM.
The new pure xtc EP, “SHED MY SKIN,” will be released on Friday, November 18, 2022. More info at: http://www.purextcmusic.com
10:53
Pure xtc – “Shed My Skin” from: Shed My Skin EP / Taylor Hughes / November 18, 2022 [Shed My Skin EP follows the Pure XTC single “Get Lost“ released September 9, 2022, and “Shadow” released June 1, 2022. Pure xtc released the EP Nobody’s Home on November 12, 2021. Pure xtc is the musical project of Kansas City based Taylor Hughes. Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS who are on hiatus. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. “Ghost” was produced & mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios. http://www.purextcmusic.com] [Pure XTC aka Taylor Hughes was our guest on WMM July 14, 2021. And November 10, 2021.]
Quite Frankly – “Might Be” from: “Might Be” – Single / Quite Frankly / August 1, 2022 [“Might Be” is the follow up to the band’s earlier single, “Is This Still Even Fun?” that was released on October 22, 2021. Before that they released, “Blue/Red” on May 14, 2021. In the dawn of 2016, shy but precocious middle schooler, founding member and bassist Scout Matthew, decided she wanted to try her hand at turning her musical ambition into reality by creating a band that would take her and her friends well beyond their beginning musical education at School of Rock. She began planning rehearsals out of her garage and within a short time, she convinced her supportive family to renovate their home’s basement into a rehearsal space. Ever since, Quite Frankly the Band has been committed to perfecting its sound, writing their own original music and adding amazing covers. // This young band is no longer just a student band, holding its own opening for, The Greeting Committee, The Darbies, John Corabi, The Jacks and LA Guns! with several yers experience the band members have moved into high school and beyond, Jolson, Carolyn, Scout, Gavin & Eli have built an impressive resume. // The band gained attention by being the youngest winners of the Nelson Atkins Battle of The Bands 2018 and for being nominated as Pitch’s “Best in KC” two years in a row. They’ve played First Fridays in the Crossroads, Starlight Theater, The Rino, recordBar, Lemonade Park, Kauffman Stadium, Sprint Center with Big Slick and Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame. More info at: http://www.quitefranklytheband.com]
[Quite Frankly plays Vivo 7300 West 119th Street, in Overland Park on December 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM with Paramount, and Interstate Run for the 3rd Annnual Denise Strader Toys For Tots Benefit Show. ]
11:00 – Station ID – Bobby Watson
Eddie Moore – “Skatepark Days” from: INTUITION / Eddie Moore Music / October 28, 2022 [This was the second single from the new album. For “Skate Park Days” all Instruments by Eddie Moore, Written & Produced by Eddie Moore . Drums by Jaylen Ward. Recorded at Tribe Studios in Kansas City, and Mixed By Rick Carson, and Mastered by Crayge Lindesay. // “A New Me, A New You” was first single from INTUITION and was released Friday, October 28, 2022. // From Eddie’s bandcamp page: “Intuition” is Eddie Moore at his best. Crafted with care and love, Moore draws from his vast array of influences over the years and collaborates with his closest friends to bring a bundle of joy to the listener. There is literally something for everyone on this project. His debut album as a solo artist, Moore took the reins as producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. Laying down lush piano, heavy bass, raging synth, and grooves that stick to the ribs. “Intuition” is a unique journey that leaves the listener burning for more. // Eddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo and Bree Cummings) on October 22, 2021. Eddie Moore released “We Chillin’” on April 9, 2021. Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on September 25, 2020. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore’ has shared the stage and record with distinctive artist such as Bobby Watson, Pam, Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. More info at: http://www.wethepeople777.bandcamp.com Eddie Moore joined us live on WMM on September 23, 2020. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com]
[Eddie Moore played Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO with MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream in Kansas City, MO, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals.]
11:04 – Interview with Eddie Moore & Glenn North
Eddie Moore just released his debut solo record INTUITION, on October 28, 2022. This new album followed his singles, “We Chillin” recorded as a solo artist, and “Single Double” recorded by Eddie’s band, We The People. We The People’s 2020 release, MISUNDERSTOOD was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020. Eddie Moore was raised in Houston Texas. He began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Jazz legend, Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where Eddie received a M.A. in Jazz Studies. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. He was 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore has shared the stage and records with distinctive artists such as Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Ledisi, Krystal Warren, and many more. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com.
Eddie Moore, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Great to see you playing at Apocalypse Meow 15 with Ryan Lee on drums on November 5.
We just played the second single from the new solo album INTUITION. The video features Eddie Moore at the skate park rollerblading through the jumps and ramps. Roller blading is a passion for Eddie Moore.
11:07 – Interview with Eddie Moore & Glenn North
Also with us is our long time friend Glenn North an award-winning poet, activist, educator, and arts executive based in Kansas City. Glenn is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum. Glenn North is also regional coordinator of Poetry Out Loud and is an adjunct English instructor and 2006 graduate of Rockhurst University. North is a very active member of the Kansas City community, serving as the poet-in-residence for the American Jazz Museum, executive director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, and former director of education and public programs at the Black Archives of Mid-America. Glenn North’s love of language and literature started around his 8th birthday, when his grandmother gave him a copy of “If” by Rudyard Kipling. He remembers his grandmother’s face “radiating with pride” watching him recite the poem from memory, from there he started writing his own poems. North lived in Washington D.C. with friends before going back to school. When he moved back to Kansas City in 1997 he started sharing his poetry and that of others for Verbal Attack at “Mardi Gras” Wednesday nights, once a month, and from there it took off. Glenn earned his M.F.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Glenn has worked for decades teaching poetry to students of all ages, on both sides of State Line. Glenn uses poetry to address issues of social justice, and self-empowerment for disenfranchised students through reflective poetry. Glenn North is a Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards Fellow. Along with his work at The Kansas City Museum and Rockhurst University, Glenn North has been working in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on a podcast that talks about community and growth for the future of representation. In addition to presenting poetry. North said he is, “Truly blessed to work as a poet” and that he wants to be a “poet of the people”. For more info: glennnorthpoetry.com
Glenn North, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Glenn congratulations on your new position as is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum.
Glenn North has been working in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on a podcast that talks about community and growth for the future of representation. What are other recent poetry projects you’ve worked on?
11:13 – Glenn North Live
Glenn North – Live Performance of his poem: “My Name Is”
11:18
Eddie Moore – “Brave Enough” from: INTUITION / Eddie Moore Music / October 28, 2022 [All Instruments by Eddie Moore, Written & Produced by Eddie Moore. Vocals by Hailey Simone and Amanda Sharee Recorded at Tribe Studios in Kansas City, and Mixed By Rick Carson, and Mastered by Crayge Lindesay. ]
11:22 – Underwriting
Station ID – Bobby Watson
11:24 – Interview with Eddie Moore & Glenn North
Eddie Moore just released his debut solo record INTUITION, on October 28, 2022.
Glenn is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum.
Eddie Moore & Glenn North Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Jazz legend, Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where Eddie received a M.A. in Jazz Studies.
One of our favorite recordings is CHECK CASHING DAY from Bobby Watson & The I Have A Dream Project (#10 of WMM’s 113 Best Recordings of 2013) where Bobby collaborated with Glenn North. Glenn can you talk about that experience?
Bobby Watson & The I Have a Dream Project released CHECK CASHING DAY on Lafiya Music, Digitally released on – Aug. 28, 2013 / Physically released on Nov. 12, 2013, the recording was in collaboration with Glenn North
From wikipedia.org: “Bobby Watson was born in Lawrence, Kansas, August 23, 1953. he is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson now has 27 recordings as a leader. He appears on nearly 100 other recordings as either co-leader or in a supporting role. Watson has recorded more than 100 original compositions. Watson grew up in Bonner Springs, Kansas, and Kansas City, Kansas. He attended the University of Miami with fellow students Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and Bruce Hornsby. After graduating in 1975, he moved to NYC and joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. He performed with the Messengers from 1977 to 1981. After the Jazz Messengers, Watson work with many notable musicians, including: drummers Max Roach and Louis Hayes, fellow saxophonists George Coleman and Branford Marsalis, multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. In addition, Watson has served in a supporting role for a number of vocalists including: Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter, and Carmen Lundy, and has performed as a sideman with Carlos Santana, George Coleman, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Bob Belden and John Hicks. Later, in association with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Lewis, Watson started the first edition of Horizon, an acoustic quintet modeled after the Jazz Messengers but with its own slightly more modern twist. In addition to his work as leader of Horizon, Watson also led a group known as the High court of Swing (a tribute to the music of Johnny Hodges), The Tailor-Made Big Band (16 pieces in all) and is a founding member of the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, an all-horn, four-piece group with alto saxophonist Ed Jackson, tenor saxophonist Rich Rothenberg, and baritone saxophonist Jim Hartog. Watson also composed an original song for the soundtrack of Robert De Niro’s A Bronx Tale (1993). A resident of New York for most of his professional life, Watson served as a member of the adjunct faculty and taught private saxophone at William Patterson University from 1985 to 1986 and the Manhattan School of Music from 1996 to 1999. He is currently involved with the Thelonious Monk Institute’s yearly “Jazz in America” high school outreach program. In 2000, he was approached to return to his native midwestern surroundings on the Kansas-Missouri border. Watson was selected as the first William D. and Mary Grant/Missouri, Distinguished Professorship in Jazz Studies. The past seven years he has served as the director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music although he still manages to balance live engagements around the world with his teaching responsibilities. Watson’s ensembles at UMKC have garnered several awards and national recognition.
From DLmediamusic.com: “As Watson reflects, Check Cashing Day serves as “a commentary on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we need to go as a people, as a country, and as a global community.” Watson chose to concentrate on the reason why over 300,000 people, black and white, gathered in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Dr. King spoke of coming to Washington to cash a 100 year old check, a moral check that the founding fathers wrote into the Declaration of Independence, but to this day, the check keeps coming back marked ‘insufficient funds.’ Introducing poet and spoken word artist Glenn North from KCMO, Check Cashing Day is a concept recording with 15 tracks portrayed in the vein of musical theatre. “I asked Glenn to put some poetry, from his perspective, to several of my compositions, as well as one written by vocalist Pamela Baskin-Watson and two by bassist Curtis Lundy,” comments Watson. “It was my desire with this project to produce poetry that would in some ways cleanse the soul,” notes North. In addition, Watson’s release features trumpeter Hermon Mehari, pianist Richard Johnson, drummer Eric Kennedy, flutist Horace Washington, and trombonist Karita Carter.
11:30 – Glenn North Live
Glenn North – Live Performance of his poem: “Check Cashing Day”
Glenn talked about his involvement with the African American Artist’s Collective (aaackc.org)
Kansas City’s poet laureate Glenn North & pianist/bandleader Eddie Moore ar both are Charlotte Street Generative Performance Fellows for their collaborative work.
Arts Across American – Eddie Moore & Glenn North collaborated for Black Tide Rising: Poetry in Pursuit of Social Justice – presented by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Mid-America Arts Alliance plus Kansas City, Missouri’s Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and State Museum & One Kansas City Radio for 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑻𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆.
We The People’s 2020 release, MISUNDERSTOOD was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020.
Eddie Moore was raised in Houston Texas. He began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene.
Eddie Moore’s music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”.
11:37
Eddie Moore – “A New Me, A New You” from: “ A New Me, A New You” – Single / Eddie Moore Music / September 10, 2022 [Written & Produced by Eddie Moore. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Featuring Tim Ogutu on guitar. Mix & Mastered by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. Album Art by Brandon WilsonEddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo and Bree Cummings) on October 22, 2021. Eddie Moore released “We Chillin’” on April 9, 2021. Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on September 25, 2020. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore’ has shared the stage and record with distinctive artist such as Bobby Watson, Pam, Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. More info at: http://www.wethepeople777.bandcamp.com Eddie Moore joined us live on WMM on September 23, 2020. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com]
11:40 – Interview with Eddie Moore & Glenn North
Eddie Moore just released his debut solo record INTUITION, on October 28, 2022.
Glenn is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum.
Eddie Moore just released his debut solo record INTUITION, on October 28, 2022. This new album followed his singles, “We Chillin” recorded as a solo artist, and “Single Double” recorded by Eddie’s band, We The People. We The People’s 2020 release, MISUNDERSTOOD was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020.
Eddie Moore was raised in Houston Texas. He began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Jazz legend, Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where Eddie received a M.A. in Jazz Studies.
In 2018 The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”.
His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”.
Moore has shared the stage and records with distinctive artists such as Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Ledisi, Krystal Warren, and many more. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com.
Glenn North an award-winning poet, activist, educator, and arts executive based in Kansas City. Glenn is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum. Glenn North is also regional coordinator of Poetry Out Loud and has served as an adjunct English instructor of Rockhurst University. North is a very active member of the Kansas City community, serving as the poet-in-residence for the American Jazz Museum, executive director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, and former director of education and public programs at the Black Archives of Mid-America.
Glenn North started sharing his poetry and that of others for Verbal Attack at “Mardi Gras” in 1997 on Wednesday nights, once a month, and from there it took off. Glenn earned his M.F.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
11:43 – Glenn North Live
Glenn North – Live Performance of his poem: “Why Black Folks Like to Dance”
Glenn has worked for decades teaching poetry to students of all ages, on both sides of State Line. Glenn uses poetry to address issues of social justice, and self-empowerment for disenfranchised students through reflective poetry. Glenn North is a Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards Fellow.
11:48 – Glenn North Live
Glenn North – Live Performance of his poem, “Twenty First Century Ars Poetic”
Along with his work at The Kansas City Museum and Rockhurst University, Glenn North has been working in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on a podcast that talks about community and growth for the future of representation. In addition to presenting poetry. North said he is, “Truly blessed to work as a poet” and that he wants to be a “poet of the people”. For more info: glennnorthpoetry.com
“In The Flow” is a song Eddie Moore created with the incredible Branjae Jackson.
“In the Flow” was Written by Eddie Moore & Branjae. Produced by Eddie Moore. All Instruments by Eddie Moore. Vocals by Branjae Jackson, Drums by Ryan Lee. Recorded at Tribe Studios in Kansas City, and Mixed By Rick Carson, and Mastered by Crayge Lindesay Eddie Moore and Glenn North Thanks for being with us on WMM.
For Wednesday MidDay Medley and Eddie Moore and Glenn North, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
11:53
Eddie Moore – “In The Flow” (CD #16) (4:35) from: INTUITION / Eddie Moore Music / October 28, 2022 [“In the Flow” was Written by Eddie Moore & Branjae. Produced by Eddie Moore. All Instruments by Eddie Moore. Vocals by Branjae Jackson, Drums by Ryan Lee. Recorded at Tribe Studios in Kansas City, and Mixed By Rick Carson, and Mastered by Crayge Lindesay]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, November 23, we welcome musician and writer Michelle Bacon who shares her favorite musical releases of 2022 + we present WMM Favorite Singles of 2022.
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Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
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 16, 2022
Eddie Moore + Glenn North + Pure XTC
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: Eddie Moore, and Branjae Jackson, and Hailey Simone, pure xtc, Elexa Dawson, Brent Windler, Kat King, Black Light Animals, Waterofelegance, Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy, Quite Frankly, Mavis Staples & Levon Helm.
At 10:30 AM, Taylor Hughes shares details about her musical project, pure xtc and her new EP, SHED MY SKIN, to be released November 18, 2022. Taylor Hughes is a queer multi instrumentalist, writing and recording music out of her home studio in Kansas City, MO. Inspiration for the project was sparked while Hughes was living in NYC in late 2020. Shortly after, Hughes moved to Kansas City, MO., where pure xtc quickly began turning heads with the release of her debut single, “Ghost” in July 2021. In August 2021 pure xtc performed for the first time at Kansas City Pride followed by the release of her debut EP, NOBODY’S HOME in November 12, 2021. The new single “Shadow” was released on June 1, 2022, just before pure xtc returned to the main stage at KC Pride. pure xtc also opened for Dashboard Confessional, Dayglow, and Jenny Lewis at Boulevardia in June 2022. pure xtc hit the east coast in July including a headlining show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. pure xtc toured the west coast In September, ending at The Dinah in Palm Springs, CA. pure xtc also released a hazy blood-orange IPA in collaboration with Crane Brewing to celebrate her sophomore EP release, SHED MY SKIN. pure xtc played Apocalypse Meow 15 in early November. More info at: http://www.purextcmusic.com
At 11:00 Mark talks with Eddie Moore who just released his debut solo record INTUITION, on October 28, 2022. This new album followed his singles, “We Chillin” recorded as a solo artist, and “Single Double” recorded by Eddie’s band, We The People. We The People’s 2020 release, MISUNDERSTOOD was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020. Eddie Moore was raised in Houston Texas. He began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Jazz legend, Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where Eddie received a M.A. in Jazz Studies. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. He was 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore has shared the stage and records with distinctive artists such as Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Ledisi, Krystal Warren, and many more. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com.
At 11:00 we also talk with Glenn North an award-winning poet, activist, educator, and arts executive based in Kansas City. Glenn is Director of Inclusive Learning & Creative Impact at The Kansas City Museum. Glenn North is also regional coordinator of Poetry Out Loud and is an adjunct English instructor and 2006 graduate of Rockhurst University. North is a very active member of the Kansas City community, serving as the poet-in-residence for the American Jazz Museum, executive director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, and former director of education and public programs at the Black Archives of Mid-America. Glenn North’s love of language and literature started around his 8th birthday, when his grandmother gave him a copy of “If” by Rudyard Kipling. He remembers his grandmother’s face “radiating with pride” watching him recite the poem from memory, from there he started writing his own poems. North lived in Washington D.C. with friends before going back to school. When he moved back to Kansas City in 1997 he started sharing his poetry and that of others for Verbal Attack at “Mardi Gras” Wednesday nights, once a month, and from there it took off. Glenn earned his M.F.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Glenn has worked for decades teaching poetry to students of all ages, on both sides of State Line. Glenn uses poetry to address issues of social justice, and self-empowerment for disenfranchised students through reflective poetry. Glenn North is a Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards Fellow. Along with his work at The Kansas City Museum and Rockhurst University, Glenn North has been working in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on a podcast that talks about community and growth for the future of representation. In addition to presenting poetry. North said he is, “Truly blessed to work as a poet” and that he wants to be a “poet of the people”. For more info: glennnorthpoetry.com
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Ivory Blue + Howie Howard + Tre’ Mutava
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Scout Gillett – “slow dancin'” from: no roof no flooer / Captured Tracks / October 28, 2022 [“Home” is a tough thing to pinpoint for someone who’s constantly in motion. Scout Gillett knows this well, but since relocating from Kansas City in 2017, she’s found one in Brooklyn’s DIY scene, playing in multiple live bands and even starting her own booking company to organize local shows. Her intrepid nature results from a childhood spent running barefoot through rural Missouri and coming of age in Kansas City’s punk scene. Her debut solo album no roof no floor features shades of all her past and present lives: a bold and spirited yet warm, intimate meditation on trust, surrender, and what makes a home. no roof no floor follows Scout’s debut EP, one to ten, released via Captured Tracks in April and received praise and support from The FADER, Brooklyn Vegan, Under the Radar, Rolling Stone UK, CLASH, and more. // Following the sudden overdose of a lover in 2018 and the onset of the 2020 quarantine, Scout returned to Missouri in search of reprieve. Instead, she was dismayed to find that her hometown was suffering; friends and family members were caught in the grips of drug and alcohol addiction. “Nothing was as I’d remembered,” she says. “I felt homesick for a home that no longer seemed to exist.” She channeled her fears and frustrations, as she always had, into songwriting. “I meditated on surrender,” she says; “I recited the serenity prayer. I realized that I’d never be able to save anybody but myself.” // The resulting collection of songs was far more vulnerable than any of her previous work, but when Nick Kinsey (the album’s producer) called from his recording studio (The Chicken Shack in Stanfordville, New York) saying his friends Ellen Kempner (Palehound) and David Lizmi (MS MR) were interested in working on an album with her, Scout knew it was time to share it with the world. “I woke up and wrote ‘trust’ on my hand every day I was recording. I pushed myself to trust the unknown, and trust that I had a message I was ready to share with people.” // ecorded in a big wooden barn with the doors wide open, there’s a sense of spaciousness on no roof no floor befitting its title. The arrangements, too—which feature contributions from Kempner, Lizmi, and Kevin Copeland (The Big Net)—reflect Scout’s rural roots and her indie spirit; a fusion of upbeat, guitar-driven melodies and folk/country instrumentation like pedal steel, harmonica, and tenor banjo. All of these elements are underpinned by Scout’s signature soaring, velvet vocals and open-hearted lyricism – she sails from a hushed whisper to dulcet spoken word to a cathartic belt with ease. // Above all, there’s a strength in the vulnerability of this record. The pain is on full display, but so is the love as Scout presents herself as an artist to watch in the year ahead.]
[Scout Gillett plays recordBar on Nov. 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM with The Whiffs, Blanky, and Magic Marty]
Flare Tha Rebel – “F.L.Y. Too (feat. The Belief System & Lauren Williams)” from: Summer You, Summer Me. / Shafer / October 21, 2022 [“Rosé All Day” was the lead single from Flare Tha Rebel’s new EP. Playful, yet meaningful, the song is about an empowered woman of which a man is pursuing. Lines within the song such as “and if she’s a tease she can do that ya’ll / she don’t owe you nothing man, please back off”, attempt to change the at times degrading scenarios of this power dynamic. The narrative is done in the backdrop of fun and lighthearted warm weather days, cool summernights, and, of course, plenty of rosé. Continuing with Flare’s Art to Empower initiative, “Rosé All Day” aims to raise funds and awareness for a nonprofit, which this time is the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Abuse (MOCSA). Career and love brought hip-hop MC Flare Tha Rebel back to his hometown of Kansas City, MO, which created a second wind of new music. Noted by The Pitch, “As a member of hip-hop collective Anti-Crew, Flare Tha Rebel made quite an impact on the Kansas City hip-hop scene. After making the leap from KC to Chicago in the late ‘00s, he’s now back…” Known for a highly energetic live performance, Flare has shared the stage with artists such as Chance the Rapper, RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Mac Lethal, Nappy Roots, and CES Cru. Although hip-hop at the core, Flare Tha Rebel’s versatility remains as he balances music with socially progressive themes that are still enjoyable enough to raise a glass to at a party. There’s also a duality to Flare’s approach. Many of his songs are connected to his Art to Empower initiative, raising awareness and funds for a variety of social justice causes and nonprofits. Flare Tha Rebel & Bob Pullian were guests on WMM, Aug. 11, 2021. Flare The Rebel released the EP, The Revolution Will Not Be Hashtagged on July 9, 2021. The recording was #9 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. Info at: http://www.flaretharebel.com]
[Flare Tha Rebel with Woodland Ave play (birthday bash) at Nighthawk, 1228 Baltimore Ave. KCMO on Friday, November 11, at 7:00 PM with Lava Dreams and DJ Skeme.]
Rufus Wainwright – “Damsel In Distress” from: Unfollow the Rules / BMG / July 24, 2020 [New York-born, Montreal-raised singer songwriter praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality.” Unfollow the Rules is Wainwright’s ninth release of original material, his first since Out of the Game (2012), and his first under BMG. The album was produced by Mitchell Froom, and other contributors include Matt Chamberlain, Jim Keltner, and Blake Mills. “Trouble in Paradise”, released in October 2019, served as the album’s lead single. “Damsel in Distress”, “Peaceful Afternoon”, and “Alone Time” were released in February, March, and April 2020, respectively. Originally scheduled to be available on April 24, the album’s release date was pushed back to July 24 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright was born July 22, 1973, He is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded nine albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson. Wainwright’s self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright’s third and fourth studio albums, Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), were repackaged as the double album Want in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album Release the Stars and his first live album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. His second live album Milwaukee at Last!!! was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012). The double album Prima Donna (2015), was a recording of his opera of the same name. His ninth studio album Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016), featured nine adaptions of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Wainwright is the son of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and the older brother of singer Martha Wainwright.]
