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

More New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch of Middle of The Map Fest 2017
+ Sondra Freeman and MidCoast Takeover 2017

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal releases from: Not A Planet, Shy Boys, Karma Vision, The Invisible World, Emmaline Twist, Modern Friend, Valley Hush, A La Mode, Los Campesinos!, Jens Lekman, Sylvan Esso, The Shins, Allah-Las, Strand of Oaks, Desaparecidos, and 9 songs from artists playing the 2017 Middle of The Map Fest.

At 10:15 Mark talks with Chris Haghirian and Nathan Reusch, co-founders and organizers of Middle of the Map Fest 2017, a production of Ink Magazine and The Record Machine, Thursday, May 4 through Saturday, May 6, featuring over 100 National and MidCoastal bands, at 11 venues in Westport, Midtown, and Crossroads venues. More info at http://www.middleofthemapfest.com

At 11:15, Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation returns to share news about the 8th Annual MidCoast Takeover, happening Wednesday, March 15 through Sunday, March 19, at the Shangri La, 1016 E 6th Street, in Austin, Texas, featuring over 85 musical acts from the Kansas City area, and beyond. This event began in 2010, as a Kansas City focused showcase of area musicians and music lovers gathering at the nation’s largest music festival in Austin, Texas. The showcase has grown into a four-day, two-stage event. The Midwest Music Foundation produces this annual endeavor, to shine a light on MidCoastal bands during one of the largest music and cultural arts festivals in the world.

The final MidCoast Takeover 2017 Fundraiser is Saturday, March 11, 8:00 pm, at The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, MO, featuring Not A Planet, Emmaline Twist, Jake Wells, and The Invisible World. $10.00 admission. MidCoast Takeover is funded through these fundraiser shows, and sponsors, separate from other support programs & services. For info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

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Show #672

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

More New & MidCoastal Releases
+ David George + Jade Osborne

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980 [WMM’s theme song]
2. Jefferson Airplane – “White Rabbit”
from: Surrealistic Pillow / RCA – Victor / February, 1967
[Marty Balin on vocals, guitar, album design, Jack Casady on bass guitar, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar, Spencer Dryden on drums, percussion, Paul Kantner on rhythm guitar, vocals, Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals, Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ, recorder. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1965. A pioneer of counterculture-era psychedelic rock, the group was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve international mainstream success. They performed at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969) —as well as headlining the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968). Their 1967 record Surrealistic Pillow is regarded as one of the key recordings of the “Summer of Love”. Two hits from that album, “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit”, are listed in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.]

3. CocoRosie – “Smoke ‘Em Out (feat. ANOHNI)
from: Smoke ‘Em Out (feat. ANOHNI) – Single / CocoRosie / January 17, 2017
[Coco Rosie are Bianca & Sierra Casady. They released this single with this statement, “We share a new song to inspire the weary-disappointed hearts of so many crest-fallen citizens. We just started working on a new album, but “Smoke ‘em Out” begged to be turned loose on the world now, as a means of participation during these turbulent yet invigorating times. Joined on guest vocals by our fellow Future Feminist ANOHNI, “Smoke ‘em Out” welcomes the new character who will be occupying the White House with a mob of women and children armed with forks and knives. In the wake of this un-natural disaster, we feel a call to rise, shout, and burn the house down…“the future is female” and a very necessary force to be reckoned with.”]

4. Elbow – “Magnificent (She Says)”
from: Little Fictions / Polydor – Concord / February 3, 2017
[Seventh studio album from the English rock band Elbow, consisting of Guy Garvey on vocals, guitar; Craig Potter on keyboard, piano, backing vocals; Mark Potter (on guitar & backing vocals; and Pete Turner on bass guitar & backing vocals. They have played together since 1990, adopting the Elbow band name in 1997.]

10:15 – Underwriting

5. Middle Kids – “Edge of Town”
from: Middle Kids [EP] / MK Recordings / February 17, 2017
[Sydney, Australia based three piece band with lead singer Hannah Joy on vocals, Tim Fitz on guitar, and Harry Day on Drums.]

[Middle Kids play The Tank Room, tonight, March 1, with Whales and Mobley.]

6. The Ovaries-eez – “Dream Song”
from: Moon Birth / Whatever Forever / January 6, 2017
[Lawrence Kansas, based vocal trio. The Ovaries-eez debut full length was recorded & mastered by John Griffin at Sound + Vision Studio at Lawrence Public Library and released on Whatever Forever. Guitar and vocals by Monica George and Johni Lacore and Amber Hansen on vocals. The band starts a mini tour tomorrow that includes Lawrence, Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis]

[The Ovaries-eez play an Album Release Show at Decade Cafe, in Lawrence, on Friday, February 3, with CS Luxem and Bonzo Madrid]

[The Ovaries-eez play an Album Release Show at Mills Record Company, on Saturday, February 4, with Teri Quinn and Jake Wells]

7. David George & A Crooked Mile – “Shine”
from: Radiant Man / UniGlobe Records / August 22, 2015
[David George – Vocals & Guitar, John Johnson – Guitar & Vocals, Ben Byard – Bass & Vocals, Christine Gross – Cello & Vocals, Giuliano Mingucci – Drums & Vocals. Shine was the 1st single from the upcoming full length album “Radiant Man”. In the last year and a half, David George has toured with John Fogerty, playing The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, The View; he met Paul McCartney. David also performed a solo acoustic set in front of nearly 9,000 people at Starlight Theatre opening for Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent. In his career, David George has played in the bands Moaning Lisa and Culture Killers. After a move to the West Coast, in 2010 he released his solo album, Love/Life, a collection of 12 songs recorded in Burbank, California. A family emergency brought David back to KC, from LA where he continued his solo work and released an EP, several singles, and appeared in The Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of the new musical “Stillwater.”]

10:30 – Interview with David George

David George

David George has toured with John Fogerty, playing The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, The View; he met Paul McCartney. David also performed a solo acoustic set in front of nearly 9,000 people at Starlight Theatre opening for Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent. In his career, David George has played in the bands Moaning Lisa and Culture Killers. After a move to the West Coast, in 2010 he released his solo album, Love/Life, a collection of 12 songs recorded in Burbank, California. A family emergency brought David back to KC, from LA where he continued his solo work and released an EP, several singles, and appeared in The Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of the new musical “Stillwater.” with his band A Crooked Mile, David released his latest full length album Radiant Man nationally, had his song “Hey, Hey Kansas City” selected as the track the Kansas City Chiefs play in the stadium when a Chiefs touchdown is scored. David George is working on a new single recording at Weights & Measures Soundlab, tomorrow night.

David George thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Last year David George also got married to Dr. Ann Wozniak.

Last weekend David played the recordBar for the MidCoast Takeover benefit with Erik Voeks in his backing band, The Vague Lakes.

Thursday, March 2nd David is getting a group of musician friends together to record a sort of, “Give Peace A Chance” type song live, to donate ALL proceeds to benefit the ACLU. Space is limited. Gathering will start around 6:00 pm and will start around 7 pm and shouldn’t go past 10 pm. #CantFightLove

The new single he is recording called, ”Can’t Fight Love”.

Recording at Weights & Measures Soundlab, 1819 Central, KCMO, on Thursday, March 2, from 6-10 with producer and engineer, Duane Trower.

Matthew Dunehoo will be documenting the session.

For more information: http://www.davidgeorge.bandcamp.com

10:45

8. Of Tree – “Feel It”
from: Sorry We’re Chosen [EP] / Of Tree / [Expected Spring, 2017]
[Of Tree is vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Parks and violinist Laurel Morgan who write folk music with a pop edge provided by the technology of looping and sampling. Parks’ deep vocals coupled with Morgan’s sensitive vocals, fiddle playing and dynamic layered strings take the listener deep into themselves and to, perhaps, places once forgotten. Of Tree began in 2009 and has taken many forms as it has evolved over time, including a full 5 piece folk band and, at one time, a classical trio backing Parks’ voice and guitar.]

[Of Tree plays Prospero’s Books on West 39th Street, Saturday, March 4 with The Sexy Accident.]

