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, June 15, 2022
Luke Petet + Chris Haghirian & Boulevardia 2022
Mark plays more New & Midcoastal Releases from: Various Blonde, Luke Petet, Flora From Kansas, Mensa Deathsquad, Kadesh Flow, Alisa Jefferson, Colebrood, Lee Walter Redding, Calvin Arsenia, Blackstarkids, Paris Williams, Pure XTC, Frogpond, MiD, and The Pharcyde, Jenny Lewis, Valerie June, and Dashboard Confessional.
Luke Petet
At 10:30 We will talk with Luke Petet who released the 10-track album, SEVENTH SPELL, on May 20, 2022. SEVENTH SPELL was recorded 2018-2022 in Kansas City, Denver, Boulder, Lawrence, Black, Rolla, and Springfield, in houses and basements and during the day and night and sometimes cars or in the woods on various tape or digital recorders assembled from the various tapes and fragments in 2022. Luke Petit was born in Blue Springs, Missouri but calls Kansas City his home. SEVENTH SPELL is his first big solo project. Luke also plays Pedal Steel for the Kansas City baed band, Hellfire Club. More info at: http://www.lukepetet.bandcamp.com
At 11:00 Mark talks with friend of the show, Chris Haghirian who joins us to share all of the details about Boulevardia 2022, on Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, with 66 bands, on 5 stages, with 48 Brewing Companies from 19 States and 2 Countries, 29 Restaurants & Food Trucks, 46 merchants in the Makers Market, plus a Podcast Stage, a Legacy Skating Party, The Silent Disco, and various VIP Experiences. Chris Haghirian shares his passion for the KC music community as host of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 PM, on 90.9 The Bridge. Chris worked for The Kansas City Star for over 20 years and is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. Chris organizes multiple concert series throughout the metro, and music stages for The Plaza Art Fair, The Innovation Fest, and with Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine, he co-created The Middle of The Map Fest. More info at http://www.boulevardia.com
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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, June 8, 2022
WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2022 …So Far! + Marion Merritt + Betse Ellis + Julia Othmer
WMM plays from some of our Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2022…So Far! We spin tracks from: The Creepy Jingles, Making Movies, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Kevin Morby, Ivory Blue, Jo Blaq with Wanda Jae, Fritz Hutchison, Jass, Claire Adams + Alyssa Murray, The Greeting Committee + Tune-Yards, Boxknife, JNabe with Sh3, Mac Sauce, The Phantastics, Major Matt Mason USA, Static Phantoms, musicbyskippy, and Julia Othmer.
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Major Matt Mason USA – “Stupid Feelings” from: “Stupid Feelings” – Single / Olive Juice Music / May 6, 2022 [Matt Roth on guitar & vocals, Brian Hurtgen on drums, Dane Bridges on bass. Recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Audio (Shawnee, KS). Produced by Matt Roth and Paul Malinowski. copyright 2022 (Claws Beat Skin BMI) Matt writes, “This is a song about releasing yourself and others from judgment. It’s a celebration of the beautiful messes that we are and that strange peace you feel when you’re cleaning up after the party that trashed your house the night before.”Major Matt Mason USA previously released “Endless Summer” on Movember 18, 2020. Earlier on July 20, 2020 Major Matt Mason USA released the single “Victims Of The Storm.” Major Matt Mason USA is the performing name for musician, poet, and producer Matt Roth. Originally from Shawnee, Kansas, Matt cut his teeth playing guitar for local Lawrence, KS freak out and math rock bands Magic Nose and Dracomagnet in the early 1990s. // In 1994 Matt moved to New York City where he became active in the anti-folk and DIY music scene of New York’s East Village. Centering around the infamous Monday night, open mic, Antihoots at the Sidewalk Cafe, the scene was an early stomping ground for an array of artists including Beck, Regina Spektor, The Moldy Peaches, Langhorne Slim, John S. Hall (King Missile), Jeffrey Lewis, Shilpa Ray, Kimya Dawson, Diane Cluck, and many more. // In 1998 MMM released his debut solo album Me Me Me in the US. The album was licensed for the UK and Europe on Teenage Fanclub drummer Francis MacDonald’s label, Shoeshine Records. He would continue to release two more albums with Shoeshine: 2002’s Honey Are you Ready for the Ballet and 2004’s Bad People Rule The World. In 2005 Matt released a one-off project under the moniker of Kansas State Flower and in 2007 he returned as Major Matt Mason USA with the album Senile Pie Strive Pip Melancholy. // In 2001 he formed the band Schwervon! with Nan Turner. Schwervon! would go on to release five albums and a handful of singles, including a 7” on, Pavement member, Bob Nastanovich’s label Broker’s Tip Records. // During his time in New York, he established Olive Juice Music, a recording studio, independent record label, and online record distro headquartered in his apartment in the Lower East Side. Olive Juice Music would go on to host the OJ All Day Music Fest, for three years, as well as the OJ Distro, a hub for over three hundred independent releases in the early days of online mailorder. OJ Studios has produced recordings for many notable artists including: Kimya Dawson, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Louis, Adam Green (Moldy Peaches), Toby Goodshank, The Lovely Eggs, L.D. Beghtol (Magnetic Fields), Dan Fishback, Paleface, Phoebe Kreutz, Elastic No No Band and more. // In 2012 Matt moved back to Shawnee, Kansas and re-inserted himself into the Kansas City Music/ Poetry Scene. In 2015 he started a poetry blog entitled Beef Jerky Clouds and in 2017 formed a side project, Broken Heart Syndrome, featuring Pat Tomek of The Rainmakers on drums. // [Major Matt Mason USA continues to perform as a solo act and as a band. Through his combined projects he has shared the stage, opening, for luminaries such as Belle and Sebastian, Guided By Voices, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), The Vaselines, The Wedding Present, Daniel Johnston, Lucy Dacus and many more. // As of the fall of 2019 Major Matt Mason USA has been performing with Brian Hurtgen on drums and more recently Dane Bridges on Bass. More info at: http://www.majormattmasonusa.com]
[Matthew Roth (the man behind Major Matt Mason USA and Schwervon) will be spinning vinyl as the “House DJ” at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd. on Friday, June 10, and Friday, June 17, 7:00 to 9:00 PM AND he will be Guest Producer on WMM on July 20, 2022.]
Jass – “Him” from: “Him” – Single / JASS / February 23, 2022, [Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch. Jass released At the Close of a Decade on November 26, 2022. It was part of WMM’s 121 Best Recordings of 2021. She wrote, “After years of writing and recording in voice memos .. I decided to grab my iPad and began recording something that I am very proud of. I named it, At the Close of A Decade, and released it in November 2019. With my iPhone/iPad, some apple headphones, I created this project. The amazing people around me told me it was worth it, even when I didn’t believe it myself. I convinced myself I would be the only one that liked my songs. If you decide to listen you’ll hear sound clips of shows and movies that made a difference in the way I saw the world, the way I saw myself, and the way I overcame my experiences. I remember asking my grandma and my son if I should release what I’ve been writing and they both said very simply to do it, so I’ve done it. I want to thank all of my wonderful friends who have been my soundboards during this process, all of the people that have asked me when it’s coming, the people that have kept me accountable, and believed that this time it was for real. My story is so very triumphant and beautiful because I have overcome experiences and shunned the fear I had to do what I love. It’s crazy how you can talk your way out of some amazing things and also how you can talk yourself into making some amazing things happen. If you partake, I hope you enjoy.” More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]
[Jass has been nominated for a Kansas City People Choice Awards in the Best Female Voice Category. The Ceremony is August 7, at 3:30 at The Midland, 1228 Main Street. KCMO.]
[Jass also plays the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, New Orleans July 1 through July 3, 2022]
10:07 – Intro Pledge Break #1
Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt, and Betse Ellis of Betse & Clarke join us as special Guest Co-Hosts to encourage our listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit http://www.kkfi.org to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Spring Fund Drive Show.
Betse Ellis. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Betse received her Bachelors of Arts in Music and a Bachelors of Arts in English, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She has been playing the Violin for over 40 years, with over 20 years playing fiddle and also working as a teacher of music. Betse was a founding member of the acclaimed internationally known band, The Wilders. Betse has released two solo records, and records and performs with her husband, multi-instrumentalist Clarke Wyatt, as Betse & Clarke. In 2020 they released their latest 8-song release, WINTER, which was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2020
Betse 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 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 and 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!
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Claire Adams – “If It Isn’t Right (feat. Rewound and Alyssa Murray) (Alyssa Murray Remix)” from: “If It Isn’t Right (Alyssa Murray Remix)” / Claire Adams / April 15, 2022 [This features Rewound and Alyssa Murray. Our friend Claire Adams recently wrote to us saying, “Alyssa Murray made a super cool remix of one of the songs off the last album and I wanted to share it with you. The song is ‘If It Isn’t Right’ and also features the Rewound string trio and an arrangement by Peter Lawless. Alyssa really made it her own and gave it a whole new spin, she’s amazing!” Here are the full credits: Vocals: Claire Adams, Alyssa Murray, Fritz Hutchison. Synths and Beats: Alyssa Murray. Cello: Ezgi Karakus. Viola: Alyssa Bell. Violin: Carmen Dieker. String Arrangement: Peter Lawless. Mixed and Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights + Measures Soundlab. Cover Art by Cassie Allen. ‘If It Isn’t Right’ written by Claire Adams. This song was originally on Claire’s acclaimed album YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU originally released April 24, 2020. The album was lost in the COVID 19 of 2020. The album was properly given a “release show” and put out on CD in 2021. 10 songs all written by Claire Adams. Recorded at The Blue House in Kansas City, MO. Additional tracking at MARZ Studios in Nederland, TX. Mixed & mastered at Weights + Measures Soundlab in KCMO. Written by Claire Adams, with Claire Adams on guitars, bass, and vocals; Alyssa Murray on keyboards & vocals; and Fritz Hutchison on drums & vocals. Claire also released: Words of Love on Feb. 5, 2021 – Recorded and Produced by Claire Adams at Casa 34 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mixed and Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights + Measures in Kansas City, MO. Cover Photo by Hugo Parasol. ‘So This Is Love’ written by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. ‘Pocketful Of Rainbows’ written by Ben Weisman, ‘Till There Was You’ written by Meredith Wilson. “Words of Love” written by Claire Adams. ‘Calico Skies’ written by Paul McCartney. Claire also released the EP Moras under the moniker, Mismo Sismo (same earthquake) on July 21, 2021. Claire Adams wrote and recorded this EP at home during the first months of the COVID-19 quarantine. The three songs are meant to be played all together but also stand alone. Mismo Sismo is a collaboration with photographer Hugo Parasol. Claire played guitar on True Lions album THE FEMPIRE STRIKES BACK. In 2020 Clairplayed with the band Ondist for their three full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on Aug. 14, and Mise en Place on Nov. 13, 2020 with songs recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Claire also participated in Katy Guillen and The Girls Reunion shows in summer of 2021. Claire Adams on WMM on April 7, 2021. Info at: https://claireadams.bandcamp.com%5D
The Greeting Committee & Tune Yards-“How Long?(Tune-Yards Remix)” from: “How Long? (Tune-Yards Remix)” – Single / Harvest Records / March 25, 2021 [Happiness is…When one of your favorite bands, of all-time, remixes a single by one of your favorite bands from Kansas City…The Greeting Committee’s new single “How Long?” Tune-Yards remix will appear on the trio’s forthcoming deluxe edition of ‘Dandelion’ to be released this Friday, June 10. 2022. Accompanying the remix is a tantalizing animated visual, created by the Singapore-based art director/illustrator Kezia Gabriella. Known for her vibrant imagery that abounds with abstract shapes and unusual characters, Gabriella previously co-directed the video for “Float Away,” another track from Dandelion. Formed in KC in 2014 with Addie Sartino, Brandon Yangmi, & Pierce Turcotte, with Austin Fraser on the road. On September 24, 2021). The Greeting Committee released theit EP, DANDELION (one of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2021. is a follow up to their Oct. 17, 2019 EP, I’m Afraid I’m Not Angry, and their October 26, 2018, full length vinyl release “This Is It.” The band has previously released the EP “Meeting People is Easy” in 2017, and “It’s Not All That Bad” in 2015.The Greeting Committee released their single “Ada” on August 27, 2021, through Harvest Records / UMG Recordings. “Ada” is a queer narrative inspired by lived experience of a dear friend. Addie wrote, “i knew this wasn’t my story to tell, but instead the story of someone i fiercely admire. to our garden, you are loved. you are loved.” You can listen to “Ada” at: thegcband.lnk.to/ada. The trio is currently in the midst of their headlining Dandelion tour, which concludes with a hometown show at KC’s Uptown Theater on April 9. More info at: http://www.thegcband.com]
[The Greeting Committee play The Innovation Festival August 6, at 7:00 PM, 2022, at Crown Center 2450 Grand BLVD, KCMO, 64108]
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
Katy Guillen & The Drive – “Set In Stone” from: “Set In Stone” – Single / Katy Guillen / May 24, 2022 [Produced by Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Heartless Bastards, Ray LaMontagne) at Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles, “Set In Stone” is brimming with vibrant textures, fuzzy electric guitars, and warm vocals.“Set In Stone” marks 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.”It is a taste of what’s to come on their full-length debut album ANOTHER ONE GAINED (due August 19, 2022), 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 this week on Guitar Girl Magazine. Katy Guillen & The Drive – Katy Guillen (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. More info at: http://www.katyguillenmusic.com]
Katy Guillen & The Drive U.S. TOUR DATES JUN 10 @ LAWRENCE, KS @ The Bottleneck JUN 24 / APPLETON, WI @ Fox River House JUNE 25 / MILWAUKEE, WI @ TBA JUL 7 / JACKSON, MS @ Duling Hall JUL 8 / BATON ROUGE, LA @ Manship Theatre JUL 15 / GRAND ISLAND, NE @ Hear Grand Island JUL 16 / SIOUX CITY, IA @ Vanguard Arts JUL 31 / COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ Vultures AUG 3 / VIRGINIA BEACH, VA @ Elevation 27 AUG 4 / RICHMOND, VA @ Richmond Music Hall AUG 5 / WASHINGTON, DC @ City Winery AUG 7 / ROCKY MOUNT, VA @ Harvester Performance Center AUG 19 / DAVENPORT, IA @ Alternating Currents Festival AUG 20 / LINCOLN, NE @ The Zoo Bar AUG 26 / KANSAS CITY, MO @ Knuckleheads AUG 27 / DES MOINES, IA @ xBk Live
10:29 – Pledge Break #2
Our WMM Spring Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis
Today on WMM we are celebrating 18 of our Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2022…So Far! 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. 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.
WMM Plays New & MidCoastal Releases. Timothy Finn while writing for the Kansas City Star named WMM as, “The Best Place to Hear Local Music on the Radio” and “the Best Place to hear area musicians talk about their music.”
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Fritz Hutchison – “Ladder Shake (Feat. Bodacious Thang)” from: “Ladder Shake (Feat. Bodacious Thang)”- Single / Manor Records / February 25, 2022 [Multi-instrumentalist Fritz Hutchison was born May 27, 1991. His 2nd solo album, MOVIE NIGHT was released April.15, 2022 . A life-long resident of KC. Since 2008 he’s been part ofthe bands: She’s a Keeper, Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and Grand Marquis. As a guitarist he has played along side True Lions, J Ashley Miller, Lauren Krum, Miki P, Calvin Arsenia. A decade of lending an ear and a hand to other musicians Fritz Hutchison released his debut solo album Wide Wild Acres on Center Cut Records on March 27, 2020. Written & performed by Fritz Hutchison. Produced by Fritz Hutchison & Joel Nanos. Recorded & mixed in KC by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studio. Fritz was our guest on WMM on March 25, 2020]
[Fritz Hutchison plays Lemonade Park 1628 Wyoming, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Friday, July 8, at 7:00 PM with Fullbloods, Mr. Golden Sun, and Chalis O’Neil.]
The Creepy Jingles – “Connundrum and Bass” from: “Connundrum and Bass” – Single / High Dive Records / February 25, 2022 [This is the second single from band’s 11-track, full-length debut, TAKE ME AT MY WORD PLAY released on March 25, 2022. “Trojan Horse Girl” was the single released February 11, 2022. 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 play RecordBar, Friday, June 10, with Effie, and Everett The Gray]
The Phantastics – “All That Fine – Single” from: “All That Fine”- Single / Kemet Creative / May 6, 2022 [8 member band from KC formed in December of 2010. Kemet the Phantom on lead vocals; Leigh Gibbs on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone; Ryan Jamaal Davis on Trombone and rap vocals; Austin Quick on keyboards. The Phantastics specialize in genre-blending dance floor activators. In 2015, the music group was crowned “Kansas City’s best party band” by the Kansas City Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz & Soul are all incorporated into their music. “The band that can do it all”, according to I Heart Local Music, has shared the stage with some of music’s most legendary acts including George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. On Oct. 18, 2019 The Phantastics released LIVE AT THE PLAZA ART FAIR. On Aug. 24, 2018 The Phantastics released the EP, LIFE OF THE PARTY. On Dec. 14, 2013 The Phantastics released their debut album THE CLOSER. Info at: http://www.thephantastics.com] [The Phantastics play Music in the Park, Westwood Park, 4798 Wyoming St, KCMO, Sat, June 11, at 8:00pm with Bob Walkenhorst, Cassie Taylor, Mark Farina, and MID. The West Plaza Neighborhood Association presents Music in the Park a day of music, arts, vendors, food trucks and other activities]
[The Phantastics play Boulevardia on Fri, June 17 at 10:00 PM, on the Fountain Stage at 2395 Grand Blvd, KCMO.]
Boxknife – “The Tower” from: “The Tower” – (Single) / Squarestab Records / May 20, 2022 [Debut Single from Boxknife, 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 miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Thur, July 21, at 8:00 PM w/ Polymer Mercies, Castle Black]
10:49 – Pledge Break #3
Our WMM Spring Fund Drive Team: Marion Merritt and Betse Ellis
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Julia Othmer – “Fortunate Son” from: SEEDS, Volume 2 (LIVE) / Frickin’ Awesome Records / March 20, 2021 [Written by John Fogerty. This is Julia’s 4th full length and contains 10 live songs selected from her 30-day Songs of September Project, where Julia performed live covers of her favorite songs of protest and hope, broadcast through streaming social platforms to inspire people to vote on November 3. Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be included on SEEDS. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st full-length album, “Oasis Motel.” In 2018 to 2019 Julia Othmer toured with and opened for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom. When Julia Othmer is in Kansas City she plays with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, John Floyd Whitaker on drums. More info at http://www.juliaothmer.com. Julia Othmer was our guest on WMM on September 1, 2021 and March 9, 2022. and May 18, 2022]
[Julia Othmer plays The Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, with Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! hosted by Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse.]
11:00 – Station ID
11:00 – Interview with Julia Othmer
Julia Othmer was a Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist at the 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference in the Kansas City Westin Crown Center Hotel, May 18 thru 22. Julia just recently returned home from Dragonfly Music Fest, in Sedona, AZ. Julia was one of seven artists selected to represent the USA for Global Music Match 2021. Julia is also a 2022 graduare of Artist Inc. Othmer’s music is vibrant and emotionally potent. The child of European refugees, she draws from a broad and richly cultured palette of experience to create her intensely human yet otherworldly songs. Her piano-driven performances are a mesmerizing and superconscious fusion of raw power, vocal artistry and joy. In 2021 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. In 2020, Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album produced with James Lundie, who became Julia’s husband in 2016.
Julia Othmer joins us to share details about the Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, with Julia Othmer, Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard. The evening benefits: Heart To Heart International and World Central Kitchen. Info at: http://www.lemonadeparkkc.com/tickets
Julia Othmer thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Julia survived the 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference performing as an Official Showcase Artist and playing multiple private showcases in the Kansas City Westin Crown Center Hotel, Thursday, May 19, through Sunday, May 23, 2022.
Julia played the Dragonfly Music Festival Launch Party, Wednesday, May 25 @at 7:00 PM Mary Fisher Theatre, Sedona, AZ. Julia played the Dragonfly Music Fest, Friday, May 27 at Sedona Creative Life Center, Sedona, AZ. Julia played Pianotastic at the Dragonfly Music Festival on, Saturday, May 28 ay 8:00 PM Sedona Performing Arts Center, Sedona, AZ (sharing the stage with two phenomenal musicians – Brockett Parsons – inventor of the PianoArc, singer/songwriter, and member of Lady Gaga’s touring band Henri Herbert – he plays piano like NOONE else – just trust me on this Get ready to swoon with these amazing people and many special guests.
Julia plays The Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10 at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, KC, MO. The line-up of artists includes Julia Othmer, Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil (with GAV7D set with guest vocalists; Amy Farrand and SteveTulipana, and Arnold Young on drums, Chris tady onguitar, Tina Bilberry on violin, and Johnny in a catsuit), Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard.
Between the live performances, The Benefit For Ukraine will be showcasing a curated virtual gallery of visual artists who contributed work that addresses peace, resolution, hope, and healing. Organized to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening is hosted by Julia Othmer of Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse and our many artist collaborators.
Kansas City area artists are coming together at Lemonade Park to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening will include live music, spoken word, dance, improvisation, poetry-on-demand, and a curated gallery of visual art projected on a screen between performances. Between the live performances, we will be showcasing a curated virtual gallery of visual artists who contributed work that addresses peace, resolution, hope, and healing. // A complete gallery of all visual arts submissions will be available, via a virtual gallery. The virtual gallery will include links to artists pages (websites, social, etc.) and a purchase price (if applicable) // The evening is hosted by Julia Othmer of Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse and our many artist collaborators.
Julia Othmer just recently completed training through the Artist Inc program.
Julia Othmer is a “captivating” piano-playing singer/songwriter known for her energetic live performances. Passionate and engaging, Othmer creates intimate warmth with her audiences. Using music to connect to people and social issues inspires her. For more info: juliaothmer.com/
Julia’s album SOUND, SEEDS VOLUME 1, and SEEDS VOLUME 2 have all been produced with Julia’s husband James Lundie.
Julia Othmer thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Julia Othmer plays The Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, with Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! hosted by Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse. The evening benefits: Heart To Heart International and World Central Kitchen. Info at: http://www.lemonadeparkkc.com/tickets
11:10
Ivory Blue – “Good Changes” 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
[Ivory Blue plays The Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, with Julia Othmer, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! hosted by Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse.]
[Ivory Blue plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 18 at 1:15 on The Fountain Stage, 2396 Grand Boulevard]
11:13 – Pledge Break #4
This is WMM’s Spring Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt & Betse Ellis.
