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WMM presents: Victor & Penny + Sondra Freeman + Brandon Phillips & The Condition + Too Much Rock + Aaron Rhodes & Shuttlecock Music Magazine

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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, April 3, 2019

Brandon Phillips and The Condition & Too Much Rock
+ Victor & Penny + Aaron Rhodes & Shuttlecock Music
+ Sondra Freeman & Midwest Music Foundation

Mark spins New & MidCoastal Releases from: Victor & Penny, Brandon Phillips & The Condition, Dead Voices, Hadiza, Show Me The Body, DJ Lucas, Amira Wang, Durand Jones & The Indications, The Coathangers, The Wild Reeds, and Black Moth Super Rainbow.

Victor & Penny

At 10:15 Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling join us to share details about their upcoming Victor & Penny concert on Saturday, April 6, at 7:00 PM, with Kyle Reid at Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO. Victor & Penny along with their full band The Loose Change Orchestra join forces with Oklahoma favorite Kyle Reid and The Low Swingin’ Chariots for an night of high-energy swing, jazz, gypsy, original tunes, lots of laughs, and room for dancing. More information at: http://www.victorandpenny.com or http://www.kylereidmusic.com

At 10:35 Sondra Freeman talks about Midwest Music Foundation’s inaugural Strike A Match Donation Drive, Monday, April 1 through Saturday, April 6, helping local working musicians gain access to health care and career resources. The drive culminates April 6, with a Free Musicians’ Health Care Clinic at The Buffalo Room, 817 Westport Road, from noon to 5:00 pm. In partnership with the RockDocs (a collaboration of the University of Kansas and the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County) this clinic will provide musicians with health information, screenings, wellness, smoking cessation programs, and arrange follow-up visits. More info at: http://www.midwestmusicfoundation.org

Brandon Phillips & The Condition

At 11:00 Brandon Phillips & Adam Phillips drop in to share the newest Too Much Rock single from Brandon Phillips & The Condition. Also joining is Sid Sowder founder of the Too Much Rock Singles Series, a collection of 45 rpm singles that marry great songs with great bands all for the love of vinyl. Each old-school two-song single features one unique song paired with one cover chosen by Too Much Rock who press 500 limited edition copies. Info at: http://www.toomuchrock.com. Brandon Phillips & The Condition play recordBar at 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO, on Friday, April 5, at 9:30 PM with The Sluts, and Dead Voices. Brandon Phillips & The Condition also play Record Store Day at Mills Record Company, Saturday, April 13, at 3:00 PM at Mills Record Company, 4045 Broadway Blvd, KCMO.

Aaron Rhodes

At 11:30 Mark talks with Aaron Rhodes, founder and editor of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, about three upcoming Shuttlecock Music Showcase events: Monday, April 15, at 8:00 PM at Farewell Transmission, 6515 Stadium Drive, KCMO featuring Show Me The Body (from New York), Spine, Bath Consolidated, and Killus. Friday, April 19, at 10:00 PM. at 1819 Vine Street, KCMO featuring Amira Wang, Vice Grip, MX.MRS, Close Qrtrs, and Sister Zo. Friday, April 26 at White Schoolhouse in Lawrence, KS. featuring DJ Lucas with Ricky Roosevelt & Alccalh and Whorxata.

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WMM Playlist from March 27, 2019

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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, March 27, 2019

Savanna Howland & Stevie Ervay of Playlistplay
+ New & MidCoastal Releases

1. “It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Casablanca / Dec 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “In The Capital”
from: In The Capital – Single / Sub Pop / February 27, 2018
[Follow up to their debut full-length album Hope Downs from june 15, 2018. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is an Australian indie rock band formed in Melbourne in 2013 by singer-guitarists Fran Keaney, Tom Russo & Joe White. The band’s five members are Keaney, his cousin Joe White, Tom Russo, his brother Joe Russo on bass guitar, and Marcel Tussie on drums. Their debut EP, Talk Tight, was released in 2016 on Ivy League Records. It was followed by their second EP, the French Press, which was mixed by Doug Boehm and released in 2017 on Sub Pop Records. Robert Christgau gave Talk Tight an A grade, writing that “If you like the [guitar] effect—and why not, it’s beautiful—you’ll gravitate to it on sound alone. But what I’m loving at least as much is lyrics that suit the bright white male culture the sound implies.” He also compared the band’s sound to that of the Go-Betweens, a comparison that has also been made by critics like Stephen Deusner.]

3. Mess – “Dead Space”
from: “Dead Space”‘ – Single / Mess / March 22, 2019
[Second single from band’s upcoming debut full length album, ‘Learning How To Talk.’ This Kansas City based band was formed by: Allison Gliesman, Kevin Briody, Tanner Pinkerton & Evan Velasquez. This track was produced by Patrick Robinson, mixed by Braxton Matlock,and mastered by Troy Glessner (spectre).]

[Mess play a ‘Learning How To Talk’ Record Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 7:00 PM, at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO. with Weathered, LK Ultra, witchhazel. SOLD OUT!]

4. SASAMI – “Not The Time”
from: SASAMI / Domino Recording / March 8, 2019
[Sasami Ashworth, is known mononymously as Sasami (stylized as SASAMI). She graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 2012. She scored and made orchestral arrangements for films, commercials and studio albums, and worked as a music teacher in Los Angeles, where she is currently based and makes music. In 2015, she joined the American rock band Cherry Glazerr with whom she played synths and toured for two and a half years before announcing her departure in January 2018 to pursue her solo musical career. On April 3, 2018, Sasami shared her first solo track “Callous” on SoundCloud, which Pitchfork awarded with their “Best New Track” label. On October 9, Domino Recording Company announced that Sasami had signed to their label, and officially released “Callous” alongside a new song titled “Not the Time”, premiered by The Fader, who called Sasami “rock’s next big thing.” Sasami stated, “I wrote both of these songs on tour on a guitar on my iPad with GarageBand plugins and Moog 15 app sounds and then re-recorded them in the studio onto tape with really great tones. So it’s kind of like emotionally scribbling a letter on a tear and snot-stained napkin and then re-writing it on fancy papyrus paper to make it look like you have your shit together.”[4] The songs were released on a 7” vinyl on October 26. Throughout 2018, Sasami toured with various musicians, including Baths, No Joy, King Tuff, Mitski, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail and Menace Beach.]

5. Cate Le Bon – “Daylight Matters”
from: Reward / Mexican Summer / May 24, 2019
[From the upcoming 5th solo album from Cate Le Bon who was born Cate Timothy on March 4, 1983. She is a musician and producer. She sings in both English and Welsh. She has released four solo albums, three EPs and a number of singles. Le Bon has toured with artists such as St. Vincent, Perfume Genius and John Grant. In 2018, she joined John Cale on stage at The Barbican with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Le Bon was born in Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and first gained public attention when she supported Gruff Rhys (of the Super Furry Animals) on his 2007 solo UK tour. She appeared as a guest vocalist on Neon Neon’s 2008 single “I Lust U” from their album Stainless Style. Under her original name she provided backing vocals on Richard James’s debut solo album The Seven Sleepers Den in 2006. She also appeared on his second solo album, We Went Riding, from 2010. Her first official release was a Welsh language EP, Edrych yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg (“Looking in the Eyes of a Borrowed Horse”, similar to the English expression “to look a gift horse in the mouth”), on Peski Records in 2008. She also self-released the double A-side debut single “No One Can Drag Me Down” / “Disappear” (described by Gruff Rhys as “Bobbie Gentry and Nico fight over a Casio keyboard; melody wins!”) on her website. Le Bon worked alongside Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci’s Megan Childs, who contributed violin, and Super Furry Animals and Thrills collaborator John Thomas, who added pedal steel. Her debut album, Me Oh My was released in 2009, followed by Cyrk and the Cyrk II EP in 2012. In January 2013, Le Bon moved to L A to further her career in the US. Her third album, Mug Museum, was released November 2013. It was produced by Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick in Los Angeles, and featured Stephen Black (bass) & Huw Evans (guitar). She provided guest vocals on the track “Slow Train” from Kevin Morby’s debut album Harlem River. In 2015, Le Bon collaborated with Tim Presley as DRINKS and released the album Hermits on Holiday in August 2015. DRINKS released their second album Hippo Lite in April 2018. Le Bon released her fourth studio album, Crab Day, on April 15, 2016 on Drag City to generally favourable reviews. The album was produced by Josiah Steinbrick and Noah Georgeson, and again featured Stephen Black (bass) & Huw Evans (guitar), w/ Stella Mozgawa (drums). She noted how the collaboration with Presley had made her realise “that I make music because I love to, not because I have to”. On tour she was supported by Black and Evans and on occasion by Steinbrick and Josh Klinghoffer, a five-piece that also performs instrument improvisations under the name BANANA. In January 2017, Le Bon released the four-track EP Rock Pool via Drag City. It includes her version of the track “I Just Want to Be Good” featuring Perfume Genius, which she wrote for Sweet Baboo’s 2015 album The Boombox Ballads. In the same month Leaving Records released Live by BANANA, recorded live during the band’s 2016 tour and Le Bon remixed Eleanor Friedberger’s ‘Are We Good?’ In 2018, Le Bon signed with Brooklyn based record label Mexican Summer (Ariel Pink, Jessica Pratt, Connan Mockasin). Le Bon will release her fifth studio album, Reward via Mexican Summer on May 24, 2019.]

Black Stacey

6. Black Stacey – “Tell Me Don’t Want You”
from: Tell Me Don’t Want You – Single (unmastered) / Sharaden Staten / Released in Spring
[Black Stacey is Sharaden Staten, a Missouri native, who release his album “Electric Church” in 2017. Part of WMM’s The 117 Best Recordings of 2017. Sharaden, a 25-year-old, having grown up in the back woods of central Missouri, and couch surfed his way into the KC metro, pairs subtle notes of R&B, funk, soul, and rock; dramatically blending it into a raw eclectic mix. In 2015 Sharaden began writing, recording and producing Black Stacey’s debut, “Electric Chariot”. A project that has given him a solid foundation in the KC music scene, gaining him spots on local radio and the opportunity to work with producer Joel Nanos (Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Radkey, Sly/Robbie & the Taxi Gang). More infor at http://www.blackstacey.com.]

7. Celeste & Gotts Street Park – “Lately”
from: Lately – EP / Both Sides Records – Polydor Records / March 22, 2019
[Celeste Waite is 24. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She left L.A. when she was three years old. With her my mother she moved to an area just on the outskirts of London, and then to Brighton when she was five years old. Brighton is an hour away from London on the train. Celeste told Interview Magazine in 2017, “It’s funny, because it’s such a good place to grow up when you’re a teenager because it is quite safe, really, so you can do all of that underage clubbing and go out when you’re 16. But by the time you get to 20, or even 18, you want more. It feels like quite a small place once you’ve lived here for a while, but the good thing about it is I’ve always felt free to just create and do what I want. There’s not real pressure to fit in and be something that you’re not. It’s always that you could do what you wanted to, in a good way.” She went on to say,”I think I really want to move to London, mainly because now I want to spend time in the studio more and I have, over the last few years, been traveling back and forth to London. I’ve made groups of friends there, so it feels like the natural thing to want to be there. But I think Brighton is always a place that I’ll come back to because it does feel really nice sometimes; when you’ve been feeling shitty then you come back and you can be near the ocean. There’s not a time of day where everyone’s rushing around because it’s not that kind of place.]

10:29 – Underwriting

The Freedom Affair

8. The Freedom Affair – “Rise Up”
from: Soul Slabs Vol. 2 / Colemine Records / April 13, 2019
[The Freedom Affair has been selected to be part of Colemine Records new 3xLP box set, “Soul Slabs Vol. 2” a Record Store Day Exclusive Release. The Freedom Affair is a new project of Chris Hazelton of SunFlower Soul Records and Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7. The new band includes member of the Boogaloo 7 with members of Instant Karma and three of the KC area’s leading vocalists. The Freedom Affair is: Misha Roberts on vocals, Seyko Groves on vocals, Paula Saunders on vocals, Cole Bales on guitar, Branden Moser on guitar, Chris Hazelton on bass, Dave Brick on drums, Pete Carroll on trumpet, and Brett Jackson on saxophone.]

[Paula Saunders and Desmond Mason play the Indigo Hour in the American Jazz Museum Blue Room Jazz Club, at 1600 E 18th Street, KCMO, Friday, March 29, at 5:00 pm, the Indigo Hour features the best Kansas City R&B and Neo-Soul acts every Friday night from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm.]

[The Freedom Affair play Lucia Beer Garden + Grill, 1016 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS, Saturday, March 30 at 10;00 PM with Dylan Guthrie & The Good Time Guys]

[The Freedom Affair plays SoundMachineKC, Sat, May 4, at 8:00 PM, w/ Soultru, & Duncan Burnett.]

Kadesh Flow

9. Kadesh Flow – “Party Thoughts (Radio Edit) (feat. Jessica Paige)”
from: Otaku Moods EP / Ryan Davis / January 25, 2019
[Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis is a rapper with an MBA. At age 11, he began rapping and playing trombone within two weeks of one another. His music has been featured on network television in multiple countries and territories across Southeast Asia. Locally, Kadesh can be found rocking solo hip hop sets, laying down bone bars with KC funk juggernaut The Phantastics, or jamming with Marcus Lewis Big Band.]

[The Deshtet plays Ca Va, 4149 Pennsylvania, KCMO, Thurs, Mar 28, at 9:00 – 11:00 PM. The Deshtet includes Ryan Jamaal Davis aka Kadesh Flow w/ Peter Schlamb, Matt Villinger, & Zach Morrow.]

10. The Butter Band – “Bicycle”
from: Crag-o-lea / The Dear Misses / February 25, 2019
[Three years in the making, the newest album from Scott Stanton & The Butter Band features the songs of Scott Stanton. Scott is one of Kansas City’s finest songwriters of original, down-to-earth songs weaved with inspiration from songwriters Bob Dylan & John Prine. Recorded at Rob Nold Studio. Mixed and mastered by James Albright. Scott Stanton & The Butter Band is: Scott Stanton – songwriter, vocals, acoustic guitar; Chad Brothers – acoustic guitar, harmonies; Kasey Rausch – upright bass, harmonies, fiddle; Marco Pascolini – pedal steel guitar; Grady Keller – banjo. Scott Stanton is also a host & Producer for River Trade Radio airing Sundays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.]

[Scott Stanton & The Butter Band play and Album Release Show, Friday, April 12, at 7:00 PM at The Buffalo Room, 817 Westport Rd, KCMO. Kicking off the night will be collaborations with members of Shapiro Brothers, The Country Duo and River Trade Radio founders Kasey Rausch Music & Mikal Shapiro Music (a/k/a Partners in Glory!)]

11. Nilüfer Yanya – “In Your Head”
from: Miss Universe / ATO Records / March 22, 2019
[Debut album from British musical artist, Nilüfer Yanya who was born in 1996, the daughter of two visual artists. Yanya grew up in Chelsea, London. Growing up with her father’s Turkish music and her mother’s classical music playing at home, she soon gravitated to guitar rock and learned how to play the instrument at age 12. Informally starting her musical career with demos uploaded to SoundCloud in 2014, she turned down an offer to join a girl group produced by Louis Tomlinson of One Direction and focused on developing her own music instead.[1] Her first EP, “Small Crimes/Keep on Calling”, was released in 2016. Her second EP, “Plant Feed”, was released in 2017, followed by “Do You Like Pain?” in 2018. Miss Universe has received wide critical acclaim, with critics noting her ability to bounce back and forth between musical and lyrical styles, shifting between “gimlet-eyed composure and cataclysmic panic”. Yanya’s music has been described as nervous and restless, combining influences from indie rock to soul, jazz, and trip hop. A Stereogum review called her voice “malleable and endlessly expressive.]