9. Modern Friend – “Worse”
from: Worse – Single / Modern Friend / May 4, 2016
[Modern Friend is an Alt/Pop Kansas City based band formed by Dan Morris and Simon Huntley.]

[Modern Friend play recordBar at 1520 Grand on March 10, for the Sound Machine Series, with Erica Joy, Valley Hush, and Dylan Guthrie and the Good Time Guys.]

10. The Dear Misses – “Let Go”
from: Just Let Go / The Dear Misses / February 28, 2017
[This is The Dear Misses first full length album. “Just Let Go” was written over the course of 4 years. TDM started as a side project for lead singer Todd Anderson and Guitarist Cody Stapleton and caught full sail upon the addition of Drummer Bret Collins in 2014 and Bassist Shane Berggren in Late 2015. This Lawrence Kansas based 4-piece band made up of: Todd Anderson on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, Cody Stapleton on lead guitar & backing vocals, Bret Collins on drums, and Shane Berggren on bass. The band is currently in the studio recording songs for their upcoming release. More info at: http://www.reverbnation.com/thedearmisses%5D

[The Dear Misses play Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club at 3402 Main St, KCMO, Thursday, March 2, at 8:00 PM for Rockin At Davey’s Uptown with Late Night Calvalry, and Never Let This Go.]

11. Bobby Sauder – “If Only In My Dreams”
from: Dark Empire Fairgrounds / Whatever Forever / February 24, 2017
[Debut solo release from Bobby Sauder of the Lawrence Kansas based band Karma Vision and cofounder of Whatever Forever Records. After the birth of his first child, Sauder found hiself putting on a lot of folk and country records to help keep the volume down around the house. The influence of musicians like Townes Van Zant, Emmylou Harris, and The Band influenced his songwriting. All the songs were writtenon a guitar that only had 5 strings. Music and lyrics by Bobby Sauder (except “Josie Darner” written by Carey Scott and “Will You Bury Me?” written by Jamie Lacore). Produced by Bobby Sauder and Ross Williams. Engineered by Ross Williams. Mixed by Ross Williams and Bobby Sauder. Mastered by Brian Miller. Drums on tracks 1,3,5,6 played by Mark Osman Organ on track 7 played by Ben Sauder. Lyrics Collaborator on tracks 3 and 4 is Carey Scott. Track 2 co-engineered by Brad Girard. Recorded in Lawrence, Kansas[

[Karma Vision plays Replay in Lawrence, Kansas on Sun, Mar 12 with Toughies, and Mountain Song.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. Lee Fields and The Expressions – “Just Can’t Win”
from: Emma Jean / Truth & Soul Records / June 2, 2014
[Since the late sixties, the North Carolina native Lee Fields has amassed a prolific catalog of albums and has toured and played with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip- Huggers, O.V Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. With a career spanning 43 years, releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet- tender voice, itʼs mind-blowing that the music heʼs making today with Brooklynʼs own Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career.]

[Lee Fields and The Expressions play recordBar, 1520 Grand, Friday March 3, with Hi-Lux]

13. Aimee Mann – “Patient Zero”
from: Mental Illness / Aimee Mann – SuperEgo Records / March 31, 2017
[9th solo studio release from Aimee Mann who was born September 8, 1960 and is a rock singer, singer-songwriter, bassist & guitarist. She was the bassist and a vocalist for the band ‘Til Tuesday during the 1980s and since then has primarily performed as a solo musician. She is married to Michael Penn. In 1999, Mann recorded original material for the soundtrack to the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia, which earned both Academy Award and Grammy Award nominations for the song “Save Me”. She negotiated a contract release from David Geffen and founded her own label, SuperEgo Records.]

14. Ruddy Swain – “Dark Moon”
from: Ruddy Swain [EP] / Independent / November 13, 2011
[Ruddy Swain is David Regnier of Dead Voices and Lauren Krum of The Grisly Hand.]

[Ruddy Swain plays The Westport Saloon TONIGHT, March 1.]

11:11 – Underwriting

11:13 – Echoes of Folk Alliance

15. Las Cafeteras – “If I Was President”
from: If I Was President – Single / Las Cafeteas / February 20, 2017
[Las Cafeteras is a Chicano band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music fuses spoken word, folk music, with traditional Son Jarocho, Afro-Mexican music and zapateado dancing. The band started out as students of the Eastside Café, a community space in El Sereno, Los Angeles, where they took Son Jarocho classes. Influenced by music from Veracruz, Mexico and eager to teach others about it, they started formally playing in 2005. Since forming, they have shared the stage with artists such as, Caifanes, Lila Downs, Juanes, Ozomatli, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Their namesake derives from the organization where they took classes. To honor women, they feminized their group name by naming themselves Las Cafeteras, rather than Los Cafeteros. Las Cafeteras’ songs have themes and references that range from the Civil Rights Movement, United Farm Workers, DREAM Act, immigration reform to female homicides in Ciudad Juárez. Their song, “La Bamba Rebelde”, a remake of The traditional Mexican song from the state of Veracruz “La Bamba”, denotes their Chicano pride. They say that they construct their music as a tool for creating positive change and inspiring others to do so. Band Members include: Daniel French on vocals, jarana, MC; David Flores on requinto jarocho; Denise Carlos on vocals, jarana, zapateado, glockenspiel; Jose Cano on cajón, Native American flute, harmonica; Hector Flores on vocals, zapateado; Leah Gallegos on vocals, quijada, zapateado.]

16. Making Movies – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
from: Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Single / United Interests / November 4, 2016
[Making Movies are a Kansas City based 4-piece band and made up of two sets of brothers: Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and Andres Chaurand on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and Kansas City, Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico.]

17. Ramy Essam – “Ya Askary”
from: “Ya Askary” – Single / Ramy Essam / 2016
[Ramy Essam was born in 1987, in Mansoura, Egypt. He is an Egyptian musician, best known for his appearances in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. His song Irhal, in which then Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was urged to resign, gained great popularity among the demonstrators. It became internationally known through YouTube, and is referred to as the anthem of the revolution. In 2011, it was selected by Time Out as the third-most world-changing song of all time. He currently sings hard rock songs, one of the few singers in Egypt to sing rock. Ramy also expressed his mourning of the revolution’s martyrs on Facebook. On 9 March 2011, when the Egyptian Army forcibly cleared the square, he was arrested and tortured. In October 2014, Essam was offered safe city residence for two years by the Malmö Municipality of Sweden. He is the first musician who has been offered this by Malmö but two writers have been offered it before. In addition to the residence permit, he also gets accommodation. He describes his situation as an artist in Egypt as “terrible” and is happy he can come to Sweden to study. Essam says it will be the first time he has the chance to study music, that he will keep make music and be an ambassador of the Egyptian revolution. Essam was featured on the 2014 compilation Songs from a Stolen Spring that paired Western musicians with artists from the Arab Spring. On the album, Essam’s “Bread, Freedom” was meshed with Mighty Sam McClain’s performance of “If I Can Dream”. He received the 2017 Spirt of Folk Award from Folk Alliance.]

18. Celia Cruz & Tito Puente – “Salsa De Tomate”
from: Alma Con Alma: The Heart & Soul of Celia Cruz & Tito Puente / Codigo / Nov 6, 2015
[Celia (La Negra) Cruz (Oct 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003), was a Cuban singer of Latin music. She was known for electrifying audiences with her wide-ranging, soulful voice and rhythmically compelling style. She was the most popular Latin artist of the 20th century, she earned twenty-three gold albums and was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. She was renowned internationally as the “Queen of Salsa”, “La Guarachera de Cuba”, as well as The Queen of Latin Music. She spent much of her career working in the United States and several Latin American countries. Leila Cobo of Billboard Magazine once said “Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban and Latin music”. She was an ambassador for the variety and vitality of the music of her native Havana, after the Cuban revolution she became a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban American exiles. Ernesto Antonio “Tito” Puente (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, living in New York City’s Spanish Harlem community, Puente is often credited as “The Musical Pope”, “El Rey de los Timbales” (The King of the Timbales) and “The King of Latin Music”. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50-year career. He and his music appear in many films such as The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba’s Calle 54.]