Along with our National Public Affairs shows like Democracy Now and Alternative Radio KKFI offers more locally produced public affairs programs than anywhere else on the dial. We offer programs specifically produced for the LGBTQIA Community, Women’s Issues, Native American News and Culture, Middle Eastern Music and Information, Latino Programming, African American Public Affairs and Community News, Labor and Worker’s Unions, our prison population and justice system, environmental programming, Visual and Literary Arts, and Performing Arts.
Just remember what you don’t have to hear when you are tuned to 90.1 FM KKFI…No commercials, we do have brief underwriting announcements, recognizing those who financially contribute to support non-profit community radio. KKFI has oo automated robot playing the same 40 to 80 songs in a “rotation,” based on a formula, created by a programmer of the robot. KKFI is the opposite of a robot. There is always human being on the other end of the phone line anytime you call.
90.1 offers 104 different radio programs. 76 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 55 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
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.]
Jo Blaq – “Follow Me (feat. Wanda Jae)” from: Blaq Joy / DISTRICK / January 1, 2021 [Jo Blaq is also known as: Joseph Macklin, a native of Kansas City, Kansas. Jo is the youngest of three “preacher’s kids.” Although his musical interest and talents existed then, as a kid, Jo excelled on the basketball court, as well. Jo was ranked as one of the top basketball players in the state of Kansas, hailing from the dominant Washington High School. He went on to play Division 1 College Basketball at the University of Texas-San Antonio, and would later continue his collegiate career at Colorado State. He played professional basketball in Australia before returning home. Blaq invests time, money, and energy into local initiatives in the Kansas City area, including the first-ever Christmas tree lighting and Christmas of Diversity concert in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District and the rehabilitation of the Quindaro Museum[, which houses houses historical artifacts from the African-American community. Jo has served as the event music producer for the American Jazz Museum and has taught music theory and coding classes through the Full Employment Council and University of Central Missouri for free. The classes offer metro-area teens paid internships and access to Jo as a mentor, songwriter, vocalist,instrumentalist, and producer. Jo has worked with many of the mainstream artists. In 2015, he was nominated for a “Best Pop Vocal Album” Grammy for his vocal production work on Ariana Grande’s MY EVERYTHING. Jo was again nominated for two Grammy’s in 2016 for the vocal production on Tim Bowman’s LISTEN album and Jill Scott’s WOMAN album. Over his genre-spanning career, Jo has worked with artists such as: Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Anita Baker, Justin Bieber, Cruz Beckum, Mario, Big Sean, B5, Chris Brown, 98 Degrees, Jasmine V, Next, Kendrick Lamar, B. Smyth, Evan Ross, Jordin Sparks, Shaunice, Kim Keyz, Evan Ross, Effie, & others. BLAQ GOLD was Produced By JETpack – Joseph “Jo Blaq” Macklin, Stephanie “Effie” Altoro, and Tim Ogutu. Jo Blaq also released the 7-track EP, WHAT THEY DO, in January 1, 2022 also produced By JETpack – Joseph “Jo Blaq” Macklin, Stephanie “Effie” Altoro, and Tim Ogutu. More info at: https://www.instagram.com/joblaqofficial/%5D
MusicbySkippy – “Clr” from: MY DYING WISH / Luke Harbur / February 18, 2022 [musicbyskippy is Luke “Skippy” Harbur’s entertainment project. The Overland Park, Kansas native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2018, he moved near home to Kansas City, Missouri, becoming a featured performer for musicians, festivals, corporate & non-profit events, and performance groups. His music passion roots in receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old. His debut album, my dying wish, is now on all music streaming and purchasing platforms. He hopes you learn something new and experience songs you love.More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com]
[Musicbyskippy plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 7:00 PM on The Quirk Stage, 2396 Grand Boulevard]
11:31 – Pledge Break #5
This is WMM’s Spring Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt, & Betse Ellis.
KKFI offers loads and loads of information about what is going on in the community. Not only does this show interview 150 guest each year, not only do we play nearly 900 different songs with more than half of those being locally produced, but we also shine a light on area not-for-profit theatre companies, art museums & galleries, area festivals, service organizations, area record labels and record stores, the area music scene, arts scene, theatre scene, literary arts scene, political action scene. In just this past year, we’ve featured segments shining a light on:, The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, UMKC Conservatory of Music, MidCoast Takeover, Spinning Tree Theatre, Coterie Thetre, The Pitch Kansas City, Owen Cox Dance Group, Bandwaggin KC, KC Bands Together, The Green Line Initiative, Black Lives Matter, The Queer Narratives Festival, KC Bass Workshop, Kansas City Syzygy, The Record Machine, Mills Record Company, Records With Merritt, High Dive Records, Center Cut Records, Manor Records, Polyvinyl Records, Lost Cowgirl Records, Sunflower Soul 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, The Brick, recordBar, Weights and Measure Sound Lab, Troost Festival.
11:38
Making Movies – “Sala De Los Pecadores” from: “Sala De Los Pecadores” – Single / 3/2 Recordings / April 13, 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 play Boulevardia on Saturday, June 18, at 5:00 PM on the Fountain Stage, 2396 Grand Boulevard]
Mac Sauce – “Princess Diaries” from: PRINCESS DIARIES / Mac Sauce / February 25, 2022 [Mac Sauce released the 9-track album PRINCESS DIARIES on February 25, 2022. Mac Sauce is a 10 year old Kansas City rap artist known as “the voice of the playground,” Mac Sauce is one of Kansas City’s youngest rappers who writes all her own lyrics. More info at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDLXataYPNWmko586AVwIyQ%5D
JNabe – “You Want Me (feat.Sh3)” from: “You Want Me (Feat. Sh3)” – Single / JNabe / March 25, 2022 [One of 25 singles JNabe has released so far this year. JNabe is Kansas City’s premiere Indie Asian Rapper. He is 21years old. JNabe started rapping in 2020. He loves making music and strives to make songs that connect with people. // From jnabeofficial.com: “JNabe is a reputable Rapper who began their exciting musical voyage of artistic discovery in 2020. Since then, they’ve used constant collaboration and experimental sound exploration to shape the signature sound that echoes with their inspiration from the streets of Kansas City. In the music world, there’s no standing still. You must constantly learn about new techniques and continue honing your musical craft.” // JNabe released the single.”On a Mission (Feat. Brose Royce (The Real Tez)” on January 14, 2022. // JNabe released the single, “KC Throwdown (Feat. NuSince)” on February 11, 2022. // JNabe released the single.”Can’t Stop Me (Feat. Julia Reynolds)” on February 18, 2022. // JNabe released the single, “You Know Me” on February 25, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Quarantine Time” on March 4, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Defeated (feat. Sa!txero)” on March 11, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Night Life” on March 18, 2022. JNabe released the single, “You Want Me (Feat. Sh3)” on March 25, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Welcome To Life (Feat. Canibus)” on April 1, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Follow Your Dreams (Feat. I Am Justified)” on April 8, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Life,” on April 15, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Ballin and Blowing featuring Rick Ross” on April 19, 2022. JNabe released the single, “So Alone” on April 27, 2022. JNabe released the single, “So Alone” on April 27, 2022. JNabe released the single, “2035 (feat. Sh3)” on April 29, 2022. JNabe released the single, “More Than Friends” on May 4, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Bad Bitch (feat. Constantine)” on May 6, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Selfish” on May 9, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Separate Ways” on May 11, 2022. JNabe released the single, “The Paper (feat. Krizz Kaliko & Yung Punch)” on May 13, 2022.JNabe released the single, “Chop Chop (feat. Krizz Kaliko)” on May 20, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Too Hot (feat. Krizz Kaliko)” on May 27, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Hustlin (feat. Wiz Khalifa)” on May 28, 2022. JNabe released the single, “People Are Crazy (feat. Rittz)” on June 2, 2022. JNabe released the single, “Knife Fight (feat. Krizz Kaliko)” on June 3, 2022. (JNabe’s has released 25 singles this year, so far.) JNabe was a guest on WMM on April 27, 2022. More info at: http://www.jnabeofficial.com]
11:45 – Pledge Break #6
This is WMM’s Spring Fund Drive Show with Marion Merritt, & Betse Ellis.
KKFI offers 24-7 programming, and YOU (the listener), basically get all of this amazing programming for “free.” I, for one, love that I can turn on my radio, or computer device, and tune into the 90.1 FM’s 100, 000 watt, crystal-clear signal, and hear the music, information, news, entertainment, events, and stories, that I really cannot find anywhere else. 90.1 is my comfort, my special companion, my interesting friend, introducing me to all kinds of new & local music, as well as the news & information without the intrusion of commercials. It is radio brought to YOU by real people, who create these shows out of love, and are guided by KKFI’s noble mission that “seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.”
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11:54
Static Phantoms – “Bathed in Blue Light” from: “Bathed In Blue Light” – Single / The Record Machine / February 22, 2022 [We remiered this new track on February 2, 2022. The first single from upcoming album BATHED IN BLUE LIGHT. Their 2nd single “Ghostwalk was released March 18, 2022.Static Phantoms are: Dedric Moore on synths, drum programming, backing vocals, & production; and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar, bass, synths, lead vocals. The Pandemic offered Dedric Moore and Krysztof Nemeth the opportunity to pass the time and get creative in the studio exploring the music and themes of New Wave music of the 1980s. Those who follow the bands: Monta at Odds, The Republic Tigers, Emmaline Twist), you know about the passion Dedric and Krystoff bring th their synths and guitars. As Static Phantoms, the duo is influenced by the 1080s trailblazing bands: The Glove, Tones on Tail, Tears For Fears, and Soft Cell.]
[Monta At Odds will play the official vinyl release Party for Peak of Eternal Light on June 25 with The Moose, Jorge Arana Trio, and Royalettes Vinyl Club]
[Members of Monta At Odds will join us on WMM on June 22, at 11:00 AM]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, June 15, we feature new music from and we talk with Kansas City Musician Luke Petit. In our second hour at 11:00 Chris Haghirian joins us to share all of the details of 2022 Boulevardia, June 17 and June 18. http://www.boulevardia.com
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
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, June 8, 2022
WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2022 …So Far! + Marion Merritt + Betse Ellis + Julia Othmer
Making Movies
WMM plays from some of our Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2022…So Far! We’ll spin tracks from: The Creepy Jingles, Making Movies, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Kevin Morby, Ivory Blue, Jo Blaq with Wanda Jae, Fritz Hutchison, Jass, Claire Adams + Alyssa Murray, The Greeting Committee + Tune-Yards, Boxknife, JNabe with Sh3, Mac Sauce, The Phantastics, Major Matt Mason USA, Static Phantoms, musicbyskippy, and Julia Othmer.
At 11:00 we’ll talk with Julia Othmer about Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, with Julia Othmer, Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! Between the live performances, we will be showcasing a curated virtual gallery of visual artists who contributed work that addresses peace, resolution, hope, and healing. Organized to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening is hosted by Julia Othmer of Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse and our many artist collaborators.]
AND, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt, a minority owned business in KCMO, and Betse Ellis, critically acclaimed fiddler, singer, songwriter, and one half of Betse & Clarke join us as special Guest Co-Hosts to encourage our listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit http://www.kkfi.org to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Spring Fund Drive Show.
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
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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, June 1, 2022
New & MidCoastal Releases + Arquesta Del SolSoul + AVAZ + Stacy Busch & When/Time
10:00 – White Rabbit!
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” (PAL ) ( :22) from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Julia Othmer
Julia Othmer – “White Rabbit” from: White Rabbit – Single / Fricken’ Awesome Records / August 29, 2021 (Unreleased) [Recorded Live at Kulak’s in North Hollywood with Andy Sanesi (Missing Persons, Eminem, Arturo Sandoval) on drums, Jamie Kime (Dr. John, Zappa Plays Zappa) on guitar, and Chris Roy (Nancy Sinatra, Don Randi) on bass. This year Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. From those songs Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be released together on “Seeds.” In 2020 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st album, OASIS MOTEL. In 2018 and 2019 Julia toured with The Alarm in U.S. and United Kingdom. More info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.]
[Julia Othmer plays a Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 6:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming Kcmo, West Bottoms, with Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! Between the live performances, we will be showcasing a curated virtual gallery of visual artists who contributed work that addresses peace, resolution, hope, and healing. Organized to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening is hosted by Julia Othmer of Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse and our many artist collaborators.]
10:06 – 10:08 – Folk Alliance Spotlight (Each week, WMM will feature an artist we talked with and heard play live at the 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference held in Kansas City May 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22.)
Allison Russell
Allison Russell – “Persephone (Luck Mansion Sessions)” from: Persephone (Luck Mansion Sessions) – Single / Fantasy Records / January 20, 2022 [Winner of the 2022 Folk Alliance International Folk Muaic Award for Album of the Year AND Artist of The Year. We first saw Allison Russell as part of the band/duo with her partner JT Nero as, The Birds of Chicago at the 2014 International Folk Alliance Conference, where they were an Official Showcase Artist . More info at http://www.folk.org. Russell was born in Montreal to a Grenadian student and a Scottish-Canadian teenage single mother. Her mother struggled with postpartum depression and schizophrenia, and Russell was initially placed in foster care. Her mother regained custody of her after marrying a white-supremacist American expatriate. From the ages of 5 to 15, she was physically and sexually abused by her adoptive father. At the age of 15, Russell ran away from home, eventually moving to Vancouver in 1998. She attended Dawson College. // Russell was initially a member of the Vancouver-based Celtic folk band Fear of Drinking. // In 2003, Russell formed the band Po’ Girl with The Be Good Tanyas member Trish Klein. She recorded seven albums with the band: Po’ Girl (2003), Vagabond Lullabies (2004), B-side Recordings (2006), Home to You (2007), Deer in the Night (2008), Live (2009), and Follow Your Bliss (2010). Russell formed the music group Birds of Chicago with JT Nero in 2012. As part of Birds of Chicago, Russell released three studio albums, Birds of Chicago (2012), Real Midnight (2016) and Love in Wartime (2018). With the group, she also released a live album, Live from Space, and an EP titled Amherican Flowers in 2018. In 2018, Russell joined the musical collective Our Native Daughters alongside fellow musicians Riannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah In 2019, the group released the album Songs of Our Native Daughters under the Smithsonian Folkways label. Russell was also featured alongside the rest of the group in a Smithsonian Channel documentary titled Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters. As a single, Russell released covers of the songs “By Your Side” by Sade and “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac in January 2021. She also released a cover of “Everything I Wanted” by Billie Eilish as a single in February 2021. // In March 2021, Russell released “Nightflyer” as the first single from her album Outside Child. She followed this up with the single “Persephone,” released in April of the same year. She also released the singles “Montreal” and “The Runner” ahead of the album’s full release. // On May 21, 2021, Russell released her first solo album Outside Child under Fantasy Records. The album explores her experiences during her youth, including her recovery from the trauma of her childhood abuse. For her work on the album, Russell was nominated for multiple awards, including four Canadian Folk Music Awards, the long list for the Polaris Music Prize, and a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards. She was nominated for this award both as a solo artist and in the duo/group category as a member of Our Native Daughters. // Russell performed her song “Nightflyer” with guests Brandi Carlile and Brittney Spencer on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired on May 25, 2021. On May 28, 2021, Russell made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry. In the same year, she also performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame. She performed several songs from Outside Child live on CBS This Morning Saturday on July 24, 2021. // On September 25, 2021, Russell performed at the annual Farm Aid event in Hartford, Connecticut. // In November 2021, Russell received 3 Grammy nominations (Best American Roots Performance; Best American Roots Song; Best Americana Album). A month later, she was one of several artists to perform with the Black Opry, a revue focused on black artists in country music. // Russell has been nominated for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards, 2 Juno Awards and has been named for the Polaris Music Prize. Info: http://www.allisonrussellmusic.com]
Eddie Moore
We The People – “Single Double” from: “Single Double” – Single / Eddie Moore Music / June 10, 2021 [One of WMM’s Favorite 50 Singles of 2021, including: We The People – “We Chillin.” Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drum; Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at make Believe Studios. Album Art by Adrian Truth. Animation by Cody A. Banks. This is a follow-up to We The People’s previous 2021 single, “We Chillin’” released April 9, 2021, written and produced by Eddie Moore with Eddie Moore on piano and Morgan Faw on alto sax. Mixed By Pajmon Porshahi. 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 is a genre-defying quartet, comprised of keyboardist Eddie Moore, bassist/producer Jason Emmond, drummer Zach Morrow, and turntablist/producer Kethro. Eddie Moore joined us live on WMM on September 23, 2020.]
[Eddie Moore Trio plays The Majestic, 931 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, TONIGHT, June 1 at 6:30 PM.]
[Eddie Moore and The Outer Circle play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, Friday, June 3, at 7:00 PM when Center Cut Records presents Summer Soultice with The Black Creatures, Jass, and Flare The Rebel with Woodland Ave.]
The Black Creatures
The Black Creatures – “Loud 4 Nothing” rom: “Loud 4 Nothing” – Single / Center Cut Records / Summer, 2022 [The follow to their last single “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. They released the album, See No Evil, December 6, 2017. The duo released the singles, “Elements” February 14, 2018; “Silver Tears” June 19. 2018; “Dare” a Gorillaz cover August 8, 2019. They released the album “Wild Echoes” September 30, 2019. The Black Creatures released the singles “Turn” October 30, 2019; “Quartz (Twilight)” November 13, 2019; “SHINE” December 11, 2019; Ghost Bustin’ Dead Prezidentz” January 8, 2020; “To Whom It May Concern” January 22, 2020; “Arcade Love” February 5, 2020; and “Run Up” Feb. 19, 2020. The Black Creatures were last on WMM on May 26, 2021 and September 15, 2021.]
[Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott. This year, Charlotte Street’s Visual Artist Awards were given to Andrew Mcilvaine, Harold Smith Jr., and Johanna Winters. Congratulations!]
[The Black Creatures play Center Cut Records Summer Soulstice, Fri, June 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming KCMO, West Bottoms, w/ Eddie Moore & the Outer Circle, Jass, and Flare Tha Rebel with Woodland Ave.]
[The Black Creatures play Boulevardia on Friday, June 17, 2022]
The Phantastics – “All That Fine – Single” from: “All That Fine”- Single / Kemet Creative / May 6, 2022 [8 member band from KC formed in December of 2010. Kemet the Phantom on ead vocals; Leigh Gibbs on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone; Ryan Jamaal Davis on Trombone and rap vocals; Austin Quick on keyboards. The Phantastics specialize in genre-blending dance floor activators. In 2015, the music group was crowned “Kansas City’s best party band” by the Kansas City Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz and Soul are all incorporated into their music. “The band that can do it all”, according to I Heart Local Music, has shared the stage with some of music’s most legendary acts including George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. On Oct. 18, 2019 The Phantastics released LIVE AT THE PLAZA ART FAIR. On Aug. 24, 2018 The Phantastics released the EP, LIFE OF THE PARTY. On Dec. 14, 2013 The Phantastics released their debut album THE CLOSER. More info at: http://www.thephantastics.com]
[The Phantastics play Music in the Park, Westwood Park, 4798 Wyoming St, KCMO, Sat, June 11, at 8:00pm with Bob Walkenhorst, Cassie Taylor, Mark Farina, and MID. The West Plaza Neighborhood Association presents Music in the Park a day of music, arts, vendors, food trucks and other activities.]
[The Phantastics play Boulevardia on Fri, June 17 at 7:00 PM, KCMO, at 2395 Grand Blvd, KCMO.]
Jo MacKenzie
Jo MacKenzie – “Radiator” from: Radiator – Single / Jordin MacKenzie / May 27, 2022 [Written, produced, and performed by Jo MacKenzie, mixed by Jo MacKenzie and Harper James. On March 11, 2022, 18 year old Jo Mackenzie (producer and songwriter) released the EP, TOURIST. Last year, Jo Mackenzie and 19 year old Dia Jane (singer/songwriter) released the EP, BRAINBABY on September 5, 2021. The two met at an open mic in Kansas City, Missouri, when Jo was in 8th grade and Dia was in 10th grade. Three years later, the two reconnected to started a musical project together that eventually turned into Baby and the Brain, a self-produced indie-pop band. In 2020 Kansas City based singer songwriter, Jo MacKenzie released this year now collected together in a 5 -song EP, written, performed and produced by Jo MacKenzie. Mixed by Harper James. Jo MacKenzie released her Debut EP Proud on November 17, 2018. Along with Proud, Jo Mackenzie released the single “Just Like Rain” on August 18, 2018; “I Should Come with a Warning Sign” on September 28, 2019; and “Alaska” on November 23, 2019 and the single “Suicide Season” on February 1, 2020, and the single “Lose My Face” on April 24, 2020. Info at http://www.jomackenzie.com]
10:29 – Underwriting
Stacy Busch
Stacy Busch – “Anger” from: “When/Time” / Stacy Busch / June 1, 2022 [“When/Time” was 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 and Dance, Western Michigan University and 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 and James Mobberley as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Other influential teachers include Guggenheim Fellow Curtis Curtis-Smith, Christopher Biggs and Lisa Coons. Prior to studying music, Stacy studied print journalism at Boston University.]
[“When/Time” is presented on The Main Stage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on June 7,8,9 at 7:00 PM (Medical Industry Nights), and June 10,11 at 8:00 PM and June 12, at 2:00 PM (Public Performances) Info at: http://www.nodividekc.org]
Kalli Siringas & Stacy Busch
10:35 – Interview with Stacy Busch & Kalli Siringas
Stacy Busch is a queer composer and performer who utilizes her voice with electronics to build unique sound worlds. Her work is a meeting point between art pop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter. Stacy’s work has been performed nationally and internationally. She has received grants from ArtsKC, ArtSounds, Charlotte Street Foundation and the UMKC Women’s Council. Stacy is a 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Artist Fellow. Stacy is the cofounder and President of No Divide KC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that uses the arts as a vehicle for stimulating social awareness, participation and community building. No Divide KC partners with Kansas City-based organizations and artists to create artistic events that are focused on the stories of underserved and misrepresented communities in Kansas City.
Kalli Siringas is a writer and performer from Detroit living and working in NYC. She is a graduate of Hunter College. Her work is centered around diet culture, responsible fashion, and most recently ecosystems in the Aegean Sea—as part of a fellowship with The Pulitzer Center. She has performed in spaces like Carnegie Hall, 92Y, and as a Moth StorySlam finalist. She is a weekly contributor to the podcast Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.