12. Y god Y – “Say”
from: Say- Single / High Dive Records / February 15, 2019
[Y god Y is an electronic duo from Lawrence Kansas that formed in the summer of 2017. The project consists of producer Joel Martin and singer / multi-instrumentalist, Garrett Marsh. The two write, record and produce their music entirely on their own. With only a handful of singles released, they have quickly garnered attention in the Midwest by performing with the likes of Phoenix, and at several Midwest Festivals alongside Grizzly Bear, Spoon, Lion Babe, and Leikeli47. This is their 4th single and part of their upcoming debut 5-song EP to be released April 5, 2019, and on their new label High Dive Records. Garrett Marsh on vocals & Joel Martin on music, making “experimental R & B” with influences of 80’s electropop.]

[Y god Y play the 3 DEEP : CHROMADEPTH 3-D CONCERT WITH MONTA AT ODDS, LA GUERRE, and PALA ZOLO with Live Visuals from VJDN (Nate Bogert), Friday, March 29, at 8:00 PM. at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO. Produced by Kosmic City and Sound Machine KC.]

13. Monta At Odds – “Argentum Dreams”
from: Argentum Dreams / Haymaker Records / October 19, 2018
[6th full length release from the psychedelic, experimental indie/space rock/electronic collective based in KCK formed by brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore. The band describes their music as: Mutant Disco, minimal synthwave, post-punk dance, Electronica, Indie, Space Rock, Ambient. Current members include: Dedric Moore, Delaney Moore, Alexander Thomas, Adam Davies, Zach Bozich, Aaron Osborne, Matthew Hayden, past supporting members: Mika Tanaya, Sterling Holman, Bree Plaster; Eric Bessenbacher, Ryan Shank, Jeremiah James, Samer Saba, Doug Hutchinson, Erin O’Neill, Sam Behrens, Luke Behrens, Sam Hughes, Tom Romero, Caleb Aldrich, John Aldrich.]

[MONTA AT ODDS play the 3 DEEP : CHROMADEPTH 3-D CONCERT WITH, Y GOD Y, LA GUERRE, and PALA ZOLO with Live Visuals from VJDN (Nate Bogert), Friday, March 29, at 8:00 PM. at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO. Produced by Kosmic City and Sound Machine KC.]

14. Katy Guillen & The Girls – “Heavy Days”
from: Heavy Days / VizzTone Label Group and KG&G Records / June 24, 2016
[Katy Guillen on guitar & vocals, Claire Adams on bass & vocals, & Stephanie Williams on drums. Recorded at Weights and Measures Soundlab with their longtime engineer Duane Trower, the band supplemented guitar, vocal and percussive layers; auxiliary instrumentation from blues pianist Mike “Shinetop” Sedovic (Danielle Nicole Band) and jazz trombonist Ryan Heinlein (The Project H); production from Paul Malinowski; and mastering at Black Lab Mastering in Louisville, Kentucky. Katy Guillen & the Girls hometown release of “Heavy Days” on May 21 at Knuckleheads.]

[Katy Guillen & Stephanie Williams play the Gospel Lounge, at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester St, KCMO, Friday, April 12, at 9:00 PM]

11:00 – Station ID

15. Miya Folick – “Thingamajig”
from: Premonitions / A Terrible Records – Interscope Release / October 26, 2018
[Los Angeles based musical artist writes: “Premonitions begins with “Thingamajig” — something you can’t quite recall the name of, but you know exactly what it means and what it feels like. Like the pull of desire that comes with not quite remembering fully. The magnetism of something just on the tip of your tongue. I wanted the album to feel like that thing. // I think a lot about about memory-making as an act of creation, the words we use to describe a memory give shape to and sometimes mutate the memory itself. I believe that the way we choose to describe the events of our lives is not only a means of creative fulfillment, but an absolutely vital part of creating the world we want to live in. When we are dishonest in the present, we create a dishonest future. When we are honest in the present, we create a more honest future. I wanted this album to be the vehicle for a hopeful, truthful, generous, and loving world. I tried not to posture or pretend. I wrote about my life as I’ve seen it and how I’d like to see it, as both memory and premonition. // The producers, Justin Raisen and Yves Rothman, and I spent months collecting organic sounds to fill the world of this record. We threw away everything that felt false and tried to keep the soul of each song alive. I hope Premonitions gives you comfort and joy. I hope it feels like all the mysterious details of your lives, all your massive and mundane glories. I hope it reminds you that there is beauty in the details. Rainbows in your sprinklers. Drinking water from a hose. The way it felt to make a friend for the first time. Locking yourself in a bathroom to avoid everyone. Dancing until your shins burn. Leaving your phone in an Uber and making your best friend drive you an hour away to knock on a stranger’s door after locating it on Find My Phone. Losing a friend. Losing yourself. Remembering.”]

11:04 – Interview with Savanna Howland & Stevie Ervay

Stevie Ervay and Savanna Howland on the March 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Savanna Howland & Stevie Ervay are joining us on our 90.1 FM Studios here at 39th and Main Street. Savanna Howland started Playlistplay in 2015 with husband Nick Howland. Savanna is also the co-creator of gstlst.com. With 25 music festivals under her belt in the past two years and 86 shows attended in 2018, she is constantly searching for hidden gems in local music scenes around the world.

Savanna Howland thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Stevie Ervay Lives in Kansas City, Missouri. He studied Communications/Public Relations at Park University. He serves as Digital Content Manager & Editor at Playlistplay. Steven also works for gstlst.com, he is co-director at Sofar Sounds Kansas City, he also works as a Promoter & Booker at The Rino promoting shows under the moniker of Fine Dining Productions.

Stevie Ervay thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Savanna Howland started Playlistplay in 2015 with husband Nick Howland.
The site came out of the playlists Savanna and Nick shared with each other. Sending playlist back and forth as they were dating and eventually got married. They created a website for fun but is was so well received from others that it grew into a business

Savanna is also the co-creator of gstlst.com as sister site to Playlistplay. Savanna has been going to music festivals around the country and discovered that there are over 400 big music festivals happening annually. with Stevie’s help they created a database with all of these festivals and created a place to link them together.

Savanna is also co-Creator of Bands and Bowls that focuses on food and music.

Savanna also works at Refinery Room and has studied at Paul Mitchell The School

http://www.playlistplay.com features Discovery Playlists offering a chance for viewers to find their new favorite songs as well as discover new tracks from their favorite artists.

Along with Playlists the site also features Liner Notes and Features

11:14

16. Hop Along – “How Simple”
from: Bark Your Head Off, Dog / Saddle Creek / April 6, 2019
[Written over the course of 2016 and 2017 and recorded in the summer of the latter year by Frances Quinlan (songwriter/vocalist/rhythm guitar), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), Bark Your Head Off, Dog addresses disappointment, particularly in man’s misuse of power, and relates accounts from the periphery — one’s attempts to retreat from the lengthening shadows of tyrants, both historical and everyday. It considers what it’s like to cast off longheld and misguided perceptions, yet without the assurance of knowing what new ones will replace them. Much like on Hop Along’s first and second records, Get Disowned and Painted Shut, Quinlan seeks in real time to work through these issues. // Throughout the album, one gets the sense that Quinlan is wandering in the thicket of a forest—a state of being that will feel familiar to longtime listeners—and on this outing, she hasn’t left a trail of breadcrumbs behind her. The album’s artwork, which Quinlan painted herself, invites the listener into that forest, as well. “There is a terror in getting lost,” she says, “the woods are at the same time beautiful and horrifying.” This curious wandering gives the album, both lyrically and musically, a heightened dimensionality. // Bark Your Head Off, Dog is, without question, Hop Along’s most dynamic and textured record yet. Self-produced and recorded at The Headroom in Philadelphia by Reinhart and Kyle Pulley, Bark Your Head Off, Dog features the familiar sounds that have always made the band allergic to genre: grunge, folk, punk, and power pop all appear, with inspiration from ELO to Elvis Costello to ‘70s girl group vocal arrangements. This time around, they’ve added strings, more intricate rhythms, lush harmonies (featuring Thin Lips’ Chrissy Tashjian), along with a momentary visit with a vocoder. In more than one place, Mark Quinlan drums like he’s at a disco with Built to Spill. // Most significantly, Bark Your Head Off, Dog shows the band at its strongest and most cohesive. Hop Along (which originally began as Quinlan’s solo project under the moniker Hop Along, Queen Ansleis) has never sounded so deliberate, so balanced. “So strange to be shaped by such strange men” is a line that repeats on more than one song on the album. “I’ve been thinking about that a lot. That I just deferred to men throughout my life,” Quinlan says. “But by thinking you’re powerless, you’re really robbing yourself. I’m at a point in my life where I’m saying instead, ‘Well, what can I do?’” // Produced by Joe Reinhart and Hop Along // Written by Frances Quinlan and Hop Along (ASCAP) // Engineered by Kyle Pulley and Joe Reinhart at The Headroom in Philadelphia with Assistants Pat Quigley Ethan Farmer Ben Weiss // Mixed and Mastered by Ryan Schwabe .]

11:18 – Interview with Savanna Howland & Stevie Ervay

Savanna Howland and Steven Ervay

Savanna Howland started Playlistplay in 2015 with husband Nick Howland. Savanna is also the co-creator of gstlst.com. With 25 music festivals under her belt in the past two years and 86 shows attended in 2018, she is constantly searching for hidden gems in local music scenes around the world.

Steven Ervay serves as Digital Content Manager & Editor at Playlistplay. Steven also works for gstlst.com, he is co-director at Sofar Sounds Kansas City, he also works as a Promoter & Booker at The Rino promoting shows under the moniker of Fine Dining Productions.

gstlst.com // http://www.playlistplay.com

Savanna Howland & Stevie Ervay, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

11:27

17. Superorganism – “Reflections On The Screen”
from: Superorganism / Domino Records / March 2, 2018
[Superorganism is an indie pop band that formed in early 2017. The group is made up of 8 members, one of which is a 17-year-old Japanese girl only known as Orono. The 7 other members go by the names of Harry, Emily, Ruby, B, Tucan, Soul, and Robert. The group, started with members from all over the world including The United States, Japan, South Korea, London, Australia, and New Zealand, makes original internet-age electronically-tinged indie pop music. Bandmembers Harry, Emily, Ruby, B, Tucan, Soul, and Robert were all longtime friends who decided it was finally time to work together. Harry and Emily met Orono during one of their old band’s Japan shows (she attended as a fan), and they struck up a Facebook friendship with their future bandmate. After discovering she could sing, they invited her to add lyrics and vocals to a demo they’d been working on for a new project at the beginning of 2017.]

11:31 – Underwriting

18. Jaclyn Bell – “Wanna Be Mine”
from: Wanna Be Mine / Jaclyn Bell / March 28, 2019
[Kansas City based Jaclyn Bell is releasing her new EP, Wanna Be Mine as a follow up to her 2018 EP “Memories.” Jaclyn Bell studied at Berklee College of Music. She also studied Audio Engineering/Music Production at Recording Radio Film Connection]

[Jaclyn Bell plus a Record Release Show, tomorrow, March 28, at 7:00 PM, The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO with Tonks (NJ), Oh Dear Oh My]

19. L A Jones – “Addicted”
from: Addicted – Single / L A Jones / June 30, 2018
[LA Jones is a soul-pop band from Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 2016 by partners Danielle Jones and Tim O’Connor, the band has now grown to feature a wide variety of instruments and members including a three piece horn section, keys, bass, and drums. They blend a style of funk and soul with contemporary pop/rock music drawing comparisons to Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, and The Revivalists. Band Members include: Danielle Jones on lead vocals, Tim O’Connor on guitar & vocals, Marcus Grimes on keyboards, Jeramy Johnston on bass, Daniel Dissmore on trumpet, Trevor Turla on trombone, Matt Cook on saxophone, and Cade Pool on drums.]

[LA Jones, play and Album Release Show, Sunday, March 31, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North KCMO with Matt Cook Collective, Lovergurl, and Dreamhouse.]

Hipshot Killer

20. Hipshot Killer – “Hearts Like Ours”
from: All This Time is Ours / Hipshot Killer / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016 .]

[Hipshot Killer, play an “All This Time is Ours” LP release show, Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9:00 PM at miniBar 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO with Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class.]

21. The Ultra Sounds – “Snow”
from: Maiden Mars | The Ultrasounds Split EP / The Ultrasounds / April 20, 2017
[Sludgy garage pop from Winona, MN Comprised of three chicks and one dude who, surprisingly, is not the drummer—The Ultrasounds fashion a wall of noisy guitars and feedback juxtaposed with frail but poignant melodies. It’s an indie, post-punk, and sludge amalgam for all except tasteless squares. Band Members include: Megan Hanson on guitar & vocals, Courtney Guenveur on bass, Amber Fletcher on drums, and Todd Hanson on guitar & vocals.]

[The Ultra Sounds plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, VidCo Kult, and Kill Vargas.]

22. VidCo Kult – “Ernest Goes To Branson”
from: Enrollment Opportunities : Tangential Life Trajectories Ensuring Physical and Spiritual Greatness Through the Power of Devotional Subjugation / Double Double Whammy / March 1, 2019
[VidCo Kult is a musical trio involving Bob Lyons, Tripp Kirby and Keith. They are based in Kansas City, Missouri. Aside from live performances of original material, they mostly argue about comic books and science fiction.]

[VidCo Kult plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, Ultrasounds, and Kill Vargas.]

23. Busey – “Cat Butt”
from: Cat butt – Single (b/w of Good Boy) / Butt Horn Records / March 15, 2019
[Power slop from Minneapolis. Band Members include: Montana Dan, Skokie Jones, Jesse Berndt, Young Ryan, and Jonny Po. Written and Performed by BUSEY. Recorded/mixed by John Peters at Future Condos .]

[Busey plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, VidCo Kult, Ultrasounds, and Kill Vargas.]

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

Next week on April 3 we have an Action Packed show with Victor & Penny, Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation, Brandon and Adam Phillips sharing the new Too Much Rock Single Series featuring Brandon Phillips & The Condition, and Aaron Rhodes of Shuttlecock Music Magazine.

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

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Show #779

WMM presents Savanna Howland & Steven Ervay

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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, March 27, 2019

Savanna Howland & Steven Ervay of Playlistplay
+ New & MidCoastal Releases

Mark spins New & MidCoastal Releases from: Mess, The Freedom Affair, Y god Y, Hipshot Killer, The Butter Band, Black Stacey, LA Jones, Jaclyn Bell, Kadesh Flow featuring Jessica Paige, Katy Guillen & The Girls, Monta At Odds, The Ultrasounds, Busey, VidCo Kult, SASAMI, Cate Le Bon, Miya Folick, Hop Along, Celeste & Gotts Street Park, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, and Superorganism.

Savanna Howland and Steven Ervay

At 11:00 Mark talks with Savanna Howland & Steven Ervay about music projects they foster. Savanna Howland started Playlistplay in 2015 with husband Nick Howland. Savanna is also the co-creator of gstlst.com. With 25 music festivals under her belt in the past two years and 86 shows attended in 2018, she is constantly searching for hidden gems in local music scenes around the world. Steven Ervay is Digital Content Manager & Editor at Playlistplay. Steven also works for gstlst.com, as well as promoting shows under Fine Dining Productions, including Sofar Sounds KC. More info at http://www.playlistplay.com or wwwgstlst.com

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Show #779

WMM Playlist from March 20, 2019

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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, March 20, 2019

Mike Alexander & Hipshot Killer
+ Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi
+ New & MidCoastal Releases

1. “It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme song]

Radkey

2. Radkey – “Spiders”
from: No Strange Cats…P.A.W. / The Century Family / February 22, 2019
[This new 7 song EP is essentially a collection of the band’s most recent singles. It comes after the January 11, 2019 release of No Strange cats…Spiders – EP a 6 song EP of several new songs mixed with several singles from late 2018. Isaiah, Dee, and Solomon Radke of the critically acclaimed rock trio Radkey joined us live in our 90.1 FM studios on September 5, 2018 to talk about their performance at recordBar with Quixotic Performers, as headliners for the 14th Annual Crossroads Music Fest. Radkey was formed in 2010 in St. Joseph, where the brothers were raised. The family moved to Kansas City several years ago. The band has released two full-length recordings — “Dark Black Makeup” in 2015 and “Delicious Rock Noise” in 2016 — plus multiple EPs and singles, and recently were part of a MasterCard advertising campaign on digital billboards in NYC along with a national television commercial that aired during the Grammy Awards that brought the band to the attention of Jack White who asked the band to tour with him. After Crossroads Music Fest the band went back on the road playing shows with The Damned throughout the United States. In December they went back into the studio to record songs for this release with producer Bill Stevenson of the California punk rock group Descendants. In early 2019 they played shows in Amsterdam and Stockholm. Last year the and released “Basement” , “St. Elwood” “Rock & Roll Homeschool” as well as several other singles.]