11:30 – Interview with Jade Osborne

Jade Osborne is a founding member of Voler Thieves of Flight. She is a dancer, a poet, an artist, an educator, a performance artist, and a traveler of the world. She has produced multiple shows for Kansas City Fringe Festival, and has collaborated with area musical and performance groups. Jade joins us today on the eve of her trip to Cuba, to work with the Cuban Circus, as well as volunteering with youth and educational communities in and around Havana. With collaborator Rachel McMeachin, Jade will be working with under-served populations and donating needed art supplies and equipment.

Jade Osborne, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Jade will begin her 18 days in Cuba with members of Voler Thieves of Flight, training the aerialists with Cuban Circus.

In the second half of her visit, teachers for kansas City Missouri schools will join her to do work volunteering with youth and educational communities in and around Havana.

More information at: http://www.thievesofflight.com

11:45

19. Jake Wells – “Circle of Life”
from: “Circle of Life” – Single / Beach Boy Music / February 21, 2017
[Kansas City based indie folk singer songwriter. Jake Wells was born in Florida grew up in Colorado. Jake studied Music Composition at University of Northern Colorado. “Jake’s sound evokes an emotionality and maturity much deeper than his age of 21 would imply.” He was named one of Spotify’s top 20. He has performed on stages since he was a teenager. His single releases are currently gaining radio play in the Midwest on several FM stations.]

[Jake Wells plays The Ovaries-eez Album Release Show at Mills Record Company, on Saturday, February 4, with The Ovaries-eez and Teri Quinn.]

[Jake Wells plays The MidCoast Takeover Fundraiser #4, Saturday, March 11, at The Brick, with Not A Planet, Emmaline Twist, and The Invisible World.]

20. Jonathan Richman – “Velvet Underground”
from: I, Jonathan / Rounder / October 6, 1992
[Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic, backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, is influenced by music from around the world. Born in Natick, Massachusetts, into a Jewish family,[4] Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s. He became infatuated with the Velvet Underground, and in 1969 he moved to New York City, lived on the couch of their manager, Steve Sesnick, worked odd jobs and tried to break in as a professional musician. Failing at this, he returned to Boston.]

[Jonathan Richman plays the recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd. Saturday, March 4]

11:57 – In Honor of Moonlight winning the Academy Award for Best Movie

21. Barbara Lewis – “Hello Stranger”
from: Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Independent / October 21, 2016
[Originally released as a single in March 1973. Barbara Lewis (born February 9, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues. Lewis was born in Salem (Salem Township is a general law township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located northeast of Ann Arbor). She was writing and recording by her teens with record producer Ollie McLaughlin, a black DJ at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM. Lewis’ first single release in 1962, the uptempo “My Heart Went Do Dat Da,” did not chart nationally, but was a local hit in the Detroit, Michigan area. She wrote all of the songs on her debut LP, including the hit “Hello Stranger” which reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and featured extensive use of the Hammond organ. Lewis had moderate follow-up hits with “Straighten Up Your Heart” (#43) and her original “Puppy Love” (#38) before Bert Berns produced her million-seller “Baby I’m Yours” (U.S. #11), written by Van McCoy. Berns also produced the followup “Make Me Your Baby” (U.S. #11) which had originally been recorded by the Pixies Three, and Lewis’ final Top 40 hit “Make Me Belong to You” (#28 in 1966), written by Chip Taylor and Billy Vera. At the end of the decade, she released a grittier-sounding album on Stax Records. Over the next decade, a number of other artists had success with Lewis’ songs. Her own composition “Hello Stranger” — which had been remade in 1966 by the Capitols — was a regional hit in 1973 as remade by Fire & Rain and in 1977 Yvonne Elliman’s version reached the US Top 20 and the UK Singles Chart Top 30: Elliman’s version also topped the US Easy Listening chart for four weeks. In 1985 Carrie Lucas’ remake of “Hello Stranger” was a Top 20 R&B hit and in 2004 Queen Latifah remade “Hello Stranger” for her The Dana Owens Album. “Baby I’m Yours” charted in versions by country singer Jody Miller and Debby Boone (the B-side of her single “God Knows”). In Canada, Suzanne Stevens had a hit in 1975 with a disco version of “Make Me Your Baby”. Cover versions of her songs continue into the new millennium with the Arctic Monkeys including a version of “Baby I’m Yours” as a B-side to their 2006 single “Leave Before the Lights Come On”. In 1995, Lewis’ “Baby I’m Yours” was featured on the soundtrack for the film The Bridges of Madison County, and in 2016 “Hello Stranger” was featured on the soundtrack for the film Moonlight. She received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999.]

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

Next week on March 8, Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation joins us to talk about MidCoast Takeover 2017, we’ll also play more New and MidCoastal Releases.

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

Show #671

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

Spinning Records With Marion Merritt
+ Members of the band Momma’s Boy

Marion Merritt joined us as our special “Guest Producer.” For 13 years Marion has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her encyclopedic brain with our Wednesday MidDay Medley listeners. Marion is the creator of Records With Merritt, a small, independent, minority owned business, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. Keeping alive the tradition of female-owned, independent record stores on Westport Road. Our area independent record stores make available Midcoastal releases from independent KC music artists and labels, while also hosting multiple weekly in-store shows featuring area and touring bands.

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Dimitri From Paris – “Prologue”
from: Sacrebleu / Atlantic / 2001

3. Stevie Wonder – “Heaven Help Us All”
from: Signed Sealed and Delivered / Motown / 1970

4. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – “Cocaine Cat”
from: I Declare Nothing / A Records / 2005

5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Melody’s Actual Echo Chamber”
from: Open Minds Now Close – Single / A Records / 2017

6. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – “Fact 67”
from: Don’t Get Lost / A Records / 2017

10:27 – Underwriting

7. Weyes Blood – “Diary”
from: Front Row Seat to Earth / Mexican Summer /2016

8. Ariel Pink & Weyes Blood – “Morning After”
from: Myths 002 – EP / Mexican Summer / 2007

9. Saint Etienne – “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
from: Foxbase Alpha / Warner / 1999 – Reisssued on Heavenly 2017

10. Champion Jack Dupree – “Strollin'”
from: Blues from the Gutter / Atco / 1958 – Reissued on Vinyl Lovers 2017

11. Champion Jack Dupree – “T.B. Blues”
from: Blues from the Gutter / Atco / 1958 – Reissued on Vinyl Lovers 2017

10:56 – Station ID

12. Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop – “The Lamb You Lost”
from: Love Letter for Fire / Sub Pop / 2016

13. Jesca Hoop – “Memories Are Now”
from: Memories Are Now / Sub Pop / 2017

14. Fuzz – “Silent Sits The Dust Bowl”
from: II / In The Red Records / 2015

15. Meatbodies – “Alice”
from: Alice / In The Red Records / 2017

16. Radical Face – “Secrets (Cellar Door)”
from: The Family Tree: The Leaves / Nettwerk / 2016

17. Gregory Alan Isakov – “Amsterdam”
from: The Weatherman / Suitcase Town Music / 2013

11:30

18. Momma’s Boy – “Make Believe”
from: Liquid Courage / Independent / February 25, 2017

11:40 – Interview with Momma’s Boy

Quinn Hernandez and Shaun Crowley of Momma’s Boy on the Feb. 22, 2017 Wednesday MidDay Medley

Momma’s Boy, is an Indie Surf Pop 4-piece band from Kansas City, Missouri, formed in December 2015, and made up of former members of Rev Gusto.

Momma’s Boy are: Peter Beatty on guitar & vocals, Shaun Crowley on guitar & vocals, Quinn Hernandez on drums, and the newest member, Jared Bajkowski on bass.

Momma’s Boy are set to release their debut EP, “Liquid Courage” with an EP Release Show, Thursday, February 23, at 10:00 PM at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas, with Dreamgirl and Shortsweather.

Momma’s Boy also play a “Liquid Courage” EP Release Show, Saturday, February 25, at 7:00 PM at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, KCMO, with Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, and Scruffy & the Janitors.

