WMM Playlist from Sept. 27, 2017

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Music From 2017 Outer Reaches Festival
with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana

10:00 – New & MidCoastal Releases

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

2. Hi-Lux – “Take Me Where You Are”
from: Take Me Where You Are – Single / Hi-Lux / August 15, 2017
[HI-LÜX is Julia Haile on vocals, Nick Howell on keyboards & organ, Kian Byrne on drums and vocals, Pete Leibert on bass, Tim Braun on guitar. Hi-Lux is based in Kansas City. The band brings together elements of soul, reggae and funk for a unique and dance inspiring sound. This is their 3rd single release of this year. More information at: http://www.hi-lux.bandcamp.com]

[Julia Haile collaborated w/ Barclay Martin at KKFI Collaborations Live!, June 30, The Folly Theatre]

[Hi-Lux recently played the Pink Royal – Do You Mind – EP release show at recordBar.]

3. Morrissey – “Spent the Day in Bed”
from: Low In High School / BMG / November 17, 2017
[11th solo studio album of Morrissey was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, and recorded at La Fabrique Studios in France and at Ennio Morricone’s Forum Studios in Italy. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born May 22, 1959, and is professionally known as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the indie rock band the Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. Born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, to a working-class Irish family, Morrissey grew up in Manchester. As a child he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism and popular music. Involved in Manchester’s punk rock scene during the late 1970s, he fronted the Nosebleeds, with little success. Beginning a career in music journalism, he authored a number of books on music and film in the early 1980s. With Johnny Marr he established the Smiths in 1982, soon attracting national recognition for their self-titled debut album. As the band’s frontman, Morrissey attracted attention both for his witty and sardonic lyrics and his idiosyncratic appearance; deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the aesthetic of a social outsider who eschewed drugs and embraced celibacy. He was also noted for his unusual baritone vocal style (though he sometimes uses falsetto). The Smiths released five further albums – including the critically acclaimed Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead – and had a string of hit singles. Personal differences between Morrissey and Marr resulted in the Smiths’ separation in 1987. Since The Smiths disbanded in 1987 he has released ten studio albums, two live albums, eleven compilation albums, one extended play (EP), forty-six singles and seven video albums on HMV, Sire Records, Parlophone, Polydor, RCA Victor, Island, Mercury, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Reprise Records, Rhino, Decca Records, Harvest Records, Capitol Music Group and BMG..]

[Morrissey is on tour and will be in Denver on Nov. 20, and St. Louis on Nov. 22 but not KC, sad.]

4. Jay Som – “The Bus Song”
from: Everybody Works / Polyvinyl Records / March 10, 2017
[from http://www.jaysom.bandcamp.com: On her first proper album as Jay Som, Melina Duterte, 22, solidifies her rep as a self-made force of sonic splendor and emotional might. If last year’s aptly named Turn Into compilation showcased a fuzz-loving artist in flux—chronicling her mission to master bedroom recording—then the rising Oakland star’s latest, Everybody Works, is the LP equivalent of mission accomplished. Duterte is as DIY as ever—writing, recording, playing, and producing every sound beyond a few backing vocals—but she takes us places we never could have imagined, wedding lo-fi rock to hi-fi home orchestration, and weaving evocative autobiographical poetry into energetic punk, electrified folk, and dreamy alt-funk. And while Duterte’s early stuff found her bucking against life’s lows, Everybody Works is about turning that angst into fuel for forging ahead. “Last time I was angry at the world,” she says. “This is a note to myself: everybody’s trying their best on their own set of problems and goals. We’re all working for something.” Everybody Works was made in three furious, caffeinated weeks in October. She came home from the road, moved into a new apartment, set up her bedroom studio (with room for a bed this time) and dove in. Duterte even ditched most of her demos, writing half the LP on the spot and making lushly composed pieces like “Lipstick Stains” all the more impressive. While the guitar-grinding Jay Som we first fell in love with still reigns on shoegazey shredders like “1 Billion Dogs” and in the melodic distortions of “Take It,” we also get the sublimely spacious synth-pop beauty of “Remain,” and the luxe, proggy funk of “One More Time, Please.” Duterte’s production approach was inspired by the complexity of Tame Impala, the simplicity of Yo La Tengo, and the messiness of Pixies. “Also, I was listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen to be quite honest,” she says. “Her E•MO•TION album actually inspired a lot of the sounds on Everybody Works.” There’s story in the sounds—even in the fact that Duterte’s voice is more present than before. As for the lyrics, our host leaves the meaning to us. So if we can interpret, there’s a bit about the aspirational and fleeting nature of love in the opener, and the oddity of turning your art into job on the titular track. There’s even one tune, “The Bus Song,” that seems to be written as a dialog between two kids, although it plays like vintage Broken Social Scene and likely has more to do with yearning for things out of reach. While there’s no obvious politics here, Duterte says witnessing the challenges facing women, people of color, and the queer community lit a fire. And when you reach the end of Everybody Works, “For Light,” you’ll find a mantra suitable for anyone trying, as Duterte says, “to find your peace even if it’s not perfect.” As her trusty trumpet blows, she sings: “I’ll be right on time, open blinds for light, won’t forget to climb.”]

5. Mene Mene – “Stone Steel, and Spark”
from: Stone, Steel, and Spark – EP / Mene Mene / September 9, 2017
[Their bandcamp page described the band as: “Kansas City based Indie Alt Rock with some piano, some drums, and a whole lot of repressed feelings.” Written and performed by Brad Feagen and Alec Stockman.]

[Mene Mene play an EP Release Show Saturday, September 30, at The Brick with Scruffy and the Janitors, and The UK’s.]

6. John Moreland – “Lies I Chose To Believe”
from: Big Bad Luv / 4AD / May 5, 2017
[Tulsa, Oklahoma based singer-songwriter John Moreland was born June 22, 1985 in Longview, Texas. The son of Robert Lloyd Moreland and Connie May, Moreland’s father worked for Sunoco as an electrical engineer, and because of this job the family moved a lot. When he was a baby they moved to Northern Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio. Moreland credits his love for Cincinnati Reds to this time in Kentucky. When Moreland was 10 years old Moreland’s family moved from Boone County, Kentucky to Tulsa, Oklahoma and with the help of his father, started playing the guitar. When he was 12 he played with a kid he went to church with who wrote songs and inspired him to start writing songs “that made sense.” John grew up in a conservative Southern Baptist family. “From the time I was born up until about age 16, my entire worldview and all my opinions were pretty much solely influenced by the evangelical church. All the years since then have sort of been this slow process of figuring out where I stand now that I’m not an impressionable kid anymore. I feel like I’m done with that at this point, but it keeps showing up in songs. I guess that stuff stays in your psyche forever.” His “High on Tulsa Heat” was in our 115 Best Recordings of 2015.]

[John Moreland plays Tito’s Sound Machine Series Mon, Oct. 2, ar recordBar w/ The Hardship Letters.]

7. Pink Royal – “Bring It On Back”
from: Do You Mind EP / Pink Royal / September 12, 2017
[Experimental groove pop, 5-piece band based in Lawrence, Kansas with Steven LaCour on guitar & vocals, Josh Dorrell on guitar & vocals, Alex Hartmann on drums, Nick Carswell on bass & vocals, Vik Govindarajan on Keyboards & vocals. Music and Lyrics by Pink Royal (except Tracks 3 & 6 by Pink Royal and Dylan Guthrie.) Recorded and produced by Jim Barnes. Mastered by Dalton Brand at WaveBurner Recording.]

[Pink Royal played a Do You Mind EP Release show, Fri, Sept 22, at recordBar, w/ Hi Lux, and Evolfo.]

8. Diet Cig – “Leo”
from: Swear I’m Good At This / Father Daughter Records / April 7, 2017
[Pop-punk duo Alex Luciano on vocals & guitar, Noah Bowman on drums met at a house show in New Paltz, New York, in the summer of 2014. Bowman’s old band, Earl Boykins, was playing at the house show, where Luciano needed a cigarette lighter. She interrupted the band’s set to ask Bowman for one, but he gave her a bottle of wine instead. Afterwards, Luciano got his number and told him she’d make a music video for him. The next day, Bowman tattooed a daisy on Luciano’s foot and by August 2014, the pair were making music together. They officially named their act Diet Cig in September 2014. Luciano and Bowman confirmed. Swear I’m Good At This was produced, engineered and mixed by Christopher Daly at Salvation Recording Co. in New Paltz, NY with additional recording at Atomic Sound in New York City, and additional engineering by Travis DeJong and Dakota Bowman. It was mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side.]

10:28 – Underwriting

10:30 – Interview with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana

Steve Tulipana, Brenton Cook, and Dedric Moore on the Sept. 27, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on 90.1 FM KKFI

9. Sego – “Whatever Forever”
from: Whatever Forever” – Single / Dine Alone Records / September 14, 2017
[Los Angeles based Sego is Spencer Petersen and Thomas Carroll. Both were birthed in the burgeoning Provo, Utah music scene. However, finding inspiration in the dissonance that the towering structures and bustling city offers over the mountains and relative quiet of Provo, both relocated to an old pasta factory in downtown LA. Through various projects together, both founding members uncovered their distinct sound: lazy, grungy guitars with digital overlays and refreshingly honest lyrics. The band’s debut album, Once Was Lost Now Just hanging Around, came out March 4, 2016 and surprises with angular guitars, complex arrangements and musings from an 80’s kid contemplating the void left from the misguided hope of our youth.]

[Sego plays the Lincoln Calling Festival, in Lincoln Nebraska, on Friday, September 29]

[Sego plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Saturday, September 30]

Outer Reaches was formerly called KC Psych Fest started in 2012 as a way to bring together outsider musical acts and celebrate the variety of experimental music within Kansas City, particularly genres that ventured into the psychedelic realm. The goal of Outer Reaches is to promote music that is adventurous and mind expanding.

The 2017 Outer Reaches Fest, is this Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave, KCMO. On Friday features: Deerhoof of San Francisco, CA, Lily and Horn Horse from New York City, NY, Matchess out of Chicago, IL, Various Blonde from KCMO, and Mysterious Clouds from KCK. Saturday, September 30, the fest features: El Ten Eleven from Los Angeles, CA, Dead Rider from Chicago, IL, The Hearers of Kansas City, MO, Sego from Los Angeles, CA, and Pageant Boys of Kansas City, KS.

Joining us to share music and information about Outer Reaches 2017 are three guys who together make Outer Reaches happen each year: Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore, and Steve Tulipana who join us for the remaining 85 minutes of the show.

Dedric Moore launched this festival in 2012. The idea grew out of the music he was creating with his Brother Delaney Moore at the HQ Artspace in KCK. Dedric is a member of the bands Monta At Odds, Mysterious Clouds, and Gemini Revolution. He has also produced recordings for the Philistines and HMPH, and others.

Dedric Moore, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Festival seems to have grown organically, growing too big for FOKL, the arts/performance space in Kansas City, Kan., that hosted the first two KC Psych Fests.

Dedric and Delaney are part of the KCK Music Scene.

In 2014 the festival moved to recordBar.

Steve Tulipana is the co-owner of recordBar. Steve studied video, fine arts & painting at UMKC, where he graduated in 1991. A constant collaborator, Steve is a founding member of influential KC bands: Season To Risk, Pornhuskers, Unknown Pleasures, Sie Lieben Maschinen, Roman Numerals, and Thee Water MoccaSins. With Shawn Sherrill, he is co-owner of recordBar and miniBar. After 10 years at 1020 Westport Rd. recordBar reopened at 1520 Grand, and recently started serving food from their kitchen and full menu. Along with Outer reaches, and a full calendar of shows, Steve’s band Roman Numerals are reuniting to play live at recordBar, Saturday, October 21 with Olympic Size, Mazinaw, and DJ Just. Steve’s band, Season to Risk will open for Descendents, Friday, Niovember 3, at 8:00 PM, with Less Than Jake. Also look for recordBar’s upcoming 7″ Single Series.

Steve Tulipana, welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

The new recordBar, 1520 Grand, in the Crossroads feels like a really great fit for Outer Reaches.

Brenton Cook studied Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, Missouri, where he also had his own college radio show. Brenton produced three extensive compilations of area music for the Midwest Music Foundation. He formed the Kansas City independent music label, Haymaker Records in January 2014. The label has released multiple full length albums, for Monta At Odds, HMPH!, Be/Non, Jorge Arana Trio, Riala, Mysterious Clouds, Sie Lieben Maschinen, Schwervon!, and others on vinyl, cassette, CD, and 7 “. He has also produced two Haymaker compilation releases, called Fairgrounds. For the last 5 years, Haymaker Records has been a co-sponsor & co-curator of the Outer reaches with Dedric Moore.

Brenton Cook, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

In six years this festival has changed cities, venues, names, but the spirit of the festival continues. The festival aims to be genre-spanning and showcase young and established local, national, and international acts.

More information can be found at: http://www.outerreachesfest.com and http://www.therecordbar.com.

10:45

10. Deerhoof – “Con Sordino”
from: Mountain Moves / Joyful Noise / September 8, 2017
[Satomi Matsuzaki plays bass and sings, Greg Saunier plays drums, John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez play guitars. Pitchfork went so far as to label Deerhoof as “the best band in the world.” From their humble beginnings as an obscure San Francisco noise act, they’ve become one of indie music’s most influential bands with their ecstatic and unruly take on pop.]

[Deerhoof plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Friday, September 29.]

11. El Ten Eleven – “Battle Axes”
from: Fast Forward / Fake Record Label / August 21, 2015
[El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles post-rock duo known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the utility of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. They have released six full-length albums, 2 EPs and a remix album, earning generally positive reviews. The band has earned some attention due to many of their songs being featured in the soundtracks of Gary Hustwit’s design documentaries Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized. The name El Ten Eleven is derived from the name of an airliner, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. Bassist and composer Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty formed El Ten Eleven in 2002 while living in the Silver Lake community of Los Angeles. They released their eponymous debut album, El Ten Eleven in 2004 on Fake Record Label, and through Bar/None Records on September 20, 2005. Many reviews of the album garnished the band with positive acclaim. Comparisons have been drawn to Sigur Rós and The Mercury Program, though reviews have heavily emphasized the duo’s utilization of a limited number of musicians to create complex instrumental works. The Dallas Observer called them the fourth best instrumental band in the last twenty years. Spin, which awarded them the title ‘Band of the Day’, September 29, 2005, describes their work as “experimental instrumental music that’s both highly skilled and deeply felt.”]