Stacy Busch and Kalli Siringas join us to share details about “When/Time” a new music with theatre performance that weaves together stories of young people dealing with addiction. Presented on The Main Stage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on June 7,8,9 at 7:00 PM (Medical Industry Nights), and June 10,11 at 8:00 PM and June 12, at 2:00 PM (Public Performances).
Stacy Busch and Kalli Siringas, thank you for being with us on WMM
“When/Time,” a newer, funnier and fuller view of addiction, presented by NO DIVIDE KC. The show runs from June 7th-12th, with medical industry nights offering free tickets to those in recovery, June 7th-9th. Midwest Music Foundation is sponsoring the performance on June 9th at 7pm!
When/Time The Main Stage | Crown Center 2450 Grand Blvd STE 301 Kansas City, MO 64108
JUNE 7-9 | 7PM | Medical Industry Nights – Reserved for our medical partners and people in recovery. Free to attend. JUNE 10, 11 | 8PM | Public Performances JUNE 12 | 2PM | Public Performance
“When/Time” is a new music with theatre performance. The performance is a coming of age journey that weaves together individual stories of young people dealing with addiction.
The portrayals of 12-Step programs and those who participate in them are primary goals for this project. Composer Stacy Busch says, “I got sober when I was 22 through 12-Step programs and have spent the last 9 years in these spaces. Stigma and misinterpretation of addiction – particularly the portrayals in film, TV and performance – are especially harmful because they can have a more significant impact on young people. These reductive portrayals that are overly dramatic and heavy-handed firmly implant in young people’s minds that addiction is the end of the road. The ‘degenerate’ stereotype is almost impossible to break down and we are losing lives because of it.”
The 3rd Annual Queer Narratives Festival is a week-long festival that includes performances, vendors, craftspeople, food trucks, a visual exhibit along with artist-led workshops, talkbacks, meetups and open mics.
When: August 1-6, 2022
Weekly programming: August 1-4, 2022
Main Festival: August 5 and 6, 2022
Where: The Black Box in the West Bottoms, 1060 Union Ave..KCMO 6414
For questions and inquiries, please contact: info@nodividekc.org
Are you an artisan, craftsperson, maker, organizer or business? Sign up through our Vendor Registration!
Would you like to help out at the festival, meet great people and enjoy yourself? Sign up through our Volunteer Registration!
Stacy’s work has been performed nationally and in France and Iceland. The Mid America Freedom Band is premiered her double concerto piece for two drag queens. No Divide KC is produced “Stories from Under the Stars” a storytelling event focusing on homelessness in Kansas City as well as the 1st Annual Queer Narratives Festival.
Stacy released the project and album, titled Mass, which she premiered at MTH Theater. She 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, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Western Michigan University and 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. Stacy’s teachers include Rome Prize winners Paul Rudy and James Mobberley as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Other influential teachers include Guggenheim Fellow Curtis Curtis-Smith, Christopher Biggs and Lisa Coons. Prior to studying music, Stacy studied print journalism at Boston University.
Stacy Busch and Kalli Siringas, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
When/Time” a new music with theatre performance that weaves together stories of young people dealing with addiction. Presented on The Main Stage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on June 7,8,9 at 7:00 PM (Medical Industry Nights), and June 10,11 at 8:00 PM and June 12, at 2:00 PM (Public Performances). Info at: http://www.nodividekc.org
The 3rd Annual Queer Narratives Festival, August 1-6 2022, at The Black Box 1060 Union Ave, West Bottoms, KCMO. Info at: http://www.nodividekc.or2
10:53
9. Stacy Busch – “We’ve Tried” from: “When/Time” / Stacy Busch / June 1, 2022 [“When/Time” was 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 and Dance, Western Michigan University and 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 and James Mobberley as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Other influential teachers include Guggenheim Fellow Curtis Curtis-Smith, Christopher Biggs and Lisa Coons. Prior to studying music, Stacy studied print journalism at Boston University.]
[“When/Time” is presented on The Main Stage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on June 7,8,9 at 7:00 PM (Medical Industry Nights), and June 10,11 at 8:00 PM and June 12, at 2:00 PM (Public Performances) Info at: http://www.nodividekc.org]
Birdie
Birdie – “Riptide” from: WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO COOL? / Birdie / May 27, 2022 [This is Birdie’s new 8-song album. Birdie is the musical project of n birdiesound.com. 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]
11:00 – Station ID
Zava – “H.O.E” from: “H.O.E.” – Single / Taylor Avazpour / June 1, 2021 [Zava is the musical project, of Taylor Avazpour. Zava ‘s last single “Wrong” was released August 13, 2021 and was added to the “New Queer Friday Playlist” on Spotify. “Wrong” is the 5th single Zava has released in 2021, including: “Electric” on June 4, “I Could Get used To This” on May 14, “Attitude” on April 23, and “Lightyears” on February 12. Since 2017 Taylor has been releasing music videos, has worked at Starlight Theatre, lived in New York City and Boston. Zava was a featured performer at the 2021 Show-Me Kansas City Pride Festival (Aug. 21-22) in Theis Park, KCMO, as presented by KC Pride Community Alliance. Taylor Avazpour is Senior Operations Analyst at Netsmart and Assistant Director at Music Theatre Kansas City. More information at: http://solo.to/thisiszava%5D
[ZAVA plays 2022 Kansas City PrideFest Saturday, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO.]
11:03 – Interview with ZAVA (Taylor Avazpour)
Singer, songwriter, actor, dancer – ZAVA joins us to talk about his new single “H.O.E.” that is being released TODAY June 1, 2022. We just heard the radio premiere of this new song. Zava writes: “In a world shrouded in darkness, ZAVA pierces through like lightning. Between soaring vocals, infectious grooves, and celestial production, ZAVA blends all of the music that inspired him to create, what he likes to call, ‘Empowerment Pop’ music. Through this energy, ZAVA hopes to inspire people to discover and cultivate their own light and power from within themselves. Our world depends on it.”
ZAVA plays 2022 Kansas City PrideFest Saturday, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO.
ZAVA, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
For “H.O.E.” Zava has created a music video
Zava
Zava writes:
“At the dawn of the 21st century, the world is shrouded in darkness. Humans, the only conscious beings on Earth, have become prisoners in their own minds. Hate has become the weapon of the ego. Love has become a feeling of the past. Souls yearn for connection and imagination only to be forgotten through the conditioning of society.
In a moment when all hope seems lost, the soul remembers. Even buried beneath the layers of conditioning, the soul remembers. The love, the connection, the imagination. The reason we are here. As the great awakening emerges, souls from around the world will remember who they are. Not the roles they play, not the identities to which they attach themselves, not even the body in which their souls rest. This is a remembering that peace, joy, and love is who we are. The only way to unlock this treasure is to surrender the ego and dive into the universe that lies within.
Like all things in the universe, there is balance. When darkness reigns, light rises to meet it. Now is the time to awaken, to fight for the light, and to remember who we are.
Are you ready?”
In March Zava held auditions for dancers in the video. The video as shot on Saturday, May 7,2022 and Sunday May 8, 2022.
In making the “H.O.E.” video ZAVA wrote: “That’s a wrap on my first video shoot. I had a moment today where I looked around and genuinely felt a sense of pride in how far I’ve come. Not just as an artist, not just as a human, but as a gay man. All of the struggle, confusion, internalized homophobia I had to survive to get here is making this moment so precious to me. To be able to share all sides of myself – the masculine, the feminine, and everything in between – is what I’m most excited about. It’s time for our society, and especially gay men, to embrace all parts of our humanity. Wear makeup if you want, dance however it feels best for your body, sing as high as the heavens if your soul tells you to. We are not hiding anymore. We are not judging anymore. We are not competing anymore. We are loving ourselves and sharing that love with other members of our community. We are uplifting. We are inspiring. We are supporting. That, more than anything, is what this song and music video represent to me. I am the pop star I always wanted when I was younger. A gay man singing about other men, feeling sexy asf, moving how I wanna to move, singing how I wanna sing, wearing a dress, dancing shirtless, expressing my true self. This one is for the LGBTQIA+ community and I can’t wait for you all to see and hear it when it drops June 1st. I’m so proud of our hard work and I hope this song makes you feel proud of yourself too. You’re worthy of that
Zava has been making music, worked at Starlight Theatre, and lived in NYC and Boston.
Since 2017 Taylor has been releasing music videos, has worked at Starlight Theatre, lived in New York City and Boston. Taylor Avazpour is Senior Operations Analyst at Netsmart and Assistant Director at Music Theatre Kansas City. Info at: http://solo.to/thisiszava/
ZAVA plays 2022 Kansas City PrideFest Saturday, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO. Zava played KCPride last Year too,
Zava’s “Wrong” was released Aug. 13, 2021, and added to the “New Queer Friday Playlist” on Spotify. In 2021 Zava also released the singles: “Electric” on June 4, “I Could Get Used To This” on May 14, “Attitude” on April 23, and “Lightyears” on February 12.
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ZAVA (Taylor Avazpour), Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
ZAVA joins us to talk about his new single “H.O.E.” that is being released TODAY June 1, 2022. ZAVA plays 2022 Kansas City PrideFest Saturday, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO. More info at: @thisiszava
Zava
Zava – “Altitude” from: “Alitude” – Single / Taylor Avazpour / April 23 2021 [Zava is the musical project, of Taylor Avazpour. Zava ‘s new single “H.O.E.” was just released today, June 1, 2022. Zava’s single”Wrong” was released August 13, 2021, and added to the “New Queer Friday Playlist” on Spotify. “Wrong” is the 5th single Zava released in 2021, including: “Electric” on June 4, “I Could Get used To This” on May 14, “Altitude” on April 23, and “Lightyears” on February 12. Since 2017 Taylor has been releasing music videos, has worked at Starlight Theatre, lived in New York City and Boston. Zava was a featured performer at this year’s Show-Me Kansas City Pride Festival (Aug. 21-22) in Theis Park, KCMO, as presented by KC Pride Community Alliance. Taylor Avazpour is Senior Operations Analyst at Netsmart and Assistant Director at Music Theatre Kansas City. More information at: http://solo.to/thisiszava%5D
[ZAVA plays KC PrideFest Sat, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO.]
Depeche Mode
Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode just recently died on May 26, 2022.
Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough” from: The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol 1 (Deluxe Edition) / Sire Records / Nov. 8, 2006 [The third single, released in UK on Sept. 7, 1981, a month before their debut studio album, Speak & Spell. It was recorded during the summer of that year at Blackwing Studios, and was the band’s first single to be released in the United States, on February 18, 1982. and it was the final single to be written by founding member Vince Clarke, who left the band in November 1981.][Andrew John Leonard Fletcher was born July 8, 1961 and just recently died on May 26, 2022. Fletcher was an English keyboard player, DJ, and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, he and the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. // Fletcher was the eldest of four siblings born to Joy and John Fletcher. The family moved to Basildon from Nottingham when he was two years old. He was active in the local Boys’ Brigade from an early age, primarily to play football. // Fletcher was 15 in 1976 when punk arrived on the music scene. He said this was “obviously the perfect age to experience it … we were very lucky in life”. He was then influenced by bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, Kraftwerk, early Human League, and early OMD. Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke formed the band No Romance in China, in which Fletcher played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher, Martin Gore and Clarke, the trio now all on synthesizer, formed another group called Composition of Sound. Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later that year, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan’s suggestion. Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell. // Their 1982 follow-up album, A Broken Frame, was recorded as a trio, with Gore taking over primary songwriting duties. Musician and producer Alan Wilder joined the band in late 1982 and the group continued as a quartet until Wilder’s departure in 1995. From then on, the core trio of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher remained active, up to the release of their 2017 album Spirit and ensuing world tour. // Fletcher’s role within Depeche Mode was often a topic of speculation. In early incarnations of the band, he played (electric and later synth) bass. As the band evolved after Vince Clarke’s departure in 1981, Fletcher’s role changed as each of the band members took to the areas that suited them and benefited the band collectively. In a key scene in D.A. Pennebaker’s 1989 film about the band, Fletcher clarified: “Martin’s the songwriter, Alan’s the good musician, Dave’s the vocalist, and I bum around.” In his review of 2005’s Playing the Angel, long after Wilder’s departure from the band, Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards riffed upon Fletcher’s statement with the opening line: “Depeche Mode’s unique division of labor has been long established, with each of the three remaining members having a distinct role: Martin Gore writes the songs, Dave Gahan sings them and Andy Fletcher shows up for photo shoots and cashes the checks.” Fletcher was the only member of the band who did not receive a songwriting credit. // With the band having not always employed a full-time manager, Fletcher handled many of the band’s business, legal, and other non-musical interests over the years. In the press kit for Songs of Faith and Devotion, he discussed being genuinely interested in many of the business aspects of the music industry that other performing musicians shy away from, and as such, he took over a lot of the business management aspects of the band. In later years, this included acting as the band’s “spokesperson”, with Fletcher often being the one to announce Depeche Mode news (such as record album and tour details). // He was also said to be the member who was “the tiebreaker” and the one that “brings the band together”. According to interviews, Fletcher built the compromise between Gahan and Gore that settled their serious dispute following 2001’s Exciter album and tour over future songwriting duties within Depeche Mode. // In the studio and during live shows, Fletcher contributed a variety of supporting synthesizer parts, including bass parts, strings, and drone sounds, and various samples. Fletcher was the only member of Depeche Mode who did not sing. Although he can be seen singing in videos of Depeche’s past live performances, usually Fletcher’s vocals were either mixed very low or heard only through his own stage monitors. Fletcher sang on the interlude “Crucified” on Violator. According to Alan Wilder, every band member participated in the choir on the song “Condemnation” from Songs of Faith and Devotion and Wilder confirms this on the press kit of the same album. // In 2002, Fletcher launched his own record label, a Mute Records imprint called Toast Hawaii (named after the dish), and signed the band CLIEИT. He coordinated the recording of their eponymous 2003 debut and 2004’s City, while also producing “extended remixes” for their subsequent singles “Price of Love”, “Rock and Roll Machine”, “Here and Now”, “In It for the Money”, “Radio”, and “Pornography” (featuring Carl Barât of the Libertines). // Initially to support CLIEИT’s live shows, Fletcher began touring as a DJ. Whenever he was on hiatus from Depeche Mode, Fletcher played occasional festivals and club gigs, and was known to include various exclusive Depeche remixes in his sets. In late 2015, Fletcher embarked on a small tour of European clubs. // Fletcher was married to Gráinne Fletcher (née Mullan) for almost 30 years. The couple had two children. // While Depeche Mode were touring with the band Blancmange in the early 1980s, Fletcher was renowned for his skill at chess. Neil Arthur of Blancmange has mentioned in interviews “never winning a game of chess with Andy Fletcher!” During the 1990s, Fletcher owned a restaurant called Gascogne located on Blenheim Terrace in St. John’s Wood, London. He made a series of bad investments in the mid-1990s that led to a number of financial settlements involving Lloyd’s of London and Daniel Miller. // Of the widely-covered 1993 Devotional Tour, Ken Scrudato of BlackBook said: “… Depeche were a band that went through periods of devastating strife, their by-now-legendary 1993 Devotional Tour ending with Gahan and Gore in the throes of what could only be described as epic substance abuse issues, Fletch on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and former member Alan Wilder quitting in disgust and exasperation.” Fletcher himself commented in a 1997 interview with MTV that the Devotional Tour “nearly destroyed the band.” // Fletcher died from natural causes at his home on 26 May 2022, aged 60. His fellow bandmates Gahan and Gore stated “we are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher”. Former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder stated that it was “a real bolt from the blue to hear” about the passing of Andy Fletcher. // Pet Shop Boys, Alison Moyet and the Smashing Pumpkins were among many who paid tribute to Fletcher. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark dedicated the song “Almost” to Fletcher during their show at the Greek Theatre on the day of his death. The song had inspired former Depeche Mode bandmate Vince Clarke to pursue electronic music.]
11:28 – Underwriting
Arquesta Del SolSoul
Arquesta Del SolSoul – “Six Second Sunz” from: “Six Secomd Sunz” – Single / Arquesta Del SolSoul / June 1, 2022 [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. http://www.instagram.com/arquestadelsolsoul%5D
[Arquesta Del SolSoul play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Saturday, June 11, at 7:00 PM with Black Light Animals, SoulTru, and Illphonics.]
[Arquesta Del SolSoul play The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on June 16, opening for Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti.]
[Les Izmore and The Goats play recordBar, 1020 Grand, KCMO, on June 17 with Steddy P & DJ MAHF, Various Blonde, Stylez & Busty the Drummer, and Jordan Baumstark.]
Les Izmore and Jessica Ayala
11:38 – Interview with Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore
Jessica Ayala is an Indigenous Colombian Two-Spirit multi discipline artist. They are a spoken word poet, musician, published author, cultural worker, light worker, activist, public speaker, and writer-in-residence alumni of Charlotte Street Foundation. Their work is a fusion of her heritage merging oral tradition, storytelling, poetry, song, and native percussion; creating spaces to explore concepts of internalized oppression and decolonization.Ayala immigrated to the United States at the age of three, publishing her first series of poems for the Young Authors Conference at the age of eight. Her current poetry has been published in two anthologies winning an Honorable Medal in the 2017 International Latino Book Awards. Additionally, Miss Ayala is the recipient of the 2018 Best Kansas City Spoken Word Artist Award and was awarded the 2020 Civil & Human Rights Award by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Les Izmore is highly trained in Middle Of The Map Music. His tribal connection is Octavia E. Butler’s SUN, which was spawned in the inner sanctum of African Futurity. He’s been performing through existing channels for 1000’s of years. Known for his work fronting the legendary Kansas City collective Hearts of Darkness and the influential hip hop band Heartfelt Anarchy with Conductor Williams aka d/will, and many other projects, including his solo work and with Les Izmore and the GOATs. Les is a culture builder, continually pushing the bouudaries to create music that honors his ancestors amd gets everyone dancing. Les is also a farmer and gardener growing food in the city and teaching others about food, music, history, and poetry.
Les Izmore and Jessica Ayala
Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore are founding members of Arquesta Del SolSoul a six-piece Kansas City based music collective of African futurists. Their sound brings an innovative multidimensional eclectic fusion of Soul, Hip-Hop, R&B, Afro-Latin percussion, and Spoken Word. Inspired by their founding musical ancestors, they 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, and Hadiza.
We just played the radio premiere of Arquesta Del SolSoul’s new eight and a half minute single, “Six Second Sunz.”
Arquesta Del SolSoul play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Saturday, June 11, at 7:00 PM with Black Light Animals, SoulTru, and Illphonics.
Arquesta Del SolSoul play The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on June 16, opening for Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti.
Les Izmore and The Goats play recordBar, 1020 Grand, KCMO, on June 17 with Steddy P & DJ MAHF, Various Blonde, Stylez & Busty the Drummer, and Jordan Baumstark.
Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Arquesta Del SolSoul 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.”
Arquesta Del SolSoul members include:Les Izmore, Jessica Ayala, Brad Williams, Chalis O’Neal, Jade Green, and Hadiza.
Les Izmore and Jessica Ayala
Jessica Ayala is an Indigenous Colombian Two-Spirit multi discipline artist. Miss Ayala is a spoken word poet, musician, published author, cultural worker, light worker, activist, public speaker, and writer-in-residence alumni of Charlotte Street Foundation. Their work is a fusion of her heritage merging oral tradition, storytelling, poetry, song, and native percussion; creating spaces to explore concepts of internalized oppression and decolonization. Ayala immigrated to the United States at the age of three, publishing her first series of poems for the Young Authors Conference at the age of eight. Her current poetry has been published in two anthologies winning an Honorable Medal in the 2017 International Latino Book Awards. Additionally, Miss Ayala is the recipient of the 2018 Best Kansas City Spoken Word Artist Award and was recently awarded the 2020 Civil and Human Rights Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Hadiza and Les Izmore
Les Izmore is highly trained in Middle Of The Map Music. His tribal connection is Octavia E. Butler’s SUN, which was spawned in the inner sanctum of African Futurity. He’s been performing through existing channels for 1000’s of years. Known for his work fronting the legendary Kansas City collective Hearts of Darkness and the influential hip hop band Heartfelt Anarchy with Conductor Williams aka d/will, and many other projects, including his solo work and with Les Izmore and the GOATs. Les is a culture builder, continually pushing the bouudaries to create music that honors his ancestors amd gets everyone dancing. Les is also a farmer and gardener growing food in the city and teachong others about food, music, history, and poetry.
Necia Gamby and Brad Williams
Brad Wiiliams is a Native to Kansas City, this percussionist takes no issue with referencing his blues, gospel, jazz and folk roots while leaving room for spontaneous, in the moment expression. Brad has been playing in Kansas City’s arts scene for nearly 20 years building style and techniques that have garnered a sound all his own. He has been fortunate to share creative space with a myriad of artists and looks forward to cultivating new opportunities for growth and collaboration. Brad has also taken time to offer what he has learned to new up and coming musicians through private instruction and by hosting concept sessions. Brad has played with everyone including Hearts of Darkness, and Krystle Warren.
Chalis O’Neal
Chalis O’Neal released his debut solo album Flirting on November 15, 2021. The track “La Tienda de Regalos” features spoken word poet Jessica Ayala. Musician and performer Chalis O’Neal about his upcoming debut album, FLIRTING. Chalis picked up the trumpet at the age of eleven and began studying music at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. Chalis majored in Jazz Studies with a minor in Classical Trumpet under the direction of Jazz legend Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri Kansas City. O’Neal’s eclectic style ranges from jazz venues to theatre work with the New Theatre Restaurant performing and acting in the The Buddy Holly Story. O’Neal also has burlesque experience with Quixotic Cirque Nouveau. Chalis is also the lead trumpeter for the Afro futuristic band, Arquesta Del SolSoul. O’Neal has performed with Bobby Watson, Harold O’Neal, Tivon Pennicott, Marcus Strickland, Lisa Henry, and David Basse. // Chalis O’Neal is the youngest brother of Harold Mujahid O’Neal who was born March 27, 1981, and is an American pianist, composer, record producer, public speaker, dancer, and storyteller. He has recorded and performed with artists in a variety of musical genres (U2, Lupe Fiasco, Busta Rhymes, Damien Rice, Aloe Blacc, and Jay Z). O’Neal has been profiled and featured in numerous publications and programs including Forbes, NPR’s All Things Considered, Fortune, Studio 360, and the 92Y, with The New York Times comparing him to Duke Ellington, Kenny Kirkland, and Maurice Ravel. He is considered to be of this generation’s greatest pianists and composers. O’Neal has been awarded fellowship to the Royal Society of the Arts, with the Patron being Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and recently played a role as a creative expert for the Academy Award winning Pixar film, Soul. // Harold O’Neal was born in Arusha, Tanzania, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. His great-grandfather, Ollie Harold Pennington, was a jazz pianist and composer for silent film in Kansas City, where his grandmother walked to school with Charlie Parker. O’Neal began playing the piano by ear at age four on his father’s miniature keyboard. He found his earliest inspirations in the music of Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, and Disney. While growing up, he spent a considerable amount of time with his grandmother exploring various creative outlets, before eventually becoming a pianist. Having spent much of his youth living in the projects (Public Housing) and surviving near-death experiences, he credits music with saving his life. O’Neal attended the Paseo Academy Of Fine And Performing Arts, with classmates Logan Richardson, Lil’ Ronnie, and Brian Kennedy, where he began his jazz piano studies while being mentored by Ahmad Alaadeen. He studied classical piano and composition with Margie Cameron-Jarrett, whose musical lineage can be traced back to Franz Liszt.