Joining us live in our 90.1 FM Studios are members of the band: Shaun Crowley and Quinn Hernandez.

All songs on Liquid Courage were written by Momma’s Boy. Liquid Courage was recorded, produced and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios with the exception of “Sleeping’” which was recorded and produced by Justin Mantooth at Westend Recording. Bass guitar on “Cool Heat” and “Sweet Girl” was by Anthony Hernandez.

More information at http://www.mammasboy.co

11:47

19. Momma’s Boy – “Sweet Girl”
from: Liquid Courage / Independent / February 25, 2017

20. Momma’s Boy – “Be Good Boy”
from: Liquid Courage / Independent / February 25, 2017

[Momma’s Boy are set to release their debut EP, “Liquid Courage” with an EP Release Show, Thursday, February 23, at 10:00 PM at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas, with Dreamgirl and Shortsweather.]

[Momma’s Boy also play a “Liquid Courage” EP Release Show, Saturday, February 25, at 7:00 PM at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, KCMO, with Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, and Scruffy & the Janitors.]

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

Next week on March 1 we play more New & MidCoastal Releases plus we welcome several special guests.

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

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Show #670

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

Music from Folk Alliance International
Calvin Arsenia + The Jellyman’s Daughter
+ John Craigie – Megan Slankard

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays music from the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International. Today we feature music from artists participating in the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, in Kansas City at the Westin Crown Center, starting today and going throughout the weekend ending with The Kansas City Folk Fest on Sunday, February 19. More information at http://www.folk.org.

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Ani DiFranco – “Play God”
from: Play God – Single / Righteous Babe / October 7, 2016
[“Play God” is the first single and one of only three confirmed songs on the including “Deferred Gratification”, and “Binary” to be part of DiFranco’s twentieth studio album that will be released in May 2017. Ani DiFranco was born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23, 1970. She is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter and businesswoman. She has released more than 20 albums and is a feminist icon. Although DiFranco’s music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock she has added punk, funk, hip hop and jazz influences. DiFranco created her own record label, Righteous Babe, giving her significant creative freedom. DiFranco supports many social and political movements by performing benefit concerts, appearing on benefit albums and speaking at rallies. Through the Righteous Babe Foundation DiFranco has backed grassroots cultural and political organizations supporting causes including abortion rights to gay visibility. She counts famed American folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger among her mentors.]

[Ani DiFranco will attend Folk Alliance International’s 2017 conference to deliver a special presentation on Friday, February 17 at noon, in Century C, at Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.]

10:07

We have one exception to our Folk Alliance International themed show today, and that is our next song from, Nick Carswell & Katlyn Conroy.

Nick Carswell is in the bands: Carswell and Hope, and Pink Royal. Katlyn Conroy is the genius behind La Guerre, one of our most played and favorite musical entities of the Lawrence – Kansas City music scene. Last year in November, Katlyn and Nick and friends were part of a musical tribute to Damien Rice, called And So It Is… which included a performance of the 2002 album”O” in it’s entirety. This was a benefit for the Kansas City Irish Center at Drexel Hall. Nick shared this track with us to play today.

Nick Carswell & Katlyn Conroy, play the 10th Anniversary of the Kansas City Love Hangover 2017, Wednesday, February 15, at 6:00 pm, at Holy Cow Market and Music, with Venus Van Horn & Troy Van Horn, Foxlin, and Under The Big Oak Tree.

10:08

3. Nick Carswell & Katlyn Conroy – “The Blower’s Daughter”
from: And So It Is / Silly Goose Records / November 18, 2016
[Nick Carswell on guitar & vocals, Katlyn Controy on piano & vocals, and Anna Cook on cello. Recorded and mixed by Jason Slote. And So It Is… was a musical tribute to Damien Rice, which included a performance of the 2002 album “O” in it’s entirety. This was a benefit for the Kansas City Irish Center at Drexel Hall. Nick shared this track with us to play today.]

10:12 – Underwriting

4. Calvin Arsenia – “Experience”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017

10:17 – Interview with Calvin Arsenia and The Jellyman’s Daughter

Calvin Arsenia’s brand new, debut full-length album, Catastrophe, was just released yesterday. Calvin Arsenia has released five EPs, and has played Folk Alliance International for the last two years, the Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Quixotic, The Kansas City Public Library, and The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts. Calvin Arsenia plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Tonight, at 9:00 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Benton’s 20th Floor.

Calvin Arsenia, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

The Jellyman’s Daughter, are from Edinburgh, Scotland. Graham Coe on cello & vocals, and Emily Kelly on vocals, mandolin, & guitar join us to play LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. The Jellyman’s Daughter released their critically acclaimed debut full length on September 24, 2014. Since then they’ve toured Germany, The Netherlands, and Denmark and played last year’s Folk Alliance International Conference. The duo toured Canada last September, while also working on new songs for their second album they will be releasing this year. The Jellyman’s Daughter are in Kansas City to play an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 8:30 pm, at Westin Crown Center in the Brookside Room.

Graham Coe and Emily Kelly, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

10:22

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Dying”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017

Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordbar last November. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016.

10:31

Calvin Arsenia plays live on Feb. 15, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley

6. Calvin Arsenia – ” Smoke and Mirrors” (Live) 

[Calvin Arsenia plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Tonight, at 9:00 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Benton’s 20th Floor. More information at: http://www.calvinarsenia.com]

10:35

Calvin Arsenia recorded his February 3, 2015, EP Release Prose over the course of three live sessions at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Produced by Graham Coe of The Jellymans’s Daughter. Engineered by David O’Leary. Music and Lyrics: Calvin Arsenia, with Fiona Reid & Liselot Van Oosterom on Vocals, Graham Coe on Cello, Mark Smith on Percussion, Lyle Watt on Guitar Calvin Arsenia on Vocals & Guitar & Piano.

Graham Coe & Emily Kelly, of The Jellyman’s Daughter joined by Paul Gilbody on Bass.

The Jellyman’s Daughter play an Official Showcase at Folk Alliance International Conference, Thur, Feb 16, at 8:30 pm, at Westin Crown Center in the Brookside Room.

from their bio at http://www.thejellymansdaughter.com

Emily and Graham strive for originality in their songwriting, incorporating cello, guitar and mandolin in their songs. The duo share a unique affinity in their vocal harmonies, while Graham’s cello is “percussive as a drum, grounded as a bass or sweet as a fiddle” (Alan Morrison, The Herald)

After meeting in the inspiring setting of Edinburgh, Emily & Graham found a love for playing music with each other, staying up into the wee hours making home recordings.

Busking in the streets of their home city during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, they created quite an impact when they made their debut at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival. When in-demand playing partners Emily Kelly and Graham Coe released their full-length album, it won a huge amount of radio exposure, and reviewers unanimously agreed that something totally appealing had come on to the scene. The Sunday Herald (Scotland) made it one of their Top Albums of The Year while Maverick magazine described them as “fascinating” and said they demonstrated “originality by the bucket-load”. “Heartily recommended” by Folking.com, Acoustic magazine told readers they “kick up a heck of a storm,” while The Daily Express called the duo “a match made in heaven”.

The Jellyman’s Daughter at FAI

Wed, Feb. 15

11:00 – 11:30 #638 (w/The Bean Project)
1:00 – 1:20 AM #539

Thurs, Feb. 16

8:30 – 9:00 pm Official Showcase

Fri, Feb. 17

1:25-1:45 #539

Sat. Feb. 18

3:00 – 3:30 #638
1:00 – 1:25 #709

10:40

Emily Kelly, Paul Gilbody, and Graham Coe of The Jellyman’s Daughter pn the Feb 15, 2017 Wednesday MidDay Medley

7. The Jellyman’s Daughter – “Giving Up” (Live)
[Edinburgh, Scotland based duo of Graham Coe on cello & vocals; and Emily Kelly on guitar & vocals. With Paul Gilbody on bass]

10:44 – Underwriting

10:46

from their bio at http://www.thejellymansdaughter.com

The Jellyman’s Daughter started 2015 as they meant to go on, winning even more praise following bigger­-exposure live performances, including a nomination for Best Acoustic Act in the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, and spreading their wings much further afield, spending a month gigging around Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark. After a successful appearance at Folk Alliance International in Kansas City early in the year, Emily and Graham spent 2016 gigging extensively, including a tour of Canada in September, while working away at new songs for their second album. In 2017 they are focusing on putting the finishing touches on the substance of the second album.