[El Ten Eleven play Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, September 30]

10:52 – Interview with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana

We’re talking with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana about the 2017 Outer Reaches Festival this Friday and Saturday night at recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, in the Crossroads. More information can be found at: http://www.outerreachesfest.com and http://www.therecordbar.com.

We just heard one of the headliner bands playing Saturday Night at Outer Reaches, the Los Angeles band, El Ten Eleven.

Dedric Moore, you told The Star in 2014, “We’ve always taken the idea of psychedelic music as being something mind-expanding…” “Anybody that’s pushing the boundaries, creating something unique.”

10:57 – Station ID

12. Dead Rider – “Ramble on Rose”
from: Crew Licks / Drag City Records / September 22, 2017
[4th studio album from Dead Rider, formerly known as D. Rider, is an American experimental rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Assembled by former U.S. Maple guitar player Todd Rittmann, the current lineup features Rittmann on guitar and lead vocals, Andrea Faught on trumpet and keyboards, Thymme Jones on keyboards, and Matt Espy on drums. Dead Rider formed in 2009. Their third album, Chills on Glass, was released by independent record label Drag City in 2014. It premiered on the website for High Times magazine.]

[Dead Rider play Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, September 30]

13. Matchess – “Mortification of the Flesh”
from: Somnaphoria / Trouble In Mind / June 23, 2015
[From Trouble in Maind Records: Whitney Johnson’s Matchess project took flight in 2013, with the super limited cassette release “Seraphastra” on Digitalis Industries, a bewitching miasma of synth & organ drones, prepared tape loops, & viola scree. Trouble In Mind re- released “Seraphastra” in 2014 on vinyl, giving it a much-needed wider release, and since then, Johnson has been working diligently, crafting her next installment in a proposed trilogy, entitled “Somnaphoria”. Johnson’s solo work has always toed the line between the corporeal vs. metaphysical – the juxtaposition of the physical interaction of viola strings & the electronic pulses of circuits & oscillators. Recorded by Johnson in her home studio & mixed by Cooper Crain (Bitchin’ Bajas/Cave), & inspired by the writings of Rimbaud, Baudelaire & Verlaine, “Somnaphoria” is a dazzling leap forward. With a cohesive vision both thematically & sonically, the album fuses elements of contemporary classical music & modern experimental electronic music with a neo-new age mysticism. Johnson isn’t the first electronic musician to find inspiration in the French poets – pioneering musician Ruth White also found Baudelaire’s “Flowers of Evil” to be a guiding force & titled her 1969 album after the writer’s collected poetry works & White’s seminal work seems to be a touchstone for “Somnaphoria”. Much like Rimbaud’s symbolist poems, the underlying themes of the album’s eleven compositions play out like the fever-dream of a sleeper refusing to wake up, drifting in & out of focus, but seeing all. Indeed Rimbaud’s quest to become a “seer” thru his poetry is analagous to Johnson’s quest for a shamanic connection to the listener through her music. Matchess continues to evolve, both recorded & in a live setting & Johnson has only begun to allow us, the listener to hear her potential. Fans who order “Somnaphoria” direct from Trouble In Mind will receive a copy on GOLD VINYL – limited to 300 copies! The stunning album artwork is by Chicago illustrator Carrie Vinarsky!Mixed by Cooper Crain, Mastered by Shelly Steffens]

[Matchess plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Friday, September 29.]

11:04 – Interview with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana

We’re talking with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana about the 2017 Outer Reaches Fest, Friday and Saturday at recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, in the Crossroads.

Friday, September 29
Deerhoof (San Francisco, CA)
Lily and Horn Horse (New York City, NY)
Matchess (Chicago, IL)
Various Blonde (Kansas City, MO)
Mysterious Clouds (Kansas City, KS)

Saturday, September 30
El Ten Eleven (Los Angeles, CA)
Dead Rider (Chicago, IL)
The Hearers (Kansas City, MO)
Sego (Los Angeles, CA)
Pageant Boys (Kansas City, KS)

Outer Reaches Sponsors:
recordBar
Records with Merritt
Josey Records Kansas City
7th Heaven
It’s a Beautiful Day
Haymaker Records
The Record Machine
Sound 81 Productions
Seen Merch
Midwest Music Foundation
XO Blackwater

More information can be found at: http://www.outerreachesfest.com and http://www.therecordbar.com.

11:09

14. The Hearers – “Five Seasons”
from: Five Seasons / The Hearers / September 6, 2017
[Third full length release from KC/Seattle/San Diego/Lawrence based band, made up of Darren Welch on bass, vocals, 12-string, keys; Marc Tweed on guitar, vocals, synth; David Moore on guitar, vocals, Hammond; Chris Braun on piano, cello, Hammond, ukulele, flute, vocals; Jay Kakert on harmonica, glockenspiel; Jeff Doom on electric guitar; Eric Mardis on pedal steel, banjo; Rob Veitch on drums, percussion, concert bass drum; Michael Walker on trombone, monotron, horn arrangements. With Additional horns from: Rich Wheeler on tenor sax, C melody sax; Brett Jackson on baritone sax; Nick Howell on trumpet. Recorded, mixed and mastered by David Moore at Merriam Shoals. Additional recording by Marc Tweed at SexDungeon Studio.]

[The Hearers play Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, September 30]

15. Lily and Horn Horse – “Next To Me”
from: Next To Me / Independent / September 22, 2017
[From http://www.lilyandhornhorse.bandcamp.com: Imagine if …”Baby One More Time”-era Britney Spears and Bill Callahan holed away to make a record. That’s the fantasy Lily Konigsberg and Matt Norman bring to life as Lily and Horn Horse. Though the two barely crossed paths during their overlapping time at Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley, a seemingly predestined encounter brought Lily and Matt together. While on a quest for a lost blanket, Matt ended up at his old house, in which Lily was now residing. The pair eventually began working on recordings together, with Matt adding baritone horn to Lily’s songs, and Lily adding vocals to Matt’s recordings. Many of those tracks found their way onto March 2017’s compilation Lily on Horn Horse; the 28 track tape flits from drum-machine dances to abstract frenzies but sounds remarkably cohesive all things considered.” The 19 tracks that fill their debut LP, Next to Me, paint a picture of pessimism, love, despair, and perseverance. “Our working relationship is sustained by criticism and love. While performing we usually don’t directly interact, but when we have to share a microphone we accidentally perform intimacy,” the two musicians explain. “Also, we have learned dance techniques from each other and sometimes synchronize them in performances.” Unlike her frenzied work in the experimental punk trio Palberta, here Lily luxuriates in softness. Her voice is helium-spiked cotton candy while Matt’s baritone provides robotic sharpness. Lily finds inspiration in the works of Arthur Russell and Guided by Voices while Matt cites “young Ry Cooder, old George Jones, and 4th dimensional Donald Fagen.” While they may pull influence from these sources, Lily and Horn Horse sound wholly unique. The pair typically begin building songs individually and then collaborate in later stages of production. As such, the tracklist alternates between each performer and is filled with brief instrumental interludes. “Do you see what I see/Listen to me beforehand baby/If you want to get next to me,” Lily chirps over careening blips on the opener “Next to Me 1.” On “Scumbag’s Apprentice,” squawking samples give way to Matt experiencing a crisis of character that could soundtrack an 8-bit video game. When Lily and Matt appear together later on “I’m 25,” their voices meld together so hypnotically that their crooning sounds like a message from another planet. “Staring at Plants” transforms a sample of Lily and Matt playing a casio keyboard together into a whirling, sensuous dreamscape. To say the least, Next to Me is a reverie of ideas and melodies that sweep the listener away into the world of Lily and Horn Horse. Recorded and Mixed by Lily Konigsberg and Matt Norman. Mastered by Damon Karr.]

[Lily and Horn Horse plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Fri, Sept 29.]

16. Lily and Horn Horse – “Horn Horse – Brother and Grandma”
from: Lily on Horn Horse / Independent / March 3, 2017
[From http://www.lilyandhornhorse.bandcamp.com: With Lily on Horn Horse, Lily Konigsberg (of Palberta) and Horn Horse (Matt Norman) deliver a 28-track collaboration that synthesizes the eclectic musical talents of both multi-instrumentalists. Originally presented as a CD, the compilation was sold and packaged in origami during an August 2016 tour of the north-east. The album is more a snapshot of a creative time and place than concept-album. As Lily and Matt say “The release of Matt’s Horn Horse album featured Lily on most songs, most of which are included in [the] tape. Around the same time Lily was developing a mega set of karaoke music and instructed Matt to blow down some car horn charts which were eventually replaced by baritone horn parts and inserted into the recordings…inside thine tape.” The record ends up a coherent pastiche of diverse tracks full of free jazz-inspired brass freak-outs, ethereal piano ballads, and synth arrangements skewed toward electronic composition. Lily’s siren-like voice calls from a perfume-cloud of disco-inspired grooves while Horn Horse’s vocals hit robotic and angular production. Tracks like “Today” and “She Doesn’t Have A Good Brain” bring to mind an Arthur Russell-like elevation of pop-music experimentation. In short, the record is a curated-tour through the frontiers of Lily and Horn Horse’s creative landscape.]

[Lily and Horn Horse plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Fri, Sept 29.]

11:22 – Underwriting

17. Mysterious Clouds – “Clear Reflection”
from: Panic on the Non Meridian / Haymaker Records / May 26, 2017
[For this release the band writes: “Crazy times call for crazy music. Panic is a reflection of the turmoil in our hearts, minds, and country. Sometimes you have to embrace the wild times to get a clear mental picture of how to make thing better.” 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. The brothers are also founders of the critically acclaimed band Monta At Odds. Mysterious Clouds also released the EP, Clear Reflection, February 3, 2017. “Clear Reflection” was also include on the Haymaker Records compilation, Fairgrounds Vol. 2, Released March 24, 2017.]

[Mysterious Clouds plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Friday, Sept 29.]

18. Various Blond – “Indigo Children”
from: All Bases Covered / The Record Machine / September 16, 2016
[Alternative experimental progressive rock funk pop progressive psychedelic from KC based band. Produced by Adam McGill, written by Joshua Allen. Various Blonde was conceived by Joshua Allen in 2008 and has opened for numerous national acts, Russian Circles, Free Moral Agents, Zechs Marquise, Dead Meadow, Imaad Wasif, Jucifer,The Memorials, Thursday, Fang Island, Murder By Death, Matt Pryor, Wannabe Jalva, and Electric Sixx. Current members Include: Joshua Allen on guitar & vocals, Adam Mcgill on guitar, Evanjohn Mcintosh on bass, Mark Lomas on drums.]

[Various Blonde plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Friday, Sept 29.]

19. Pageant Boys – “Last Rites”
from: Shadowboxing EP / The Record Machine / May 19, 2017
[On what was originally slated to be a short trip to Istanbul, Alex Sheppard started recording music with his girlfriend’s laptop and a bluetooth headphone mic. None of Sheppard’s previous musical efforts incorporated electronics in a major way; “It was born of necessity,” says Sheppard. The songs on his new EP, Shadowboxing, came out of those original sessions. The songs are a sensual and almost effervescent approach that combine R&B elements with electronic and processed instrumentation. While in Istanbul, Sheppard established a routine in collaborating with a close friend and poet. He said they developed a fairly specific daily routine for working on music, with the intent of finishing songs, regardless of their quality. “I would wake up at 8 in the morning and start the song and get the chord structure. And then at 10, he would wake up and I would show him what I had. I’d make breakfast, and then I’d show him the melody I wanted for the vocal line. He’d go down and start writing the lyrics, we’d eat breakfast, and he’d have the lyrics written after we got done with breakfast. At 1, I’d start recording the vocals. It was a good schedule.” Sheppard has been writing and recording for the last decade even though he is just in 20’s. Before Sheppard started performing and recording as Pageant Boys he released several albums as Alexandre. Shadowboxing is the maturation of Sheppard’s artistic vision and introduction to a larger audience.]

[Pageant Boys play Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, September 30]

20. El Ten Eleven – “I’m Right Here (feat. Emile Mosseri)”
from: Unusable Love – EP / El Ten Eleven / August 18, 2017
[Newest release and El Ten Eleven’s first ever vocal collaboration, featuring Emile Mosseri (of The Dig). Produced by El Ten Eleven. Recorded by Kristian Dunn and Tom Biller. Mixed by Justin Gerrish. Mastered by Kevin Bartley at Capitol Records. There are no keyboards on this recording. El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles post-rock duo known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the utility of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. They have released six full-length albums, 2 EPs and a remix album, earning generally positive reviews. The band has earned some attention due to many of their songs being featured in the soundtracks of Gary Hustwit’s design documentaries Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized. The name El Ten Eleven is derived from the name of an airliner, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. Bassist and composer Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty formed El Ten Eleven in 2002 while living in the Silver Lake community of Los Angeles. They released their eponymous debut album, El Ten Eleven in 2004 on Fake Record Label, and through Bar/None Records on September 20, 2005. Many reviews of the album garnished the band with positive acclaim. Comparisons have been drawn to Sigur Rós and The Mercury Program, though reviews have heavily emphasized the duo’s utilization of a limited number of musicians to create complex instrumental works. The Dallas Observer called them the fourth best instrumental band in the last twenty years. Spin, which awarded them the title ‘Band of the Day’, September 29, 2005, describes their work as “experimental instrumental music that’s both highly skilled and deeply felt.”]

[El Ten Eleven play Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, September 30]

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

Next week on Wednesday, on October 4, we’ll talk with Betse & Clarke who have a new musical release and will play live on the show. Plus, Wick Thomas, lead singer of Wick and The Tricks joins us to share information about their new 7-inch record release on Black Site Records, Saturday October 14 at 8:00 pm at Davey’s Uptown with Red Kate, The Quivers, and The Midnight Devils. Also next week, Kemet Coleman aka Kemet The Phantom joins us to share details about a First Friday show, October 6, at Ruin’s Pub, with trombonist and composer, Marcus Lewis and Kadesh Flow (rapper and Trumbonist in the Phantastics). Marcus Lewis has created big band arrangements for Kemet and Kadesh’s original hip-hop lyrics. The three will perform with a 17 member big band show.