[Kansas City Symphony presents Rufus Wainwright with The Kansas City Symphony: Oh What A World Of Rufus, on Saturday, November 12, at 8:00 PM, at The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts in Helzberg Hall, 1601 Broadway Boulevard, KCMO.]
Julia Haile – “Set Out” from: “Set Out” – Single / Julia Haile / September 30, 2022 [One of two new singles (including “Heavy Rotation”) released by Julia Haile and September 30, 2022. Julia Haile is a singer and songwriter based in Kansas City, MO. Her natural talent and musical education have fueled a career of exciting performances and beautiful music. From leading Neo-Soul band Hi-Lux and international collaborations to solo works, Julia’s goal is create meaningful musical experiences for all. Julia’s work with Hi-Lux included Tim Braun on guitar, Nick Howell on keys, Dan Loftus on bass, (and prior to that Pete Leibert on bass) and Kian Bryne on drums. Hi-Lux is a Modern-Soul band that blends and bends the boundaries between soul, rock n roll, reggae, and funk. This group aims to create music that pays tribute to their myriad of influences (Amy Winehouse, The Meters, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings). but also claims a spotlight of its own in the musical world. Hi-Lux released the singles, “Revolution” and “Get What You Give” on February 28, 2020, through The Record Machine. Hi-Lux released the single. “Don’t Blame Lee” (featuring Lee Scratch Perry) on April 20, 2018. Hi-Lux released the 7” vinyl single, “”Dance With My Baby” b/w “Don’t Blame Me” on January 5, 2018 through Sunflower Soul Records. Hi-Lux released their 6-track, self-titled EP, Hi-Lux on January 2, 2018. All 6 songs had previously been released as singles..]The band brings together elements of soul, reggae and funk for a unique and dance inspiring sound. More info at: http://www.hi-lux.bandcamp.com and http://www.juliaHaile.com]
[Julia Haile Quintet plays Second Edition of the @collectifmirr International Exchange! November 17 at A LA Dynamo n Paris France featuring Hermon Mehari and Alessandro Lanzoni -Arc Fiction.]
Siilk – “Stagnant” from: Siilk / Siilk / July 1, 2022 [Produced by Justin Mantooth and Siilk. Recorded and mixed by Justin Mantooth at Westend Recording Studios in Kansas City.]
[Siilk plays Farwell KCMO, at 6515 Stadium Drive, KCMO, MO. On Thursday, November 10. at 7:00 PM with King Pink, and Feverest from Oklahoma, and Perfume.]
Stacy Busch – “Moscow” from: Finder / Stacy Busch / October 5, 2022 [FINDER was written during the 8 week international and virtual residency OneBeat Virtual 3. Each piece was created using home audio and visual recordings from the musicians in the residency program. The majority of the tracks in the pieces are, in fact, samples from these recordings that have been manipulated in various ways. // Stacy writes, “Thank you to OneBeat, Found Sound Nation and the U.S. Department of State Cultural Affairs for the opportunity to participate in OneBeat Virtual 3. Additionally, thank you to the entire cohort of OneBeat Virtual 3 fellows for their artistry and inspiration and to Anton Maskeliade for facilitating this process.” // Featuring: Goodluck Babatunde, Eduardo Pininga, Lucy Little, A.yoni Jeffries, Kateyrna Kostrova, Ivona Eterović, Takahara Suiko, Sokhibjon Kurbanov, Anton Maskeliade, Tewdros Fantahun Ejigu, Bawari Basanti, Sruti Sarathy, J.J. Pearse // Thank you to Gorbi for all album artwork and Vaughan Harrison for photography. // Earlier this year Stacy Busch released music from ghe production of:“When/Time” originally presented in Charlotte Street Foundation’s Black Box Theater, 3333 Wyoming St., KCMO, on June 25 & 26, 2021. Busch was named a 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist. This project, intended for 2020, was delayed due to the pandemic. “When/Time,” will now go on tours to health centers, behavioral health/addiction centers, and schools.. “What is certain is that Busch is an important emerging compositional voice, fearless in its vulnerability, and able to pull disparate musical genres into a cohesive whole without artifice.” -KC METROPOLIS. Stacy Busch is a composer and performer. Her concerts and productions are designed to be provocative yet accessible in order to cultivate broader artistic interest and, in particular, reach under-served and/or misrepresented communities. Stacy is the founder and president of No Divide KC, an arts and social justice non-profit that creates artistic events for social causes. Artistically, her work deals with internal conflicts that are often taken abstractly from her personal experiences with addiction and bipolar disorder. These experiences of duality both in the mind and body are universal and her work expresses this underlying human vulnerability. Stacy’s work has been performed nationally as well as in France and Iceland. In 2020, Stacy’s non-profit No Divide KC is producd the 1st Annual Queer Narratives Festival. Also in 2020 Stacy worked on composing the new music and theater production, When/Time in partnership with Charlotte Street Foundation. COVID-19 has changed the dated of this performance. Stacy also has collaborative projects in the works with The Mid America Freedom Band. Recently, Stacy released a new project and subsequent album, titled Mass, which she premiered at MTH Theater. Stacy has performed at Splice Electroacoustic Music Festival, she scored the documentary “The Ordinance Project” which premiered at the Kansas City LGBTQ Film festival, she partnered with Gilda’s Club KC, Owen/Cox Dance Group and Charlotte Street Foundation to compose and perform the music for “Collective: Our Stories of Cancer,” other service with No Divide KC includes partnerships with the Kansas City Ballet School and the Johnson County Library. In addition to Kansas City, Stacy’s work has been featured at the University of Colorado-Boulder, UMKC Conservatory of Music a& Dance, Western Michigan University & Central Michigan University. It has also been performed by ensembles including: loadbang, Bent Frequency and the Beo String Quartet. She is a 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Fellow. Stacy has received grants from ArtsKC, ArtSounds, Charlotte Street Foundation and the UMKC Women’s Council. Stacy received her MM In composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and her BM in composition from Western Michigan University. Her teachers include Rome Prize winners Paul Rudy & James Mobberley as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Other influential teachers include Guggenheim Fellow Curtis Curtis-Smith, Christopher Biggs & Lisa Coons. Prior to studying music, Stacy studied journalism at Boston University.]
David George Orchestra – “Tired of Being Good [feat. Shay Estes & Camry Ivory] from: Finder / David George / November 18, 2022 [Recorded at Weights and Measures Soundlabs. Engineered and Mastered by Duane Trowers. Mixed by George Johnsen. David George – Electric Guitar; Shay Estes – Vocals; Camry Ivory – Vocals; Giuliano Minguicci – Drums; Jeff Harshbarger – Double Bass; Ken Lovern – Keys; Nate Nall – Trumpet; Kristen Nall – Trombone; Scott Reed – Sax; Chako Finn – Bass Trombone. The David George Orchestra Rock & Roll Christmas Show (Dec. 8. 9. 10) tickets are available for Wichita, KC, and Lincoln. More info at: http://www.davidgeorgeband.com]
[David George Orchestra – A Rock n Roll Christmas Show is Friday, December 9, at 7:00 PM at The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main Street, KCMO.]
10:29 – Underwriting
Tre’ Mutava – “Pre-K” from: The Movies / Currently Crafting / July 31, 2021, [Tre’ Mutava is a 20-year old, self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas.Tre’ Mutava ‘s new single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was released on September 30, 2022. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com]
10:35 – Interview with Tre’ Mutava
20-year old, Tre’ Mutava is a self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas. Tre’ released his debut solo album THE MOVIES on July 31, 2021. Tre’ Mutava ‘s new follow-up single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was just recently released on September 30, 2022. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com
Tre’ Mutava thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Tre’ Mutava currently studies business at Johnson County Community College
He went to Shawnee Mission Northwest High.
Tre’ called his debut solo album THE MOVIES a “bedroom symphony” because he create much of the music in his bedroom.
Tre’ staged a The Movies Tour
The Movies is like a scrapbook of Tre’ Mutava’s life up until the time he created this album, each song representing specific turning points in his young life.
THE MOVIES
Pre-K
The Good Place
Best Year
Proud (feat. Astro and Friends)
Second Guessing (feat. MLLS)
Lullaby
Diagnosis
Talk Instead
Father
Face The Facts
Facebook Friends
GO! (feat. PEABOD)
Throwback
Graduation
Tre’ Mutava lives in Overland Park, Kansas and has over 50,000 YouTube views on his new single “Moving (feat. Noah Anthony)”
Tre’s new single, “Moving (feat. Noah Anthony)” was recently released on September 30, 2022 through Currently Crafting.
10:43
Tre’ Mutava – “Moving (feat. Noah Anthony)” from: “Moving (feat. Noah Anthony)” – Single / Currently Crafting / September 30, 2022, [Tre’ Mutava is a 20-year old, self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas.Tre’ Mutava ‘s new single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was follows his debut album, THE MOVIES released July 31, 2021. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com]
10:47 – Interview with Tre’ Mutava
20-year old, Tre’ Mutava is a self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas. Tre’ released his debut solo album THE MOVIES on July 31, 2021. Tre’ Mutava ‘s new follow-up single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was just recently released on September 30, 2022. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com
Tre’ Mutava thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Tre’ Mutava played The Uptown Theatre, The Rino, Down Town Overland Park.
Te’ Mutava is strong-willed, perceptive, and goal oriented.
Tre’ Mutava will be turning 21 on December 21, 2022
Tre’ Mutava thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Tre’ Mutava’s debut solo album THE MOVIES on July 31, 2021. Tre’ Mutava ‘s new follow-up single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was just recently released on September 30, 2022. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com
10:54
Tre’ Mutava – “The Good Place” from: The Movies / Currently Crafting / July 31, 2021, [Tre’ Mutava is a 20-year old, self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas.Tre’ Mutava ‘s new single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), was released on September 30, 2022. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com]
Kadesh Flow – “Dream For Me” from: “Dream For Me”– Single / Ryan Jamaal Davis / October 10, 2022 [On October 21, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single”Chill (feat. Mir Blackwell).” On September 30 2022 Marcus Lewis Big Band released the single, “You’re Very Special (feat. Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow & Kevin Church Johnson).” On July 1, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single “Away From You.”Aboout that single Kadesh told us “I’ve been a little quiet from a release standpoint because I’ve been scoring a feature length film.” “This song is… inspired by Eren Yeager and his tragic, brutal journey in Attack on Titan but is also deeply personal to me. There’s a lot of current world problem glazing that I’m doing on it as well.” “Also, June 30 marks five years since I left my financial tech career to pursue my performing and recording artist career full time. I’m releasing this on July 1,, partially in celebration of that milestone.” This is one of over 23 new singles Kadesh Flow has released in the last 18 months: This is a follow up to “Move Different (feat. Gr3s0n)” with lyrics by Kadesh Flow & Gr3ys0n. Music by Kadesh Flow. Mixing: Kadesh Flow. Mastering: Kadesh Flow and was released on January 21, 2022. The year before, Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Soft Side,” on Jan. 21, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Assumptions feat. Shubzilla,” on Jan. 29, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Frosty,” on February 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Cry For Me 2,” February 12, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Not on My Watch,” on February 19, 2021, Inspired by Lord Beerus (Dragonball Super). Kadesh Flow released, “Held Me Longer,” on Marc written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Your Dream Isn’t Always Yours,” on March 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Forgot About Me,” on March 14, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Take Backs (feat. Ryan Heinlein),” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “But Hope” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single, “I Don’t Care” on April 9, 2021, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by D. Professor. Kadesh Flow released the single, “That Way” on April 16, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow, and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Saunders. Kadesh Flow released the new single, “So Far” on April 23, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “On Target” on April 30, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single ”Lighten Up”on May 7, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Elegant” on May 21, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 16th single the year, so far. Kadesh Flow released the 13-track album ROOM SERVICE 2, on July 19, 2021. Kadesh Flow released the single “Coming For Your Neck” on August 20, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 17th single the year. Kadesh Flow released the single “Easy” on August 27, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 18th single the year. Kadesh Flow released the single “Fiend” on Sept. 4, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by Dominique Sanders. This is his 19th single the year. le, “Gardens Out The Gutter” on Dec. 3, 2021. This is one of 22 singles and a 13 track album that Kadesh Flow has released so far this year. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “CHOICE (The Cost)” on December 17, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. This is one of 22 singles and a 13 track album that Kadesh Flow has released so far this year. Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis is a rapper with an MBA. He is an emcee, producer, & trombonist. At age 11, he began rapping and playing trombone within two weeks of one another. His music has been featured on network television in multiple countries and territories across Southeast Asia. Kadesh performs as a solo hip hop artist. He also plays with The Phantastics, and Marcus Lewis Big Band. Kadesh Flow played the 17th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 11, as part of Deshica Rage (with Kadesh Flow & Jessica Paige) at 10:00 PM on Community Lending of America Stage at Lemonade Park. Kadesh Flow was on WMM on Oct. 21, 2020. More info at: http://www.kadeshflow.com ]
11:00 – Station ID
M/S Ride – “Cooky” from: Fight Songs / Mr. Furious Records / November 1, 2022 [M/S Ride is multi-instrumentalist Howie Howard’s new solo album, FIGHT SONGS, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrenc, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]
11:04 – Interview with Howie Howard
Howie Howard joins to share details about his new solo album, FIGHT SONGS from M/S Ride, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrenc, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.
Howie Howard, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade.
Howie graduated from Doane University, (located in Crete, Nebraska) singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time.
Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015.
Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush.
M/S Ride is the solo music project of Howie Howard. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop.
Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year.
Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases.
More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP.
Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit.
11:13
M/S Ride – “Let’s Get Out of Here (feat. Cory)” from: Fight Songs / Mr. Furious Records / November 1, 2022 [M/S Ride is multi-instrumentalist Howie Howard’s new solo album, FIGHT SONGS, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrenc, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]
11:16 – Interview with Howie Howard
Howie Howard joins to share details about his new solo album, FIGHT SONGS from M/S Ride, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.
Howie Howard, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
“FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop.
FIGHT SONGS
1.Cooky 2.The Last Last Time (feat. Cory) 3.Time I Would Spend 4.Lost f Drew 5.March 401st (feat. Drew) 6.Sinking Is Easy 7.Fight Song (arrangement by Scott Morris) 8.Hey Sleepyhead (feat. Rob and Aaron) 9.Let’s Get Out Of Here (feat. Cory 10.(She Was) The Greatest (By Far) (feat. Scott) 11.Maybe This One f Nate 12.Look The Other Way (Cool Song For Miles) 13.So, Did I Miss You? (feat. Scott)
Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year.
“Fight Songs (arranged Scott Morris)”
Howie Howard, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Howie Howard joins to share details about his new solo album, FIGHT SONGS from M/S Ride, released on November 1, 2022. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.
11:24
M/S Ride – “Fight Songs (Arranged by Scott)” from: Fight Songs / Mr. Furious Records / November 1, 2022 [M/S Ride is multi-instrumentalist Howie Howard’s new solo album, FIGHT SONGS, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrence, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.]
11:28 – Underwriting
Ivory Blue – “Red Light” from: “Red Light” – Single / Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing / October 28, 2022 [Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is handling publishing. Ivory Blue released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. For COMPOUND LOVE Ivory 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. KC based singer songwriter and rock & roller, Ivory Blue is currently in the studio putting together a new full length 10-song album called “Compound Love” for release in 2022. Ivory Blue’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015 and had wide radio airplay on this show and multiple radio and television stations in Kansas City and across the country. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 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 them Ivory KC, 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. While the EP helped spread the word and got much attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. Ivory entered NeXt2Rock, a nationwide talent search with over 1800 artists/bands who applied to find fresh and promising rock artists. The top 5 national bands battled it off for the win in Los Angeles CA at the legendary Viper Room, with judges Scott Borchetta (BMLG), John Varvatos (fashion designer), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox”), Desmond Child (Musician, producer), Chris Lord-Alge (producer), Ivory Blue won over the judges and became the grand prize winner! Ivory Ivory won the contest and a one-year record deal with BMLG who re-released the song Ready Get Set from the 2015 EP. Ivory’s 2018 re-release of ‘Ready Get Set’ undauntedly received National and International airplay within weeks. For their upcoming album, IVORY BLUE is producing all the tracks with the exception of Drums and Bass. Ivory is currently working with Lester Estelle (Drummer for Kelly Clarkson), Craig Kew (Bass) KC, Kurt Festge (Mastering | Citizen Kane & Vilent Femmes) NC. and Nick Poortman (LA based Los Angeles based Producer, Engineer, Mixer, and Songwriter) Nick has worked alongside producers including Justin Gray, Gil Norton, Big Tank, and Greg Haver on sessions throughout the USA, UK, Europe, and New Zealand. // On August 18th 2021 Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing out of Atlanta GA. // Ivory released the singles: “Elite Dreamland,” on Feb. 17, 2021, “Half a Life” on Sept. 20, 2021. 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 joined us on WMM on November 10, September 15, and July 28, in 2021. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D
11:33 – Interview with Ivory Blue
IVORY BLUE is here in our 90.1 FM studios to share details about their new single & video, “Starlit Love Child” released October 28, 2022, from their forthcoming 2023 album. The new single comes via Dark Spark Music owned and operated by veteran rock manager Vicky Hamilton. IVORY BLUE started writing music at a very young age, creating their unique alt-rock sound, using a tape recorder to superimpose sounds that added to a song production. After starting performances in coffee shops and small venues, they 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 BLUE settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting a following for their strong vocals and deeply personal lyrics. On July 29th, 2022, and after studying the craft of recording and self- producing, this amazing singer-songwriter with a passionate love for everyone struggling through life, released their first full length album, COMPOUND LOVE. This was followed by their single, “Red Light” and now “Starlit Love Child.” More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic
Ivory Blue thanks for being with us on WMM.
Musician, songwriter, and producer Ivory Blue joins us to talk about their new single “Starlit Love Child album. This comes after the release of Ivory’s debut full-length album, COMPOUND LOVE released on February 25, 2022. Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is managing Ivory and handling all of their publishing. For COMPOUND LOVE Ivory 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. More info at: http://www.ivorybluemusic.com
Congratulations on your new album COMPOUND LOVE to be released February 25. 2022.
IVORY BLUE lived a nomadic existence until settling in Kansas City MO and becoming part of the local musical community. After winning a nationwide talent contest in 2017 Ivory Blue started having success with some national and international radio play which continues today.
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 KC, 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. While the EP helped spread the word and got much attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017.
Ivory entered NeXt2Rock, a nationwide talent search with over 1800 artists/bands who applied to find fresh and promising rock artists. The top 5 national bands battled it off for the win in Los Angeles CA at the legendary Viper Room, with judges Scott Borchetta (BMLG), John Varvatos (fashion designer), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox”), Desmond Child (Musician, producer), Chris Lord-Alge (producer), Ivory Blue won over the judges and became the grand prize winner! Ivory
Ivory won the contest and a one-year record deal with BMLG who re-released the song Ready Get Set from the 2015 EP. Ivory’s 2018 re-release of ‘Ready Get Set’ undauntedly received National and International airplay within weeks.
NeXt2Rock Judges Comments about Ivory Blue:
“You got star quality and a lot of potential” by Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox” on KLOS (95.5) Los Angeles, CA, USA)
“Giving us the diamond in the rough we can only dream of, the foundation that’s built underneath it, that’s what music is made from. by Chris Lord-Alge (Engineer/Mixer).
“I love everything about you, you sing what you live, you’re fantastic” by Desmond Child (Musician \ Songwriter and Producer).
“We’ve been waiting for the WOW, and you are the WOW”, “You’re a true artist” by John Varvatos (Fashion Designer and Record Label Head)
“You exude artistry from the minute you step on that stage” by Scott Borchetta – Big Machine Label Group president and CEO.
“There’s something special about you”, “You’re a true artist” by Gavin Rossdale (British musician, singer, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band BUSH).
Ivory Blue has played Crossroads Music festival, The Middle of the Map Festival, The Westport Roots Festival, Kansas City Public Library, and Kauffman Stadium.
11:41
Ivory Blue – “Starlit Love Child” from: “Starlit Live Child’ – Single / Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing / October 28, 2022 [Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is managing Ivory and handling all of their publishing. Ivory Blue released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. For COMPOUND LOVE Ivory 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. KC based singer songwriter and rock & roller, Ivory Blue is currently in the studio putting together a new full length 10-song album called “Compound Love” for release in 2022. Ivory Blue’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015 and had wide radio airplay on this show and multiple radio and television stations in Kansas City and across the country. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 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 them Ivory KC, 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. While the EP helped spread the word and got much attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. Ivory entered NeXt2Rock, a nationwide talent search with over 1800 artists/bands who applied to find fresh and promising rock artists. The top 5 national bands battled it off for the win in Los Angeles CA at the legendary Viper Room, with judges Scott Borchetta (BMLG), John Varvatos (fashion designer), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox”), Desmond Child (Musician, producer), Chris Lord-Alge (producer), Ivory Blue won over the judges and became the grand prize winner! Ivory Ivory won the contest and a one-year record deal with BMLG who re-released the song Ready Get Set from the 2015 EP. Ivory’s 2018 re-release of ‘Ready Get Set’ undauntedly received National and International airplay within weeks. For their upcoming album, IVORY BLUE is producing all the tracks with the exception of Drums and Bass. Ivory is currently working with Lester Estelle (Drummer for Kelly Clarkson), Craig Kew (Bass) KC, Kurt Festge (Mastering | Citizen Kane & Vilent Femmes) NC. and Nick Poortman (LA based Los Angeles based Producer, Engineer, Mixer, and Songwriter) Nick has worked alongside producers including Justin Gray, Gil Norton, Big Tank, and Greg Haver on sessions throughout the USA, UK, Europe, and New Zealand. // On August 18th 2021 Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing out of Atlanta GA. // Ivory released the singles: “Elite Dreamland,” on Feb. 17, 2021, “Half a Life” on Sept. 20, 2021. 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 joined us on WMM on November 10, September 15, and July 28, in 2021. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D
11:44 – Interview with Ivory Blue
IVORY BLUE joins us to share details about their new single & video, “Starlit Love Child” released October 28, 2022, from their forthcoming 2023 album. The new single comes via Dark Spark Music owned and operated by veteran rock manager Vicky Hamilton. IVORY BLUE started writing music at a very young age, creating their unique alt-rock sound, using a tape recorder to superimpose sounds that added to a song production. After starting performances in coffee shops and small venues, they 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 BLUE settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting a following for their strong vocals and deeply personal lyrics. On July 29th, 2022, and after studying the craft of recording and self- producing, this amazing singer-songwriter with a passionate love for everyone struggling through life, released their first full length album, COMPOUND LOVE. This was followed by their single, “Red Light” and now “Starlit Love Child.” More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic
Icvory Blue thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Ivory Blue has been busy in the studio putting together new music for upcoming releases after the spring 2022 release of their debut full length album COMPOUND LOVE. In 2020 Ivory released the singles “Elite Dreamland,” (Feb. 17, 2021), “Half a Life” (Sept. 20, 2021), and “Family Tables” on September 7, 2021.
In February 2020 and after studying the craft of recording and self-producing, this amazing singer-songwriter with soaring vocals, passionate love for everyone struggling through life, released ‘Elite Dreamland’. There are no words to describe the incredible artistry behind this song. a single that hits your heart about understanding how it feels to be misunderstood in a world of people that seem to know what they are doing.
IVORY BLUE produces all the tracks with the exception of Drums and Bass. Ivory is currently working with Lester Estelle (Drummer for Kelly Clarkson), Craig Kew (Bass) KC, Kurt Festge (Mastering | Citizen Kane & Vilent Femmes) NC. and Nick Poortman (LA based Los Angeles based Producer, Engineer, Mixer, and Songwriter) Nick has worked alongside producers including Justin Gray, Gil Norton, Big Tank, and Greg Haver on sessions throughout the USA, UK, Europe, and New Zealand.