10:49

8. The Jellyman’s Daughter – “White Shadow” (Live)
[Edinburgh, Scotland based duo of Graham Coe on cello & vocals; and Emily Kelly on mandolin & vocals. With Paul Gilbody on bass]

10:57

9. The Jellyman’s Daughter – “The One You’re Leaving”
from: The Jellyman’s Daughter / The Jellyman’s Daughter / September 24, 2014
[The debut full length album from Edinburgh, Scotland based alt.acoustic duo of Graham Coe on cello & vocals; and Emily Kelly on guitar & vocals. Written and arranged by The Jellyman’s Daughter. Mixed by Garry Boyle at The Depot, Edinburgh Mastered by Andrew Mitchell at Audio Bay.]

[The Jellyman’s Daughter are in Kansas City to play an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 8:30 pm, at Westin Crown Center in the Brookside Room. More info at: http://www.thejellymansdaughter.com]

11:00 – Station ID

10. Carrie Elkin – “Albatross”
from: The Penny Collector / Red House Records / Expected: March 10, 2017
[Carrie Elkin was born 1974. She is a folk/country singer and musician based out of Austin, Texas where she lives with fellow musician and singer-songwriter Danny Schmidt, they married in October 2014. Active since the mid-1990s, she has travelled to and settled in a variety of places, including Cleveland, Athens, Taos, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Springs, and Boston, finally coming to settle in Austin in the summer of 2007. In September 2010 she signed with Red House Records.]

[Carrie Elkin plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 6:15 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Pershing East/West. ]

11. Heather Mae – “I Am Enough”
from: I Am Enough [EP] / Heather Mae / June 10, 2016
[An imaginative lyricist with a powerhouse voice, L-Mag calls Heather Mae “the new queer Adele”. Mae breaks ground with her new social justice infused EP, entitled “I AM ENOUGH” (#60 – iTunes Pop Album) by shining light on touchy subjects not often heard in pop music.]

[Heather Mae plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Wednesday, February 15, at 8:15 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Pershing South.]

12. Élage Diouf – “Sankara”
from: Melokáane / Pump Up The World / August 28, 2015
[“My music is for the world to enjoy. It touches the heart, whatever the language. My songs combine many cultures’ warm influences, with good dancing rhythms, sounds that make you want to move and feel great. This is what I want for me, my family, my planet.” -Élage Diouf]

[Élage Diouf plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Friday, February 17, at 7:45 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Liberty.]

13. John Craigie – “Virgin Guitar”
from: No Rain, No Rose / Pump Up The World / January 27, 2017
[John Craigie was born June 15, 1980 in Santa Monica, CA. He is an American singer-songwriter. Hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Craigie has been traveling continuously for most of the past decade through the United States, Canada and Europe. His music and performance style has been compared to Greg Brown, Dan Bern, and Mitch Hedberg, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby, the resulting product would resemble something very close to Portland, OR singer-songwriter John Craigie. Musically comparable to Prine, with the humor and wit of Hedberg, the humble, gracious, and hilarious Craigie is one of the best storytellers of our time.]

11:20 – Underwriting

14. John Craigie – “Live of Less”
from: No Rain, No Rose / Pump Up The World / January 27, 2017
[John Craigie was born June 15, 1980 in Santa Monica, CA. He is an American singer-songwriter. Hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Craigie has been traveling continuously for most of the past decade through the United States, Canada and Europe. His music and performance style has been compared to Greg Brown, Dan Bern, and Mitch Hedberg, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby, the resulting product would resemble something very close to Portland, OR singer-songwriter John Craigie. Musically comparable to Prine, with the humor and wit of Hedberg, the humble, gracious, and hilarious Craigie is one of the best storytellers of our time.]

[John Craigie plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 10:15 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Roanoke.]

15. Calvin Arsenia – “Constellation”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017

[Calvin Arsenia plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Wednesday, February 15, at 9:00 pm, at Westin Crown Cwenter in Benton’s 20th Floor.]

16. Megan Slankard – “Bones Live Forever”
from: Running on Machinery / Independent / May 19, 2015
[Fifth album from San Francisco indie alt-rock musician Megan Slankard. She calls her new release “…a healthy mix of stories about the end of the world, bank robberies, prison escapes, failed relationships, and other adventures.” More info at: http://www.meganslankard.com. Megan Slankard joined us on WMM on February 18, during Folk Alliance International Conference.]

11:34 – Interview with Megan Slankard

San Francisco indie-alt-rocker Megan Slankard, is in Kansas City to play 9 different showcases during the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference. After Folk Alliance, Megan hits the road with Nashville based, singer songwriter and producer, Alex Wong. Alex produced Megan’s 2015 release, Running on Machinery.”

11:40

Megan Slankard

17. Megan Slankard – “New Song / Untitled” (LIVE)

Megan Slankard, is in Kansas City to play 9 different showcases during the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference.

11:44 – Interview with John Craigie & Megan Slankard

John Craigie, grew up in California and is now based in Portland, Oregon. A poetic and prolific songwriter John is currently in the middle of his 20-City Winter Tour. John Craigie is currently in the middle of his 20-City Winter Tour. No Rain, No Rose, is his tenth studio album.

John Craigie, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

John Craigie born June 15, 1980 in Santa Monica, CA, is an American singer-songwriter. Hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Craigie has been traveling continuously for most of the past decade through the United States, Canada and Europe. His music and performance style has been compared to Greg Brown, Dan Bern, and Mitch Hedberg, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie

John Craigie plays an Official Showcase at Folk Alliance International, Thurs, Feb 16, at 10:15 pm, at Westin in Roanoke Room. More info at: http://www.johncraigiemusic.com

San Francisco indie-alt-rocker Megan Slankard, is in Kansas City to play 9 different showcases during the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference. More info at: http://www.meganslankard.com

11:56

18. Robyn Hitchcock– “I Want to tell You About What I Want”
from: Robyn Hitchcock / Yep Roc / April 21, 2017
[Robyn Rowan Hitchcock was born March 3, 1953. He is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After reaching prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock launched a prolific solo career. His musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock’s lyrics tend to include surrealism, comedic elements, characterizations of English eccentrics, and melancholy depictions of everyday life. He was signed to two major American labels (A&M Records, then Warner Bros.) over the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and was the subject of a live performance/documentary film (Storefront Hitchcock) by major motion picture director Jonathan Demme in 1998, but despite this, mainstream success has been limited. He has earned strong critical reviews over a steady stream of album ]

[Robyn Hitchcock plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Friday, February 17, at 8:30 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Benton’s 20th Floor.]

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

Next week on Feb 22, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt returns as Guest Producer. Plus Shaun Crowley joins us with the new single from Momma’s Boy

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

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Show #669

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

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

More information at: http://www.folk.org

Music from Folk Alliance International
Calvin Arsenia + The Jellyman’s Daughter
+ John Craigie

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays music from the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference, in Kansas City at the Westin Crown Center. More information at http://www.folk.org. We’ll play new music from: Ani DiFranco, Carrie Elkin, Élage Diouf, Heather Mae, Robyn Hitchcock, Calvin Arsenia, The Jellyman’s Daughter, John Craigie, and more.

We’ll also play a song from, Nick Carswell & Katlyn Conroy who play the 10th Anniversary of the Kansas City Love Hangover 2017, Wednesday, February 15, at 6:00 pm, at Holy Cow Market and Music, with Venus Van Horn & Troy Van Horn, Foxlin, and Under The Big Oak Tree.