Jade Green
Jade Green is half of the critically acclaimed band The Black Creatures. 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.”
Hadiza and Lez Izmore
Hadiza. released her solo EP Gone on December 29, 2018, and he 10 song, full-length album called, Shadow Weight, on November 22, 2019. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, she has lived in Bushwick, and Atlanta, and worked in corporate America in the New York Finance District. Since relocating to Kansas City, Hadiza. has been slowly carving out her place as a solo artist and also as lead vocalist and lyricist for the experimental electronic duo Collidescope that recently released their new 7-track album, DEEP TAPE, on December 31, 2020. Collidescope is essentially a duo that includes: Hadiza. on vocals, beats, & synthesizers; and Madison Monroe on guitar, bass, beats, synthesizers, mixing and vocals. DEEP TAPE is a follow up the the band’s debut EP Systemic released December 16, 2017. More info at: http://www.hadizaisnothere.bandcamp.com or http://www.acollidescope.bandcamp.com
Previous Members include: Irving Graham, Ernest Melton, Andres Ramirez, Fabian Prado.
3 of the current musicians in Arquesta Del SolSoul worked together in Hearts of Darkness.
Hearts of Darkness was a band whose original material absorbs influences from 1970s afrobeat to hip hop, 1960s and 1970s soul and funk, as well as reaching back to 1920s big band . The sound evokes memories of Count Basie, James Brown, and Fela Kuti Jamming with Nina Simone, Erykah Badu and Sun Ra.
Les Izmore: Vocals, Shekere Erica Townsend: Vocals Rachel Christia: Vocals Leena Will: Vocals Erin Bopp: Vocals Brad “Bad Brad” Williams: Kit, Percussion Miko Spears: Congas Dominique Sanders: Bass Guitar Lucas Parker: Rhythm Guitar Sam Goodell: Keys Chalis O’neal: Trumpet Ernest Melton: Saxophones Jolan Smith: Tenor Sax – Vocals
Discography
Albums: Hearts of Darkness (2010) // Shelf Life (2012) EPs: Numeration (2012) We just played the radio premiere of Arquesta Del SolSoul’s new eight and a half minute single, “Six Second Sunz.”
Arquesta Del SolSoul play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Saturday, June 11, at 7:00 PM with Black Light Animals, SoulTru, and Illphonics.
Arquesta Del SolSoul play The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on June 16, opening for Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti.
Les Izmore and The Goats play recordBar, 1020 Grand, KCMO, on June 17 with Steddy P & DJ MAHF, Various Blonde, Stylez & Busty the Drummer, and Jordan Baumstark.
Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
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Femi Kuti and Mádé Kuti – “Pà Pá Pà” from: Legacy + / Patisan Records / February 5,. 2021 [Legacy+ is a 2021 double album by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti. The album is made up of Femi Kuti’s Stop the Hate and Made Kuti’s For(e)ward. It was released on February 5, 2021. // The title represents a tribute to Fela Kuti as the pioneering afrobeat musician and also to the future of afrobeat music in general. It has also been referred to as an immortalisation of Fela Kuti and the afrobeat genre. Femi Kuti’s Stop the Hate album occupies the first 10 tracks of the album while Made Kuti’s For(e)ward album occupies the last 8 tracks. The cover art is a portrait art of Femi Kuti and Made Kuti by Delphine Desane. // Femi Kuti’s 10th studio album, Stop the Hate is described as a sociopolitical recording which proffers solutions to perennial problems highlighted in his previous recordings. He encourages youth participation in politics and urges a quick resolution to problems. // Made Kuti’s For(e)ward adresses national unity, sexual harassment as well as issues relating to police brutality and End SARS. // He also chronicles how Nigeria’s problems have remained the same since the 1970s. // The music video for Femi Kuti’s “As We Struggle Everyday” was released on the same day as the album release. The video was filmed by Optimus Dammy, edited by Audrey Hurtis, and illustrated by Kiki Picasso. // The album was produced by Sodi Marciszewer who had worked with Fela Kuti in the past and was released under Partisan Records. All the instrumentals on For(e)ward were composed, arranged and played by Made Kuti. // Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born June 16, 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. // Femi Kuti began his musical career playing in his father’s band, Egypt 80. In 1986, Femi started his own band, Positive Force, establishing himself as an artist independent of his father’s legacy. // Omorinmade Kuti (born 26 September 1995) known professionally as Made Kuti, is a Nigerian afrobeat singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He released his debut album titled For(e)ward in 2021.// the New Afrika Shrine. He learned to play multiple musical instruments including the trumpet, alto, sax, piano and drums in his childhood and started playing the trumpet at age 3. He attended Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London which was Fela Kuti’s alma mater.]
[Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti. play The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on June 16, Arquesta Del SolSoul will open.]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, June 8 we feature our favorite MidCoastal releases of 2022 So Far! Plus, Julia Othmer returns to the show to share details about the Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, June 10, at 6:00 PM at Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming Kcmo, West Bottoms, with Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, and more! Also next week, Marion Merritt, and Betse Ellis will join us again as our special Co-Hosts for WMM’s Spring Fund Drive Show for 90.1 FM KKFI.
Allison Russell Photo by Frankie Cepero
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, June 1, 2022
New & MidCoastal Releases + Arquesta Del SolSoul + AVAZ + Stacy Busch & When/Time
The Phantastics
Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Phantastics, Arquesta Del SolSoul, The Black Creatures, Jo MacKenzie, Zava, Birdie, Stacy Busch, Julia Othmer, Eddie Moore’s We the People, Allison Russell, Femi Kuti, and Depeche Mode.
At 10:30 we talk with composer & performing artist Stacy Busch & writer performer Kalli Siringas about “When/Time” a new music with theatre performance that weaves together stories of young people dealing with addiction. Presented on The Main Stage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on June 7,8,9 at 7:00 PM (Medical Industry Nights), and June 10,11 at 8:00 PM and June 12, at 2:00 PM (Public Performances). When/Time was created & composed by Stacy Busch, written & directed by Kalli Siringas, with choreography by Oscar Trujillo. Musicians include: Stacy Busch, J.J. Pearse, Sascha Groschang, and Michelle Bacon. The cast of actors includes: Casey Jane, Christopher Lion, Courtney Hittle, Vaughan Harrison, and Un Joo Christopher. Kalli Siringas has performed at Carnegie Hall, 92Y, and as a Moth StorySlam finalist. Stacy Busch was named a 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist. Stacy also shares details about the 3rd Annual Queer Narratives Festival, August 1-6 2022, at The Black Box 1060 Union Ave, West Bottoms, KCMO. Info at: http://www.nodividekc.org
At 11:00 ZAVA shares his new single “H.O.E.” to be released June 1, 2022. Zava writes: “In a world shrouded in darkness, ZAVA pierces through like lightning. Between soaring vocals, infectious grooves, and celestial production, ZAVA blends all of the music that inspired him to create, what he likes to call, ‘Empowerment Pop’ music. Through this energy, ZAVA hopes to inspire people to discover and cultivate their own light and power from within themselves. Our world depends on it.” ZAVA plays 2022 Kansas City PrideFest Saturday, June 11, in Theis Park, 522 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, KCMO. In 2021 Zava’s single “Wrong” released August 13, 2021, was added to the “New Queer Friday Playlist” on Spotify. In 2021 Zava also released the singles: “Electric” on June 4, “I Could Get Used To This” on May 14, “Attitude” on April 23, and “Lightyears” on February 12. Since 2017 Zava has been releasing music, has worked at Starlight Theatre, and lived in NYC and Boston. More info at: http://solo.to/thisiszava/
At 11:30 Mark talks with Jessica Ayala and Les Izmore of Arquesta Del SolSoul a six-piece KC based music collective of African futurists. Their sound brings an innovative multidimensional eclectic fusion of Soul, Hip-Hop, R&B, Afro-Latin percussion, and Spoken Word. Inspired by their founding musical ancestors, they 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, and Hadiza. We’ll play Arquesta Del SolSoul’s new eight and a half minute single, “Six Second Sunz” to be released June 1, 2022. Arquesta Del SolSoul play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming, KCMO, West Bottoms, on Saturday, June 11, at 7:00 PM with Black Light Animals, SoulTru, and Illphonics. Arquesta Del SolSoul play The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on June 16, opening for Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti. More info at: http://www.instagram.com/arquestadelsolsoul
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force featuring Mádé Kuti
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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, May 25, 2022
New & MidCoastal Releases + Amy Farrand + Sam Platt
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Major Matt Mason USA – “Stupid Feelings” from: “Stupid Feelings” – Single / Olive Juice Music / May 6, 2022 [Matt Roth on guitar & vocals, Brian Hurtgen on drums, Dane Bridges on bass. Recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Audio (Shawnee, KS). Produced by Matt Roth and Paul Malinowski. copyright 2022 (Claws Beat Skin BMI) Matt writes, “This is a song about releasing yourself and others from judgment. It’s a celebration of the beautiful messes that we are and that strange peace you feel when you’re cleaning up after the party that trashed your house the night before.”Major Matt Mason USA previously released “Endless Summer” on Movember 18, 2020. Earlier on July 20, 2020 Major Matt Mason USA released the single “Victims Of The Storm.” Major Matt Mason USA is the performing name for musician, poet, and producer Matt Roth. Originally from Shawnee, Kansas, Matt cut his teeth playing guitar for local Lawrence, KS freak out and math rock bands Magic Nose and Dracomagnet in the early 1990s. // In 1994 Matt moved to New York City where he became active in the anti-folk and DIY music scene of New York’s East Village. Centering around the infamous Monday night, open mic, Antihoots at the Sidewalk Cafe, the scene was an early stomping ground for an array of artists including Beck, Regina Spektor, The Moldy Peaches, Langhorne Slim, John S. Hall (King Missile), Jeffrey Lewis, Shilpa Ray, Kimya Dawson, Diane Cluck, and many more. // In 1998 MMM released his debut solo album Me Me Me in the US. The album was licensed for the UK and Europe on Teenage Fanclub drummer Francis MacDonald’s label, Shoeshine Records. He would continue to release two more albums with Shoeshine: 2002’s Honey Are you Ready for the Ballet and 2004’s Bad People Rule The World. In 2005 Matt released a one-off project under the moniker of Kansas State Flower and in 2007 he returned as Major Matt Mason USA with the album Senile Pie Strive Pip Melancholy. // In 2001 he formed the band Schwervon! with Nan Turner. Schwervon! would go on to release five albums and a handful of singles, including a 7” on, Pavement member, Bob Nastanovich’s label Broker’s Tip Records. // During his time in New York, he established Olive Juice Music, a recording studio, independent record label, and online record distro headquartered in his apartment in the Lower East Side. Olive Juice Music would go on to host the OJ All Day Music Fest, for three years, as well as the OJ Distro, a hub for over three hundred independent releases in the early days of online mailorder. OJ Studios has produced recordings for many notable artists including: Kimya Dawson, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Louis, Adam Green (Moldy Peaches), Toby Goodshank, The Lovely Eggs, L.D. Beghtol (Magnetic Fields), Dan Fishback, Paleface, Phoebe Kreutz, Elastic No No Band and more. // In 2012 Matt moved back to Shawnee, Kansas and re-inserted himself into the Kansas City Music/ Poetry Scene. In 2015 he started a poetry blog entitled Beef Jerky Clouds and in 2017 formed a side project, Broken Heart Syndrome, featuring Pat Tomek of The Rainmakers on drums. // [Major Matt Mason USA continues to perform as a solo act and as a band. Through his combined projects he has shared the stage, opening, for luminaries such as Belle and Sebastian, Guided By Voices, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), The Vaselines, The Wedding Present, Daniel Johnston, Lucy Dacus and many more. // As of the fall of 2019 Major Matt Mason USA has been performing with Brian Hurtgen on drums and more recently Dane Bridges on Bass. More info at: http://www.majormattmasonusa.com]
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
Katy Guillen & The Drive – “Set In Stone” from: “Set InStone” / Katy Guillen / May 24, 2022 [Produced by Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Heartless Bastards, Ray LaMontagne) at Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles, “Set In Stone” is brimming with vibrant textures, fuzzy electric guitars, and warm vocals. “Set In Stone” marks 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.”It is a taste of what’s to come on their full-length debut album ANOTHER ONE GAINED (due August 19, 2022), 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 this week 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. More info at: http://www.katyguillenmusic.com]
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
Katy Guillen & The Drive U.S. TOUR DATES
JUN 3 / LEES SUMMIT, MO @ Lee’s Summit Downtown Days JUN 4 / IOWA CITY, IA @ Iowa Arts Fest 2022 JUN 5 / YORKVILLE, IL @ The Law Office Pub & Music Hall JUN 10 @ LAWRENCE, KS @ The Bottleneck JUN 24 / APPLETON, WI @ Fox River House JUNE 25 / MILWAUKEE, WI @ TBA JUL 7 / JACKSON, MS @ Duling Hall JUL 8 / BATON ROUGE, LA @ Manship Theatre JUL 15 / GRAND ISLAND, NE @ Hear Grand Island JUL 16 / SIOUX CITY, IA @ Vanguard Arts JUL 31 / COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ Vultures AUG 3 / VIRGINIA BEACH, VA @ Elevation 27 AUG 4 / RICHMOND, VA @ Richmond Music Hall AUG 5 / WASHINGTON, DC @ City Winery AUG 7 / ROCKY MOUNT, VA @ Harvester Performance Center AUG 19 / DAVENPORT, IA @ Alternating Currents Festival AUG 20 / LINCOLN, NE @ The Zoo Bar AUG 26 / KANSAS CITY, MO @ Knuckleheads AUG 27 / DES MOINES, IA @ xBk Live
Seyko Bond Groves, Misha D Roberts, and Wyatt West
Wyatt West & the Accomplices – “It’s Human Nature” from: “It’s Human Nature” – Single / Wyatt West / May 24, 2022 [Misha D. Roberts: lead vocals, Seyko Bond Groves and Misha D. Roberts, backing vocals, Lawrence Jackson: trumpet, Ryan Jamal Davis: trombone, Ernest Melton: tenor sax, Max Berry: guitars, Thomas “Freight Train” Walker: drums, Wyatt West: piano & keys, Lynn Allred: sound engineer.Iconoclast Wyatt West roams the wide and diverse American music landscape to create a stunning range of music and lyrics. No musical genre is off limits or taboo for his songwriting craft. Wyatt writes: “I’m working on a benefit CD for Hope House using songs I’ve recorded with female singers from here in KC (if I can get everybody’s permission) and this cut will definitely be part of that. We’re probably looking at late fall (Christmas) for that. But this is such a ‘summer cut’ thought I’d try to get it out early for everybody to groove on. Aren’t Misha’s vocals incredible?” More info at http://www.wyattwest.bandcamp.com]
Folk Alliance Spotlight (Each week, Mark will feature an artist we talked with and heard play live at the 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference held in Kansas City May 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22.)
Crys Matthews
Crys Matthews – “Changemakers” from: CHANGEMAKERS / Crys Matthews / May 26, 2021 [Winner of the 2022 Folk Alliance International Folk Muaic Award for Song of the Year. Crys Matthews was also an Official Showcase Artist for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, More info at http://www.folk.org. Already being hailed as “the next Woody Guthrie,” Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. A powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent reflect her lived experience as what she lightheartedly calls “the poster-child for intersectionality,” Justin Hiltner of Bluegrass Situation called Matthews’s gift “a reminder of what beauty can occur when we bridge those divides.” She is made for these times and, with the release of her new, hope-fueled, love-filled social justice album Changemakers, Matthews hopes to take her place alongside some of her heroes in the world of social-justice music like Sweet Honey in the Rock and Holly Near. Of Matthews, ASCAP VP & Creative Director Eric Philbrook says, “By wrapping honest emotions around her socially conscious messages and dynamically delivering them with a warm heart and a strong voice, she lifts our spirits just when we need it most in these troubled times. // ”Matthews began performing in 2010, but cemented her acclaim at Lincoln Center as the 2017 New Song Music and Performance Competition grand prize winner. That year she also released two new projects—her album of thoughtful songs on love and life called The Imagineers, and her EP called Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers, which tackles social justice themes. Matthews also won the People’s Music Network’s Social Justice Songs contest at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance. Loyal fans quickly followed as Matthews racked up performances at large music festivals and prestigious venues across the country including the Sundance Film Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, and locally at venues like The Birchmere, TheHamilton, Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, and Jammin’ Java. In her TedTalk about difficult conversations called “Sing, Don’t Shout—An Alternative Approach” Matthews spoke about being born and raised in a small town in southeastern NorthCarolina by an A.M.E.preacher, and how she witnessed the power of music from an early age. A former drum major and classically-trained clarinetist turned folk singer, Matthews is using her voice to answer Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to be “a drum major for justice.” // “I believe in hope,” Matthews said. “As a social-justice songwriter, it is my duty to keep breathing that hope and encouragement into the people who listen to my music.” And, from the title track to the last track, Changemakers does just that all while tackling some heavy topics like immigration, the opioid crisis, Black Lives Matter, and gun safety to name a few.“ Ani DiFranco said, “People used to make records as in a record of an event,” said Matthews, “so I hope that these songs will serve as a time capsule, a record of the events of the last four years and what it was like to live through them.” Crys Matthews’s thoughtful, realistic and emotional songs speak to the voice of our generation and remind us why music indeed soothes the soul. More info at http://www.crysmatthews.com]
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
[Check out Jerame Gray’s wife Kathryn Gray’s book, The Gardener At Fossil Cottage)
Boxknife
Boxknife – “The Tower” from: “The Tower” – (Single) / Squarestab Records / May 20, 2022 [Debut Single from Boxknife, 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 RecordBar, 1520 Grand Ave, KCMO, on Thursday, May 26, at 8:00 PM opening for JAY ASTON’S GENE LOVES JEZEBEL with Rosegarden Funeral Party.]
10:29 – Underwriting
Amy Farrand
Amy Farrand & The Like – “Not Gonna Cry” 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 their first show in almost three years on Friday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at The Black Box, 1060 Union Ave., KCMO, in West Bottoms, with The Utilitarians.]
10:35 – Interview with Amy Farrand
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.
The last time we talked with Amy on the radio, was 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 U.S. there were 4085 deaths due to Covid 19, 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 Kansas City Music Community.
Amy talked with us about how she left home at the age a fifteen, and got her own apartment in midtown. She talked about going to Recycled Sounds to buy posters to decorate her new, self-made home. Recycled Sounds owner, Anne Winter asked Amy if this was for her bedroom, Amy replied that it was for her new apartment. Anne asked, “How old are you?” When Amy replied “15” Anne’s mouth fell open, and that is when Amy felt Anne’s maternal energy, looking after her, even though as Amy mentioned, “she wouldn’t hire me to work at the store.” Amy said, “I would slip my application in while Billy Smith was working there, but Anne didn’t want to hire me, and it’s probably just as well, because I probably would have just spent my entire paycheck on records.”
One of Amy’s first band’s was My Childhood Hero, the reformation and new identity of the previous band, The Young Johnny Carson Story, a band formed by Eve Sheldon, Tom Livesay, and Jeff Brown in 1991. In 1994, after receiving a “deceased and desist” letter from Carson Productions, the band changed their name and added drummer Amy Farrand to the group.
Amy talked with us about picking up a guitar and playing for the first time in years. She talked about finding her voice again. Amy Farrand and The Like play their first show in almost three years on Friday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at The Black Box, 1060 Union Ave., KCMO, in West Bottoms with The Utilitarians.
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 thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Amy Farrand & The Like play their first show in almost 3 years on Friday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at The Black Box, 1060 Union Ave., KCMO, in West Bottoms with The Utilitarians.
10:51
Amy Farrand & The Like – “Baby (Radio Edit)” 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 their first show in almost three years on Friday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at The Black Box, 1060 Union Ave., KCMO, in West Bottoms with The Utilitarians.]