Ivory Blue released the video of ‘FAMILY TABLES’ on August 21, 2021 and the track was released on September 7, 2021. Ivory Blue is currently finishing the first full length CD/Album ‘Compound Love’ to be released in 2021 as well as the Red Light EP for 2022.
“Family Tables” hit #1 on Banks Radio in Australia the first week of the release. 23 countries have listed on Ivory’s Spotify reports and that after just 1 week released.
Kayden Gorden from The Kayden Gordon Radio Show has asked for a radio interview. The Kayden Gordon show is heard on 60+ stations (FM & Online) across the world.
IVORY BLUE signed with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing on Aug 18th, 2021. This is a new Publishing Company out of the Atlanta GA area. They have big plans for IVORY BLUE. Ben Baeumert. Founder and CEO is an artist himself with many years of experience in the music industry. He’s already been contacted by a large music supervisor company who said that IVORY BLUE’s music is amazing and that they love everything about the artist and wants to pitch the music to Music Licensees for potential TV, Film, commercials etc. That’s exciting news knowing that this will push music to a lot of listeners.
They were going to take over management for IVORY BLUE per my request, but instead partnered up with us to help the business grow and keep me as sole manager for IVORY BLUE and at their request other artists as well. I am therefore going to continue as Devin’s manager (she actually didn’t want me to hand over to another manager so was so happy about that decision) As far as the other artists, I haven’t made a final decision yet.
Ivory Blue has been on the WMM 15 times since 2015.
Ivory Blue thanks for being with us on WMM.
IVORY BLUE’s new single & video, “Starlit Love Child” was released October 28, 2022, from their forthcoming 2023 album. The new single comes via Dark Spark Music owned and operated by veteran rock manager Vicky Hamilton. More info at: http://www.ivorybluemusic.com
For Wednesday MidDay Medley & Ivory Blue. I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
11:54
Ivory Blue – “Heavy” from: “Compound Love / Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing / February 25, 2022 [Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is managing Ivory and handling all of their publishing. For COMPOUND LOVE Ivory 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. KC based singer songwriter and rock & roller, Ivory Blue is currently in the studio putting together a new full length 10-song album called “Compound Love” for release in 2022. Ivory Blue’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015 and had wide radio airplay on this show and multiple radio and television stations in Kansas City and across the country. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 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 them Ivory KC, 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. While the EP helped spread the word and got much attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. // Ivory entered NeXt2Rock, a nationwide talent search with over 1800 artists/bands who applied to find fresh and promising rock artists. The top 5 national bands battled it off for the win in Los Angeles CA at the legendary Viper Room, with judges Scott Borchetta (BMLG), John Varvatos (fashion designer), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox”), Desmond Child (Musician, producer), Chris Lord-Alge (producer), Ivory Blue won over the judges and became the grand prize winner! Ivory Ivory won the contest and a one-year record deal with BMLG who re-released the song Ready Get Set from the 2015 EP. Ivory’s 2018 re-release of ‘Ready Get Set’ undauntedly received National and International airplay within weeks. For their upcoming album, IVORY BLUE is producing all the tracks with the exception of Drums and Bass. Ivory is currently working with Lester Estelle (Drummer for Kelly Clarkson), Craig Kew (Bass) KC, Kurt Festge (Mastering | Citizen Kane & Vilent Femmes) NC. and Nick Poortman (LA based Los Angeles based Producer, Engineer, Mixer, and Songwriter) Nick has worked alongside producers including Justin Gray, Gil Norton, Big Tank, and Greg Haver on sessions throughout the USA, UK, Europe, and New Zealand. // On August 18th 2021 Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing out of Atlanta GA. // Ivory released the singles: “Elite Dreamland,” on Feb. 17, 2021, “Half a Life” on Sept. 20, 2021. 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 joined us on WMM on November 10, September 15, and July 28, in 2021. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, November 16, we welcome Eddie Moore, Glenn North, and Pure XTC
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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 9, 2022
Ivory Blue + Howie Howard + Tre’ Mutava
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: Scout Gillett, Flare Tha Rebel with The Belief Cycle & Lauren Williams, Julia Haile, David George Orchestra with Shay Estes & Camry Ivory, Siilk, Kadesh Flow, Tre’ Mutava, M/S Ride, IVORY BLUE and Rufus Wainwright.
At 10:30 we talk with Tre’ Mutava about his latest single and video, “Moving” (feat. Noah Anthony), released on September 30, 2022. The new single follows Tre’s debut album, THE MOVIES released on July 31, 2021. Tre’ Mutava is a 20-year old, self-made indie producer, singer and songwriter based in Overland Park, Kansas. More info at: http://www.tremutava.com
At 11:00 Mark talks with Howie Howard about his new solo album, FIGHT SONGS from M/S Ride, released on November 1, 2022. Howie has played in several bands including: Mars Lights, Dark Satellites, Night Mode, howie&scott, and Five Star Crush. Howie is the founder of Mr. Furious Records that he started in 2004 after graduating from college. Mr. Furious Records puts out 4-5 projects a year. Along with Nate Holt and Royce Diamond, Howie is the co-host and producer of The Long Play Listening Party an area podcast that interviews area musicians and plays from their latest releases. More info at: linktr.ee/thelongplayLP. Howie started his first indie band in 10th grade, Howie grew up in Crete, Nebraska and graduated from Doane University, singing and playing drums in school groups the whole time. Howie moved to Kansas City in 2005 and Lawrenc, Kansas in 2015. Howie Howard works as a Quality Systems and Analytics Manager for DCCCA, a Lawrence-based human services non-profit. Howie writes that, “FIGHT SONGS is mostly about his relationship with his spouse Cari Ann Kreienhop. More information at: http://www.mrfuriousrecords.com.
At 11:30 we talk with IVORY BLUE about their new single & video, “Starlit Love Child” released October 28, 2022, from their forthcoming 2023 album. The new single comes via Dark Spark Music owned and operated by veteran rock manager Vicky Hamilton. IVORY BLUE started writing music at a very young age, creating their unique alt-rock sound, using a tape recorder to superimpose sounds that added to a song production. After starting performances in coffee shops and small venues, they 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 BLUE settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting a following for their strong vocals and deeply personal lyrics. On July 29th, 2022, and after studying the craft of recording and self- producing, this amazing singer-songwriter with a passionate love for everyone struggling through life, released their first full length album, COMPOUND LOVE. This was followed by their single, “Red Light” and now “Starlit Love Child.” More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic
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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 2, 2022
Sondra Freeman of Apocalypse Meow 15 + The Black Creatures + Maria Vasquez Boyd
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song
Spoon – “On The Radio (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)” from: Lucifer on The Moon / Sub Pop / November 4, 2022 [From Spoon’s bandcamp page: Lucifer on the Moon is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’s LUCIFER ON THE SOFA. (Feb. 11, 2022). A top-to-bottom rework of the Austin band’s tenth album, it was created by On-U Sound founder and UK dub icon, Adrian Sherwood. // Moon first took shape as a few heady remixes for the singles from LUCIFER ON THE SOFA. Frontman Britt Daniel offered Sherwood two suggestions: “Avoid things that would not be possible on tape” and “Add whatever you want to add, the less modern the better.” The collaboration shouldn’t come as a surprise: dub-inspired production is wound through Spoon’s classic tracks, from “Finer Feelings” to “Inside Out.” Sherwood is a proven collaborator whose resume includes partnerships with seminal artists like The Fall, Jah Wobble, and Mark Stewart. The initial results pleased both parties and Sherwood was invited to work on additional songs. And then a few more. “I got into the melody and the thoughts it evoked in me,” the producer explains. “It just evolved and we eventually found ourselves with a whole album.” // Moon flips Lucifer on the Sofa’s rhythm tracks inside-out, and often rebuilds them wholesale. Sherwood supplied extensive additional instrumentation via On-U’s extended family of session players, including bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc (both of whom performed in Sugarhill Records’ early ’80s in-house rhythm section). He dug deep into the album’s multi-tracks, surfacing forgotten details and elements not present in the final album mixes. The result airlifts Spoon’s trademark melodies into lush alien terrain, replete with vibrant echo and rumbling low-end. “It wasn’t just a thing where you pick apart this and that and you stay on the grid and you add a delay,” explains Daniel. “He added so much more instrumentation to the tracks that they became different completely versions of the songs. Not just remixes, but companion pieces. A ‘Part II.’”]
The Roseline – “Hot Dice” from: “Hot Dice” – Single / RPH Records / November 4, 2022 [First new music to follow The Roseline’s 8th album, ‘Constancy’ which was #1 on WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2021. “Hot Dice” was written by Colin Halliburton and arranged by The Roseline, with: Colin Halliburton on guitars, vocals, aux percussion; Bradley McKellip on guitars; Heidi Gluck on keyboards & vocals; Colin Jones on bass, and Jim Piller on drums. Engineered and Produced by Joel Nanos at Element Recording in Kansas City, KS. Mixed by Daniel Knobler at Goosehead Palace in Nashville, TN. Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering in Portland, OR. Colin Halliburton writes: “Hot Dice is a self-deprecating exploration of my tendency to ruin otherwise joyful moments with polarizing political conversation pieces or fatalistic and rambling soliloquies. By the end of the song, I learn to be less of a vibe killer and just tell “a gross joke instead”. Musically, it’s jangly heartland folk-rock that’s been elevated with super chorus-y guitar, great multiple harmony bgvs, and an altered arrangement toward the end of the song that really makes it shine. Obviously I’m biased. In terms of its release, I couldn’t let an entire calendar year go by without releasing some new jams into the world so we’re closing out 2022 with a couple stand alone singles we’re extremely proud of. More information at: http://www.roselinemusic.com // The Roseline are a Lawrence, KS, based alt-country, Americana, rock band, formed by Colin Halliburton with friends in 2005. The Roseline released their 6th album GOOD / GRIEF on April 3, 2021. 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. In 2021 the band toured Poland. Colin Halliburton joined us on March 25, 2020 and Nov. 3, 2021. Info at: http://www.roselinemusic.com]
[The Roseline play The Brick, Kansas City, MO on Friday, Nov 11.] [The Roseline play The Whittier Bar, Tulsa, OK on Saturday, Nov 12] [The Roseline The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., Lawrence, KS on Friday, Nov 25 [The Roseline w/ Austin Lucas play Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., Lawrence, Dec 1] [The Roseline play the Montrose Saloon, Chicago, IL on Friday, Dec 2] [The Roseline the Orbit Room, Bloomington, IN on Saturday, Dec 3]
Birdie – “Gravity” from: Gravity / Birdie / October 12, 2022 [A new 9-song album release from Birdie. “GRAVITY” was made with Birdie in lead vocals & ukelele, Andy Oxman on guitar, Barb Wilmoth on drums, Dan Carey on bass, with Pat Tomek on drums, Gary Paredes on guitar and Marc Bollinger on bass. This is Birdies’ second full-length album release of 2022. On May 27, 2022 Birdie’s released the 8-song album WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO COOL?. Power pop, punk, and echoes of the girl groups of our time intersect in Kansas City-based band Birdie. This energetic collaboration of local talent brings a fresh take on classic sounds. Birdie released the single “You Can’t Stop Her” on June 13, 2021. Birdie released the 7-track EP, CELLOPHANE HEART on June 4, 2021. Birdie is the musical project of Betsy Schwartze who lives in Stilwell KS. Info at: http://www.birdiesound.com]
GAV7D – “War of WYCO” from: Thanks For Everything EXOTICAFREEJAZZMIDDLEASTERN / GAV7D / Nov. 9, 2022 [EXOTICAFREEJAZZMIDDLEASTERN is the 5th and final GAV7D release in the GAV7D series and the second GAV7D release of 2022. EXOTICAFREEJAZZMIDDLEASTERN is a mix between free jazz group (Annie Ellicot vocals, Mark Southerland Sax, Clarke Wyatt Grand Piano, Arny Young Drums) and Extoica Band (Amado Espinoza- Charango, Tina Billberry- Violin, Chris Fugitt- drums, Mark Southerland-Sax, Chris Tady- Guitar). With guest artists: Mike Dillon-Vibraphone, Beau Bledsoe- Guitar and Oud, Christine Brebes- violin. It’s a masterpiece that finishes the GAV7D album collection in the most beautiful and bizarre way combining new sonic concepts with ancient. The debut GAV7D album: “Thanks For Everything” was released June 21, 2015. The double album, “Thanks For Everything – Cartoonoirjazz” was released June 1, 2016. Thanks For Everything Punkfunkpolka was released on May 31, 2019 and included Johnny Hamil on bass, Clarke Wyatt on keyboards, Mikal Shapiro on guitars & vocals, Kyle Dahlquist on accordions & theremins & vocals, Charles “Critter” Sims on drums, and Chad Meise on Hendrix inspired guitars. Written & arranged by Johnny Hamil. Thanks For Everything SoloBassVideoGame was released June 28, 2022. // Johnny Hamil told us that the 5ht and final album in the series, GAV7D “Thanks for Everything – ExoticaMiddleasternFreeJazz,” “reminded me that the outside listener doesn’t hear the whole project like I do, or the concert goer does.” He added “I really feel like it’s my major work of my lifetime, but even better, it tells the story of the KaC music community, which I’m so proud of.” // The GAV7D project is a Five album masterwork by Johnny Hamil. He likes to say he’d rather do this than compose a symphony as it relates more to his bass musical life. The first album is vocals 15 songs composed by Johnny or collaborated with 27 different KC music scene vocalists. Then the idea was to re-imagine what the album would sound like with different group of V7 musicians. Johnny has always written for his band Mr. Marco’s V7. Many of the early members of the band moved back into town so it was on. The first album Cartoonoirjazz is a instrumental homage to Mancini, Ellington, Mingus, and Monk. Features Johnny’s great composing of Jazz melodies and improvisations with his amazIng band members. The second lineup is Punkfunkpolka which is like if a 90s alternative rock band was driven by accordions and theremins. The third version of the band is Exoticamiddleasternfreejazz and is an homage to Martin Deny, Sun Ra, and oud music. It is a magic romp of both improvisations and compositions. Then we have the solo bass video game music album. This album is both electric and upright playing and is breaking new ground for what the bass can do. An. homage to all the great sound tracks of video game music as well as just Johnny’s unique voice on the instrument. // KC based musician, composer, and teacher Johnny Hamil plays in the band Pamper The Madman. Johnny Hamil also plays bass for Mikal Shapiro, and Julia Othmer, and can be heard on the recordings of many KC and Lawrence based artists including Stephonne Singelton. Johnny Hamil collaborates with jazz combos, theatre productions, and is also known for his work with The Malachy Papers. As a teacher of the bass, Johnny Hamil was recently featured on Queer Eye on Netflix. Johnny is a founding member of Mr. Marco’s V7, a band that has been reinvented with each new release, changed and evolved with different line-ups. Known for experimental, instrumental music, Johnny told us the music he composes for the band came to him in his dreams. In 2011 the bassist noticed something revolutionary for his creative process when his dreams included lyrics for the first time This set him on a new path to create GAV7D, which is not Mr. Marco’s V7 proper, but members from the long history of the the band. The concept was to collaborate a vocal version of the compositions with friends and then have various lineups of the V7 family interpret the material in different ways, CartoonNoirJazz, PunkFunkPolka, and FreeeExoticaMiddleEastern. GAV7D premiered at the Folk Alliance International. Chad Meise is a master studio & stage producing and engineering records for Mr. Marco’s V7, Hearts of Darkness, Expassionate, Rex Hobart, MIke Dillon, The Gaslights, Atlantic Fadeout, and The Country Duo.]
[GAV7D performs Live as Annie Ellicot meetsGAV7D for The EXOTICAFREEJAZZMIDDLEASTERN Album Release Concert, Wednesday, November 9, at 6:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms, KCMO. theshipkc.com]
[Celebrating the fifth GAV7D album release Annie Ellicot (currently off tour with Jeff Goldblum) makes room in her very busy schedule to visit KC to perform the exoticafreejazzMiddleastern album with a epic lineup of V7 members. Mike Dillon on Vibes, Clarke Wyatt on keyboards, Kent Burnham on Drums, Kyle Dalhquist on Trombone & Accordion, Amado Espinoza on Charango & Native flutes, Chris Tady on Guitar, K’Tina on Violin, Arny Young on Drums, and Johnny Hamil as Band Leader & Bassist. This will be a rare KC performance with all of these people present. Annie’s brillant improvising on the album is all one take pieces and she will be performing in the same manner at the show. Come witness some of the most ground breaking genre bending music KC has to offer. Advanced Tickets and reserved tables https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gav7dexoticamiddleeasternfreejazz- album-release-tickets-447997080327 The album GAV7D exoticaFreejazzMiddleastern Thanks for Everything can be purchased at johnnyhamil.com]
10:23 – Underwriting
Pure xtc – “Get Lost” from: Shed My Skin 2-Song EP with “Shadow” / Taylor Hughes / September 9, 2022 [The 2-song Shed My Skin EP follows the Pure XTC single “Shadow: released June 1, 2022. Pure xtc released the EP Nobody’s Home on November 12, 2021. Pure xtc is the musical project of Kansas City based Taylor Hughes. Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS who are on hiatus. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. “Ghost” was produced & mixed by Walter Kazmier of Silk City Grooves Studio and mastered by Mike Piacentini of Sony Entertainment’s Battery studios. http://www.purextcmusic.com] [Pure XTC aka Taylor Hughes was our guest on WMM July 14, 2021.]
[Pure XTC plays Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals.]
Eddie Moore – “Skatepark Days” from: INTUITION / Eddie Moore Music / October 28, 2022 [This was the second single from the new album. For “Skate Park Days” all Instruments by Eddie Moore, Written & Produced by Eddie Moore . Drums by Jaylen Ward. Recorded at Tribe Studios in Kansas City, and Mixed By Rick Carson, and Mastered by Crayge Lindesay. // “A New Me, A New You” was first single from INTUITION and was released Friday, October 28, 2022. // From Eddie’s bandcamp page: “Intuition” is Eddie Moore at his best. Crafted with care and love, Moore draws from his vast array of influences over the years and collaborates with his closest friends to bring a bundle of joy to the listener. There is literally something for everyone on this project. His debut album as a solo artist, Moore took the reins as producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. Laying down lush piano, heavy bass, raging synth, and grooves that stick to the ribs. “Intuition” is a unique journey that leaves the listener burning for more. // Eddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo and Bree Cummings) on October 22, 2021. Eddie Moore released “We Chillin’” on April 9, 2021. Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on September 25, 2020. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore’ has shared the stage and record with distinctive artist such as Bobby Watson, Pam, Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. More info at: http://www.wethepeople777.bandcamp.com Eddie Moore joined us live on WMM on September 23, 2020. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com]
[Eddie Moore plays Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO with MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream in Kansas City, MO, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals. Mark Manning will Emcee.]
[Eddie Moore will be our guest on Wednesday MidDay Medley on Nov. 16 with Poet Glenn North,]
10:33 – 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.
Sondra Freeman joins us to share details about Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds 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 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 $350,000 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 Midwest Music Foundation is proud to present the 15th Annual Apocalypse Meow.
The history of Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when local musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends and fellow musicians rallied to her side, holding the first Apocalypse Meow concert 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 $350,000 in health care assistance grants to musicians. We have also provided much needed preventative care services through our health clinic events and partnerships with local providers. // The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care and insurance information. This live event will also feature an online auction from local vendors and artists, and lots of fun raising money to support the health of the music industry members of Kansas City.
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?”
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.
10:41
The Electric Lungs – “Place To Live” from: The ELECTRIC LUNGS / Independent / February 8, 2018 [Five fast burners recorded at the Dead Horse Sound Company in KCMO. All songs by The Electric Lungs except Nimrod’s Son (originally by The Pixies) and Stay Wild (written by Dead Ven feat. Dead Ven himself on vocals and guitar). Mixed and mastered by Johnny Kenepaske at Dead Horse Sound Co. 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 album, Don’t be Ashamed of the Way You Were Made on October 20, 2015, ecorded mastered with Joel Nanos of Element Recording. The Electric Lungs joined us on WMM on April 8, 2015.]
[The Electric Lungs play Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry pros.]
10:43 – Interview with Sondra Freeman
We are talking with Sondra Freeman about Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds 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 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 $350,000 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.
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 our 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 -Mammogram Grants
Chris Meck, Founder, Musician and CM2 Audio Rhonda Lyne, Executive Director Sondra Freeman, Director of Promotions and Artist Relations Canyon McClung, Production Specialist Danielle Anderson, Media Manager
Midwest Music Foundation Board
Amber Hulet, President, Volunteer Coordinator, Social Media Chris Meck, Founder, Musician and CM2 Audio Eric Barton, Treasurer, General Counsel, Finance & Fundraising Chair, Organization/Board Development Julia Haile, Secretary, Education Chair, Musician Dr. K. Allen Greiner, MD, MPH, Chair of Health + Wellness, University of KS Med Center Erin Corriveau, MD, MPH, Public Health Officer, University of Kansas Medical Center Michelle Bacon, Co-Chair Mental Health for Musicians, Diversity Chair, Musician Erin McGrane, Musician Molly Gotobed, Insurance Program Research Chair, Program Director at the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County Jerry Jones, Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Health Programs, Movember Foundation Eddie Moore, Musician Sonia Hall, President & CEO BioKansas Skeet Hanks, Marketing Chair
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 15, is Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals.More info: midwestmusicfoundation.org
10:51
Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream – “Cuts Like A Knife” from: “Cuts Like A Knife” – Single / myowndamnrecords / August 12, 2022 [The first single 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 Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry pros.]
MellowPhobia – “Need” from: “Need” – Single / Jackal And Hide Records / September 2, 2022 [Music and Lyrics by Tillie Alexandra Hall, Producer Tillie Alexandra Hall. Recording Engineering by Justin Mantooth. Mastering by Pete Maher. Adam McKee on drums. MellowPhobia were formed out of the indie alt-rock scene of Pittsburgh, PA. Now residing in their home city of Kansas City, producing a highly original sound that they describe as “landlocked surf rock”. Socially conscious lyrics, and hook laden tunes keeps the crowd jumping. The band revolves around songwriter and guitarist Til who provides the distinctive vocals to all MellowPhobia tracks. On June 23, 2021 MellowPhobia released their EP IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? This EP was pat of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2021. In July 2018 MelloPhobia released the 3-song EP LISTEN. More info: http://www.mellowphobia.com Tillie Alexandra Hall of MelloPhobia was our guest on WMM on Oct. 20, 2021 AND August 31, 2022.]
[MellowPhobia plays Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry pros.]