Calvin Arsenia

At 10:15 Mark welcomes Calvin Arsenia to share music from his debut full-length album, Catastrophe, to be released on February 14. Calvin Arsenia has released five EPs, and has played Folk Alliance International for the last two years, the Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Quixotic, The Kansas City Public Library, and The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts. Arsenia’s commanding and poetic vocals fly, while he plays harp, piano, banjo, and guitar. Calvin Arsenia plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Wed, Feb 15, at 9:00 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Benton’s 20th Floor. More information at: http://www.calvinarsenia.com

The Jellyman’s Daughter

Also joining Calvin are his friends, The Jellyman’s Daughter, a duo from Edinburgh, Scotland, with Graham Coe on cello & vocals, and Emily Kelly on vocals, mandolin, & guitar join us to play LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. The duo released their debut full length on September 24, 2014. The Jellyman’s Daughter are in Kansas City to play an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 8:30 pm, at Westin Crown Center in the Brookside Room. More info at: http://www.thejellymansdaughter.com

John Craigie

At 11:15, Mark talks with Portland, Oregon based singer/songwriter, John Craigie, who is in the middle of his 20-City Winter Tour. We’ll hear music from John Craigie’s new album, No Rain, No Rose, released January 27, 2017. John Craigie is in Kansas City to play an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Thursday, February 16, at 10:15 pm, at Westin Crown Center in the Roanoke Room. More info at: http://www.johncraigiemusic.com

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

Show #669

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

“The MidCoast Sound”
Marion Merritt + Nico Gray
+ Sid Sowder of Too Much Rock & Members of Witch Jail
+ Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980 [WMM’s theme song]

2. Love Always – “We Wont Go Back”
from: Battle Hymns / Quasi / January 20, 2017
[Love Always is a side project of Kathy Foster, bassist and founder of the Portland, Oregon, based band, The Thermals. She also performs under the name Butterfly Transformation Service. She is the owner of the T-shirt company Daydream Factory. Battle Hymns is a compilation album created in direct response to the current political situation in the U.S.A – it is a protest record! Released digitally on inauguration day in opposition to the new administration. More information at: http://www.quasiband.com with all proceeds divided equally between Planned Parenthood, The ACLU and 350.org. Battle Hymns features new unreleased music by Doug Martsch, Stephen Malkmus, Cristina Martinez, Jon Spencer, Mickey Finn, Mac McCaughan, Ash Bowie, Carrie Brownstein, Katie Harkin, Sean Croghan, Drew Grow, Mary Timony, Carl Newman, Corin Tucker, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin, Kurt Bloch, Kathy Foster, Rebecca Gates, Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss, with art by Chris Johanson and Johanna Jackson. The collaboration was spearheaded and assembled by Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi (who also serve as the backing band for some songs.) Participants generously donated their music, studios, art and time.]

3. Mary Timony – “Fight The Hate”
from: Battle Hymns / Quasi / January 20, 2017
[Mary B. Timony was born October 17, 1970, and is an American independent singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, and violist. She has been a member of the bands Helium, Autoclave and Wild Flag, and currently fronts the band Ex Hex. Timony’s music is often heavy and dark, frequently using drones, beats, and modal melodies reminiscent of European Medieval music. She uses a number of alternate guitar tunings, most prominent of which is DADGAE, which allows for the execution of melodic passages. WE LOVE HER!]

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 tour when they played One Block West, in 1978. For over twelve years she has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her encyclopedic brain on Wednesday MidDay Medley. Marion has joined us for every on-air fund drive of the past 12 years to help us raise funds for the MidCoast Radio Project. Marion is the creator of Records With Merritt, a small, independent, minority owned business, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. And in the spirit of Anne Winter, a renegade who helped launch KKFI, Marion Merritt is keeping the tradition of, female-owned, independent record stores, alive on Westport Rd. More at: recordswithmerritt.com

Nico Gray has been placing the needle on the record before he was able to
read and turn pages of a book. His musical interests come from a wide variety of influences, and from learning to communicate through the sound of music and the usage of lyrical expression. Rooted in Kansas City, and growing up in front of a radio, he is a former theatre actor, performance artist, writer, and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant, where he serve Union Station. Nico is an avid concert goer, his search for his own “Original Music Soundtrack” to his life has transplanted him to the brownstones of Chicago, the rooftops of Paris, the sea-side of Marseille and the balconies of New York City. Music has served as the ‘passport’ throughout his spiritual journeys.

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 35 years ago, called The MidCoast Radio Project. We’re non-profit, but we still have to pay the electric bill, the rent on our fully accessible production studios and offices, the insurance, and for our small staff. Even though we have hundreds of committed volunteers, who donate thousands of hours every year, producing radio shows, answering phones, creating websites, producing benefits, rewiring the board, setting up our computer system, we still need YOU, our listener, to donate to keep us alive!

The Community Speaks Through our Airwaves and this Program

In the last 12 months Wednesday MidDay Medley has interviewed nearly 200 guests:

Britt Adair, Duncan Burnett, Promise Clutter, Chris Meck, Not Sisters (Jen Appell & Kristina Ning), Teri Quinn, Chase Horseman, Mirina Landry, Victor & Penny (Erin McGrane & Jeff Freling), Judy Mills, Stephonne Singleton, Jamie Searle, Patrick Alexander, Cody Kaul, Riala (Nick Turner, Kalo Hoyle, Morgan Greenwood), Nathan Reusch, Chris Haghirian, Joshua Allen, Steve Rector, Sterling Witt, The Uncouth (CJ Wilson, Todd Rainey, Steve Gardels) Chico Sierra, American Slim (Nathan Jurries, Patrick Newland, Jacob Newland, Mikala Petillo), Nedra Dixon & Andrew Parkhurst, IVØRY BLACK & Keenan Franklin, John Nobles & John Scott, Nate Bowman, Desmond Mason, Perry Holliday, Derick Cunigan, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Jessica Paige, Ron Megee, Jorge Arana Trio (Jorge Arana, Josh Enyart, Jason Nash), Marion Merritt, Sondra Freeman, Rae Fitzgerald, Allison Banks, My Oh My! (A.M. Merker, Stephen Berry, Grant Buell, Melissa Geffert & Stephanie Gaumé),The Matchsellers (Julie Bates & Andrew Morris), Don Simon, Megan Slankard, Kristen Ford, SONiA disappear fear, Betse & Clarke (Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt), Nicholas St. James, The Jellyman’s Daughter (Graham Coe & Emily Kelly), Be/Non (Brodie Rush, John Huff), Brenton Cook, Poet Jen Harris, Pat Fischer, Freebo, Cat Mahari & Hermon Mehari, Mike Alexander of Hipshot Killer, John Rensenhouse, Cody Wyoming & Kimmie Queen, Sara Glass & C Woods, Kianna Alarid of Yes You Are, Michelle Bacon, Doby Watson & Margo May, Wendy Scott, Pink Royal (Dylan James Guthrie, Josh Dorrell, & Alex Hartmann), Bill Sundahl, Calvin Arsenia, Fally Afani, Beth Bryd, Patrick Rippeto, Diane Hightower, Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type (Rachel Mallin, Justin Walker, Austin Edmisten, Jesse Bartmess, & Matt Kosinski), Bill Svoboda, Joelle St. Pierre, Anson The Ornery, The Sexy Accident (Jesse Kates, Jamie Lin), Maggie Henehan, Shaun Crowley, Nico Gray, Ryan Wilkes, JOy Baker, Krystle Warren, Ben Grimes, Ian Michael Flanagan Johnson, AJ Young, The Ovaries-eez (Amber Hansen, Johni Lacore & Monica George), Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi, Adriana Nikole, Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band (Brian James, Preston Ott, Phil Spencer), Rick Malsick, Robert Gibby Brand & Michael Reiser, Katy Guillen & The Girls (Katy Guillen, Claire Adams, & Stephanie Williams), HMPH! (Ryan Lee Toms, Jonathan Thatch, & Dee Mac), Jerad Tomasino, Til Willis, Jody Hendrix, The Philistines (Kimmie Queen, Cody Wyoming, Rod Peal, Michelle Bacon, Josh Mobley & Steve Gardels), Maria Vasquez Boyd, Jenny Mendez, Chato Villalobos, Miguel Morales, Philip blue owl Hooser, Barry Lee, & Whitney Boyd, Simone Briand, Emma Carter, Mackenzie Goodwin, Vigthor Zophoniasson & Lauren Braton, Salar Rajabnick, Tim Finn, Barbara Eubank, Samn Wright, Caitlin Jemma & Bart Budwig, Michael McQuary, Janet Henry, David Wayne Reed, Barclay Martin & Rabbi Moti Rieber, Crystal Clayton, Howard Iceberg, Instant Karma (Cole Bales & Cody Calhoun), Steven Tulipana, Zachary Van Benthusen, Kyle Dahlquist, Jennifer McCartney & Autumn McCartney, Amy Farrand, Vanessa Severo, Krysztof Nemeth, Amy Marcus, Susanna Lee Lucky-Deluxe.