[Radkey plays The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS, Friday, March 22, at at 7:00 PM with special guests: Drop A Grand, The Bad Ideas, and Wick & The Tricks.]

3. Metric – “Now or Never Now (Radio Edit)”
from: Art of Doubt / MMI-Crystal Math Music-BMG / September 11, 2018
[7th full-length record, from Canadian band Metric founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. Emily Haines on lead vocals, synthesizers, guitar, tambourine, harmonica, piano; James Shaw on guitar, synthesizers, theremin, backing vocals; Joshua Winstead on bass, synthesizers, backing vocals; and Joules Scott-Key on drums & percussion. Although the band is Canadian, Haines was born in India to American parents, and Winstead and Scott-Key are American. The band started in 1998 as a duo formed by Haines and Shaw with the name “Mainstream”. After releasing an EP titled Mainstream EP, they changed the band’s name to Metric. The band’s first studio album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Live It Out, released in 2005, was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the “Canadian Album of the Year” and for the 2006 Juno Awards for “Best Alternative Album”. Their third studio album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001; it was initially planned as their debut album, but was delayed for many years and finally released, with some changes, in 2007. Metric’s fourth album Fantasies was released in 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for “Canadian Album of the Year”, and won the “Alternative Album of the Year” at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric also won the 2010 “Group of the Year”. The fifth Metric studio album, Synthetica, was released in 2012. The band won two awards at 2013 Juno Awards: “Alternative Album of the Year” for Synthetica & “Producer of the Year” for Shaw. The art director/designer/photographer Justin Broadbent also won an award for “Recording Package of the Year” for Synthetica. Metric’s sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, was released in 2015. Art of Doubt, was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson.]

[Metric plays The Truman, 601 E. Truman Road, KCMO, Thursday, March 21, at 8:00 PM]

Yola

4. Yola – “Faraway Look”
from: Walk Through Fire / Easy Eye Soud – Nonesuch Records / February 22, 2019
[Yolanda Quartey was born 1984. Known professionally as Yola. She is an English singer-songwriter, from Bristol, England. She became the lead singer of the band Phantom Limb, who released their first album in 2010. She also sang backing vocals for Massive Attack. Yola released her first EP, Orphan Offering, in 2016. In February 2019, she released her debut album Walk Through the Fire on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label, to much acclaim. AllMusic called it “an extraordinary record, one designed to be part of a grand musical tradition, and it contains enough emotion and imagination to earn its place within that lineage.”]

5. Soultru – “Can You Keep A Secret”
from: Soultru & Progeny / Fake Four Inc. / December 25, 2018
[ Singer, songwriter, poet and emcee Terrance A Banks aka Soultru is a native of Davenport, Iowa and is currently based out of the Quad Cities area of NW Illinois/NE Iowa. Combining his poetic and lyrical talents with a soulful voice, Soultru has forged his own unique sound. Soultru credits a wide range of influences, including Gavin Degraw, John Legend, Yelawolf and Son Little. Soultru is the latest signing to Kansas City label The Record Machine.]

[Soultru plays SoundMachineKC on Saturday, May 4, at 8:00 PM, with The Freedom Affair, and Duncan Burnett.]

6. Rina Mushonga – “In a Galaxy”
from: In a Galaxy / Rina Mushonga / February 15, 2019
[Rina Mushonga was born in India and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She attended college in the Netherlands and eventually moved to Peckham, in London, where her music career ignited. As a child she learned to play guitar and piano and began writing her own songs. She names her influences as Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Nina Simone, and Fleetwood Mac. She started out by playing at open-mike nights in Harare. Her 2014 debut, The Wild, The Wilderness, was recorded while she was living in the Netherlands and released on Sony Music. The album contained a folk/rock-influenced sound in the vein of her early influences, but Mushonga was unsatisfied, feeling she was unable to express her authentic self. It was only after she moved to Peckham, a multiculturally rich neighborhood of London, that she felt more at home and able to explore her African heritage in music. The resulting album took five years, as she juggled making music with working and caring for her young daughter. She made a demo with Frans Verburg in Rotterdam, recorded with Brett Shaw at his studio in Peckham, and eventually released “In a Galaxy” on PIAS in 2019. The album has a rich, kaleidoscopic sound incorporating elements of Afro-pop, indie, and electro into a catchy yet experimental whole. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi]

7. Mysterious Clouds – “Circles (Inner Party) featuring Your Friend”
from: My Head is Going Round EP / Haymaker Records / May 25, 2018
[Mysterious Clouds is one of the musical projects of Kansas City, Kansas based post-punk psychedelic musical artists, Dedric Moore and Delaney Moore and special guests. For this track and one other on the new EP the band collaborated with Taryn Blake Miller a Lawrence Kansas based musician and songwriter who records as Your Friend. The Delaney brothers are also founders of the band Monta At Odds. The band writes: “While crawling around in the murk of (their last release) Panic on the Noon Meridian, Delaney fed the band a healthy dose of underground West Coast psych. This helped the band see a feel good light that helped them recover from the heaviness of Panic. These songs are for spring and summer listening and are meant to add a bit of happiness to our daily struggle of keeping up the faith and fighting the good fight.]

[Mysterious Clouds play recordBar 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, TONIGHT, March 20, at 8:00 pm, opening for The Bright Light Social Hour with Sea Moya.]

8. Rufus Wainwright – “Blue (Live)”
from: Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration (Live) / Decca / March 8, 2019
[A Joni Mitchell tribute album, celebrating her 75th birthday, features live renditions of the singer’s songs by Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and many others. The record contains a recording of a tribute concert that was held in her honor in Los Angeles last November. The concert was additionally broadcast in movie theaters on February 7th. Percussionist Brian Blade, who made three studio albums and toured with Mitchell, served as the evening’s co-musical director alongside producer and arranger Jon Cowherd. The evening was presented by the Music Center, a non-profit organization that tries to bring artists and communities together with an eye toward enriching the lives of people living in Los Angeles County. “By honoring Joni Mitchell, an amazing iconic artist, the Music Center had an incredible opportunity to bring her music to Los Angeles audiences,” the organization’s president and CEO, Rachel Moore, said in a statement. “Now that experience can be enjoyed by many more Joni Mitchell fans with an album that allows other music legends to shine a light on her artistry.” Rolling Stone reviewed the concert and called it a “moving tribute show.” “The unifying effect of Mitchell’s music rang out with a closing group singalong to ‘Big Yellow Taxi,’ one of the more ebullient standouts from her oeuvre,” the review reads. “The billed artists stood side by side … and belted the number, a bright rumination on the harrowing effects that man has on society. They each delivered solos, then bowed in unison, as a portrait of Mitchell loomed in the background, a fitting homage to an icon whose presence is still felt, even in her absence.”Mitchell herself, who has been battling health issues, did not take the stage at the event. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration track list: “Dreamland” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro “Help Me” – Chaka Khan “Amelia” – Diana Krall “All I Want” – Rufus Wainwright “Coyote” – Glen Hansard. “River” – James Taylor “Both Sides Now” – Seal “Our House” – Graham Nash “A Case of You” – Kris Kristofferson and Brandi Carlile “Down to You” – Brandi Carlile “Blue” – Rufus Wainwright “Court And Spark” – Norah Jones “Nothing Can Be Done” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro “The Magdalene Laundries” – Emmylou Harris “Woodstock” – James Taylor “Big Yellow Taxi” – La Marisoul, James Taylor, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.]

10:29 – Underwriting

Patrick Alonzo Conway on the March 20, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

10:31 – Interview with Patrick Alonzo Conway

Patrick Alonzo Conway is a Kansas City based composer, performer, educator, and independent musician. He holds a Masters in Music Composition from the UMKC Conservatory of Music. He was a founding member of newEar, and he works with Terrestrial Consort, People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City, Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7, and BCR. He is a 2012 recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Fellow Award. Patrick Alonzo Conway is also the Director of Gamelan Genta Kasturi.

Patrick joins us to share details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO.

Patrick Alonzo Conway thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi – Spring Concert w/ guest Balinese artists: I Ketút Gedé Asnawa, Putu Oka Mardiani, Ni Made Nias Yunirika & Ni Nyoman Nias Yonitika

Sunday March 24, 2019 – 1:00 pm – Nelson Atkins Museum – Atkins Auditorium
FREE and open to the public ticket required at the info desk or http://www.nelson-atkins.org

Funds provided through a grant from the Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation

For over 16 years KC’s community Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Genta Kasturi, has been presenting community concerts.

The group’s founder and family return in a special concert of Balinese Music & Dance featuring original compositions by Mr. Asnawa and traditional classics.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi with Balinese Guest Artists, under the direction of I Ketút Gedé Asnawa, featuring his wife Putu Oka Mardiani Asnawa, and two daughters Yunirika Asnawa & Yonitika Asnawa performing several dances with the music.

Mr. Asnawa has been faculty at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in conjunction with the Robert E. Brown Center For World Music since leaving KaC in 2006. He & his family maintain an active schedule performing, teaching & promoting Balinese Cultural Arts.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi players:

Patrick Alonzo Conway – director, ugal, trompong, kendang; Sam Hughes – assistant director, pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Roy Alanis – jegogan, ceng ceng kopyak; Matt Brahl – kajar, jublag, pemade, ceng ceng kopyak; Malcolm Cook – pemade, ceng ceng kopyak; David Bennett Freeling – jublag, ponggang; Wesley Isaac – pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Sara Koron – gongs; Sean Mawhirter – jegogan, kajar; Lauren Mola – jublag, pemade, kantilan, ponggang; Julian Schempf – pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Wayne Yockey – suling, pemade; Allan Winkler – ceng ceng, kempur

One of the pieces from the program is Kebyar Ding – I Wayan Regog

This composition is credited with being the first Gamelan work that began the wave of “Kebyar” style that swept the entire island of Bali after it’s introduction in 1915. Kebyar has been interpreted as “lightning”, “the bursting open of a flower” and “explosive”. This style is highlighted by abrupt bursts of sound, shifts in tempo, rapid stops and a style of fast succession of themes within a single piece, in contrast with the more evenly colotomic and structured traditional repertoire of Balinese Gamelan.

10:39

9. Gamelan Genta Kasturi – “Keybar Ding”
from: unreleased track / Gamelan Genta Kasturi / Feb, 2011
[This performance taken from 10th Anniversary Concert.]

Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO.

Patrick Alonzo Conway joins us to share details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO. Event is open to the public, more info at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org.

Another piece from the program is Sekar Gadung arranged by I Ketút Gedé Asnawa

This composition is an influential resetting of a traditional sacred gamelan selonding work into gamelan semar pegulingan style.

10:45

7. Field recording of I Ketút Gedé Asnawa neighboring Gamelan group – “Sekar Gadung (Semar Pegulingan style)”

Gamelan Genta Special Thanks: Catherina Mueller – Nelson-Atkins Museum; Laura Isaac – Arts Dojo; Leo Wetherill – Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation; Karen Williams – Kindness, Inc.; Wayne Yockey; Thaylia Smith

A gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Java and Bali, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang (drums) & gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed & plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included. For most Indonesians, gamelan music is an integral part of Indonesian culture.

The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together – instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.

Patrick Alonzo Conway thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO. Event is open to the public, more info at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org.

10:53

11. Shapiro Brothers – “Almost Ready”
from: Shapiro Brothers [EP] / Shapiro Brothers / November 3, 2016
[Kansas City based Americana duo, formed by Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers who interpret classic country and folk music alongside critically acclaimed originals. Strengthened by Shapiro’s lyrical prowess and Brothers world-class flat picking, the couple showcases their harmonies, stellar guitar interplay and a magnetic onstage chemistry. All songs written by Mikal Shapiro, except “Almost Ready” was written by Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers.]

[Shapiro Brothers play The Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO, Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 PM with Grant Sabin and the Juke Joint Highball, and Outside Voices.]

12. Sky Smeed – “If You’re Taught You Learn to Be Mean”
from: Leaving Again / Sky Smeed / February 9, 2019
[Sky Smeed told us that he wrote this song while watching the horrible things that happened in Charlottesville, WV a few weeks ago. It’s influenced by a bunch of things for certain. Sky Smeed was born and raised outside of Chanute, Kansas, in an old, one-room schoolhouse his parents bought and turned into a home in the early 1970s. Last year, he sold the country home he built by hand and migrated to Lawrence, Kansas, a place that has provided a non-stop supply of creativity, community and culture, and began settling in to an old fixer-upper on the north side of the Kaw River. To date, Smeed has self-released five full-length albums: Flying High (2002), The Front Steps (2004), Mill River (2006), Sky Smeed (2012) and Drive All Night (2015). His sixth album, Lunker Bass (released February 1, 2017), was recorded and produced at The Ninth Ward Pickin’ Parlor in Lawrence by none other than award-winning folk duo Truckstop Honeymoon (Mike & Katie West).]

[Sky Smeed plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Friday, March 22, at 7:00 PM, with Kelly Hunt.]

11:00 – Station ID

13. Hipshot Killer – “New Gillham Park”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016 .]

[Hipshot Killer, play an “All This Time is Ours” LP release show, Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9:00 PM at miniBar 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO with Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class.]

Mike Alexander on the March 20, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

11:03 – Interview with Mike Alexander

Mike Alexander is lead vocalist & guitarist of Hipshot Killer with Chris Wagner on bass & vocals, and Jon “Buddy” Paul on drums. Hipshot Killer released their debut album Hipshot Killer, on April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016. Mike Alexander has been a tireless organizer of the KC area punk scene and has helped to produce multiple years of the Center of the City Fest. Mike also helped to create the 8-song tribute recording, I’ll Repay You: A Benefit for John Fackler – featuring the songs of John Fackler and Jettison . Mike Alexander joins us to share information about Hipshot Killer’s new album All This Time is Ours, and the band’s special – LP Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with the Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class.

Mike Alexander thanks for being with us on WMM.

Drum tracks for All This Time is Ours were recorded at Weights and Measures studio by Duane Trower.

Music tracks were recorded in the bands rehearsal space and then taken back to Weights and Measures to be mastered.

All songs written by Mike Alexander

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

11:12

14. Hipshot Killer – “Breaking the Lease”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016 .]

Hipshot Killer

We are talking with Mike Alexander lead vocalist & guitarist of Hipshot Killer with Chris Wagner on bass & vocals, and Jon “Buddy” Paul on drums. Mike Alexander joins us to share information about Hipshot Killer’s new album All This Time is Ours

Mike is also a much sought after guitar player and he regularly performs live and records with John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders, and The Architects.

Mike Alexander wrote all the songs on “All This Time is Ours” and then the band further developed them in the recording process.

Hipshot Killer play an All This Time is Ours – LP Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with the Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class. More information at http://www.hipshotkiller.com

11:25

15. Hipshot Killer – “Perfect Midnight Sky”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016.]

11:31 – Underwriting

16. Durand Jones and The Indications– “Don’t You Know”
from: American Love Call / Dead Oceans / March 1, 2019
[Bayou-born soul sensation, Durand Jones got his start in the church, after being forced to sing in the choir of his rural hometown Hillaryville, Louisiana because his Grandmother thought he sang too much at home. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington – and their debut album is now available on Colemine Records.]

[Durand Jones & The Indications play recordBar, 1520 Grand, Sat. April 6, at 7:00 with Ginger Root]

17. Payge Turner – “Wyld (feat. The Authors)”
from: Wyld – Single / Payge Turner / September 21, 2018
[4th Single from KC based singer songwriter originally born in the Caribbean. Payge moved to Colby, Kansas when she was in the 6th grade. She writes, “Ever since I was able to talk, all I ever wanted to do was sing!”]