11:00 – Station ID
The Black Creatures – “Lazarus” from: By Thy Hand / Center Cut Records / August 12, 2022 [This new album follows their last singles: “Criminal” on June 24, 2022, “Loud For Nothin” on May 27, 2022, and “True Friends” on September 17, 2021. After being signed to Center Cut Records the label remastered and reissued their album Wild Echoes and began releasing singles. “Wild Echoes” was #2 in WMM’s 119 Favorite Releases of 2019 (Albums & EPs). Since the release of ”Wild Echoes” the band has released seven entirely new songs, nearly one per month, all posted to their bandcamp page. The Black Creatures fuse dark-pop hip-hop, soul, jazz, and electronic music with elements from science fiction to tell inter-dimensional stories of love, community, life, culture, history. Xavier & Jade have made an impression in the KC music community with their live shows in clubs, galleries, record stores, and area music festivals. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. // Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal her background in opera, and her honest lyrics are both personal and political. Jade can interpret soul, jazz, hiphop, and pop. Xavier Martin started music as a violinist, and has transitioned into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, engineer, and style maker. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, that was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine. // From Center Cut Records Promo Materials: The Black Creatures make a point to blur the lines of genre while maintaining a recognizable cohesion; oftentimes blending contemporary styles of pop, hip-hop, dance, R&B, EDM and soul with cinematic and storytelling sci-fi/fantasy elements and themes. With the complex and creative approach The Black Creatures take to their art, a diverse audience regularly flocks to their gripping and intensely enchanting performances. // Representing the strange land of Kansas City, Missouri, Jade Green and Xavier began working together around the end of 2013 after meeting on-line talking about cosmetics. After Jade stumbled upon Xavier’s SoundCloud, they asked if they could put their vocals on it, and this led to future collaborations with no more than the intention to dabble. They couldn’t stop and eventually dubbed the project The Black Creatures. // Both Jade & Xavier write and perform vocals, with Xavier at the helm of production and composition. Jade Green has a vocal background in opera and a penchant for theatrics, and both are the foundation of their ever-evolving approach to writing and performing in The Black Creatures. While the instrumentals may set the tone for the show, Jade’s voice captivates the audience from beginning to end. Originally a violinist, Xavier unfurled into a producer and vocalist, maintaining the same air of intrigue and mystery throughout his compositions and performances in The Black Creatures. // After releasing Wild Echoes in the fall of 2020, the record received Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine, along with high praise from around the world for the four released singles and accompanying videos. “Wretched (It Goes)” was featured in the NPR Live Sessions “Songs For Change” when The Black Creatures were selected as one of 12 national artists, and included in 90.9 The Bridge’s Top 100 singles along with their song “D’ummm” which was in heavy rotation in the winter. Nuance Magazine wrote, “The Black Creatures take their musical talents and use them in such a way that forces listeners to not only tap their foot to a catchy tune, but pay attention and feel something about what is going on in the world around them. Tackling fascism, police brutality, and the deep-rooted effects of slavery in a rhythmic fashion is one thing. Simultaneously making it a good listen is another. However, The Black Creatures make it happen.” // Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”]
[Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott.]
11:05 – Interview with Jade Green and Xavier Martin
Jade Green and Xavier Martin are The Black Creatures. The two began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal their background in opera, and their honest lyrics are both personal and political. Jade can interpret soul, jazz, hiphop, and pop. Xavier Martin started music as a violinist, and has transitioned into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, engineer, and DJ.
Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine.
The Black Creatures recently were the recipients of the Charlotte Street Foundation 2022 Generative Performing Artist Fellowship Grant and Award.
The Black Creatures released their new album By Thy Hand on Center Cut Records on August 12, 2022
Just a few weeks ago Jade and Xavier completed performances in the world premiere of Christian A. Walker’s “What Came With Spring” for the Owen/Cox Dance Group, October 7 thru 9 at City Stage Theatre, Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd, KCMO http://www.owencoxdance.org
Jade Green, (They/Them) and Xavier Martin (He/Him) Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Congratulations on your incredible work with “What Came With Spring” Owen/Cox dance Group’a world premiere choreographed by Christian Warner in collaboration with The Black Creatures.
Five Dancers + 10 tracks from The Black Creatures = 90 Minute Dance Premiere
Owen/Cox Dance Group and The Black Creatures and Director & Choreographer Christian A. Warner, created the amazing theatrical production, WHAT CAME WITH SPRING at Union Station (October 6, 7, and 8.) When your favorite Kansas City dance company decides to collaborate with your favorite Kansas City band, the result is one of the most moving, beautiful, and important works of art created in Kansas City this year! Xavier Martin and Jade Green prove why they are proud recipients of the 2022 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award Fellows. And they make it look and sound so good. These are two of the hardest working artists in Kansas City, and they are both incredibly unassuming and human in their journey. Their music continues to tell the story of the world we are living in with social and political lyrics delivered by two young, incredibly gifted musical artists, who mirror each other so very beautifully. There is no equivalent to this band. The Black Creatures are a true original. The Owen/Cox Dance Company has brought their music to new levels with Christian A. Warner’s impeccable storytelling through movement, putting Jade and Xavier into the tableau, into the scene, placing them into so many parts of the stage, while all the while allowing their live singing voices to ring clear and true. Thank you to the beautiful dancers. This show will live on in my heart and mind forever!!!!
Our most played artists in 2022 are The Black Creatures. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the first radio show to play their music. They have been frequent guests on our show. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. The Black Creatures released their self-produced, debut album, See No Evil, on December 6, 2017. The Black Creatures released their single Elements on February 14, 2018. Our playlists show that we first played The Black Creatures on March 14, 2018. Since that date we have championed this band. We first saw them live at InterUrban ArtHouse on July 10, 2019 as part of a Celebration of Queer Identity where Mark was also a performer. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, was self released by the band on September 30, 2019. WILD ECHOES was #2 on WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. WILD ECHOES was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut Records in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine for 2020. // Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott. // The Black Creatures released their new album By Thy Hand on Center Cut Records on August 12, 2022. // Jade and Xavier just completed performances in the world premiere of Christian A. Walker’s “What Came With Spring” for the Owen/Cox Dance Group October 7, 8, & 9 at City Stage Theatre, Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd, KCMO.
Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”
11:12
The Black Creatures – “A Perch of My Own Choosing” from: By Thy Hand / Center Cut Records / August 12, 2022 [This new album follows their last singles: “Criminal” on June 24, 2022, “Loud For Nothin” on May 27, 2022, and “True Friends” on September 17, 2021. After being signed to Center Cut Records the label remastered and reissued their album Wild Echoes and began releasing singles. “Wild Echoes” was #2 in WMM’s 119 Favorite Releases of 2019 (Albums & EPs). Since the release of ”Wild Echoes” the band has released seven entirely new songs, nearly one per month, all posted to their bandcamp page. The Black Creatures fuse dark-pop hip-hop, soul, jazz, and electronic music with elements from science fiction to tell inter-dimensional stories of love, community, life, culture, history. Xavier & Jade have made an impression in the KC music community with their live shows in clubs, galleries, record stores, and area music festivals. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. // Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures began working together in 2013.]
11:17 – Interview with Jade Green and Xavier Martin
Jade Green and Xavier Martin are The Black Creatures. The two began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal their background in opera, and their honest lyrics are both personal and political. Jade can interpret soul, jazz, hiphop, & pop. Xavier Martin started as a violinist, and has transition-ed into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, engineer, DJ.
Jade Green, (They/Them) and Xavier Martin (He/Him) Thanks for being on WMM
The Black Creatures Discography
The Black Creatures “Mouth 2 Mouth” – Single, June 5, 2016. The Black Creatures released their debut album, See No Evil, Dec. 6, 2017. The Black Creatures “Elements” – Single, February 14, 2018 The Black Creatures “Silver Tears” – Single, June 19, 2018 with additional voices provided by AniMal (Ana Marcela Maldonado Morales) , Barbara Solomon , Kassidee, Quaranta , Adres Va Cortas The Black Creatures “Dare” (Gorillaz Cover)” – Single, August 8, 2019 The Black Creature – Wild Echoes – September 30, 2019 The Black Creatures – “Turn” – Single, October 30, 2019 The Black Creatures – “Quartz (Twilight)” – Single, November 13, 2019 The Black Creatures – “SHINE” – Single, December 11, 2019 The Black Creatures- “Ghost Bustin’ Dead Prezidentz” – Single, January 8, 2020 The Black Creatures – “To Whom It May Concern” – Single, January 22, 2020 The Black Creatures – “Arcade Love” – Single, February 5, 2020 The Black Creatures – “Run Up” – Single, February 19, 2020. The Black Creature – Wild Echoes – September 30, 2019 The Black Creatures – “wretched (it goes)”- Single [Center Cut], July 17, 2020 [remastered] The Black Creature – Wild Echoes – Album (Remastered] August 28, 2020 [Center Cut] The Black Creatures – “Negative Zero” – Single/Video [Center Cut] The Black Creatures – “FRIENDS” – Single/Video [Center Cut] The Black Creatures – BY THY HAND – album August 12, 2022
BY THY HAND was produced by Xavier, and written by Jade and Xavier, and mastered by Collin Jordan (Xiu Xiu, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco) The Black Creatures will be releasing more singles and video.
The Black Creatures recently were the recipients of the Charlotte Street Foundation 2022 Generative Performing Artist Fellowship Grant and Award.
The Black Creatures are a multifaceted music duo from Kansas City. Gleefully playing with elements of soul, hip-hop, and EDM, they’re here to tell inter-dimensional stories – through all-original, lyric-heavy songs and live performances. They share real stories from a less-explored perspective, while others are spun from fantastical vantage points. Influenced by neo-soul sirens like Erykah Badu and Alicia Keys, wordsmiths like Da Brat and Tech N9ne, and composers a la Daft Punk and Robert Glasper, they make music that defies genre and tradition in an effort to break generational curses. The idea is that society’s hexes, long bound up by the threads of anti-black repression, insincerity, and envy, can be uncrossed by doing what has not been done before. They aim to honor the past, celebrate the present, and transcend the expectations of the future by creating consistently unique songs, videos, images, and interactive live performances.
Jade Green performs with: Arquesta Del SolSoul. a Kansas City-based music collective featuring 3 musicians who worked together in Hearts of Darkness. They call themselves: African Futurist Genre Killerz from the Middle of the Map bringing an innovative multidimensional sound inspired by our founding musical ancestors to decolonize and time bend indigenous sounds of the Caribbean, Latin America, West, Central, and Southern Africa.” Members include Les Izmore, Jessica Ayala, Brad Williams, Jade Green, Chalis O’Neal, Irving Graham, Ernest Melton, Andres Ramirez, Fabian Prado.
Jade Green & Xavier Martin, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
11:25
The Black Creatures – “Loud 4 Nothing” from: By Thy Hand / Center Cut Records / August 12, 2022 [This new album follows their last singles: “Criminal” on June 24, 2022, “Loud For Nothin” on May 27, 2022, and “True Friends” on September 17, 2021. After being signed to Center Cut Records the label remastered and reissued their album Wild Echoes and began releasing singles. “Wild Echoes” was #2 in WMM’s 119 Favorite Releases of 2019 (Albums & EPs). The Black Creatures fuse dark-pop hip-hop, soul, jazz, and electronic music with elements from science fiction to tell inter-dimensional stories of love, community, life, culture, history. Xavier & Jade have made an impression in the KC music community with their live shows in clubs, galleries, record stores, and area music festivals. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. // Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal her background in opera, and her honest lyrics are both personal and political. Jade can interpret soul, jazz, hiphop, and pop. Xavier Martin started music as a violinist, and has transitioned into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, engineer, and style maker. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, that was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine. // From Center Cut Records Promo Materials: The Black Creatures make a point to blur the lines of genre while maintaining a recognizable cohesion; oftentimes blending contemporary styles of pop, hip-hop, dance, R&B, EDM and soul with cinematic and storytelling sci-fi/fantasy elements and themes. With the complex and creative approach The Black Creatures take to their art, a diverse audience regularly flocks to their gripping and intensely enchanting performances. // Representing the strange land of Kansas City, Missouri, Jade Green and Xavier began working together around the end of 2013 after meeting on-line talking about cosmetics. After Jade stumbled upon Xavier’s SoundCloud, they asked if they could put their vocals on it, and this led to future collaborations with no more than the intention to dabble. They couldn’t stop and eventually dubbed the project The Black Creatures. // Both Jade & Xavier write and perform vocals, with Xavier at the helm of production and composition. Jade Green has a vocal background in opera and a penchant for theatrics, and both are the foundation of their ever-evolving approach to writing and performing in The Black Creatures. While the instrumentals may set the tone for the show, Jade’s voice captivates the audience from beginning to end. Originally a violinist, Xavier unfurled into a producer and vocalist, maintaining the same air of intrigue and mystery throughout his compositions and performances in The Black Creatures. // After releasing Wild Echoes in the fall of 2020, the record received Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine, along with high praise from around the world for the four released singles and accompanying videos. “Wretched (It Goes)” was featured in the NPR Live Sessions “Songs For Change” when The Black Creatures were selected as one of 12 national artists, and included in 90.9 The Bridge’s Top 100 singles along with their song “D’ummm” which was in heavy rotation in the winter. Nuance Magazine wrote, “The Black Creatures take their musical talents and use them in such a way that forces listeners to not only tap their foot to a catchy tune, but pay attention and feel something about what is going on in the world around them. Tackling fascism, police brutality, and the deep-rooted effects of slavery in a rhythmic fashion is one thing. Simultaneously making it a good listen is another. However, The Black Creatures make it happen.” // Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”]
[Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott.]
11:29 – Underwriting
Blondie – “Maria” rom: No Exit / Beyond Records / February 15, 1999 [No Exit is the seventh studio album by the American rock group Blondie. This song was Blondie’s comeback single, their first since “War Child” in July 1982. The song peaked at number eighty two on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom, becoming the band’s sixth chart-topping song in that country. It also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland..]
11:33 – Interview with Maria Vasquez Boyd
Maria Vasquez Boyd, is a mother, grandmother, friend, writer, artist, published poet, teacher, trailblazer, daredevil, traveler, lover, angel, radio show host & producer. Maria is a founding member of the Latino Writers Collective. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has also taught in the Design/Illustration Department and for for the Nelson Atkins Museum. Maria has served as the gallery coordinator for the Guadalupe Center and The Writers Place. She is a contributing Artist at Mattie Rhodes. Maria is host and producer of ARTSPEAK Radio, heard every Wednesday at Noon, on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. ARTSPEAK Radio is celebrating 10 Years on the air! Maria Vasquez Boyd is the author of THE WEIGHT OF RECOGNITION her new book of poetry published by Spartan Press in September 2022. Maria joins us to discuss Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead, celebrated November 1 & 2. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is presenting a Day of The Dead Altar Installation in Kirkwood Hall, on view through November 7, 2022. The altar installation features our Abuela (Grandmother) at home, created in collaboration with local artists, students, the Mattie Rhodes Center and the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City.
Maria Vasquez Boyd, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
First, CONGRATULATIONS on ARTSPEAK Radio celebrating 10 Years on the air!
Second, CONGRATULATIONS on the publishing of your brand new book of poetry THE WEIGHT OF RECOGNITION published by Spartan Press in September 2022.
THE WEIGHT OF RECOGNITION contains 60 of her poems and has forewords by Missouri Poet Laureate Maryfrances Wagner and Kansas Poet Laureate Huascar Medina, among others. “I am really, really honored by this,” she says. “I never expected something like this to happen.”
Boyd stopped writing temporarily in 2021, when she learned she had a serious heart condition that would require open-heart surgery. “I used to write almost every day,” she says, “but last year was such a strange journey for me. I started giving things away; I stopped writing. Ultimately, I made peace with things.”
Recently, however, Boyd found out that her heart functionality has gone from 20% to 55% and she will not need a transplant after all. “I believe in prayer and healing and good support,” she said.
Boyd grew up in South Kansas City, the youngest of three sisters, with one younger brother who died years ago. Although both Boyd’s parents were children of Mexican immigrants, she did not grow up speaking Spanish, nor knowing much about her ancestral culture. Determined to change that, she made it a point that her daughter Whitney learn Spanish and become immersed in such customs as Mexican folkloric dance, which she learned to perform professionally.
Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead, is celebrated during November 1 & 2.
The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art presented a Day of The Dead Festival, over the weekend and has a Day of The Dead Altar Installation in Kirkwood Hall, on view through November 7, 2022. The altar installation features our Abuela (Grandmother) at home, created in collaboration with local artists, students, the Mattie Rhodes Center and the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City.
November 2 is also Maria Vasquez Boyd’s Birthday…
11:43 – A Happy Surprise Birthday for Maria Vasquez Boyd
Today we want to recognize those who have gone on to a new spiritual plane, but we also want to recognize someone from our living family that we love and admire so very much.
Maria Vasquez Boyd HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Chad Brothers brings in cake with candles. KKFI staff: Chad Brothers, Darryl Oliver, Kelly Dougherty, volunteers John Todd, Julia, Phil Bauer, and others, along with Maria’s two sisters, brothers in law, and husband, all sing Happy Birthday to Maria.
11:44 – Barry Lee pre-recorded a Birthday Message for Maria Vasquez Boyd.
Barry Lee is the host of the long running and acclaimed radio program Signal To Noise, now broadcast Thursday Mornings from 10:00 AM to Noon on 90.1 FM
Barry Lee – “Maria Birthday Message”
11:46 – Miguel Morales sends love to his friend Maria
Miguel Morales is a award winning poet and journalist who grew up in Texas working as a migrant and seasonal farmworker. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow, a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop, and a VONA/Voices alum, and The Latino Writers Collective. Miguel is the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Award. Miguel is one of the editors and contributors to: Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. Miguel has also bravely worked as an activist for equality.
Miguel Morales writes:
Happy Birthday Maria!
Your Miguelito adores you and on this soon-to-be national holiday, I just wanted to send you the most sincere blessings and mostly good wishes.
You are a terrific friend & I recognize the value of our friendship more & more each year.
I thank you for all the times you had me on your show, more times than I can remember and probably more times than I deserve.
Our on the air conversations are real and they mirror our real-life conversations – except without all the cussing and the delicious tacos.
Your work as an artist and as an art-letic supporter knows no bounds. You’ve touched many in our community, at least that’s the rumor.
You’re always so generous with your time. You’re not the kind of artist who keeps opportunities to themselves, you share them with others letting them know where and how to apply. You have an understanding of an artist’s work, and you connect them with people and organizations that can offer resources and other opportunities. You see partnerships and make them happen.
I’m also grateful for the work we do with the migrant farmworker students in Waverly, Missouri. It’s a project we’ve been doing for probably 10-15 years. It’s a cause that’s dear to my heart and I’m so happy that we do it together.
Our friendship is effortless, and honest, and like no other.
I say all these things because I love you, I respect you, and I know that if I don’t give you credit, you’ll cut me. She’ll do it, dear listeners, I swear she will. On behalf of all those who love and fear you, Happy Birthday!
Your Miguelito.
11:50 – Whitney Boyd
Whitney Boyd is an elementary education teacher, she also helps rescue dogs for Chain of Hope. Whitney is the daughter of Maria Vasquez Boyd and the mother of Maria’s two-year old grand daughter Luna. Whitney is in the classroom right now, but she pre-recorded a special message, for her mom.
Whitney Boyd – “Mom Birthday”
Happy Birthday Maria Vasquez Boyd we love you!
A Big THANK YOU to some of the beautiful friends of Maria: Miguel Morales, Barry Lee, and Whitney Boyd. For Wednesday MidDay Medley and for Maria Vasquez Boyd, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
11:56
Mariachi El Bronx – “I Would Die 4 U” from: Purplish Rain / Spin Media / June 23, 2009 [Purplish Rain is a compilation of Prince covers released by Spin magazine for readers of its July 2009 issue. The album contains cover versions of songs from Prince’s 1984 Purple Rain album, in the same track order as the original, on the occasion of the album’s 25th anniversary. It was not a physical album and was available in its digital format up to September 30, 2009.]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, November 9, we welcome singer songwriter ‘Tre Mutava, Howie Howard, and Ivory Blue.
Thank you to ALL of those who donated to Wednesday MidDay Medley during of KKFI 90.1 FM Fall Fund Drive!!! Between our two on-air shows, and our Facebook Fundraiser, we have raised a grand total of $3041.00 from 50 individual donors!!! THANK YOU!
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
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 2, 2022
Sondra Freeman of Apocalypse Meow 15 + The Black Creatures + Maria Vasquez Boyd
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Roseline, Eddie Moore, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, GAV7D featuring Annie Ellicot & the V7 Crew, The Black Creatures, pure xtc, Birdie, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, Blondie, Mariachi El Bronx, and Spoon.
At 10:30 we talk with Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation about Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi & My Atomic Daydream, to raise funds 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 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 $350,000 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
At 11:00 Mark talks with Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures who began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal their background in opera, and their honest lyrics are both personal and political. Xavier Martin started music as a violinist, and has transitioned into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, and engineer. The Black Creatures released their self-produced, debut album, SEE NO EVIL, on December 6, 2017. The Black Creatures released the single “Elements” on February 14, 2018. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, was self released by the band on September 30, 2019. WILD ECHOES was #2 on WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. WILD ECHOES was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut Records in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine for 2020. Charlotte Street Foundation announced the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures. The Black Creatures released their new album By Thy Hand on Center Cut Records on August 12, 2022. Jade and Xavier just completed performances with Owen/Cox Dance Group and Director & Choreographer Christian A. Warner for, WHAT CAME WITH SPRING at Union Station. Christian A. Walker created a new 90-minute piece with 5 dancers and 10 tracks from The Black Creature, and placed Jade and Xavier into the scene, while allowing their live voices to ring clear and true.
At 11:30 we talk with Maria Vasquez Boyd, writer, artist, published poet, teacher, radio show host & producer. Maria is a founding member of the Latino Writers Collective. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has also taught in the Design/Illustration Department and for for the Nelson Atkins Museum. Maria has served as the gallery coordinator for the Guadalupe Center and The Writers Place. She is a contributing Artist at Mattie Rhodes. Maria is host and producer of ARTSPEAK Radio, heard every Wednesday at Noon, on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. ARTSPEAK Radio is celebrating 10 Years on the air! Maria Vasquez Boyd is the author of THE WEIGHT OF RECOGNITION her new book of poetry published by Spartan Press in September 2022. Maria joins us to discuss Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead, celebrated November 1 & 2. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is presenting a Day of The Dead Altar Installation in Kirkwood Hall, on view through November 7, 2022. The altar installation features our Abuela (Grandmother) at home, created in collaboration with local artists, students, the Mattie Rhodes Center and the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City.
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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 26, 2022
The MidCoast Sound with The Lone Stranger + Liz Chidester + Marion Merritt + Nico Gray
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Plains – “Problem With It” from: I Walked With You A Ways / ANTI- Records / October 14, 2022 [Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson recorded this one-time collaboration country album. Plains began out of Crutchfield’s and Williamson’s mutual love for each other’s music and after trading albums (Saint Cloud and Sorceress, respectively) in early 2020. Feeling that it was time to have a separate project that could reflect a different side of her creative inspirations, Katie felt that Jess was the perfect fit for a collaboration, and they set off to create I Walked With You A Ways. Written between Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Marfa, the album was recorded in Durham, NC Produced by Brad Cook, with Katie Crutchfield on Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar; Jess Williamson on Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar; Brad Cook on Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Bass; Phil Cook on Piano, Wurlitzer, Organ, Dobro, Banjo, Electric Slide; Spencer Tweedy on Drums, Percussion; Andrew Marlin on Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar; Libby Rodenbough on Fiddle; Alex Farrar on Electric Guitar. Engineered by Jon Ashley with Additional Engineering by Alli Rogers and Brad Cook. Mixed by Alex Farrar and Mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, NY.]
[Plains are on a US tour. They play The Regent Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. tonight Oct. 26, 2022. Their tour ends on Nov. 19, 2022 when Plains play Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, MO.]
Joni Mitchell – “You Turn Me On I’m A Radio” from: For The Roses / Asylum / November 1972 [Joni Mitchell originally wrote the song 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.”]
Mark Manning: “I was in the front row, center, to see Joni Mitchell LIVE in concert, on October 25, 1998, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Being in the front row, it was almost as if Joni was singing directly to me. I could look right into her eyes. Joni performed next to a small waist high table with water, and an ash tray holding a lit cigarette with smoke trailing and curling upward from the stage, high into the giant vast arena of United Center, where I had watched the Chicago Bulls play 6 of the championship seasons on television. Now I found myself in the front row, with a broken leg from a theatre injury at The Midland Theatre. A broken leg was not going to prevent me from being present at this concert with my friend Cary. Joining Joni on-stage was, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz, famed trumpeter Chris Botti, and former husband, and producer, bassist Larry Klein “pushing melody lines through Mitchell’s odd, chiming chords on guitar, the music was both spacious and assertive.” (Chicago Sun Times review) Joni’s delivery was perfect, singing older songs in a different octave than she originally sang them, as her voice has deepened over the years. Her phrasing and quality of singing was still stellar, professional, true to the spirit of each song. Joni was on the bill with Dave Alvin who opened the night and Bob Dylan and his band closing the show. It was the best concert I’ve ever been to in my life. I cried through Joni’s entire set. This was the set list for Joni:
Big Yellow Taxi
Just Like This Train
Night Ride Home
The Crazy Cries of Love
Free Man in Paris
Harry’s House
Black Crow
Amelia
Hejira
Face Lift
Sex Kills
The Magdalene Laundries
Moon at the Window
Trouble Man
Comes Love
Woodstock
[Joni Mitchell is scheduled to join Brandi Carlile for a live concert called “Echoes Through the Canyon” shows at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State. Brandi Carlile will perform the first show in George, WA is on June 9, 2023 with Joni Mitchell headlining on June 10, 2023 with “the Joni Jam,” featuring a lineup to be announced. This news comes after the 78-year-old singer-songwriter delivered her first full live show since 2000 with a surprise set at Newport Folk Festival, where she played alongside Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Allison Russell, Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig of Lucius, and more.]