Belle & The Vertigo Waves – “Love In Remission” from: “Love In Remission” – Single / Drop Out Records / March 25, 2022 [Belle & The Vertigo Waves is the sonic brainchild of Belle Loux. She resides in KCMO, and is slowly attempting world domination. Members include Belle Loux on lead vocals, John Loux on guitar. This new single is a follow up to “Stand Down” released Jan. 21, 2022. Belle & The Vertigo Waves released their debut album, ALIGNED on Drop Out Records on Oct. 6, 2017. “About the album, Belle told Michelle Bacon at The Bridge, “Many of the tunes had been written around five years prior, when I was just 15 or 16.” Belle had only played them as a solo artist with occasional accompaniment from her dad, guitarist John Loux, & keyboardist Charlie Hibberd. In 2017, she hired the two musicians and a couple other friends to track “Aligned,” dubbing the project Belle and the Vertigo Waves, in the hopes that she’d eventually assemble a live band. “Recording was a surreal and emotional experience. Playing the songs with a band was like seeing them come to life,” she said. “I knew there was no way I could be a solo artist anymore, because I fell in love with the full band sound so much.” The music of Belle & The Vertigo Waves have been described as having an “1980s pop-laden sound.” which drew local attention in 2018. Belle has said that in the past 4 years the band has grown to have more of a darker, glam rock sound, grittier and grungier. Their sound is influenced by three generations of musicians in the band, Belle’s growth as a songwriter and singer, and through the band’s work with engineer and producer Paul Malinowski. Belle & The Vertigo Waves released their single, “Fear or Faith” on June 7, 2019 on Drop Out Records. Belle & The Vertigo Waves released their single, “Pulse” on April 17, 2020 on Drop Out Records. Belle & The Vertigo Waves released their single, “Beat Me To The Punch” on Drop Out Records on Oct. 29, 2021. Belle & The Vertigo Waves joined us on WMM on Feb 5, 2020 and June 26, 2019. More info at: http://www.thevertigowaves.com]
[Belle & The Vertigo Waves will release their album, LORELAI on May 28, 2022. The band will play an Album Release show at RecordBar May 28, at 7:00 PM, with Not A Planet, and Doule Drag. More info at: http://www.thevertigowaves.com]
11:00 – Station ID
The Bobby Lees – “Dig Your Hips” from: Hollywood Junkyard EP / Ipecac Recordings / June 17, 2022 [Woodstock, New York based band with Macky Bowman on drums, Nick Casa on guitar, Sam Quartin on vocals & guitar, Kendall Wind on bass. Produced by Vance Powell (Jack White, Bleached, The Raconteurs). “ “Check out The Bobby Lees… The future is minimal proto slash punk!” – Debbie Harry // “It’s so great to welcome The Bobby Lees to Ipecac. Take no prisoners, DIY rock and roll. Can’t wait to share these tunes with the world,” – Mike Patton // “When our A&R guy, Henry Rollins, brought The Bobby Lees to our attention we did not hesitate. A great band, great people with the right attitude. Honored to be a part of the future of this band.” – Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman More info at: http://www.thebobbylees.com]
[The Bobby Lees play MiniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Thursday, June 9, at 8:00 PM with The Whiffs]
11:03 – Interview with Sam Platt
KC based drummer, audio engineer, producer and dad, Sam Platt joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour, to talk and share music about his collaborations with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s OJT, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, and with musician and producer Corbin Dooley for the L.A. based band Ondist (Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, & Maya Coppola) and Dooley’s solo recordings and production work. Sam will share a track from a recording session that took place at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower, that included: Claire Adams on vocals, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, and Sam Platt on drums. Over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers the tracks were spread out over three Ondist albums and a Corbin Dooley solo release.
Sam Platt plays The Ship on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM when Fred Wickham Caravan and Expassionates play live.
Sam Platt thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We just heard brand new music from The Bobby Lees
Sam Platt is from Carthage Missouri School, graduated 1986, and spent that summer playing tympani and throughout Europe with the U.S. Collegiate Wind Ensemble.
After 3 years at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he moved to Boston to finish his degree at the Berklee School of Music.
In 1991 Sam moved back to KC, received Master of Arts in Music at UMKC. He started playing 3 nights a week with Billy Meynier & James Albright at The Majestic Steakhouse.
Sam moved to Laguna Beach in 1995 and worked in a recording Internship at Future Post. He taught at Capistrano Valley High school and worked at music stores in Orange County and Burbank.
Sam then taught jazz and toured in the summers at the Chopin School of Music in Warsaw Poland.
In 1996 Sam Platt bought Redhouse Recording in Lawrence Ks, and began recording music, commercials, and audio for video. Sam sold the studio to the Getupkids in 2003.
Platt currently plays with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s Organ Jass Trio, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, performed with RSS Trio, Jeff Shirley Trio, Bob Brookmeyer, Bobby Foster, Gary Foster, Micheal Urbaniak, Matthew Garrison, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Doug Talley, Milt Abel, Nathan Granner, and Gerald Trottman. Rock bands include Pendergast, Ricky Dean Sinatra, Kristie Stremel, The Naughty Pines, The Sunflower Colonels, Kasey Rausch, Fred Wickham Hadacol Caravan, the Billybats, duo with Jason Vivone went to IBC finals in Memphis.
Sam platt has previously served as head of audio at the American Jazz Museum, just finished 6 weeks of streaming bands 6 nights a week.
His recording clients have included: The Bach Aria Soloists, James Clay, Sequira Costa, Micheal W. Smith, Anhauser Busch, all audio recorded, edited and mastered over 10,000 files for the Liberty Memorial World War I Museum, FedEx, Second Story Productions, the Speed Channel, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Outdoor Channel, Disney, John Deere, Dairy Queen, University of Kansas, Washburn University, Baker University, and Southwest Airlines.
He has composed music for Slim 4 Life, Frontier Broadband, Dish Network, John Deere, Grundfos, Seimans, and Liquid 9 Advertising Agency.
One of the band’s Sam Platt has played with is Expassionates
Scott Easterday conceived Expassionates’ first release, “Verse, Chorus, Bridge,” as a studio project. In July 1998. He assembled seven local musicians: Scott Easterday on vocals, guitar, keyboard; Bryan R. Hicks on acoustic bass; Ryan Bennett on drums, Marco Pascolini on Electric 7 acoustic guitar; Nate Hofer on pedal steel guitar; Richard Alwyn on harmonica; Mark Southerland on tenor saxophone; Jazzbo (Bill Hargrave) on trumpet. Produced by Scott Easterday. Engineered by Chad Meise. Recorded at El Torreon, aka The Cowtown Mallroon, 31st and Gillam, KCMO, July 1998, 102 degrees. Mixed at Nove Coast. Mastered by Lynn Allred at Barry Music (KCMO) on Halloween Day. The country-rock-lounge jazz experiment that resulted in music unlike anything else at the time.
Nearly 10 years later Expassionates reassembled as a 4-man band led by Scott Easterday on guitar, vocals, Marco Pascolini on guitar, Richard Burgess on bass, and Sam Platt on drums to record Landscapes, released November 22, 2008.
Scott Easterday & Bryan Hicks play live at The Pairing: Crossroads Wine & Grocer at 1615 Oak Street, KCMO, Friday, May 29, at 7:00 PM playing all the songs from the EXPASSIONATES : Verse Chorus Bridge, and some more.
Expassionates (Scott Easterday on guitar, vocals, Marco Pascolini on guitar, Richard Burgess on bass, and Sam Platt on drums) play The Ship 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO on Saturday, June 18, 2022, 1t 6:00 PM with Fred Wickham Caravan.
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Expassionates – “Movin’On” from: Landscapes / Independent / November 22, 2008 [Scott Easterday-guitar, vocals, Marco Pascolini-guitar, Richard Burgess-bass, and Sam Platt-drums. Expassionates will have their last show, Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7:00pm, recordBar, KCMO.]
[Scott Easterday & Bryan Hicks play live at The Pairing: Crossroads Wine & Grocer at 1615 Oak Street, KCMO, Friday, May 29, at 7:00 PM playing all the songs from the EXPASSIONATES : Verse Chorus Bridge, and some more.]
[Expassionates play The Ship 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 6:00 PM with Fred Wickham Caravan.]
Fred Wickham Caravan – “Just Because You Can” from: Town Without Soul / Black Site Records / October 29, 2021 [The first single released August 27, 2020, from the Fred Wickham Caravan’s debut LP tells of a place we all know, that city where something just ain’t right Fred Wickham on vocals & guitar, Marco Pascolini on pedal steel, Bart Colliver on piano & accordion & vocals, Richard Burgess on upright bass & vocals, Fred Wickham, Jr. on mandolin, Matt Brahl on drums & percussion. Music and lyrics by Fred Wickham. Produced by Fred Wickham Caravan. Recorded at The Nutthouse Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Engineered by Jimmy Nutt. Mastered by Chad Meise at Massive Sound Studios in KCMO. Fred Wickham is best known for his work with Hadacol, the Kansas City based quartet that released two critically acclaimed records and gained a national reputation for ferocious live shows across the country. The Caravan, formed to support the solo album, Mariosa Delta, blends country, soul and rock & roll into a sound that can only be called pure Americana. Info at: http://www.fredwickhamband.com Fred Wickham Caravan played and Album Release show with The Roseline is Friday, October 29, 2021, at 6:30 pm,at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave, Kansas City, MO 64101. Fred Wickham joined us LIVE on WMM on October 20, 2021.]
[Fred Wickham Caravan play The Ship 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO on Saturday, June 18, 2022, 1t 6:00 PM with Expassionates.]
11:19 – Interview with Sam Platt (Continued)
We are talking with KC based drummer, audio engineer, producer and dad, Sam Platt joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour, to talk and share music about his collaborations with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s OJT, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, and with musician and producer Corbin Dooley for the L.A. based band Ondist
Sam Platt plays The Ship on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM when Fred Wickham Caravan and Expassionates play live.
Sam Platt thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Sam Plays Green Lady Lounge
Platt is currently playing with Ken Lovern’s Organ Jazz Trio, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, performed with RSS Trio, Jeff Shirley Trio
Ken Lovern’s Organ Jass Trio, Brian Baggett on guitar, Sam Platt on drums, and Ken Lovern on organ
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Ken Lovern’s O.J.T. – “OJT Theme (Full Version)” from: OJT Organ Jazz Trio / Jazz Daddy Records / October 20, 2005 [Ken Lovern’s OJT Brian Baggett on guitar, Sam Platt on drums, and Ken Lovern on organ. Ken Lovern is a professional musician who works at Green Lady Lounge. He graduated from UMKC in 1984. He studied Law at The University of Kansas from 1992 to 1995, He currently lives in Mission, Kansas with his wife Jamie Ledbetter who he married in December 29, 2005.
[Ken Lovern’s OJT Brian Baggett on guitar, Sam Platt on drums, and Ken Lovern on organ plays Green Lady Lounge – Main Floor, 1809 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on Wednesday, May 25, 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Thursday, May 26, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM and Friday, May 27, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM]
11:28 – Underwriting
11:30 – Interview with Sam Platt (Continued)
WE are talking to KC based drummer, audio engineer, producer and dad, Sam Platt joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour, to talk and share music about his collaborations with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s OJT, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, and with musician and producer Corbin Dooley for the L.A. based band Ondist (Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, & Maya Coppola) and Dooley’s solo recordings and production work.
Sam will share a track from a recording session that took place at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower, that included: Claire Adams on vocals, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, and Sam Platt on drums. Over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers the tracks were spread out over three Ondist albums and a Corbin Dooley solo release.
Sam Platt plays The Ship on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM when Fred Wickham Caravan and Expassionates play live.
Sam Platt thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Ondist is a recording project created by Corbin Dooley with singer songwriter Maya Coppola (Imani’s sister) and Nick Poortman.
Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic.
Kansas City based drummer, producer and engineer Sam Platt told us about how he grew up in Carthage Missouri where Corbin Dooley would visit during summers, staying with is grandparents. Sam explained that recently Corbin with Ondist has been traveling around the country, recording songs. Corbin asked Sam to put a band together for some Kansas City sessions. It was such a success that Corbin has been back twice to record. Corbin flew in producer Nadir Omawale from Detroit and Luke John from Memphis. Recordings took place at Weights and Measures with Duane Trower.
For this track: Claire Adams on lead vocals, Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar.
Sam Platt told us that over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers. Corbin Dooley narrowed down a few for Claire Adams to sing. From these recordings and others 14 songs ended up on No Coincidence. Sam Platt flew to LA to record and played on tracks with Nick Gaffeney a drummer from New Zealand. Sam said the rest of the albums sounds like it mostly features the Kansas City musicians, or played/programmed by Corbin, Nick and Maya.
11:37
Corbin Dooley – “Pinea” from: Affection / Bikiniwax Records / September 18, 2020 [Recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower, that included: Claire Adams on vocals, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, and Sam Platt on drums. Over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers the tracks were spread out over three Ondist albums and a Corbin Dooley solo release. In 2020, Ondist has released three full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and Mise en Place on November 13 totaling 41 songs, plus a 26 track Acapellas & Instrumentals Release on July 3, plus a 4-song EP entitled Resound on February 28, plus 9 singles. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola are Ondist. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, Kansas City, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several of the tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic. We interviewed Maya Coppola on the October 7, 2020 on WMM.]
Corbin Dooley
Brian Lopez – “Remedios” from: Remedios – Single / Dust and Stone Records / may 2, 2022 [Brian Lopez: Vocals, Guitars, Synths // Gabriel Sullivan: Drums, Bass // Vassili Caillosse: Pedal Steel. Recorded at Dust and Stone Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ). Produced by: Gabriel Sullivan. Engineered by: Frank Bair. Assistant Engineer: Saul Millán . Mixed by: James Saez at The Audio Labs (Los Angeles, CA).. Mastered by: Stephen Marsh at Marsh Mastering (Los Angeles, CA). Executive Producer: Corbin Dooley. Written and arranged by Brian Lopez (Brian Lopez Publishing / SESAC) Brian Lopez is an internationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter from Tucson, Arizona. A classically trained guitarist, Lopez has toured as a solo artist, with his psychedelic cumbia/rock band XIXA, and as a sideman for internationally renowned artists Calexico, KT Tunstall, Giant Sand, Orkesta Mendoza, Mexican Institute of Sound and more. Lopez has released 2 EPs, and 3 studio albums. More info at: http://www.brianlopezofficial.com]
11:48 – Interview with Sam Platt (Continued)
We are talking to KC based drummer, audio engineer, producer and dad, Sam Platt joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour, to talk and share music about his collaborations with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s OJT, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, and with musician and producer Corbin Dooley for the L.A. based band Ondist and Dooley’s solo recordings and production work.
Sam Platt plays The Ship on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM when Fred Wickham Caravan and Expassionates play live.
Sam Platt thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley Platt currently playing with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s Organ Jass Trio, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, performed with RSS Trio, Jeff Shirley Trio, Bob Brookmeyer, Bobby Foster, Gary Foster, Micheal Urbaniak, Matthew Garrison, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Doug Talley, Milt Abel, Nathan Granner, and Gerald Trottman. Rock bands include Pendergast, Ricky Dean Sinatra, Kristie Stremel, The Naughty Pines, The Sunflower Colonels, Kasey Rausch, Fred Wickham Hadacol Caravan, the Billybats, duo with Jason Vivone went to IBC finals in Memphis.
Served as head of audio at the American Jazz Museum, just finished 6 weeks of streaming bands 6 nights a week.
His recording clients include: The Bach Aria Soloists, James Clay, Sequira Costa, Micheal W. Smith, Anhauser Busch, all audio recorded, edited and mastered over 10,000 files for the Liberty Memorial World War I Museum, FedEx, Second Story Productions, the Speed Channel, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Outdoor Channel, Disney, John Deere, Dairy Queen, University of Kansas, Washburn University, Baker University, and Southwest Airlines.
He has composed music for Slim 4 Life, Frontier Broadband, Dish Network, John Deere, Grundfos, Seimans, and Liquid 9 Advertising Agency
Sam Platt Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
11:54
Jackie Myers Angel – “I’ve got A Plan (Live)” from: Clementine (Live) / Jackie Myers / April8. 2020 [Jackie Myers may have the Midas touch for groove, conjuring up musical styles ranging from soul, jazz and modern R&B each time the talented pianist places her hands on the keys. Daytrotter’s Pat Stolley says of Jackie’s music “It reminds me of Joni Mitchell’s jazz period.” The finesse on her chosen instrument plays complement to what the Austin Chronicle describes as “her earthy lungs” – beautiful, captivating, complex, and always with an edge.// 017 saw Myers featured on a Daytrotter session which was lauded as one of the best of that week’s releases by the site. She also produced and composed for the project “Silent Films Out Loud,” A Buster Keaton tribute that commissioned new scores for several short films, which were played live in tandem with a screening of the films at Austin’s premier theater – The Stateside at the Paramount. Myers also produced and performed in a live recreation of Carole King’s Tapestry at Stubb’s. Last but not least, Myers released her album Third which has enjoyed a fair amount of airplay and success throughout the year. // hird! was recorded in Austin at 5th Street Studios (White Denim, Leon Bridges) and features guitarist Michael Brinley (Black Joe Lewis) and Eduardo Torres (Black Joe Lewis, La Mafia) on drums. The album was meticulously crafted by Myers, with its arrangements and orchestrations of original compositions and unique covers planned track by track. “We’d start the sessions with me handing out sheet music. It wasn’t a ‘This is in Bb minor, go!’ type thing at all,” explains Myers. The 11 tracks on Third! range from “the answer to the Doo-wop era” to the “uncharted territory of synths,” exploring a wide array of subject matter from notorious criminals and existential perils to childhood nostalgia. The album saw airplay on several radio stations including KXCI, KMUZ, KAFM, KHUM, NPR affiliate stations: KCUR and KGOU and is the regular rotation on KLOI even a year later. // The Instrumental One, Myers most recent release is a live album she was invited to record at the prestigious venue The Green Lady in Kansas City, MO. The album was featured in KC’s music Magazine The Jam; and received a positive review by music columnist Roger Atkinson. // NEW LIVE ALBUM – The Myers Swingset – The State of This City – Out Now!!
[Jackie Myers plays solo at Corvino Supper Club, 1830 Walnut, KCMO, Tonight, Wednesday, May 25.]
[Jackie Myers plays solo at Tom’s Town, KCMO, Tonight, Thursday, May 26.]
[Jackie Myers Quartet plays solo at Corvino Supper Club, 1830 Walnut, KCMO, Tonight, Fri, May 27.]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, June 1 we talk with Stacy Busch about her multi media production, When / Time, Taylor Avazpour shares a new single and talks about Gay Pride, and Les Izmore shares new muic fromhis bandArquesta Del Soul Sol.
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
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, May 25, 2022
New & MidCoastal Releases + Amy Farrand + Sam Platt
Boxknife
Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Katy Guillen & The Drive, Boxknife, Belle & The Vertigo Waves, Major Matt Mason USA, Crys Matthews, Jerame Gray, Wyatt West & the Accomplices (featuring: Misha Roberts, Seyko Groves, Lawrence Jackson, Ryan Jamaal Davis aka Kadesh Flow, Ernest Melton, Max Berry, and Thomas “Freight Train” Walker), Amy Farrand & The Like, Fred Wickham Caravan, Jackie Myers, Expassionates, Ken Loverns’s OJT, Corbin Dooley (featuring: Claire Adams, Jamie Anderson, Deandre Manning, Eddie Moore, Sam Platt and Duane Trower), The Bobby Lees, and Brian Lopez.
Amy Farrand
At 10:30 we talk with Amy Farrand who plays bass, drums, lap steel, guitar. Amy has been a a member of the bands: American Catastrophe, Experimental Instrument Orchestra, Shotgun Idols, Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Atlantic Fadeout, The Silver Maggies, and Amy Farrand and The Like. The last time we talked with Amy on the radio was 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. 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. Amy Farrand and The Like play their first show in almost three years on Friday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at The Black Box, 1060 Union Ave., KCMO, in West Bottoms.
Sam Platt
At 11:00 KC based drummer, audio engineer, producer and dad, Sam Platt joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour, to talk and share music about his collaborations with Expassionates, Ken Lovern’s OJT, Jackie Myers, Alan Murphy, Jacque Garrouette, Fred Wickham Caravan, and with musician and producer Corbin Dooley for the L.A. based band Ondist (Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, & Maya Coppola) and Dooley’s solo recordings and production work. Sam will share a track from a recording session that took place at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower, that included: Claire Adams on vocals, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, and Sam Platt on drums. Over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers the tracks were spread out over three Ondist albums and a Corbin Dooley solo release. Sam plays drums at Green Lady Lounge. Sam Platt plays The Ship on Saturday, June 18, at 6:00 PM when Fred Wickham Caravan and Expassionates play live.
Katy Guillen & The Drive photo by Morgan Jones
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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, May 18, 2022
Music from Folk Alliance International Conference + Julia Othmer + Nilko Andreas + Mikal Shapiro & KC Folk Fest
We dedicate our show to the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 at the Kansas City – Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. and The Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park. More info at http://www.folk.org and http://www.KansasCityFolkFestival.org
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Raye Zaragoza & Viv Parker – “Lost With You” from: Lost With You – Single / Rebel River Records / March 9, 2022 [Raye Zaragoza was born and raised in Manhattan and moved to LA at the age of fourteen. Her mother is an immigrant from Japan and her father is of Mexican and Native American heritage. At age 6, Raye sang “You Can’t Get A Man with a Gun” from Annie Get Your Gun on national television when her father was playing Chief Sitting Bull on Broadway. She became involved in school musicals, started playing guitar at age 12, and started writing songs in her late teens. Zaragoza released her debut EP Heroine in 2015. She started to gain national attention in 2016 with the song “In The River,” protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Raye and her brother made a video for “In The River” that included facts about Standing Rock and it received 100,000 views overnight. The song was awarded the Global Music Awards’ 2017 Heretic Award for Protest/Activist Music and the Honesty Oscars’ award for Best Song. In 2017, she independently released her debut album Fight For You. Multiple songs on Fight For You address the Dakota Access Pipeline. “Driving to Standing Rock” portrays the power of protest, specifically of the NoDAPL movement. The song “American Dream” was written in reaction to Donald Trump’s election. The album also includes love songs and songs about NYC. She cites Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Joan Baez as influences. Raye Zaragoza released Raye Zaragoza Live at Rockwood Music Hall – EP on January 25, 2019. Raye Zaragoza released WOMAN IN COLOR on October 23, 2020 on Rebel River Records.]
[Raye Zaragoza is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Online, Thursday, May 19, at 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM atOnline Virtual Showcase participating the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
Making Movies – “Porcelina (feat: Tennis)” from: “Porcelina” – Single / 3/2 Recordings / May 17, 2022 [ The new single features Tennis, singing in Spanish. The single is from the up coming 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. Follow up to the single “Sala De Los Pecadores” on April 13, 2022 Making Movies released the single “Calor” on March 11, 2022. 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 a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Online, Thursday, May 19, at 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Century C in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
Rebolu – “Con Este Fandango (With This Fandango)” from: Mi Herencia (My Heritage) / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / May 13, 2022 [Rebolu is an outstanding Afro-Colombian musical ensemble comprised of the USA’s finest ex-pat Colombian musicians. With their mix of Gaita, Tambora, Chalupa, and Bullerengue rhythms – along with modern Cumbia and Salsa – The group takes on the rich musical traditions of their ancestors; the afro-descendants of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Moris Canate, (master folkloric percussionist), and later on Johanna Castaneda (Vocalist/musician) to promote the rich musical traditions of their ancestors; the afro-descendants of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. They believe that these folkloric traditions should continually evolve over time and with the ideas of new generations of folklorists. This belief is surely reflected in their music. The original compositions of Ronald Polo forge new paths for Colombian music while respectfully remaining faithful to its ancestral roots. In the process, they create a truly unique musical and cultural experience. From traditional songs to original compositions, the entirely of Rebolu’s repertoire is loaded with energy, history and danceability. Their unique reinterpretations of traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms such as Gaita, Tambora, Chalupa and Bullerengue, among others, make it extremely well suited not only for festivals and cultural events but also for nightclubs. more info at: https://gruporebolu.com%5D
[Rebolu are a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Saturday, May 21, at 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM at Century C in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
Mehuman – “Ticket” from: Beautiful Ashes / Mehuman Music / March 29, 2019 [From Westbrook, Maine, United States, Mehuman (pronounced ‘May-mon’) is an artist whose signature sound, ‘folk hop for hip folk’, evokes authenticity and honesty in blueness and groove. Navigating the emotional maps of the most soul-felt Americana music, Mehuman, keens evocative stories of life, love, liberty, and loss that are bittersweet and true. As a global citizen, touring and traveling around the world, Mehuman weaves life experiences into well crafted musical accounts that relieve and revive the listener with the melodic medicine of hope and grace. Inspired by an array of genres including gospel, blue, folk and jazz, Mehuman transparently displays her heart with every word and every note, resulting in soaring melodies and guileless lyrics. With a life journey as vibrant as her music, the former Arista Record’s artist is a multi – award-winning SESAC songwriter, who has shared stages with Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, The Verve, OURS, Ruthie Foster, King Kyoti, Laurie Jones, and many more.]