[Payge Turner plays The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Tomorrow, March 21, at 7:00 PM, with Tom West, Chase The Horseman and Erica Joy.]

[Payge Turner plays Voltaire 1617 Genessee St, KCMO, Sat, March 23, at 10:30 PM with Jessica Paige.]

18. Sugarpulp – “Open Yr Mouth”
from: Teeth / Sugarpulp Records / February 22, 2019
[Chicago based rock dance rock glam psych band with Deb Chesterman on keyboards & vocals; Sam Allyn on guitar, synthesizers, & programming; Patrick Riley on drums; and Patrick Foley on bass. All songs written and produced by Sugarpulp. Recorded and Mastered by Mike Hagler.]

[Sugarpulp plays miniBar 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, TONIGHT, Wednesday,march 20, at 9:00 PM with Golden Groves, Salty, and Ethan Eckert.]

19. Kill Vargas – “What We Don’t Know”
from: Laugh It Off / Kill Vargas / April 2, 2019
[Wichita, Kansas based band with Logan Bush on drums, Austin Engler on bass, Griffin Bush on guitar & vocals, and Trent Gaddie on guitar]

[Kill Vargas plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, Ultrasounds, VidCo Kult.]

20. VidCo Kult – “Tim Allen’s Demolition Kitchen”
from:Enrollment Opportunities : Tangential Life Trajectories Ensuring Physical and Spiritual Greatness Through the Power of Devotional Subjugation / Double Double Whammy / March 1, 2019
[VidCo Kult is a musical trio involving Bob Lyons, Tripp Kirby and Keith. They are based in Kansas City, Missouri. Aside from live performances of original material, they mostly argue about comic books and science fiction.]

[VidCo Kult plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, Ultrasounds, and Kill Vargas.]

21. Adia Victoria – “Different Kind of Love”
from: Silences / Atlantic Recording Corporation / February 22, 2019
[Adia Victoria was born July 22, 1986. She is an American singer and songwriter, known for her “gothic blues” musical style. In addition to playing and writing music, she also writes poetry. She is currently based in Nashville. Adia Victoria was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is one of six siblings. Her father is Trinidadian. She was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist and she attended church schools until in the 6th grade, her mother enrolled her in public school. Shortly after, her parents divorced and Victoria began to write poetry and short stories as a means of coping. Being moved from the world of Seventh-day Adventists to a public school was difficult for Victoria, who didn’t feel like she fit in. Victoria and her siblings often spent time with her maternal grandparents who lived near Campobello. She attended Landrum Junior High School in Campobello. Her family also left the Adventist church before Victoria attended high school, which allowed her to explore music she hadn’t been exposed to before, like Kurt Cobain, Miles Davis and Fiona Apple.After high school, she went to New York for a time, in an attempt to “strike it big in a new city.” In 2007, she left New York for Atlanta. On her 21st birthday, a friend gave her a guitar and she began to work with blues music. Victoria moved to Nashville in 2010. She chose Nashville as a place where she could live anonymously. In Nashville, she earned her GED and then took French in college. She began to perform around Nashville. In 2016, she performed at South by Southwest. Her personal “look” was noticed by Vogue for its “Afropop” roots. However, Victoria states that she doesn’t like to be “fetishized” for her looks, saying, “People think that because you are attractive, you owe the world something, to let them consume you.” Victoria began her career with a backing band consisting of Ruby Rogers, Tiffany Minton, and Mason Hickman. Later, she began working with a different group, and they debuted together in January 2016.Victoria’s first single release was “Stuck In the South”, which was described on All Things Considered as a “very swampy mysterious kind of slow-burning song.” Rolling Stone describes her as “PJ Harvey covering Loretta Lynn at a haunted debutante ball.” Her live performances are described by Wondering Sound as angry and “furious and feral.” American Songwriter calls her stage presence “commanding.” Victoria’s full-length debut, Beyond the Bloodhounds, was produced by Roger Moutenot, The name of the album is a reference to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. The predominant theme of her first album is dealing with life in her twenties. Moutenot has previously collaborated with Yo La Tengo and also produced her first single. Canvasback is her current record label]

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

Next week on March 27 we welcome Steven Ervay and Savanna Howland of Playlistplay

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Wednesday MidDay Medley presents Hipshot Killer + Gamelan Genta Kasturi

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

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mike Alexander & Hipshot Killer
+ Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi
+ New & MidCoastal Releases

Mark spins New & MidCoastal Releases from: VidCo Kult, Kill Vargas, Payge Turner, Radkey, Hipshot Killer, Sky Smeed, Mysterious Clouds, Soultru, Shapiro Brothers, Yola, Metric, Durand Jones & The Indications, Sugarpulp, Rina Mushonga, Adia Victoria, and Rufus Wainwright.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO.

At 10:30 Patrick Alonzo Conway shares music and details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO. The Spring Concert features guest Balinese artists: I Ketút Gedé Asnawa, Putu Oka Mardiani, Ni Made Nias Yunirika and Ni Nyoman Nias Yonitika. The show features original music composed by I Ketút Gedé Asnawa with choreography and costumes by Putu Oka Mardiani and by I Nyoman Kaler. ​Funds were provided through a grant from the Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation. This event is FREE and open to the public, however tickets are required and can be obtained at the Nelson info desk or http://www.nelson-atkins.org.

Hipshot Killer

At 11:00 Mark talks with Mike Alexander of Hipshot Killer about the band’s new album, All This Time Is Ours. Hipshot Killer is a Kansas City power-punk three piece band made up of Mike Alexander on lead vocals & lead guitar, Chris Wagner on bass & vocals, and Jon “Buddy” Paul on drums. Hipshot Killer play an All This Time is Ours – LP Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with the Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class. More information at http://www.hipshotkiller.com

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WMM Playlist from March 13, 2019

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

WMM’s 777th Show!
New & MidCoastal Releases

1. “It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Emily King – “Remind Me”
from: Scenery / ATO Records / February 1, 2019
[We fIrst played Emily King on June 29, 2016 when our friend Krystle Warren was Guest Producer and played the song “Georgia” from King’s 2011 EP Seven. She is an American singer and songwriter. She started her career in 2004 and her debut album East Side Story was released three years later in August 2007. In December 2007, King was listed as a Grammy nominee for Best Contemporary R&B Album. Born July 10, 1985, in NYC in 1985, King grew up in a small apartment on the Lower East Side. Her parents, Marion Cowings and Kim Kalesti, were a singing duo who performed and traveled regularly bringing her and her older brother along with them. At age 16, King left high school after earning her GED to pursue her music career. She began playing shows in restaurants and venues around New York City including CBGB and The Bitter End. King signed her first record deal with J Records in 2004 and was featured on Nas’ 2004 album Street’s Disciple credited as simply “Emily”. Her debut album East Side Story was released 3 years later in August 2007. It went on to earn a Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary R&B Album of the Year.” During that time King toured with John Legend & Floetry. She opened for various artists such as Nas, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan & Erykah Badu. After parting ways with her label in 2008, King continued independently. She self-recorded her follow-up EP Seven in her home, released July 2011. In October 2011, she accepted an invite from Maroon 5 to open on their European/Scandinavian tour. In 2012, King was awarded the Holly Prize (a tribute to the legacy of Buddy Holly) from The Songwriters Hall of Fame for recognition of the “all-in songwriter” whose work exhibits the qualities of Holly’s music: true, great and original. King was invited by Emeli Sande to open for her UK tour playing sold out shows in 5 cities including The Royal Albert Hall in London. King collaborated with José James on his album No Beginning No End in 2013 and can be heard on tracks Heaven on the Ground and the acoustic version of Come to My Door. In 2014, King was performing as an opening act for Sara Bareilles’ Little Black Dress tour. The year 2015 marked the release of King’s 2nd studio album, The Switch, Emily self-released on her label Making Music Records on June 26. The Wall Street Journal remarked that the album is “a tasteful collection of 11 songs that showcase King’s distinctive voice.” After signing with the ATO Records in 2017, King became label mates with Brittany Howard, Benjamin Booker & Brandi Carlile. More info at: http://www.emilykingmusic.com]

3. Kevin Morby – “No Halo”
from: Oh My God / Dead Oceans / April 29, 2019
[5th release from Kevin Robert Morby born April 2, 1988. follow up to his 2017 release City Music. 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]

4. Ebony Tusks – “Everybody Run feat. Jamaal Rashad, Morri$)”
from: Midas – EP / Team Bear Club / June 2011
[Debut 3-track EP released by the band. Ebony Tusks is a hip hop project from Lawrence KS, formed in 2010 by Nathan Giesecke, Martinez Hillard (of Cowboy Indian Bear), and Daniel B. Smith. Inspired by series of nightmares after a string of real-life armed robberies in which he was the victim, Martinez Hillard (EBONY TUSKS) began writing and composing material alongside MORRI$ & TOM RICHMAN, both members of BEAR CLUB’s rapidly ascending group of producers, to create what would become the music for MIDAS. Narrative-driven, rhythmically diverse and over all too soon.]

[Ebony Tusks play The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS Saturday March 16, at 7:00 PM with special guests: V.I.S.I.T.O.R., Flock of Pigs, and Drifter.]

5. Helado Negro – “Running”
from: This Is How You Smile / RVNG Intl./ March 8, 2019
[6th album from Roberto Carlos Lange, better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. He was formerly signed to Asthmatic Kitty Records from 2009 to 2016. Helado is now currently signed to and released his latest album through RVNG Intl., a Brooklyn-based music institution. Helado grew up in Miami, Florida where he spent his teenage years searching for his identity in the cultural melting pot of south Florida. He immersed himself in the hip-hop and electronic music scenes, where he learned to be an artist by playing out shows to small audiences. Helado released his first full-length album in 2009 titled Awe Owe. In 2010, Helado released an EP titled Pasajero. Helado released his second full-length album in 2011 titled Canta Lechuza. In 2012, Helado released the first of a three part EP, titled Island Universe Story – One. Helado released his third full-length album in 2013 titled Invisible Life. Helado released the second Island Universe Story EP in 2013. In 2014, Helado released his fourth full-length album titled Double Youth. The third EP in Helado’s three-part Island Universe Story series was released in 2014. In 2015, Helado released the single “Young, Latin and Proud” along with an animated-visual and lyric video. Lange describes the song as “It was as if I was singing my 6-year-old self a lullaby… It’s about feeling a sense of pride and self-confidence, understanding that you’re born into something and it’s alright to feel good about it. Stereotypes and contradictions are built into identity and I think those are a strong current in both Latino and black identity in the U.S. today.” In 2016, Helado released his fifth full-length album titled Private Energy.]

6. Our Native Daughters – “Black Myself”
from: Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / February 22, 2019
[Our native Daughters is: Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell (of Birds of Chicago). This song features all of their voices. Songs of Our Native Daughters’ gathers together kindred musicians in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’ — written and sung in various combinations — is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more. Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, was awarded a 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and won the 2016 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. She has performed for President Barack Obama, appeared on The Late Show, Austin City Limits, CBS Sunday Morning, and has played a recurring role on the television drama Nashville in the role of Hallie Jordan, a young social worker with “the voice of an angel.” For her project with Our Native Daughters, Giddens brought together three other black female roots artists. “Gathering a group of fellow black female artists who had and have a lot to say, made it both highly collaborative and deeply personal to me,” she explains. “It felt like there were things we had been waiting to say our whole lives in our art; and to be able to say them in the presence of our sisters-in-song was sweet, indeed.” Their debut recording, Songs of Our Native Daughters, is a stunning thirteen-track album. Produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell. Engineered and mixed by Dirk Powell. Recorded at Cypress House Studio, Breaux Bridge, LA. Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge NY. Assisted by Chris Allgood. Annotated by Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, and Dirk Powell.]

7. Deerhunter – “Death in Midsummer”
from: Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? / 4AD / January 18, 2019
[8th studio album by the American indie rock band Deerhunter. The album was co-produced by singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, Ben H. Allen (who had previously worked with the band on Halcyon Digest and Fading Frontier), Ben Etter (who worked as a studio assistant on Fading Frontier) and the band itself. The first single, “Death in Midsummer”, was released on October 30, 2018. The same day, a world tour in support of the album was announced, starting in November 4, 2018. The second single from the album, “Element”, was released on December 6, 2018. The album leaked on December 12, 2018. Deerhunter is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001. The band consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Moses Archuleta (drums, electronics, sound treatments), Lockett Pundt (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Josh McKay (bass) and Javier Morales (keyboards, synthesizers, alto saxophone). Founded by Cox and Archuleta, Deerhunter’s first stable line-up included guitarist Colin Mee and bass guitarist Justin Bosworth. After recording a split EP with Alphabets, Bosworth died of head injuries, suffered during a skateboarding accident. The band recorded their first studio album, Turn It Up Faggot (2005), with Josh Fauver occupying the vacant role of bass guitarist. Following the album’s release, Cox asked childhood friend, Lockett Pundt, to join.

10:29 – Underwriting

8. FEELS – “Awful Need”
from Post Earth / Wichita Recordings / February 22, 2019
[East Los Angeles and made up of: Laena Geronimo on vocals & guitar, Shannon Lay on vocals & guitar, Amy Allen on vocals & bass, and Michael Perry Rudes on drums. Recorded and Mixed by Tim Green at Louder Studios in Grass Valley, CA except for; lead vocals on “Find A Way” and “Last Chance” recorded by Dante White Aliano at The Cone, “Sour” lead vocals and crowd noise recorded, effected and arranged by Laena Geronimo with additional vocal effects by Dante White-Aliano. Mastered by Howie Weinberg.]

9. Citizen Cope – “Justice”
from Heroin and Helicopters / RainWater Recordings / March 1, 2019
[7th album from Clarence Greenwood (born May 20, 1968), also known by his stage name, Citizen Cope. He, is an American songwriter, producer and performer. His music is commonly described as a mix of blues, soul, folk, and rock. Citizen Cope’s compositions have been recorded by artists as varied as Carlos Santana, Dido, Pharoahe Monch and Richie Havens. He currently records and produces for his own record label, Rainwater Recordings, which he founded in 2010 after deciding not to work with major labels any longer. He had previously been signed to Capitol, Arista, DreamWorks and RCA. On March 1, 2019, he released his first album in six years, Heroin and Helicopters, on his own label, RainWater Recordings. Billboard magazine called Heroin and Helicopters “Personal and poignant.”]

[Citizen Cope plays The Truman, 601 East Truman Road, KCMO, Tonight, March 13, at 8:00 PM.]

10. The Dear Misses – “Kansas City”
from: Kansas City – Single / The Dear Misses / February 25, 2019
[Kansas City 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 information at: http://www.reverbnation.com/thedearmisses%5D%5B

11. Kris Kristofferson & Brandi Carlile – “A Case of You (Live)”
from: Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration (Live) / Decca / March 8, 2019
[A Joni Mitchell tribute album, celebrating her 75th birthday, features live renditions of the singer’s songs by Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and many others. The record contains a recording of a tribute concert that was held in her honor in Los Angeles last November. The concert was additionally broadcast in movie theaters on February 7th. Percussionist Brian Blade, who made three studio albums and toured with Mitchell, served as the evening’s co-musical director alongside producer and arranger Jon Cowherd. The evening was presented by the Music Center, a non-profit organization that tries to bring artists and communities together with an eye toward enriching the lives of people living in Los Angeles County. “By honoring Joni Mitchell, an amazing iconic artist, the Music Center had an incredible opportunity to bring her music to Los Angeles audiences,” the organization’s president and CEO, Rachel Moore, said in a statement. “Now that experience can be enjoyed by many more Joni Mitchell fans with an album that allows other music legends to shine a light on her artistry.” Rolling Stone reviewed the concert and called it a “moving tribute show.” “The unifying effect of Mitchell’s music rang out with a closing group singalong to ‘Big Yellow Taxi,’ one of the more ebullient standouts from her oeuvre,” the review reads. “The billed artists stood side by side … and belted the number, a bright rumination on the harrowing effects that man has on society. They each delivered solos, then bowed in unison, as a portrait of Mitchell loomed in the background, a fitting homage to an icon whose presence is still felt, even in her absence.”Mitchell herself, who has been battling health issues, did not take the stage at the event. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration track list: 1. “Dreamland” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro / 2. “Help Me” – Chaka Khan / 3. “Amelia” – Diana Krall / 4. “All I Want” – Rufus Wainwright / 5. “Coyote” – Glen Hansard / 6. “River” – James Taylor / 7. “Both Sides Now” – Seal / 8. “Our House” – Graham Nash / 9. “A Case of You” – Kris Kristofferson and Brandi Carlile / 10. “Down to You” – Brandi Carlile / 11. “Blue” – Rufus Wainwright / 12. “Court And Spark” – Norah Jones / 13. “Nothing Can Be Done” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro / 14. “The Magdalene Laundries” – Emmylou Harris / 15. “Woodstock” – James Taylor / 16. “Big Yellow Taxi” – La Marisoul, James Taylor, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.]