[Heartland Song Network presents For the Roses: a Joni Mitchell Tribute on November 18, 2022, 6:00 Doors, 7:00 PM Show, at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., KCMO featuring: Leah Sproul, Julia Othmer, Erin Eades, Kate Whitefield, Havilah Bruders, Mikal Shapiro, Scotch Hollow (Carley Verbeck and Mark Verbeck), Kelly Dougherty & David Luther, Lindsey Lasswell & Julie Bennett Hume, Jill Westra & Mark Franzke. A Benefit for Heartland Song Network http://www.heartlandsongnetwork.org]
10:07 – Intro / Pledge Break #1
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today WMM celebrates “The MidCoast Sound” spinning some of our favorite recent MidCoastal Releases from: Julia Haile, Eddie Moore, Plains, Flare Tha Rebel, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Kevin Morby, The Black Creatures, Arquesta Del SolSoul, Jerame Gray, Olivia Fox, Lone Stranger, and Liz Chidester. This is part-two of a 2-week series. We started with Plains and Joni Mitchell.
We take break to encourage YOU to support 90.1 FM KKFI. To help me, are my friends…
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 16 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
Nico Gray, has been an Associate Programmer on our WMM team for over 10 years, helping us with shows about Glam Rock, David Bowie, and multiple Fund Drive shows, and serving as Guest Producer for 12 different shows. Nico has recently become a full fledged Programmer at 90.1 FM completing months of training, and a written test. Nico Gray is now the Host & Producer of “Radio Nicopisa” currently broadcast on Fridays 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM on 90.1 FM KKFI, until it can find a home in the daytime line-up. Radio Nicopisa is the second spin-off show from Wednesday MidDay Medley following in the footsteps of ARTSPEAK Radio with Maria Vasquez Boyd who also first started as a “Guest Producer” on WMM, and who we mentored over the years as she found her own show and time slot and is now celebrating 10 Years on the Airwaves of KKFI. Nico Gray is also a writer, performance artist, and has worked as an actor with Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Gorilla Theatre, 8th St. Cafe Theatre, Actor’s Craft, and Big Bang Buffet. He appeared in HBO film “Truman” and in the Robert Altman film, “Kansas City.” Nico was also in an early short film of John McGrath that had a small role played by Emmy Award Winner Jason Sudeikis. Nico is currently a marketing & advertising consultant with Union Station and the Marketing Director for Fringe Festival KC.
Nico Gray, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio is Non-Commercial, and that means that three times a year, we interrupt our regular programming, to ask our listeners, to help us continue our unique, 24-7 programming. For 33 years 90.1 FM KKFI has been on the air. While the spirit of this station is kept alive by hundreds of volunteers who passionately donate their time and abilities to keep the transmission of our 100,000-watt-signal alive. We are a operated by a not-for-profit organization, incorporated over 40 years ago, called The MidCoast Radio Project. We’re non-profit, but we still have to pay the electric bill, the rent on our fully accessible production studios and offices, insurance, staff, royalties, production expenses. Even though we have hundreds of committed volunteers, who donate thousands of hours every year, producing radio shows, answering phones, creating websites, producing benefits, rewiring the board, setting up our computer system, we still need YOU, our listener, to take a moment and call 888-931-0901 and donate to keep us alive! Our volunteers are waiting to hear from YOU right now.
KKFI is “The Voice of the Community” Our Kansas City area Community Speaks Through our Airwaves.
So Far in 2022 on WMM we conducted over 103 interviews with 108 special guests: Kianna Alarid White, Cale Parks, Nico Gray, Betse Ellis, Marion Merritt, Rose Brown, Ivory Blue, Klaartje Van Lue, Ernest James Zydeco, Julia Othmer, Julie Bennett Hume, Mikal Shapiro, Leslie Pories, Matt & Melissa Weinman of Dimension Bill Edwards, Oliver Hall, Jeremiah James Gonzales and Brody Lowe of Redder Moon, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, Nick Robertson, Travis McKenzie, Andrew Woody of The Creepy Jingles, Jennifer Owen of Owen Cox Dance, Nate Holt of Asterales, Isaac Flynn of Hembree, D Rashaan Gilmore, Luke M. Harbur aka Music By Skippy, Fritz Hutchison, Jenna Rae, Kristie Stremel, Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation, Meighan Peifer & Patricia Doherty, Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures, Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident, Chad Brothers, Kristopher Bruders and Mark Smeltzer of Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Jnabe, Jessica Salley, Brodie Rush of Be/Non, Shaun Crowley, Nilko Andreas, Amy Farrand, Sam Platt, Stacy Busch & Kalli Siringas of No Divide KC, Taylor Avazpour, Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore of Arquesta Del Sol Soul, Luke Petet, Chris Haghirian, Stephonne, Dedric Moore, Scott Hrabko, Just Angel, Vi Tran. KKFI Board President Catina Taylor, KKFI Interns: Yassi Armer-Shabazz, Zoey Harris, and Kotah Kauffman, Lee Walter Redding, Chalis O’Neal, Tucker Slough, Major Matt Mason USA, Brook Worlledge, Stephanie Bankston, Mia Morrow of Boxknife, Cooper Scott of Jean Claude and The Eclairs, Kadesh Flow, Dr. Sonia Hall, Necia Gamby, Kelly Hunt, Aaron Shinn and Tell Pryor of Lazy Projector, Lacey Gronniger of Dreamgirl, Bill Sundahl, Nick Carswell of Carswell & Hope, Tillie Alexandra Hall of MellowPhobia, Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine, Diane Patterson. Kiley Sutter, Steve Tulipana, Miki P, Rachel Lovelace, Ryan Wise, AJ Knudson, and Jimmy Girod of LYXE, Trent Michael Munsinger of You Monster You, Judith G. Levey, Mike McCoy, Heather Grehan, & Lisa McKenzie of Cher U.K., Brie Howard-Darling, Patti Quatro, Mia Huggins, of Fanny, Nita Norris, and Jackie Nugent, Brenton Cook of Outer Reaches Fest, Mark Ronning of Les Bons Bons Electriques, Lotta Williams, and Chris Hudson, The Lone Stranger aka Zachary Phillips, Liz Chidester.
10:15
Julia Haile – “Heavy Rotation” from: “Heavy Rotation” – Single / Julia Haile / September 30, 2022 [One of two new singles released by Jullia Haile and September 30, 2022. Julia Haile is a singer and songwriter based in Kansas City, MO. Her natural talent and musical education have fueled a career of exciting performances and beautiful music. From leading Neo-Soul band Hi-Lux and international collaborations to solo works, Julia’s goal is create meaningful musical experiences for all. Julia’s work with Hi-Lux included Tim Braun on guitar, Nick Howell on keys, Dan Loftus on bass, (and prior to that Pete Leibert on bass) and Kian Bryne on drums. Hi-Lux is a Modern-Soul band that blends and bends the boundaries between soul, rock n roll, reggae, and funk. This group aims to create music that pays tribute to their myriad of influences (Amy Winehouse, The Meters, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings). but also claims a spotlight of its own in the musical world. Hi-Lux released the singles, “Revolution” and “Get What You Give” on February 28, 2020, through The Record Machine. Hi-Lux released the single. “Don’t Blame Lee” (featuring Lee Scratch Perry) on April 20, 2018. Hi-Lux released the 7” vinyl single, “”Dance With My Baby” b/w “Don’t Blame Me” on January 5, 2018 through Sunflower Soul Records. Hi-Lux released their 6-track, self-titled EP, Hi-Lux on January 2, 2018. All 6 songs had previously been released as singles..]The band brings together elements of soul, reggae and funk for a unique and dance inspiring sound. More info at: http://www.hi-lux.bandcamp.com and http://www.juliaHaile.com]
[Julia Haile Quintet plays Second Edition of the @collectifmirr International Exchange! November 17 at A LA Dynamo n Paris France featuring Hermon Mehari and Alessandro Lanzoni -Arc Fiction.]
Eddie Moore – “A New Me, A New You” from: “ A New Me, A New You” – Single / Eddie Moore Music / September 10, 2022 [The first single from Eddie Moore’s new Solo album INTUITION to be released Friday, October 28, 2022. Eddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo and Bree Cummings) on October 22, 2021. Eddie Moore released “We Chillin’” on April 9, 2021. Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on September 25, 2020. Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has also been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore’ has shared the stage and record with distinctive artist such as Bobby Watson, Pam, Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. More info at: http://www.wethepeople777.bandcamp.com Eddie Moore joined us live on WMM on September 23, 2020. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com]
[Eddie Moore plays Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO with MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream in Kansas City, MO, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals. Mark Manning will Emcee. // The history of Apocalypse Meow started in 2008, when local musician Abigail Henderson faced daunting financial hurdles after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Friends and fellow musicians rallied to her side, holding the first Apocalypse Meow concert 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 $350,000 in health care assistance grants to musicians. We have also provided much needed preventative care services through our health clinic events and partnerships with local providers. // The Rock Docs will be on site from 6 to 10 pm with free flu shots, screenings, health care and insurance information. This live event will also feature an online auction from local vendors and artists, and lots of fun raising money to support the health of the music industry members of Kansas City. // More information at http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org]
[Eddie Moore will be our guest on Wednesday MidDay Medley on Nov. 16 with Poet Glenn North,]
Jerame Gray – “When The Sun Comes Up” from: “When The Sun Comes Up”- Single / Full Tank Studios / May 13, 2022 [Earlier this year on April 30, 2022 Jerame released the single “Transcendental Medication.” On May 24, 2020 Jerame Gray released the single, “Let Morning Rise.” On January 12, 2020 Jerame Gray released the singles, “Before Long (feat. Kate Gray)” and “What Good Is The Rising Sun” and “Ashes Before Dust.” On Hanuary 12, 2012 Jerame Gray released the EP, KILL CREEK ROAD. Australian born singer-songwriter Jerame Gray’s work has. been described as “Music for the working man, the adventurer, the traveler, and for those with an unsettled spirit.” Jerame has an innate capacity for strong melody and musical arrangements, lyrical storytelling, alluring song development, and a soulfully dynamic vocal delivery. He has an energetic and deliberate approach when melding style, form, and balance into multilayered musical compositions. // Jerame is a proficient writer and performer and his work has been featured in film, numerous international travel documentaries, and in a United States web and television campaign for LMC Trucks. // He is represented by Union Entertainment in Nashville, TN and currently lives in Kansas City, MO with his wife, songwriter Kate Gray, and their two children. More info at: https://www.reverbnation.com/jeramegray%5D
10:25 – Pledge Break #2 – Champions & Challengers
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Nico Gray
KKFI’s Development Director – Kelly Dougherty is here for Champions & Challengers where you can DOUBLE your donation.
Our Champion is: Jim Svetlic & Daniel Pul
If we can match this challenge in these 7 minutes, we can double all of those donations up to $100.00!
Today on WMM we are celebrating The MidCoast Sound with 12 of our Favorite recent MidCoastal Releases. 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 18 years we have shined a light on this music and the artist 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 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 and Ivory Blue and so many others. We were the first to interview these artists live on the radio and bring their music to a wider audience.
WMM Plays New & MidCoastal Releases. 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.”
10:33 – Underwriting
Flare Tha Rebel – “Playground (feat. The Belief System and Leigh Adams)” from: Summer You, Summer Me. / Shafer / October 21, 2022 [“Rosé All Day” was the lead single from Flare Tha Rebel’s new EP. Playful, yet meaningful, the song is about an empowered woman of which a man is pursuing. Lines within the song such as “and if she’s a tease she can do that ya’ll / she don’t owe you nothing man, please back off”, attempt to change the at times degrading scenarios of this power dynamic. The narrative is done in the backdrop of fun and lighthearted warm weather days, cool summernights, and, of course, plenty of rosé. Continuing with Flare’s Art to Empower initiative, “Rosé All Day” aims to raise funds and awareness for a nonprofit, which this time is the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Abuse (MOCSA). Career and love brought hip-hop MC Flare Tha Rebel back to his hometown of Kansas City, MO, which created a second wind of new music. Noted by The Pitch, “As a member of hip-hop collective Anti-Crew, Flare Tha Rebel made quite an impact on the Kansas City hip-hop scene. After making the leap from KC to Chicago in the late ‘00s, he’s now back…” Known for a highly energetic live performance, Flare has shared the stage with artists such as Chance the Rapper, RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Mac Lethal, Nappy Roots, and CES Cru. Although hip-hop at the core, Flare Tha Rebel’s versatility remains as he balances music with socially progressive themes that are still enjoyable enough to raise a glass to at a party. There’s also a duality to Flare’s approach. Many of his songs are connected to his Art to Empower initiative, raising awareness and funds for a variety of social justice causes and nonprofits. Flare Tha Rebel & Bob Pullian were guests on WMM, Aug. 11, 2021. Flare The Rebel released the EP, The Revolution Will Not Be Hashtagged on July 9, 2021. The recording was #9 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. Info at: http://www.flaretharebel.com]
[Flare Tha Rebel with Woodland Ave play (birthday bash) at Nighthawk, 1228 Baltimore Ave. KCMO on Friday, November 11, at 7:00 PM with Lava Dreams and DJ Skeme.]
Arquesta Del SolSoul – “Six Second Sunz (Radio edit)” from: Arquesta Del SolSoul / Arquesta Del SolSoul / August 16, 2022 [7-track, debut album. They call themselves, “African Futurist Genre Killerz from the Middle of the Map bringing an innovative multidimensional sound inspired by our founding musical ancestors to decolonize and time bend indigenous sounds of the Caribbean, Latin America, West, Central, and Southern Africa.” Members include Les Izmore, Jessica Ayala, Brad Williams, Chalis O’Neal, Jade Green, & Hadiza. Aa KC-based Cosmic music collective teleporting through Indigeneity, Decolonization and Freedom. Their sound brings a multidimensional portal of Rhythm and Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B, Afro-Latin percussion, and Spoken Word inspired by our founding musical ancestors to decolonize and spacetime bend indigenous sounds of the Caribbean, Latin America, West, Central, and Southern Africa. More information at: http://www.arquestadelsolsoul.bandcamp.comhttp://www.instagram.com/arquestadelsolsoul%5D
The Black Creatures – “Loud 4 Nothing” from: By Thy Hand / Center Cut Records / August 12, 2022 [This new album follows their last singles: “Criminal” on June 24, 2022, “Loud For Nothin” on May 27, 2022, and “True Friends” on September 17, 2021. After being signed to Center Cut Records the label remastered and reissued their album Wild Echoes and began releasing singles. “Wild Echoes” was #2 in WMM’s 119 Favorite Releases of 2019 (Albums & EPs). The Black Creatures fuse dark-pop hip-hop, soul, jazz, and electronic music with elements from science fiction to tell inter-dimensional stories of love, community, life, culture, history. Xavier & Jade have made an impression in the KC music community with their live shows in clubs, galleries, record stores, and area music festivals. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. // Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures began working together in 2013. The Black Creatures blur the boundaries of hip-hop, dance, R&B, soul, and EDM, telling stories of real life, and the struggle for equality. Jade’s incredible vocals reveal their background in opera, and their honest lyrics are both personal and political. Jade can interpret soul, jazz, hiphop, and pop. Xavier Martin started music as a violinist, and has transitioned into a co-songwriter, producer, beat-maker, keyboardist, vocalist, engineer, and style maker. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, that was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine. // From Center Cut Records Promo Materials: The Black Creatures make a point to blur the lines of genre while maintaining a recognizable cohesion; oftentimes blending contemporary styles of pop, hip-hop, dance, R&B, EDM and soul with cinematic and storytelling sci-fi/fantasy elements and themes. With the complex and creative approach The Black Creatures take to their art, a diverse audience regularly flocks to their gripping and intensely enchanting performances. // Representing the strange land of Kansas City, Missouri, Jade Green and Xavier began working together around the end of 2013 after meeting on-line talking about cosmetics. After Jade stumbled upon Xavier’s SoundCloud, they asked if they could put their vocals on it, and this led to future collaborations with no more than the intention to dabble. They couldn’t stop and eventually dubbed the project The Black Creatures. // Both Jade & Xavier write and perform vocals, with Xavier at the helm of production and composition. Jade Green has a vocal background in opera and a penchant for theatrics, and both are the foundation of their ever-evolving approach to writing and performing in The Black Creatures. While the instrumentals may set the tone for the show, Jade’s voice captivates the audience from beginning to end. Originally a violinist, Xavier unfurled into a producer and vocalist, maintaining the same air of intrigue and mystery throughout his compositions and performances in The Black Creatures. // After releasing Wild Echoes in the fall of 2020, the record received Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine, along with high praise from around the world for the four released singles and accompanying videos. “Wretched (It Goes)” was featured in the NPR Live Sessions “Songs For Change” when The Black Creatures were selected as one of 12 national artists, and included in 90.9 The Bridge’s Top 100 singles along with their song “D’ummm” which was in heavy rotation in the winter. Nuance Magazine wrote, “The Black Creatures take their musical talents and use them in such a way that forces listeners to not only tap their foot to a catchy tune, but pay attention and feel something about what is going on in the world around them. Tackling fascism, police brutality, and the deep-rooted effects of slavery in a rhythmic fashion is one thing. Simultaneously making it a good listen is another. However, The Black Creatures make it happen.” // Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”]
[Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott.]
[The Black Creatures will be our guests NEXT WEEK on November 2, at 11:00 AM]
10:46 – Pledge Break #3
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, and Nico Gray
Our most played artists in 2022 are The Black Creatures. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the first radio show to play their music. They have been frequent guests on our show. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. The Black Creatures released their self-produced, debut album, See No Evil, on December 6, 2017. The Black Creatures released their single Elements on February 14, 2018. Our playlists show that we first played The Black Creatures on March 14, 2018. Since that date we have championed this band. We first saw them live at InterUrban ArtHouse on July 10, 2019 as part of a Celebration of Queer Identity where Mark was also a performer. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, was self released by the band on September 30, 2019. WILD ECHOES was #2 on WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. WILD ECHOES was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut Records in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine for 2020. // Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott. // The Black Creatures released their new album By Thy Hand on Center Cut Records on August 12, 2022. // Jade and Xavier just completed performances in the world premiere of Christian A. Walker’s “What Came With Spring” for the Owen/Cox Dance Group October 7, 8, and 9, 2022, at City Stage Theatre, Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd, KCMO. // Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”
10:53
Kevin Morby – “This is a Photograph” from: THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH / Dead Oceans / May 13, 2022 [A single release from Kevin Morby’s upcoming 7th album. From http://www.rollingstone.com: “In January 2020, songwriter Kevin Morby witnessed his father collapse from a medical event while visiting his childhood home in Kansas. In a state of shock, the singer spent the evening looking at old family photos and fixated on an image of his father as a young man, looking, as Morby states, ‘full of confidence.’ The experience forced Morby to confront both the idea of mortality and the passage of time — and, after an extended sojourn in Tennessee, these reflections came together in the form of his upcoming album, This Is a Photograph. To mark the announcement, the singer released the record’s eponymous single, accompanied by a music video directed by Chantal Anderson. Produced by frequent Morby collaborator Sam Cohen, This Is a Photograph was primarily written in Memphis’ historic Peabody Hotel, where the singer-songwriter holed up in search of inspiration and self-realization amongst the city’s dark past.” Morby will also embark on a 65 City tour of Europe and North America through the majority of 2022, which starts May 20 in Madrid, Spain and wraps Nov. 12 in Vancouver, BC. On October 16, 2020 Kevin Morby released SUNDOWNER, ranked #20 on WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2020 and was the 6th release from Kevin Robert Morby born April 2, 1988. SUNDOWNER was the follow up to his 2019 release OH MY GOD. Kevin Morby released CITY MUSIC in 2017. Kevin learned to play guitar when he was 10. In his teens he formed the band Creepy Aliens. 17-year-old Morby dropped out of Blue Valley Northwest High School, got his GED, and moved from his native Kansas City to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s, supporting himself by working bike delivery and café jobs. He later joined the noise-folk group Woods on bass. While living in Brooklyn, he became close friends and roommates with Cassie Ramone of the punk trio Vivian Girls, and the two formed a side project together called The Babies, who released albums in 2011 and 2012. He began a solo career in 2013 releasing his debut album HARLEM RIVER. His 2nd album STILL LIFE was released in 2014. His album SINGING SAW was in WMM’s The 116 Best Recordings of 2016. His album CITY MUSIC was in WMM’s The 118 Best Recordings of 2018.]
[Kevin Morby plays Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester, KCMO, on Thursday, November 3 at 8:00 PM with Coco.]
10:56 – “Live in our 90.1 FM KKFI Studios here is The Lone Stranger”
The Lone Stranger – “Shotgun” (LIVE)
11:00 – Station ID
11:00 – Interview with The Lone Stranger
The Lone Stranger is the new musical project of Zachary S. Phillips known for his longtime work in the bands, Gadjits and Architects where he played bass guitar and toured all over the country with his brothers Brandon, and Adam. For the Lone Stranger Zach played 99% of all the music, and wrote, arranged, engineered, produced and performed every note of every song with the exception of one “cover” song. This record contains Ska, Reggae and a bit of Hip Hop. Zachary is in the process of finishing the mixing, mastering, and manufacturing of a limited run of his first solo effort with the help of Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Recording studio.
Zachary Phillips thanks for being with us on WMM.
History: The Gadjits were a ska and rock and roll band from Kansas City, Missouri. Their sound was influenced by The Clash, The Who, AC/DC, Elvis Costello, The Stooges, and The Rolling Stones.
Brandon, Zach, and Adam Phillips come from an artistic family, their father was a jazz musician and their mother an art teacher. The brothers started by playing AC/DC covers, but moved on to original songs and a broader range of influences. The group was formed in 1991 when 14-year-old Brandon led his younger brothers Zach and Adam into a seedy bar in Kansas City to play their first gig to the small crowd of locals.
The band released the debut album, Da Gravy on Yo’ Grits, on their own JoCo Ska label. They went on to perform support slots for the Skatalites, Rancid (band) and Let’s Go Bowling. Heidi Blobaum joined on keyboards, replaced a year later by Hillary Allen.
At Ease was released in 1998 on Epitaph Records attracting attention from Tim Armstrong of Rancid (band). The Gadjits appeared on the Vans Warped Tour later that summer.
Wish We Never Met was released in 1999 on Hellcat Records.
Today Is My Day was released in 2002 on Thick Records. Featuring Brandon Phillips (vocals, guitar); Zach Phillips (vocals, bass); Mike Alexander (guitar); Hilary Allen (Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Adam Phillips (drums).
In June 2004 The Gadjits ceased to exist and a new band, The Architects, was formed.