[Mehuman is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 7:45 PM to 8:15 PM in the Garden Terrace in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
Willi Carlisle – “Tulsa’s Last Magician” from: Peculiar, Missouri / Free Dirt Records / July 15, 2022 [Willi Carlisle writes, “Can you tell that “Peculiar, Missouri” is a dumb pun? It’s also a town I’ve driven through a lot as an angry young man. Frankly, I’ve been an angry young man for 32 years. It’s taken me a long time to see that the world is not an enemy. This record is a product of the years I’ve been working on that. For years I’ve been mad: mad at art, mad at capitalism, mad at queerness, mad at love, mad at people. We create our own little corner of the Ozarks to do our weird suffering in. But what love demands of us that we grow. Even if we must grow apart. Even if we’re hurting. It requires that we be responsible for our own little suffering. // Yeah, the world and the people in it are our allies, and I’ve come to learn that consciousness itself wants to raise us into our most honest expression. The universe has a way of making you show your work, of making you prove the intellectual conclusions that you’ve come to. In this forthcoming record, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are all worthy of being loved. 12 songs or so explore that. // I made no compromises in this record. It literally has all of the leaps of faith, difficult moments, and genre-agnosticisms that best represent where I’m at in my musical life. It owes a ton to Ozark folksingers and old-time musicians, and other artists who have helped me figure out how to navigate the world. // I can’t overstate how much this work has become my family, my dream and my constant joy. Holding it together and pushing it forward has been the source of my greatest relief, fastest growth. I hope you’ll stick with me, friends, because I’m in it for the long haul, mistakes and all.” Willi Carlisle is an “Ozark renaissance folklorist” who writes “brilliant, slice of life Americana.” (Sing Out!Magazine) A theatre artist, folksinger, poet, and square-dance caller, Willi received a BA from Knox College in Creative Writing and Performance Studies, and an MFA in Poetry at the University of Arkansas. His work has appeared in The Journal of American Folklore, The Midwest Review, and elsewhere. Willi is a co-leader of the Fayetteville Old-time Music and Dance Society and a company member with the Artist’s Laboratory Theater. His debut EP, “Too Nice to Mean Much,” is available at http://www.willicarlisle.com Willi Carlisle was our guest on WMM on July 26, 2017.]
[Willi Carlisle is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM in Pershing East/West in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
The Burney Sisters – “Can’t Look Past Your Door (Single)” from: Can’t Look Past Your Door (Single) / BBS Productions / May 6, 2022 [From Columbia, Missouri, The Burney Sisters, comprised of sisters Olivia-16, Emma-13, and recently joined 11-year-old sister Bella , create music with a maturity and emotional intelligence that belies their age. Olivia and Emma write keen and knowing songs while arranging for multiple instruments and structuring unique and resonant harmonies. The result—personal and penetrating music that both connects with and captivates the listener. Their soul nurturing sibling harmonies and tunes are reminiscent of The Avett Brothers, First Aid Kit, Indigo Girls, The Staves, and The Wild Reeds. More info at: http://www.theburneysisters.com]
[The Burney Sisters are a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM in Roanoke Room, in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. Info: http://www.folk.org]
10:31 – Underwriting
Julia Othmer – “Blackbird” from: SEEDS, Volume 2 (LIVE) / Frickin’ Awesome Records / March 20, 2021 [This is Julia’s 4th full length and contains 10 live songs selected from her 30-day Songs of September Project, where Julia performed live covers of her favorite songs of protest and hope, broadcast through streaming social platforms to inspire people to vote on November 3. Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be included on SEEDS. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st full-length album, “Oasis Motel.” In 2018 to 2019 Julia Othmer toured with and opened for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom. When Julia Othmer is in Kansas City she plays with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, John Floyd Whitaker on drums. More info at http://www.juliaothmer.com. Julia Othmer was our guest on WMM on September 1, 2021 and March 9, 2022.]
[Julia Othmer is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM in Roanoke Room in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City, at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. May 18 – May 22. More info at http://www.folk.org]
10:36 – Interview With Julia Othmer
Julia Othmer is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist who is performing in the Kansas City Westin Crown Center Hotel, Thursday, May 19, in the Roanoke Room, 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM. In 2021 Julia was one of seven artists selected to represent the USA for Global Music Match 2021. Othmer’s music is vibrant and emotionally potent. The child of European refugees, she draws from a broad and richly cultured palette of experience to create her intensely human yet otherworldly songs. Her piano-driven performances are a mesmerizing and superconscious fusion of raw power, vocal artistry and joy. In 2021 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. In 2020, Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album produced with James Lundie, who became Julia’s husband in 2016. Info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.
Julia Othmer thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
James Lundie and Julia Othmer
Julia Othmer is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist who is performing in the Kansas City Westin Crown Center Hotel, Thursday, May 19, in the Roanoke Room, 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM.
Congratulations on being a 2022 Folk Alliance International Offical Showcase Artist.
Julia Othmer just recently completed training through the Artist Inc program.
Julia Othmer Shows:
MAY 19 – Official Showcase – Folk Alliance International Conference on Thursday, May 19 at 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM, Roanoke Room, F.A. International Conference
MAY 25 – Dragonfly Music Festival Launch Party, Wednesday, May 25 @at 7:00 PM Mary Fisher Theatre, Sedona, AZ — “THE PIANO-PLAYING SONGSTRESS WITH SPECIAL GUEST – Come see one of the most charasmatic performers today! Julia Othmer is a talent rarely seen .Come see Julia in this beautiful intimate venue. Capacity is only 110 and will sell out quickly. Doors at 6:30 PM. Our opener to be announced will begin at 7 PM followed by Julia at 7:35 PM.The first 2 rows will be VIP seating. Tickets will be $40 for VIP and $30 for general admission seating. This is an incredibly acoustic room. Seeing is believing.”
MAY 27 – Dragonfly Music Fest, Fri, May 27 at Sedona Creative Life Center, Sedona, AZ
MAY 28 – Pianotastic – Dragonfly Music Festival – Piano, Saturday, May 28 ay 8:00 PM Sedona Performing Arts Center, Sedona, AZ (sharing the stage with two phenomenal musicians – Brockett Parsons – inventor of the PianoArc, singer/songwriter, and member of Lady Gaga’s touring band Henri Herbert – he plays piano like NOONE else – just trust me on this Get ready to swoon with these amazing people and many special guests
JUNE 10 – Benefit for Ukraine, Friday, Jun 10 at 6:00 PM at Lemonade Park, KC, MO. lemonadeparkkc.com/tickets – Kansas City area artists are coming together at Lemonade Park to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening will include live music, spoken word, dance, improvisation, poetry-on-demand, and a curated gallery of visual art projected on a screen between performances. The line-up of artists includes Julia Othmer, Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, Courtney Collado, spoken word artist José Faus, Poet-on-Demand Elizabeth Howard, Jessica Ayala. More artists will be announced! // Between the live performances, we will be showcasing a curated virtual gallery of visual artists who contributed work that addresses peace, resolution, hope, and healing. // To submit work, please click here: https://bit.ly/UkraineArtSubmissions. Deadline is May 31. // A complete gallery of all visual arts submissions will be available, via a virtual gallery. The virtual gallery will include links to artists pages (websites, social, etc.) and a purchase price (if applicable) // The evening is hosted by Julia Othmer of Frickin’ Awesome Industries and InterUrban ArtHouse and our many artist collaborators.
Julia Othmer is a “captivating” piano-playing singer/songwriter known for her energetic live performances. Passionate and engaging, Othmer creates intimate warmth with her audiences. Using music to connect to people and social issues inspires her. For more info: juliaothmer.com/
Julia, Since her album “Sound” all of your following releases SEEDS VOLUME 1 and SEEDS VOLUME 2 have been produced with your husband James Lundie. The two of you have become musical collaborators.
Julia Othmer is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM in Roanoke Room in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City.
Julia Othmer thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Julia recently participated in Global Music Match that included 78 artists, from 17 countries who were divided into 14 groups. Julia covered a song from each artist in her team, and collaborated with Jessica Pearson and East Wind from Ottawa, Canada. For more info: juliaothmer.com/
James Lundie and Julia Othmer on the May 18, 2022 Edition of Wednesday Midday Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.
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Julia Othmer – “Homeward (feat. Jessica Pearson and the East Wind)” from: Homeward (feat. Jessica Pearson and the East Wind) – Single / Fricken’ Awesome Records / August 29, 2021 (Unreleased) [Part of Folk Alliance International’s Global Music Match that included 78 artists, from 17 countries who were divided into 14 groups. Julia covered a song from each artist in her team, and collaborated with Jessica Pearson and East Wind from Ottawa, Canada. This year Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. From those songs Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be released together on “Seeds.” In 2020 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st album, OASIS MOTEL. In 2018 and 2019 Julia toured with The Alarm in U.S. and United Kingdom. More info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.]
[Julia Othmer is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM in Roanoke Room in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City.]
[Jessica Pearson and the East Wind is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Thursday, May 19, at 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM in Garden Terrace in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City.]
11:00 – Station ID
Ensemble Iberica – “Chullpara (feat. Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza)” from: Enigmática (feat. Beau Bledsoe) / Tzigane Music / July 20, 2020 [Before the release of Enigmática, in 2019 Ensemble Iberica released two different volumes of live recordings. Kansas City based Ensemble Ibérica performs the music of Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and their former colonies. Programs explore diverse time periods, styles and locations including the Spanish Baroque, Portuguese Fado and Argentine Tango. Ensemble Ibérica features extraordinary musicians from classical, jazz and urban folk music traditions giving the audience something that is truly unique. Band Members include: Beau Bledsoe, Victoria Botero, Karim Memi, Rich Wheeler, Brandon Draper, Victor Penniman, Jeff Harshbarger, Jordan Shipley, and Michael McClintock. Live Recordings (Vol 1) features highlights from our 2015 and 2016 Concert Series. Ensemble Iberica records every concert, and this collection was edited down from approximately fifty hours of recordings in concert halls, theaters, and intimate clubs. The energy and mutual engagement between musicians and a live audience is an irreplaceable experience for all involved. This spontaneous dynamic allows a musician to embrace an unscripted accident or to extend an improvisation into unimagined territory. A live recording can transmit these aspects of performance much more than a studio recording can ever attain. Performers include: Nathalie Pires on vocals, Mireya Ramos on vocals & violin, Shae Fiol on vocals, Bruno Bessa on vocals, Victoria Botero on soprano, Fedra Cooper Barrera on vocals, Beau Bledsoe on guitar, Michael McClintock on guitar, Jeff Freling on guitar, Jordan Shipley on guitar, Rod Fleeman on guitar, Clarke Wyatt on banjo, Victor Penniman on viola da gamba, Christian Fatu on violin, Betse Ellis on fiddle & vocals, Norma Pacheco O’Neil on castanets, Amado Espinoza on charango, flutes & percussion, Brandon Draper on percussion, John Currey on percussion, Pat Conway on percussion, Zsolt Eder on violin, Rich Wheeler on Saxophone, Jeff Harshbarger on bass, Dominique Sanders on bass, Pedro Pimentel on bass, Hermon Mehari on trumpet, Mark Strozier on flute. More info at: http://www.ensembleiberica.org]
[Ensemble Iberica is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Friday, May 20, at 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM in Century C in Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City.]
11:04 – Interview with Nilko Andreas
Nilko Andreas jis a Colombian/American classical guitarist & composer Nilko Andreas Guarin has been praised as an “electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible.” Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 2009 Nilko Andreas has been captivating audiences in over fifteen countries and three continents.
While in KC for the Folk Alliance International Conference Nilko Andreas performs with Slim Hanson & The Poor Choices on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave.
Nilko Andreas performs a Private Showcase at Folk Alliance International Conference with Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza on Wednesday, May 18, at 11:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd.
Nilko Andreas performs at Folk Alliance International Conference with Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza on Saturday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel,
Nilko Andreas & Friends perform at Kansas City Folk Fest on Sunday, May 22, at 5:00 PM. Info at: http://www.nilkoandreas.com
Nilko Andreas Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
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.
“Nilko Andreas is a gifted Musician, and a great performer”.- Rafael Puyana, Paris 2009
11:12
Nilko Andeas – “Bambuco” performed LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios (“Bambuco” is written by Adolfo Mejía of Columbia)
11:16
We are talking with Nilko Andreas a Colombian/American classical guitarist & composer Nilko Andreas Guarin has been praised as an “electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible.” Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 2009 Nilko Andreas has been captivating audiences in over fifteen countries and three continents.
Nilko Andreas has been living in Kansas City for a month collaborating with Beau Bledsoe and Amado Espinoza.
Nilko’s life-partner Liz Chidester is a singer, songwriter, actor, and teaching artist who is currently playing the role of The Old Woman in the Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of “The Old Man and The Old Moon” playing through May 22, 2022.
11:20
Nilko Andeas – “Tonada del Cabrestero” performed LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios (“Tonada del Cabrestero” is written by Simon Diaz of Venezuela)
11:23
While in KC for the Folk Alliance International Conference Nilko Andreas performs with “The Poor Choices” on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave.
Nilko Andreas performs at Folk Alliance International Conference on Wednesday, May 18, at 11:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd.
Nilko Andreas performs at Folk Alliance International Conference with Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza on Saturday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel,
Nilko Andreas & Friends perform at Kansas City Folk Fest on Sunday, May 22, at 5:00 PM. Info at: http://www.nilkoandreas.com
Nilko Andreas Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
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. http://www.nilkoandreas.com Info at: http://www.nilkoandreas.com
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Charly Lowry – “Go Wild” from: “Go Wild” – Single / Silver Hills Records / February 20, 2019 [From Lumberton North Carolin,a Charly Lowry, a musical powerhouse from Pembroke, NC, is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the Lumbee/Tuscarora Tribes.Among her community, Native women are traditionally barred from the hand-drum and relegated to singing behind the men’s drum and/or dancing instead. Lowry defies that norm, following in the footsteps of her mentor, an artist and heir to the Tuscarora Indian Nation, Pura Fé.]
[Charly Lowry is a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist – Performing Friday, May 20, at 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM in Kansas City Roomin Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. for the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City.]
[Charly Lowry plays Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO.]
11:28 – Underwriting
Elexa Dawson – “New Song” from: “New Song” – Single / Lost Cowgirl Records / April 2, 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 writes: The song was written at the very beginning of the shutdown and is a call to all of our better, higher selves to imagine a better world. “The Way it has always been done is now gone. This is our moment to sing a new song.” // I thought it would be a great campaign song for Bernie Sanders, but the day after I wrote it, he suspended. Ah, well. It’s still a good song. ”“New Song” is Elexa Dawson on vocals & guitar, Kelby Kimberlin on bass guitar, Melissa Tastove on vocals & percussion, Jenna Rae on vocals & percussion, Martin Farrell on vocals & keys. Recorded, produced & engineered by Martin Farrell, Lost Cowgirl Records http://www.thelostcowgirl.com Mastered by Brody Wellman Mixing by Peter Oviatt, Moonflower Sounds http://www.moonflowersounds.com. Cover Photo: Jordan Storrer, Lifeleak Visuals Elexa Dawson joined WMM on June 2, 2021. Elexa Dawson released her single, “Mother” on October 29, 2021. http://www.elexadawson.com]
[Elexa Dawson plays Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. ]
11:34 – Interview with Mikal Shapiro
Mikal Shapiro is founder of State City Films creating documentary and experimental filmmaking practices. Mikal studied Film History, Film, & Writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. She received her MFA in Film/Video/New Media / Animation from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Artist, filmmaker, puppeteer, ring-leader, Mikal Shapiro is a KC songwriter whose musical influences span popular songs, psych rock, lounge, classic country and old time spirituals. She has toured extensively across the United States and has recorded 5 critically acclaimed albums Mikal also performs with Shapiro Brothers, and Monta At Odds and The Republic Tigers. Mikal is also the creator and former host and producer of Siren Song, Saturdays at 11:00 AM on 90.1 FM KKFI KC Community Radio.
Mikal Shapiro joins us to share details about Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. The KC Folk Fest is kicking off its first fest as a new, community-led organization. The Fest features live music from: Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, Nina Ricci, Mac Sauce, Ani Mal, Cary Morin, Nilko Andreas and Friends, and Storytelling by Philip blue owl Hooser.
Mikal Shapiro Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. The KC Folk Fest is kicking off its first fest as a new, community-led organization.
The Fest features live music from: Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, Nina Ricci, Mac Sauce, Ani Mal, Cary Morin, Nilko Andreas and Friends, and Storytelling by Philip blue owl Hooser.
The Fest also features family and earth-friendly music, art, crafts, a grassroots market, food trucks, live painting by Kunturwarmi AKA Astrid Mier y Teran Jibaja, Folk Demos that include: “Darn that Waste” – How to fix holes in your clothes by Reverend Rose, “Finger-Picking on Guitar” by Nina Ricci and more!
Mac Sauce – “Princess Diaries” from: PRINCESS DIARIES / Mac Sauce / February 25, 2022 [Mac Sauce released the 9-track album PRINCESS DIARIES on February 25, 2022. Mac Sauce is a 10 year old Kansas City rap artist known as “the voice of the playground,” Mac Sauce is one of Kansas City’s youngest rappers who writes all her own lyrics. More info at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDLXataYPNWmko586AVwIyQ%5D
[Mac Sauce plays Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO.]
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Mikal Shapiro joins us to share details about Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. The KC Folk Fest is kicking off its first fest as a new, community-led organization. The Fest features live music from: Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, Nina Ricci, Mac Sauce, Ani Mal, Cary Morin, Nilko Andreas and Friends, and Storytelling by Philip blue owl Hooser.
Mikal Shapiro Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. The KC Folk Fest is kicking off its first fest as a new, community-led organization.
Mikal Shapiro & Nilko Andreas on the May 18, 2022 Edition of Wednesday Midday Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.
The Fest features live music from: Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, Nina Ricci, Mac Sauce, Ani Mal, Cary Morin, Nilko Andreas and Friends, and Storytelling by Philip blue owl Hooser.
The Fest also features family and earth-friendly music, art, crafts, a grassroots market, food trucks, live painting by Kunturwarmi AKA Astrid Mier y Teran Jibaja, Folk Demos that include: “Darn that Waste” – How to fix holes in your clothes by Reverend Rose, “Finger-Picking on Guitar” by Nina Ricci and more!
Mikal Shapiro Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Just Angel – “Intent” from: Just Angel: Pt. 2 {EP] / Just Angel / December [Just Angel is a Kansas City based, singer, musician, songwriter, dancer. and creative artist. Se recently contributed vocals to the recent Sisterbot record. More info at: /distrokid.com/hyperfollow/justangel/just-angel–pt-1: Just Angel: Pt. 2 is a followup to Just Angle Pt.1 – EP released on December 24, 2020 More info at: https://linktr.ee/JustAngel_TigerLilyStar%5D
[Just Angel plays Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. ]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, May 25 we welcome Amy Farrand who talks about her band Amy Farrand and The Like who have show! Also joining us is musician and drummer Sam Platt.
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, May 18, 2022
Music from Folk Alliance International Conference + Julia Othmer + Nilko Andreas + Mikal Shapiro & KC Folk Fest
Mark plays music from Artists participating the 34th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18, 19, 21, 21, and 22 in Kansas City. We’ll spin tracks from: Making Movies, Julia Othmer, Ensemble Iberica with Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza, The Burney Sisters, Rebolu, Willi Carlisle, Mehuman, Raye Zaragoza, Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, and Mac Sauce. More info at http://www.folk.org
At 10:30 Mark talks with Julia Othmer a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist who is performing in the Kansas City Westin Crown Center Hotel, Thursday, May 19, on the Roanoke Room, 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM. In 2021 Julia was one of seven artists selected to represent the USA for Global Music Match 2021. Othmer’s music is vibrant and emotionally potent. The child of European refugees, she draws from a broad and richly cultured palette of experience to create her intensely human yet otherworldly songs. Her piano-driven performances are a mesmerizing and superconscious fusion of raw power, vocal artistry and joy. In 2021 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. In 2020, Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album produced with James Lundie, who became Julia’s husband in 2016. Info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.
At 11:00 Nilko Andreas joins us to play LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. Colombian/American classical guitarist & composer Nilko Andreas Guarin has been praised as an “electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible.” Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 2009 Nilko Andreas has been captivating audiences in over fifteen countries and three continents. While in KC for the Folk Alliance International Conference Nilko Andreas performs with “The Poor Choices” on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:00 PM at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave. Nilko Andreas performs at Folk Alliance International Conference on Wednesday, May 18, at 11:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Rd. Nilko Andreas performs at Folk Alliance International Conference with Beau Bledsoe & Amado Espinoza on Saturday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at Westin Crown Center Hotel, Nilko Andreas & Friends perform at Kansas City Folk Fest on Sunday, May 22, at 5:00 PM. Info at: http://www.nilkoandreas.com
At 11:30 Mikal Shapiro joins us to share details about Kansas City Folk Festival, Sunday, May 22, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Washington Square Park, 100 E Pershing Rd, KCMO. The KC Folk Fest is kicking off its first fest as a new, community-led organization. The Fest features live music from: Charly Lowry, Elexa Dawson, Just Angel, Nina Ricci, Mac Sauce, Ani Mal, Cary Morin, Nilko Andreas and Friends, and Storytelling by Philip blue owl Hooser. The Fest also features family and earth-friendly music, art, crafts, a grassroots market, food trucks, live painting by Kunturwarmi AKA Astrid Mier y Teran Jibaja, Folk Demos that include: “Darn that Waste” – How to fix holes in your clothes by Reverend Rose, “Finger-Picking on Guitar” by Nina Ricci and more! Audiences are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. The event is free to all. Donations appreciated. More info at: http://www.kansascityfolkfestival.org
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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, May 11, 2022
WMM presents Shaun Crowley & Manor Fest 4 + Luke Harbur & Ope! A Play & Cabaret
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
The Roseline – “Seven Hundred Second Chances” from: Constancy / RPH Records / November 5, 2021 [The Roseline’s 8th album, ‘Constancy’ features Colin Halliburton on lead vox/acoustic guitar/aux percussion, Bradley McKellip on electric guitars, Colin Jones on bass, Jim Piller on drums, and Heidi Gluck on organ and background vox. It was recorded and produced by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios in Kansas City, Missouri. 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 early show Saturdy, May 14, at 6:00 PM at Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., Layrence, KS., with 95 Sweet Bird, and Harpark.]