12. Violet and The Undercurrents – “Inconvenient Friend”
from: The Captain / Violet Vonder Haar Music / March 1, 2019
[The band’s new 10-song album called The Captain, was inspired by lead singer and songwriter Violet Vonder Haar’s father, a riverboat captain who introduced her to the music of folk legends and encouraged her journey as an artist. This Columbia, Missouri based 4-piece band is made up of Violet Vonder Haar on lead vocals & guitar; Linda Bott on bass guitar; Phylshawn Johnson on drums, and Lizzy Weiland on lead guitar. The quartet is anchored by the intrepid songwriting of Violet Vonder Haar and enriched by the creative energy of her musical counterparts. Raised in a small town at the edge of the Missouri River and nurtured by a thriving folk music-centered community, Vonder Haar started honing her craft as a songwriter, performer and vocalist at an early age. She More information at: http://www.violetandtheundercurrents.com]

[Violet and the Undercurrents are playing an album release at Midcoast Takeover Thursday, March 14 at 4:30 PM at the Shangri La, 016 E 6th St, Austin, Texas.]

13. Carswell & Hope – “The Other Side”
from: Exit Plan EP / Silly Goose Records / May 22, 2018
[Music by Carswell & Hope. Lyrics by Nick Carswell. Produced & mixed by Jason Slote & Nick Carswell. Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper @ TurtleTone Studio NYC. Lawrence KS based 5-piece band formed June 25, 2012. The band is: Nick Carswell, Jason Slote, Austin Quick, Chris Handley, and Jordan Tucker. Songwriter Nick Carswell is originally from Ireland and has found a new home on the plains of Kansas.]

[Carswell & Hope play Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS, Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, 3:40 PM in a day long line up that include Nicolas St. James, The Brody Buster Band, Whiskey For The Lady, Signal Ridge, Midnight Kick, Rolling Foliage and Tyler Gregory.]

[Carswell & Hope play Frank’s North Star Tavern, 508 Locust St, Lawrence, KS, Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, 7:00 to 10:00 PM]

11:00 – Station ID

14. Radkey – “P.A.W.”
from: No Strange Cats…P.A.W. / The Century Family / February 22, 2019
[This new 7 song EP is essentially a collection of the band’s most recent singles. It comes after the January 11, 2019 release of No Strange cats…Spiders – EP a 6 song EP of several new songs mixed with several singles from late 2018. Isaiah, Dee, and Solomon Radke of the critically acclaimed rock trio Radkey joined us live in our 90.1 FM studios on September 5, 2018 to talk about their performance at recordBar with Quixotic Performers, as headliners for the 14th Annual Crossroads Music Fest. Radkey was formed in 2010 in St. Joseph, where the brothers were raised. The family moved to Kansas City several years ago. The band has released two full-length recordings — “Dark Black Makeup” in 2015 and “Delicious Rock Noise” in 2016 — plus multiple EPs and singles, and recently were part of a MasterCard advertising campaign on digital billboards in NYC along with a national television commercial that aired during the Grammy Awards that brought the band to the attention of Jack White who asked the band to tour with him. After Crossroads Music Fest the band went back on the road playing shows with The Damned throughout the United States. In December they went back into the studio to record songs for this release with producer Bill Stevenson of the California punk rock group Descendents. In early 2019 they played shows in Amsterdam and Stockholm. Last year the band released “Basement” , “St. Elwood” “Rock & Roll Homeschool” as well as several other singles.]

15. The Sluts – “It’s Ok to Fake It”
from: Break Their Heart / The Sluts / February 12, 2019
[New 6 song EP from the Lawrence based band The Sluts formed by Ryan Wise & Kristoffer Dover in 2011. Produced recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording and Mastering Studios, KCMO]

[The Sluts play recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO, on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 9:30 PM with Brandon Phillips and The Condition and Dead Voices.]

16. Deco Auto – “Goals”
from: Goals – Single / Deco Auto / February 21, 2017
[Most recent new music from Kansas City based alternative pop-punk / power-pop trio. Guitar/vocals: Steven Garcia on guitar and lead vocals, Tracy Flowers on bass & vocals, and Pat Tomek on drums . Written by Steven Garcia, $tudent Loans For Life Music (ASCAP). Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pat Tomek at Largely Studios, Kansas City, MO. The band is currently working on a new album to be released this year.]

[Deco Auto plays St. Patrick’s Eve, Saturday, March 16, at 10:00 PM at The Brick, 1727 McGee St, KCMO with Scruffy and the Janitors.]

17. Y La Bamba – “Mujeres (Album Version)”
from: Mujeres / Tender Loving Empire / February 8, 2019
[Mujeres is “Woman Island” in the Gulf of Mexico. Y La Bamba has been many things, but at the heart of it is singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza’s inquisitive sense of self. Their fifth record, Mujeres, carries on the Portland-based band’s affinity for spiritual contemplation, but goes a step further in telling a story with a full emotional spectrum. Coming off Ojos Del Sol, one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2016, Mujeres exhibits the scope of Mendoza’s artistic voice like never before. “Soy como soy,” Mendoza says, and that declaration is the bold— even political— statement that positions Mujeres to be Y La Bamba’s most unbridled offering yet.]

18. Pedro The Lion – “Circle K”
from: Phoenix / Polyvinyl Recording Company / January 18, 2019
[Pedro the Lion is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. In 2006 Pedro the Lion was dissolved as Bazan went solo; Bazan reformed the band and resumed performing under the Pedro the Lion moniker in late 2017. Releasing five full-length albums and five EPs over 11 years, the band is known for its first person narrative lyrics with political and religious themes. Pedro the Lion was formed by David Bazan in 1995. In 1997 they released their debut EP Whole with Bazan playing nearly every instrument, a format he continued on the band’s first two full-length albums, It’s Hard to Find a Friend (1998), and Winners Never Quit (2000).]

[Pedro The Lion plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO, on Wednesday, May 1, at 9:00 PM with John Vanderslice.]

19. Sugo Day – “Charm (radio edit)”
from: Charm – Single / Sugo Day / February 14, 2019
[Sugo Day is the solo side project of Nicholas Turner who we first met when he played in the Kansas City band Riala. Nicholas moved away from his hometown and is now based in Minneapolis and has released several singles. On March 6, 2018 Sugo released a 7-song EP called “Lush.” Nicholas told us that “Charm” is “a celebration of self in a sense—I find there is a lot of self defeating music that is really popular right now so i wanted to captured me playing shows on the west coast as a solo artist which is what the chorus is about a motivational tune with a subversive sense of vulnerability in the middle verse.”]

20. Lomelda – “M for Mush”
from: M for Empathy / Double Double Whammy / March 1, 2019
[Lomelda is the stage name of musician Hannah Read. According to Read, Lomelda is a made up word that means “echo of the stars”. Hannah Read was raised in Silsbee, Texas. She began her music career playing in bands with her brother as well as her high school friends. Read’s first full-length album, Forever, was released in 2015. In 2017, Read released her second full-length album, Thx, with the independent record label Double Double Whammy. The album was co-produced with the assistance of Read’s brother, Tommy. It was primarily written over a few months while Read was sleeping in her car.]

21. Solange – “Dreams”
from: When I Get Home / Columbia Records / March 1, 2019
[4th studio album from singer and songwriter Solange, and follow up to her breakthrough record, A Seat at the Table released on September 30, 2016,. Following the release of her second studio album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2008), Knowles began work on her third studio album, during which she suffered a “breakdown” due to the amount of time and emotion she was putting into the recording process. While recording the album Knowles released an EP entitled True (2012) and launched her own record label named Saint Records. A Seat at the Table became Solange’s first number-one album on the Billboard 200 in the United States.]

11:31 – Underwriting

13. Shay Estes & Trio All – “Little Drop Of Poison”
from: Despite Your Destination / Independent / December 3, 2009
[Shay Estes with Trio All an acronym for: Zack Albetta on drums, Mark Lowrey on piano, and Ben Leifer on Bass. The debut album–a collection of songs drawn from a wide range of eras and composers, all given fresh, unique arrangements. Before turning to jazz, vocalist Shay Estes performed with a rock band, a Western-surf band, and a burlesque troupe. In recent years, Estes has collaborated with Brad Cox’s People’s Liberation Big Band and Mark Southerland’s “Urban Noise Camp.” “Despite Your Destination” includes standards by Irving Berlin, and George and Ira Gershwin, as well as reworked versions of contemporary songs, like Tom Waits’ “Little Drop of Poison.”]

14. Hot Club of Cowtown – “This Wheel’s on Fire”
from: Crossing the Great Divide / Hot Club Productions / January 11, 2019
[16th release from The Hot Club of Cowtown, an American hot jazz and Western swing trio that formed in 1997. The band’s name comes from two sources: “Hot Club” from the hot jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli’s Quintette du Hot Club de France, and “Cowtown” from the western influence of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and the band’s love of fiddle tunes, hoedowns, and songs of the American west. The band was formed Whit Smith from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Elana James from Prairie Village, Kansas. The two met through an ad in the classified music section of The Village Voice in 1994. They played together in New York City before moving to San Diego in 1997, where they spent a year playing for tips and building up their repertoire. In 1998 they moved to Austin, Texas and two years later added Jake Erwin from Tulsa, Oklahoma on bass. The band split briefly in 2005, though they reunited for occasional shows in 2005–07, including the Fuji Rock Festival and a tour of Australia as Elana James & The Hot Club of Cowtown, in 2007. Whit Smith performed as Whit Smith’s Hot Jazz Caravan, based in Austin, Texas. Elana toured with Bob Dylan in 2005. Changing her last name to James, Elana began performing with her own trio in late 2005. Smith and James resumed playing together full-time in 2006. By early 2008 the Hot Club of Cowtown had officially re-formed. “Crossing The Great Divide” is a tribute to The Band. “This Wheel’s on Fire” is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and the Band during their 1967 sessions, portions of which (including this song) comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes. The Band’s own version appeared on their 1968 album, Music from Big Pink. Live versions by the Band appear on their 1972 live double album Rock of Ages, as well as the more complete four-CD-DVD version of that concert, Live at the Academy of Music 1971, and the 2002 Box Set of The Last Waltz (the song did not make it into the movie or the original soundtrack album). In 1968, a version by Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity became a hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart (see 1968 in music) and also reaching number 106 on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. With its use of distortion, phasing, the evocative imagery of the song’s title and the group’s flamboyant dress, this version is closely associated with the psychedelic era in British music. The arrangement featured prominent use of both Hammond organ and mellotron. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, whose main characters are throwbacks to that era. Australian singer Kylie Minogue released a cover of the track as the official theme song for 2016’s Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. The Byrds released a recording of “This Wheel’s on Fire” on their 1969 album, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, and live versions of the song are also included on the Byrds’ Live at the Fillmore – February 1969 album and the expanded CD reissue of their (Untitled) album. In 1987, the song was covered by the British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees for their all-covers album, Through the Looking Glass. Released as the first single from that album, Siouxsie and the Banshees’ version climbed to number 14 on the UK singles chart. The band did not know the song had been composed by Dylan before recording it: they covered it because they liked Driscoll’s version. Australian pop, rock group, Flake, had a top 20 hit on the Go-Set National Top 60 with their rendition in July 1970, which remained in the charts for 22 weeks. Other artists who have released their own versions of the song include: Hamilton Camp, Phil Lesh, Golden Earring, Elvis Costello, the Hollies, Ian and Sylvia, Les Fradkin, Leslie West, Serena Ryder, Charlie Winston, June Tabor, Guster and Rat Scabies.]

Black Stacey

24. Black Stacey – “Lose The Peace”
from: Lose The Peace – Single (unmastered) / Sharaden Staten / To Be Released This Spring
[Black Stacey is Sharaden Staten, a Missouri native, who release his album “Electric Church” in 2017. Part of WMM’s The 117 Best Recordings of 2017. Sharaden, a 27-year-old, having grown up in the back woods of central Missouri, and couch surfed his way into the KC metro, pairs subtle notes of R&B, funk, soul, and rock; dramatically blending it into a raw eclectic mix. In 2015 Sharaden began writing, recording and producing Black Stacey’s debut, “Electric Chariot”. A project that has given him a solid foundation in the KC music scene, gaining him spots on local radio and the opportunity to work with producer Joel Nanos (Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Radkey, Sly/Robbie & the Taxi Gang). More info at http://www.blackstacey.com.]

[Black Stacey plays SoundMachine KC, on Tuesday, March 19, at 9:00 PM at miniBar, 810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with Stuyedeyed, and Stone Grower.]

25. Rachel Mallin – “Noise of The Night”
from: The Persistence of Vision EP / Independence / September 12, 2014
[Rachel Mallin is from Kansas City, MO. At the age of 19 she released her self produced 4-song, EP The Persistence of Vision. The songs were written and created by Rachel in her mother’s basement during the summer of 2014, and recorded, mixed, and produced by Rachel Mallin in September. “Listener’s are immersed into Rachel’s writing and production as each song musically transcends the discord of human emotion into a harmonious wave of expression.” Co-mixed by Michael Kessler. Mastered by William Reeves at Centro Cellar Studio. In less than a year following her four-track EP’s release, her songs “Razorback” and “Noise of the Night” were broadcast on radio stations in Kansas City and nationally. In 2015 Rachel formed a band called The Wild Type. Rachel Mallin & The Wild Type also revealed a new song: “Something Wicked” on the on the new compilation series How To Keep Dreaming from The Record Machine released September 10, 2015. http://www.HowToKeepDreaming.com. On July 30, 2016 Rachel Mallin & The Wild Type – released their debut EP as a band, Degenerate Matters with: Rachel Mallin on lead vocals & guitar, Justin Walker on bass, Austin Edmisten on drums & back-up vocals, Jesse Bartmess on synthesizers & keyboards, Matt Kosinski on lead guitar. Degenerate Matters was recorded, produced, and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios. Musical Arrangements written and performed by Rachel Mallin, Justin Walker, Austin Edmisten, Jesse Bartmess, & Matt Kosinski. Lyrics by Rachel Mallin.]

[Rachel Mallin and the Wild Type play 100 Days A Tribute to the life of Mills Record Company and Judy Mills beloved shop dog Loretta Lynn, on the 100th day after her passing, Tonight, Wednesday, March 13 at 6:00 PM at Mills Record Company, 4045 Broadway Blvd KCMO with Dylan Pyles, and Westside Royal. This will also be a fundraiser for the shelter where Loretta was rescued (SEK Humane Society). More info at http://www.millsrecordcompany.com ]

26. Varma Cross – “Stairjumper”
from: Varma Cross / Varma Cross / February 18, 2019
[Debut album from Varma Cross with: Sam Boatright, Bryce Boley, Bradley McKellip , and Kelsey Richardson. Recorded and mixed by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures. Mastered by Carl Saff.]

[Varma Cross play Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, Saturday, March 16, i a Matinee from 6:00 to 9:00 PM with F I N K E L [LA], and Wonderfuzz.]

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

Next week on March 20 Patrick Alonzo Conway joins us to share details about the upcoming Kansas City Gamelan Genta Gasturi concert. Plus, musician Mike Alexander joins us to share new music from Hip Shot Killer.