Gadjits Discography
Full-length albums
Da Gravy On Yo Grits (JoCo Ska, 1997)
At Ease (Hellcat Records, 1999)
Wish We Never Met (Hellcat Records, 2001)
Today Is My Day (Thick Records, 2002)
Our Time To…” (RCA Records, 2003) (left unreleased after RCA dropped the band)
Singles, EPs and split releases Yes I Are (VMS Records, 2001) Someday Driver (Thick Records, 2001)
Compilation appearances ‘Gangster Girl’ & ‘Sassy’ on ‘Skank For Brains – Saturday Matinee’ comp (Beach Records) ‘Beautiful Girl’ on the ‘Give ‘Em The Boot’ compilation (Hellcat Records, 1997) ‘Bad Gadjit’ on the ‘Give ‘Em The Boot Vol. II’ compilation (Hellcat Records, 1999) ‘One Stones Throw (From A Riot)’ on ‘Give ‘Em The Boot Vol. III’ (Hellcat Records, 2002)
The Architects are an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. The band was formed by previous members of the punk and ska band The Gadjits, brothers Brandon, Adam, and Zach Phillips, and Mike Alexander.
In June 2004 the Gadjits ceased to exist as a band and a new band, Architects, was formed. The brothers added Gadjits guitarist Mike Alexander, and this lineup recorded the band’s debut album, Keys to the Building, released on the Anodyne label in 2004. Revenge followed in 2006, described by Allmusic as ” a solid rock offering with enough soul and punk urgency to keep things interesting from start to finish”, and Vice in 2008. Keenan Nichols had replaced Alexander in Oct. 2007. They signed to Frank Iero’s Skeleton Crew.
In 2013 they started releasing the Border Wars graphic novel/EP series, on which they worked with illustrator Mallory Dorn.
Musical style and influences: The Tucson Weekly described the band’s music as “a dynamic, explosive combination of traditional punk, maximum R&B, Midwestern alternative rock, blues-based metal and pop melodies”. They were described as “dirty rock & roll tinged with Southern heart and gritty, passionate attitude” by Allmusic. Their influences include AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, and Meat Loaf.
Band Members Brandon Phillips – lead vocals/rhythm guitar (2004–present) Adam Phillips – drums (2004–present) Zach Phillips – bass guitar/backing vocals (2004–present) Mike Alexander – guitar (2004–2007) Keenan Nichols – lead guitar/backing vocals (2007-2014)[11] Adrianne Verhoven – keyboards (2004,2009-2010)
The Architects Discography
Albums Keys to the Building (October 2004), Anodyne Revenge (March 2006), Anodyne Vice (May 2008), Anodyne The Hard Way (June 2009), Skeleton Crew Live in Los Angeles (October 2012), Skeleton Crew Border Wars Episodes I & II (2017), Gran Cala Vera/Wolffang Funk
EPs Border Wars Ep 1 (April 25, 2014) Border Wars Ep 2 (September 9, 2013
Compilation appearances “Promises” included on First Blood (2007), OxBlood
“There was a certain style of songwriting and performance that I had always wanted to do but had never taken the plunge.” Says Brandon Phillips, central figure in Kansas City, Missouri’s brand new pop-soul group, Brandon Phillips and The Condition. In response to that unscratched artistic itch, Phillips began writing and recording in 2015 with the help of his brothers Zach Phillips (The Architects, The Gadjits) and Adam Phillips (The Gadjits, The Architects, Radar State) and enlisting the help of various KC area musicians to flesh out a sound that was equal parts Get Happy-era Elvis Costello and early Motown.
In 2016, the first, official lineup of BP+C came together and started rehearsing for their first batch of shows. The pedigree of the lineup then, now and always – including members of bands like The Architects, Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, The Roseline, The Gadjits, Hi Lux and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear.
Zachary’s bother Brandon Phillips also creates music through his project Mensa Deathsquad and Other Americans
10:03 – “Live in our 90.1 FM KKFI Studios here is The Lone Stranger”
The Lone Stranger – “It’s Nice To Meet You” (LIVE)
11:07 – More Interview with the Lone Stranger
The Lone Stranger is the new musical project of Zachary S. Phillips known for his longtime work in the bands, Gadjits and Architects where he played bass guitar and toured all over the country with his brothers Brandon, and Adam.
For the Lone Stranger Zach played 99% of all the music, and wrote, arranged, engineered, produced and performed every note of every song with the exception of one “cover” song. This record contains Ska, Reggae and a bit of Hip Hop.
Zachary is in the process of finishing the mixing, mastering, and manufacturing of a limited run of his first solo effort with the help of Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Recording studio.
Zachary Phillips thanks for being with us on WMM.
10:10 – “Live in our 90.1 FM KKFI Studios here is The Lone Stranger”
The Lone Stranger – “Coming To Get You” (LIVE)
11:14 – Pledge Break #4
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Nico Gray
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11:21
Katy Guillen & The Drive – “Discoloration” from: ANOTHER ONE GAINED / Katy Guillen / August 19, 2022 [This is the first single from ANOTHER ONE GAINED produced by Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Heartless Bastards, Ray LaMontagne) at Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles. This is brimming with vibrant textures, fuzzy electric guitars, and warm vocals. “Set In Stone” marked the beginning of a major life transition for Katy Guillen (pronounced Ghee-En). Written shortly after her longtime band announced their final show, she was struggling to find the next step in her career and personal life, while longing for a past sense of stability. “The song’s vigorous structure and deliberate rhythms convey that feeling of defeat and darkness, but with a sense of resolution and surrender through the guitar solo – a favorite moment on the record for me,” explains Katy. “While it started on shaky ground, coming out on the other side meant starting over and building something new.” ANOTHER ONE GAINED is a memoir of growth and reawakening by way of heart-wrenching transition and change – loss of her long-time band, end of a romantic relationship and finding herself amidst it all. “Set In Stone” premiered earlier on Guitar Girl Magazine. Katy Guillen & The Drive – Katy Gillen (drums) and Stephanie William (drums) – dropped their first EP, Dream Girl, right before the 2020 lockdown, leaving them without opportunities to perform live. In their basement rehearsal space, they spent the year learning home recording and pre-production techniques, gradually crafting a collection of songs from the ground up. The following April, they took the demos to producer/engineer Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Heartless Bastards, Ray LaMontagne) at Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles. From their work with Ratterman emerged a batch of 15 songs. At the end of 2021, the band released the four-track Battles EP, offering listeners a darker, more simmering edge to their impelling indie-rock sound. Ten more would comprise Another One Gained, the full-length debut due August 19, 2022. Previously Katy Guillen & The Drive released BATTLES EP on December 17, 2021, Recorded at Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles, CA. Engineered and mixed by Kevin Ratterman. Produced by Kevin Ratterman, Katy Guillen, and Stephanie Williams. Mastered by Shelley Anderson at Black Lab Mastering in Louisville, KY. All songs written by Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams. Katy Guillen on vocals, guitar, bass, & keyboarda. Stephanie Williams on drums & percussion. Additional keys and programming by Kevin Ratterman. Album design and photography by Morgan Jones. This is a follow up to Katy Guillen & The Drive’s 7-song EP, DREAM GIRL, released March 20, 2020. Katy Guillen & The Drive, is a project dedicated to Guillen’s songwriting that is founded on the creative spark and chemistry between Katy Guillen & Stephanie Williams. With Guillen on guitar & vocals and Williams on drums, the two sculpt a sound that recalls bands like Led Zeppelin, The Bangles, and Band of Skulls. In 2012, Guillen & Williams formed Katy Guillen and The Girls, and began to build a foundation of touring and recording that carried them through six years and produced three full-length albums: Katy Guillen & the Girls, Heavy Days, and Remember What You Knew Before. Between 2012 and 2018, they traveled the United States extensively, performed at the International Montreal Jazz Festival, toured Sweden, and supported major acts like The Doobie Brothers, Robin Trower, and Heartless Bastards. In these 6 years playing together, Guillen & Williams created a dynamic, sound informed by Guillen’s mesmerizing, emotive guitar style and poignant arrangements, and an equally captivating live show that showcased Williams’ technical, melodic style, resulting in a powerful on-stage chemistry. In addition to the compelling synergy formed by years of playing together, the two developed a method of working together on Guillen’s songs that only deepened their artistic connection, propelling them to forge a path to a new plateau in their music. KG & The Drive push ahead with a melodic, heavy, and soulful sound while maintaining the edge of the artist’s rock ‘n’ roll and blues roots. Katy Guillen joined us on WMM on March 18, 2020. http://www.katyguillenmusic.com]
[Katy Guillen & The Drive are getting set to go back out on the road in November and December. Katy Guillen & The Drive play Knuckleheads on November 23 in support of Danielle Nicole.]
[Katy Guillen & The Drive opened for FANNY for their one-night-only reunion concert from Fanny+ (June Millington, Brie Howard-Darling, Patti Quatro, and Mia Huggins) at recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave, KCMO, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.]
11:25 – Underwriting
Liz and The Lovelies – “The Great American Chestnut Tree” from: “The Great American Chestnut Tree” – Single / Liz Chedester / October 2, 2020 [Liz Chidester and classical guitarist and actor Nilko Andreas. Liz Chidester released her debut record, PEOPLE PUMPING PEDALS in 2014, and the EP, OTTER HILL in 2015. She was awarded as NPR’s Newsong Songwriting Competition 2014 Mid-west Finalist, and Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist 2015. With friends she created the band Liz & The Lovelies and released the EP, PROGRESS INTO SIMPLICITY in 2017. It was nominated for Best Roots EP in the 2018 Independent Music Awards in NYC. Their single “My Way/Your Way” was a finalist in the Folk/Americana category in the Great American Song Competition 2018. During the pandemic, Liz continued to perform solo releasing her EP, OTHERSIDE OF THE DARKNESS TIMELINE in late 2021, when she began collaborating with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas. ]
[Liz Chidester plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO Westside on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6:00 PM with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.]
11:30 – Interview with Liz Chidester
LIZ CHIDESTER is an Americana singer/songwriter originally from the mountains of Virginia. Moving to Chicago in the winter of 2013 by train with 4 bags and 2 guitar Liz Chidester released her debut record, PEOPLE PUMPING PEDALS in 2014, and the EP, OTTER HILL in 2015. She was awarded as NPR’s Newsong Songwriting Competition 2014 Mid-west Finalist, and Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist 2015. With friends she created the band Liz & The Lovelies and released the EP, PROGRESS INTO SIMPLICITY in 2017. It was nominated for Best Roots EP in the 2018 Independent Music Awards in NYC. Their single “My Way/Your Way” was a finalist in the Folk/Americana category in the Great American Song Competition 2018. During the pandemic, Liz continued to perform solo releasing her EP, OTHERSIDE OF THE DARKNESS TIMELINE in late 2021, when she began collaborating with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.
Liz is a member of the Recording Academy and the Folk Alliance International. She is a proud graduate of James Madison University‘s School of Music.
Liz Chidester, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We first met Nilko Andreas in May when he was in KC for the Folk Alliance International Conference and the Kansas City Folk Fest on Sunday, May 22, at 5:00 PM. While he was here in KC Liz Chidester was acting in “The Old Man and The Old Moon” features music and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. and is directed by Stuart Carden. May 3 – 22, 2022, at the Spencer Theatre.at The Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Andreas recenty returned to Kansas City starring in the Music Theater Heritage Man Of La Mancha, a collaboration with Ensemble Ibérica, that ran October 6 through October 23. Colombian/American Classical Guitarist and Composer Nilko Andreas Guarin has been praised as an “electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible” Backstage New York. Since his Carnegie hall debut in 2009 Nilko Andreas has been captivating audiences in over fifteen countries and three continents as a soloist, Composer and chamber musician
Liz Chidester plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO Westside on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6:00 PM with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.
LIZ CHIDESTER is an Americana singer/songwriter originally from the mountains of Virginia. Moving to Chicago in the winter of 2013 by train with 4 bags and 2 guitars, Liz immersed herself into the Chicago music scene, releasing her debut record ‘People Pumping Pedals ‘in 2014 under CAU Dog Records. In 2015, she released the EP ‘Otter Hill’, an intimate recording of 5 songs about her family and home life in Virginia. She was awarded as NPR’s Newsong Songwriting Competition 2014 Mid-west Finalist, Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist 2015, and a New-Song Songwriter Competition Finalist in 2016.
Her music inspired the talent of close friends and family to create the Americana band LIZ AND THE LOVELIES. The Lovelies included Mike Fletcher (bass), Zach Finch (drums), Alex Chidester (vocals, mandolin), and Kevin Schwarzwald (violin), Lewis Rawlinson (vocals, cello), and Lauren Vogel (violin, vocals)
They released their first EP ‘Progress into Simplicity’ in 2017. It was nominated for Best Roots EP in the 2018 Independent Music Awards in NYC, and they competed as one of the final four bands in Brooklyn’s 9th Annual Silver Sound Showdown in 2018. Their single “My Way/Your Way” was a finalist in the Folk/Americana category in the Great American Song Competition 2018.
During the pandemic, Liz and the Lovelies lovingly took a pause as Liz continued to perform solo with her cellist Lewis Rawlinson, releasing “the great american chestnut tree” in fall 2020 after it was featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered.
Created during the pandemic with Chicago producers Matt Griffo and Liam Davis, her 2021 singles include “Gift That Moved You”, “Whiney Whiteboy Punk Song” and “Sun Sup feat. Frances Luke Accord”.
Her latest solo EP ‘otherside of the darkest timeline’ released in late 2021. She began collaborating with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas in the fall of 2021 and continues to perform in NYC, Chicago, and across the US.
Liz is also a critically acclaimed and award winning actor, a Company Member of the feminist equity musical theatre company Firebrand Theatre and an Artistic Affiliate of American Blues Theatre. She is also a teaching artist at the historic Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL.
Nilko Andreas: Colombian/American Classical Guitarist and Composer Nilko Andreas Guarin has been praised as an “electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible” Backstage New York. Since his Carnegie hall debut in 2009 Nilko Andreas has been captivating audiences in over fifteen countries and three continents as a soloist, Composer and chamber musician performing on such prestigious stages as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Wildthurn Castle in Germany, The Strathmore Hall In Bethesda, Jay Priztker Pavilion in Chicago, Adolfo Mejia Theater in Cartagena, Museum of fine arts in Houston TX, Gandhi Hall in Geneve, Switzerland Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Palacio Foz in Portugal, Unesco Concert Hall in Paris, Surabaya concert Hall In Indonesia, Shenzhen Symphony Hall in China , Museo Belber Gimenez in Oaxaca, Mexico, among others. Recipient of many international awards including the “Recognition award” by the city of New York for his contributions to the Arts. Mr.Guarin has appeared as soloist with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Shenzhen Symphonic orchestra of China, Surabaya Symphony orchestra in Indonesia, the “Mariuccia Iacovino” orchestra and Barra Mansa orchestra from Brazil, The Baja California Orchestra in Mexico, The Azlo Orchestra, Tactus contemporary ensemble, The New York Chamber Ensemble The rebow ensemble of NY, The metro Orchestra in NY, the WHCO among others.
He has participated in renowned international festivals as Cooperstown Music festival, Vale do Café and Festival do Inverno do Petropolis in Brazil, The Mannes Guitar seminar and Long Island Guitar Festival in NY, “Wildthurn” in Munich, Germany, “Moment Musicaux” in Normandie, France, Festival EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. He has worked with prominent composers including Alba Potes, “Prix de Rome” winner Juan Pablo Carreno, Kevin Purcell, Juan Pablo Contreras, Ricardo Calderoni, Reinaldo Moya, Francisco Zumaque, Juan Calderon and Ricardo Llorca, Francisco Zumaque. and with conductors such as Bartholomeus Van de Velde, Solomon Tong, David Gilbert, Vince Lee, Michel Adelson, Laurine Fox, Alondra de la Parra, Chris Whittaker and Eduardo Garcia Barrios, Nilko Andreas has appeared with Time Warner TV, RCN TV, Univision 41, Fox News, Cuny TV, HJUT, “W” Radio in Colombia and WQXR in New York. He has recorded with Multiplatinum Artists.
Born in Colombia Nilko Andreas has great interest for the composers of Latin America, constantly commissioning and premiering new works. He premiered at Carnegie Hall “Tukanos” Concerto for guitar and orchestra by Alba Potes and Ricardo Calderoni’s “Concerto Chamaleon” as part as the “Amazonas Series” a concert series that promotes Music from Latin-America.
He began playing Cello at the age of five at the National Conservatory of Music in Bogota, he holds a BM and a Master of Music degree from The Manhattan school of Music in NY where he graduated on Classical Guitar, Composition and orchestral conducting.
An accomplished educator, Nilko Andreas has given master classes and conferences on Classical Music at distinguished universities such as Columbia University, the Mannes College of Music in New York, NYU, The Berkley School of Music, the French Alliance in Cartagena Universidad del Norte and Bellas Artes in Barranquilla, the Eafit University In Colombia. Campos dos Goytacases in Brazil, And Redes 2025 in Tijuana, Mexico. Among others.
As a composer, Nilko Andreas has written music for independent films, theatre, Dance and solo artists. His score for silent film “Pancho Villa’s Revenge” was celebrated at the world-renowned Flaherty Film Seminar. His collaboration with award-winning theatre group Artificio, in Federico García Lorca’s “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell”, won him several honors, awards and rave reviews. Recently he was comissioned by Mordance to write a piece for chamber ensemble that was premiered in NY at the Sheen Center to great reviews.
Upcoming engagements include soloist with in Jakarta, Indonesia with the Surabaya Symphony Orchestra under Mto. Solomon Tong, and Concerto de Aranjuez by J. Rodrigo with the Varsaw Philharmonic in Poland on Feb 2019. Artistic residency, , European tour with German Violist David Inbal during the 2019 season. and concerts with Cellist Serafim Smigelskiy and Violinists Blanca Gonzalez , Concerts in NY with Pianist Hyemin Kim, solo concerts in Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Austria, as well as a Concert at Carnegie Hall with the Azlo Orchestra on Nov 2020. Soloist with the Villa-lobos Guitar concerto and the WHCO in New York under Chris Whittaker. He is the Founder and Artistic director of the Latin American Chamber Music society of New York and Artistic Director at AZLO productions.
“Nilko Andreas is a gifted Musician, and a great performer”.- Rafael Puyana, Paris 2009. Info at: http://www.nilkoandreas.com
Lis Chidester thank you for being with us on WMM.
Liz Chidester plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO Westside on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6:00 PM with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.
11:40
Liz Chidester – “All It Would Take” from: “Otherside of the Darkest Timeline” – Single / Murmuration Records / October 29, 2021 [Liz Chidester released her debut record, PEOPLE PUMPING PEDALS in 2014, and the EP, OTTER HILL in 2015. She was awarded as NPR’s Newsong Songwriting Competition 2014 Mid-west Finalist, and Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist 2015. With friends she created the band Liz & The Lovelies and released the EP, PROGRESS INTO SIMPLICITY in 2017. It was nominated for Best Roots EP in the 2018 Independent Music Awards in NYC. Their single “My Way/Your Way” was a finalist in the Folk/Americana category in the Great American Song Competition 2018. During the pandemic, Liz continued to perform solo releasing her EP, OTHERSIDE OF THE DARKNESS TIMELINE in late 2021, when she began collaborating with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas. ]
[Liz Chidester plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO Westside on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6:00 PM with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.]
11:43 – Pledge Break #5 – Champions & Challengers
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Nico Gray
Our Champion is: Chad Brothers
If we can match this challenge in these 7 minutes, we can double all of those donations up to $100.00!
We offer 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.
In just this past year, we’ve featured segments shining a light on: The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, UMKC Conservatory of Music, Owen Cox Dance Group, KC Bass Workshop, The Record Machine, Mills Record Company, Records With Merritt, High Dive Records, Center Cut Records, Manor Records, The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, Lost Cowgirl Records, KC Irish Fest, The Crossroads Music Fest, MixMaster Music Conference, Too Much Rock, Midwest Music Foundation, Apocalypse Meow, filmmaker Morgan Cooper, Charlotte Street Foundation, Inter Urban ArtHouse, Lemonade Park, Weights and Measure Sound Lab, Innovation Festival, Bio Kansas, Les Bons Bons Electriques, Outer Reaches Fest, The Greater Philipino Association of Kamsas City, Queer Narratives Fest, No Devide KC, Boulevardia, Gay Pride, Folk Alliance International, The Band That Fell To Earth, Studios Inc., Charlotte Street.
11:50
Olivia Fox – “Let Me Down Slow” from: “Let Me Down Slow” – Single / Olivia Fox Music / September 23, 2022 [Let Me Down Slow is produced by Tyler Banks, their longtime producer, drummer and now add co-writer to the list. “Tyler has always been a crucial part to our overall sound and production. We’ve worked together a certain way for so long, that it is so nice to create these new batches of songs from the ground up with him. That’s really made the songwriting process so enjoyable to have everyone now involved. And you can feel that in the music,” says lead singer Flynn.The Kansas City based band, OLIVIA FOX is Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith. The trio released their full length album “Carbon” on August 23, 2019. The band has previously released multiple singles and two EPs. OLIVIA FOX create music that is a unique marriage between classic folk instrumentation, vocals, and harmonies to modern programmed beats and synth pads. OLIVIA FOX were all brought together through their manager David “DJ” Lee. In 2019 year Lauren had a baby boy, Aubrey got married, and Tiffany adopted a new doggie. // Their album CARBON was Produced by Tyler Banks. Co-Produced by David “DJ” Lee. All Songs written by Lauren Flynn, BMI, Except “Blame” written by Lauren Flynn and David “DJ” Lee. All Vocals by OVFX. Additional vocals on “Not Going Down” by: Kianna Alarid, Jessica Paige, Jo Mackenzie, Kat King, Nicki White, Natalie Norman, and Crystal Rose. All drums, synths and programming by Tyler Banks. All Violin by Tiffany Smith. Acoustic guitars by Lauren Flynn. Acoustic guitars on “Across the Water” and “Carbon” by Katy Guillen. Acoustic guitars on “Easy” and “Utah” by Josh Johnson. Piano on “Little Bird” and “Elevator Doors” by Jess Hughes. Album artwork: Chet Flynn. OLIVIA FOX were last on WMM on April 4, 2018 and Nov. 13, 2019. Info at http://www.weareoliviafox.com]
[Olivia Fox played the 18th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, August 27, 2022, on the Community Lending of America Stage at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming, in the Historic West Bottoms with over 25 Bands. More info at http://www.cmfkc.com]
11:52 – Pledge Break #6
This is WMM’s Fall Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt and Nico Gray
KKFI’s Mission Statement: KKFI is the Kansas City area’s independent, noncommercial community radio station. We seek 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.
KKFI’s Philosophy Statement: KKFI is committed to diversity in programming and discourse and seeks to create a climate of mutual respect and collaboration among volunteers and staff.
Marion Merritt and Nico Gray, Thank You!
Thank you to ALL who donated to Wednesday MidDay Medley during of KKFI 90.1 FM Fall Fund Drive! Between our two on-air shows, and our Facebook Fundraiser, we have raised a grand total of $3041.00 from 50 individual donors!!! THANK YOU!
For Wednesday MidDay Medley I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, November 2 – we welcome Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation sharing the details about Apocalypse Meow 15, Saturday, November 5, Doors at 6:00 PM, Show at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO, with Eddie Moore,MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, pure xtc, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream in Kansas City, MO, to raise funds to provide health care grants to music industry professionals. We also welcome The Black Creatures, and writer, artist, radio show host & Producer Maria Vasquez Boyd.
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
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 26, 2022
The MidCoast Sound w/ Lone Stranger + Liz Chidester & Nilko Andreas + Marion Merritt + Nico Gray
The MidCoast Sound
WMM celebrates The MidCoast Sound spinning some of our favorite recent MidCoastal Releases. We’ll play tracks from: Julia Haile, Eddie Moore, Plains, Flare Tha Rebel, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Kevin Morby, The Black Creatures, Arquesta Del SolSoul, Jerame Gray, Olivia Fox, Lone Stranger, and Liz Chidester.