Glass Bandit – “Adam Savage” from: Vacancy EP / Glass Bandit / January 21, 2022 [Based out of KC, Glass Bandit icalls themselves the “first family of fusion funk.” “We’ve grown into a small traveling circus of writers, arrangers, and musicians capable of putting on a show that defies expectations and is sure to get you dancing. This 8 piece band can turn a bad night into a good night, and a good night into a banger.” – They write. More info at http://www.glassbanditmusic.com.]
[Glass Bandit play The RecordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd., KCMO, on Thursday, May 12 at 8:00 PM with CHNNLL, and The Moose]
The Moose – “Ultraviolet” from: Spature / The Moose / April 22, 2021 [26-track double album. Music and Lyrics by The Moose. Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by 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 recently released SONGS OF SPATURE – LIVE FROM MYCO PLANET MUSHROOM FARM April 2022. More information at http://www.themoose.bandcamp.com]
[The Moose play The RecordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd., KCMO, on Thursday, May 12 at 8:00 PM with CHNNLL, and Glass Bandit]
Sharon Van Etten – “I’ll Try” from: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong / Jagjaguwar / May 5, 2022 [Sharon Katharine Van Etten was born February 26, 1981. She is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has released five studio albums, the latest of which is Remind Me Tomorrow (2019). // Van Etten was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the middle child of five. She lived in Nutley, New Jersey, then moved to Clinton, New Jersey as a pre-teen. She attended North Hunterdon High School, at which she participated in the chorus and performed in stage musicals. // Later, she moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend Middle Tennessee State University and studied recording, but dropped out after a year. She ended up working at the Red Rose, a coffee and record shop and music venue in Murfreesboro for about five years. She fell into an abusive relationship with a rock musician who discouraged her from writing songs. After five years, she left in the middle of the night with whatever she could carry. She showed up to her parents’ house on Thanksgiving Day and her mother answered the door, holding the dishes she’s about to put on the table, to find her black-sheep middle child, who hasn’t spoken to her in ages, standing on the doorstep. // In 2004, she moved back to New Jersey, where she worked at Perryville Wine and Spirits, then moved to New York City in 2005. She lived in Brooklyn for a number of years, in the suburban neighborhood of Ditmas Park.// Van Etten self-released handmade CDs until 2009, when her debut studio recording was released.[8][9] Before her studio debut, she worked at Astor Wines and as a publicist at Ba Da Bing Records. // Van Etten’s debut, Because I Was in Love, was released on May 26, 2009, on Language of Stone, and was manufactured and distributed by Drag City. Because I Was in Love was produced by Greg Weeks at Hexham Head studio in Philadelphia. // On September 21, 2010, Van Etten released her second album, epic, on Ba Da Bing Records. With no set band at the time, Van Etten called on friends Jeffrey Kish, Dave Hartley, Jessica Larrabee, and Andy LaPlant of She Keeps Bees, Cat Martino, Meg Baird, Jim Callan, and Brian Christinzio. The first song recorded for the album was “Love More”, recorded in December 2009 by producer Brian McTear for Weathervane Music’s Shaking Through documentary video series. The remainder of the album was produced by Brian McTear with engineer Amy Morrissey in May 2010 at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. NPR described it as possessing “a fuller sound compared to the super-spare arrangements on her first two self-produced albums, but epic still feels incredibly intimate, with lots of room to breathe and unfold.” // Van Etten’s third studio album, Tramp, was released on February 7, 2012, on Jagjaguwar. Tramp was produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner and recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, New York. Additional recording took place at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, where the album was also mixed with Engineers and Mixers Brian McTear and Jonathan Low. The album features musicians Doug Keith, Thomas Bartlett, Bryan Devendorf, Bryce Dessner, Matt Barrick, Rob Moose, Julianna Barwick, Peter Silberman, Logan Coale, Clarice Jensen, Ben Lanz, Zach Condon, and Jenn Wasner. // May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten’s fourth studio album, titled Are We There, on Jagjaguwar. Van Etten produced the record with Stewart Lerman, with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey, with piano tracks being recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The record features musicians Zeke Hutchins, Doug Keith, Heather Woods Broderick, Dave Hartley, Adam Granduciel, Marisa Anderson, Stuart D. Bogie, Mickey Free, Mary Lattimore, Little Isidor, Jacob Morris, Torres’ Mackenzie Scott, Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg, Lower Dens’ Jana Hunter, and Efterklang touring member Peter Broderick. The EP I Don’t Want to Let You Down, a compilation of songs that were not included on Are We There, was released on Jagjaguwar in 2015. // On October 2, 2018, Van Etten released a new track entitled “Comeback Kid” and announced her next album Remind Me Tomorrow, released on January 18, 2019.[16] On February 28, 2019, Van Etten appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform the single “Seventeen”. // On April 22, 2020, Van Etten played bass and sang harmony as the three surviving members of Fountains of Wayne performed in a televised benefit with various New Jersey-affiliated musicians to raise funds for COVID-19 relief. She filled the role left vacant by the COVID-19-related death of Adam Schlesinger a few weeks earlier. She and the other three members of the band played simultaneously from remote locations. The band played the song “Hackensack” from the album Welcome Interstate Managers. // On May 15, 2020, Van Etten dropped a cover of (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. // Van Etten’s music is characterized by a heavy use of harmonies. Pitchfork described her songs as having “echoes of folk tradition.” NPR Music asserts: “Her songs are heartfelt without being overly earnest; her poetry is plainspoken but not overt, and her elegant voice is wrapped in enough rasp and sorrow to keep from sounding too pure or confident.” With “Comeback Kid” and Remind Me Tomorrow, she introduced electronic sounds into her music. // Since 2016, Van Etten has appeared in both seasons of the Netflix drama The OA as Rachel, a fellow abductee along with Prairie in Dr. Percy’s basement lab/terrarium. Rachel and the other captives are subjected to after-life experiments while conspiring over a period of years to possibly escape, and at one point, Rachel sings a song of remembrance. Van Etten also appeared in episode six of the 2017 Twin Peaks series on Showtime. // Van Etten made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Never Rarely Sometimes Always directed by Eliza Hittman, for which she also wrote and performed the original track ‘Staring at a Mountain’. // Van Etten had her first child, a son, in 2017 with her romantic partner Zeke Hutchins. Hutchins used to be her drummer and then became her manager. After living in New York City for 15 years, she moved with her family to Los Angeles in Sept 2019. More info at: http://www.sharonvanetten.com]
Amanda Jo Williams – “Sunlight” from: The Bear Eats Me / Neurotic Yell / June 25, 2012 [Amanda Jo Williams was born a girl in Hogansville, Georgia. She had a lot of outdoor fun, especially with her brother. She quit college very abruptly and moved to New York at 19 after attending a modeling convention in Columbus, Georgia. It was a rip-off but Amanda met an agent. He said, “Come to New York.” After a year on the runway, some lovers and things, Amanda and friends took a bus to Kingston and hitchhiked with a woman to Woodstock. They slept in the woods the first night and Amanda was scared. In town the next day they met a crazy shaman of Woodstock. He took her to artist Paul McMahon’s house, the hippie hangout. Paul would teach her to play guitar when she was pregnant with his twins, Ginger & Hominy. Williams was about to enter nursing school when she came to Los Angeles in August 2008 to play Manimal Vinyl’s Spaceland residency. In December 2008 she moved to L.A. to pursue music full force, writing and performing regularly her neu-country folk weirdy pop/rock songs, a little bit of country rap, and exploring the wonders of video art. She now resides both west coast and east coast. Info: http://listn.to/AmandaJoWilliams%5D
Domineko —”Stingray (radio edit)” from: “Stingray (radio edit)” – Single / The Domineko Grooup / April 24, 2022 [Domineko is Dominique Collins a Kansas City based Hip-Hop artist who has been doing Hip-Hop since 2011. More info at: https://linktr.ee/DOMINEKO
The MGDs – “Tomorrow Comes Soon” rom: Midtown / The MGDs / March 26, 2020 [Midtown is the MGDs fourth full length release following, Somos Como Somos, from November 4, 2017. The band includes: Matt Davis on drums, percussion & vocals; Greg Bush on bass; Damon Parker on keyboards & vocals; Scott “Snoof” Middleton on guitar; Rudy Vasquez on saxophones; and Eric Martens on trumpet. This Kansas City based 6-piece band that mixes piano and brass with a dynamic rhythm section that adds a unique flavor to the iconic Kansas City music culture, blending of funk and blues with soulful stylings. In what started as a 3-piece between longtime friends Matt, Greg and Damon in 2008, the MGDs have evolved into a potent powerhouse, high-energy ensemble with regular monthly appearances at the Phoenix, and appearances at the Sunset Music Fest, the City Market Crawfish Fest, the 6th annual Phoenix Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Middle of The Map Fest, Boulevardia, The Plaza Art Fair, Kauffman Stadium before two Kansas City Royals games. In 2016 the band released, “Wake Up” their 2nd full length studio album.]
[The MGDs play Crossroads Hotel, 2101 Central St..KCMO TONIGHT, May 11, at 7:00 PM, for the Summer Concet Series, on the Percheron Rooftop Bar.]
10:30 – Underwriting
MusicbySkippy – “Blue Heart” from: MY DYING WISH / Luke Harbur / February 18, 2022 [musicbyskippy is Luke “Skippy” Harbur’s entertainment project. The Overland Park, Kansas native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2018, he moved near home to Kansas City, Missouri, becoming a featured performer for musicians, festivals, corporate & non-profit events, and performance groups. His music passion roots in receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old. His debut album, my dying wish, is now on all music streaming and purchasing platforms. He hopes you learn something new and experience songs you love.More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com]
[Luke Harbur plays, Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, & 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., KCMO (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday & Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday & Sunday afternoons at 1:00. Info: http://www.musicbyskippy.com.]
[Musicbyskippy will play Boulevardia, Saturday, June 18, 2022.]
10:35 – Interview with Luke Harbur
Luke M. Harbur records as Music By Skippy. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2018, he moved near home to Kansas City, Missouri, becoming a featured performer for musicians, corporate & non-profit events, and performance groups. The Kansas native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, and keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences in clubs, theaters, festivals and with Kansas City performance collective: Quixotic. The passion in his music has roots in his experience of receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old. Music By Skippy officially released his debut album, MY DYING WISH with a live album release show, on April 7 & 8, at Quixotic, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO at their Blackbox Theater.
Luke Harbur joins us today to talk about his upcoming show, Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, and 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111 (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 1:00. More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com or http://www.lukeharbur.com
Luke M. Harbur Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, and 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111 (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday & Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday & Sunday afternoons at 1:00.
The show started out as a joke between Luke “Skippy” Harbur and Arthur Clifford, two of the shows featured performers.
As Covid-19 affected the lives of millions of workers in the entertainment and restaurant industry, the show symbolizes the rising demand of live entertainment and restaurants once more.
With more than 20 years of professional entertainment experience among the cast, Kansas City area natives Luke “Skippy” Harbur, Arthur Clifford, Elaine Clifford, and Makenzie Hinrichs are thrilled to bring this all-original, high quality show to Kansas City audiences.
MY DYING WISH
The album contains many different genres of music and demonstrates your beatboxing, singing, and piano playing. Like started learning piano at the age of 5.
Your Album Release Show was April 7 & 8, hosted by Quixotic, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO at their Blackbox Theater. With the support of Mica Thomas Executive Director.
Luke was born and raised in Overland Park Kansas and went to Olathe East High School but let Olathe East to go to school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, at a Performing Arts School where you studied Acting and Theatre.
Luke then went to Ithica College to study Journalism and eventually got a job as a Production Assistant at the Kansas City Star,
Luke talked with Mark about the importance of collaboration in midsize market like Kansas City and how others can benefit from these collaborations.
Luke performs regularly with Quixotic but also is a frequent performer at Missy B’s.
Luke will be doing shows with Stray Cat Film Center.
Luke M. Harbur records as Music By Skippy. The Kansas native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, and keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences in clubs, theaters, festivals and with Kansas City performance collective: Quixotic. Music By Skippy will officially release his debut album, MY DYING WISH with a live album release show, on April 7 & 8, hosted by Quixotic, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO at their Blackbox Theater. More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com or http://www.lukeharbur.com
The first time we saw Luke was in 2019 a the L.A. Sessions concert by Calvin Arsenia at recordBar.
Luke is currently working on a play-cabaret to be performed at the Westport Bowrey.
Luke M. Harbur works in Music Videography, Social Media Management, and graphic Design.
The story in 100 words
musicbyskippy is Luke “Skippy” Harbur’s entertainment project. The Overland Park, Kansas native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2018, he moved near home to Kansas City, Missouri, becoming a featured performer for musicians, festivals, corporate & non-profit events, and performance groups.
His music passion roots in receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old. His debut album, my dying wish, is now on all music streaming and purchasing platforms. He hopes you learn something new and experience songs you love.
Luke “Skippy” Harbur’s CV/Resume
Organizations & artists featuring musicbyskippy
Boulevardia (2022) | Kansas City, Missouri Missie B’s (2021 & 2022) | Kansas City, Missouri Cafe Cà Phê (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri & North Kansas City, Missouri No Divide KC (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Jukeboxx Media, gig for T-Mobile (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Paradise Garden Club (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Fishtank Theatre (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Jesse Powers (2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Calvin Arsenia (2019, 2020, & 2021) | Kansas City, Missouri Quixotic (2019, 2020, & 2021, 2022) | Kansas City, Missouri Ithaca College Choral Program (2018) | Ithaca, New York University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2018) | Winston-Salem, North Carolina NATS Mid-Atlantic Region (2018) | Lynchburg, Virginia The Heartland Men’s Chorus (2017) | Kansas City, Missouri Ithacappella (2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018) | Ithaca, New York
musicbyskippy is the entertainment project of Overland Park, Kansas native Luke “Skippy” Harbur. He’s developed skills in beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & keyboard playing in hopes to express his core vision: everyone has an inner artist and should be able to express their full, authentic self.
His parent’s and grandparent’s own journeys in music fostered his artistic upbringing. His involvement in music programs since age 5 eventually lead him to move to Winston-Salem, North Carolina and finish high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ High School Drama Program. Although he was offered Acting scholarships to SUNY Purchase and Webster University, he attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York on academic scholarship and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Outside collegiate academics he served as a vocal percussionist, ensemble member, and soloist for Ithacappella, Ithaca College’s all-male a cappella group. Once a year the group traveled across America’s northeastern coast for a winter singing tour, creating collabor-ations with the PS 22 Chorus in Staten Island, New York and singing the national anthem for NHL’s New York Rangers and NBA’s New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Since moving to Kansas City, Missouri in 2019, he’s started finding his audience: Quixotic, Missie B’s, and Cafe Cà Phê have become some of his core, consistent collaborators, and in 2021 he started releasing his first batch of public music projects. His first was SKIPPY Sessions Volume 1, a collection of 8 short music compositions combining his beatboxing skills with other artistic disciplines practiced by other Kansas City-based artists. The second music project was “Rant,” his debut single from his debut album, my dying wish, which released on all music streaming and purchasing platforms on February 18th, 2022.
Each opportunity to perform and collaborate with others is rooted in a deeper story. In 1996, at 5 months old, he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare liver disease. 6 months later he received a life-saving liver transplant from an 8-year-old boy named Aaron Drake, who passed away while on a camping trip at The Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. But through this tragedy came hope, giving Luke “Skippy” Harbur a second chance to inspire others. From his music, he hopes you learn something new and experience songs you love.
Luke has been doing public speaking for 15 years.
Luke received a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old.
Luke Harbur joins us today to talk about his upcoming show, Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, and 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111 (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 1:00. More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com or http://www.lukeharbur.com
Luke M. Harbur Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Luke Harbur joins us today to talk about his upcoming show, Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, and 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111 (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 1:00. More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com or http://www.lukeharbur.com
11:51
MusicbySkippy – “Cigars and Cider” from: MY DYING WISH / Luke Harbur / February 18, 2022 [musicbyskippy is the music project of Luke Harbur. The Overland Park, KS native mixes beatboxing, singing, beat production, rapping, & keyboard playing to entertain all-age audiences. After graduating from Ithaca College in 2018, he moved near home to KCMO, becoming a featured performer for musicians, festivals, corporate & non-profit events, and performance groups. His music passion roots in receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of 11 months old. .More info at http://www.musicbyskippy.com]
[Luke Harbur plays, Ope! A Play & Cabaret, May 20, 21, & 22 at Westport Bowery, 817 Westport Rd., KCMO (located right behind Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill). Show times are Friday & Saturday nights at 6:00, and Saturday & Sunday afternoons at 1:00. Infot http://www.musicbyskippy.com.]
[Musicbyskippy will play Boulevardia, Saturday, June 18, 2022.]
10:54
Rue – “Liv Tyler (feat. TyFaizon of The Blackstarkids)” from: WE’RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN (EP) / Bedroom TRecords / March 4, 2022 [Rue is a 20-year old, pop-traditional artist out of Lawrence, Kansas. She collaborated with members of BLACKSTARKIDS to create this new EP. More info at: IG: @ruerising]
[Rue plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend One, Friday, May 20 at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS at 7:00 PM with DoubleDrag, Midwestern, and Dunes Day.]
Momma’s Boy – “Love That Way (Demo)” from: “Love That Way (Demo)” – Single / Manor Records / June 26, 2018 [Momma’s Boy, is an Indie Surf Pop 4-piece band from KCMO, formed December 2015, and made up of former members of Rev Gusto: Peter Beatty on guitar & vocals, Shaun Crowley on guitar & vocals, Quinn Hernandez on drums, and Jared Bajkowski on bass & vocals. Their debut EP Liquid Courage was released February 25, 2017. Self-recorded in the Momma’s Boy band practice attic. Mixed by Jared Bajkowski, and mastered by Ross Brown. This track was released as part of a series of singles the band has put out over the year, including: “Want Me Back” released January 19, 2018 (part of Dead Summer Single Series), and “Asleep On The Floor” on October 12, 2018 (part of Demo Singles Series).]
[Momma’s Boy play their Farewell Show, Saturday, May 14, at 7:00 PM at Deep Space Co-op, 1664 Broadway Blvd., KCMO. After many years – Momma’s Boy – the band that helped launch Manor Records is playing one last show. More info at: http://www.manorrecords.com]
11:00 – Station ID
Shaun Crowley is a classically trained guitarist, and has studied at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. Shaun is the co-founder of Manor Records, a music label that grew out of Manor Fest, the first festival sized “house show” Shaun and friends produced in their basement featuring 12 bands. We first met Shaun as part of the band Rev Gusto with Peter Beatty and Quinn Hernandez and friends originally formed in high school at Saint James Academy.
In this past year, Manor Records, has grown to become a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that functions as a record store, record label, and & neighborhood bar that turns profits into resources to support local musicians at 401 N. 6th Street, in Kansas City, Kansas, in the Strawberry Hill area of Kansas City, Kansas.
Shaun Crowley joins us to talk about Manor Fest 4, a local music festival that consists of two weekends, one in Lawrence & one in Kansas City featuring 54 bands across 16 stages. The Festival now functions as a fundraiser event to help us raise funds for Manor Records mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We just played from Shaun’s band Momma’s Boy who will play their Farewell Show, Saturday, May 14, at 7:00 PM at Deep Space Co-op, 1664 Broadway Blvd., KCMO. After many years – Momma’s Boy – the band that helped launch Manor Records is playing one last show.
Manor Fest 4 includes: Approach, No Magic, Cuee, Eggs on Mars, DoubleDrag, Midwestern, Dunes Day, Rue, Mr. Golden Sun, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, CS Luxem, Bummer, Pale Tongue, Flooding, Ebony Tusks, R.I.Peter, The Cavves, Varsity Plates, Dylan Pyles, Oxford Remedy, Jacob E.chord, Fullbloods, Khrystal., Mason Blaze, Brat Pitt, Scabb, Blanky, Jass, Supermotto, Faith Haddock, Bream, The Creepy Jingles, Friendly Thieves, Mae C, Dreamgirl, Paris Williams, Kat King, The Black Creatures, Catty Cline, Miki P & The Swallowtails, Sam Wells, Drugs & Attics, The Sluts, Fritz Hutchison, Face Face, True Lions, Orlando Gillig, Daniel Gum, Lava Dreams, Forrest Porridge, Chloe Jacobson, Charlotte Bumgarner, Maddie Razook, and Rachel Cion.
For Manor Records, it all started in a basement of “The Shawnee Manor,” a D.I.Y. venue located in Shawnee, KS. From Glass Animals to Shy Boys, the underground venue hosted numerous local acts, as well as some national touring acts. Then, founder Shaun Crowley got the itch to host a house show music festival with the creation of Manor Fest. It started with 10 bands in one night, then grew to a two night event featuring 20 local bands from Shy Boys to BLK FLANL. After years passed and a community was built, it was time for the boys to move out of the deteriorating house.
In October of 2017, Shaun and company officially launched as Manor Records. A DIY record label based on the foundation of infamous D.I.Y. venue The Shawnee Manor. Manor Record is a label that takes no money or profits from our artists, is hands-on, and self-run, with intentions of good music from good people. We began by hosting showcases featuring local and regional bands in addition to putting out cassette releases.
Shaun was on WMM on July 31, 2019. In the summer of 2019, after growing as a label for two years, Manor Records decided to bring back the idea of Manor Fest. in 2019 Manor Fest 3 came to Kansas City with 33 bands spread across three nights in different regions of the city. Manor Fest hosted showcases in traditional & non-traditional venues and featured up & coming locals such as bigfatcat and regional favorites such as Paul Cherry. After successfully putting on our first large sized festival, Manor Records realized that it was an event that helped promote and propel local artists to larger platforms. There was a need and hope to bring it as a regular event for the Kansas City music scene to look forward to every summer.