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

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Wednesday MidDay Medley plays New & MidCoastal Releases

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TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

WMM’s 777th Show!
New & MidCoastal Releases

Wednesday MidDay Medley celebrates our 777th show with two hours of New & MidCoastal Releases from: Kevin Morby, The Dear Misses, Violet and the Undercurrents, Radkey, The Sluts, Black Stacey, Varma Cross, Sugo Day, Hot Club of Cowtown, Shay Estes, Carswell & Hope, Ebony Tusks, Deco Auto, Rachel Mallin, Emily King, Helado Negro, Y La Bamba, Pedro the Lion, Lomelda, Solange, Deerhunter, FEELS, Citizen Cope, Adia Victoria, Our Native Daughters: (Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell), and Kris Kristofferson & Brandi Carlile.

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WMM Playlist from March 6, 2019

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Fathers + Britt Adair of Josey Records +
Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal of The Philistines

1. “It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Emmaline Twist – “Oblivion”
from: Dissimulation / Black Site / August 24, 2018
[Debut LP from Emmaline Twist, Kansas City’s Darkwave / Post-Punk / Shoegaze project. In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.” The band is Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar, and Alex Alexander on synthesizers & guitar. Dissimulation was Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. The album cover-art was created by Amy Abshier.]

[Emmaline Twist plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO Tomorrow night, March 8, at 8:30 PM, with The Heroine, and The Almighty Trouble Brothers.]

[Emmaline Twist plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KC, Saturday, March 9, at 10:00 PM, with Dentist (from New Jersey & Cleopatra Records.), and Toughies.]

The Freedom Affair

3. The Freedom Affair – “Rise Up”
from: Soul Slabs Vol. 2 / Colemine Records / April 13, 2019
[The Freedom Affair has been selected to be part of Colemine Records new 3xLP box set, “Soul Slabs Vol. 2” a Record Store Day Exclusive Release. The Freedom Affair is a new project of Chris Hazelton of SunFlower Soul Records and Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7. The new band includes member of the Boogaloo 7 with members of Instant Karma and three of the KC area’s leading vocalists. The Freedom Affair is: Misha Roberts on vocals, Seyko Groves on vocals, Paula Saunders on vocals, Cole Bales on guitar, Branden Moser on guitar, Chris Hazelton on bass, Dave Brick on drums, Pete Carroll on trumpet, and Brett Jackson on saxophone.]

[The Freedom Affair play Knuckleheads Saloon Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 with Stone Cutters Union.]

4. Our Native Daughters – “Mama’s Cryin’ Long”
from: Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / February 22, 2019
[Our Native Daughters includes: Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell (of Birds of Chicago). This song features all of their voices. Songs of Our Native Daughters’ gathers together kindred musicians in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’ — written and sung in various combinations — is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more. Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, was awarded a 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and won the 2016 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. She has performed for President Barack Obama, appeared on The Late Show, Austin City Limits, CBS Sunday Morning, and has played a recurring role on the television drama Nashville in the role of Hallie Jordan, a young social worker with “the voice of an angel.” For her project with Our Native Daughters, Giddens brought together three other black female roots artists. “Gathering a group of fellow black female artists who had and have a lot to say, made it both highly collaborative and deeply personal to me,” she explains. “It felt like there were things we had been waiting to say our whole lives in our art; and to be able to say them in the presence of our sisters-in-song was sweet, indeed.” Their debut recording, Songs of Our Native Daughters, is a stunning thirteen-track album. Produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell. Engineered and mixed by Dirk Powell. Recorded at Cypress House Studio, Breaux Bridge, LA. The recordings were mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge NY. Assisted by Chris Allgood. Annotated by Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, and Dirk Powell.]

5. The Black Creatures – “Silver Tears”
from: Silver Tears – Single / The Black Creatures / June 19, 2018
[The Black Creatures are a dark pop hip-hop musical duo from Kansas City, Missouri pulling elements from sci-fi to tell an inter-dimensional story. Xavier Martin and Jade Beomh released their debut album, See No Evil, on December 6, 2017 and their recording Elements in February 2018. This song was originally released as part of a 12″ vinyl record exclusive for Josey Records’ 2017 Fall Compilation. The band made it available as a digital download in June of 2018 on their Bandcamp page. The song includes additional vocals provided by: AniMal (Ana Marcela Maldonado Morales), Barbara Solomon, Kassidee Quaranta, and Adres Va Cortas.]

[The Black Creatures play Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, KCMO, on Sat, Mar. 9, at 8:30 PM with Collidescope, and Anothermaxwell.]

6. Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “Sometimes”
from: Smash Hits From A Parallel Universe (EP) / Scott Hrabko / February 14, 2019
[Scott Hrabko on lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic 6 and 12 string guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, & percussion; Jason Beers on bass guitar; Tim Higgins on drums, Marco Pascolini on junior electric guitar. Scott calls this release: 4 songs for the new age of anxiety. Scott Hrako & The Rabbits released “Summer” in 2017, and “Biscuits and Gravity” in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, “Gone Places” was said to be 30 years in the making. Singer-songwriter Scott Hrabko has played with KC’s oldest garage band The Original Sinners, as well as various incarnations of the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg.]

[Scott Hrabko plays SongCraft Session #2 Hosted by Kelly Hunt in residency at recordBar, tomorrow night, Thursday, March 7, at 6:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO]

7. Mene Mene – “Knuckledraggers (Radio Edit)”
from: Knuckledraggers – Single / Mene Mene / March 5, 2019
[Written and performed by Brad Feagan on vocals and keyboards and Alec Stockman on drums. This KC based 2-piece Indie-Alternative-Rock band launched their debut EP ‘Stone, Steel, and Spark’ in September 2017. Since then they’ve been featured on KC Star ‘Star Sessions’ and area radio stations. They have quickly gained a reputation as an impressive live act characterized by their larger than life sound and light show. The band describes their song as: “Some piano, some drums, and a whole lot of repressed feelings”. The band describes Knuckledraggers as “a war cry against the unintelligence dominating the American media, culture, and political scene today. With great angst and determination, the song calls out those who don’t think before they act. Propelled by a ragtime-esque piano riff, driving powerful drums, deep bass, and catchy lyrics, Knuckledraggers creates a dark and rich sonic atmosphere and a fresh take on piano rock.”]

[Mene Mene plays Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, 3402 Main St, KCMO, on Saturday, March 9, at 7:00 PM opening for Lost Stars with True Lions.]

10:29 – Underwriting

Fathers

8. Fathers – “PRTND”
from High Horses / Fathers / March 1, 2019
[Formed in 2017 the band includes: Kenneth Storz on vocals, guitar, & keyboards; Brooke Honeycutt on vocals, bells, & percussion; David Vava Littlewood on vocals, keyboards, & bells; Matt Guilliams on bass, & percussion; Bryce Veazey on vibraphone, voice, & percussion; Josh Seerden on guitar, keyboards, bass, & percussion; Celeste Tilley on trombone, vocals, & percussion.]

[Fathers play a High Horses EP Release Party, Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 PM, at the 2016 Main Event Space at 2016 Main St, KCMO, with Eems and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.]

11:35 – Interview with Kenneth Storz, David Littlewood, & Bryce Veazey of Fathers

Bryce Veazey, Kenneth Storz, and David Vava Littlewood of Fathers on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Kenneth Storz, David Vava Littlewood, & Bryce Veazey are three of the members of Fathers the Kansas City band formed in 2017. Fathers have released several singles. On March 1 they released their debut EP High Horses. Fathers play a High Horses EP Release Party, Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 PM, at the 2016 Main Event Space at 2016 Main St, KCMO, with the Youth Chorus of Kansas City and with opening acts: Eems and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.

Kenneth Storz, David Vava Littlewood, Bryce Veazey, thanks for being with us on WMM.

Fathers Includes:

Kenneth Storz on vocals, guitar, & keyboards;

Brooke Honeycutt on vocals, bells, & percussion;

David Vava Littlewood on vocals, keyboards, & bells;

Matt Guilliams on bass, & percussion;

Bryce Veazey on vibraphone, voice, & percussion;

Josh Seerden on guitar, keyboards, bass, & percussion;

Celeste Tilley on trombone, vocals, & percussion.

Fathers is a 7-piece band, but for Saturday night the band will be an 11-piece.

Also joining the band with be the Kansas City Youth Chorus

Kenneth Storz, David Vava Littlewood, Bryce Veazey performed live in our 90.1 FM Studios

Bryce Veazey, David Vava Littlewood, and Kenneth Storz of Fathers playing live on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Bryce Veazey, David Vava Littlewood, and Kenneth Storz of Fathers playing live on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Bryce Veazey, David Vava Littlewood, and Kenneth Storz of Fathers playing live on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

10:46

9. Fathers – Elsewhere Anywhere” (LIVE)
[Kenneth Storz on lead vocals & guitar, Bryce Veazey on Vibraphone & vocals, David Littlewood on keyboards & vocals.]

Fathers play a High Horses EP Release Party, Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 PM, at the 2016 Main Event Space at 2016 Main St, KCMO, with Eems and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.

Parts of Fathers’ High Horses EP were recorded in the Yoga studio of Bodyfit where David Littlewood works

Several reviews of High Horses have compared Fathers to The Beach Boys and to Olivia Tremor Control.

There will be a limited edition vinyl release

Fathers have played Middle of The Map Fest, The Buzz Homegrown Showcase, recordBar, the Brick, Power and Light District, The Rino, sharing stages with many area bands including Pink Royal, Y God Y, Pageant Boys, The Fey, Calvin Arsenia, and others.

Bryce Veazey, Kenneth Storz, and David Vava Littlewood, of Fathers on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Kenneth Storz, David Vava Littlewood, Bryce Veazey, thanks for being with us on WMM.

10:53

10. Fathers – “High Horses”
from High Horses / Fathers / March 1, 2019
[Formed in 2017 the band includes: Kenneth Storz on vocals, guitar, & keyboards; Brooke Honeycutt on vocals, bells, & percussion; David Vava Littlewood on vocals, keyboards, & bells; Matt Guilliams on bass, & percussion; Bryce Veazey on vibraphone, voice, & percussion; Josh Seerden on guitar, keyboards, bass, & percussion; Celeste Tilley on trombone, vocals, & percussion.]

[Fathers play a High Horses EP Release Party, Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 PM, at the 2016 Main Event Space at 2016 Main St, KCMO, with Eems and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.]

11:00 – Station ID

11. Cherry Glazerr – “Isolation”
from: Stuffed & Ready / Secretly Canadian / February 1, 2019
[Cherry Glazerr is currently on a U.S. and European tour. The band was just at recordBar last Wednesday, Feb. 27. Cherry Glazerr is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 2013. The current lineup consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Clementine Creevy, bassist Devin O’Brien and drummer Tabor Allen. The band’s sound has transitioned from lo-fi, garage-rock in their debut release Haxel Princess in 2014, to a more polished rock sound, with elements of grunge punk and new wave, in their subsequent releases Apocalipstick and Stuffed and Ready. After releasing 2016’s critically acclaimed ‘Apocalipstick,’ Cherry Glazerr spent the next 18 months touring the world on their own steam. Between DIY All Ages venues, rock clubs, large festival stages, and massive theaters with some of the world’s best and most beloved bands (The Pixies, Flaming Lips, Slowdive, and The Breeders, among others), the band has really only stopped to work on their follow up, ‘Stuffed & Ready.’ While furiously building the band’s sound and ideas, front person Clem Creevy enlisted Carlos de La Garza to be the band’s studio co-collaborator as they evolved the songs and refined the recordings.]

11:03 – Interview with Britt Adair

Britt Adair on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Britt Adair is founder and lead guitarist for the band The Bad Ideas. Britt is also part of the family at Josey Records. Britt is an artist and filmmaker and huge nurturer of Kansas City Punk Music Scene. She has organized bands and shows for in-stores, festivals, and tours. For several years Britt organized the Summer Kamp Fest bringing nationally touring punk bands to town to play with bands from Kansas City’s diverse community.

Britt joins us to today to share music from her band The Bad Ideas and from Josey Records located in Kansas City’s Crossroads at 1814 Oak Street, KCMO. Josey Records specializes in vinyl records including collectibles, new releases, CDs, tapes, turntables, and feature First Friday In-Store Concerts, Art Exhibitions, Live DJs. Josey Records is currently getting ready for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 13. Meanwhile, Britt’s band The Bad Ideas are getting set to release their new album “Happiness” at the end of the month and The Bad Ideas will play The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Friday, March 22.

Britt Adair, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

We just heard Cherry Glazerr, one of the songs you brought in to play on the show today.

Since I’ve known Britt I’ve seen her working at Charlotte Street Foundation, working at several area record stores, working as a bartender in punk clubs, and finally at Josey Records.

Since I’ve known Britt I’ve also watched her get married to Christian LaBeau, manager of Josey Record, area DJ, and all-around great guy.

The Bad Ideas are getting set to release their new album “Happiness” and The Bad Ideas play The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Friday, March 22.

The Bad Ideas are: Britt Adair on guitar, Breaka Dawn on vocals, Matt Roberts on bass, and Jay Willis on drums.

The Bad Ideas are from Kansas City, Missouri and were formed in August 2011. They’ve written all original songs and are influenced by post-hardcore, punk, and early 80’s punk. Their EP, Worse Thoughts, was recorded on January 22, 2012 and released March, 2012. Their first self-produced full length album, Lesson #1 was released March 8, 2013. The Bad Ideas also released a 7″ split with Red Kate on March 31, 2014. Their most recent release is a full length cassette, “Leave Me Alone” released on June 6, 2015.

The Bad Ideas are getting set to release their new album “Happiness” at the end of March.

The Band Ideas – Britt Adair on guitar, Breaka Dawn on vocals, Matt Roberts on bass, and Jay Willis on drums.

11:13

12. The Bad Ideas – “Nightmare”
from: Happiness / The Bad Ideas / March 30, 2019
[The Bad Ideas are: Britt Adair on guitar, Breaka Dawn on vocals, Matt Roberts on bass, and Jay Willis on drums. This Kansas City, Missouri based band was formed in August 2011.]

[The Bad Ideas play The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Friday, March 22.]

13. Hot Snakes – “I Need a Doctor”
from: Jericho Sirens / Sub Pop / March 16, 2018
[Hot Snakes are an American post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1999 in San Diego, California. Reis and Froberg had previously performed together in Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu, after which Reis had found international success with Rocket from the Crypt. Hot Snakes disbanded in 2005 but reunited in 2011. Although they share musical similarities with members’ previous outfits, Hot Snakes have a sound that is much more primal than that of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu or even Rocket from the Crypt. Reis and Froberg were also heavily influenced by bands such as The Wipers, Suicide, and Michael Yonkers Band, and these influences gave Hot Snakes a distinctive sound that has been described by one critic as “hardcore garage punk.”[3] The band’s recordings and merchandise were conducted in a “Do it Yourself” manner, with Froberg providing all of the artwork and Reis releasing the material via his Swami Records label.]

11:17

We are talking with Britt Adair a founder of the punk band The Bad Ideas, and part of the staff at Josey Records at 1814 Oak Street, KCMO.

Josey Records

The East Crossroads: KC Crossroads at Grinders is across the street from Josey Records.

Josey Records features First Friday In-Store Concerts, Art Exhibitions, Live DJs.

Christian LaBeau couldn’t be with us because he is getting ready for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 13.

Britt Adair on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Britt Adair, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

11:26

13. Gurr – “Yosemite”
from: In My Head / Duchess Box Records / October 14, 2016
[Debut album from GURR, a German garage rock duo, consisting of Andreya Casablanca and Laura Lee (both on vocals and guitar). Casablanca, who is from Nuremberg, and Lee, from Oldenberg, met in Berlin while doing North American studies, and formed a band together soon after. They self-released the Furry Dream EP in April 2015. They recorded their debut album, In My Head in a studio at Berlin’s Funkhaus. Its release was preceded by the singles Moby Dick and Walnuts (present on the album in a German language version, “Walnuss” – their only German language song). The album was released in October 2016, to positive reviews. In 2017 the band toured Europe extensively and also played SXSW in Austin, Texas, and did a session at Maida Vale Studios for Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. They supported The Go! Team and Shame on UK tours in the spring of 2018. In May 2018 the band released a new single, “Hot Summer”, which was followed by various festival dates including Immergut, and the Rock am Ring and Rock in Park festivals. The band ended 2018 by collaborating with Eddie Argos of Art Brut on Christmas songs for a new “Christmas Business” EP.]