The Lone Stranger
At 11:00 The Lone Stranger plays LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. The Lone Stranger is the new musical project of Zachary S. Phillips known for his longtime work in the bands, Gadjits and Architects. For Lone Stranger Zach played 99% of all the music, and with the exception of one “cover” song he wrote, arranged, engineered, produced and performed every note of every song. This record contains Ska, Reggae and a bit of Hip Hop. Zachary is in the process of finishing the mixing, mastering, and manufacturing of a limited run of his first solo effort with the help of Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound recording studio. Mark will talk with The Lone Stranger, who will play three songs live during the broadcast.
Liz Chidester
At 11:30 Mark talks with NYC based singer, songwriter and actress, Liz Chidester and classical guitarist and actor Nilko Andreas. Liz Chidester released her debut record, PEOPLE PUMPING PEDALS in 2014, and the EP, OTTER HILL in 2015. She was awarded as NPR’s Newsong Songwriting Competition 2014 Mid-west Finalist, and Chicago Music Awards Best Female Vocalist 2015. With friends she created the band Liz & The Lovelies and released the EP, PROGRESS INTO SIMPLICITY in 2017. It was nominated for Best Roots EP in the 2018 Independent Music Awards in NYC. Their single “My Way/Your Way” was a finalist in the Folk/Americana category in the Great American Song Competition 2018. During the pandemic, Liz continued to perform solo releasing her EP, OTHERSIDE OF THE DARKNESS TIMELINE in late 2021, when she began collaborating with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas. Liz Chidester plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO Westside on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6:00 PM with classical guitarist Nilko Andreas.
Nilko AndreasMarion Merritt and Nico Gray
AND… all through the show Mark welcomes WMM’s longtime contributors, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt, a minority owned business in KCMO, and Nico Gray Host & Producer of “Radio Nicopisa” broadcast Fridays 2:00 to 4:00 AM on 90.1 FM KKFI, as special guest co-hosts. Marion and Nico will encourage our wonderful listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit http://www.kkfi.org to donate in support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Fall Fund Drive Show.
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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 19, 2022
The MidCoast Sound w/ Amy Farrand + Lotta Williams + Chris Hudson + Sam Wright + Marion Merritt + Betse Ellis
WMM celebrates The MidCoast Sound spinning some of our favorite recent MidCoastal Releases. We’ll play tracks from: Stephonne, Making Movies, LYXE, The Grisly Hand, Boxknife, The Creepy Jingles, Blackstarkids, Carswell & Hope with Katlyn Conroy, The Moose, Ivory Blue, Mensa Deathsquad, Monta At Odds, Dimension Bill Edwards, Amy Farrand & The Like, and Gullywasher. This is part-one of a two-week series.
10:00 – Station ID
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
LYXE
LYXE – “Wave” from: ”Wave” – Single / LYXE / September 8, 2022 [Debut single from LYXE, a new band from Lawrence, Kansas. LYXE formed in 2019 and played locally until covid forced the band into a two year hiatus. Recently reformed, the band has had a successful string of shows in 2022 and is poised to release their first EP, Everything You Could Ever Want on September 15, 2022. Lead by frontman Ryan Wise of The Sluts, the debut single “Wave” showcases the band’s fun pop rock sensibility. We experience a different side of Wise’s songwriting with crooning vocals and vintage guitar sounds. Accompanied by drummer Jimmy Girod and bassist AJ Knudson, LYXE creates hip shaking rhythms reminiscent of classic 80’s and 90’s sounds.“Wave” is the ideal first taste of what this band can accomplish. LYXE is Ryan Wise on lead vocals & guitar, and AJ Knudson on bass & vocals.]
[LYXE play Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KS on Saturday October 29, at 6:00 PM, with Olivia Markey, for the Liney Blu (formerly known as Caroline Blu) Album Release Party]
[LYXE play Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St.. Lawrence, KS on Friday, November 4, 1t 10:00 PM, with Kiss Or Kill for the OxyToxin Album Release Show.]
[LYXE play miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Saturday, November 12, at 8:00 PM with Deco Auto and 10 Watt Robot.]
The Moose
The Moose – “Tr 10 0 10” from: Renaissance / Desert Animal Records / September 22, 2022 [new 11-track album from The Moose. On August 21, 2022 The Moose released the single “Macrowave”. On April 22, 2021 The Moose released SPATURE their 26-track double album. One of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2021. The album contained music and lyrics all composed by The Moose. The album was engineered, mixed, and mastered by members Emma Klein and Jake Hilger. SPATURE is a sonic amalgamation of sunny peaks and dark chasms. Join The Moose as they experiment with the fantastical worlds of space and nature. From ‘Lava’ to ‘Mother Tree’, there is a song on this double LP for everyone.The Moose is a psychedelic rock/pop alternative band from Lee’s Summit / Kansas City, formed in 2016 by Jake Hilger, Alex Huffman, and Tyler Frey with Emma Klein and Parker Tozier joining in 2016. The Moose released their debut full length album, The First Real Encounter, on Dec. 21, 2018. The Moose joined us LIVE on WMM on July 10, 2019. The Moose also recently released SONGS OF SPATURE – LIVE FROM MYCO PLANET MUSHROOM FARM April 2022. More info at: http://www.musicofthemoose.com]
[The Moose played Outer Reaches Festival on Sat, October 15 at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. KCMO, with Cheer-Accident, Season to Risk, Peculiar Pretzelman, The Black Mariah Theater, She Speaks in Tongues; Jacob E.chord and experimental dance project Composition of Dance.]
10:07 – Intro / Pledge Break #1
WMM celebrates “The MidCoast Sound” spinning some of our favorite recent MidCoastal Releases from: Stephonne, Making Movies, The Grisly Hand, Boxknife, The Creepy Jingles, Blackstarkids, Carswell & Hope with Katlyn Conroy, Ivory Blue, Mensa Deathsquad, Monta At Odds, Dimension Bill Edwards, Amy Farrand & The Like, and Gullywasher. This is part-one of a 2-week series. We started with LYXE and The Moose.
We take break to encourage YOU to support 90.1 FM KKFI. To help me, is my friend…
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.
Betse Ellis, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
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 16 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
90.1 FM KKFI is “The Voice of the Community” Our Kansas City area Community Speaks Through our Airwaves and this Program
So Far in 2022 on Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM we have conducted over 100 interviews with 106 special guests: Kianna Alarid White & Cale Parks of Ezmerelda, Nico Gray, Betse Ellis, Marion Merritt, Rose Brown, Ivory Blue, Klaartje Van Lue, Ernest James Zydeco, Julia Othmer, Julie Bennett Hume & Mikal Shapiro for The Innocence Project, Leslie Pories, Matt & Melissa Weinman of Dimension Bill Edwards, Oliver Hall, Jeremiah James Gonzales and Brody Lowe of Redder Moon, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, Nick Robertson, Travis McKenzie, Andrew Woody of The Creepy Jingles, Jennifer Owen of Owen Cox Dance Group, Nate Holt of Asterales, Isaac Flynn of Hembree, D Rashaan Gilmore, Luke M. Harbur aka Music By Skippy, Fritz Hutchison of Lost Cowgirl Records, Jenna Rae, Kristie Stremel, Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation, Meighan Peifer & Patricia Doherty, Jade Green & Xavier Martin of The Black Creatures, Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident, Chad Brothers, Kristopher Bruders & Mark Smeltzer of Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Jnabe, Jessica Salley pf Cowtown Country Club, Brodie Rush of Be/Non, Shaun Crowley of Manor Records, Nilko Andreas, Amy Farrand, Sam Platt, Stacy Busch & Kalli Siringas of No Divide KC, Taylor Avazpour aka Zava, Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore of Arquesta Del Sol Soul, Luke Petet, Chris Haghirian, Stephonne, Dedric Moore of Monta At Odds, Scott Hrabko, Just Angel, Vi Tran, KKFI Board President Catina Taylor, KKFI Interns: Yassi Armer-Shabazz, Zoey Harris, & Kotah Kauffman, Lee Walter Redding, Chalis O’Neal, Tucker Slough, Major Matt Mason USA, Brook Worlledge, Stephanie Bankston, Mia Morrow of Boxknife, Cooper Scott of Jean Claude and The Eclairs, Kadesh Flow, Dr. Sonia Hall of Bio Kansas, Necia Gamby, Kelly Hunt, Aaron Shinn & Tell Pryor of Lazy Projector, Lacey Gronniger of Dreamgirl, Bill Sundahl, Nick Carswell of Carswell & Hope, Tillie Alexandra Hall of MellowPhobia, Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine, Diane Patterson. Kiley Sutter, Steve Tulipana, Miki P, Rachel Lovelace, Ryan Wise, AJ Knudson, and Jimmy Girod of LYXE, Trent Michael Munsinger of You Monster You, Judith G. Levy, Mike McCoy, Heather Grehan, & Lisa McKenzie of Cher U.K., Brie Howard-Darling, Patti Quatro, Mia Huggins, of Fanny, Nita Norris & Jackie Nugent of Filipino Association of Greater Kansas City, Brenton Cook of Outer Reaches, Mark Ronning of Les Bons Bons Electriques, Lotta Williams, Chris Hudson and Sam Wright.
10:15
Ivory Blue
Ivory Blue – “Starlit Love Child” from: “Starlit Love Child’ – Single / Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing / October 28, 2022 [Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing of Atlanta GA on August 18, 2021. This company is managing Ivory and handling all of their publishing. Ivory Blue released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. For COMPOUND LOVE Ivory 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. KC based singer songwriter and rock & roller, Ivory Blue is currently in the studio putting together a new full length 10-song album called “Compound Love” for release in 2022. Ivory Blue’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015 and had wide radio airplay on this show and multiple radio and television stations in Kansas City and across the country. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 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 them Ivory KC, 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. While the EP helped spread the word and got much attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. Ivory entered NeXt2Rock, a nationwide talent search with over 1800 artists/bands who applied to find fresh and promising rock artists. The top 5 national bands battled it off for the win in Los Angeles CA at the legendary Viper Room, with judges Scott Borchetta (BMLG), John Varvatos (fashion designer), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols Guitarist and Host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox”), Desmond Child (Musician, producer), Chris Lord-Alge (producer), Ivory Blue won over the judges and became the grand prize winner! Ivory Ivory won the contest and a one-year record deal with BMLG who re-released the song Ready Get Set from the 2015 EP. Ivory’s 2018 re-release of ‘Ready Get Set’ undauntedly received National and International airplay within weeks. For their upcoming album, IVORY BLUE is producing all the tracks with the exception of Drums and Bass. Ivory is currently working with Lester Estelle (Drummer for Kelly Clarkson), Craig Kew (Bass) KC, Kurt Festge (Mastering | Citizen Kane & Vilent Femmes) NC. and Nick Poortman (LA based Los Angeles based Producer, Engineer, Mixer, and Songwriter) Nick has worked alongside producers including Justin Gray, Gil Norton, Big Tank, and Greg Haver on sessions throughout the USA, UK, Europe, and New Zealand. // On August 18th 2021 Ivory Blue signed a publishing deal with Sound Ballistics Music & Publishing out of Atlanta GA. // Ivory released the singles: “Elite Dreamland,” on Feb. 17, 2021, “Half a Life” on Sept. 20, 2021. 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 joined us on WMM on November 10, September 15, and July 28, in 2021. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic%5D
The Grisly Hand
The Grisly Hand – “Why Make Me Cry” from: Traitors / The Grisly Hand / July 8, 2022 [One of the singles from The Grisly Hand’s acclaimed new album, TRAITORS. On May 14, 2021, they released the single “Now That You Know.” On August 20, 2021 they released the single, “Why Make Me Cry”. On December 3, 2021 they released the single, “On The Same Side.” It had been four and a half years since The Grisly Hand has released new music. The band released HEARTS & STARS on November 18, 2016, and FLESH & GOLD on October 2, 2015. For those recordings the band had spent a year with Joel Nanos at Element Recording and decided to split the songs between two CD/digital releases: and also release them both together as a double vinyl album release, called THE GRISLY HAND released November 18, 2016 with a new reshuffling of songs for the vinyl LP format. Jimmy Fitzner on guitar & vocals, Lauren Krum on vocals & percussion, Kian Byrne on drums, Mike Stover on steel guitar, bass & vocals, Ben Summers on guitar, vocals & mandolin, Dan Loftus on bass, keyboards & vocals. For the double albums the recordings also featured: Rich Wheeler on tenor saxophone, Nick Howell on trumpet, and Mike Walker on trombone. More info at: http://www.thegrislyhand.com]
Carswell & Hope – “Sign Of The Times (Feat. Katlyn Conroy)” from: Sign Of The Times / Silly Goose Records / August 30, 2022 [Sign of the Times, the first single and title track from the Carswell & Hope full length originally released as a single on June 12, 2022. Featuring Katlyn Conroy on vocals. Single available on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and streaming platforms from July 12th, 2022. Recorded and produced by Jason Slote and Nick Carswell. Mixed and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios. Lawrence KS based 5-piece band formed June 25, 2012. The band is: Nick Carswell, Jason Slote, Austin Quick, Chris Handley, and Jordan Tucker. Songwriter Nick Carswell is originally from Ireland and has found a new home on the plains of Kansas.Songwriter Nick Carswell is originally from Limerick, Ireland, Nick Carswell has been living in Lawrence, KS since 2011. He formed Carswell & Hope in late 2012. The band released their debut album in 2014, coinciding with a two week Irish tour. Nick also plays bass in the electro-pop band Pink Royal and is the force behind Silly Goose Records and the annual MixMaster music conference, now part of the Crossroads Music Festival. More info at: http://www.carswellandhope.bandcamp.com])
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis
The MidCoast Sound
Today on WMM we are celebrating The MidCoast Sound with 15 of our Favorite recent MidCoastal Releases. 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 18 years we have shined a light on this music and the artist 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.
10:33 – Underwriting
Stephonne
Stephonne – “Cross My Heart (Sext M.F.) (Radio Edit)” from: SIS: Side B [EP] / Stephonne / June 24, 2022 [Co-produced by, Justin Mantooth, and recorded at Westend Recording Studios. Johnny Hamil on bass, and Adam McKee on drums. Stephonne released the single, “Cross My Heart (Sexy M.F.) on June 3, 2022. Stephonne released the single, “Deja Vu” with Shilow and Regina Del Carmen on May 9, 2022. Stephonne released the single “The King’s Gambit” on July 28, 2021. Stephonne was part of the single, “Elephant Man (feat. Stephonne)” from Lee Walter Redding & Stephonne, released April 9, 2021. Stephonne released the single “Beautiful Life (Acoustic)” on January 15, 2021. Stephonne released SIS: Side A on August 7, 2020. The 4 song EP contained the song “Want Me” that was also made into a video featuring body painting on to Stephonne’s body from artist Ryan Wilks. Stephonne released his debut album, “Caged Bird Sings Songs About Red Beard.” The album was one of WMM’s 118 Best Recordings of 2018. Stephonne was born and raised in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Stephonne grew up in KCK. He has performed in multiple shows for Late Night Theatre. Stephonne told John Long of Camp Magazine “I was surrounded by records, and my parents always had music on.” Stephonne’s band is called: The Gay Rodeo with Miki P on drums, Benjamin Hart (Byard) on lead guitar, Ahafia Jurkiewicz-Miles on keyboards, Spencer Thut on bass. Stephonne and The Gay Rodeo hold band practice every week at Charlotte Street Foundation where Stephonne is in his second year of a residency.]
Monta At Odds – “The Perfect Kiss” from: Peaked – Alternative Takes and Remixes / The Record Machine / June 24, 2022 [This cover of the New Order classic is part of the companion album called PEAKED – ALTERNATE TAKES AND REMIXES that has remixes and alternative versions of Monta AT Odds’ 2021 album, PEAK OF ETERNAL LIGHT. On the track the band is: Dedric Moore on synths & programming, Mikal Shapiro on vocals, Matthew Heinrich on drums, Lucas Behrens on baritone guitar, Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar, and Kenn Jankowski on synths. // The Perfect Kiss” is a song by the English band New Order. It was recorded at Britannia Row Studios in London and released on May 13, 1985. It was included on a studio album, Low-Life. // The song’s themes include love “We believe in a land of love” and death “the perfect kiss is the kiss of death”. The overall meaning of the song is unclear to its writer today. In an interview with GQ magazine Bernard Sumner said “I haven’t a clue what this is about.” He agreed with the interviewer that his best known lyric is in the song: “Pretending not to see his gun/I said, ‘Let’s go out and have some fun'”. The lyrics, he added, came about after the band was visiting a man’s house in the United States who showed his guns under his bed before they went out for an enjoyable night. It had been quickly written, recorded and mixed without sleep before the band went on tour in Australia. // The song’s complex arrangement includes a number of instruments and methods not normally used by New Order. For example, a bridge features frogs croaking melodically. The band reportedly included them because Morris loved the effect and was looking for any excuse to use it. At the end of the track, the faint bleating of a (synthesized) sheep can be heard. Sheep samples would reappear in later New Order singles “Fine Time” and “Ruined in a Day”. //Despite being a fan favorite, the song was not performed live between 1993 and 2006 due to the complexity of converting the programs from the E-mu Emulator to the new Roland synthesizer. However, it returned to the live set at a performance in Athens on June 3, 2006. // Monta At Odds released their 7th album PEAK OF ETERNAL LIGHT on July 23, 2021. // Monta At Odds is a Kansas City combo led by the brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore. The two have played music together all their lives and have been exploring the Monta At Odds sound since the band’s debut in 2000. Dedric’s pulsing, melodic bass and Delaney’s artfully unhinged synthesizers frame the band’s central character, which is fleshed out by a talented cast of musicians and collaborators. The result is a heady sonic pool that has been inscrutably referred to as ‘Ummagumma meets Arthur Russell’s mutant disco at Vangelis’s house.’ // In 2020 the band added acclaimed vocalists, guitarists, and songwriters Mikal Shapiro and Teri Quinn to the lineup. With Mikal and Teri’s otherworldly vocal contributions, Monta At Odds continued to push their alternate reality into streamlined consciousness. With Lucas Behrens on guitar and synth and Matthew Heinrich on drums both rounds out the stellar lineup. The nad releaased a remix of their single “When I’m Gone” mixed by The Record Machine label mate Kenn Jankowski, lead singer, co-founder of The Republic Tigers. The remix featured Kenn’s voice singing with Teri’s voice. The collaboration led to Kenn joining Monta At Odds as a voclist and synth player. And when Kenn plays out as The Republic Tigers the members of Monta At Odds become The Republic Tigers. On December 18, 2020 Monta At Odds released A GREAT CONJUNCTION their 5-song EP released just in to coincide with the ‘double-planet’ convergence of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21 2020, which last occurred in 1226. These tunes form a soundtrack to the planetary event, five songs linked together by the vastness of space and as a meditation on our infinitesimal place in the universe. The EP featured Krystof Nemeth, Teri Quinn, Alexander Thomas, Dedric Moore and Matthew Heinrich. // In late 2020 Monta At Odds released the single “When Stars Grow Old.” // Monta At Odds released their 4-song EP Zen Diagram on May 1, 2020. The album was a more post-punk leaning follow-up to Argentum Dreams. Expect minimal rhythms set to maximum noise, shoegazed guitar signals, slo-mo psychedelic darkwave, endless dub echo, and extended-cut warped disco. Live musicians manipulating time and space via knob turning, cymbal cracking, and pedal pushing as they interlock into hypnotic moments of heavenly bliss that seem to hold forever, captivating the mind. / Info at: http://www.facebook.com/montaatodds%5D
Dimension Bill Edwards
Dimension Bill Edwards – “Lady Lost Love” from: SUSTENANCE / Gordophonic Records / February 10, 2022 [Dimension Bill Edwards released their single,“Surrealberry Hill” on Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The single was inspired by band members move from the West 39th street area to Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas. The spoken word portion of the song is Matt reading from the Egyptian Book of The Dead. The release coincided with an amazing “Float House” that Melissa created for Mardi Gras in Pandemic times. Dimension Bill Edwards is a band that kind of organically formed through live performances at the Walnut Valley Folk Festival and the last set of the festival “Heavy Petting ZO0” held in the Pecan Grove an the band mameber’s association with the band KC Bearfighters. Dimension Bill Edwards is: Matt Weinman on lyrics, vocals & guitar; Melissa Weinman on lyrics, vocals & dance moves; Grant Buell on keyboards & accordion; Mallory Edson on violin; Phil Craven on bass & recording engineer; (John Bersuch on drums for “Surrealberry Hill”) ; Ike Golets on drums for future recordings and live performances. Matt and Melissa met John Bersuch when he moved in next door to them in Strawberry Hill on New Years Eve 2019. Grant Buell and Melissa Weinman are also in the band Good Time Charley. Phil Craven and Mallory Edson and Ike Goletz are also in the band, Whiskey for the Lady. Band members found a wooden sign that read” Dimension Bill Edwards? behinds Cupini’s on West 43rd Street. No one know what the sign was from or what it meant, but they decided to use this for the name of their band. More info at: http://www.dimensionbilledwards.bandcamp.com]
10:45 – Pledge Break #3
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt, and Betse Ellis
Our most played artists in 2022 are The Black Creatures. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the first radio show to play their music. They have been frequent guests on our show. The Black Creatures released their debut single “Mouth 2 Mouth” June 5, 2016. The Black Creatures released their self-produced, debut album, See No Evil, on December 6, 2017. The Black Creatures released their single Elements on February 14, 2018. Our playlists show that we first played The Black Creatures on March 14, 2018. Since that date we have championed this band. We first saw them live at InterUrban ArtHouse on July 10, 2019 as part of a Celebration of Queer Identity where Mark was also a performer. Their breakthrough album, WILD ECHOES, was self released by the band on September 30, 2019. WILD ECHOES was #2 on WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. WILD ECHOES was re-released and re-mastered by Center Cut Records in 2020 and named Album Of The Year from The Pitch Magazine for 2020. // Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott. // The Black Creatures released their new album By Thy Hand on Center Cut Records on August 12, 2022. // Jade and Xavier just completed performances in the world premiere of Christian A. Walker’s “What Came With Spring” for the Owen/Cox Dance Group October 7 thru 9 at City Stage Theatre, Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd, KCMO. // Mark’s brief review: “Being named “Album of The Year” from The Pitch Kansas City was the recognition this young band deserved, because there is really no other band in Kansas City creating incredibly beautiful and painful protest songs in multi genre styles of beats, vocal styles, textures. The immediate personal and poetic lyrics of Jade Green and tribal, dance floor and soulful beats and melodies of Xavier bring the listener into a multicultural, mixed, gender fluid, soul celebration of life and an honest indictment of the racist, homophobic, and sexist world they are navigating through to survive. Listen carefully to these young music makers, they are wise beyond their years. They sound beautiful and speak the truth to power. They are beautiful. They are The Black Creatures.”