Alongside the festival, Manor Records has been actively providing booking, tour management, cassette releases, blog premieres/reviews, marketing and promotion services for indie acts all over the midwest.
None of this would be possible without the addition of our two incredible teammates Wayne Moots & Skylar Rochelle who voluntarily joined the Manor Records team along the way.
One of the relationships Manor Records began to build over our years of booking shows is with The Mockingbird Lounge over in Strawberry Hill. In the Summer of 2021, the owner of the Mockingbird Lounge, Dan Castillo, approached Shaun with the idea of turning Manor Records into a non-profit organization that functioned as a record store/neighborhood bar in the KCK community where funds were put into putting out artists’ music & also the Strawberry Hill community.
Manor events:
05.11 – Songbird Sessions ft. Jass 8 pm 05.12 – Open Mic Comedy Night 8 pm 05.13 – Eric Rice “Moody Tunes” Release Showcase 8 pm 05.14 – Manor Records Gear Swap 11 am – 3 pm 05.15 – Arcade Tournament Night 5 pm – 9 pm
Manor Fest 4 is progressive, with staggered sets throughout the nights & days of two weekends, one in Lawrence & one in Kansas City, featuring 54 bands across 16 stages.
7:00 – White Schoolhouse, 1510 N. 3rd St., Lawrence, KS
Ebony Tusks R.I.Peter The Cavves Varsity Plates
10:00 – Eighth Street Taproom, 801 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS
Bummer Pale Tongue Flooding
11:07 – Artists playing Manor Fest 4 – Weekend One – Lawrence – May 21
R.I.Peter – “Just Missed You” from: HOURGLASS / Manor Records / May 13, 2021 [On March 18, 2021 R.I.Peter released the 12-track solo album release, SOFT SERVE, from Manor Records. R.I. Peter released the single, “In Your Eyes” on February 26, 2021. On April 10, 2020 R.I.Peter released the singles: “Cruis’n” and “Rising Sun” through Manor Records. Kansas City based musician and songwriter Peter Beatty also plays in the band Momma’s Boy, and before that was in Rev Gusto that was formed with Jerry Frederick, Sam Frederick, Shaun Crowley; and Quinn Hernandez on drums while they were in high school at Saint James Academy. Peter studied at University of Kansas. Peter released the debut EP solo project R.I.Peter on July 5, 2019. Manor Records described R.I.Peter’s music saying, “It’s like if you took video game music and mashed it with Fleet Foxes or something. electronic pop ambient america folk mystic Both of the songs were written by Peter Beatty. More info t http://www.manorrecords.com Peter was on WMM on Mar. 17, 2021.]
[R.I.Peter plays Manor Fest 4 Weekend One, on Saturday, May 21 at 7:00 PM at White Schoolhouse, 1510 N. 3rd St., Lawrence, KS w/ Ebony Tusks, The Cavves, and Varsity Plates.]
Ebony Tusks – “Bloodletting (Radio edit)” from: Heal Thyself / High Dive Records / November 6, 2020 [All songs written and performed by Ebony Tusks unless otherwise noted. // All Songs engineered and mixed by George Henry Valyer IV at Rundown Studios in Topeka, Kansas and MalaMUTE Studios in East Lawrence, Kansas. Assistance provided by Nico Williams and Claire Kuner. // Conny Franko’s vocals on “You Runner” engineered by Keith Rodger and Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios in Omaha, Nebraska. // IK’s vocals on “Gang Signs” engineered by Derek Montgomery. // Stik Figa’s vocals on “Hell Above Or Here Below” engineered by Sean Patrick at Twelves Studios in Forth Worth, Texas. // Cello on “Heir Apparent” written and performed by Brail Watson. Rhodes and Moog on “Heir Apparent” written and performed by Daniel Bowersox. // All Songs mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering in Portland, Oregon. // Album cover art by Justin Bergin. Album cover photography by Rachel Lock. Album layout by Martinez Hillard. // Album insert photography by Ailecia Ruscin and LeRoy Pristach. // Ebony Tusks is Daniel Smith on DJ & Production, Geese Giesecke on vocals & Production, and Marty Hillard on vocals & Production. Martinez Hillard told Vivid Seats: “ I began EBONY TUSKS in 2009 after a difficult period that summer. I was living in the student ghetto near the University of Kansas in Lawrence. It was an eerily calm Friday night and I didn’t have any plans after work so I crashed. I woke up shortly after 9:00 pm because my door was being kicked in. I was beaten and robbed at gunpoint. Thankfully, two of my neighbors were close friends and called the police immediately. I had nightmares for years afterward that included many symbols I’ve come to associate with various religious practices. I also began writing raps for the first time in over a decade. I was working with a couple producers and we had our first show at a house venue called Pizza Power in October 2010. Both Daniel and Geese came into the fold within a couple years of that show.” Daniel Smith lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born in Berkeley California. He moved to Lawrence when he was a child. Hs father is a Professor at The University of Kansas. Daniel works the United Way of Douglass County. He helps to provide after school job-training programs for under-served youth. Nathan “Geese” Giesecke grew up in Olathe but now lives and works in Kansas City, MO. He was friends with Calvin Arsenia in High School. Geese works as a producer as GEESACE. He makes beats and you can find his music at http://soundcloud.com/geesace Nathan is also a lighting designer who jumped on stage to do back up vocals for Marty and ended up being in the band. Martinez Hillard is the main vocalist and lyricist for EBONY TUSKS. He raps under the moniker Bodye, (pronounced “body”). He also produces beats. Martinez lives in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Topeka with wife and 5 year old daughter. Martinez was part of the super group Cowboy Indian Bear. Martinez was recently elected to serve as a board member for Friends of the Library for Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. As Marty told Johnson County Library, in a piece published April 27, 2018: “ It was a project I started with other producers back in 2010. I asked Daniel to DJ for me sometime in 2011-2012 and Geese joined not too far behind him. Daniel and I had become fast friends when I lived in Lawrence and he was the nicest, most easygoing DJ of the handful I knew. He made our shows a lot less stressful. Geese was and is a lighting technician for a number of our friends’ projects and that was how I made acquaintance with him, seeing him work for a band and asking if he’d do lights for an EBONY TUSKS concert. He eventually asked if he could be hypeman for us and he brought an new intensity.” EBONY TUSKS have been a band for over 11 years making hip hop in the Lawrence scene that includes Approach, Stik Figa, Heartfelt Anarchy, and Archetype are just a small fraction. With that said, the three of us are always having conversations about how other genres influence us personally. Post-rock, post-hardcore, industrial, indie rock, and electronic all factor in. Our tastes evolve naturally and we follow accordingly. Since the three members of EBONY TUSKS live in three separate cities: Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka early on, they created a Dropbox folder to share demos with one another. And as they told Vivid Seat: “It also gave us a bit of language to use in building sounds independent of one another.” More info at: http://www.highdiverecords.com Members of Ebony Tusks joined us LIVE on WMM on February 19, and October 7, 2020.]
[Ebony Tusks play Manor Fest 4, Weekend One on Saturday, May 21 at 7:00 PM at White Schoolhouse, 1510 N. 3rd St., Lawrence, KS with R.I.Peter, The Cavves, and Varsity Plates.]
Flooding – “Delayed Gratification” from: Flooding / Manor Records / August 29, 2021 [Physical Cassette Release Feb. 19, 2022] [Flooding’s self-titled album on Manor Records on February 19, 2022. Flooding is a three-piece band based in Lawrence, Kansas. Fronted by guitarist and vocalist Rose Brown, who began releasing music in 2019 under the name Window Seat. Joining Rose Brown are Cole Billings on bass, and Zach Cunningham on drums. Brown wrote the music for the album in the spring of 2020. In early 2021 the group started playing the music to record in Cunningham’s converted shed studio in Gardner, Kansas. Rose Brown of Flooding was our guest on WMM on February 16, 2022. More information at: http://www.manorrecords.com]
[Flooding play Manor Fest 4, Weekend One on Saturday, May 21 at 10:00 PM at Eighth Street Taproom, 801 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS with Bummer, and Pale Tongue.]
11:17
We’re talking with Shaun Crowley about Manor Fest 4, a local music festival that consists of two weekends, one in Lawrence & one in Kansas City featuring 54 bands across 16 stages. The Festival now functions as a fundraiser event to help us raise funds for Manor Records mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We just played from bands playing Weekend One in Lawrence and now we shift to Weekend Two.
Manor Fest 4 includes: Approach, No Magic, Cuee, Eggs on Mars, DoubleDrag, Midwestern, Dunes Day, Rue, Mr. Golden Sun, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, CS Luxem, Bummer, Pale Tongue, Flooding, Ebony Tusks, R.I.Peter, The Cavves, Varsity Plates, Dylan Pyles, Oxford Remedy, Jacob E.chord, Fullbloods, Khrystal., Mason Blaze, Brat Pitt, Scabb, Blanky, Jass, Supermotto, Faith Haddock, Bream, The Creepy Jingles, Friendly Thieves, Mae C, Dreamgirl, Paris Williams, Kat King, The Black Creatures, Catty Cline, Miki P & The Swallowtails, Sam Wells, Drugs & Attics, The Sluts, Fritz Hutchison, Face Face, True Lions, Orlando Gillig, Daniel Gum, Lava Dreams, Forrest Porridge, Chloe Jacobson, Charlotte Bumgarner, Maddie Razook, and Rachel Cion.
Weekend Two – Kansas City – Thursday, May 26
5:00 – Fox & Pearl 815 West 17th St. KCMO
Supermotto Faith Haddock Bream
7:00 – Deep Space Co-op, 1664 Broadway Blvd., KCMO.
Blanky Scabb Field Days Jass
10:00 – Nighthawk, 1228 Baltimore Avd., KCMO
Fullbloods Khrystal. Mason Blaze
Weekend Two – Kansas City Friday, May 27
5:00 – Blip Roasters, 1301 Woodswether Rd., KCMO, West Bottoms
Catty Cline Miki P & The Swallowtails Sam Wells
7:00 – The Black Box Theatre 1060 Union Ave, KCMO, West Bottoms
Dreamgirl Paris Williams Kat King The Black Creatures
10:00 – 9th and State, 1717 West 9th St., KCMO, West Bottoms
The Creepy Jingles Friendly Thieves Mae C
11:24 – Artists playing Manor Fest 4 – Weekend Two – May 26 & May 27
Jass – “Him” from: “Him” – Single / JASS / February 23, 2022, [Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch. Jass released At the Close of a Decade on November 26, 2022. It was part of WMM’s 121 Best Recordings of 2021. She wrote, “After years of writing and recording in voice memos. I decided to grab my iPad and began recording something that I am very proud of. I named it, At the Close of A Decade, and released it in November 2019. With my iPhone/iPad, some apple headphones, I created this project. The amazing people around me told me it was worth it, even when I didn’t believe it myself. I convinced myself I would be the only one that liked my songs. If you decide to listen you’ll hear sound clips of shows and movies that made a difference in the way I saw the world, the way I saw myself, and the way I overcame my experiences. I remember asking my grandma and my son if I should release what I’ve been writing and they both said very simply to do it, so I’ve done it. I want to thank all of my wonderful friends who have been my soundboards during this process, all of the people that have asked me when it’s coming, the people that have kept me accountable, and believed that this time it was for real. My story is so very triumphant and beautiful because I have overcome experiences and shunned the fear I had to do what I love. It’s crazy how you can talk your way out of some amazing things and also how you can talk yourself into making some amazing things happen. If you partake, I hope you enjoy.” More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]
[Jass plays Manor Fest 4 – Weekend Two on Thursday, May 26, at 7:00 PM at Deep Space Co-op, 1664 Broadway Blvd., KCMO, with Brat Pitt, Scabb, and Blanky]
Scabb – “Think, More, Bare. (radio edit)” from: Nada / Manor Records / November 6, 2020 [Nada is the debut 6-song EP solo release from Scabb, aka Sammy Hernandez. From this EP “Honey Dew” released as a single on Oct. 29, and “Champagne Chutney” was released as a single Oct. 15. Scabb, is a KCK native and multi faceted artist seasoned heavily in soul and experimental samples. His love/hate relationship with himself and society with the mix of his obsession with word choice and mood switch add range to his malleable style bringing you back for a second listen. Scabbs nostalgic melodies, raw lyricism and self centered banter will you keep you feeling engaged and refreshed. Earlier this year Scabb released the single “Mount” on Manor Records on May 25, 2020. Scabb & Strings is Sammy Hernandez (Scabb) and Shaun Crowley (Strings). Sammy Hernandez is the younger brother of Quinn Hernandez of the band Momma’s Boy. Shaun Crowley is the lead guitarist for Momma’s Boy and founder of Manor records and the Manor Fest. Produced & engineered by Scabb. ]
[Scaab plays Manor Fest 4 – Weekend Two on Thursday, May 26, at 7:00 PM at Deep Space Co-op, 1664 Broadway Blvd., KCMO, with Brat Pitt, Jass, and Blanky]
18 Paris Williams – “Chunky (radio edit)” from: “Chunky” – Single / Bitter Sweet Sounds / April 20, 2022 [Paris Williams. Rapper/Producer originally from Muskegon, MI. Previously Paris Williams released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. From Shuttlecok Music Magazine: “Co-produced by Williams, Bloom Allen, and Internet Brad, the track features a sublime mixture of bright, inviting rhymes and the type of nocturnal rhythms you can do schoolwork to, or whatever that YouTube stream is. The single is backed by another track called “As Of Late,” which Williams accurately described at a recent show as (paraphrasing) ‘two minutes of straight bars.’ More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis]
[Paris Williams plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend Two on Friday, May 27 at 7:00 PM at The Black Box Theatre 1060 Union Ave, KCMO, West Bottoms with Dreamgirl, Kat King and The Black Creatures.]
Dreamgirl – “Sometimes” from: “Sometimes” – Single / Dreamgirl / May 12, 2021 [Dreamgirl is a ‘dream-pop’ music group formed in St. Joseph, Missouri in 2013. Now based out of Kansas City, Missouri, and building off of the success of their breakout EP “Illuminaughty” (2015), Dreamgirl has released a full-length, self-titled LP and is currently working on a new EP. They have gained an impressive following. Up until the summer of 2018, they operated and managed themselves completely internally. Now they have partnered with Rogue Booking Agency. Dreamgirl has benefited massively from internet platforms like Spotify and Youtube. Members include: Lacey Hopkins on lead vocals, Grady Drugg on guitar, Skylar Smith on guitar Joe Gronniger on bass, Ian Dobyns on drums. This single is a follow up to ther September 25, 2020 single release “All You Wanna Do Is Dance.”]
[Dreamgirl plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend Two on Friday, May 27 at 7:00 P at The Black Box Theatre 1060 Union Ave, KCMO, West Bottoms with Paris Williams, Kat King and The Black Creatures.]
11:35
We’re talking with Shaun Crowley about Manor Fest 4, a local music festival that consists of two weekends, one in Lawrence & one in Kansas City featuring 54 bands across 16 stages. The Festival now functions as a fundraiser event to help us raise funds for Manor Records mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We just played from bands playing Weekend Two – on Thursday and Friday, May 26 and 27, in Kansas City and now we move to Saturday, May 28
Manor Fest 4 includes: Approach, No Magic, Cuee, Eggs on Mars, DoubleDrag, Midwestern, Dunes Day, Rue, Mr. Golden Sun, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, CS Luxem, Bummer, Pale Tongue, Flooding, Ebony Tusks, R.I.Peter, The Cavves, Varsity Plates, Dylan Pyles, Oxford Remedy, Jacob E.chord, Fullbloods, Khrystal., Mason Blaze, Brat Pitt, Scabb, Blanky, Jass, Supermotto, Faith Haddock, Bream, The Creepy Jingles, Friendly Thieves, Mae C, Dreamgirl, Paris Williams, Kat King, The Black Creatures, Catty Cline, Miki P & The Swallowtails, Sam Wells, Drugs & Attics, The Sluts, Fritz Hutchison, Face Face, True Lions, Orlando Gillig, Daniel Gum, Lava Dreams, Forrest Porridge, Chloe Jacobson, Charlotte Bumgarner, Maddie Razook, and Rachel Cion.
Weekend Two – Kansas City – Saturday, May 28
2:00 – Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK, Strawberry Hill
Chloe Jacobson Charlotte Bumgarner Maddie Razook Rachel Cion
5:00 – The Mocking Bird Lounge, 204 Orchard St., KCK, Strawberry Hill
Daniel Gum Lava Dreams Forrest Porridge
7:00 – Manor Records, 401 N. 6th Street, in KCK, Strawberry Hill
Fritz Hutchison Face Face True Lions Orlando Gillig
10:00 – Easy Inn, 322 6th Street, KCK, Strawberry Hill
Brat Pitt Drugs & Attics The Sluts
11:42
Chloe Jacobson – “Nice 2 Meet U” from: “Nice 2 Meet U” – Single / Chloe Jacobson / April 30, 2020 [Follow up to her debut album Frozen Fruit from November 14, 2018. It has been written that Chloe Jacobson’s “soulful, bluesy vocals are colored with the pop cadence of aughts-era emo.” ]
[Chloe Jacobson plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend Two, Saturday May 28 at 2:00 PM at Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK, Strawberry Hill with Charlotte Bumgarner, Maddie Razook, and Rachel Cion]
Daniel Gum – “The Wolverine (ft. Rachel Cion)” from: The Wolverine (ft. Rachel Cion) – Single / Manor Records / September 10, 2021 [Daniel Gum is a singer-songwriter based out of Kansas City, KS who has been active since 2017—releasing a messy, electronic pop EP, I’M NOT DEAD in 2017 and an acoustic EP, MOON in 2018. In addition to working on his own solo project, Daniel has been working with other local groups—playing bass and engineering for his band Pillow (a post-punk/shoegaze group) and playing drums behind singer-songwriter Chloe Jacobson, also doing some recording for her. Channeling the likes of Elliott Smith & Andy Shauf, he co-produced his new record THIRTEEN with Mike Crawford, playing almost everything you hear on the album and mixing it himself. Signing to Manor Records in the spring of 2020, he officially released THIRTEEN on cassette & CD on October 30, 2020. All songs written, performed, and.mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Daniel Gum is a 24 year old singer-songwriter . Since the age of 12, he has spent the majority of his time writing and recording songs by himself in his room. The Moon EP was released December 7, 2019. It was engineered by Mike Crawford and Daniel Gum and mixed by Daniel Gum with piano and accordion by Cole Crawford. Daniel Gun released his EPI’M NOT DEAD on October 25, 2017, and his 10-song album Reorient on July 31, 2015, with all songs written, recorded and mixed by Daniel Gum who also performed all vocals guitars, drums, piano, bass. harmonica, and programming. The first single from Daniel Gum’s album, Thirteen “Ruin Your Life” was released on September 4, The second single, “In The Worst Ways” was released September 28, 2020. ] [On our July 22, 2020, WMM show we played Daniel Gum’s track, “Tired Saint” from French Exit Records – Black Lives Matter Compilation, released July 6, 2020. French Exit Records was launched two years ago as an independent music label in KCMO, founded by Brad Girard. French Exit Records has released albums for No Magic and Raymond,. BLM Compilation is 22 acts from the area, with all proceeds donated to One Struggle KC’s Liberation Fund, a Black-led coalition of KC activists seeking to connect the struggles of oppressed communities, locally & globally. Daniel Gum joined us on WMM on November 11, 2020.]
[Daniel Gum plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend Two, Saturday May 28 at 5:00 PM, at The Mocking Bird Lounge, 204 Orchard St., KCK, Strawberry Hill with Lava Dreams and Forrest Porridge]
11:49 – Underwriting
We’re talking with Shaun Crowley about Manor Fest 4, a local music festival that consists of two weekends, one in Lawrence & one in Kansas City featuring 54 bands across 16 stages. The Festival now functions as a fundraiser event to help us raise funds for Manor Records mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
We just played from bands playing Weekend Two – on Saturday, May 28
Manor Fest 4 includes: Approach, No Magic, Cuee, Eggs on Mars, DoubleDrag, Midwestern, Dunes Day, Rue, Mr. Golden Sun, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, CS Luxem, Bummer, Pale Tongue, Flooding, Ebony Tusks, R.I.Peter, The Cavves, Varsity Plates, Dylan Pyles, Oxford Remedy, Jacob E.chord, Fullbloods, Khrystal., Mason Blaze, Brat Pitt, Scabb, Blanky, Jass, Supermotto, Faith Haddock, Bream, The Creepy Jingles, Friendly Thieves, Mae C, Dreamgirl, Paris Williams, Kat King, The Black Creatures, Catty Cline, Miki P & The Swallowtails, Sam Wells, Drugs & Attics, The Sluts, Fritz Hutchison, Face Face, True Lions, Orlando Gillig, Daniel Gum, Lava Dreams, Forrest Porridge, Chloe Jacobson, Charlotte Bumgarner, Maddie Razook, and Rachel Cion.
Fritz Hutchison – “Ladder Shake (Feat. Bodacious Thang)” from: “Ladder Shake (Feat. Bodacious Thang)”- Single / Manor Records / February 25, 2022 [Recently signed by Manor Records Multi-instrumentalist Fritz Hutchison was born May 27, 1991. His second solo album, MOVIE NIGHT will be is released on April.15, 2022 through Manor Records. A life-long resident of KC Since 2008 he’s been part of multiple bands playing drums with: She’s a Keeper, Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and Grand Marquis. As a guitarist he has played along side True Lions, J Ashley Miller, Lauren Krum, Miki P, Calvin Arsenia. A decade of lending an ear and a hand to other musicians Fritz Hutchison released his debut solo album Wide Wild Acres on Center Cut Records on March 27, 2020. Written & performed by Fritz Hutchison. Produced by Fritz Hutchison & Joel Nanos. Recorded & mixed in KC by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studio. Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago. Fritz was our guest on WMM on March 25, 2020 and April 6, 2022]
[Fritz Hutchison plays Manor Fest 4, Weekend Two, on Saturday May 28, at 7:00 PM, at Manor Records, 401 N. 6th Street, in KCK, Strawberry Hill with Face Face, True Lions, and Orlando Gillig]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, May 18 we will feature music from artists participating in Folk Alliance International Conference, May 18 through May 21 http://www.fai.org. At 10:30 Julia Othmer join us. At 11:00 Nilko Andreas Concert Guitarist will play LIVE in our 90.1 FM KKFI Studios. At 11:30 Mikal Shapiro joins us to talk about Kansas City Folk Fest Sunday, May 22.
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
Wednesday MidDay Medley 