11:29 – Underwriting

11:31 – Interview with Cody Wyoming and Rod Peal

Cody Wyoming and Rod Peal of The Philistines on the March 6, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal are veterans of the Kansas City music community. They are also two of the founding members of the six-piece rock band The Philistines. Formed in 2013 The Philistines includes: Kimmie Queen on vocals, Cody Wyoming on guitar & vocals, Steve Gardels on drums, Rod Peal on guitar, Josh Mobley on keyboards, and Barry Kidd on bass. The Philistines released their debut album “The Backbone of Night” on June 4, 2016. The recording was #1 on WMM’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Cody and Rod join us today to share two new “A side” singles the group is releasing next week.

Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

New music from The Philistines, that will be part of the upcoming album Dysnomia.

Recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios.

Produced by Paul Malinowski and Cody Wyoming.

The Philistines

11:38

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

11:41 – More Interview with Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal

Cody Wyoming and Kimmie Queen also have created a musical side project called The Guillotine Choir.

Cody Wyoming is also a guitarist with The Pedaljets. The Pedaljets are also planning to release a new album this year. Cody wrote the song “Further” during the recording process of The Pedaljets new album. Cody worked at The Midwestern Musical Company for one of the original members of The Pedaljets, bassist Matt Kesler. Cody went to Park Hill High and lives in Kansas City, Missouri with Kimmie Queen who he has been in a relationship with for 15 years. Besides music, Cody and Kimmie have collaborated together on multiple theatrical projects. Cody grew up in Enid, Oklahoma.

As well as his work with The Philistines Rod Peal was the owner of Halcyon Diversified Trading. He currently works for Ruskin. Rod went to Platte County High and lives in KCMO. Rod at one time lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rod is the father to his son Sydney who’s voice can be heard on The Philistines new recorded track, “Velvet Rabbits.” Rod married Sarah Carlson on September 3, 2016. Together they have a daughter named Opal.

The song “Velvet Rabbit” was written by Mike McCoy who is known for his Kansas City band Cher UK, and his Austin, Texas band The Service Industry. “Velvet Rabbit” was originally recorded by McCoy’s post Cher UK band, Black Rabbits a band that recorded songs with “rabbit” in their titles. The band Black Rabbits included: Lyle Wells on guitar, Bernie Dugan on drums, and Jason Beers on bass.

Cody wanted to record this song because he loves Mike McCoy and he loved the band Black Rabbits, and he currently has been thinking a lot about rabbits, and how some of us are like the rabbits, and their constant state of fear, because the the times we are currently living through.

11:53

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

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

Next week, on March 13, we present out 777th show.

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Show #776

Wednesday MidDay Medley presents Fathers, The Philistines, and Josey Records

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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, March 6, 2019

New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Fathers + Britt Adair of Josey Records +
Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal of The Philistines

Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Freedom Affair, The Philistines, Fathers, Mene Mene, Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits, The Black Creatures, Emmaline Twist, Songs of Our Native Daughters with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah, and Aspasia Allison Russell (of Birds of Chicago), and more.

Fathers

At 10:30 Kenneth Storz and members of the Kansas City band Fathers share tracks from their debut EP High Horses and perform live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Formed in 2017 the band includes: Kenneth Storz on vocals, guitar, & keyboards; Brooke Honeycutt on vocals, bells, & percussion; David Vava Littlewood on vocals, keyboards, & bells; Matt Guilliams on bass, & percussion; Bryce Veazey on vibraphone, voice, & percussion; Josh Seerden on guitar, keyboards, bass, & percussion; Celeste Tilley on trombone, vocals, & percussion. Fathers play a High Horses EP Release Party, Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 PM, at the 2016 Main Event Space at 2016 Main St, KCMO, with Eems and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.

At 11:00 Britt Adair of Josey Records joins us to talk about music, records, in-stores and Record Store Day. Britt Adair is also a founder of the punk band The Bad Ideas. Josey Records is located in Kansas City’s Crossroads at 1814 Oak Street, KCMO. Josey Records Kansas City specializes in vinyl records including collectibles, new releases, CDs, tapes, turntables, and music accessories. Josey Records features First Friday In-Store Concerts, Art Exhibitions, Live DJs, and his currently getting ready for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 13. The Bad Ideas play The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Friday, March 22.

The Philistines

At 11:30 Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal of The Philistines share two new singles the group is releasing next week. The Philistines were formed in 2013 and include: Kimmie Queen on vocals; Cody Wyoming on guitar & vocals, Steve Gardels on drums, Rod Peal on guitar, Josh Mobley on keyboards, and Barry Kidd on bass. The Philistines released their debut album “The Backbone of Night” on June 4, 2016. The recording was #1 on WMM’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. The Philistines play MidCoast Takeover, on Wednesday, March 13 at The Shangri-La in Austin, Texas during SXSW. The Philistines play The Buzz Homegrown Showcase Saturday, April 1st, at The Dubliner KC, 170 East 14th Street, KCMO.

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Show #776

WMM Playlist from February 27, 2019

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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 27, 2019

New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Julia Othmer + Guest Producer Nico Gray

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Universal / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. Violet and The Undercurrents – “Still Here”
from: “Still Here” – Single / Violet Vonder Haar Music / November 1, 2018
[The first single released from the band’s new 10-song album called, The Captain, to be released March 1. This Columbia, Missouri based 4-piece band is anchored by the intrepid songwriting of Violet Vonder Haar on lead vocals & guitar; with Linda Bott on bass guitar; Phylshawn Johnson on drums, and Lizzy Weiland on lead guitar. Violet Vonder Haar was raised in a small town at the edge of the Missouri River and nurtured by a thriving folk music-centered community. Vonder Haar started honing her craft as a songwriter, performer and vocalist at an early age. She was inspired by her father, a riverboat captain who introduced her to the music of folk legends and encouraged her journey as an artist. More information at: http://www.violetandtheundercurrents.com]

[Violet and the Undercurrents play an In-Store Album Release show Saturday, March 2, at 6:00 PM, at Mills Record Company, 4045 Broadway Blvd, KCMO.]

3. Dead Voices – “Passing Through”
from: Commoners / Dead Voices / February 4, 2019
[The follow up to their 2013 Debut EP. Kansas City Super-Group, formed in September of 2010, by David Regnier on lead vocals, Jason Beers on bass, Matt Richey on drums, Michael Stover on lap steel and other instruments, and Marco Pascolini on guitar.]

[Dead Voices play Westport Saloon, Saturday March 2 from midnight to 2:00 AM]

4. Slights – “Higher Than Stoned”
from: Flow State / Slights / November 30, 2018
[Slights is a collaboration band between Ben Parks & Matthew Dunehoo. In late January, 2017 they recorded an album at Ghost Cat Studios in San Francisco w/ Ryan Kleeman and their friend Andrew Skikne on bass. Ben Parks is also visual artist & painter as well as part of the band, Of Tree. Matthew Dunehoo is also a filmmaker & actor, and has been a member of the bands: Loose Park, Baby Teardrops, Doris Henson. On Nov, 7, we interviewed Ben Parks & Matthew Dunehoo who joined us to talk about the debut release of their new band Slights. The new 11-song album was created over the past year. Matt is the founder of Elk’s Pride Pictures, based in KCMO More information at http://www.slightsband.com]

[Slights play MidCoast Takeover Fundraiser #3 with Dan Jones and The Squids, and (the)medicine theory, Saturday, March 2, at 9:00 PM, at The Brick, 1727 McGee St, KCMO]

10:15 – Survivors’ Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence

In this next set we feature three artists who are participating in a special show tomorrow night, on Thursday, February 28, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City. The show is called: Survivors’ Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence. Proceeds will benefit MOCSA, The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.

The evening will consist of a curated lineup of performers sharing songs, poetry, and other performance art pieces that touch on their experience with sexual violence or harassment. Along with providing a safe space where survivors can connect and access services they may need, this is a chance for those who have not dealt with sexual violence to further understand what it means to be a survivor.

Performers include: Una Walkenhorst, Erin McGrane, Poet Jen Harris, Madison Mae Parker, Kat King, Maggie Cargill, Hannah Norris, Olivia Sloan, and Taylor Scholle. Organizer Una Walkenhorst shared with us a few pieces that will be performed live. We’ll hear the song “2017” from Lawrence based singer songwriter Kat King, a spoken word piece from Poet Jen Harris, and “On The Outside” written by Una Walkenhorst from the album, For Tomorrow, from Bob & Una Walkenhorst.

5. Kat King – “2017”
from: 2017 – Single / Kat King / November 18, 2018
[Lawrence Kansas based singer songwriter Kat King released her 5-song EP “Falling Up” on December 1, 2017. Kat King has been creating music since the 2nd grade. She’s produced one 13-song album and three EP’s, the first one released at the age of 14. About this song Kat wrote: “It’s been over a year since I’ve released new music. This past year + has been a whirlwind of self-reflection, anger, and change. Sometimes I get really sick of writing heart break songs (because how many of us can keep writing the same feelings, just in different words?). I had the honor of playing a New Years Eve show to welcome in 2018 and in the midst of the political chaos I thought, why not challenge myself to write about something bigger than being sad. Music has always been a device of encouraging change. I don’t want to spend the time or energy giving more attention to the leaders who I find incredibly disappointing, but rather to those who’ve been passionate and brave enough to speak out. I’m so tired of looking past inhumane actions in the name of being loyal to a side. I wrote this song because I needed to reflect about my own shame but I also needed to remind myself that there are lights of hope, people brave enough to address the bullshit and put their livelihood at stake in the name of change. I wish I were that brave but instead I’m releasing this song as a first step, inspired by 2017 which unfortunately is still relevant on our way into 2019, in honor of those who are. And it still feels scary. Enjoy and stay tuned for more songs to be released in the near future – heartbreak songs, of course. “]

[Kat King plays Survivors’ Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence, February 28, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City. Proceeds will go to MOCSA, The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.]

6. Jen Harris – “When You Die (feat. Eman Chalshotori)”
from: Flaunting Her Mediocrity / Jen Harris / October 9, 2016
[Poet Jen Harris is a professional public speaker, spoken word poet, activist, published author, founder and former host of Kansas City Poetry Slam. Harris graduated Cum Laude from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts, emphases in Communication Studies, English Language and Literature. She is the recipient of the 2015 UMKC Jim Wanser Pride Award for outstanding LGBT community activism in Kansas City. Additionally, she was nominated as the 2017 Spoken Word Host of the Year by the National Spoken Word Awards, is the recipient of The Pitch Magazine’s Top 3 Poets in Kansas City award 2014-2016, winning the coveted title in 2017, the same week that she gave her TED Talk at the University of Kansas, “Spoken Word Poetry Saved My Life,” Spoken Word Poetry as a form of mental health advocacy, and is the 2009 ACP Kansas Journalist of the Year. Her first book of poetry, Slammed, released via Spartan Press Feb. 27, 2016 to a sold out audience.]

[Jen Harris plays Survivors’ Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence, February 28, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City. Proceeds will go to MOCSA, The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.]

7. Bob & Una Walkenhorst – “On The Outside”
from: For Tomorrow / BAT Records / October 12, 2018
[25 year old Una Walkenhorst is a singer/songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. Following the release of her debut album “Scars” in 2014, Una immediately had “new fans. . . coming out of the proverbial woodwork” (AXS). Paired with refreshingly raw vocals, Una’s heartfelt lyrics “will stop you in your tracks (at once beautiful and chilling),” wrote Gilded Palace Radio, as she weaves stories of genuine human experience. Una told KCUR FM that her father was one of the people who made her love music. But having a famous father can be challenging: “I knew that if I started my music career here I would have a lot of opportunities, but not all of them would be because of my music. They would be because I am someone’s daughter,” Walkenhorst says. Loading up her 97 Honda Civic, Una then spent a year traveling across North America promoting her music and connecting with listeners one-on-one. She ended up living in New Orleans. Una Walkenhorst is the youngest daughter of Bob Walkenhorst, a founding member of The Rainmakers, which had national and international hits in the 1980s and 90s, and continue to this day touring and recording new music. In January of 2018 Una Walkenhorst returned home to Kansas City from New Orleans. Over the past several years, Una and Bob had performed together at selected events, including Folk Alliance International. This year the father and daughter duo decided to record an album together, where they split the difference, taking turns as songwriters for the album’s songs, written individually, and recorded together, in clear beautiful harmonies, with that extra special shared musical DNA, that can be heard in the harmonies of The Carter Family, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, or Shy Boys.]

[Una Walkenhorst plays Survivors’ Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence, February 28, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Road, North Kansas City. Proceeds will go to MOCSA, The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.]

10:30 – Underwriting

Julia Othmer

8. Julia Othmer -“Hungry Days (Make Me Feel)”
from: Hungry Days (Make Me Feel) – Single / Julia Othmer & James Lundie / February 2019
[One of several new singles released from Julia Othmer leading up to the release of “Sound,” her second full-length 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.” Julia has just returned from a US and UK tour opening for The Alarm.]

[Julia Othmer plays Knuckleheads, at 2715 Rochester Street, Thursday, February 28, at 8:30 pm.]

11:36 – Interview with Julia Othmer

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

We are happy to welcome back to the radio show our friend, singer songwriter Julia Othmer. who went to Park Hill High and studied at Columbia University in New York City. Julia now lives in Los Angeles, California and she is back in her hometown to play Knuckleheads, at 2715 Rochester Street, tomorrow night, Thursday, February 28, at 8:30 pm.

Julia Othmer, thanks for being with us on WMM

Julia Othmer was born August 13, 1975. She is from Kansas City, Missouri. She went to Park Hill High and studied at Columbia University in New York City. Julia Othmer lives in Los Angeles, California.

Julia has lived in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, sand in Colorado

Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her first full-length album, “Oasis Motel.”

Julia’s mother Sieglinde Othmer is from Hamburg, Germany, and is an artist who studied at Sorbonne in Paris. She is the author of sevrl award winning books. Julia’s father is Arthur Othmer

Julia first started playing piano in first grade.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia Othmer on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Julia is getting ready to release “Sound,” her second full-length album, produced with James Lundie, who married Julia in January of 2016 during the completion of the record.

James Lundie from London, United Kingdon

Julia Othmer just recently finished touring and opening for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom.

Out of Print Magazine says: “This Thursday evening in the quaint little village of NYC, Julia Othmer, the mesmerizingly sultry singer/songwriter will be riding into town tucked under the wings of a Southwest jet. She will be performing at Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St. New York, NY) at 7PM sharp. If you haven’t heard of her, it may be because she has been diligently working on her new album for the last few years on the sunny and less immediate coast. Formerly a Kansas City native, Julia has put her pillow in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, some gondola in Colorado and finally Los Angeles, the city of lights and traffic, where she currently lives with her little white piano, her rock star and her cat Cosmo. Julia’s musical musings are so diverse that they become quite elusive to the simple description. Perhaps the best way to explain it would be if Nora Jones, Tom Waits, Billy Holiday and Lyle Lovett had a musical orgy and let you watch behind a curtain of burning lace and a whiskey waterfall. I’ll bring the unfiltered cigarettes, you bring your soul.”

Julia Othmer, thanks for being with us on WMM

Julia Othmer plays Knuckleheads, at 2715 Rochester Street, Thursday, February 28, at 8:30 pm. With with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, and John Floyd Whitaker on drums! with special guests: Coleen Dieker on violin and Calvin Arsenia on electric harp.

11:52

9. Julia Othmer – “Frickin Awesome”
from: Sound / Julia Othmer & James Lundie / June 30, 2016
[From Julia Othmer’s upcoming full length release “Sound,” 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.”]