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

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Show #701

Wednesday MidDay Medley Spins Music from Outer Reaches 2017

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 27, 2017

Music From 2017 Outer Reaches Festival
with Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore & Steve Tulipana

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Hearers, Mene Mene, Pink Royal, Hi-Lux, Mysterious Clouds, Pageant Boys, Various Blonde, Morrissey, Diet Cig, Jay Som, Deerhoof, El Ten Eleven, Sego, Dead Rider, Matchess, and Lily and Horn Horse.

At 10:30 Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore, and Steve Tulipana join us for 90 minutes, to share information and music from the 2017 Outer Reaches Fest, Friday, Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept 30, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave, KCMO. Friday, September 29, features: Deerhoof (San Francisco, CA), Lily and Horn Horse (New York City, NY), Matchess (Chicago, IL), Various Blonde (Kansas City, MO), Mysterious Clouds (Kansas City, KS). Saturday, September 30, features: El Ten Eleven (Los Angeles, CA), Dead Rider (Chicago, IL), The Hearers (Kansas City, MO), Sego (Los Angeles, CA), Pageant Boys (Kansas City, KS). Tickets are $20 each day of show. $15 advanced single-day tickets are available from recordBar and http://www.therecordbar.com.

Outer Reaches (formerly KC Psych Fest) started in 2012 as a way to bring together outsider musical acts and celebrate the variety of experimental music within Kansas City, particularly genres that ventured into the psychedelic realm. The goal of Outer Reaches is to promote music that is adventurous and mind expanding. The festival aims to be genre-spanning and showcase young and established local, national, and international acts. This marks the sixth anniversary of the festival. More info at: http://www.outerreachesfest.com

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Show #701

WMM Playlist from September 20, 2017

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 20, 2017

Our 700th Show! with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Ron Megee, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Necia Gamby, Scott Hobart, and 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. Dimitri From Paris – “Prologue”
from: Sacreblu / Atlantic Records / June 11, 1996

3. Sufjan Stevens – “Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne”
from: The Avalanche: Outtakes And Extras From The Illinois Album / Asthmatic Kitty / July 11, 2006
[A press release on the Asthmatic Kitty website reported that the Illinois album was supposed to be a double record (with somewhere near 50 songs), but the idea was eventually scrapped. After the success of the album, Stevens returned to his analog 8-track recorder in late 2005 and began the process of finishing 21 of the previously abandoned songs, which would eventually become The Avalanche. Stevens has stated during interviews that although he doesn’t like The Avalanche as much as Illinois, he felt it was important to release the songs in light of the success of his most recent album. He has also said that he decided to release the album in order to buy time until his next “The 50 States” project,” release.]

Thanks for tuning into Wednesday MidDay Medley. I’m Mark Manning. Today’s show is a celebration of 700 weeks, 1400 hours of radio, 10,000 hours of preparation, nearly 2000 guests, and over 15,000 songs, from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues and listeners and communities. Wednesday MidDay Medley has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music scene, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases.

We’ve happily presented new formats in radio, with our popular, “A Story In A Song” series, and our special shows featuring: Apocalypse Meow, The MidCoast Takeover, Middle of The Map, The Crossroads Music Fest, The Outer Reaches Festival, The Lawrence Field Day Fest, and our annual tribute shows to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., David Bowie, Iris Dement, Pioneers of Punk, Visual Art, The Spoken Word, Gay Pride, Civil Rights, and our interviews with Tommy Ramone, Iris Dement, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin. Plus, our annual 4-week special: the 100+ Best Recordings of the Year.

To say I’ve been inspired by the KC music scene, is an understatement. In just this last year, we’ve played from over 100 local releases of 2017. The KC music community is fueled by a collaborative and generous heart that is beating in so many of the artists I’ve met while doing this show. I am inspired by the women who created radio on 90.1 FM long before me: my friend April Fletcher who know plays bass professionally in Los Angeles, and my friend Anne Winter, who left us in 2009, and reminded us how we’re all connected. I’m inspired by the diverse , intelligent, motivated, listeners, looking for place on the dial, where they can connect to the amazing stories and music and voice of our community.

Ruth Ward, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Marion Merritt, Ron Megee, Necia Gamby, Krystle Warren, and Madisen Ward

Today we celebrate the pure idea of community radio, free form radio, radio that tells the story of the people who live here, the artists, the writers, the teachers, the performers, the lovers. Today we celebrate 700 weeks of Wednesday MidDay Medley, the show that has brought us together, at this time, on this frequency, in these community airwaves. Thanks for listening.

10:05 – Marion Merritt Interview/Story

Marion Merritt

Marion Merritt is our most frequent contributor to WMM, She grew up in Los Angeles, and St. Louis. She went to college in Columbia, Missouri. She studied art and musical engineering, and is a avid lover of classic films and punk rock music. She saw Talking Heads on their first U.S. tour when they played One Block West, in 1978. For 13 years she has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her musically-encyclopedic brain on Wednesday MidDay Medley. Marion has joined us for every on-air fund drive to help raise funds for the MidCoast Radio Project. Marion is also the proprietor of Records With Merritt, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. That features new vinyl releases, weekly in-store performances from young and upcoming bands, and most recenty was the location for a wedding.

Marion Merritt thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

We always wanted someone from a record store to have a regular presence on WMM.

When I first met Marion, she walked up to me with a recording in hand and suggested I might like the Philip Glass recordings of the Low Symphony with David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Marion and I really didn’t know each other in the beginning, but throughout these 700 shows we’ve become very close friends, I’ve watched her life transition from corporate retail to owning her own record store in the neighborhood where I live.

For 13 years Marion Merritt haa had a huge influence on our playlists. It was during our first year that she interviewed Regina Spektor.

10:10

4. Regina Spektor – “Braile”
from: 11:11 / Regina Spektor / July 9, 2001
[Debut album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. It was self-released on CD and sold at Spektor’s early shows. The album is now out of print on CD and much sought-after by collectors, it is available as a download from online music outlets. Regina Spektor was born February 18, 1980, in Moscow (former Soviet Union, now Russia), and began classical training on the piano at the age of six. When she was nine years old, her family left the Soviet Union in 1989, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. Regina had to leave her piano behind. The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the Soviet Union, but they finally decided to emigrate, due to the racial, ethnic, and political discrimination that Jews faced. Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the Spektor family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). They settled in the Bronx, where Spektor graduated from the SAR Academy, a Jewish day middle school in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Since the family had been unable to bring their piano from Moscow, Spektor practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces until she found a piano on which to play in the basement of her synagogue. She began to write original songs shortly thereafter. Spektor gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, most prominently at the East Village’s SideWalk Cafe. She also performed at local colleges (such as Sarah Lawrence College) with other musicians, including the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: 11:11 (2001) and Songs (2002). After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City’s anti-folk scene, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004 and began achieving greater mainstream recognition. After giving her third album, Soviet Kitsch a major label re-release, Sire released her fourth album, Begin to Hope, which would go on to achieve a Gold certification by the RIAA. Her following two albums, Far and What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, each debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. Spektor married singer-songwriter Jack Dishel in 2011. Formerly a guitarist with the band the Moldy Peaches, Dishel is a member of the band Only Son and duets with Spektor in the song “Call Them Brothers”. On January 23, 2014, Spektor announced her pregnancy on Facebook. The couple announced the birth of a son in March 2014.]

[Regina Spektor plays A Special Solo Performance, Sun, Oct.28, at 8:00 PM, at The Uptown Theatre]

10:15 – Interview with Calvin Arsenia live from Paris!

Calvin Arsenia (Photo by Jenny Wheat)

Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released his EPs, Moments, Prose, and this year his full length debut, Catastrophe. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Calvin is currently in the third month of his Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Lyon and is currently in Paris where he joins us on the phone.

Calvin Arsenia thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Krystle Warren joined us in our brief phone conversation with Calvin in Paris.

Calvin has already played over 30 shows so far on this tour.

Calvin is on tour with musician and friend Simon Huntley who plays with Quixotic

Calvin wrote on Facebook:
“If you’ve been touring over a month you’ll probably want…
1) fingernail clippers
2) extra airplane sized toothpastes
3) back up phone case
4) hair brush (for I rarely brush this mop but when I do I use)
5) single use deep conditioner packets
6) black skinny jeans
7) better shoes
8) ear plugs (I’m sorry for snoring so much, Simon)
9) (to be continued….)”

Calvin is coming homing home to Kansas City on October 18.

Calvin is working to release new music from his June 11th, live recording at Kansas City’s newly restored Greenwood Social Hall, at 1750 Bellevue Ave. in Kansas City.

He shared with us one of the tracks to play as a radio premiere.

11:20

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Nature Boy”
from: Live at Greenwood Social Hall / Calvin Arsenia / Unreleased, 2017
[from Calvin’s June 11, 2017 live performance at Greenwood Social Hall, 1760 Bellevue. Written by Eden Ahbez, first recorded by Nat King Cole in 1948, and 2001 by David Bowie for Moulin Rouge Soundtrack]

11:24 – Interview/Story with Maria Vasquez Boyd

Maria Vasquez Boyd

Maria Vasquez Boyd is an artist, poet, educator, and radio show host & producer. She has been a regular contributor to Wednesday MidDay Medley where she has produced shows about Ukuleles, Teachers, The Day of The Dead, and The Artist’s Studio. She has been a regular cast member in our “He Touched Me Gospel Hour” programs, and has contributed original material for almost all of our “A Story In A Song” shows, including our live show at recordBar, and this past Spring, for Big Bang Buffet Black Sheep Rising at The Buffalo Room. Maria is graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has taught in the Design/Illustration Department, as well as, the Nelson Atkins Museum. Maria is also a founding member of the Latino Writers Collective. Maria is also the host and producer of 90.1 FM’s ARTSPEAK Radio which airs Wednesdays at Noon, following Wednesday Midday Medley. ARTSPEAK Radio will be celebrating 5 years on the air!

Maria Vasquez Boyd, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Congratulations on ARTSPEAK Radio!

When did Maria start calling Mark her “Radio Husband”?

We met at The Writer’s Place. I was serving on the Board of KKFI’s MidCoast Radio Project, you were serving on the board of the Latino Writer’s Collective. We would both go in early to set up for our meetings. You were a guest on the show and we welcomed you back to produce and host the show and eventually it became clear that you should host you own show. Through radio we became friends.

11:27 – Maria’s Story 10:32

6. Les Petits Minous – “À la claire fontaine”
from: À la claire fontaine – Single / Musicreche / September 25, 2008

10:34 – Underwriting

11:36 – Interview/Story Ron Megee

Ron Megee

Originally from Anaheim, California, Ron Megee has worked at every theater in Kansas City including The Kansas City Rep, The Coterie Theatre, New Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, The Folly Theatre. I first met Ron Megee through The Unicorn Theatre. He was running the spotlight for The Rocky Horror Show. We became friends while working together with Lou Jane Temple at Cafe Lulu. This summer Ron starred in the Unicorn Theatre’s production of Priscilla Queen of the Dessert The Musical. Laughter is healing and Ron Megee is a comic genius. He has created one of Kansas City’s most enduring and successful theatre companies, Late Night Theatre that began in 1997, and after a hiatus, was reborn several years ago at Missie B’s, on West 39th Street. In the last 20 years Late Night Theatre has produced over 100 shows, including their most recent one-night-only performance of Valley of The Dolls at the Folly Theatre.

Ron Megee, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Will & Grace Watch Party Benefit for AIDS Walk Memorial Team, Thursday, September 28 at 6 PM at Missie B’s, 805 W 39th St, Kansas City. All money raised stays right here in Kansas City to help those living with HIV/AIDS.

Missie B’s presents “Hocus! Poke Us!: The Staged Reading” October 5 – October 19, Missie B’s, 805 W 39th St, Kansas City, ONLY 6 SHOWS! Featuring Daisy Buckët, Genewa Stanwyck, Chadwick Brooks, Matt Anderson, Brian Cross, Dirty Dorothy, & Ron Megee, Written & adapted for the stage by Daisy Buckët

11:39 – Ron Megee’s story

11:44

7. Portugal.The Man – “Feel It Still”
from: Woodstock / Atlantic Recording / June 16, 2017
[8th studio album release from the Portland Oregon based band that was originally formed in Wasilla, Alaska in 2004. The new album was produced by Mike D of The Beasty Boys. The group consists of John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O’Quin, Jason Sechrist and Eric Howk. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together at Wasilla High School.]

10:47 – Interview with Krystle Warren

Krystle Warren

Krystle Warren is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, although she now lives outside of Paris. She learned to play the guitar by listening to The Beatles albums: Rubber Soul and Revolver. Krystle Warren graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career performing to Kansas City audiences and collaborating with local jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and New York City, Krystle was signed to a French recording label, Because Music, and moved to Paris and released her album “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played numerous French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world, touring with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created her own record label, Parlour Door Music, to release her, 2012 record: “Love Songs: A Time you May Embrace” a recording from a 13 day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. For her most recent release, Krystle decided to go in a new direction, playing every instrument and singing all vocals & back up vocals herself, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. Three the Hard Way was Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton).

Krystle Warren, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

We’ve been playing various tracks from the album on the radio show, and Krystle shared music from the album last year on the show.

Some of the reviews:

OKAY Player wrote:
It was only a few months back that Krystle Warren, a midwestern musician with a taste for brawny, soul-rattling blues and gospel, graced us with gratitude on the singer’s first single off today’s offering, Three The Hard Way.

On “Thanks and Praise,” Warren’s sound is indebted to (and a lush extension of) spirited, slow-churn church grooves that have spent the last century empowering and emboldening protest and activism. Her new album, out today with production and engineering from Ben Kane (D’Angelo’s Black Messiah, Emily King’s The Switch) and Warren herself, cuts with encouraging wit against a sparse backdrop of country twang and handclap punctuation, a big, boisterous voice doing the heavy-lifting and heart-swelling.”