10:15 – Folk Alliance International Conference + KC Folk Festival

4. Nancy and Beth – “Please Mr Jailer”
from: Nancy and Beth / Herpursef / Expected April 7, 2017
[Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt met in Austin Texas while filming the independent movie Somebody Up There Likes Me. The minute the two started singing together they realized they had something special. They formed the band Nancy and Beth in 2012. formed the band Nancy and Beth in 2012. They went on tour in March 2013. They are set to release their debut album just before a North American tour. Actress, singer, Emmy and Golden Globe Awards winner, MEGAN MULLALLY (Children’s Hospital, Party Down and Will & Grace) . STEPHANIE HUNT (Friday Night Lights, Californication and How To Live With Your Parents For the Rest of Your Life).

[Megan Mullally will present awards for the Best of 2016 Album, Song, and Artist of the Year, at the International Folk Music Awards, at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City. All registered conference delegates are invited to attend. Event emcee is Grammy-Award winning artist and feminist, Paula Cole, the first woman in history to individually receive a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.]

[Nancy and Beth play an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Wednesday, February 15, at 10:45 pm, at Westin Crown Center in Washington Park Place II & III]

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Safe”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / Expected: February 14, 2017
[Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordbar last November. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts. Standing at 6 foot 5 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays an Official Showcase at this year’s Folk Alliance International Conference, Wednesday, February 15, at 9:00 pm, at Westin Crown Cwenter in Benton’s 20th Floor.]

6. Bobby Rush – “I’m Tired”
from: Porcupine Meat / Independent / July 1, 2016
[Bobby Rush is a blues legend who has garnered 4 GRAMMY® nominations, 10 Blues Music Awards with 44 nominations, and a 2006 induction in the Blues Hall of Fame. He has recorded over 337 records in 60 years and was named King of the Chitlin’ Circuit by Rolling Stone Magazine!]

[Bobby Rush plays the Kansas City Folk Music Festival, Sunday, February 19, at 3:00 pm in Liberty, at Westin Crown Center.]

[Bobby Rush plays 2nd Annual Rebels and Renegades Showcase – Dedicated to the memory of Louis Meyers, Thurs, Feb 16, at Knuckleheads, with: Verlon Thompson, Michael Fracasso, and BettySoo.]

10:33 – Underwriting

5. Witch Jail – “Slimewave USA!” (vinyl)
from: Slimewave USA! – Single / Too Much Rock / February 10, 2017
[Formed in 2013, Witch Jail recommends their music for fans of: Space transmissions, psychedelic hypnosis, surf punks, rockabilly madmen, garage sleaze, exotica, trash digging, pill popping, low budget movies, and high fashion crime. SUZY BONES on surf-n- turf, EDDIE MORPHINE on fuzz-n-slide, MATTY RAT on bangs-n-clangs, and GUY SLIMEY on moans-n-wails. Witch Jail released their 8-song album, Desperation Beach on October 26, 2016, produced by Ben Hughes for Woody Records. More info at: http://www.witchjail.com

[Too Much Rock presents Witch Jail, Friday, February 10, at Mills Record Company with the official release of their new single “Slimewave USA!”, Also on the bill is the band Shortsweather.]
[Witch Jail play The Brick, 1727 McGee, Sat, Feb 18, at 10:00 pm, w/ Mr. and the Mrs. & Beelzebabes.]

10:37 – Interview w/ Sid of Too Much Rock + Guy Slimey & Eddie Morphine of Witch Jail

Guy Slimey of Witch Jail, Sid Sowder of Too Much Rock, Eddie Morphine of Witch Jail on the February 8, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley

Too Much Rock, is a music site created by Sid Sowder in 1997, to share his original photographs, video, and commentary, of the live music shows he attends. Too Much Rock also hosts a musical podcast.

Several years ago Sid Sowder created the Too Much Rock – Singles Series, a collection of 45 rpm 7″ singles, featuring an original song from the band, with a cover song, chosen by Too Much Rock. 500 limited edition copies are pressed by Too Much Rock and given to the band. Kansas City based bands, Schwervon!, Rev Gusto, Josh Berwanger Band, The Uncouth, and Hipshot Killer have all recorded for the Too Much Rock Single Series.

We just heard the latest Too Much Rock release, the A-side, a new Witch Jail original song called, “Slimewave, USA!”

In just a few minutes we will proudly broadcast the world premiere of the Too Much Rock B-side, featuring Witch Jail, covering the Alien Sex Fiend song, “My Brain is in the Cupboard Above the Kitchen Sink.

Joining us live in the studio is Sid Sowder, founder of Too Much Rock, along with Guy Slimey and Eddie Morphine of the band Witch Jail,

http://www.TooMuchRock.com was created by Sid Sowder in 1997, to give a home to all of Sid’s original photographs, videos and commentary of the live shows. Too Much Rock podcast.

The 45 rpm two-song single features one original track and one chosen by Too Much Rock. The series has covered songs from The Raincoats, Graham Parker, The Jags, Slade, Samiam, and now, Alien Sex Fiend. Sid Sowder talked about his passion of bringing these songs alive again with new recordings, and new interpretations.

Many of the Too Much Rock releases, involve Joel Nanos, and Element Recording Studios have been involved. Sid Sowder talked about how a partnership of music label and music studio has been forged through this series.

Guy Slimey, shared with us about how the band recorded the two songs for this new single release, before they recorded the eight new songs for the new Witch Jail release Desperation Beach, that came out on October 26, 2016.

Witch Jail was formed in 2013. The band includes: Suzy Bones on surf-n- turf, Eddie Morphine on fuzz-n-slide. Matty Rat on bangs-n-clangs. Guy Slimey on moans-n-wails

Witch Jail is for fans of: Space transmissions, psychedelic hypnosis, surf punks, rockabilly madmen, garage sleaze, exotica, trash digging, pill popping, low budget movies, high fashion crime.

http://www.witchjail.bandcamp.com

10:49

The world broadcast premiere of the new Too Much Rock B-side, Witch Jail, covering the Alien Sex Fiend song, “My Brain is in the Cupboard Above the Kitchen Sink”

6. Witch Jail – “My Brain is in the Cupboard, Above the Kitchen Sink” (vinyl)
from: Slimewave USA! – Single / Too Much Rock / February 10, 2017
[Originally recorded by Alien Sex Fiend for their 1987 albu Here Cum Germs on Anagram Records. Witch Jail were formed in 2013, with SUZY BONES on surf-n- turf, EDDIE MORPHINE on fuzz-n-slide, MATTY RAT on bangs-n-clangs, and GUY SLIMEY on moans-n-wails. Witch Jail released their 8-song album, Desperation Beach on October 26, 2016, produced by Ben Hughes for Woody Records. More info at: http://www.witchjail.com]

[Too Much Rock presents Witch Jail, Friday, February 10, at Mills Record Company with the official release of their new single “Slimewave USA!”, Also on the bill is the band Shortsweather.]

[Witch Jail play The Brick, 1727 McGee, Sat, Feb 18, at 10:00 pm, w/ Mr. and the Mrs. & Beelzebabes.]

11:00 – Station ID

7. Sera Cahoone – “Up To Me”
from: From Where I Started / Sera Cahoone / Expected: March 24, 2017
[4th album from Seattle based songwriter. After three albums on Sub Pop Records and years at the top of the indie charts, she’s returning to her earliest influences growing up in Littleton, Colorado, and the honky-tonk songs she heard at mining conferences her Rocky Mountains dynamite salesman father took the family to when she was a child.]