10. Remy Styrk – “Winter/Summer”
from: “Winter/Summer” – Single / Remy Sryrk / February 28, 2019
[20 year old Remy Stryk lives in Leawood Kansas. Originally from Newark, New Jersey. This multi instrumentalist has been writing & recording music for several years. About this new single Remy tells us “It represents the two major seasons and personifies them to create a feeling of trust, anger, love, uncertainty, inspiration and comfort. I wanted them to be applicable to many people’s situations in life, no matter who they are or what they believe in. This song is about universal feelings that connect us as one and value our ability to feel and express.” Last year Remy released “In Too Deep” one of 5 singles Remy has released in the last 2 years. Remy Styrk released the EP Sunday, on Jan 25, 2018 a follow up to the Aug 12, 2015 full length album, Telling Stories Through The Basement Door.]

Julia Othmer and Nico Gray on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

11:00 – Station ID

Nico Gray on the February 27, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

We welcome back to the show, our friend Nico Gray, joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour. Nico has worked as a professional actor, a performance artist, a writer, and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant for several not-for-profit companies in Kansas City. Nico grew up in Kansas City but has lived in Chicago, New York and Marseille. For WMM Nico Gray has co-hosted several of our on-air fund drive shows. He participated in our special Glam Rock show, our special 700th show, and his writing and voice has been featured in our Bowie Tribute Shows. Today is his 7th appearance as Guest Producer from over the past four years.

Nico Gray welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11. Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters – “California Dreamin'”
from: The Baby Huey Story – The Living Legend / Water Music / 1971 [City Hall 2013]
[Baby Huey & the Babysitters was a soul band hailing from Gary, Indiana. The band, founded in 1963, was the idea of organist / trumpeter Melvyn Jones and guitarist Johnny Ross. James Ramey was their front man, and he adopted the stage name of “Baby Huey” (after the cartoon/comic book character Baby Huey). They were well known on the club scene in Chicago. By 1970, most of the original Babysitter members had left and had been replaced by new personnel. Melvyn Jones was one of the last original founding members to leave. Ramey died on October 28, 1970. He was in the midst of recording the band’s debut album for the Curtom label. The album that was released posthumously only featured some songs by the Babysitters. The rest were with Curtom session musicians. The Babysitters re-formed, briefly, to play at Ramey’s funeral. Manager Marv Stuart would later take some former members, including Dave Cook, to form Goliath with Chaka Khan.]

12. Paul McCartney – “Get Enough”
from: Get Enough- Single / Capitol / January 1, 2019
[A surprise release with no promotion from McCartney or his label prior to its release. The song is a non-album track and does not appear on his Egypt Station studio album standard (or Target) version but will appear (only) on the “Traveller’s Edition” box set version of the album (a strictly limited Deluxe edition of 3,000 copies to be released on May 10, 2019. The song was co-written and produced with McCartney by Ryan Tedder and Zach Skelton and was one of three songs McCartney produced with Tedder during the recording of his album Egypt Station including “Fuh You” and “Nothing for Free”. “Get Enough” is a piano ballad that features heavy use of Auto-Tune to alter McCartney’s voice. McCartney was originally concerned about the possible backlash of using Auto-Tune, but decided to use it based on The Beatles willingness to embrace new production techniques. The release of the song marked 2019 as the 59th consecutive year (since 1961) either The Beatles, or a member of that group, has released a single or an album during the calendar year.]

13. Yma Sumac — “Medicine Man”`
from: Miracles / London / January 1, 1972
[Sept .10, 1923 – Nov. 1, 2008. She was a Peruvian–American coloratura soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous exponents of exotica music. Sumac became an international success based on her extreme vocal range. She had six-and-a-half octaves according to some reports, but other reports (and recordings) document four-and-a-half at the peak of her singing career. In one live recording of “Chuncho”, she sings a range of over four and a half octaves, from B2 to G♯7. She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary soprano and notes in the whistle register. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song “Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)” (1953). She was also apparently able to sing in a remarkable “double voice”. In 1954, classical composer Virgil Thomson described Sumac’s voice as “very low and warm, very high and birdlike”, noting that her range “is very close to five octaves, but is in no way inhuman or outlandish in sound.” In 2012, audio recording restoration expert John H. Haley favorably compared Sumac’s tone to opera singers Isabella Colbran, Maria Malibran, and Pauline Viardot. He described Sumac’s voice as not having the “bright penetrating peal of a true coloratura soprano”, but having in its place “an alluring sweet darkness … virtually unique in our time.]

14. Art d’Ecco — “Dark Days (Revisited)”
from: Trespasser / Paper Bag / October 12, 2018
[Based in British Columbia, “There’s more than a little David Bowie in both the sonic and fashion leanings of Art d’Ecco, a performer who fluidly crosses musical and gender lines, creating highly memorable tracks — and sporting an unforgettable look. Often labelled “neo glam,” the music boasts hints of everything from ’50s pop to psychedelics, from Velvet Underground-era art rock to Grimes-inspired electronics.” – CBC Music]

15. Jackie Shane – “Any Other Way”
from: Jackie Shane: Any Other Way / Numero Group / October 20, 2017
[Jackie Shane was born May 15, 1940. She is an American former soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was most prominent in the local music scene of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1960s. She is originally from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1960, Shane moved to Montreal, Quebec, where saxophonist King Herbert Whitaker invited a young Shane along to watch the popular band Frank Motley and his Motley Crew at the Esquire Show Bar. Shane, who showed up in a bright red dress and her hair done up, sat down near the front. When Motley said, “Get that kid up here and let’s see what they can do,” pianist Curley Bridges invited her up onstage for the next set, where she performed songs by Ray Charles and Bobby “Blue” Bland. She was soon the band’s lead vocalist, and relocated to Toronto with them in late 1961. She sometimes returned to the United States to perform shows in Nashville, Boston, and Los Angeles. A fan mythology linked her to Little Richard, including claims that she had been Richard’s backing vocalist before moving to Canada or even that she was Richard’s cousin, although no verification of either claim has ever been found and no evidence exists that Shane ever made either claim herself. Music critic Carl Wilson has concluded that, while in reality Shane had deep and identifiable roots in the traditions of the Southern US Chitlin’ Circuit, the mythology emerged because that scene’s traditions were not known to Torontonians in the 1960s, and thus Little Richard was the only antecedent for Shane’s style that most of her local fan base could identify. Throughout her active musical career and for many years thereafter, Shane was written about by nearly all sources as a man who performed in drag. The few sources that actually sought out her own words on the matter of her own gender identification were more ambiguous, however; she identified herself as male in two early quotes to the Toronto Star, but more often appeared to simply dodge questions about her gender altogether. Her identity as a trans woman was not confirmed on the record by a media outlet until 2017. CBC Radio’s Inside the Music aired a documentary feature, “I Got Mine: The Story of Jackie Shane”, in 2010. At the time, nobody involved in the documentary had been able to determine whether Shane was still living; she was subsequently found still alive in Nashville.Footage of Shane in performance also appeared in Bruce McDonald’s 2011 documentary television series Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories. Jackie Shane Live was reissued in 2011 on Vintage Music as Live at the Sapphire Tavern, although the reissue was labelled as being from 1963 (the date of the original live performance) instead of 1967 (the release date of the album). The reissue also included Shane’s performances from Honkin’ at Midnight as bonus tracks. A compilation album of the studio singles and rarities, Soul Singles Classics, was released the same year. In 2015, the Polaris Music Prize committee shortlisted Jackie Shane Live as one of the nominees for the 1960s-1970s component of its inaugural Heritage Award to honor classic Canadian albums. It was shortlisted for the prize again in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, a group of Toronto writers published the essay anthology Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer, a history of LGBT culture in Toronto; in addition to taking its title from Shane’s 1962 single, the book includes an essay devoted specifically to Shane. In the summer of 2017, the reissue label Numero Group announced that they would be releasing a double-LP/CD compilation of Shane’s music, Any Other Way, on October 20, 2017. The album marks the first time since her final single in 1969 that Shane has been directly involved in the production and release of a reissue of her music.]

16. Super Borgou de Parakou — “Baba L’oke Ba’wagbe”
from: African Scream Contest 2 – Benin 1963 – 1980/ Analog Africa / May 18, 2018
[A great compilation can open the gate to another world. Who knew that some of the most exciting Afro-funk records of all time were actually made in the small West African country of Benin? Once Analog Africa released the first African Scream Contest in 2008, the proof was there for all to hear, gut-busting yelps, lethally well drilled horn sections and irresistibly insistent rhythms added up to a record that took you into its own space with the same electrifying sureness as any favorite blues or soul or funk or punk sampler you might care to mention. // Ten years on, intrepid crate-digger Samy Ben Redjeb unveils a new treasure trove of Vodoun-inspired Afrobeat heavy funk crossover greatness. Right from the laceratingly raw guitar fanfare which kicks off Les Sympathics’ pile-driving opener, it’s clear that African Scream Contest II is going to be every bit as joyous a voyage of discovery as its predecessor. And just as you’re trying to get off the canvas after this one-punch knock out, an irresistible Afro-ska romp with a more than subliminal echo of the Batman theme puts you right back there. Ignace De Souza and the Melody Aces’ “Asaw Fofor” would’ve been a killer instrumental but once you’ve factored in the improbably-rich-to-the-point-of-being-Nat-King-Cole-influenced lead vocal, it’s a total revelation. // The screaming does not stop there, in fact it’s only just beginning. But the strange thing about African Scream Contest II’s celebration of unfettered Beninese creativity is that it would not have been possible without the assistance of a musician who had been trained by the Russian secret services to “search and destroy” enemies of the country’s (then) Marxist-Leninist president Mathieu Kerekou. // Already familiar to fans of the first African Scream Contest as a mainstay of ruthlessly disciplined military band Les Volcans de la Capitale, Lokonon André vanished in a cloud of dust at Ben Redjeb’s behest with a list of names and some petrol money, only to return a few days later having miraculously tracked down every single name he’d been given. The source of this Afrobeat bounty-hunter’s impressive people-finding skills – his training with the KGB – highlights the tension between encroaching authoritarian politics and fearless expressions of personal creative freedom which is the back-story of so much great African music of the 60s and 70s. Happily, in this instance, Lokonon was tracking the artists down to offer them licensing deals, rather than to arrest them. // Where some purveyors of vintage African sounds seem to be strip-mining the continent’s musical heritage with no less rapacious intent than the mining companies and colonial authorities who previously extracted its mineral wealth, Samy Ben Redjeb’s determination to track this amazing music to its human sources pays huge karmic dividends. // Like every other Analog Africa release, African Scream Contest II is illuminated by meticulously researched text and effortlessly fashion-forward photography supplied by the artists themselves. Looming large – alongside Lokonon André – in the cast of biopic-worthy characters to emerge from this seductive tropical miasma is visionary space-nerd Bernard Dohounso, who laid the foundations for Benin’s vinyl predominance by importing and assembling the turntables that would play the products of his Bond villain-acronymed pressing plant SATEL, a factory that would revolutionise the music industry in the whole region. // The scene documented here couldn’t have been born anywhere else but in the Benin Republic , and the prime reason for that is Vodoun. It’s one of the world’s most complex religions, involving the worship of some 250 divinities, where each divinity has its own specific set of rhythms, and the bands introduced on the African Scream Contest series and other compilations from that country were no less diverse than that army of different Gods. At once restless pioneers and masters of the art of modernising their own folklore, the mystic sound of Vodoun was their prime source of inspiration. // One especially irascible Vodoun-adept was Antoine Dougbe, who styled himself “The devil’s prime minister” while turning ancestral rhythms into satanically alluring modern beats. As Orchestre Poly-Rythmo songwriter Pynasco has observed sagely, “Evil is not elsewhere, evil extends into the house”. And African Scream Contest II is a gloriously cinematic road-trip through an undiscovered realm of music lore whose familiarity is every bit as thrilling as its otherness. – Written by Ben Thomson, March 2018]

11:34 – Underwriting

17. Shad – “The Fool Pt. 1 (Get It Got It Good)”
from: A Short Story About A War / Secret City / October 26, 2018
[Shad is a Juno Award winning rapper and 3-time Polaris Music Prize shortlist nominee from London, Ontario. His 4 full-length albums have been recognized for their sharp lyrics and soulful arrangements.]

18. Jeen – “Shallow”
from: Gift Shop / Red Brick Songs / 2018
[Jeen Obrien is from Canada. Her self produced songs have been sought after for use in commercials (Google, Panasonic, Estée Lauder, Kraft, BlackBerry, KIA, Rogers, MasterCard) as well as movies and television programs (Cook Off, Republic of Doyle, Instant Star, Ruby Gloom, Degrassi, Killjoys, Hockey Wives, Workin’ Moms, MTV Catfish, MTV Are You the One). In addition to her solo work Jeen has written songs for many recording artists and is a member of Cookie Duster with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene.]

19. Emma Louise – “Wish You Well”
from: Lilac Everything / Henry’s Castle Pty / September 14, 2018
[3rd studio album from Emma Louise Lobb, who was born in July 1991, she grew up in Cairns, from Queensland Australia. Louise issued a five-track extended play, Autumn Tongues, in 2008. It was recorded with Mark Myers at Pegasus Studios, Cairns. She moved from Cairns to Brisbane in early 2010 where she initially worked as an events manager. In the following year described her influences, “My biggest musical role models are Missy Higgins, Josh Pyke, Sarah Blasko and Lior. Missy Higgins really inspired me to start writing music.” Louise released another EP, Full Hearts and Empty Rooms, in April 2011 and one of its four tracks, “Jungle”, received high rotation on the national youth radio, Triple J. The EP reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100. During that year she toured in support of Boy & Bear. She was nominated for the 2011 J Award in the Unearthed talent contest for artist of the year. On the Triple J Hottest 100, 2011, “Jungle” was listed at No. 23 by the station’s listeners in its on line poll. American DJ and producer MK remixed Wankelmut’s version as “My Head Is a Jungle [MK Remix]”, in 2014, which reached No. 1 in the iTunes Electronic Charts and No. 2 in the United Kingdom. Also in that year, international fashion house Yves Saint Laurent used Louise’s “Jungle” in their worldwide advertising campaign for Black Opium perfume. She appeared in an advertising campaign for South Australian Tourism Commission. The ad has her singing a version of the INXS song, “Never Tear Us Apart”. She collaborated with Australian electronic duo, Flight Facilities, featuring on their single, “Two Bodies” (September 2014), which reached the ARIA top 100 and was placed at No. 39 on Triple J Hottest 100, 2014. In 2015 Louise was the opening act for English singer, Sam Smith, on the Oceania leg of his In the Lonely Hour Tour. She was also the main support on Smith’s second Australian tour, during November–December of that year. She issued her second solo album, Supercry, on 11 July 2016, which reached No. 14. She was featured on another single by Flight Facilities, “Arty Boy” (2017).]

20. Emma Louise – “Falling Apart”
from: Lilac Everything / Henry’s Castle Pty / September 14, 2018

21. Art d’Ecco — “Nobody’s Home”
from: Trespasser / Paper Bag / October 12, 2018
[Based in British Columbia, “There’s more than a little David Bowie in both the sonic and fashion leanings of Art d’Ecco, a performer who fluidly crosses musical and gender lines, creating highly memorable tracks — and sporting an unforgettable look. Often labelled “neo glam,” the music boasts hints of everything from ’50s pop to psychedelics, from Velvet Underground-era art rock to Grimes-inspired electronics.” – CBC Music]

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

Next week on March 6 Mark welcomes special guests Cody Wyoming & Rod Peal of The Philistines who share two new singles the band is getting ready to release! Plus Kenneth Storz and members of Fathers share tracks from their upcoming debut EP High Horses and play live in our 90.1 FM Studios! And Britt Adair of Josey Records Kansas City and The Bad Ideas joins us to talk about music, records, in-stores, and Record Store Day! PLUS, we play new music from The Freedom Affair, Mene Mene, Songs of Our Native Daughters with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah, and Aspasia Allison Russell (of Birds of Chicago), Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits, The Black Creatures, Emmaline Twist, and more.

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

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