Impose Magazine wrote:
The devastating & mournful “Red Clay” recalls the horrific 1921 massacre of African Americans in Tulsa by the hands of the KKK that is painful reminder of an evil that persists in America, as evident by the last week’s tragic events at a neo-Nazi/KKK rally in Charlottesville, VA. Warren’s reiterations of “in the wet red clay” & pondering how evil can kill innocence are underlined with rhythm strums of sorrow that reiterates the concept that there is no place for hate in the world.

And through the entire album cycle, Krystle’s harmonies are a constant that keeps everything fluttering between the lessons of earth’s humble ground & inspirations & mythologies brought about by skies’ heavens. The art & act of waking up to the world & beyond is heard in the steps that follow “Get a Load”, to the psych-swimming “Learn to Bend”, right before you are taken to the tambourine shaking chapel of “Move” that closes out Three the Hard Way with something to wake up anyone may have fallen asleep in the back pews. Krystle leaves the audience with a message to get pro-active in your communities, to take a stand socially, politically, in any way you can make a difference to make our world a more loving place.

Krystle’s own notes on Three the Hard Way:

Three the Hard Way wasn’t supposed to be a political album. It was never my intention to delve into religion, socio-economics, depression…In fact, when Kane first suggested we work together, after I answered defensively that, yes, I had been writing new stuff, long story, and that the songs were all in my head, I said, Let’s make a happy record. And yet, and yet. Heading into the studio a year and a half ago, driving over an hour from my home in Yvelines to Villetaneuse in the early thaw of winter, our recording began as the world’s papers with any common sense at all published a steady stream of, What the FUCK Has The U.S. Done NOW! We couldn’t help but be affected by the uncertainty. It was all around us—still is.

I believe the first session started with “Get a Load”, or at least, attempted to. I had just completed “So We Say” the night before/that very morning, and was eager to lay it. “So We Say” took shape after everyone else went to bed, and I sat alone in the kitchen, plucking away at my guitar, swigging off a bottle of red, thinking about the The Challenger explosion. It was all over the news that day. I was a youngster when it happened, but I remember the image well. The thirtieth anniversary’s coverage provided deeper insight into the whys and hows. I felt disgusted by it all. People rise and fall in pieces, but that’s the price for being free… So began the first tune of the album.

It’s an odd feeling being of the time, artistically—that is to say, one who is reflecting the world around them, by accident, with purpose. Countless quotes exist attributed to various famous folk saying things to the effect of, If you’re not doing this, then you’re doing that, and that’s shitty. I don’t agree with that sentiment as it pertains to artistic expression. Not everyone should hold a megaphone. Pete Seeger, early Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young—hey, that’s all well and good. The general message is also extremely self-righteous. I don’t like being told what to do, do you?

Likewise, I feel that it’s best to be informed before throwing in your two cents, otherwise, you’re just feeding into the cacophony of yells and screams that currently passes for debate. The world has always been an awful place. Some of us are waking up to that reality now. I couldn’t have written Three the Hard Way five years ago, because I wouldn’t have known what to say, let alone how to say it. I’m here now, taking it all in, and weeping, and writing, and singing, listening, learning, getting through.

10:57

8. Krystle Warren – “Learn To Bend”
from: Three The Hard Way / Parlour Door Music / August 18, 2017
[Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warre. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. Last year in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnson County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]

11:00 – Krystle Warren – “Station I.D.”

11:00 – Interview with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

We’re thrilled to welcome back to the show, for their 6th appearance on Wednesday MidDay Medley, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Madisen Ward and Ruth Ward were with us for our 500th show, so we feel incredibly blessed to have them back for our 700th show. Between these two shows, they have skyrocketed out of Kansas City, garnering international acclaim, and new fans from all over the world. They signed with Glassnote Records and recorded their debut full length album in Nashville with acclaimed producer Jim Abiss. They performed their debut single “Silent Movies” on The Late Show with David Letterman, they’ve toured across the United States, and Europe, more than once. They were featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NBC’s The Today Show, and “Later With Jools Holland and played Bonnaroo, Pilgramage, and the Newport Folk Festival, and the Ryman Theatre, in Nashville. Ruth Ward has continually performed throughout her life, mostly in coffee shops and open mics, for over 30 years, even recording a solo record. In the midst of this she got married and became a mom, and was busy raising a family. Madisen Ward was born in Oklahoma, and grew up in the outskirts of Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from William Chrisman High School in 2007. Madisen’s journey to become a musician, was “melodically passed down” through the songs of his mother, where Madisen grew up watching his mom perform at local coffee shops. Eventually he began to learn to play the guitar, and poured his talent for writing into the music to create original songs. They began playing shows together, playing Madisen’s original songs along with the occasional cover of a classic track, reinterpreted in their own incredibly beautiful performance of two voices and two guitars in harmony and orchestration. Their debut album, The Skeleton Crew, was released by Glassnote Records, May 9, 2015 and was our most played record that year and was #1 on our 115 Best Recordings of 2015. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear are currently working on their 2nd album.

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM.

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear thanks for being with us on WMM.

We first played music from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear on this radio show in early May of 2013 after our mutual friend Joel Nanos of Element Recording sent us a copy of their independent EP, “We Burned The Cane Field” where they first recorded Madisen’s original songs.

When Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear opened for BB King at The Midland, 96.5’s The Buzz’s Lazlo Geiger saw them and he was blown away. He contacted his friend, Daniel Glass, founder of Glassnote Records who traveled to Kansas City to meet the band.

11:08

9. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – “Cannibal” (Live)

11:20

10. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear – “How It Goes” (Live)

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM.

11:25

11. Be / Non – “Journey”
from: A Mountain of Yeses / Unipegadong / 2009

12. The Magnetic Fields – BBC Radiophonic Workshop
from: Holiday / Merge / 1994

11:26 – Interview/Story – Scott Hobart

Scott Hobart

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Scott Hobart is a multi-talented artist. Known for his acclaimed honky-tonk country band, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records). Scott also works as the Coterie Theatre’s Resident Technical Director. He has also composed music and performed in the Coterie’s “Night of The Living Dead.” Scott met his friend Byron Collum at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. Eventually, they moved to Collum’s hometown of Green Bay, WI and formed the ‘post-hardcore power-trio’ GIANTS CHAIR in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City became part of the burgeoning, mid-90’s KC rock scene – sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, GIANTS CHAIR recorded 2 critically-acclaimed full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. GIANTS CHAIR sorted ended things in 1997 but have gotten back together here and there.

Recently the band released two new songs and are working on material for their 3rd studio album. Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21,at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.

Scott Hobart thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

13. Giants Chair – “Featureless Horizon”
from: The Streets – Single / Giants Chair / June 15, 2017
[Recorded May 2017 at Weights & Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, Missouri. Engineered and produced by Duane Trower. Kansas City based. Giant’s Chair was a band from fall of 1993 to the summer of 1997.]

[Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21, at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.]

11:36 – Underwriting

11:38 – Interview/Story – Necia Gamby

Necia Gamby

Necia Gamby is Licensed Massage Practitioner at own practice, NRGinMOTION. Shoe also serves as a licensed Massage Therapist at Alpha Chiropractic Center Inc. and at at Spa On Penn. She has been in practice 36 years. She uses Swedish (classical) massage technique. Over the years she has studied and practiced Hatha Yoga and is currently studying TaiChi. She founded and directed the Heartland School of Massage from 1988-1996. She has studied and incorporated Shiatsu, trigger point technique, lomi-lomi and a host of other philosophies and techniques into her massage style. She was an instructor for Johnson County Community College’s Certified Massage Program for 6 years. She taught Basic Swedish technique and Business Practices. She is an avid reader and especially loves science fiction and Korean dramas. Necia is the daughter of a KC Jazz pianist, and the mother of a graphic artist and MC for the acclaimed KC based hiphop duo SoundsGood and engineer with the 64111 Clinic.

Necia Gamby, thanks for being us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

11:39 – Necia’s Story

11:44

14. SoundsGood – “Best Song Ever (featuring iD)”
from: Goodbye / Innate Sounds / March 1, 2012
[The 3rd SoundsGood and final album. A collection of tracks that finalize the SoundsGood sound. Vocals – Joe Good, Beats – Miles Bonny.]

11:49 – Interview/story – Nico Gray

Nico Gray (Photo by Mark Manning)

We welcome back to the show, our friend Nico Gray, who joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour. Nico has worked as a writer, performance artistm and as an actor with The Kansas City Rep, Gorilla Theatre, the 8th Street Cafe Thetre, Actor’s Craft, and was recently a featured performer in Big Bang Buffet’s Black Sheep Rising. Nico has also worked for Theatre League, The Midland Theatre and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant who does work with Union Station. Rooted in KC, Nico grew up with radio. Nico writes that, “Music has always served as the ‘passport’ through spiritual journeys that have transplanted him to the brownstones of Chicago, the rooftops of Paris, the sea-side of Marseille and the balconies of NYC. ”

Nico Gray welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11:50 – Nico’s Story

11:52

15. The Velvet Underground – “Heroin”
from: The Velvet Underground & Nico / Verve / March 12, 1967
[The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by The Velvet Underground, with the first professional line-up of the Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker. German singer Nico was also featured, having occasionally performed lead vocals for the band. This resulted of the instigation of their mentor and manager, Andy Warhol, and his collaborator, Paul Morrissey. Nico sang lead on three of the album’s tracks—”Femme Fatale”, “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and “I’ll Be Your Mirror”—and back-up on “Sunday Morning”. In 1966, as the album was being recorded, this was also the line-up for their live performances as a part of Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Though the record was a commercial failure upon release and was almost entirely ignored by contemporary critics, The Velvet Underground & Nico is now widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of popular music. In 1982, musician Brian Eno famously stated that while the album initially only sold approximately 30,000 copies, “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.” In 2003, it ranked 13th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Many sub-genres of rock music and forms of alternative music were significantly informed by the album.]

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

Next week on Wednesday, September 27, Brenton Cook, Dedric Moore and Steve Tulipana join us to share music and information about the Outer Reaches Festival, Friday and Saturday, September 29th and 30th, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd.

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

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Show #700

Wednesday MidDay Medley Celebrates our 700th Show!

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 20, 2017

Our 700th Show! with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Ron Megee, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Necia Gamby, Scott Hobart, and Nico Gray.

On September 20, 2017, Wednesday MidDay Medley celebrates our 700th Show! with LIVE performances in our 90.1 FM Studios from: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, who will play Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM. Krystle Warren also joins us live to chat about her new album, Three the Hard Way. Calvin Arsenia will call in from “the road” in Paris France, from his “Out Lyre” European tour. Also joining us to share original stories and a favorite song will be: Maria Vasquez Boyd, Nico Gray, Ron Megee, Necia Gamby and Scott Hobart. In addition, Marion Merritt who for the last 13 years, has been joining Mark on a quarterly basis as Guest Producer, will play one of her favorite tracks of the past 700 weeks.

During the past 700 weeks, Wednesday MidDay Medley has welcomed over 2000 guests, and we have featured 15,000 songs from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues and listeners. Wednesday MidDay Medley has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music scene, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases. We have happily presented new formats in radio, with our popular, “A Story In A Song” series, and our specials featuring: The MidCoast Takeover, Middle of The Map, The Crossroads Music Fest, The Outer Reaches Festival, The Lawrence Field Day Fest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Tribute to David Bowie, The Pioneers of Punk, LGBT themes, Performance Art, Theatre, “The He Touched Me Gospel Hour,” our interviews with Tommy Ramone, Iris Dement, Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin and our annual 4-week special: the 100+ Best Recordings of the Year.

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Show #700

WMM Playlist from September 13, 2017

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 13, 2017

MidCoastal & New Releases
+ D. Rashaan Gilmore + Erica Joy

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

2. LCD Soundsystem – “change yr mind”
from: american dream / DFA – Columbia / September 1, 2017
[4th studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem, released on September 1, 2017 through DFA and Columbia. It was first announced on January 5, 2016, the day after it was revealed that the band was reuniting after a disbandment lasting nearly five years. It is the band’s first album in seven years, following This Is Happening (2010). Prior to release, LCD Soundsystem performed at large music festivals as well as smaller shows to promote their reunion. “Call the Police” and “American Dream” were released together as the album’s lead single on May 5, 2017, and “Tonite” was released as the second single on August 16, 2017. The album received widespread acclaim from music critics. The album performed well commercially and became the band’s first number-one album in the United States.]

3. The Mynabirds – “Shouting at the Dark”
from: BE HERE NOW / Saddle Creek Records / August 25, 2017
[4th release from The Mynabirds, indie pop band founded by singer-songwriter and pianist Laura Burhenn, who was previously one half of the Washington, D.C. indie duo Georgie James. Burhenn formed The Mynabirds in 2009, and shortly after signed to Saddle Creek Records and relocated to Omaha, Nebraska. The sound has been described by Pitchfork as “…openhearted, politically engaged, feminist pop that, miraculously, never veers into schmaltz.” After years of classical piano and stints singing and playing keyboards in rock bands and electronica projects in Washington, D.C., Burhenn founded her own record label, Laboratory Records, and began releasing solo work. Burhenn’s first solo record “Not Ashamed to Say” was released in 1999 and is a collection of thirteen songs written from 1994 to 1998. After releasing a split 7″ in 2003, Burhenn released the full length “Wanderlust” in 2004. In 2005, Burhenn teamed up with John Davis, drummer of defunct DC trio Q and Not U, to form Georgie James. Laura first worked with Saddle Creek in 2007 on Georgie James’ debut LP “Places.” The duo parted ways in late 2008.]

10:13 – Underwriting

4. Kevin Morby – “Aboard My Train”
from: City Music / Dead Oceans / June 16, 2017
[4th release from Kevin Robert Morby born April 2, 1988, and 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 with positive reviews. His 2nd album Still Life was released in 2014. His last album Singing Saw was ione of our 116 Best Recordings of 2016]

[Kevin Morby plays The Madrid, tomorrow night, September 14, opening for The Mountain Goats]

5. Sheer Mag – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
from: Need To Feel Your Love / WILSUN RC / July 14, 2017
[Sheer Mag is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2014. Members include:Tina Halladay, Kyle Seely, Hart Seely, Matt Palmer, Ian Dykstra A combination of 1970s rock and punk ethos, the band continued to gather attention and has released three 7-inch EPs as of March 2016. In January 2015, Rolling Stone featured the band as one of “10 New Artists You Need To Know”, describing them as “a gang of punks with a not-so-secret love of Seventies classic rock.”Four of five band members attended the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2016, the band was part of the Coachella 2016 line-up and performed on Late Night with Seth Myers. On May 10, 2017, Sheer Mag released “Need To Feel Your Love,” the first track off their first full-length record, Need To Feel Your Love.]

[Sheer Mag play The Bottleneck, in Lawrence, KS, on September 18, with Laffing Gas, The Whiffs, and Nancy Boys]

6. Krystle Warren – “Nae-Nae and Ruthie”
from: Three The Hardway / Parlour Door Music / August 18, 2017
[Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warre. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. Last year in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnsons County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]

7. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – “Shine”
from: Call It What It Is / Ben Harper – Concord Music Group / January 22, 2016
[Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2005 and Best Blues Album in 2014. Harper was born in Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard, was of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Chase-Verdries, is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian-Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother’s family. Harper has two brothers, Joel and Peter. Harper began playing guitar as a child. His maternal grandparents’ music store The Folk Music Center and Museum laid a foundation of folk and blues for the artist, complemented by regular patrons Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal, John Darnielle, and David Lindley and quotes of William Shakespeare and Robert Frost made often by his grandfather. In 1978, at the age of 9, Harper attended Bob Marley’s performance in Burbank, California where Marley was joined by former bandmate Peter Tosh for the encore. It was, according to Harper, an important influence..]

[Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals play The Uptown Theatre, tonight, September 13, Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8:00 PM with special guest, Hey, King]

D. Rashaan Gilmore with Maria Vasquez Boyd on the September 13, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley

10:31 – Interview with D. Rashaan Gilmore

D. Rashaan Gilmore is a life-long resident of Kansas City. He is community connector, organizer and collaborator. He joins us to share information about his new radio show, ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’ that can be heard right here on 90.1 FM KKFI, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 1:00 pm, during The Tenth Voice. D. Rashaan Gilmore is passionate about making a difference in the LGBTQ community of color. His current project is BlaqOut, a newly formed organization which seeks to organize and mobilize the black, gay community in Kansas City and develop a leadership core. Gilmore has previously managed multiple significant HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic. And also served as the Senior Field Organizer for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT equality and advocacy organization.

D. Rashaan Gilmore thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Last month D. Rashaan premiered his new radio program: ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’, on The Tenth Voice. During his first show he interviewed John Eligon, reporter for the New York Times AND featured a live musical performance from the St. Louis-based artist, MAVEN LEE aka Trent Omar Ramsey.

D. Rashaan Gilmore said in an interview (The Phoenix Newsletter / May 31, 2017 written by Joel Barrett) “I believe in living out loud.”

He also said, “I feel like I’m in a position to help others and I take that responsibility seriously, however, I can’t talk about what impact I have had in Kansas City without talking about the impact Kansas City has had on me.”

In the Phoenix Newsletter piece he said, “I don’t believe in practice what you preach. To me, that is too high a standard. I believe in preaching what you practice. I can tell you and show you what has worked for me and that alone. Everything else I’m aspiring to and we can work on that together.”

D, Rashaan Gilmore is particularly passionate about making a difference in the LGBTQ community of color. Recently, he’s found a home for his voice in service of marginalized and stigmatized communities where he brings his candor, intelligence and wit to empower individuals to assert their right to be visible and thrive.

His current project is BlaqOut, a newly formed organization which seeks to organize and mobilize the black, gay community in Kansas City and develop a leadership core.

BlaqOut has received funding for a major community needs assessment of Kansas City’s black, 18- to 34-year-old MSM community. MSM is a term used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that means men who have sex with men.

Gilmore has previously managed multiple significantly-sized SAMHSA and CDC-funded HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic.

D. Rashaan Gilmore calls himself a “serial entrepreneur.” His first business was a bakery, that he started as a 14 year old teenager.

His newest company is ‘Nuts & Bolts’, a premier lifestyle brand for men, that will launch its debut collection of sustainably produced garments and accessories in 2018.

As an outspoken social justice advocate and passionate serial entrepreneur with deep roots in the business, civic and non-profit communities in Kansas City and beyond.

Gilmore’s keen insight and vast professional experience establish him as a sought after cultural and political analyst and commentator on radio, television and online.

D. Rashaan Gilmore thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

D. Rashaan Gilmore is the host and producer of a new radio show, ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 1:00 PM, during The Tenth Voice on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio.

10:50

8. The War On Drugs – “Holding On”
from: A Deeper Understanding / Atlantic Recording / August 25, 2017
[The 4th studio album from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, band formed in 2005. The band consists of Adam Granduciel (vocals, guitar), David Hartley (bass), Robbie Bennett (keyboards), Charlie Hall (drums), Jon Natchez (saxophone, keyboards) and Anthony LaMarca (guitar). Founded by close collaborators Granduciel and Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs released their debut studio album, Wagonwheel Blues, in 2008. Vile departed shortly after its release to focus on his solo career. The band’s second studio album Slave Ambient was released in 2011 to favorable reviews and extensive touring. Written and recorded following extensive touring and a period of loneliness and depression for primary songwriter Granduciel, the band’s third album, Lost in the Dream, was released in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim and increased exposure. Previous collaborator Charlie Hall joined the band as its full-time drummer during the recording process, with saxophonist Jon Natchez and additional guitarist Anthony LaMarca accompanying the band for its world tour.]

9. Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Living In The City”
from: The Navigator / ATO Records / March 10, 2017
[Hurray for the Riff Raff is an American folk-blues and Americana band from New Orleans, Louisiana formed by lead singer and songwriter Alynda Segarra. Segarra was raised by her aunt Nereida in the Bronx where she developed an early appreciation for doo-wop and Motown. She is of Puerto Rican descent. Her mother was former New York City Deputy Mayor Ninfa Segarra. Segarra became a regular attendee of hardcore punk shows at ABC No Rio when she was young. She left her home in the Bronx at age 17, spending time crossing North America, hopping freight trains. During this time, around 2007, Segarra became a part of the Dead Man Street Orchestra, a band that was documented in a photo essay by Time Magazine in 2007. After two self-released albums, 2008’s It Don’t Mean I Don’t Love You and 2010’s Young Blood Blues, Hurray for the Riff Raff released a self-titled CD composed of Segarra’s favorite songs from those records on Loose Music in Europe on March 21, 2011. Tracks from the band’s debut release received airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. In February 2011, the band were featured in an article in The Times, based around the HBO TV series, Treme, with their track “Daniella” being listed in their selection of New Orleans’ essential songs. In May 2012, Hurray for the Riff Raff released Look Out Mama on their own label, Born to Win Records. Loose Music released Look Out Mama in Europe on August 20, 2012. The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at The Bomb Shelter Studios and produced by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes).In February 2014, Hurray for the Riff Raff had their ATO Records debut, Small Town Heroes. The record features original songs written or co-written by Segarra, and features fiddler Yosi Perlstein, keyboard player Casey McAllister, and two members of The Deslondes: Sam Doores on guitar and Dan Cutler on bass.]

11:00 – Station ID

10. Giants Chair – “The Streets”
from: The Streets – Single / Giants Chair / June 15, 2017
[Recorded May 2017 at Weights & Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, Missouri. Engineered and produced by Duane Trower. Kansas City based. Giant’s Chair was a band from fall of 1993 to the summer of 1997. Singer-songwriter / guitarist Scott Hobart and bassist Byron Collum met at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. Eventually, they moved to Collum’s hometown of Green Bay, WI to play with drummer, Paul Ackerman and form the ‘post-hardcore power-trio’ GIANTS CHAIR in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City soon thereafter to be a part of the burgeoning, mid-90’s KC rock scene – sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, GIANTS CHAIR recorded 2 critically-acclaimed full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. Though Hobart would shift styles to front the honky-tonk country band, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records) while Collum and Ackerman continued with other rock projects, GIANTS CHAIR has continued to play the occasional show in Kansas City over the years and has recently released two new songs and a video – as well as letting it be known that they are working on material for their 3rd studio album. Hobart says GIANTS CHAIR’s best-known earliest influences would probably be bands like Fugazi, Swervedriver, Drive Like Jehu and Jawbox.]

[Giants Chair play miniBar, Thursday, Sept. 21,at 8:00 PM with ExAcrobat and SWEATS from Lincoln.]

[Scott Hobart will be with us live in the studio next week for our very special 700th show with guests: Nico Gray, Necia Gamby, Marion Merritt, Ron Megee, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Lesley Poiries, and more.]

11. La Guerre – “sweetness is objective”
from: B Side Your Heart / The Record Machine / January 20, 2015
[La Guerre is the French for “war.” B Side Your Heart is a gathering of love themed b sides from over the last few years. All proceeds will be donated to the ACLU. All songs written by Katlyn Conroy. Katlyn Conroy, is a female singer and songwriter from Lawrence, Kansas. She was part of the critically acclaimed band, Cowboy Indian Bear. She was the recipient of the 2013 Pitch Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. You can a listen to her music at http://www.katlynconroy.bandcamp.com.]

[La Guerre plays The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, Monday, September 18, at 8:00 PM with local band Mess, opening from Athens, Georgia band Mothers.]

12. Ariel Pink – “Feels Like Heaven”
from: Dedicated To Bobby Jameson / Kemado Records / September 15, 2017
[11th studio album Los Angeles’s prodigal songwriting son Ariel Pin. The album’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life L.A. musician, long presumed dead, who resurfaced online in 2007 after 35 reclusive years to pen his autobiography and tragic life story in a series of blogs and YouTube tirades. “His book and life resonated with me to such a degree,” Pink states, “that I felt a need to dedicate my latest record to him.” Dedicated to Bobby Jameson begins at the end and ends at the beginning. “We follow the protagonist through a battery of tests and milestones, the first of which sees him reborn into life out of death,” Pink explains, referencing the opening track “Time To Meet Your God.” “From there, he seesaws his way between the innocent love and the rock-solid edifice of childhood-worn trauma that together constitute his lifelong initiation into the realm of artifice and theatrical disposability.” Ariel Pink started as a visual artist before becoming a recording artist in the late ‘90s while attending Cal Arts. Drawing on iconoclasts and trailblazers like the Shaggs, the Cure, the Velvet Underground, Destroy All Monsters, Cabaret Voltaire, and R. Stevie Moore, Pink set himself to redefining the musical lexicon for himself and others. “This mission,” he says, “remains mine to this day.” less. More info at: http://www.ariel-pink.com.]

13. Foxygen – “Follow The Leader”
from: Hang / Jagjaguwar / January 20, 2017
[Foxygen is an American indie rock duo from Westlake Village, California, formed in 2005. The band consists of Jonathan Rado and Sam France. They have released four albums and a number of self-released EPs. Rado and France started their band in high school when both were fifteen. After their formation in 2005, the band played experimental music; influenced by psychedelia and avant-garde. They self-released four EPs between 2007 and 2011. In early 2011, they were ‘discovered’ by producer Richard Swift after handing him one of their EPs at a Mynabird’s show in New York. The group were later signed on to Jagjaguwar Records and their first studio album, Take the Kids Off Broadway, was released by Jagjaguwar on July 24, 2012. On January 22, 2013, Jagjaguwar released Foxygen’s second album, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. This album was produced by Richard Swift and recorded at his National Freedom studio. The record was preceded by the single “Shuggie,” released on October 4, 2012. In March 2013, Foxygen was named one of Fuse TV’s 30 must-see artists at SXSW. The band has gained a reputation for its unhinged live shows and maniacal behavior of lead singer France. In 2014, for their tours promoting the sprawling double album …And Star Power, the group expanded to a nine-piece including three back-up singer/dancers. The band released their fourth LP, the theatrical Hang, on January 20, 2017, via Jagjaguwar. The album features collaborations with The Lemon Twigs, the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd and a 40+ piece orchestra arranged by Trey Pollard and Matthew E White. The Irish Times described the album as “Theatrical is an apt description of this collection as a whole,” while noting that the album “edges perilously close to pastiche”.]

14. Erica Joy – “Happy Villain”
from: Introduction / Independent / February 3, 2017
[Erica Joy on vocals, Britt Wild on lead guitar, Khitam Jabr on acoustic guitar,. Recording and produced by Kyle Ward at Counterpoint Studio.]

[Erica Joy plays an intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser.]

11:19 – Interview with Erica Joy

Erica Joy in the September 13, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley.

KC based singer and songwriter, Erica Joy who joins us to share information about her new band, and her upcoming intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser. In 2015 Erica Joy released her first single “Fun to Hold You” and it remained in Homegrown Buzz’s rotation for over a year. She followed the single by releasing her debut EP, “Introduction” on February 3, 2017, in a special show at recordBar.

Erica Joy, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Band Members:
Vox: Erica Joy
Lead Guitar: Colby Bales (of Instant Karma)
Rhythm Guitar: Erica Joy
Drums: Zach Harris (drummer of Instant Karma)
Bass: Branden Moser (bassist with Instant Karma)

There are only 100 seats available. More information at: http://www.ericajoymusic.com

Erica Joy was Born April 8, 1991. She is 26 years old. She grew up in Springfield Missouri went to Kickapoo High, class of 2009. She came to nKansas City on a cross-country / track scholarship. She spent a few years running in Kansas City before discovering the music community. Erica Joy graduated from UMKC in 2013.

Short bio: In 2015 her first single “Fun to Hold You” was released and remained in Homegrown Buzz’s rotation for over a year. EJ then released a full EP titled “Introduction” on February 3rd 2017 at Record Bar in Kansas City. After the release of the EP, Joy gained much love from critics and fans wanting to see what she will do next and also “leaving the tracks on repeat in the car.”

There has never been a time where Erica has started singing and the room didn’t stop, even if for a few seconds to admire her voice. It doesn’t matter what genre or style she sings in, she’s going to tell you a story and she’s going to make you feel things. It has perhaps never been described better than “she’ll turn you into a puddle of melted butter” reviewed by “I Heart Local Music’s” take of Ej’s performance at Middle of the Map. Her voice is dreamy and haunting. It’s a calling, it’s Erica Joy.

11:26

15. Erica Joy – “Carol” (Live)  (a new song not yet recorded)

This year Erica Joy released her debut EP, she played a big EP Release show at recordBar. She played Middle of The Map Fest, she was part of the HearQueer Issue 001 launch, she has a new band, and is writing and recording new music,

Erica Joy, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Erica Joy plays an intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser.

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

10:36 – Underwriting

16. The Dear Misses – “Stage Fright“
from: Just Let Go / Independent / February 28, 2017
[This is The Dear Misses first full length album. “Just Let Go” was written over the course of 4 years. TDM started as a side project for lead singer Todd Anderson and Guitarist Cody Stapleton and caught full sail upon the addition of Drummer Bret Collins in 2014 and Bassist Shane Berggren in Late 2015. This Lawrence Kansas based 4-piece band is 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. More information at: http://www.reverbnation.com/thedearmisses%5D

[The Dear Misses play The Rino, 34 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Saturday, September 16, at 8:00 PM, with CUDO and Faintheart.]

17. Jack Johnson – “My Mind Is For Sale”
from: All the Light Above it Too / Jack Johnson / September 8, 2017
[7th studio album by musician Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975) singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and a former professional surfer. The album’s lead single, titled “My Mind Is for Sale”, was released on July 14, 2017. It is the first of Jack’s releases since his 2013 album From Here to Now to You. The album was produced by a friend of Jack Johnson, Robbie Lackritz, and recorded at Mango Tree Studio, just as many of his others were. The album was mostly inspired by the sayings of Donald Trump, surfing, and camping. Also, Johnson had just recently worked on the short documentary, “Smog of the Sea”, and released his song “Fragments”. The documentary took a one-week journey through the sea to study animals, and sea creatures. This got Johnson thinking about what Trump has said about pollution and global warming, and has also included this in his album. Johnson’s songs were mostly written while he was camping in the wilderness, or on boats. This was because his home studio is too quiet and you can hear your thoughts when you are trying to write, which makes it not such a productive writing place. “I wrote these songs when I was out of [cellular] reception and phones can’t ring, there’s not a lot else to do, so we play a lot of guitar,” Johnson says. On these trips, Johnson brought his backpack with a ukulele in it and with an acoustic guitar.]

18. Iron & Wine – “Call It Dreaming”
from: Beast Epic / Sub Pop / August 25, 2017
[6th full-length studio album by Iron & Wine which is the musical project of Samuel “Sam” Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974). He has released five studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). He occasionally tours with a full band. Beam was raised in South Carolina before moving to Virginia and then Florida to attend school. He now resides in Durham, North Carolina. The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named “Beef, Iron & Wine” that he found in a general store while shooting a film. Beam was raised in Chapin, South Carolina, where his father worked in land management and his mother was a schoolteacher. When he was a child, his family took regular trips to the country, where his grandfather ran a farm. He attended Seven Oaks Elementary School, Chapin Middle School, and Chapin High School. While home from college, he was a waiter at California Dreaming restaurant in Columbia. Beam earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He specialized in painting before graduating from the Florida State University Film School with an MFA degree. Before the release of the first Iron & Wine album, Beam’s main source of income was as a professor of film and cinematography at the University of Miami and Miami International University of Art & Design. He had been writing songs for over seven years before a friend lent him a four-track recorder. He began making demos and gave one to his friend Michael Bridwell, brother of Band of Horses lead singer, Ben Bridwell. Michael handed it to Mike McGonigal, editor of Yeti magazine, who chose “Dead Man’s Will”, later released on In the Reins, for inclusion on one of his magazine’s compilation CDs. Beam later came to the attention of Sub Pop Records co-owner, Jonathan Poneman, who contacted Beam to propose a deal.Beam released his first Iron & Wine album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002. Beam wrote, performed, recorded and produced the album in his home studio. Featuring acoustic guitars, banjo, and slide guitar, the album’s music has been compared to that of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Elliott Smith, Neil Young and John Fahey. Also in 2002, Beam recorded a cover of The Postal Service’s then-unreleased song “Such Great Heights”. Rather than being included on an Iron & Wine release, the track was initially included as a b-side of the original version by The Postal Service. It was later included on the B-sides and rarities album, Around the Well. He followed up his debut album in 2003 with The Sea & The Rhythm, an EP containing other home-recorded tracks with a similar style to this debut.]

19. EMA – “Down and Out”
from: Exile In the Outer Ring / City Slangl / August 25, 2017
[5th studio album from Erika Michelle Anderson, (born April 2, 1982) better known by her stage name EMA, is an American singer and songwriter from South Dakota. Originally the lead singer of drone-folk band Gowns, she released her debut album Little Sketches on Tape in 2010 on Night People, an independent music label founded by former Raccoo-oo-oon member Shawn Reed. In 2011 EMA released her second album Past Life Martyred Saints, which received positive reviews from Pitchfork Media, Drowned in Sound, and the NME. After releasing her debut album, EMA was named “New Band of the Day” by The Guardian and “Artist to Watch” by Rolling Stone. In 2011 she performed “Endless, Nameless” for Spin’s twentieth anniversary tribute to Nirvana’s album Nevermind. Her song “The Grey Ship” was used on an episode of Adult Swim’s Off the Air, and in the 2014 Carter Smith film Jamie Marks Is Dead. She made her network television debut performing on Late Show with David Letterman on August 26, 2014.]

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

Next week, on Wednesday September 20 we present our 700th show with special guests: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, Marion Merritt, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Nico Gray, Necia Gamby, Ron Megee, and Scott Hobart.

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

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Show #699

Wednesday MidDay Medley presents: D. Rashaan Gilmore + Erica Joy

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 13, 2017

MidCoastal & New Releases
+ D. Rashaan Gilmore + Erica Joy

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Krystle Warren, Giants Chair, Erica Joy, La Guerre, The Dear Misses, Kevin Morby, Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Mynabirds, LCD Soundsystem, EMA, Ariel Pink, The War On Drugs, Foxygen, Sheer Mag, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, and Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals.

D. Rashaan Gilmore

At 10:30 community connector, organizer and collaborator – D. Rashaan Gilmore joins us to share information about his new radio show, ‘Unbossed and Unbothered w/ D. Rashaan’ on 90.1 FM KKFI, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 1:00 pm, during The Tenth Voice. D. Rashaan Gilmore is passionate about making a difference in the LGBTQ community of color. His current project is BlaqOut, a newly formed organization which seeks to organize and mobilize the black, gay community in Kansas City and develop a leadership core. Gilmore has previously managed multiple significantly-sized SAMHSA and CDC-funded HIV/ AIDS awareness and prevention grants for the Kansas City CARE Clinic. He has also served as the Senior Field Organizer for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT equality and advocacy organization.

Erica Joy

At 11:15 Mark welcomes KC based singer and songwriter, Erica Joy who joins us to share information about her new band, and her upcoming intimate theatre show, Sunday, October 1st, at 7:00 PM, at Westport Coffeehouse Theatre where she will be debuting new songs, and playing with her new backing band – Colby Bales, Zach Harris, and Branden Moser. In 2015 Erica Joy released her first single “Fun to Hold You” and it remained in Homegrown Buzz’s rotation for over a year. She followed the single by releasing her debut EP, “Introduction” on February 3, 2017, in a special show at recordBar. Erica Joy has played Middle of The Map Fest. More information at: http://www.ericajoymusic.com

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Show #699

WMM Playlist from September 6, 2017

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 6, 2017

Music from the 13th Annual Crossroads Music Festival
with Guest Co-Host Bill Sundahl

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

2. The Phantastics – “Bananas (Radio Edit)”
from: Closer / Silly Goose Records / December 14, 2013
[Debut EP from 8 member group KC based band formed in December of 2010, that specialize genre-blending hip-hop, mixed with rock, rap, dance, funk, jazz and soul. Members include: Kemet “the Phantom” Coleman on lead vocals, Kim Newsome on vocals, JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals, Danny Florez on electric bass & vocals, Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone, and Austin Quick on keyboards.]

[The Phantastics play Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, Sept 9, at Midnight, at recordBar 1520 Grand]

Today we feature music from 18 bands participating in the 13th annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Saturday, September 9, featuring nearly 60 bands on 12 stages all within 3 blocks, in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts & Music District. For more information, or to get advance tickets, visit: http://www.cmfkc.com.

Bill Sundahl, is founder of Crossroads Music Festival and has been coming on this radio program for 13 years now, sharing information about the music and venues and collaborations associated with CMF. Bill is also 90.1 FM KKFI’s Development Director, where he is constantly in motion working, to keep Community radio alive! Bill joins us as co-host for the entire show.

Bill Sundahl thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

CMF IS A FUNDRAISER FOR 90.1FM KKFI – KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY RADIO

Designed to showcase the best in Kansas City’s music, arts and dance scene, CMFKC provides opportunities for community members of all ages to support its local artists and celebrate Kansas City’s cultural diversity.

Artists: The Phantastics, Count Tutu, Brody Buster Band, Crystal Rose, IRIEplaceables, Duncan Burnett X Riot, The Safes, Instant Karma, Mad Libby, Turkey Bone & Full Count, Mundo Nouvo, Hobo Cane feat. Javier Mendoza, Enrique Chi of Making Movies, Eems, Rural Grit, Shortsweather, Various Blonde, Spirit is the Spirit, Pagaent Boys, Mess, The Black Mariah Theater, Barclay Martin, Julie Bennett Hume, Jenna & Martin, Ayllu, Carswell & Hope, Hot Club KC, American Slim, Broderick Jones, Jubilee, Kyle Reid, Dan Bliss, AJ Young, Brad Cunningham, Ivy, Savanna Chestnut, Sara Morgan, Tyler Giles, Tom Hall, Jessica Paige, Kelly Hunt, Tyler Gregory, New Transition Quartet, Organ Jazz Trio, Roger Wilder & Lisa Henry, The Project H, The MGDs, MARCHING COBRAS, A.M. Merker of My Oh My!, Mikal Shapiro w/ Johnny Hamil, The Ragged Few, The Nite Owls, Drew Black & Dirty Electric, Broken Arrows, Interstate Run, Hughes & Barclay

Venues: recordBar at 1520 Grand, Black Dolphin at 1813 Grand, The Brick at 1727 McGee, The Living Room Upstairs and The Living Room Downstairs at 1818 McGee, Mod Gallery at 1809 McGee, Green Lady Lounge at 1809 Grand, Collection at 1532 Grand, and Normal Human at 1815 McGee, with Day Parties at Josey Records at 1814 Oak, and Brewery Emperial at 1829 Oak. The Crossroads Music Fest also includes showcases from The Record Machine, Lost Cowgirl Records and Making Movies Carnival.

Kissick Construction Stage @ recordBar, 1520 Grand – 21+ MC Mark Manning

The Phantastics 12:00 to 1:15
Count Tutu 10:15 to 11:30
Brody Buster Band 8:30 to 9:30
Crystal Rose 7:00 to 8:00

10:15

3. Crystal Rose – “Come Alive”
from: Come Alive – Single / Crystal Rose / May 6, 2016
[Debut single release from Kansas City based singer songwriter and UMKC journalism student Crystal Rose who plays live with Paige Turner on guitar, Peter Marten on guitar, and Robert Castillo on bass. Crystal Rose is a singer song-writer based in heart of Kansas City. At a young age she was Influenced by powerhouse vocals like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera. She has since drawn much inspiration from blusey and folk centered artist like James Bay, James Vincent Mcmorrow and Johnnyswim. To listen to more Crystal Rose please visit: http://www.crystalro.se]

[Crystal Rose plays Crossroads Music Festival saturday, September 9, at 7:00 PM at recordBar.]

Day Parties – Pop Up Shops

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM — Day Parties at Brewery Emperial & Josey Records & Pop Up Shops

Brewery Emperial Stage
A.M. Merker of My Oh My! 4:00 to 5:00
Mikal Shapiro w/ Johnny Hamil 2:30 to 3:30
The Ragged Few 1:00 to 2:00
The Nite Owls 12:00 to 12:45

Josey Records Stage
Drew Black & Dirty Electric 4:30 to 5:30
Broken Arrows 3:00 to 4:00
Interstate Run 1:30 to 2:30
Hughes & Barclay 12:00 to 1:00

11:00 AM to 7:00 PM — CMF Pop Up Shops at Josey Records
Children’s Art Area – Local Makers – CMF Information

Do816 Stage @ The Brick 21+ – 1727 Megee

IRIEplaceables 1:00 to 2:00
Duncan Burnett X Riot 11:30 to 12:30
The Safes 10:00 to 11:00
Instant Karma 8:30 to 9:30
Mad Libby 7:15 to 8:00
Turkey Bone & Full Count 6:00 to 6:45

4. Mad Libby – “Powder Blue”
from: Locks Unlocked / Mad Libby / March 4, 2017
[Kansas City based Power Punk 4-piece band formed by: Jennifer Roswold on lead vocals & guitar, Rob Adams on lead guitar, Dana E Scott on drums & backup vocals, and Jessica White on bass & backup vocals.]

[Mad Libby play 90.1 FM’s Crossroads Music Festival, Sept 9, at 7:15 at The Brick, 1727 McGee.]

5. The Safes – “Hometown”
from: Tasty Waves / Hidden Volume Records / September 8, 2017
[The Safes are Frankie O’Malley on vocals, guitars, drums, piano, Wurlitzer, vibes, bells; Patrick O’Malley on vocals, guitars; Dex Fontaine on drums; Curt Schmelz on bass. The record includes special guest musicians: Siobhan Hunter on violins, Dominique DiValerio on french horn, and Ben Levin-O’Leary on trumpet. Produced, Recorded, Mixed by Patrick O’Malley. Recorded, Mixed by Brian Deck. Mixed by Frankie O’Malley. Recorded at IV Lab and StudiO’Malley. Mixed at StudiO’Malley and at Brian Deck’s home studio. Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering. Assistant Engineer at IV Lab – Shane Hendrickson. Photograph: Andrew Ballantyne. All songs written by Frankie O’Malley, except “Streets and Sanitation”: lyrics written by Frankie and music written by Patrick & Frankie. http://www.thesafes.com.]

[The Safes play Crossroads Music Festival, September 9 at 10:00 at The Brick on the Do816 Stage.]

6. Duncan Burnett – “Olathe”
from: Soulcially Conscious / R.I.O.T. LLC / December 24, 2015
[Duncan Burnett lives in Olathe, Kansas. He grew up in Olathe, Kansas. He is a musician, song writer and producer who first started in music playing the drums. http://www.duncanburnett.com]

[Duncan Burnett X Riot play 90.1 FM’s Crossroads Music Fest, Sept 9, at 11:30 at The Brick, 1727 McGee, on the Do816 Stage.]

10:34 – Underwriting

Rock Docs Midwest Music Foundation participating in the 13th annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Saturday, September 9.

11:00 AM to 5:00 PM — Midwest Music Foundation Free Musicians’ Health Care Clinic at The Living Room Theater, 1818 McGee St, Kansas City, MO 64108

Midwest Music Foundation along with The RockDocs, a collaboration of University of Kansas and the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County, present a Free Musicians’ Health Care Clinic that will offer information, screenings, wellness programs, opportunities to discuss health conditions and concerns and arrange follow-up opportunities. More info at http://www.cmfkc.com.

KC Folk Fest Stage @ MOD Gallery 1809 McGee – All Ages – Carnival Showcase

Mundo Nouvo 12:00 to 1:00
Hobo Cane feat. Javier Mendoza 10:30 to 11:30
Enrique Chi of Making Movies 9:30 to 10:30
Eems 7:45 to 8:30
Rural Grit 6:30 to 7:15

10:41 – MOD Gallery – Carnival Showcase

7. Eems – “Stumble”
from: Rocket Ship / Independent / August 11, 2017
[Eems is a KC based ukulele loop artist, singer songwriter, rapper, pianist, drummer, The resonance of his bright musical sounds, and lyrical calls, are woven through genres of folk, hip hop, pop, and dance influences. He has shared the stage with notable hop hop artists, and KC Folk Music Fest, Middle of The Map Fest.]

[EEMS plays the Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, Sept 9, at 7:45 PM, MOD Gallery, 1809 McGee.]

8. Making Movies – “Spinning Out”
from: I Am Another You / Making Movies / May 26, 2017
[3rd full length release: from Kansas City based 4-piece band and made up of two sets of brothers: Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and Andres Chaurand on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and Kansas City, Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico.]

[Enrique Chi of Making Movies plays Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, Sept 9, at 7:45 PM, for the Carnival Showcase at MOD Gallery, 1809 McGee.]

9. Mundo Nouvo – “Pueblo Latino”
from: Mundo Nouvo / Mundo Nouvo / May 17, 2016
[Comprised of some of the finest musicians the area has to offer, Mundo Nouvo is multi-faceted project that culls its material from the roots Cuba & Haiti. An eleven-piece ensemble features Salsa material fit for the dance floor as well as Latin-Jazz pieces that are best suited to a concert program. Ramon Terrada on lead vocals, Jose Miguel Ramos on congas & coro vocals, Felipe “Tato” Ramos on timbales & coro vocals, Tony Ramos on bongos, Paul Roberts on piano, Daniel Nonweiler on bass, Sean Mawhirter on guitar, Guy Montes on flute & coro vocals, Janne Silfverberg on trombone, Tommy Johnson Jr. on trumpet, David Cunningham on trumpet, and frequent contributors Pat Conway on Congas & Bongos, and Tyree Johnson on drumset. http://www.mundonouvo.org]

[Mundo Nouvo play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at Midnight, at MOD Gallery, 1809 McGee.]

MixMaster 2017 at 13th annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Saturday, September 9

MixMaster at CMF 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at The Living Room Theater, 1818 McGee St
Musicians Professional Development Seminar – Panels/Workshops/Performances

11:00 am: Panel: The Ten-Year Overnight Success
Independent artists can achieve a lot by setting goals, planning and being creative with their time and efforts. But what does successful goal-setting actually look like? How does it work, and what does it take to persevere?

Panelists: Erin McGrane (Victor & Penny), Kemet Coleman (The Phantom, The Phantastics), Vi Nhan Tran (Vi Tran Band, Buffalo Room), Jessica Paige (Jessica Paige Music), Betse Ellis (Betse & Clarke)

12:00 pm Panel: Building Your Team and Building Your Brand
Being a successful independent artist requires a wide variety of skills, a lot of different resources and plenty of hard work. What are the essentials to telling your story and being ready to respond to opportunities? Who can help you and how can you help yourself?

Panelists: Chris Haghirian (INK, 90.9 The Bridge), Michelle Bacon (Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds, Heidi Lyne Gluck & The Pony Show), Fally Afani (I Heart Local Music), Anna Selle (SoFar Sounds, Anna Selle Photography)

1:00 pm Working Lunch: Small Groups
Breaking into small groups, participants will get a chance to share their experiences, test out ideas and learn from each other’s knowledge. Each group will be facilitated to ensure everyone gets time to talk and moves from one topic to the next. Lunch will be provided by Californos (while supplies last!) We encourage you to bring the following, to share:

An artist biography, A band photo (can simply be shared on a phone), A CD of your music (or several) REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Get your tickets first here, then sign up here

3:00 pm Panel: Demo Dip
A chance to submit your demo to be listened to live and followed by honest feedback from music journalists and industry experts. Bring your best stuff on a CD!

4:00 pm Networking: Speed Sessions
A rapid-fire round of networking! 5 minute blocks of one-on-one connections with industry experts, venue-managers, radio DJs and more.

MixMaster – Conversations & More Downstairs @ The Living Room | Starts 2pm

2:00 pm Panel: Music in Public Spaces
Libraries and other public spaces have become locations for music-making, places to access technology, and venues to share and celebrate music. What is it like for the artists who work in these spaces? What makes it work, and what is the future of music with public and shared resources?

Panelists: Jim Barnes (Lawrence Public Library), Ralph Tomlinson (Olathe Public Library), Donna Mandelbaum (KC Streetcar Authority)

4:00 pm Discussion: Art As Mentorship
Enrique Chi, the leader and songwriter of Making Movies, will discuss and showcase work from his Art As Mentorship project, a program that will take twenty young songwriters through a year of artistic development. For six years Making Movies has hosted an inner-city music camp through the Mattie Rhodes Center. The students and experiences from the camp became the inspiration for the Art As Mentorship program. The band’s story and community efforts were just featured on a beautiful NPR piece.

11:00 – Station ID

KCPT Stage @ Living Room Upstairs – 1818 McGee St – All Ages
The Record Machine Showcase

Shortsweather 12:00 to 12:45
Various Blonde 10:30 to 11:15
Spirit is the Spirit 9:00 to 9:45
Pagaent Boys 7:30 to 8:15
Mess 6:00 to 6:45

10. Mess – “soak”
from: heartswithholes / Mess / August , 2017
[Mess is a Kansas City based band formed by: Allison Gliesman, Kevin Briody, Tanner Pinkerton and Evan Velasquez. Recorded in Edwardsville, Illinois at Bird Cloud Recording. Production and recording by Ryan Wasoba. Mastering by Joel Hatstat in Athens, Georgia.]

[Mess play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept. 9 on the KCPT Stage at The Living Room Upstairs.]

11.Pageant Boys – “Last Rites”
from: Shadowboxing EP / The Record Machine / May 19, 2017
[On what was originally slated to be a short trip to Istanbul, Alex Sheppard started recording music with his girlfriend’s laptop and a bluetooth headphone mic. None of Sheppard’s previous musical efforts incorporated electronics in a major way; “It was born of necessity,” says Sheppard. The songs on his new EP, Shadowboxing, came out of those original sessions. The songs are a sensual and almost effervescent approach that combine R&B elements with electronic and processed instrumentation. While in Istanbul, Sheppard established a routine in collaborating with a close friend and poet. He said they developed a fairly specific daily routine for working on music, with the intent of finishing songs, regardless of their quality. “I would wake up at 8 in the morning and start the song and get the chord structure. And then at 10, he would wake up and I would show him what I had. I’d make breakfast, and then I’d show him the melody I wanted for the vocal line. He’d go down and start writing the lyrics, we’d eat breakfast, and he’d have the lyrics written after we got done with breakfast. At 1, I’d start recording the vocals. It was a good schedule.” Sheppard has been writing and recording for the last decade even though he is just in 20’s. Before Sheppard started performing and recording as Pageant Boys he released several albums as Alexandre. Shadowboxing is the maturation of Sheppard’s artistic vision and introduction to a larger audience.]

[Pageant Boys play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept. 9 on KCPT Stage at The Living Room Upstairs.]

6:00 PM to 2:00 AM — 13th Annual Crossroads Music Fest
Diverse Music on 12 Stages, Including nearly 60 Bands All in 3 Blocks (5 All Ages Stages)

7:00 PM to 12:00 PM — Barley Bus will be shuttling in a loop

12 & Under are FREE in 5 All Ages Stages Must be accompanied by Parent or Guardian

Festival Pass is $20.00 in Advance / $25.00 AT GATE
VIP Festival Pass is $75.00 Advance / $90.00 AT GATE

For more information, or to get advance tickets, visit: http://www.cmfkc.com.

Lost Cowgirl Records Stage @ Living Room Downstairs – 1818 McGee St – All Ages
Lost Cowgirl Records Showcase
The Black Mariah Theater 11:15 to 12:00
Barclay Martin 9:45 to 10:30
Julie Bennett Hume 8:15 to 9:00
Jenna & Martin 6:45 to 7:30

11:12 – Lost Cowgirl Records Showcase

12. Jenna McCarty – “Love Havin’ Company”
from: Love Havin’ Company / Jenna Rae / 2017 – Unreleased track
[Kansas City based singer-songwriter who is a guitarist and songwriter for Jenna & Martin with musician Martin Farrell Jr.. Jenna also plays banjo in the band Deadeye.. She is also a guitarist and songwriter for the 6-piece Lawrence based western band Playing For Horses.]

[Jenna & Martin play Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 9, at 6:45 at The Living Room Theatre Downstairs, for the Lost Cowgirl Records Showcase.]

13. Barclay Martin Ensemble – “Dance in the Rain”
from: Pools That Swell With The Rain / Independent / September 24, 2010
[Barclay Martin on guitar and vocals, Mark Lowrey on piano, Giuliano Mignucci on drums, and Rick Willoughby on bass.]

[Barclay Martin plays Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 9, at 9:45 at The Living Room Theatre Downstairs, for the Lost Cowgirl Records Showcase.]

[Barclay Martin Ensemble play recordBar, Sun, Sept 10 a farewell show as Barclay leaves for Spain.]

Boveri Realty Stage @ Collection – 1532 Grand Blvd – All Ages

Ayllu 11:30 12:30
Carswell & Hope 10:00 11:00
Hot Club KC 8:30 9:30
American Slim 7:15 8:00
Broderick Jones 6:00 6:45

11:23

14. Carswell & Hope – “Drinking At Crossroads”
from: Carswell & Hope / Silly Goose Records / April 14, 2014
[Debut recording from Lawrence, Kansas band, Nick Carswell, Jason Slote, Dan Hines, Austin Quick. Nick Carswell is a founding member of InterUrban ArtHouse. Silly Goose Records (SGR) was originally founded in Ireland in 2010, by Irish musician and songwriter Nick Carswell. The label released several records and supported bands, coordinating national tours, media and television appearances and PR campaigns. Carswell relocated to Kansas in 2011 and began working with local musicians through the Barrel House piano bar in downtown Lawrence. In January 2013, Silly Goose Records was re-imagined as an independent collective, where artists could collaborate and come together to share experience and resources. Within their first year, bands in the collective have released several EPs, produced and recorded online videos, recorded full-length albums and even incorporated as LLCs. More details at http://www.sillygooserecords.org.]

[Carswell & Hope play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at 7:45 PM, at MOD Gallery, 1809 McGee.]

11:23 – Normal Human – Singer Songwriter Roundtable with Diana Lynn

Californos Westport Stage @ Normal Human – 1815 McGee – All Ages MC Diana Linn

Jubilee 1:45 to 12:00
Kyle Reid, Dan Bliss, AJ Young 10:30 to 11:45
Brad Cunningham, Ivy, Savanna Chestnut 9:00 to 10:15
Sara Morgan, Tyler Giles, Tom Hall 7:30 to 8:45
Jessica Paige, Kelly Hunt, Tyler Gregory 6:00 to 7:15

11:32

15. Tyler Gregory – “Soft Tune Reminding of Home”
from: Roots Below / Mudstomp Records / October 24, 2014
[2nd full length album from Lawrenve Kansas based singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, stomp box player, one-man-band. Tyler Gregory mixture of roots and blues music howls with a sense of passion and freedom. Tyler Gregory has proven himself to be a songwriter and performer that connects with people of all ages. His carefully crafted lyrics and contagious melodies have been heard bellowing across the country. “Tyler Gregory has earned a reputation as the best act in town, with good reason. The musical magician has a sonorous, resounding voice that demands every listeners’ attention, and the multi-tasking powers to stomp a percussion beat while plucking and strumming at a guitar.” – Examiner (Lawrence, KS)]

[Tyler Gregory plays Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at 6:00 PM, at Normal Human, 1815 McGee.]

16. Ivy – “All The Above”
from: Bad Intuition / Ivy / April 14, 2016
[Debut recording from Kansas City native singer songwriter, who plays piano and guitar, and produces beats. Her style ranges from R & B, Neo Soul, Hip Hop, Acoustic, and Pop. She has performed on stage at Lincoln Center in NYC, regional Festivals, Los Angeles, and collaborates with film and performance. Written and produced by Ivy. More info at http://www.itsjustivy.com]

[Ivy plays Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at 9:00 PM, at Normal Human, 1815 McGee.]

17. Kyle Reid & the Low Swinging Chariots – “Shot of Whiskey (Live)”
from: Alright, Here We Go… / Kyle Reid / September 9, 2014
[Kyle Reid leads his band, the Low Swingin’ Chariots, in a joyful revelry of original swing tunes, as well as classic New Orleans, Gypsy Jazz, and Western Swing tunes. Reid’s original tunes sound at once familiar yet new and exciting, blending well with the classic standards played by the group and the low, sonorous quality of Reid’s voice is well balanced by the hot accents of the rhythm section and the sweet melodies of the brass section. The band is made up of accomplished, nationally touring local musicians, all hand picked by Reid for their prowess, creativity, and camaraderie.]

[Kyle Reid plays Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at 10:30 PM, at Normal Human, 1815 McGee.]

11:44 – Underwriting

Green Lady Stage @ Green Lady Lounge – 21+ – 1809 Grand

New Transition Quartet 10:30 to 2:30
Organ Jazz Trio 6:00 to 10:00
Roger Wilder & Lisa Henry 2:30 to 5:30

11:49

18. Kansas City Jazz Orchestra w/ Lisa Henry – “You Make Me Feel So Young”
from: Take One / Kansas City Jazz Orchestra / 2005
[Kansas City based Jazz vocalist Lisa Henry has played all over the world including South Africa, Argentina, Mozambique, Mumbai India. Lisa began her early singing career in the Baptist Church at the age of 6. By age 12, she had been exposed to the music of Billie Holiday and Miles Davis. Having heard the improvisational magic of Billie and Miles, Lisa turned to jazz, and has been a narrator of the art form ever since. Her professional jazz career began in the nightclubs of Kansas City at age 17. She was mentored by the great Hammond B-3 player, Everette Devan, and cut her big band “teeth”, performing with the Vince Bilardo Big Band and Steve Miller Orchestra. Lisa Henry is an artist of vast accomplishments, both in and outside the realm of performance. These accomplishments include the recently televised PBS Special: In Performance at the White House, First runner-up in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, International Jazz Ambassador to Africa, CD recordings, BET documentaries, and recognition as an international clinician and adjudicator. “She’s just fantastic! A beautiful voice, and man can she swing!” –Rosemary Clooney]

[Lisa Henry & Roger Wilder play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept 9, at 2:30, at Green Lady Lounge]

Josey Records VIP Venue @ Hilliard Gallery – All Ages

Crystal Rose & Duncan Burnett 10:00 to 10:20
TBA & TBA 8:00 to 8:20

MARCHING COBRAS 8:30 to 8:45
March from 19th & McGee up to street between The Living Room & MOD

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KC America’s Creative Crossroads
Midwest Music Foundation
KCPT

Black Dolphin Stage @ Black Dolphin – 1813 Grand Blvd – 21+

The Project H 9:00 to 12:00
The MGDs 5:30 to 8:30

19. The Project H – “Not A Person”
from: We Live Among The Lines / Independent / September 8, 2014
[3rd release from collective that includes: Clint Ashlock on trumpet, Ryan Heinlein on trombone, Brett Jackson on woodwinds, Matt Leifer on drums, Andrew Ouellette on keys, Dominique Sanders on bass, Jeff Stocks on guitars. Record, mixed and mastered by Duane Trower, Weights and Measures Soundlab, KC, MO.]

[The Project H play Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, Sept. 9 at 9:00 pm at Black Dolphin, 1813 Grand.]

For more information, or to get advance tickets, visit: http://www.cmfkc.com

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

Next week, on Wednesday September 13, D. Rashaan Gilmore, who is one of the new Hosts & Producers of The Tenth Voice on 90.1 FM KKFI, joins us to talk about his life, activism and radio. In our second hour we’ll talk with Kansas City based singer songwriter Erica Joy.

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

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:
http://www.kkfi.org,
http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM

Show #698

Wednesday MidDay Medley Celebrates Crossroads Music Fest

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, September 6, 2017

Music from the 13th Annual Crossroads Music Festival
with Guest Co-Host Bill Sundahl

We’ll feature music from 18 bands participating in the 13th annual Crossroads Music Fest, presented by 90.1 FM KKFI, on Saturday, September 9, featuring 60 bands/artists, on 9 stages, all within 3 blocks, in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts & Music District. For more information, or to get advance tickets, visit: http://www.cmfkc.com.

Mark will spin tracks from: The Phantastics, Crystal Rose, Duncan Burnett, The Safes, Mad Libby, Mundo Nouvo, Making Movies, Eems, Pagaent Boys, Mess, Barclay Martin Ensemble, Jenna Rae (of Jenna & Martin), Carswell & Hope, Kyle Reid, Ivy, Tyler Gregory, Lisa Henry, and The Project H.

Bill Sundahl, founder of Crossroads Music Festival and 90.1 FM KKFI’s Development Director. Bill joins us as co-host for the entire show to share details about participating artists, and venues: recordBar at 1520 Grand, Black Dolphin at 1813 Grand, The Brick at 1727 McGee, The Living Room Upstairs and The Living Room Downstairs at 1818 McGee, Mod Gallery at 1809 McGee, Green Lady Lounge at 1809 Grand, Collection at 1532 Grand, and Normal Human at 1815 McGee, with Day Parties at Josey Records at 1814 Oak, and Brewery Emperial at 1829 Oak. The Crossroads Music Fest also include showcases from The Record Machine, Lost Cowgirl Records and Making Movies Carnival.

The Crossroads Music Fest also presents the Midwest Music Foundation Free Musicians’ Health Care Clinic at The Living Room Theater, 1818 McGee St, from 1:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Midwest Music Foundation along with The RockDocs, a collaboration of University of Kansas and the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County, present a Free Musicians’ Health Care Clinic that will offer information, screenings, wellness programs, opportunities to discuss health conditions and concerns and arrange follow-up opportunities.

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

Tune in on 90.1 FM KKFI
or streaming live at kkfi.org

Show #698

WMM Playlist from August 30, 2017

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, August 30, 2017

Spinning Records With Marion Merritt
+ Ada Brumback

Marion Merritt joined us as “Guest Producer.” For more than 13 years Marion Merritt has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her encyclopedic brain. Marion is the creator of Records With Merritt, a small, independent, minority owned business, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri.

We also talked with Kansas City based musician, freelance videographer and editor, Ada Brumback, who plays guitar in the band Bedroom Wounds.

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

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

3. The Heliocentrics – “The Sunshine Makers”
from: The Sunshine Makers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Soundway Records / 2017

4. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – “Masenqo”
from: Inspiration Information 3 / Strut!K7 / 2009

5. Mulatu Astatke – “Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory)”
from: Éthiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale (1969-1974) / Buda Musique /98

6. Laurel Halo – “Moontalk”
from: Dust / Hyperdub / 2017

7. Laurel Halo – “Jelly”
from: Dust / Hyperdub / 2017

10:32 – Underwriting

8. Clement Djimogne – “Africa”
from: Pop Makossa (The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976 – 1984)/2017 Analog Africa

9. Pasteur Lappe – “Na Real Sekele Fo’ Ya”
from: Na Man Pass Man / Africa Seven / 2017

10. Danny Offia & The Friks – “Funk with Me”
from: Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980’s Nigeria / PMG / 2017

10:57 – Station ID

11. This Is the Kit – “Moonshine Freeze”
from: Moonshine Freeze / Rough Trade / 2017

12. This Is the Kit – “Bullet Proof”
from: Moonshine Freeze / Rough Trade / 2017

13. Come On – “Housewives Play Tennis”
from: The Come On Story / Manufactured Records / 2017

14. Television Personalities – “Games for Boys”
from: They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles / Fire Records-Velvel Records / 1997 [2017 Fire Records]

15. Lewis Parker – “The Glass Ceiling (Main Theme)” [Instrumental]
from: The Puzzle: Episode 2 – The Glass Ceiling (Instrumentals) / King Underground / October 19, 2014 [Reissued by King Underground 2017]

16. Madlib – “Movie Finale”
from: Beat Konducta, Vol. 3 & 4: In India / Stones Throw / August 21, 2007

17. The Beginner’s Mynd – “Don’t Lose Your Mind”
from: Don’t Lose Your Mind / 13 O’Clock / 2017

18. The Kaisers – “Wishing Street”
from: Wishing Street / No Hit / 1998 [Revolver Music / 2017]

Marion Merritt thanks for being with us on WMM. Coming up we talk w/ Ada Brumback

11:29 – Underwriting

19. BEDROOM WOUNDS – “Exist In The Night”
from: Bedroom Wounds / Error/Records / January 6, 2017

[Bedroom Wounds play Records With Merritt, on Wednesday, August 30, at 7:00 PM, with Runaway Brother, Jessica Knight (of Looming), Prince Daddy and the Hyena, and Natural Man & the Reactors.

11:35 – Interview with Ada Brumback

KC based musician, freelance videographer and editor, Ada Brumback, plays guitar in the band Bedroom Wounds. Ada Brumback plays drums and has collaborated with the Springfield, Illinois band, Looming: the Chicago band, Cold Country; and area singer songwriter Doby Watson. Ada works at Black Lodge Recording studios in Eudora, Kansas, owned by Lawrence based, international recording artist Kawehi. Ada Brumback joins us to share tracks from Bedroom Wounds, Looming, and Told Slant.

Ada Brumback thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Bedroom Wounds started as a solo recording project of Kristian Kyle Ratliff during his time in Springfield, IL. Formerly of the emo-rock band Our Lady 2010 to 2016, (Mayfly Records) With Bedroom Wounds, Kristian Kyle Ratliff, “furthered expressions of inner strife through the darkened tunnel that is loss. From dealing with these feelings personally, to watching loved ones engulfed in pain, Ratliff has formulated a sonic aura of unsettling proportions.” All tracks created by Kristian Kyle Ratliff. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Brandon Carnes at Southtown Studios in Springfield, IL.

Bedroom Wounds is now a 4-piece band in Kristian Kyle’s new home of KC, MO. Ada Brumback plays guitar in the band.

Ada Brumback has collaborated as videographer for the Springfield, Illinois band, Looming.

11:44

20. Looming – “Down”
from: Seed / No Sleep Records / September 29, 2017
[1st single from the upcoming release of Springfield, Illinois based band formed in 2013. The band consists of: Jessica Knight on bass & lead vocals, Brandon Carnes on drums & backing vocals, Mitch Baker on guitar & backing vocals, Nick Demarco on guitar, Cassie Staub on guitar & synthesizer. (Original member Jordan Fein left the band after their debut release.) “The band originally came together over a shared common vision and passion for songwriting. After years performing in various Springfield bands (Mother Leopard, Lovecow, Our Lady, Big Storm) the group fell into a natural groove with one another and became known for their unique emo-pop that’s led by the inimitable vocal stylings of Knight that pair perfectly with the band’s bright, airy sound.” “Three guitars work together to perform thick, overlapping lines that lead to satisfying breakdowns. Front-woman Jessica Knight’s curious, chewy singing style and a thumping rhythm section give Looming a potent edge above their peers. ” This album is a follow up to theor debut full-length album, Nailbiter that came out in August 14, 2015.]

[Jessica Knight (of Looming) plays Records With Merritt, on Wednesday, August 30, at 7:00 PM, with Runaway Brother, Bedroom Wounds, Prince Daddy and the Hyena, and Natural Man & the Reactors.]

11:56

21. Told Slant –”Lack”
from: Still Water / Double Whammy Records / August 5, 2012
[Told Slant is the songwriting project of Felix Walworth (They/Them), Brooklyn based lyricist, producer, and founding member of The Epoch arts collective. Walworth started the project in 2011 as a means of marking a stylistic shift in their songwriting, specifically a shift toward understated, ambling arrangements and simple, illustrative lyrics. Told Slant’s debut LP, Still Water, was self-released in 2012, then re-released and pressed to vinyl by Broken World Media in 2014. The band released their follow full-length record, Going By, with Double Double Whammy in the summer of 2016. Though Told Slant functions more like a “solo project” in its recorded state, its live incarnation is arranged and performed by Walworth and Epoch co- collaborators Emily Sprague of Florist (She/Her, They/Them), Oliver Kalb of Bellows (He/Him), and Gabrielle Smith of Eskimeaux (She/Her). Sprague, Kalb, and Smith bring their particular sets of influences and intuitions to the band’s live sets in a way that draws out more energetic and dynamic arrangements from the songs. Told Slant’s members live in Brooklyn, NY, and tour actively.]

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

Next week on September 6, 90.1 FM Development Director, Bill Sundahl joins us for a 2-hour show spinning music from 18 artists playing the 13th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 9, featuring over 60 bands & artists, on 9 stages, all in a 3-block area.

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

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:
http://www.kkfi.org,
http://www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM

Show #697

WMM is Spinning Records with Marion Merritt + Ada Brumback

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Mark Manning

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, August 30, 2017

Spinning Records With Marion Merritt
+ Ada Brumback

Marion Merritt

Mark welcomes Marion Merritt, of Records With Merritt, who joins us as “Guest Producer” to share sonic discoveries and information from her musically-encyclopedic-brain. Marion will spin tracks from: This Is The Kit, Laurel Halo, Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, Pastuer Lappe, Kelly Lee Owens, The Kaisers, Madlib, Jane Weaver, Come On, Television Personalities, The Beginner’s Mynd, Lewis Parker, Danny Offia & The Friks, Clement Djimogne, Don Drummond, and more. Records With Merritt is located at 1614 Westport Road, KCMO. More info at: http://www.recordswithmerritt.com.

Ada Brumback

At 11:30 Mark talks with Kansas City based musician, freelance videographer and editor, Ada Brumback, who plays guitar in the band Bedroom Wounds. Ada Brumback also plays drums and she has collaborated with the Springfield, Illinois band, Looming; the Chicago band, Cold Country; and area singer songwriter Doby Watson. Ada also works at Black Lodge Recording studios in Eudora, Kansas, owned by Lawrence based, international recording artist Kawehi. Ada Brumback joins us to share tracks from Bedroom Wounds, Looming, and Told Slant. Bedroom Wounds play Records With Merritt, on Wednesday, August 30, at 7:00 PM, with Runaway Brother, Jessica Knight (of Looming), Prince Daddy and the Hyena, and Natural Man and the Reactors.

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

Show #697

Wednesday MidDay Medley

Wednesdays, 10 – Noon, on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio

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