10:52
Making Movies
Making Movies – “Sala De Los Pecadores” rom: XOPA / Cosmica Artists / JUne 17, 2022 [Making Movies released the single “Calor” on March 11, 2022. Making Movies released “Porcelina” on May 17, 2022, which features Tennis, singing in Spanish. All three singles are from the Making Movies album, XOPA and was recorded in Memphis, produced by Ben Yonas and mixed by Tchad Blake. More info at: http://www.makingmovies.world. Making Movies is a Kansas City based 4-piece band and made up of : Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and Duncan Burnett on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and KC Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico. Making Movies released the 5-song EP, EN VIVO (SIN APLAUSO) on February 4, 2022. Prior to that, Making Movies released the 6-track EP BORING BITS, on May 7, 2021, which includes their single “La Marcha.” On February 5, the band released a sneak peek of the new music they’ve been working on. The 7-song, La Cuarentena EP includes a brand new version of the first Making Movies song, “La Marcha” and the lullaby “Could You?” (both mixed by Jim Eno of Spoon and tracked at Memphis Magnetic studio), and the love ballad “Una Vida.” The EP was ranked #25 inWMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. The EP also includes: covers of Talking Heads and Tears for Fears classics, plus bonus live acoustic tracks. This EP was made available on BandCamp for only three days on February 5 through February 7, 2021. Since then it has been made private, an is not available anywhere. Making Movies released their single “Could You” on January 12, 2021. About “Could You” lead singer Enrique Javier Chi wrote, “I was thinking about what to share for “Could You?” and I just go back to the fact that Memphis is a profound place… it is a place where you can feel what America truly is and where it comes from. I think you see and feel the reality that so much of this nation was built from exploiting people. You can see that our pop culture is driven by the Black community and yet that community is still the most oppressed in the nation. Things are still so messed up. // Memphis is the place where Elvis started singing black music with a country twang and where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. It’s a beautiful place, it’s a charming place, it feels at times downtrodden and it’s a place that reminds me of home (both KC and Panamá in different ways. Our experiences going to Memphis gave us the context to create “Could You?” It was filmed originally for AMERI’KANA TV..” Making Movies released their critically acclaimed album ameri’kana through 3/2 Recordings on May 24, 2019. This was #1 on WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. Produced by Steve Berlin and Ben Yonas. The notes for this album read: “ameri’kana is a canary in a coal mine, the watchman at the tower. It is a desire to remember where we come from and assure that we better ourselves in every step along our journey. Every chapter is an example, a reason to not be silent and not accept corrupt leaders as something inevitable. ameri’kana is based on faith, faith that every person on this continent carries within themselves the ability to grow, to awaken their consciousness and merits of the same rights. We were accomplices to get ourselves to this point so we will have to be accomplices in the solutions.” This was the band’s follow up release to their critically acclaimed, I Am Another You, released May 26, 2017. The quartet has toured with Arcade Fire, Thievery Corporation, Cold War Kids, Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Tennis, Sergio Mendoza of Calexico, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Enrique Chi joined WMM on May 19, 2021. ]
[Making Movies are currently on tour, they play Anchorage Alaska on November 4, and Fairbanks. Alaska on November 5, 2022]
The Creepy Jingles
11.The Creepy Jingles – “Working Class Clown” from: TAKE ME AY MY WORDPLAY / High Dive Records / March 25, 2022 [From band’s 11-track, full-length debut, TAKE ME AT MY WORD PLAY. The Creepy Jingles are a Kansas City based, 4-piece rock and roll band that both honors and defies convention. Led by singer / song-writer Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, a transgender wordsmith who charms with razor wit and dazzles with her lyrical acrobatics. Nick Robertson on drums, Travis McKenzie on guitar, and Andrew Woody on bass guitar bring first class musicianship and creativity, helping Nixon paint the perfect picture of colors and sounds that don’t stay in the lines. Their new album, “Take Me at My Wordplay” is an eclectic blend of catchy Brit-Pop melodies that dance around the landscape of surf, NY garage rock, psychedelia and folk music. Paired up with lyrics centering on themes of identity, strained relationships, social media madness, meme magic, pandemic paranoia, paid off political pundits, backyard bullies and barking up the wrong tree. Everything and the kitchen sink or swim. No stoner left unturned. The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019. The release was in the top ten of WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. ] The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019.]
[The Creepy Jingles play The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, KCMO, West Bottoms on Friday, October 28, at 9:00 PM, with Ebony Tusks, and Rebecca]
Sam Wright and Chris Hudson
Gullywasher – “Returning Softly” from: COME TOMORROW YOU’LL FALL / Chris Hudson / October 14, 2022 [Gullywasher is an acoustic, Folk, Americana Trio based in Kansas City formed by Chris Hudson on guitar & vocals, Sam Wright on banjo & vocals, and Matt Catalina on bass. More information at: http://www.gullywasherkc.comhttp://www.chrishudson.bandcamp.com]
[Gullywasher plays an Album Release Show, October 22, 2022, at 8:30 PM at The Kaw Valley Public House with Marty Bush and Natalie Prauser.]
11:00 – Station ID 11:00 – Interview with Chris Hudson & Sam Wright
Professional musician and teacher Chris Hudson joins us to share music and details about his new released from his band Gullywasher called COME TOMORROW YOU’LL FALL released on October 14, 2022. Chris Hudson is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, musician, visual artist, and teacher at Kansas City Young Audiences. Gullywasher is a band Chris formed with Sam Wright and Matt Cathlina. Chris was last on WMM after the released of his album with his band, The Bard Owls, a Kansas City based acoustic band created and named by Chris Hudson and Sam Wright. Chris Hudson plays as a solo artist and is part of several other bands including: The Multiverse with Julie Bennett Hume. More information at http://www.chrishudson.bandcamp.com
Sam Wright is a professional actor and musician. He graduated from Emporia State University. Sam is the co-creator of Prejudice & Pride (A Folk Musical) Book by Nicholas Collett & Sam Wright, music & lyrics by Sam Wright. Prejudice & Pride was awarded the 2022 artist residency at Music Theater Heritage in Kansas City, where it will be given a full production in July, 2022. Then the entire company traveled to Scotland in August to present a full run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022 where the production won Best of Festival Awards. From SamWrites & Nicholas Collett Productions, the international collaboration that brought you 2016’s Best of KC award winner Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder.
Gullywasher plays an Album Release Show, October 22, 2022, at 8:30 PM at The Kaw Valley Public House with Marty Bush and Natalie Prauser.
Chris Hudson thanks for being with us on WMM.
Chris Hudson a KC Native, Classical Guitarist, Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Visual Artist. He is part of 3 bands: Gullywasher, The Multiverse, and The Bard Owls.
Chris Hudson has been playing and creating songs for decades in the KC – Lawrence area. We last talked with him on the radio show on September 22, 2021 upon the released of Chris Hudson and The Bard Owls album THE ERASING released on September 29, 2021.
Chris joined us on March 31, 2021 to share news about HOLDING THE DAWNING released on March 15, 2021 – The first studio release from the KC based Gullywasher, that includes: Matt Cathlina on upright bass & vocals, Chris Hudson on guitar & vocals, and Sam Wright on banjo & vocals.
Formed in 2018 the band started recording demos, rehearsing and performing these songs at multiple venues, including a trip to SXSW in Austin in early March 2020 just before the COVID-19 Pandemic shut down and quarantine. In the early months of the pandemic they continued to rehearse and write more songs and do live streaming shows. Chris Hudson wrote the majority of the songs. Sam Wright wrote the song “Eastward Facing Road.” The band writes that their songs are” a mix of Americana, Folk, ProgRock, Emo and Jazz.”
HOLDING THE DAWNING was recorded between September and November 2020 during the Covid-19 Pandemic, at Weights and Measures Soundlab in KCMO with Duane Trower. Gullywasher brought in special guest perfomers for several tracks local Chad Brothers of the band Old Sound on guitar, Devan Teran of The Timbers Devon Teran on pedal steel, and Mark Hamblin on Trumpet. More info at: http://www.gullywasherkc.com
Prior to that we talked with Chris Hudson on Nov. 4, 2020, when he and Julie Bennett Hume joined us to share details about their release SONGS FOR LATTER DAYS. Chris Hudson and Julie Bennett Hume have been playing and creating songs for decades in the KC – Lawrence area. Their musical project The Multiverse, released the album, Songs Of Latter Days, on Nov. 1, 2020. They played on all songs with help from the KC acclaimed alternative string duo The Wires with Laurel Morgan Parks on violin & Sascha Groschang on cello. Also contributing to the recording was Jason Beers. http://www.themultiverse.com
Gullywasher plays 9th & State, 1717 West 9th, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Friday, October 21, at 8:30 PM
Gullywasher plays an Album Release Show, October 22, 2022, at 8:30 PM at The Kaw Valley Public House with Marty Bush and Natalie Prauser.
Gullywasher plays Riverwood Winery in Rushville, MO., on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 1:00 PM.
Gullywasher plays The Pairing: Crossroads Wine & Grocer, 1615 Oak St., KCMO East Crossroads on Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 PM with Jason Buice.
Gullywasher plays Chartreuse Saloon 1625 Oak St., KCMO East Crossroads, on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 10:00 PM.
Chris Hudson and Sam Wright thanks for being with us on WMM.
Gullywasher plays an Album Release Show, October 22, 2022, at 8:30 PM at The Kaw Valley Public House with Marty Bush and Natalie Prauser.
Gullywasher – “Sunshine Stream” from: COME TOMORROW YOU’LL FALL / Chris Hudson / October 14, 2022 [Gullywasher is an acoustic, Folk, Americana Trio based in Kansas City formed by Chris Hudson on guitar & vocals, Sam Wright on banjo & vocals, and Matt Catalina on bass. More information at: http://www.gullywasherkc.comhttp://www.chrishudson.bandcamp.com]
[Gullywasher plays an Album Release Show, October 22, 2022, at 8:30 PM at The Kaw Valley Public House with Marty Bush and Natalie Prauser.]
11:13 – Pledge Break #4
Our WMM Fall Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis
Our friend and longtime listener Ann Stewart called into the show. With her partner Marion Merritt, Ann Stewart is the co-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. Ann Stewart has donated to every single fund drive KKFI has had for the last 12 years!!! More information at: http://www.recordwithmerritt.com
Where can I find out about what is happening in my community? LGBTQIA, Urban, Labor Rights, The Environment, The Kansas City Visual & Literary Arts , The Performing Arts, Women’s Issues, Native American Issues, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Classical, Hip Hop, Folk, Women’s Music, Indie Rock, Pop, Electronica, Punk…the answer is KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio. The Voice of The Community
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.
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. 82 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 61 local music shows and 21 locally produce News, Public Affairs, Arts & Talk shows. There are 140 hours each week of locally produced handcrafted programs.
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?
11:21
BlackStarKids
BLACKSTARKIDS – “CYBERKISS 2 U” from: CYBERKISS / Dirty Hit / September 23, 2022 [From the band’s new fifth album, and their third with Dirty Hit Records, all in the last 4 years. Blackstarkids are phenomenon who came out of Kansas City in 2020 became the soundtrack for the summer. Blackstarkids are a pop/R&B/hip-hop trio based in Kansas City, Missouri. Members include: TheBabeGabe, Deiondre, and TyFaizon (of the Drop Dead XX collective). The members have known each other since high school in Raytown, Missouri. Members met at Raytown South High School and formed the band in 2019. The group released its first album, Let’s Play Sports, on August 1, 2019. Blackstarkids then released their second album SURF through their own label Bedroom Records on February 28, 2020. Blackstarkids caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy and were then signed to The 1975’s management company and UK-based label Dirty Hit Records. They were featured in Clash Magazine. Blackstarkids then released, Surf Basement Demos on Dirty Hit Records on March 5, 2020. On October 29, 2020, Blackstarkids released Whatever, Man on Dirty Hit Records, their third album release of 2020. Gabe, of Blackstarkids recently described the KC Music community to an interviewer, “The music scene here is really nice. There are a lot of bands who are super talented and do all types of genres. The jazz music here is really great as well. Kansas City is honestly a hidden gem when it comes to music. I feel like you can meet an artist anywhere and anyplace in this city.” Deiondre added, “The music scene here is getting cool now, there’s a lot of jazz musicians that go to school for music here too but you can find people from different scenes all over if around the city.” Ty wrote, “The Kansas City scene is great, the community here is so supportive and genuine. This is a really prideful city here and I think they’re finally getting the musicians they deserve.”]
[Blackstarkids are scheduled to play Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 29, 2022.]
11:24 – Underwriting
Amy Farrand & The Like
Amy Farrand & The Like – “Sweet Thing” from: One / Amy Farrand / April 28, 2018 [Amy Farrand & The Like are Amy Farrand on lead vocals & guitar, Steve Tubbert on bass, Felix Dukes on drums, Kyle Dahlquist on keyboards & backing vocals, Stephan Jean-Francois on trumpet, and Katie Gilchrist on backing vocals. 11-song debut album was recorded with Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. Amy Farrand plays over a dozen intruments, bass, drums, lap steel, guitar, she has hosted variety shows, and radio shows and has been a a member of the bands: American Catastrophe, Experimental Instrument Orchestra, Shotgun Idols, Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Atlantic Fadeout, The Silver Maggies. One reviewer wrote of her, “Amy Farrand is a tough-as-nails vocalist making her an invaluable asset to any live act.”]
[Amy Farrand and The Like play The Reproductive Rights Benefit Show featuring Boxknife, on Friday, October 21, at 9:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms of KCMO. This a fundraiser for Missouri Abortion Access Fund.]
Lotta Williams and Amy Farrand
11:30 – Interview with Amy Farrand & Lotta Williams
Amy Farrand plays over a dozen instruments, bass, drums, lap steel, guitar, she has hosted variety shows, and radio shows, and she is licsensed to has been a a member of the bands: American Catastrophe, Experimental Instrument Orchestra, Shotgun Idols, Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Atlantic Fadeout, The Silver Maggies. One reviewer wrote of her, “Amy Farrand is a tough-as-nails vocalist making her an invaluable asset to any live act.” In April 2018, Amy’s band Amy Farrand & The Like released their 11-song debut album and were nominated for a Pitch “Best of Kansas City” Award.
Lotta Williams is the Front-of-house manager of The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms of KCMO and their new space called “All Else The Sea” that opened last November as a cocktail lounge serving food. Bob Asher and Josh Mobley, who own and operate neighboring bar and diner The Ship, decided to launch All Else The Sea during the pandemic to meet the needs of growing crowds making the West Bottoms a new destination to see live music. They were able to work out a plan with their landlord Adam Jones. The 4,500-square-foot space that was formerly home to Foundation Event Space, which closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All Else The Sea takes its name from a Negro National League slogan, “We Are the Ship, All Else the Sea.” Lotta Williams leads the cocktail program, which features pre-batched seasonal cocktails, such as a barrel-aged maple Old Fashioned, hot buttered rum, whiskey-based Crown Chai Latte and an Oaxacan Old Fashioned with mezcal.
Lotta and Amy share details about The Reproductive Rights Benefit Show featuring Boxknife, and Amy Farrand & The Like, on Friday, October 21, at 9:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms of KCMO. This a fundraiser for Missouri Abortion Access Fund. More info at: http://www.theshipkc.com
The last time we talked with Amy on the radio was on May 25, 2022 when she joined us to talk about her band Amy Farrand and the Like before their first show together in almost 3 years on June 3 at The Black Box. Before that we conducted a phone interview with Amy Farrand on April 1, 2020 while she was stranded in Italy after traveling there to help a friend move back to the U.S.
In her second week of visiting her friend the Coronavirus hit hard and citizens were ordered to quarantine themselves at home. Amy was stuck in Italy for 4 months, and when it was time to come home her friend ended up staying Europe. On April 1, 2020 in the US we are at 4085 deaths and 189,785 confirmed cases. As of today there have been over 1 million deaths in the United States due to Covid.
Amy came back to her home town that was shuttered, venues were closed, friends out of work, Davey’s Uptown lost to a fire. Amy decided to turn her efforts in ward, and as she put it, “do the work, on myself, to work out those things that have been haunting me my whole life.” She says that she is happier now than she has ever been in her whole life. She is 70 pounds lighter. Amy says as she did the work, the weight just went away, gradually over the last year and a half. Amy’s hair is naturally curly, her smile as big as ever. Amy Farrand is real. One of the most real people you will ever meet. She is honest and hardworking and a walking history of the last 25 years of the KC music community.
Amy talked with us about picking up a guitar and playing for the first time in years.
Amy Farrand & The Like are Amy Farrand on lead vocals & guitar Steve Tubbert on bass Felix Dukes on drums Kyle Dahlquist on keyboards & backing vocals Stephan Jean-Francois on trumpet Katie Gilchrist on backing vocals.
Amy Farrand & Lotta Williams thank you for being with us on WMM.
The Reproductive Rights Benefit Show featuring Boxknife, and Amy Farrand & The Like, on Friday, October 21, at 9:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms of KCMO. This a fundraiser for Missouri Abortion Access Fund. http://www.theshipkc.com
11:40
Boxknife
Boxnife – “Bp Razorblade” from: Manifestering [EP] / Squarestab Records / May 20, 2022 [Boxknife, is a queer dark-pop band from Kansas City made up of Stephanie Bankston, Britt Wild, Mia Morrow, and Brook Worlledge who formed from the ashes of the band Lovergurl. Keyboardist and vocalist, Stephanie Bankston was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a graduate of The University of Missouri. She moved abroad in her 20s, and lived in Seoul, Korea, where she played in a mostly female band called BaekMa (“White Horse”). Stephanie returned to Kansas City in the Fall 2015. Brook Worlledge,is a Kansas City native. She is the band’s drummer and she sings and writes songs for the band. Brook is a defender of the proletariat. Brook’s influences range from The B-52s, The Velvet Underground, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Brit Wild has played to Wick and the Tricks and other bands in Kansas City.]
[Boxknife play The Reproductive Rights Benefit Show featuring Boxknife, on Friday, October 21, at 9:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, West Bottoms of KCMO. This a fundraiser for Missouri Abortion Access Fund.]
11:43 – Pledge Break #5
This is WMM’s Fall Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt & Betse Ellis
Case #5 We offer loads and loads of information about what is going on in the community. Not only does this show interview 100+ guests 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.
In just this past year, we’ve featured segments shining a light on:, The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, UMKC Conservatory of Music, Owen Cox Dance Group, KC Bass Workshop, The Record Machine, Mills Record Company, Records With Merritt, High Dive Records, Center Cut Records, Manor Records, Lost Cowgirl Records, KC Irish Fest, The Crossroads Music Fest, MixMaster Music Conference, Too Much Rock, Midwest Music Foundation, Apocalypse Meow, filmmaker Morgan Cooper, Charlotte Street Foundation, Inter Urban Arthouse, Lemonade Park, Weights and Measure Sound Lab, Innovation Festival, Bio Kansas, Les Bons Bons Electriques, Outer Reaches Fest, The Greater Philipino Association of Kamsas City, Queer Narratives Fest, No Devide KC, Boulevardia, Gay Pride, Folk Alliance International, The Band That Fell To Earth, .
11:50
Mensa Deathqsuad
Mensa Deathsquad – “Chin Up Eyes Wide Open” from: YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER / Gran Cavalera / April 12, 2022 [This is the ongoing creative engine of Kansas City-based darkwave artist Brandon Phillips – the soft human center of Mensa Deathsquad writes: “Mensa Deathsquad is fundamentally about two things, Dark dance music optimized for sweaty catharsis and the most ragged, unpolished emotional honesty I can bring.” On June 13, 2022 Mensa Deathsquad released the single “Come Say Hello.”On April 12, 2022 Mensa Deathsquad released the 14-track album, YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER, Written, performed and produced by Mensa Deathsquad. Mastered at Element Recording and Mastering. Brandon Phillips of Mensa Deathsquad, writes: “By the time I wrote Chin Up Eyes Wide Open,” (second single from YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER) I was just this little emotional soap bubble, exploding in slow motion. I felt safe in my own skin for the first time in a really long time. This is part of trauma recovery – early on there is this identity crisis that starts in your bone marrow and extends outward into the far reaches of the galaxy and it takes a lot of effort to find yourself again in all that messy tissue and ice cold vastness. By some quirk of luck, I bumped into myself by chance when a friend made a joke about my being exactly her “tall, thin and emotionally unavailable” type. To which I shot back, “Babe, all I am is emotionally available. I am skin and emotions.” Boom. There I was, hiding in plain sight. So “Chin Up, Eyes Wide Open” is a song about my deciding to live that punch line and to just fully embody “skin and emotions” and to never mask that version of myself again. It’s a song about showing up for yourself in all your flawed, fucked up glory.” “Chin Up, Eyes Wide Open” is a follow up to “Light” released November 16, 2021. Brandon Phillips writes, “The electronic music that I daydream about, always has that Stooges layer of dirt and shop grease on it. That’s what I want.” Follow up to CYCLIST, the second album from Mensa Deathsquad released February 23, 2021. The cyclist was released with these notes: Brandon Phillips laid in a Kansas City hospital through the winter of 2019-2020 as his own album release (the unintentionally but appropriately named Patient Zero by his alt-synthwave band Mensa Deathsquad) passed by in the outside world. The first tracks from his debut album Patient Zero were premiering and, chained to a Luciferian merry-go-round of post-operative infections, Brandon strained through the pharmaceutical blur to do promotion for his record, emailing editors and scraping together the necessary pieces they needed. Since his surgery a month prior had gone sideways, and the time, energy, and planning for things like photos, videos and shows had been blown to smithereens, all he had left to look forward to beyond the IVs and the machines that go “ping” was this premiere and the street date. And then came COVID-19, like a rogue wave, to finish off the aimless Mensa Deathsquad sailboat. // But Brandon didn’t die and the boat didn’t sink. As the squall receded and the wanton eye of cruel gods passed over him, Brandon clung to the boat and swore revenge… // As the aphorism goes, “revenge is sweet” and thus Brandon and his Mensa Deathsquad will have the triumphant last laugh. Holed up in the spare bedroom of his apartment in Kansas City with an open wound in his abdomen, two surgical drains, and a severely compromised immune system, Brandon slipped back into his Mensa Deathsquad persona and began working on what would become his newest full length album, Cyclist. // The music that emerged from Brandon’s isolation and illness is a raw, nearly garage-rock take on darkwave and a perfect continuation of what he had begun on Patient Zero. Launching with the one-two punch of electro-punk noir in “Nothing Is Ever Enough” and “Therapist” before the pounding synth-rock of “The Disappointment Of The Christ,” Brandon fixes his furious eyes upon the provocative hypocrisy and violence that results from American Christianity. // A heady package of nudge nudges and intellectual ruminations (a trademark of Brandon’s past as a smartpunk upstart in such seminal bands as The Gadjits and Architects), Cyclist carries both a powerful music punch, a cultural rummaging through pop culture, and a run through his ever-evolving intellect. A knowing wink to fans of the seminal vampire flick The Lost Boy, “Join Us, Michael” is at once a seething appraisal of a world scorched and defiled by an older generation and a musical love letter to that pivotal ‘80s vampire movie soundtrack. “Leap Year (Chaos Reigns)” which began as a Siouxsie & the Banshees-inspired jam serves as Cyclist’s true north – the story of a drug-fueled wrinkle in time that brought the entire cyclical nature of existence into visibility one fateful night. “End Of The World” is dance-floor nihilist electro-rock blending angular post-punk guitar with the nostalgia of neon synths and electroclash drums, while “Takes One To Know One” slowly approaches the thunderstorm of toxic relationships, soulful vocals, tech house kick drums, and grimey-as-hell bass. // As a fitting conclusion to the tour de force through his psyche, Cyclist closes with yet another two-track charge, the swaggering post-electro sneer at celebrity social media, “Famous” followed by the throbbing Giorgio Moroder-via-Tech House cover of Iggy Pop’s classic “The Passenger.” “It was important to me that I cover ‘The Passenger’ as a letter of intent.” Says Brandon. “The electronic music that I daydream about, always has that Stooges layer of dirt and shop grease on it. That’s what I wanted for Cyclist.” The result is a triumph over the storm, as Mensa Deathsquad sails, unvanquished, into victory. More info at: https://mensadeathsquad.bandcamp.com or https://facebook.com/MensaDeathsquad.%5D
11:53 – Pledge Break #6
This is WMM’s Fall Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis
KKFI’s Mission Statement: KKFI is the Kansas City area’s independent, noncommercial community radio station. We seek 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.
KKFI’s Philosophy Statement: KKFI is committed to diversity in programming and discourse and seeks to create a climate of mutual respect and collaboration among volunteers and staff.
Marion Merritt, Betse Ellis, Thank You! Thank you to everyone who called in!
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, October 26 – Marion Merritt & Nico Gray will be back to c0-host with me for our 2022 Fall On-Air Fundraiser and we will continue with Part 2 of “The MidCoast Sound” playing many of our favorite recent MidCoastal Releases including: Arquesta Del Sol Soul, The Black Creatures, Black Light Animals, Julia Haile, Kevin Morby, Katy Guillen & The Girls, Amado Espinoza and more! Plus The Lone Stranger will play live in our 90.1 FM Studios.
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
Wednesday MidDay Medley 