[Sera Cahoone plays Knuckleheads KC, Sunday, February 19, at 7:00 PM, with Tift Merritt.]

8. Foxlin – “Caught Up”
from: Animal With Lonely Eyes [EP] / Foxlin / August 13, 2016
[Debut EP from Saint Joseph, Missouri based Indie/Folk duo that started as a solo project of songwriter Ryan Johnson on vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards, & bass, and developed into a band when Lauren Bergman joind in on vocals and violin. More info at http://www.foxlin.bandcamp.com]

[Foxlin play the 10th Anniversary of the Kansas City Love Hangover 2017, Wednesday, February 15, at 6:00 pm, at Holy Cow Market and Music, with Venus Van Horn & Troy Van Horn, Katlyn Conroy & Nick Carswell, and Under The Big Oak Tree.]

We 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.

In just this past year, we’ve featured segments shining a light on: Charlotte Street Foundation’s Open Studios, Spinning Tree Theatre, Charlie Parker Celebration, Middle of The Map Fest, American Jazz Museum, The Green Lady Lounge, KC Fringe Theatre Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Midwest Music Foundation and the MidCoast Takeover, Record Store Day, Mudstomp Records, Folk Alliance International Conference, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , The Living Room Theatre, Late Night Theatre, Lawrence Field Day Fest, I Heart Local Music, High Dive Records, 31st & Brklyn, KC Physical Theatre Fest, Kansas City Pride Fest, Girls Rock! and the Annual Girls Rock! Camp, Manor Fest, Westport Roots Festival, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Mattie Rhoades Gallery, Apocalypse Meow, The Buffalo Room, Standing Rock, Egads Theatre, Union Station, Outer Reaches Festival, Plaza Art Fair, No Wave Fest, Haymaker Records, Johnson County Performing Arts Series, The Pop Poetry Series at Prospero’s Books, Datura Records, Center of The City Fest, Too Much Rock, Crossroads Summer Block Party, Shelf Life, Kansans Against Campus Carry, Kansas Interfaith Action, Like Me Lighthouse, The Lesbian & gay Film Festival, Uptown Arts Bar, Women’s March on Washington, The Band That Fell To Earth A Tribute To David Bowie, Rose Brooks Center, KC Refugees, The Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts, Artist Inc., and more…

11:14

11. JAENKI – “Miracle Maze”
from: Jaenki Ep1 / Jaenki / August 30, 2016
[The new band from The Republic Tigers lead singer, Kenn Jankowski with Ryan Wallace, Drew Little and Rachel Mallin. This Kansas City based band who released their new video for “Miracle Maze” on Monday, Decmber 12, in the Crossroads.]

[Jaenki play Tito’s Sound Machine KC, Friday, February 10, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Pink Royal, Westerners, and Westside Royal.]

Nathan Reusch, founder and director, of The Record Machine and he joins us to share details on Sound Machine KC, Friday, February 10, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Jaenki, Pink Royal, Westerners, and Westside Royal. Sound Machine is a new Kansas City series of events, brought to you by homegrown record label, The Record Machine. This monthly concert series highlights up and coming area talent, mixed with veteran bands from all around the world. More information at: http://www.soundmachinekc.com

Tito’s Sound Machine KC, Friday, February 10, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Jaenki, Pink Royal, Westerners, and Westside Royal.

Tito’s Sound Machine, Saturday, February 18, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Abnorm, Duncan Burnett x Riot, Lincoln Marshall, AZP, Smitty the Kid, and J. Theiss

The Sound Machine series will focus on music discovery by highlighting up and coming area talent and bringing in bands from all around the globe. We will be showcasing not only acts on The Record Machine roster but will also curate a unique monthly musical experience. Our goal is to bring Kansas City together by inspiring people to see what can happen in their own backyard and show them what’s going on outside of it.

Middle of The Map Fest, May 4, 5, 6

The Record Machine is a pioneering, homegrown record label based in Kansas City, Missouri. Mike Russo, Richard Robinett, and Nathan Reusch founded TRM in 2003 when we released our first record. In the 12 years since, we have gone on to release over 50 albums. Our roster averages 10-12 bands from across the United States. In 2013 The Record Machine added current team members Alex Ellis and Steven Ervay. Our goal is to make an organic community of artists and help connect them with listeners. Tim Finn of The Kansas City Star remarked about The Record Machine’s output “[They] have assembled a stable of diverse artists who are making music that deserves national attention.

11:30

12. Westside Royal – “Not The Same” (CD #12) (3:34)
from: So Wrong, So Well [EP] / Westside Royal / November 11, 2016
[Kansas City based, 4-piece band.]

[Westside Royal play Tito’s Sound Machine KC, Friday, February 10, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Jaenki, Pink Royal, and Westerners.]

11:34 – Underwriting

KKFI is an Independent, non-commercial radio station!

Now, more than ever, Independent, Community Media is important for our world. We are here to listen to you, and share your concerns, and offer resources, and community activities and information. Along with our stellar National Public Affairs shows like Democracy Now, and Workers Independent News we also offer more locally produced public affairs programs than anywhere else on the dial. We offer programs specifically produced for the LGBTQIA Community, Women’s Issues, Native American News and Culture, and more.

Just remember what you don’t have to hear when you are tuned to 90.1 FM KKFI!

No Commercials. No automated robot playing the same 40 to 100 songs in a “rotation” based on a formula of one person, who programs the robot.

90.1 offers nearly 100 different radio programs. 80 of those programs are locally produced, and hosted and engineered by over 100 different people, who create content, and personally handcraft each show. There are over 135 hours each week of locally produced handcrafted programs. You will not find this anywhere else on your radio dial. It is very special. Not only do we bring the most diverse and unfiltered news and information, but our musical playlist is so very much deeper, and more comprehensive, than any other radio station in town. In one week you will hear over 2000 different songs played, as well as voices from the hundreds of KKFI volunteers and the hundreds of guests who visit out midtown studios to share their stories. How much is this worth to you?

11:43

13. The Ovaries-eez – “Hopeful Future”
from: I Saw You in My Dream / Whatever Forever / March 18, 2016
[Lawrence Kansas, based vocal trio. The Ovaries-eez debut full length was recorded & mastered by John Griffin at Sound + Vision Studio at Lawrence Public Library and released on Whatever Forever. Guitar and vocals by Monica George and Johni Lacore and Amber Hansen on vocals.]

[The Ovaries-eez play Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Friday, Februry 10, at 6:00 pm, with Philosophy of Lions]

14. Faultfinder – “Blind Mathematicians”
from: In The Sweaty Grip of The Moron / Faultfinder / January 19, 2017
[Recorded by Mike Tuley. Kansas City based Faultfinder was formed June 10, 2010. The current line up consists of: Joe Wetteroth on guitar, Don Beasley on guitar, Mookie Ninjak on bass & vocals, and Ben Biersmith on drums & vocals. Moe info at: http://soundcloud.com/faultfinder%5D

[Faultfinder play miniBar, Friday, February 10, with The Bad Ideas, Lovergurl, and Varma Cross.]

11:57

15. Verbose – “Underwater”
from: Underwater – Single / Left Handed Records / May 4, 2016
[One of two singles released from the alternative-blues-rock, Joplin, Missouri three piece band, with Logan on vocals & drums, Cody on guitar, and Will on vocals & bass, Produced by Logan Glasgo, and Jerrod Naff]

[Verbose plays 02-11 the MidCoast Takeover Fundraiser, Saturday, February 11, at The Brick, with Me Like Bees, Something & the Whatevers, and Nicholas St. James]

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

Next week on February 15, we feature music from artists playing at the 29th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference. We’ll welcome Kansas City’s very own Calvin Arsenia and also, from Edinburgh, Scotland, The Jellyman’s Daughter – Emily Kelly and Graham Coe. and more.

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

Show #668

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

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The MidCoast Sound

“The MidCoast Sound”
Marion Merritt + Nico Gray
+ Sid Sowder of Too Much Rock & Members of Witch Jail
+ Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine