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

Not Sisters + Teri Quinn, Chase Horseman, Mirina Landry + Victor & Penny
+ More Music for Record Store Day + Judy Mills

10:00

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

2. Merlin – “Bad Trip”
from: Electric Children / Independent /March 9, 2016
[Kansas City based, psychedelic-doom-rock, formed in May of 2012. For this recording the band includes: Carter Lewis on guitars, backing vocals, &, keyboards; Caleb Wyels on percussions; Jordan Knorr on vocals; and Joey Hamm on bass. The current line up of the band includes: Caleb Wyels on percussion, Carter Lewis on guitar, Jordan Knorr on vocals, and Chase Thayer on bass. Electric Children is the band’s follow up to their critically acclaimed 2014 EP release, Christ Killer. Electic Children was Live recorded from October 2014 to August 2015 courtesy of Red Roof Productions, with mixing and mastering by Bret Liber and Merlin. More info at: http://merlin666.bandcamp.com/%5D

[Merlin play Records With Merritt, April 16, Record Store Day w/ Slow Motion Commotion, Open Fields, Man vs Animals, Via Luna, Sweat Pants Dayz, Lord Agave, Tandem, and Mr. and the Mrs ]

[Merlin plays The Riot Room, Thursday, May 19, at 8:30 pm, on The Patio, opening for Dead Meadow.]

3. David Bowie – “Black Country Rock”
from: The Man Who Sold The World / RCA – (Rykodisk – Virgin – Sony – EMI – Columbia ISO) / November 4, 1970
[Written by David Bowie in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World, which was released in November 1970 in the U.S. and April 1971 in the UK. (It was also issued as the B-side to Bowie’s January 1971 “Holy Holy” single.) An upbeat blues-rock number, “Black Country Rock” has been described as a “respite” from the musical and thematical heaviness of the remainder of the album. Its style has been compared to Marc Bolan’s contemporary Tyrannosaurus Rex, down to Bowie’s imitative vibrato in the final verse. According to producer Tony Visconti, Bowie had the music ready by the start of the sessions but the words were a last-minute addition in the studio, the singer doing his Bolan impression “spontaneously … because he ran out of lyrics … we all thought it was cool, so it stayed.”]

[Holy Holy is the name of a new concert show celebrating David Bowie’s early songs, and featuring Woody Woodmansey, legendary Spider from Mars and David Bowie’s drummer from 1970-1973 and Tony Visconti, Bowie’s longtime producer, friend and bass player on The Man Who Sold The World, along with Glen Gregory of Heaven 17 on vocals, James Stevenson of The Alarm and The Cult on guitar; Paul Cudderford who worked with Ian Hunter and Bob Geldof on guitars & backing vocals; Berenice Scott of Heaven 17 on keyboards; Terry Edwards who worked with PJ Harvey and The Blockheads on saxophone, guitar, percussion & backing vocals; nd Jessica Lee Morgan on backing vocals. Holy Holy plays The Uptown Theatre on Saturday, April 16, at 8:00 pm. The band will perform The Man Who Sold The World from beginning to end.]

10:10 – 2 Bands playing record Store Day at Mills Record Company

4. Westerners – “I Wasn’t In My Right Mind”
from: How To Keep Dreaming III / The Record Machine / April 8, 2016
[Indie rock band from Lawrence and KC formed in August of 2013. The band includes: Mitch Hewlett, Josh Hartranft, and Matt Mirsch. Westerners signed to Kansas City independent label The Record Machine in 2015. Their debut full length album “Reoccurring Dream Theme” is set to be released early summer of 2016.]

[The Record Machine’s new sampler: How To Keep Dreaming Vol. III, is available at https://therecordmachine.bandcamp.com. Proceeds benefit Spay & Neuter Kansas City.]

[Westerners plays Record Store Day at Mills Record Company, Saturday, April 16 with over 20 bands: The Hearts of Darkness, A.J. Gaither OMB, The Widow’s Ride, Youth Pool, El-Rey-Tones, Momma’s Boy, Dreamgirl, BLKFLANL, Organized Crimes, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Gee Watts, Various Blonde, BUMMER, Wet Ones, Quadrigarum, Sharp Weapons, the author and the illustrator, Aaron Alexander, Jorge Arana Trio, Yes You Are.]

5. BLKFLANL – “Levy (feat. Blu)”
from: BLKFLANL II: For the Imperfect, for the Dilligent / Believe.Create / March 30, 2016
[BLKFLANL is a rap group from KCMO that started as a debut recording from Barrell Maker aka Morgan Cooper, who is 24, and grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Grandview, Missouri. He first started writing poetry and music in middle school and after high school he began apprenticeships in film and photography. He recorded and released his debut record Blk Flanl, with area producer and hip hop artist D/Will, (Denzil Williams). Now the two have returned as group named BLKFLANL with MC: Barrel Maker and beats from Conductor Williams. More info at: http://www.blkflanl.com%5D

[BLKFLANL plays The Granada in Lawrence, April 14, with Freddie Gibbs, and SuperShaqGonzoe]

10:16 – Interview with Judy Mills

On Saturday, April 16, Mills Record Company, at 314 Westport Rd, KCMO, is hosting their own Record Store Day. As the store writes on their event information “Record Store Day is all about celebrating the Community that’s supported this little local shop,” so they’re throwing their biggest party yet.” Along with coveted exclusive Record Store Day releases, coffee from Oddly Correct, and donuts from Hana’s Donuts at their 314 Westport Road location, Mills Record Company is hosting over 20 bands to play in their new space, where they will be moving soon, just around the corner on Broadway. On the phone to share all the details is our friend Judy Mills.

Mills Record Company is an independent record store and a certified RSD participant.

Celebrating the Community that’s supported this little local shop, so this year we’re throwing our biggest party yet with in-store specials, ticket giveaways, promo prices, exclusive RSD releases, Oddly Correct coffee, and Hana’s Donuts, and much more.

20+ bands playing in Mills Record Company’s new space (around the corner).
RSD participants can check out the new space and hear some great music from:

Scruffy & the Janitors A.J.
Gaither OMB
The Widow’s Ride
Youth Pool
El-Rey-Tones
Momma’s Boy
Dreamgirl
Westerners
Organized Crimes
Gee Watts
Various Blonde
BUMMER
Wet Ones
Quadrigarum
Sharp Weapons
the author and the illustrator
Aaron Alexander
BLKFLANL
Jorge Arana Trio
Yes You Are

Upcoming Events at Mills Record Company:

1. Folkicide and Powers & Light play Mills Record Company, Friday, April 22, at 7:00 PM
2. Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds and The PedalJets play Mills Record Company on Saturday, April 23, at 7:00 PM
3. Hipshot Killer plays Mills Record Company, on Friday, April 29, at 7:00 PM

Mills Record Company is venue for The Middle of The Map Fest events:

Thurs, May 5 for High Dive Records Showcase with Psychic Heat, The Conquerors, and Shy Boys.

Mills Record Company also offers a very helpful website with in depth reviews of live shows and new musical releases, photographs, and a calendar of events.

Mills Record Company, at 314 Westport Rd, celebrates the community an celebrates Record Store day, Saturday, April 16 with over 20 bands. More informationa http://www.millsrecordcompany.com

10:25

6. Via Luna – “Mirror House”
from: How To Keep Dreaming III / The Record Machine / April 8, 2016
[Via Luna released their 2nd EP Heavy Light on June 26, 2015, and was one of Wednesday Midday Medley’s 115 Best recordings of 2015. Via Luna is an instrumental post rock – math rock band from Kansas City. formed by Gregory Baker on guitar, Christopher Gordon on guitar, Mike McDonough on drums, and Blain Bridges on bass.]

[Via Luna play Records With Merritt, April 16, Record Store Day w/ Slow Motion Commotion, Merlin, Man vs Animals, Open Fields, Sweat Pants Dayz, Lord Agave, Tandem, and Mr. and the Mrs ]

[Via Luna play Middle of The Map Fest, Thursday, May 5, at The Californos patio at 9:00 PM ]

10:30 – Underwriting

10:32 – Interview with Jen Appell and Kristina Ning of Not Sisters

Kristina Ning & Jen Appell are Not Sisters

Not Sisters are an indie-acoustic-folk-cabaret duo consisting of Jen Appell on guitar & vocals, and Kristina Ning on upright bass.

Kristina Ning grew up in the South Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood of Orchard Heights. She graduated from Center High School in 1990. Music is in her DNA as her father Mike Ning is part of Kansas City Jazz History. Since 1998 Kristina has helped keep people healed, warmed up, and ready to go, with her Certified Massage Therapy, in Swedish and Thai techniques with over 500 hours of service. Kristina also makes handcrafted soaps and is huge supporter of the local music scene. Kristina is a mom to 5 year old Isobelle with her husband Tim Whipple. Kristina Ning is a true renaissance woman who started taking bass classes from Johnny Hamil before forming Not Sisters with her friend Jen Appell.

Jen Appell is originally from The Bronx, New York City. She studied at Kansas State University and has worked in Kansas City as an actress, musician, singer, composer and writer, Box Office Manager, and restaurant manager. Jen once hosted an amazing traditional Passover Seder in my house, complete with the bitter herb, and we’ve also spent Thanksgiving morning together, roasting a bourbon turkey, for our chosen family of friends. Jen’s creative spirit has been channeled into art, music, performance and more recently a series of children’s books and stories that she is developing. Jen Appell is mom to twin daughters, nine year old, Nora and Peyton. Jen Appell is also the new host of the Uptown Sirens Collective, presented on the second Thursday of every month at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club. The next Uptown Sirens Collective is Thursday, April 14, at 7:30 pm featuring Not Sisters, Mirina Landry, and Andara.

Not Sisters started when Jen decided to go out and perform her songs live at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club at an open mic and made connections the led to her hosting The Uptown Sirens Collective, and creating a musical collaboration with her friend Kristina Ning.

Not Sisters are both moms of young daughters under 10, and during rehearsals their children play together.

10:38

7. Not Sisters – “My Friend” (Live)
a new song written by Jen Appell first performed at Folk Alliance Busking at The Bridge. Jen Appell on guitar & vocals, and Kristina Ning on upright bass.

[Not Sisters play Uptown Sirens Collective is Thur, Apr 14, at 7:30 pm w/Mirina Landry, & Andara.]

Kristina talked about her as a professional certified massage practitioner, and her bass classes with Johnny Hamil, and her dad, jazz musician Mike Ning.

10:49

8. Not Sisters – “Fight” (Live)
written by Jen Appell about her friend Bill Fresher. Jen Appell on guitar & vocals, and Kristina Ning on upright bass.]

[Not Sisters play Uptown Sirens Collective Thur, Apr 14, at 7:30 pm with Mirina Landry, & Andara.]

10:54

9. The Coyote – “Unfold”
from: unreleased demo from their SoundCloud page / The Coyote / October, 2015
[KCK based band formed by Willy Christie on guitar & vocals, Drew Bartlett on guitar & vocals, Trey Green on bass & vocals, and Josh Enyart on drums.]

[The Coyote play CODA 1744 Broadway, KCMO on Friday April 15, at 10:00 pm, with Open Fields.]

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – Interview with Teri Quinn, Chase Horseman, & Mirina Landry

Teri Quinn, Chase Horseman, and Mirina Landry

10. Teri Quinn – “Fear and Time”
from: Moons and Meltdowns / Independent / April 17, 2016

New Music from Kansas City based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Teri Quinn. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Teri Quinn moved to Kansas City in 2009 to study Clarinet Performance and Music Composition at the University Of Missouri Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music where Teri graduated in 2013. She plays clarinet and guitar for Claire and the Crowded Stage and has also provided vocals and guitar for Rooms Without Windows. Teri has also contributed experimental compositions for The Black House Collective.

Teri Quinn joins us to play music from her debut recording Moons and Meltdowns, that will have a special ALBUM RELEASE performance, Sunday, April 17, at 7:00 pm at The Buffalo Room, with Twenty Thousand Strongmen, Chase The Horseman, and Doby Watson.

Joining Teri Quinn are two of her friends and musical collaborators: Chase Horseman and Mirina Landry.

We first were introduced to the music of Chase Horsemen from his work with the Kansas City band Clairaudients where he contributed keyboards, guitar, vocals, and percussion. Chase has also recorded his original compositions as Towers where he wrote, performed, produced, and engineered the recording, “For Whatever We Were & What Will Never Be” as Towers. Chase has contributed his music and production skills to a number of artists.

Kansas City based singer-songwriter, Mirina Landry is currently working on her first single to be released in a few months. Mirina Landry will be singing harmonies and keeping the heartbeat alive for Teri Quinn’s Moons and Meltdowns release show on April 17, and she will also play the Uptown Sirens Collective tomorrow night, Thursday, Apr 14, at Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s club with Not Sisters & Andara.

Teri Quinn picked up the guitar and started writing songs when she was 16, but put songwriting on hold to pursue a degree in clarinet performance. It wasn’t until she graduated from college that she returned to songwriting with a new perspective and with the new skills and tools from school.

Both Teri and Mirina have a long association with the clarinet, but for Teri the Banjo has become you main instrument.

Chase the Horseman will play at Teri’s Release show of Moons and Meltdowns on April 17, and Chase is responsible for recording Moons and Meltdowns in his bedroom, with Teri Quinn and Mikee Pruitt of Twenty Thousand Strongmen and all of the musicians who contributed to Teri’s songs. Chase met Teri at a Busker’s banquet show at The Buffalo Room.

11:16

11. Teri Quinn w/ Chase Horseman & Mirini Landry – “Moons and Meltdowns” (LIVE)
[Teri Quinn on vocals & banjo, Chase Horseman on guitar 7 vocals, Mirina Landry on percussion & Vocals]

Mirina Landry is currently working on her first single to be released in a few months, and plays the Uptown Sirens Collective is tomorrow night Thursday, Apr 14, at 7:30 pm with, Not Sisters & Andara. Mirina how did you meet Teri?

There will be a Theatrical quality for the Moons and Meltdowns performance, Sunday, April 17, at 7:00 pm. Teri Quinn talked about the involvement of Vi Tran and Mackenzie Goodwin Tran of The Buffalo Room, and Annie Cherry & Damian Blake who are contributing the scenic design for the show.

Teri Quinn’s debut recording Moons and Meltdowns will have a special ALBUM RELEASE performance, Sunday, April 17, at 7:00 pm at The Buffalo Room, with Twenty Thousand Strongmen, Chase The Horseman, and Doby Watson. More information at: http://www.teriquinn.com.

11:23

12. Teri Quinn – “Among The Pines”
from: Moons and Meltdowns / Independent / April 17, 2016

11:28 – Underwriting

11:30 – Interview with Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling

Erin McGrane & Jeff Freling are Victor & Penny

13. Victor & Penny – “Day Off Boogie”
from: Electricity / Victor & Penny / November 16, 2016
[Written by Erin McGrane, Jeff Freling. Victor & Penny were formed in 2010, by Jeff Freling on guitar & vocals and Erin McGrane on ukulele & vocals. Produced by Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer Mitch Dane, at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN, featuring Victor & Penny’s fine band, The Loose Change Orchestra with James Isaac on clarinet, soprano saxophone and melodica; Rick Willoughby on upright bass; and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist.]

[Victor & Penny play ELECTRICITY: CD Release Concert with their Loose Change Orchestra, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm, at Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center. More information at http://www.victorandpenny.com%5D

Victor & Penny were formed in 2010, by Jeff Freling on guitar & vocals and Erin McGrane on ukulele & vocals. Chuck Haddix, of KCUR’s “The Fish Fry” writes, “Victor & Penny infuse their music with a strong sense of swing, rooted in the riff driven style of Kansas City jazz, to create their own distinctive style.” The nationally-touring duo have made over 800 public appearances, traveling over 150,000 miles, in the last 4 years, performing their original songs, and hot jazz and offbeat pop standards. Their new release, Electricity was produced by Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer Mitch Dane, at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN, featuring Victor & Penny’s fine band, The Loose Change Orchestra with James Isaac on clarinet, soprano saxophone and melodica; Rick Willoughby on upright bass; and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist. Victor & Penny play ELECTRICITY: CD Release Concert with their Loose Change Orchestra, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm, at Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center.

Day Off Boogie must be a treasured thing for Victor & Penny who are always working, making it happen, with over 800 public appearances, traveling over 150,000 miles. ELECTRICITY is the band’s forth, full-length release, in as many years.

Mostly original songs inhabit the new release, and the sound has expanded with The Loose Change Orchestra with James Isaac on clarinet, soprano saxophone and melodica; Rick Willoughby on upright bass; and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist.

Electricity was produced by Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer Mitch Dane, at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN,

The evolution of Victor & Penny, is a prohibition-era jazz duo for which Erin co-writes, sings and plays ukulele with former Blue Man Group guitarist, Jeff Freling.

“Say Goodbye” was co-written with Cody Wyoming and a different version of this song, called “Incident at Fine Creek” appeared earlier this year in a special Collaborations release from 90.1 FM and Barry Lee.

11:40

14. Victor & Penny – “Say Goodbye”
from: Electricity / Victor & Penny / November 16, 2016
[Written by Erin McGrane, Jeff Freling and Cody Wyoming. Originally recorded with Cody Wyoming (of The Phillistines) as “Incident at Fine Creek” for 90.1 FM KKFI’s “Collaborations” CD. Rerecorded in Nashville for Electricity with Victor & Penny and their Loose Change Band..]

[Victor & Penny play ELECTRICITY: CD Release Concert with their Loose Change Orchestra, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm, at Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center. More information at http://www.victorandpenny.com%5D

Erin McGrane’s new book of poetry: Overtones is also the title for one of the new songs.

Victor & Penny have been selected for an official showcase at Folk Alliance International’s South East Regional FA Conference (SERFA). This May, they’re taking the whole band with us including our newest LCO member, Kyle Dahlquist.

11:51

15. Victor & Penny – “Penny’s Pounce”
from: Electricity / Victor & Penny / November 16, 2016
[Written by Erin McGrane, Jeff Freling. Victor & Penny were formed in 2010, by Jeff Freling on guitar & vocals and Erin McGrane on ukulele & vocals. Produced by Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer Mitch Dane, at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN, featuring Victor & Penny’s fine band, The Loose Change Orchestra with James Isaac on clarinet, soprano saxophone and melodica; Rick Willoughby on upright bass; and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist.]

[Victor & Penny play ELECTRICITY: CD Release Concert with their Loose Change Orchestra, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm, at Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center. More information at http://www.victorandpenny.com%5D

11:55:30

16. Kangaroo Knife Fight – “Love Drunk”
from: How To Keep Dreaming III / The Record Machine / April 8, 2016
[Kansas City based 4-piece that includes: Native Australian, Anthony Avis, lead vocalist, with Brandon Skeens on guitar, Gus Rechtien on bass, and Ian O’Connell on drums.This will be the first track off the bands new EP “The Dark”, and follow up to their 2014 debut EP release, Firebrand. ]

[Kangaroo Knife Fight debuts their new EP ‘The Dark,’ with a special EP Release Party, Saturday, April 16, at 8:00 pm, at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, with performances by Ray Wild and Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type! ]

11:59:30

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

Next week, on April 20 we welcome back to the show vocalist Stephonne Singleton, The band Riala, and from Charlotee Street Foundation, Patrick Alexander

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

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Show #625

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

Not Sisters + Teri Quinn + Victor & Penny
+ More Music for Record Store Day + Judy Mills

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from Merlin, BLK FLANL, Via Luna, Kangaroo Knife Fight, Victor & Penny, Teri Quinn, Westerners, The Coyote, and David Bowie.

At 10:15, Judy Mills of Mills Record Company joins us to share details about Record Store Day, Saturday, April 16, 2016. Record Store Day is designed to celebrate your local indie record stores. Nearly 50 MidCoastal bands are playing In-Store shows at: Mills Record Company, Records With Merritt, Josey Records KC, Revolution Records, Vinyl Renaissance, and Brothers Music. (Love Garden in Lawrence and Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven are also part of Record Store Day.) More information about Mills Record Company at http://www.millsrecordcompany.com

Jen Appell & Kristina Ning are Not Sisters. Brodie Rush (Center) is their friend.

At 10:30, the Kansas City based duo, Not Sisters, play live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Not Sisters are an indie acoustic folk cabaret duo consisting of Jen Appell on guitar & vocals, and Kristina Ning on upright bass. Jen Appell is the host of the Uptown Sirens Collective, presented on the second Thursday of every month at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club. The next Uptown Sirens Collective is Thursday, April 14, at 7:30 pm featuring Not Sisters, Mirina Landry, and Andara.

At 11:00, Mark welcomes Kansas City based multi-instrumentalist Teri Quinn who will play live and share music from her debut recording Moons and Meltdowns. A Northern girl with a Southern heart living in the Mid-West, Teri Quinn writes songs that are sweet yet savory. With her clawhammer banjo playing and stylized guitar picking, she mixes an old fashioned sound with a modern luster. Teri Quinn plays a special ALBUM RELEASE, Sunday, April 17, at 7:00 pm at The Buffalo Room, with Twenty Thousand Strongmen, Chase The Horseman, and Doby Watson. More information at: http://www.teriquinn.com.

At 11:30 Victor & Penny join us to share music from their new release Electricity! Formed in 2010, by Jeff Freling on guitar & vocals and Erin McGrane on ukulele & vocals, Victor & Penny infuse their music with a strong sense of swing, rooted in the riff driven style of Kansas City jazz, to create their own distinctive style. The nationally-touring duo have made over 800 public appearances, traveling over 150,000 miles in the last 4 years performing their original songs, hot jazz and offbeat pop standards. Their new release, Electricity was produced by Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer Mitch Dane, at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN, featuring Victor & Penny’s fine band, The Loose Change Orchestra with James Isaac on clarinet, soprano saxophone and melodica; Rick Willoughby on upright bass; and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist. Victor & Penny play ELECTRICITY: CD Release Concert with their Loose Change Orchestra, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm, at Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center. More information at http://www.victorandpenny.com/

We’ll also continue to feature music from The Record Machine’s new sampler: How To Keep Dreaming Vol. III, proceeds benefit Spay & Neuter KC. More information at https://therecordmachine.bandcamp.com/

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Show #625

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 MidDay Medley Celebrates Record Store Day
with Britt Adair of Josey Records KC
and Duncan Burnett & Promise Clutter of Revolution Records
+ Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds

10:00

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

2. The UK’s – “Waxwings”
from: Bad Seed / Independent / April 23, 2016
[Kansas City based 4-piece band The UK’s (formerly Uncountable Kings) formed in 2010 by Noah Bartelt on lead vocals & guitar, Zak Norton on drums, Scott Combs on guitar & vocals, and Alex Norris on bass guitar. the UK’s are releasing their first full length album, “Bad Seed”.]

[The UK’s play a special Album Release Show on Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 PM, at Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St, KCMO, w/ Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type & and Janet The Planet.]

10:06

3. Real Adults – “Bones”
from: Bones – Single / Independent / March 15, 2016
[Lawrence based band formed in June 2015, by Garrett Marsh on lead vocals & songwriting, Nicholas Fredrickson on drums, John McCain on bass, Doug Bybee, and Carlos Calderon. “Bones” was Produced by Joel Martin and Real Adults and Recorded by Joel Martin.]

[Real Adults play The Blind Tiger, 3945 Main St, KCMO, TONIGHT, April 6, at 9:00 pm, with Summer Salt (from Austin, TX), Arc Flash, and Drugs & Attics.]

[Real Adults play The Riot Room, April 8, at 8:30 with Toughies, opening for DMA’s]

4. Erik Voeks – “She Loved Her Jangle Pop”
from: She Loved Her Jangle Pop – Single / Independent / April 1, 2016
[Erik tells us this release is part of a series where he will be releasing a pair of songs on the first day of the month for six months. Erik Voeks is a Kansas City based singer-songwriter crafting melodic pop gems with often obtuse lyrics. He has travelled the world as both a solo artist and as an accompanist. A new single, She Loved Her Jangle Pop, was released on April 1st. Produced by E. Voeks & P. Hawley. Written by by Erik Voeks. Erik Voeks is performing several show with his band The Vague Lakes: Patrick Hawley, Dave Tanner and Mike Stover. More info at: https://erikvoeks.bandcamp.com/ ]

[Erik Voeks & The Vague Lakes play The Bottleneck in Lawrence, on April 14 with Ultimate Fakebook, The Dead Girls, Podstar and The Touchdowns.[

10:13 – RSD at Records With Merritt

5. Open Fields – “All For You”
from: Open Fields Demo / Independent / August 6, 2013
[Little Rock, Arkansas 4-piece Psychedelic band formed in April 2013 by Preston Whittenburg, Blake Lefler, Brent Morgan, & Chris Kordsmeier. “The primary common denominator of the group is a deep appreciation of The Beatles’ art. Accordingly, the band’s defining characteristic is, without a doubt, the painstakingly polished, 4-part harmony prevalent in each song.”]

[Open Fields play Records With Merritt, April 16, Record Store Day w/ Slow Motion Commotion, Merlin, Man vs Animals, Via Luna, Sweat Pants Dayz, Lord Agave, Tandem, and Mr. and the Mrs ]

[Open Fields play a show the night before RSD, Friday April 15, at 10:00 pm, at CODA 1744 Broadway, KCMO with KCK roots band The Coyote.]

6. Mr. and the Mrs. – “The Killing Floor”
from: DEO VOLENTE / Woody Records / March 4, 2016
[Garage punk from husband & wife duo, Benjamin Hughes on guitars, organs, keyboards, & vocals; and Michele Choate on drims. The band is from Hillsdale, Kansas. They release their music on their own labels Woody Records and Wiener Records in limited edition cassette releases, 7″ vinyl, and hand lathe cut vinyl. And digitally as well as at: http://www.mrandthemrs.bandcamp.com Written by Mr. and the Mrs., Produced by Mike Gilliland and Ben Hughes. Produced, mixed, mastered for Auggy reed Studios by Mike Gilliland. ]

[Mr. and the Mrs play Records With Merritt, April 16, Record Store Day w/ Slow Motion Commotion, Merlin, Man vs Animals, Via Luna, Sweat Pants Dayz, Lord Agave, Tandem, and Open Fields.]

10:19 – RSD at Mills Record Company

7. BLKFLANL – “Keep Me Safe (Radio Edit)”
from: BLKFLANL II: For the Imperfect, for the Dilligent / Believe.Create / March 30, 2016
[BLKFLANL is a rap group from KCMO that started as a debut recording from Barrell Maker aka Morgan Cooper, who is 24, and grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Grandview, Missouri. He first started writing poetry and music in middle school and after high school he began apprenticeships in film and photography. He recorded and released his debut record Blk Flanl, with area producer and hip hop artist D/Will, (Denzil Williams). Now the two have returned as group named BLKFLANL with MC: Barrel Maker and beats from Conductor Williams. More info at: http://www.blkflanl.com%5D

[BLKFLANL plays The Granada in Lawrence, April 14, with Freddie Gibbs, and SuperShaqGonzoe]

[BLKFLANL plays Record Store Day at Mills Record Company, Saturday, April 16 with over 20 bands: The Hearts of Darkness, A.J. Gaither OMB, The Widow’s Ride, Youth Pool, El-Rey-Tones, Momma’s Boy, Dreamgirl, Westerners, Organized Crimes, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Gee Watts, Various Blonde, BUMMER, Wet Ones, Quadrigarum, Sharp Weapons, the author and the illustrator, Aaron Alexander, Jorge Arana Trio, Yes You Are]

8. Momma’s Boy – “Cool Heat”
from: How To Keep Dreaming III / The Record Machine / April 8, 2016
[First single from Momma’s Boy, an Indie Surf Pop 4-piece band from KCMO, formed December 2015, and made up of former members of Rev Gusto: Peter Beatty on guitar & vocals, Shaun Crowley on guitar & vocals, Quinn Hernandez on drums, and Anthony Hernandez on bass.]

[The Record Machine’s releases their new sampler: How To Keep Dreaming Vol. III, Friday, April 8, at Mills Record Company with BROTHER and Youth Pool, a benefit for Spay & Neuter KC.]

[Momma’s Boy play Leukemia Lymphoma benefit at The Tank Room, April 21, w/ Fullbloods, & Toughies.]

9. Youth Pool – “Heavy Sleep”
from: How To Keep Dreaming III / The Record Machine / April 8, 2016
[Shawnee Kansas based 4-piece Psychedelic Wave Rock band with David on guitar & Vocals, Gage on guitar, Andria on bass & vocals, and Micah on drums. Instruments recorded and mixed by Alex Tunks, Vocals recorded and additional mixing and mastering by Tony Freijat. Additional vocals by Abigail Baldwin. Youth Pool will release their Debut EP, Dive In, on April 29.]

[The Record Machine’s releases their new sampler: How To Keep Dreaming Vol. III, Friday, April 8, at Mills Record Company with BROTHER and Youth Pool, a benefit for Spay & Neuter KC.]

[Youth Pool plays Record Store Day at Mills Record Company, Saturday April 16, with over 20 bands: The Hearts of Darkness, A.J. Gaither OMB, The Widow’s Ride, El-Rey-Tones, BLKFLANL , Dreamgirl, Westerners, Organized Crimes, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Gee Watts, Momma’s Boy, Various Blonde, BUMMER, Wet Ones, Quadrigarum, Sharp Weapons, the author and the illustrator, Aaron Alexander, Jorge Arana Trio, Yes You Are]

10:30 – Underwriting

10:32 – Interview with Britt Adair

10. The Fog – “Motorbike”
from: Josey Records KC RSD 2016 Vinyl Compilation / Josey Records / April 16, 2016
[Ian Teeple on guitar & voice, Brendan Dulohery on bass, Frazier Krohn on drums. Recorded & engineered by J. Ashley Miller and Johnathon Kraft at Infoaming Vertex on December 13, 2014. Mixed and mastered by J. Ashley Miller and Ian Teeple. The Fog appears courtesy of High Dive Records KCMO.]

[The Fog play Record Store Day at Josey Records, Saturday April 16, with The Hearts of Darkness, Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, Nature Boys, Shy Boys/The Grisly Hand]

Britt Adair plays lead guitar for the band The Bad Ideas. She organizes bands and shows and tours, including Summer Kamp Fest, Britt works at Josey Records, she is an artist and filmmaker and huge nurturer of Kansas City Punk Music Scene. Britt joins us to discuss Josey Records KC – Record Store Day.

Joey Records opens at 8:00 AM, and the bands begin at 2:00 PM with The Hearts of Darkness, The Fog, Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, Nature Boys, Shy Boys, and The Grisly Hand.

Josey Records also releases a new exclusive vinyl compilation featuring five Kansas City bands: The Fog, Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, Katy Guillen and The Girls, and The Hearts of Darkness. The vinyl compilation will only be available at Josey Records KC, 1814 Oak Street, on Record Store Day.

More info at: http://joseyrecords.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/joseyrecordskc/

11:42

11. Drugs & Attics – “The High Life”
from: Josey Records KC RSD 2016 Vinyl Compilation / Josey Records / April 16, 2016
[William Jordan on strings & voice, Andrew Paluga on slapps & voice, Brett Livingston on skins & voice. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Nathan Corsi. Special Thanks to Brian Hicks & Creep It Real Records.]

[Drugs & Attics play Record Store Day at Josey Records, Sat. April 16, with The Hearts of Darkness, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, The Fog, Nature Boys, Shy Boys, The Grisly Hand.]

Josey Records KC – Record Store Day with The Hearts of Darkness, The Fog, Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, Nature Boys, Shy Boys, and The Grisly Hand. Josey Records releases a new exclusive vinyl compilation featuring five Kansas City bands. The vinyl compilation will only be available at Josey Records KC, 1814 Oak Street, on Record Store Day. More info at: http://joseyrecords.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/joseyrecordskc/

11:54

12. The Hearts Of Darkness – “Dope”
from: Josey Records KC RSD 2016 Vinyl Compilation / Josey Records / April 16, 2016
[William Jordan on strings & voice, Andrew Paluga on slapps & voice, Brett Livingston on skins & voice.
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Nathan Corsi. Special Thanks to Brian Hicks & Creep It Real Records.]

[The Hearts of Darkness play Record Store Day at Josey Records, Sat. April 16, with Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, The Fog, Nature Boys, Shy Boys, The Grisly Hand.]

11:00 – Station ID

11:00 – Interview with Chris Meck

13. Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds – “Who Do You Love”
from: It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere! / Independent / April 8, 2016
[KC based trio with Chris Meck on lead guitar & vocals, Michelle Bacon on drums, and Calandra Ysquierdo on bass guitar & vocals.]

[Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds are releasing their debut full-length album, “It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere!” Friday, April 8, at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, with special guests Westerners, and Claire & the Crowded Stage. Doors at 8:30, show starts at 9:30.]

Chris Meck is one of Kansas City’s premiere lead guitarists. He was the co-founder guitarist and co-composer of songs from three of my favorite KC bands: of The Gaslights, Atlantic Fadeout, and Tiny Horse with his late wife Abigail Henderson. The two are co-founders of the Midwest Music Foundation and The MidCoast Takeover. I first heard his work as lead guitarist on the records and tours of Kristie Stremel’s first two solo releases. Chris also has contributed his guitar work to recordings of The Hearts of Darkness and The Architects. Chris Meck can make his guitar sing, and now with his trio, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds he is not only in the role of lead guitarist, but also a lead singer, finding new songs, new words, singing with his guitar and with Calandra Ysquierdo on bass & vocals, and Michelle Bacon on drums & vocals.

Chris Meck talked about how these songs were created around the time of Abigail Henderson’s final days and through the time of his father’s death months later.

Musical history footnote: Abigail Hope Henderson Meck, died August 27, 2013, at her home in Kansas City after a five-year battle with cancer. She was 36 years old. Abigail attended the UMKC. She graduated in 2002 with a bachelor of arts in English. After college, she also helped organize “Beauty Slays the Beast,” a benefit for political-activism and voter awareness. While in college, Abigail started playing guitar. In 2001, she started her first band, Trouble Junction with Mike Stover, John Bersuch, and Calandra Ysquierdo. In the fall of 2003, singer/songwriter Abigail Henderson and guitarist Chris Meck got together and started writing songs. They confessed that their first songs were “pretty country…pretty… cow-punkish.” Mike Stover wrote on facebook that, “Trouble Junction had to end so that Abigail could start the next chapters.” In 2003, Abigail started the band The Gaslights with Chris Meck, who would later become her husband. The Gaslights recorded five albums, releasing three of them.

Chris Meck and Abigail Henderson started their second band Atlantic Fadeout in 2010 in an effort to do songs that were not country sounding, but more rock. The band included Abigail Henderson on vocals & guitars, Chris Meck on guitar & vocals, Dutch Humphrey on bass & vocals, and Amy Farrand on drums.

Chris Meck and Abigail Henderson formed Tiny Horse in an effort to perform their slower songs and new songs for Abigail after chemotherapy had taken a big part of her powerful voice.

Abigail Henderson and Chris Meck are co-founders of Midwest Music Foundation.

Chris Meck is also a sound engineer who works for many music venues all over Kansas City. He also runs sound for The MidCoast Takeover, an huge annual project of Midwest Music Foundation. The MidCoast Takeover, is a four day showcase of over 100 bands. The MidCoast Takeover is presented in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW Music Festival. The MidCoast Takeover gives opportunity and a spot light to hundreds of area musicians and their bands, on two stages at the Shangri La in Austin. For more information visit http://www.midwestmusicfound.org

11:10

14. Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds – “Good To You”
from: It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere! / Independent / April 8, 2016
[KC based trio with Chris Meck on lead guitar & vocals, Michelle Bacon on drums, and Calandra Ysquierdo on bass guitar & vocals.]

Chris Meck discussed how he has also worked a lot as a bartender and in this line of work you are many times getting home at 4:00 in the morning, when everything outside is quiet, except for those early birds chirping, the birds are up to see you coming home so late, they’re “the guilty birds.” This also explains the name of their new recording.

11:26

15. Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds – “Brave & Reckless”
from: It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere! / Independent / April 8, 2016
[KC based trio with Chris Meck on lead guitar & vocals, Michelle Bacon on drums, and Calandra Ysquierdo on bass guitar & vocals.]

Chris Meck & The Guity Birds are releasing their debut full-length album, “It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere!” Friday, April 8, at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, with special guests Westerners, and Claire & the Crowded Stage. Doors at 8:30, show starts at 9:30. More information at: http://chrismeckandtheguiltybirds.com

11:29 – Underwriting

11:31 – Interview with Duncan Burnett & Promise Clutter

16. Fiction Department – “Last Ride”
from: Last Ride – Single / Independent / November 16, 2016
[Kansas City based 4-piece Indie-Alt-Winter Rock band formed in January 2015 by: Caleb Meyers on vocals & guitars, Luke Stewart-Jones on drums, Andrew Koch on bass, and Dayton House on lead guitars. Fiction Department are on the verge of releasing their new EP. More info at: https://fictiondepartmentkc.bandcamp.com/releases%5D

[Fiction Department play Jackpot Lounge, Wednesday, April 13, in Lawrence, KS]

[Fiction Department play Revolution Records – Record Store Day, April 16 with: Noah Davis and Co, Instant Karma, and I Heard A Lion.]

Duncan Burnett & Promise Clutter joined us to share information about Revolution Records Record Store Day, April 16 with: Fiction Department, Noah Davis and Co, Instant Karma, and I Heard A Lion.

Revolution Records was formerly named Zebedee’s RPM on West 39th street but changed their name when they moved to 1830 Locust Street, in the Crossroads, in the space formerly known as Midwestern Musical Company.

We talked with Duncan and Promise about the Record Store as Community Center

Revolution Records is a pledged RSD retailer and will have many of the exclusive releases that are available only at independent record shops.

Revolution Records will open at 8:00 AM and their live “In-Store” performances start at 6:00 PM with Fiction Department, Noah Davis and Co, Instant Karma, and I Heard A Lion.

More information. http://www.revolutionrecordskc.com/

11:43

17. I Heard A Lion – “Working Class”
from: Little Wars / Independent / July 16, 2013
[McPherson, Kansas based 3-piece band, formed in 2009 by Rusty Blanchard, Adam Mercado, and Ryan Monaghan. Recorded by Ryan Monaghan and Eddy Purcell. Mixed by Ryan Monaghan. Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio.]

[I Heard A Lion play Revolution Records – Record Store Day, April 16 with: Noah Davis and Co, Instant Karma, and Fiction Department.]

In addition to Record Store Day, Vacation House play a special in-store at Revolution Records 1830 Locust Street, in the Crossroads, Friday, April 15, at 7:00 pm with Able Thought.

11:56

18. Vacation House – “Joyce”
from: Joyce – Single / Independent / April 2, 2016
[Debut single from alternative indie Kansas City band Vacation House, written by Vacation House, lyrics by Bradley Peters, produced by Alexander McClain & Zach Knoll, engineered & mixed by Logan Tyler. http://www.facebook.com/vacationhouseband%5D

[Vacation House play a special in-store at Revolution Records 1830 Locust Street, in the Crossroads, Friday, April 15, at 7:00 pm with Able Thought]

11:59:30

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

Next week, on April 13 we’ll feature more information about Record Store Day coming on April 16. We’ll talk with Judy Mills of Mills Record Company. We’ll also welcome Jen Appell and Kristina Ning of Not Sisters; multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Teri Ann Quinn shares music from her brand new album, Moons and Meltdowns, and Victor & Penny will join us to share music from their new release Electricity!

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:

www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM,
http://www.kkfi.org

Show #624

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 MidDay Medley Celebrates Record Store Day
with Christian LaBeau & Britt Adair of Josey Records KC
and Duncan Burnett & Promise Clutter of Revolution Records
+ Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays musical releases from 10 area bands participating in Record Store Day, Saturday, April 16, 2016. Record Store Day is designed to celebrate your local indie record stores. Mark plays music from: Mr. and the Mrs., Open Fields, Momma’s Boy, BLK FLANL, Youth Pool, I Heard A Lion, Fiction Department, Drugs & Attics, The Fog, and Hearts of Darkness. Nearly 50 MidCoastal bands are playing In-Store, (and just outside-of-store) shows at: Mills Record Company, Records With Merritt, Josey Records KC, Revolution Records, Vinyl Renaissance, and Brothers Music. (Love Garden in Lawrence and Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven are also part of Record Store Day.)

We’ll also play new releases from: Erik Voeks, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds, The UKs, Real Adults, and from The Record Machine’s new sampler: How To Keep Dreaming Vol. III, released Friday, April 8, with a special show at Mills Record Company with BROTHER and Youth Pool, a benefit for Spay & Neuter KC. More information at http://www.therecordmachine.co

At 10:30, Christian LaBeau & Britt Adair of Josey Records KC join us to share information about their live “In-Store” performances for Record Store Day. The store opens at 8:00 AM, and the bands begin starting at 2:00 PM with The Hearts of Darkness, The Fog, Drugs & Attics, The New Riddim, The Greeting Committee, Nature Boys, Shy Boys, and The Grisly Hand closing the night at 9:00 PM. Christian & Britt will share details about Josey Record’s exclusive vinyl compilation release featuring five Kansas City bands. The vinyl compilation will only be available at Josey Records KC, 1814 Oak Street, on Record Store Day. More info at: http://joseyrecords.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/joseyrecordskc/

At 11:00, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds join us live in our 90.1 FM studios. Chris Meck was lead guitarist and founder of The Gaslights, Atlantic Fadeout, and Tiny Horse. He also plays with The Architects. Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds include Chris Meck on guitar & vocals, Calandra Ysquierdo on bass & vocals, and Michelle Bacon on drums & vocals. Chris Meck and The Guity Birds are releasing their debut full-length album, “It’s 4 A.M. Somewhere!” Friday, April 8, at The Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd, with special guests Westerners, and Claire & the Crowded Stage. Doors at 8:30, show starts at 9:30. More information at: http://chrismeckandtheguiltybirds.com/

At 11:30 Duncan Burnett & Promise Clutter of Revolution Records join us to share information about their Record Store Day, April 16. Revolution Records is a pledged RSD retailer and will have many of the exclusive releases that are available only at independent record shops. Revolution Records will open at 8:00 AM and their live “In-Store” performances start at 6:00 PM with: Fiction Department, Noah Davis and Co, Instant Karma, and I Heard A Lion. Revolution Records was formerly named Zebedee’s RPM on West 39th street but changed their name when they moved to 1830 Locust Street, in the Crossroads, in the space formerly known as Midwestern Musical Company. More information. http://www.revolutionrecordskc.com/

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

Show #624

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

Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band
+ Rick Malsick

10:00 – Station ID

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

2. Meilyr Jones – “Hot To Recognise A Work Of Art”
from: 2013 / Moshi Moshi Records / March 18, 2016
[28 year old Meilyr Jones is originally from Aberystwyth, Wales. He was part of the Welsh band, Race Horses. He went to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied the tuba, dropped out after three years. His solo career was born from an impromptu but transformative trip to Rome after the end of both his band Race Horses, and his relationship. When Meilyr returned to London he began recording solo, exploring new ways of working. Incredibly, he managed to assemble a 30-strong orchestra “out of friends, and friends of friends of friends. In the same way that if you were to start a pop band.” The idea was to do it like a Frank Sinatra session with everyone in the same room and record it all live, so for a single day they all gathered at a recording studio in South London, with the producer Iwan Morgan and the engineer Jimmy Robertson.]

10:06

3. Pops Staples – “Friendship”
from: Don’t Lose This / dBPM – Anti / February 17, 2015
[Previously-unreleased music with new production by Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The album features 10 songs, originally recorded and produced by Pops in 1999, but left unfinished at the time of his death in 2000. The album, which also features newly recorded vocals by Mavis Staples, takes its title directly from the instruction Pops gave to his daughter as the two listened to the unfinished recording before his death: “Don’t lose this.” Mavis didn’t, and in 2014 brought the tapes of her father’s last work to her recent collaborator, Tweedy, for completion. The two had teamed up on Mavis’ recent solo releases, One True Vine and the Grammy-winning You Are Not Alone.]

4. John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons and Daughters – “Walk With Me”
from: Walk With Me – Single / Lakeshore Records / February 6, 2015
[Recorded in Winter 2014 at Weights and Measures Soundlab by Duane Trower and mixed at Guttersnipe Recording Co. Written by John Velghe. Vocals arranged Kirsten Paludan, Anna Hoard, and Michelle Gaume Sanders. Copyright August Hour Records 2014. Published by Man With Burden Music. John Velghe – Vocals, Acosutic Guitar and Keyboards; Kirsten Paludan – Vocals; Mike Alexander – Mandolin and Vocals; Anna Hoard – Vocals; Herman Mehari – Trumpet and Vocals; Michelle Gaume Sanders – Flute and Vocals; Chris Wagner – Bass and Vocals; Michael Walker – Trombone and Vocals. John Velghe (pronounced Vel-jee) writes songs leaning towards personal narratives and accounts of people he’s met over 20 years of playing and touring. From a friends fre ex-wife in Austin to a 4-year-old waitress in Lucas, KS to a transvestite railroad worker in Duluth, MN; Velghe populates his songs with real characters who’ve informed personal allegories about escape, transformation and fear.]

[John Velghe and The Prodigal Sons play Prohibition Hall, Friday, April 1, with Berwanger]

10:15

5. SUNU – “Food, Inc.” (on 7” Vinyl)
from: Food, Inc. – Single b/w “Liberation” / Sunflower Soul Records / December 11, 2015
[Rev. Aaron Morris – Trumpet & Lead Vocals; Dan Pem – Tenor Sax; Chris Leopold – Trombone; Mike Hamm – Guitar; Chris Shaw – Bass; Dylan Bassett – Drums & Percussion; Alex Thiessen – Drums & Percussion; Taylor Babb – Drums & Percussion. Recorded, mixed, & produced by Chris Hazelton. Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio.]

[SUNU plays Josey Records, Friday April 1, with Boogaloo 7, and DJ Soulnice & DJ Boogie.]

6. Red Kate – “You Ought to Know”
from: unamerican activities / Black Site Records / April 2, 2016
[L. Ron Drunkard on bass & vocals, Andrew Whelan on drums & vocals, Brad Huhmann on guitar & vocals, Desmond Poirier on guitar & vocals. Produced by Red Kate. Recorded at Weights and Measures Soundlab, KCMO, with Duane Trower doing recording, mixing and serving as digital mastering engineer. Roger Seibel on vinyl mastering at SAE Mastering, Phoenix, AZ. Shaun Hamontree created the cover art. Vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings, Salina, KS.]

[Red Kate plays an Album Release show at Davey’s Uptown, Saturday, April 2, with The Bad Ideas, The Pedaljets, and The Brannock Device]

7. Bob Mould – “Voices In My Head”
from: Patch The Sky / Merge Records / March 25, 2016
[12th solo album from musician Bob Mould who was born in Malone, New York, October 16, 1960) is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. Mould lived in several places, including the Minneapolis-St. Paul area where he then attended Macalester College. There, he formed Hüsker Dü in the late 1979, with drummer/singer Grant Hart and bass guitarist Greg Norton. Hüsker Dü first gained notice as a punk rock group with a series of recordings on the independent label SST Records. In 1986, they signed with a major record label (Warner Bros. Records), but found only modest commercial success. However, they were later often cited as one of the key influences on 1990s alternative rock, including bands such as Nirvana and the Pixies. In the late 1980s, Hüsker Dü broke up acrimoniously amid members’ drug abuse, personal problems, disputes over songwriting credits, musical direction, and the suicide of the band’s manager, David Savoy. After Hüsker Dü broke up in 1988, Mould sequestered himself in a remote farmhouse in Pine City, Minnesota,[11] having quit drinking and drugs, and wrote the songs that would make up his first solo album. Though Mould’s sexual orientation had previously been something of an open secret, he was outed in the early 1990s in an interview in the music magazine Spin; he came to terms with being openly gay, even appearing in the movie Bear Nation, self-identifying as a bear.]

10:30 – Underwriting

10:32 – Interview with Rick Malsick

8. Rick Malsick – “Philodendron”
from: Philodendron / Independent / January 15, 2016

Kansas City based singer songwriter Rick Malsick joins us to share music from his new 10-song release, Philodendron, that he recorded with area musician Evan Smalley. Rick has accumulated a repertoire of more than 100 songs – half of them his own. His previous recordings include: Bottom Feeders Jamboree (2007) and Athena (2009), and We Are the People (2010) by the Herrmannators. His song “Closes Her Eyes” was a medalist in the New Song Showcase at the Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS, in 2007 and “The Christmas Tumbleweed (Ford County, 1935)” was a medalist at Winfield in 2008. For over 5 years Rick has served as host of: Music + Poetry + Art, at the Downtown Neon Gallery, 1921 Truman Road, KCMO.

Philodendron was recorded with area musician Evan Smalley.

Rick Malsick on vocals, guitars, and basses
Evan Smalley on musical arrangements, guitars, basses, synthesizers, cello
Tim Osburn on drums
Catherine & Patricia Bartholome – vocals on Waltz With A Robot

Rick Malsick calls himself a singing grant-writer. As he writes in his bio “part of a long, long, line of singers who have day jobs. After all, Jimmy Rodgers was the Singing Brakeman. Gene Autry was the Singing Cowboy. Mario Lanza was the Singing Truck Driver.”

Rick writes that he tries “to bring an artist’s creativity to my consulting business and a businessman’s customer service to my music.”

When not writing grants, Rick likes to play guitar. “I’m a fingerpicker, working for years (still working) to develop a jazzy/bluesy/folkie finger style approach to guitar, based on the styles of Merle Travis, Mississippi John Hurt, Chet Atkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell and a host of others.”

Rick has accumulated a repertoire of more than 100 songs – half of them his own – that extends back to the Civil War. Lots of American Songbook – Duke, Rodgers & Hart, Gershwins – he loves that stuff. Also some really old songs, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Carolina in the Morning, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight .

Albums

2009 We Are the People The Herrmannators – bass guitar, co-producer
2009 Athena Rick Malsick – Artist, co-producer
2008 Bottom Feeders Jamboree Rick Malsick – Artist, co-producer
2008 Makin’ Changes Michael Johnston – Bass guitar

Education

Rick Malsick received his Bachelor of Arts defree in English and French from the University of Kansas

Rick Malsick received his Masters of Arts in English, from University of Missouri/Kansas City

1980-81 University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music – music theory, piano, guitar, trombone

Songwriting awards

2010 Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS New Songs Showcase
“Two Lonely Dollars” – alternate, Songs About Winfield category
2009 Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS New Songs Showcase
“Dionysus” – medal winner, Feelin’ Down Category
“Waltz with a Robot” – alternate, Children’s Category
2008 Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS New Songs Showcase
“Christmas Tumbleweed” – medal winner, Children’s Category
“Joseph’s Song” – alternate, Religious/Spiritual Category
“My Bestest Love” – alternate – Love Songs category
2007 Parkville Songwriters Circle Best Christmas Song
“Christmas Tumbleweed”
2007 Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS New Songs Showcase
“Closes Her Eyes” – medal winner, Feelin’ Down Category

11:42

9. Rick Malsick – “Got To Get Out Of Love Blues”
from: Philodendron / Independent / January 15, 2016

For the past five years Rick Malsick has hosted a magical gathering of poets and musicians at the Downtown Neon Gallery. These events bring together the most creative voices in Kansas City including the River Cow Orchestra, area poetsm musicians, artists. Over the years 35 bands and solo artists, as well as 62 poets, have crossed the stage.

Martha Gershun, organizes Music + Poetry + Art. Maryfrances Wagner recruits the poets, and Thomas Cobian, is the Neon Warrior, owner of the Downtown Neon Gallery.

Rick Malsick is finishing up work on a new album of songs in the public domain.

The next Music + Poetry + Art, at the Downtown Neon Gallery, 1921 Truman Road, KCMO will be April 29 , featuring spoken word artist Sara Missconception Glass.

Rick Malsick’s new 10-song album, Philodendron, was released on January 15, 2016. More info at http://www.rickmalsick.com http://www.rickmalsick.bandcamp.com

11:52

10. Rick Malsick – “Sweet Dreamy Dreamland”
from: Philodendron / Independent / January 15, 2016

10:55

11. White Denim – “Thank You”
from: Stiff / Downtown Records / March 25, 2016
[7th studio album by American four-piece rock band from Austin, Texas. Their music is influenced by dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz, experimental rock with home-based recording, jamming approach, intense looping work and unusual song structure. James Petralli on vocals & guitar, Jeff Olson on drums, Steven Terebecki on vocals, bass, Jonathan Horne on guitar. This is their first release following the departure of drummer Josh Block and guitarist Austin Jenkins, who left in March 2015 to work on Leon Bridges’ debut album Coming Home. Jonathan Horne and Jefferey Olson have joined the band after touring with James Petralli on his solo project Bop English.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. Piney Gir – “Tilt A Whirl”
from: Mr. Hyde’s Wild Ride / Greyday Records / February 19, 2016
[7th album from Piney Gir, also known as Angela Penhaligon, an American musician and singer, born and raised in the Bible Belt of the midwest and the state of Kansas. Growing up, secular music was forbidden to her. As a teenager, she rebelled against this upbringing and went to university where she majored in music with drums then voice as her instruments. In 1998 she relocated to London, England and joined the synth pop band Vic Twenty and released a single on Mute records label Credible Sexy Units and toured the UK and Europe with Erasure. As a solo artist, Piney’s musical style is predominately edgy indie-pop, although she has been described both as a musical “chameleon” and as “the indie Dolly Parton”. Piney is an established figure on the London music scene, and has toured extensively including appearances at Glastonbury festival, South by Southwest and CMJ music festival. She has collaborated with artists including Andy Ramsay of Stereolab, Rob Campanella from The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Eamon Hamilton from the band Brakes and British Sea Power and Simple Kid, and was a member of cult all-girl band The Schla La Las. Her songs have appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Hit & Miss, Made in Chelsea, Misfits, Drifters, Waterloo Road, Being Human, Fried, Talking to the Dead, What Remains, Switch and in feature films: Nina Forever, You’re Not You, C’e Chi Dice No and American Girl.]

13. The Dandy Warhols – “Styggo”
from: Distortland / Dine Alone Music / April 8, 2016
[9th studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warholsformed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. Keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford joined them. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor’s cousin Brent DeBoer. The band’s name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol.The band gained recognition after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut, …The Dandy Warhols Come Down, in 1997. In 2001, the band rose to new levels of fame after their song “Bohemian Like You” enjoyed extensive exposure thanks to its being featured in a Vodafone advertisement. Along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary film Dig!. The film captured a love–hate relationship between both bands, highlighting the interaction of Taylor-Taylor and BJM frontman Anton Newcombe. It was recorded over the course of seven years by filmmaker Ondi Timoner, and won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.]

[The Dandy Warhols play The Riot Room, Sunday, April 3, at 8:00 pm, with the Seratones.]

14. The Greeting Committee – “Hands Down”
from: It’s Not All That Bad – EP / Harvest Records / October 23, 2015
[The Greeting Committee are a KC based indie pop group, formed in 2014 by high school students Addison Sartino on vocals, Brandon Yangmi on guitar, Pierce Turcotte on bass, and Austin Fraser on drums. The quartet attracted the attention of local radio personality Lazlo Geiger who agreed to manage them. Following the release of their debut EP, It’s Not All That Bad, things began to move quickly for the young group and a deal was soon struck with Los Angeles-based label Harvest Records who re-released the EP in October 2015. ~ Timothy Monger]

[The Greeting Committee play The Tank Room, Thursday, March 31, at 8:00 pm, in support of Kitten.]

11:15 – Underwriting

11:17 – Interview with Andrew Foshee and his Gosh Darn Band

Brian James, Preston Ott, Andrew Foshee, and Phil Spencer

15. Andrew Foshee – “Fishing”
from: Corvair / Independent / April 1, 2016
[Produced by Joel Nanos and Andrew Foshee. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. Music and lyrics by Andrew Foshee (ASCAP). Performed by Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band. Andrew Foshee: guitars, lead vocals; Brian James: bass, backing vocals; Phil Spencer: drums, beers. Additional musical contributions from: Mike Stover: pedal steel; Dan Loftus: piano, keys; Christine Grossman: violins and violas on Jesus Christ; Nick Howell: trumpet; Mike Walker: trombone; Marshall Tinnermeier: saxophone; Paris Young: background vocals on The Fight; Coleen Dieker: violin and background vocals on I Am Too Old (For You). Album artwork and layout by: Nanci Lee Ayala Rush at ladymagicunicorn.com Copyright 2016 Andrew Foshee (ASCAP). Published by Indolent Music (ASCAP)]

Andrew Foshee, is an alternative singer-songwriter from Kansas City, MO. He has been writing, recording and performing various incarnations of his ‘bedroom folk’ for over fifteen years now, quietly self-releasing a handful of low key albums that were mostly forged in the confines of a sleepy home studio and have been featured in various TV shows and commercials worldwide. His latest release, “Corvair”, is an ethereal ride through a psychedelic, Americana sunset, with hues of contemporary pop and acute self-reflection that warp and fade into a trash-talking, booze-fueled skyline. It’s also a huge step outside of the home studio, this time (alongside his Gosh Darn Band) leaving Foshee to entrust a handful of talented auxiliary musicians, as well as the expertise of producer and engineer Joel Nanos at his Element Recording Studio.

Joining Andrew Foshee, was his Gosh Darn Band: Brian James on bass & harmonies, Preston Ott on lead guitar, Phil Spencer on percussion.

Newest edition to the Gosh Darn Band is Preston Ott on lead guitar,

Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at 6;00 at Josey Records – Kansas City, with Rev Gusto, Instant karma, and Sextonic Plates.

Later that night, Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show April 2nd, 2016 at 8:30pm, at The Brick with Kelly Hunt and My Oh My!

Corvair was produced by Joel Nanos and Andrew Foshee
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording
Music and lyrics by Andrew Foshee (ASCAP)

Performed by Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band
Andrew Foshee: guitars, lead vocals
Brian James: bass, backing vocals
Phil Spencer: drums, beers

Additional musical contributions from:
Mike Stover: pedal steel
Dan Loftus: piano, keys
Christine Grossman: violins and violas on Jesus Christ
Nick Howell: trumpet
Mike Walker: trombone
Marshall Tinnermeier: saxophone
Paris Young: background vocals on The Fight
Coleen Dieker: violin and background vocals on I Am Too Old (For You)

Album artwork and layout by:
Nanci Lee Ayala Rush at ladymagicunicorn.com

Andrew Foshee’s music has been described as an “Unholy union between 70’s crooner folk, post-modern country & psychedelic blues-rock.”

Andrew Foshee says of his songs on Corvair, “Most of the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek. You could very well just call it ‘pop music’, however this EP certainly falls within the vein of ‘alt-country’ or simply ‘country music’, which stylistically is how I’ve always kind of imagined both my songs and vocal timbre.”

11:28

16. Andrew Foshee – “The Fight”
from: Corvair / Independent / April 1, 2016
[Produced by Joel Nanos and Andrew Foshee. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. Music and lyrics by Andrew Foshee (ASCAP). Performed by Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band. Andrew Foshee: guitars, lead vocals; Brian James: bass, backing vocals; Phil Spencer: drums, beers.]

Andrew has said about his music for Corsair the he “made a conscious decision to really open things up lyrically and start saying, in a more direct way, what’s on my mind, instead of always worrying if it’s ‘poetic’ or if it rhymes. Sometimes I’m lucky though and I achieve both. I am somewhat of a crass, honest, and eternally sarcastic person, so this all bleeds into my most current writings.”

Andrew Foshee’s music has been featured on:

*Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC)
*The Nate Berkus Show (CBS)
*Flipping Out (Bravo)
*The Onion (IFC)
*Interior Therapy (Bravo)
*Made (MTV)
*Say Yes To The Dress 2 (TLC)
*What Not To Wear (TLC)
*My Big Redneck Wedding (CMT)
*Auction Kings (Discovery Channel)
*American Colony (Nat Geo)
*OnStar (TV campaign)

Corvair is Andrew’s first project working in a real studio with other musicians and “letting go”.

Main site: andrewfoshee.com
Facebook: facebook.com/andrewfoshee
Twitter: twitter.com/andrewsfoshee

11:45

17. Andrew Foshee – “I Am Too Old For You” (LIVE)
also available on Corvair / Independent / April 1, 2016
[Performed live by Andrew Foshee on vocals and guitar, with his Gosh Darn Band: Brian James on vocal harmonies, Preston Ott on mandolin, Phil Spencer on percussion.]

[Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at Josey Records – Kansas City, with Rev Gusto, Instant Karma, and Sextonic Plates.]

[Later that night, Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show April 2nd, 2016 at 8:30pm, at The Brick with Kelly Hunt and My Oh My!]

11:50

18. Deco Auto – “Empty Gestures”
from: “The Curse of Deco Auto” / Independent / February 14, 2015
[Steven Garcia on guitar & vocals; Tracy Flowers on bass & vocals; Pat Tomek on drums & keys. Steven was a founding member of Colorado punk bands Armchair Martian and Knee Jerk. Pat was a founding member of The Rainmakers, and he still is. Tracy’s chocolate tofu pie is to die for! Recorded by Pat Tomek at Largely Studios, 2014, in Kansas City, MO. Produced by Steven Garcia w/ Pat Tomek. All songs by Steven Garcia, $tudentLoansForLifeMusic (ASCAP) Too punk for pop, too pop for punk … the curse of Deco Auto.]

[Deco Auto have been selected to be part of the 2016 International Pop Overthrow Music Festival in Chicago! http://internationalpopoverthrow.com/%5D

[Deco Auto play miniBar, Saturday, April 2, at 8:00 pm with Rev Gusto, and Electric Lungs.]

11:55:20

19. B R O T H E R – “Mobbin”
from: Mobbin – Single / Independent / Maech 6, 2016
[Kansas City based 4-piece band formed in June of 2015 by Danzell Capers on guitar, synthesizers, & vocals; who wanted to collaborate with other multi-instrumentalists and producers, resulting in the addition of longtime friend Quinn Pudenz on vocals, synthesizers, & guitar; area DJ and producer Brooks Brown on bass, vocals & synthesizers; and Christian Lester on drums. ]

[B R O T H E R plays Middle of The Map Fest May 7, 2016.]

11:59:30

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

Next week, on April 6, we’ll feature information about Record Store Day coming on April 16. Britt Adair and Christian LaBeau from Josey Records – Kansas City, and Duncan Burnett and Promise Clutter of Revolution Records join us to share information about all of the special in-store performances planned for Record Store Day. Also Chris Meck and the Guity Birds join us live in our 90.1 FM Studios

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

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Show #623

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

Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band
+ Rick Malsick

Mark plays New & MidCoastal releases from: Red Kate, Andrew Foshee, Piney Gir, SUNU, Kawehi, The Greeting Committee, Rick Malsick, Deco Auto, John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons & Daughters, B R O T H E R, Bob Mould, The Dandy Warhols, White Denim, Meilyr Jones, and Pops Staples.

Rick Malsick

At 10:30, Mark welcomes Kansas City based singer songwriter Rick Malsick. Rick joins us to share music from his new 10-song release, Philodendron, that he recorded with area musician Evan Smalley. Rick has accumulated a repertoire of more than 100 songs – half of them his own. His previous recordings include: Bottom Feeders Jamboree (2007) and Athena (2009), and We Are the People (2010) by the Herrmannators. His song “Closes Her Eyes” was a medalist in the New Song Showcase at the Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS, in 2007 and “The Christmas Tumbleweed (Ford County, 1935)” was a medalist at Winfield in 2008. For over 5 years Rick has served as host of: Music + Poetry + Art, at the Downtown Neon Gallery, 1921 Truman Road, KCMO. More info at http://www.rickmalsick.com

At 11:15 Mark welcomes Andrew Foshee, an alternative singer-songwriter from Kansas City, MO. He has been writing, recording and performing various incarnations of his ‘bedroom folk’ for over fifteen years now, quietly self-releasing a handful of low key albums that were mostly forged in the confines of a sleepy home studio and have been featured in various TV shows and commercials worldwide. His latest release, ’Corvair’, is an ethereal ride through a psychedelic, Americana sunset, with hues of contemporary pop and acute self-reflection that warp and fade into a trash-talking, booze-fueled skyline. It’s also a huge step outside of the home studio, this time (alongside his Gosh Darn Band) leaving Foshee to entrust a handful of talented auxiliary musicians, as well as the expertise of producer and engineer Joel Nanos at his Element Recording Studio.

Joining Andrew Foshee on guitar & vocals, will be Brian James on bass & harmonies, Preston Ott on lead guitar, and Phil Spencer on percussion will play live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at Josey Records – Kansas City, with Rev Gusto, Instant karma, and Sextonic Plates. Later that night, Andrew Foshee & His Gosh Darn Band play an EP Release show April 2nd, 2016 at 8:30pm, at The Brick with Kelly Hunt and My Oh My!

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

Show #623

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

10:00 – Station ID

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

2. Seth Bogart – “Club With Me”
from: Seth Bogart / Burger Records / February 19, 2016
[Seth Bogart is know for his San Francisco based punk band Hunx and His Punx that he started in 2008 after years of performing in a gay pop group called Gravy Train, and before that Panty Raid. In February 2012, Hunx released a solo album titled “Hairdresser Blues” on Hardly Art. After relocating to Los Angeles and he came interested in creating his own web variety series and art installations, and in 2016, he released his second solo album Seth Bogart, featuring collaborations from Kathleen Hanna and Tavi Gevinson.]

3. The Fever – “Sinkin'”
from: Dirty Hot EP / Independent / September 9, 2015
[Berlin based rock/synth-punk/new wave 2-piece band. THE FEVER is a guy, a girl, a guitar, a synthesizer and a drum machine.]

[The Fever play miniBar, tomorrow night, Thursday, March 24, at 10:00 pm]

4. Field Music – “Disappointed”
from: Commontime / Memphis Industries / February 5, 2016
[6th full-length studio album by English band Field Music,formed in 2004 by brothers David and Peter Brewis (who at one time played drums for fellow Sunderland band The Futureheads), with Andrew Moore as keyboardist along several others.. Their style has been dubbed ‘prog-pop’ by the British music press, reflecting both the experimental and traditional elements of their compositional style. Common time was recorded in their Sunderland studio. The album marks a shift towards the R&B and funk-like style earlier exhibited on David Brewis’s second solo record as School of Language. The album’s lyrics were heavily inspired by the brothers’ children, and it was Peter’s son’s love of Hall & Oates and American number-one singles that shaped the less fractured, more accessible structure and style of the album. Lead single, “The Noisy Days Are Over”, received a brief endorsement by musician Prince on Twitter. The album was well received by most critics, at various times being compared favorably to comparisons to XTC, Genesis, 10cc, ELO, The Neptunes, Todd Rundgren, Talking Heads, Lambchop and Hot Chip. All songs written & composed by David & Peter Brewis.]

5. Bibio – “Town & Country (Radio Edit)”
from: A Mineral Love / Warp Records / April 1, 2016
[8th studio album from pop mastermind Bibio who is Stephen James Wilkinson an English music producer. His music is primarily electronic and experimental in nature. Bibio is a resident of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England, Wilkinson developed a passion for experimental music during his time at Middlesex University in London, where he studied “sonic arts”. He developed his own style of music, drawing from contemporary experimental electronica bands such as Boards of Canada, and incorporating field recordings and found sounds. Electronically modified guitar melodies and droning synthesizer sounds are a recurring theme in his pieces, causing many people to label his music as a hybrid of electronica or intelligent dance music and folk music. Wilkinson adopted the alias Bibio from the name of a small black and red fly his father used on childhood fishing trips in Wales. He has said to be influenced lyrically by foreign languages, phonemes, Daft Punk, Boards of Canada, Madlib, J Dilla and Elizabeth Fraser. Influences on his guitar playing include The Incredible String Band, Nick Drake, Tortoise and João Gilberto. “Town & Country” is the first single from upcoming album. The song hearkens back not only to warm ’60s textures, but also to the gentle guitar work of his crucial 2009 album Ambivalence Avenue. Great for new and old Bibio fans alike.]

6. Betse & Clarke – “Fair And Tender Ladies”
from: Bird Notes EP / Independent / June 4, 2015
[Betse Ellis on fiddle, and Clarke Wyatt on banjo. Recorded at home by Clarke Wyatt, mixed by Clarke Wyatt, and produced by Clarke Wyatt and Betse Ellis. Includes the traditional “Give the Fiddler a Dram” with Btese’s original song “Pig on a Stone.” ]

[Betse & Clarke play Halfway to Winfield at Knuckleheads, Sat, March 26, at 6:00 pm w/ The Ben Miller Band, Fast Food Junkies, Loaded Goat, Jr. Soapbox, Konza Swamp Band /w special guest Jimmy Campbell, Sugar Britches, The John Brown Boys, Whiskey for the Lady, and Good Time Charley.]

7. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – “Meticulous Bird”
from: A Man Alive / Ribbon Music / 2016
[4th studio album from San Francisco, California-based (formerly Falls Church, Virginia) alternative folk rock music group. It consists of Thao Nguyen on vocals & guitar) and Adam Thompson on vocals, bass guitar & keyboards. Produced by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs. Thao Nguyen was born in Virginia in 1984, and raised in Falls Church, Nguyen began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of twelve while helping out at her mother’s laundromat. She began performing in high school as part of a pop-country duo with friend Brenna Clerkin. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County and studied at the College of William & Mary, where she double majored in Sociology and Women’s studies. After recording an EP that differed from her initial style, she began performing as a soloist with her acoustic guitar. With her fellow college students Adam and Willis Thompson she formed Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down. After graduating she toured extensively, both with the band and as a solo artist. She moved to San Francisco around 2009, and has been based there since.]

8. Esperanza Spalding – “One”
from: Emily’s D+Evolution (Deluxe Edition) / Concord Music Group / March 4, 2016
[5th album from an American jazz bassist, cellist and singer, Esperanza Emily Spalding, born October 18, 1984, who draws upon many genres in her own compositions. A concept album revolving around a central character named Emily (Spalding’s middle name), Emily’s D+Evolution is not a jazz album — though jazz does inform much of the music here. Instead, Spalding — who also co-produced the album alongside legendary producer Tony Visconti (David Bowie) — builds the release largely around angular, electric guitar-rich prog rock, kinetic, rhythmically rich jazz fusion, and lyrically poetic pop. Spalding was raised in Portland, Oregon and was a musical prodigy, playing violin in the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at age five. She was later both self-taught and trained on a number of instruments, including guitar and bass. Her proficiency earned her scholarships to Portland State University and the Berklee College of Music. She has won four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Grammy Awards, making her the first jazz artist to win the award. Of her new album Pitchfork writes, “These are exuberant, confrontational songs, amplified in the same sort of rock/funk hybrid style that brings Prince and Janelle Monae to mind. Gone is the Afro, replaced with long braids, wide-rimmed glasses, and ornate outfits.”.]

10:28 – Underwriting

10:30– Interview with Patrick Alonzo Conway

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

Gamelan Genta Kasturi performs with founder I Ketút Gedé Asnawa & Family, Sat, Mar. 26, at 7:30 pm, at Quixotic School of Performing Arts, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO.

For over 13 years KC’s community Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Genta Kasturi, has been presenting community concerts.

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

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

FREE & Open to the Public -donations accepted-

http://www.gamelangentakasturi.org

Last year featured works included three of his original compositions: “Sekar Taman” Dance (Flowers in the Garden), “Gita Genta Kasturi” (written for the group) and “Gilak Walipraja” along with three other Balinese classics: “Siwa Natha” (King Shiva), “Baris Tunggal” Dance depicting a solo warrior, “Margapati” Dance depicting a sleeping lion and “Oleg Tamulilingan” Dance which portrays the interaction of male and female bumblebees.

10:38

9. Gamelan Genta Kasturi – “Oleg Tamulilingan”
from: Recorded live from, Gamelan Genta Kasturi with I Ketút Gedé Asnawa & Family at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral – Founders Hall KCMO / March 21, 2015

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

Gamelan Genta Kasturi have been Studio Residents as part of the Charlotte Street Foundation/Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program since 2011.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi, premiered a large scale collaborative work in 2011 featuring his Patrick Alonzo Conway’s original composition Angels & Demons at Play through Urban Culture Project and ArtSounds. Shortly thereafter, Gamelan Genta Kasturi was awarded Studio Space through the Charlotte Street/Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program.

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

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

Bali is a province of Indonesia. The province covers a few small neighbouring islands as well as the isle of Bali. The main island is located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country’s 34 provinces w/ the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the S. of the island.
Patrick Alonzo Conway went to Bali.

With a population recorded as 3,891,428 in the 2010 census, and currently 4.22 million, the island is home to most of Indonesia’s Hindu minority. In the 2000 census about 92.29% of Bali’s population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. A tourist haven for decades, Bali has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.

Patrick Alonzo Conway plays with others including: Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7, newEar, and The People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City who have been names as headliner for the 2015 Wichita Jazz Fest.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi plays with founder I Ketút Gedé Asnawa and Family, Sat, Mar. 26, at 7:30 pm, at Quixotic School of Performing Arts, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO. More information: http://www.gamelangentakasturi.org

11:48

10. Gamelan Genta Kasturi – “Margapati”
from: Recorded live from, Gamelan Genta Kasturi with I Ketút Gedé Asnawa & Family at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral – Founders Hall KCMO / March 21, 2015

11. TEMP TATS – “Asteroid Rage”
from: IONS / Independent / December 14, 2015
[Debut EP from Kansas City based 4-piece rock/R&B/Math/Space band made up of: Eric Schuman on vocals & guitar, Joel Schuman on vocals & keyboards, Luke Waye on drums, and Chris Paul on bass. Half of the Ep was recorded by Mike McDonough at Clockwork Audio. The other half was recorded by Jorge Arana. All songs mastered by Mike McDonough. Artwork by Brit Waye. Music by Eric Schuman, Joel Schuman, Chris Paul, and Luke Waye. More information at: http://www.temptats.bandcamp.com/%5D

[TEMP TATS play miniBar, Tonight, March 23, at 10:00 pm, for the 4th week of the Various Blonde’s residency on Wednesdays though March, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Blvd, KCMO, organized by Joshua Allen and featuring along with TEMP TATS, Various Blonde, and Frieght Train Rabbit Killer.]

12. Mavis Staples – “High Note”
from: Livin’ on a High Note / Anti / February 19, 2016
[14th studio solo album from American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist, born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. She has recorded and performed with her family’s band The Staple Singers. She began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches, appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with “Uncloudy Day” for the Vee-Jay label. When Mavis graduated from what is now Paul Robeson High School in 1957, The Staple Singers took their music on the road. Led by family patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples on guitar and including the voices of Mavis and her siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, and Purvis, the Staples were called “God’s Greatest Hitmakers.” With Mavis’ voice and Pops’ songs, singing, and guitar playing, the Staples evolved from enormously popular gospel singers (with recordings on United and Riverside as well as Vee-Jay) to become the most spectacular and influential spirituality-based group in America. By the mid-1960s The Staple Singers, inspired by Pops’ close friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., became the spiritual and musical voices of the civil rights movement. They covered contemporary pop hits with positive messages, including Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and a version of Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth”. Livin’ on a High Note was produced by M. Ward the album features songs written specifically for Staples by Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArds, Neko Case, Aloe Blacc, and others. Mavis!, the first feature documentary about Staples and the Staple Singers, directed by Jessica Edwards, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2015. Mavis! will screened in theaters and on HBO in February 2016. Staples was briefly married to Spencer Leak in 1964; they divorced when Staples would not end her music career to stay home. She has no children. In the 2015 documentary Mavis! she reveals that Bob Dylan once proposed to her, and she turned him down.]

11:00 – Station ID

13. The Grisly Hand – “Regrets on Parting
from: Flesh & Gold / Independent / October 2, 2015
[The songs on Flesh & Gold are part of a double LP to be released in 2016. The band spent a year with Joel Nanos at Element Recording, and decided to split the songs between two CD/digital releases. The second half will be released in 2016, along with the LP. The album is the first with the newest member, Dan Loftus on bass, keyboards & vocals, joining Jimmy Fitzner on guitar & vocals, Lauren Krum on vocals & percussion, Matt Richey on drums, Mike Stover on steel guitar, bass & vocals, Ben Summers on guitar, vocals & mandolin. “Regrets On Parting” features: Rich Wheeler on tenor saxophone, Nick Howell on trumpet, and Mike Walker on trombone.]

[The Grisly Hand play The Tank Room Saturday, March 26, with The Philistines.]

14. Nicholas St. James – “Go Anywhere”
from: THEATRES / Independent / February 22, 2016
[Debut album from Lawrence based, vaudeville-folk-troubadour, Nicholas St. James, who is more a throwback to Vaudeville than the Dust Bowl. Blogger Brian Clifton writes, “Nicholas St. James blends together old and new to create a sound as distinct as its stage show. St. James mixes folk, blues, vaudevillian drama, and country together.” Based in Lawrence, Kansas, by way of St. Louis, Missouri, Nicholas is an authentic Midwestern folk musician, and credits Tom Waits as the missing link in his own musical formation. More information at: http://www.nicholasstjames.com.%5D

[Nicholas St. James plays The Lied Center at The University of Kansas In Lawrence on Tues, Mar. 29]

15. Katy Guillen & The Girls – “If You Were Gone”
from: If You Were Gone – Single / Independent / September 6, 2014
[Katy Guillen (guitar, vocals), Claire Adams (bass, vocals) & Stephanie Williams (drums). Part of a group of songs that band is recording for an acoustic album with producer Joel Nanos at Element Recording]

[Katy Guillen & the Girls play The FISH FRY’S 30th Anniversary, tomorrow night, Thursday, March 24, at Knuckleheads, with Danielle Nicole Band.]

16. Pinegrove – “Visting”
from: Cardinal / Run For Cover Records / February 12, 2016
[Montclair, New Jersey based band centered around the lyrics of Evan Stephens Hall on lead vocals and guitar, with brothers Zack Levine on drums and Nick Levine on guitar, and Sam Skinner on bass]

[Pinegrove plays The Granada in Lawrence, Thurs, March 24, w/ The Sidekicks, and Into IT Over It]

11:14 – Underwriting

11:16 – Interview with Adriana Nikole

Adriana Nikole

Kansas City based singer-songwriter, Adriana Nikole is originally from the Detroit, Michigan area and started performing and writing songs in her early 20’s. She moved to Knoxville, and then Nashville, TN, performing on the street for a few months, and then finally settled in Kansas City. Her music is rooted in Motown, 1950’s doo wop, and old school country, however she also loves to experiment with electronic music. Adriana Nikole has been in Kansas City for three years and is working on her first record.

More information at: http://Reverbnation.com/adriananikole

11:26

17. Adriana Nikole – “Untitled” (a new song) (LIVE)

Adriana Nikole – released the single “Vibration” on February 27, 2015

Originally from Detroit, Adriana Nikole was born and raised in Michigan. She loved singing but was too shy to share her voice until her mid 20’s when she started playing ukulele & writing songs. She moved to Nashville and started playing guitar. In Sept 2012 she moved to KC where she found a welcoming home in the local music community. She recording music with Saunders Street Records, and released a single.

Adriana is recording new music for an upcoming EP release. Adriana is performs a solo artist and also with a band. She also sings with Anna Cole and the Other Lovers.

11:36

18. Adriana Nikole – “Overboard” (LIVE)

More information at: http://Reverbnation.com/adriananikole

11:41

19. TEEN – “Tokyo”
from: Love Yes / Carpark Records / February 12, 2016
[3rd full length album from an American alternative rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2010. The group consists of Kristina “Teeny” Lieberson (former keyboardist for the Brooklyn band Here We Go Magic) on guitar, keyboards & vocals; her two sisters Katherine Lieberson on drums & vocals; and Lizzie Lieberson on keyboards & vocals; and Boshra AlSaadi on bass & Vocals. The Lieberson sisters, are daughters of noted composer Peter Lieberson, and they all hail originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia.]

20. Ra Ra Riot – “Water”
from: Need Your Light / Barsuk Records / February 19, 2016
[4th studio album from American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, formed in January 2006consisting of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Kenny Bernard.]

[Ra Ra Riot play The Riot Room, Wed, April 6,at 7:30 pm w/ guests PWR BTTM, and And The Kids]

21. Sneaky Creeps – “Gossip Renaissance”
from: Negative Space / Big Urges / March 12, 2014
[Recorded, mixed, and Mastered by Joel Nanos of Element Recording, KC, MO. with Isaac Ahloe on bass, Max Crutcher on drums and yell/talk, and Andy Erdrich on guitar, loops/noises, and yell/talk.]

[The Sneaky Creeps play The Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Thurs. March 24, at 10:00 pm.]

22. The Besnard Lakes -“Golden Lion”
from: A Coliseum Complex Museum / Jagjaguar / January 22, 2016
[5th studio album from Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing (drums), Richard White on guitar, Sheenah Ko on keyboards) and Robbie MacArthur (guitar).]

[The Besnard Lakes play Middle of The Map Fest.]

11:59:30

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

Next week on March 30, singer songwriter Rick Malsick join us to share music from his latest CD with Evan Smalley, Philodendron. In our second hour, musician Andrew Foshee returns to share information and music from his new EP , ‘Corvair’, to be released April 1, and recorded with Joel Nanos at Element Recording and featuring a handful of talented Kansas City musicians.

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:

www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM,
http://www.kkfi.org

Show #622

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

Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi
+ Adriana Nikole

Mark plays New & MidCoastal releases from: Nicholas St. James, Sneaky Creeps, TEMP TATS, Katy Guillen & The Girls, The Grisly Hand, Betse & Clarke, Pinegrove, The Fever, Bibio, Seth Bogart, Field Music, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Esperanza Spalding, Mavis Staples, TEEN, The Besnard Lakes, and Ra Ra Riot.

I Ketút Gedé Asnawa and Family

At 10:30, Patrick Alonzo Conway returns to share details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi‘s upcoming special performance with I Ketút Gedé Asnawa and Family, Saturday March 26, at 7:30 pm, at Quixotic School of Performing Arts, 1616 Broadway Blvd, KCMO. Patrick is Director of the community Balinese gamelan orchestra Gamelan Genta Kasturi and is also also a recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Fellow Award for 2012. Gamelan Genta Kasturi was awarded Studio Space through the Charlotte Street/ Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program from 2011-16. More information at: http://www.gamelangentakasturi.org

Kansas City based singer-songwriter, Adriana Nikole

At 11:15 Mark welcomes Kansas City based singer-songwriter, Adriana Nikole who will play live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Adriana is originally from the Detroit, Michigan area and started performing and writing songs in her early 20’s. She moved to Knoxville, and then Nashville, TN, performing on the street for a few months, and then finally settled in Kansas City. Her music is rooted in Motown, 1950’s doo wop, and old school country, however she also loves to experiment with electronic music. Adriana Nikole has been in Kansas City for three years and is working on her first record. More information at: http://Reverbnation.com/adriananikole

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Show #622

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

The Ovaries-eez + Guest Producer – Nico Gray

Johni Lacore, Monica George, Amber Hansen, studio guest, and Nico Gray

10:00 – Station ID

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

2. Labelle – “I Believe I Finally Made it Home”
rom: Something Silver / Warner Archives / Feb. 11, 1997 [orig, from Moon Shawdow, 1972]
[Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles made a fantastic transformation into LaBelle, a band that reinterpreted many rock classics, and also wrote many of their own best songs. This one was written by LaBelle member Nona Hendrix Sarah Dash, and patti laBelle taing turns with the verses.]

3. Charles Bradley – “Ain’t It a Sin”
from: Changes / Daptone / April 1, 2016
[Release almost three years after his criticallty acclamed, Victim of Love from April 2013, one of Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 113 Best Recordings of 2013. Charles Bradley was born Nov 5, 1948, Charles Bradley was raised by his maternal grandmother in Gainesville, Florida until the age of eight when his mother, who had abandoned him at 8 months of age, took him to live with her in Brooklyn, New York. In 1962, his sister took him to the Apollo Theater to see James Brown perform. Bradley was so inspired by the performance that he began to practice mimicking Brown’s style of singing and stage mannerisms at home. When he was fourteen, Bradley ran away from home due to his poor living conditions — his bedroom was in a basement with a sand floor — and lived on the streets during the day and slept nights in subway cars for two years. Later, he enlisted in Job Corps which eventually led him to Bar Harbor, Maine to train as a chef. One time while working, a co-worker told him he looked like James Brown. When asked if he could sing, he was at first shy but eventually admitted that he could. He overcame his stage fright (when a crew member pushed him through the curtains onto the stage) and performed five or six times with a band. After his band mates were drafted into the Vietnam War, the act never re-formed. Bradley worked in Maine as a cook for ten years until deciding to head west, hitchhiking across the country. He lived in upstate New York, Seattle, Canada and Alaska before settling in California in 1977. There, Bradley worked odd jobs and played small shows for 20 years. In 1996, Bradley’s mother called him and asked him to move back in with her in Brooklyn so she could get to know him. It was there he began making a living moonlighting as a James Brown impersonator in local clubs under the name “Black Velvet.” During this time, Bradley experienced more hard times, including almost dying in a hospital after being given penicillin (to which he has an allergy) and waking to the police arriving to the scene of his brother’s murder just down the road from his mother’s house. While performing as “Black Velvet,” he was eventually discovered by Gabriel Roth, co-founder of Daptone Records. Roth introduced Bradley to Daptone artist and his future producer Tom Brenneck, then the songwriter and guitarist for The Bullets, and later for Menahan Street Band, who invited Bradley to his band’s rehearsal. Bradley asked that the band simply perform while he made up lyrics on the spot. After writing several songs, with Daptone releasing some of them on vinyl starting in 2002, ten were chosen and released as Bradley’s debut album No Time For Dreaming in 2011.]

[Charles Bradley will play Middle of the Map Fest, Saturday May 7, at The Midland w/ Aimee Mann.]

4. The Quivers – “Sugar Tease”
from: Sugar Tease / Domino Records / released March 4, 2016
[Follow up to the band’s full length debul recording, Hot Young Mess, from March, 2014. The band has also released to EPs. The Quivers are: Terra Skaggs on vocals & bass, Todd Grantham on vocals & organ, Bernie Dugan on drums, and Gary Parades on guitar. The album also features special guests: Kyle Dahlquist on trumpet & trombone, and Jesse Howes on saxophone. Recorded, mixed & mastered at Weights and Measures Soundlab by Duane Trower.]

[The Quivers play Ollie’s Local, Sat, Mar 19, at 5:00 pm w/ Timbers, presented by Money Wolf Music.]

5. La Sera – “High Notes”
from: Music for Listening to Music To / Polyvinyl Records / March 4, 2016
[4th full length record from band formed by Katy Goodman (former bassist of Vivian Girls) in 2010.]

[La Sera will play Middle of the Map Fest.]

6. Maria The Mexican – “Carried Away”
rom: South Of The Border Moonlight / Independent / March 11, 2016
[Follow up to their Oct. 2013 debut full length, Moon Colored Jade. Influenced by traditional Mariachi music, Maria The Mexican is a hybrid of Mexican folklore and Rock. For over ten years, Teresa and Maria Elena Cuevas have performed with Marachi Estrella founded by their grandmother Teresa Cuevas in 1970. As one of the first all female mariachi bands in the country, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas is a pioneer in the Hispanic musical community. Her band flourished in the 80s but was struck by tragedy when four of the seven members were killed in the Hyatt Skywalk collapse in 1981. Once Teresa recovered she began teaching her grandchildren Mariachi music. In 2000, Teresa and Maria began exploring other genres of music while simultaneously co-directing Mariachi Estrella. Today the fusion of Maria The Mexican is mixed with a touch of blues, soul, funk, and rock n’ roll enhanced by the musical knowledge and sounds of Garrett Nordstrom.]

[Maria The Mexican Play a special CD Release show on Friday, March 25, at 8:00 PM zt Uncle Bo’s in Topeka w/ special guest Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds]

[Maria The Mexican Play a special CD Release show on Friday, April 8. at 8:00 pm, at Knuckleheads]

7. Fullbloods – “Money”
from: Mild West / High Dive Records / February 26, 2016
[Second full length release from Fullbloods: Ross Brown; Jared Tomasino; David Seume; and Bill Pollock. Recorded at Westend Studios in Kansas City, Kansas by Mike Nolte. Mixed by Fullbloods. Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. (Starfucker, Of Montreal).]

[Fullbloods play Riot Room, Thur, March 17, w/ See Through Dresses, The Author and The Illustrator.]

10:28 – Underwriting

10:30 – Interview with Amber Hansen, Johni Lacore & Monica George

The Ovaries-eez: Johni Lacore, Monica George, and Amber Hansen

The Ovaries-eez debut full length, I Saw You in My Dream, was recorded & mastered by John Griffin at Sound + Vision Studio at Lawrence Public Library and released on Whatever Forever. The Ovaries-eez play a special Album Release show, Friday, March 18, at 7:00 pm, at Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, KCMO with Jametone, and Teri Quinn.

8. The Ovaries-eez – “ Blue Screen” (Live)
a new song written by Monica George, with guitar and vocals by Monica George and Johni Lacore and Amber Hansen on vocals

9. The Ovaries-eez – “Backbreaking” (Live)
a new song written by Monica George, with guitar and vocals by Monica George and Johni Lacore and Amber Hansen on vocals

10. The Ovaries-eez – “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town” (Live)
a new version of the Johnny Cash song, with lyrical arrangements by Nicholas Ward and musical arrangements by Amber Hansen on guitar & vocals and Monica George and Johni Lacore on vocals.

The Ovaries-eez new debut full length, I Saw You in My Dream, was recorded and mastered by John Griffin at Sound + Vision Studio at Lawrence Public Library and released on Whatever Forever.

The Ovaries-eez play a special Album Release show, Friday, March 18, at 7:00 pm, at Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, KCMO with Jametone, and Teri Quinn.
More info at: http://www.theovarieseez.bandcamp.com

11:00 Station ID

11:00 – Guest Producer – Nico Gray

We welcome back to the show, our friend Nico Gray, who joins us as “Guest Producer” for our second hour. Nico is a former theatre actor, performance artist, writer, and is currently a marketing and advertising consultant. He once worked at Limelight in Chicago, and once won a Mick Jagger look-a-like contest. Rooted in KC, Nico grew with radio, learning to communicate through music and lyrical expression. 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. ”

11. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orch – “2001: A Space Odyssey
from: 2001: Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick / Silva Screen America / 2005

12. Bran Van 3000 — “Rainshine”
from: Glee / Audiogram Records / 1998

10:08 – Nico Gray

The Best Sex I Never Had was on a dance floor!

They were a Polish couple in their early 30’s named Reba and Bogusla- or BOGIE as we called him. They were patrons at a downtown Chicago nightclub where I worked in the 80s. They lived just outside the city limits and would take the El train to town, and always a taxi home. Her Polish accent was thick as was her Chanel No. 5- and she was as strikingly beautiful and sexy as he was tenderly shy and classically handsome. Reba and Bogie were always well dressed, she in designer dresses and he in tailor made suits. They wore a different outfit with every visit as I never saw them in the same set of clothing. Fashion was a high priority, and being seen by others- even higher. On those cold windy nights when Reba checked-in her fur coat at coat check, we would ask for her last name – to sign for insurance purposes. She always replied, “Just Reba, darlink’- NO LAST NAME- just Reba.”

Occasionally, I would see Reba and Bogie at other nightclubs, bouncing from club to club. Depending on the night’s theme and the DJ that was spinning- they made their rounds and were well known. They always arrived together, and they always left together. But we knew that Bogie was gay. However, Reba once told me, “Darlink’ I can turn any man straight! I know you watch me on the dance floor.” She made a valid point. She moved like a fox. Slick, smooth, svelte and alluring. Her body- full breasted and curvy demanded attention, and easily given by suitors and admirers – male and female alike. She would be the attention of any dance floor with sometimes hundreds of people watching. Eventually she would dance her way off the floor and pave her way to the bar, where a napkin taken to her forehead would blot her facial and underarm sweat- and she would slyly turn to me and say, “I am sexy, no?”

More than a few times Bogie would see me on the dance floor and dance next to me. Sometimes he would dance by himself, or with Reba- but any time they saw me dancing alone, they would join me. We’d dance very close to each other’s bodies; and like a scratch-n-sniff, the pheromones would be released. Pungent- mixed with Chanel No. 5 from Reba, the smell of Bogie’s musky underarms, and my illegal late teenage body. Chemistry was in the making. At some point I’d have to stop, catch my breath and wipe the sweat from my body and drink water. Only to go at it for another round. Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat.

There was a bartender who would always say to his patrons who he thought were getting too sexual at his bar or on the dance floor “I don’t drink in your bedroom, so please don’t have sex at my bar!”

Well, these next two songs are suitable for doing BOTH as I had done with Reba and Bogie!

13. Lords of Acid — “Am I Sexy”
from: Private Parts / Fingerlicking Good Records / 2001

14. Liz Phair — “Supernova” (special LIVE radio edit)
from: Whip-Smart / Capitol Records / 1994

11:18 – Nico Gray

All that I need to know about love, I learned from my mother. When asked by any of her seven children growing up ‘which one of us do you love more?” She always replied the same, “OH HONEY, I don’t DIVIDE my love, I MULTIPLY it!”

And for her birthdays, when asked, “What would you like for your birthday, Momma?” She’d say, “All I want is for all my kids to get along!” Her role as a mother was relentless, and the virtue of patience a necessity.

Six weeks ago my partner and I adopted a 12-week-old kitten. His 2 ½ pound frame and aqua colored eyes already found his way into our hearts. We had watched him grow through internet pictures from the day he was born last November. He came from a litter of seven, but now separated from his littermates and in search of his new home with us.

For SIX days and FIVE nights, I kept the new little one separated from our other two Adult Cats that we’ve raised. I wanted to build their curiosity, but allow them play with each other’s feet and smell each other under the door. We could only hope that this NEW kitten would eventually be welcomed with playful paws by ‘his NEW playmates’. It was early on that I knew this kitten was VERY playful, EXTREMELY loving and affectionate, and INCREDIBLY curious about his new life.

Last weekend, I went to a ‘SIP and SEE’ party for a newborn baby. While there, I held an 18-month-old baby in my arms for at least half an hour and then minutes later the 8-week-old infant. If it weren’t for others in the room waiting in anticipation to do the same, holding the newborn, then I might have overstayed my welcome and held them all night. There is something beyond what words can convey when I feel this type of love that I speak of; babies, kittens and puppy love. Instead I’ll let these next two songs sing the same type of sentiment.

15. Jim James — “A New Life”
from: Regions of Light and Sound of God / ATO Records / 2013

16. Delaney and Bonnie — “Never Ending Song of Love”
from: Motel Shot / ATCO/Atlantic / 1971

11:28 – Underwriting

11:31 – Nico Gray

I am not a member of any religious congregation. However, I will attend services on Sunday morning with my partner, as he is a member of a ‘diversity celebrated’ congregation on The Plaza.

On those Sunday’s, we take Southwest Traffic Way Southbound -always passing by the historical Old Westport Wagon that sits on the corner of Westport road. The wagon is a symbol to me from a memory that’s been embedded since the spring of 1991.

At the time, I was living off 39th St and working at The Nelson Museum. It was a long and fun Saturday evening with my friend and colleague, Blake. And a full night of drinking and dancing at a popular club in Westport called Shadow. It was 1:30 in the morning, now and we were walking back to my apartment when we passed by the Old Westport Wagon. He was wearing a shirt and tie; I had on my blue shark skin vintage suit. We somehow talked ourselves into ‘a slumber party’ in the Wagon. We easily untied a few of the strings that were holding the canvas to the top part of the wagon, and we both squeezed our youthful lanky bodies inside and laid down with our heads positioned on both ends. It was a very narrow fit, but like sardines, we managed comfortably, and I was surprised how serene that would be. It would not take but 15 minutes before the both of us fell asleep.

Hours later, now 10am Sunday morning, we awoke to the tapping sound of a misty morning and the sound of cars passing by. Like bats out of cave, our eyes were squinting from lack of any light. And as our eyes slowly opened we noticed some of the expressions from those passing by in their cars as they watched us brush each other off in our suits from the cobwebs, dust and dirt.

The funny thing is, we didn’t think it to be funny. We were like boy scouts on a journey; or at least on a mission to make a unique memory our own. For obvious reasons, this one comes without a merit badge.

17. Johnny Cash — “Sunday Morning Coming Down”
from: The Johnny Cash Show / Columbia Records / 1970

18. Loretta Lynn with Willie Nelson — “Lay Me Down”
from: Full Circle / Loretta Lynn Enterprises / 2016

11:40 – Nico Gray

Leonardo Da Vinci was quoted as saying, “ONCE YOU HAVE TASTED FLIGHT, YOU WILL FOREVER WALK THE EARTH WITH YOUR EYES TURNED SKYWARD, FOR THERE YOU HAVE BEEN, AND THERE YOU WILL ALWAYS LONG TO RETURN.”

It is no surprise my fondness and attraction to France. Aside from heritage, family and friends, there are certain places and experiences that I’ve had in France – that a piece of my heart will forever be alive.

However, it is with GREAT influence, that a large part of these threads, these memories, have been woven by the African, Spanish and Catalan cultures that exist in France, especially in the South where either the architecture, food, clothes or the people made significant imprints on what many consider to be French. A wide variety of cultural French music on their radio waves are Spanish and West African based. I’ve chosen two songs that reflect the quote from Da Vinci that transports me back to a place where I will always long to be.

19. Baaba Maal — “Traveller”
from: The Traveller / Palm Recording / 2016

20. Ages and Ages — “Divisionary (Do the Right Thing)”
from: Divisionary / Ages and Ages / Partisan Records / 2014

21. Pavement — “Billie”
from: Terror Twilight / Matador Records / 1999

11:54 – Nico Gray

Thank you Mark for having me on today. Happy Early Spring to you and the listeners of MidDay Medley!

This last song I first heard with when I was with you, Mark at our friend, Karen Errington’s memorial service five years ago. Flogging Molly, performed this song live as the closing song to the ceremony. It was one of the most spiritually moving memorial services I’ve encountered- and never to be forgotten.

In honor of those who are celebrating their Irish heritage, and in honor in keeping the memory alive of those who taught us well, – here is Flogging Molly and “If I Ever Leave This World Alive”

22. Flogging Molly — “If I Ever Leave This World Alive”
from: Drunken Lullabies / SideOneDummy Records/ 2002

11:59:30

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

Next week on March 23 we welcome back Patrick Alonzo Conway who joins us to talk about the Gamelan Genta Kasturi.

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

Nico Gray’s stories were written by Nico Gray

Wednesday MidDay Medley in on the web:

www.WednesdayMidDayMedley.org,
http://www.facebook.com/WednesdayMidDayMedleyon90.1FM,
http://www.kkfi.org

Show #621

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

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Mark plays New & MidCoastal releases from: The Quivers, Fullbloods, Maria The Mexican, Charles Bradley, La Sera, and we’ll also play one of our favorite songs from LaBelle.

The Ovaries-eez

At 10:30, Lawrence based, 3-piece ethereal folk trio, The Ovaries-eez join us live in our 90.1 FM Studios. The Ovaries-eez began in 2012 by founding members, Amber Hansen and Johni Lacore and were joined by Monica George in 2013. The Ovaries-eez released their debut full length, I Saw You in My Dream, on February 6, 2016. It was recorded and mastered by John Griffin at Sound + Vision Studio at Lawrence Public Library and released on Whatever Forever. The Ovaries-eez play a special Album Release show, Friday, March 18, at 7:00 pm, at Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, KCMO with Jametone, and Teri Quinn. More info at: http://www.theovarieseez.bandcamp.com

At 11:00 Mark welcomes back to the show our friend Nico Gray who is a Marketing Specialist for Union Station. Nico returns as “Guest Producer” of our second hour to share music from: Loretta Lynn with Willie Nelson, Ages and Ages, Pavement, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Bran Van 3000, Lords of Acid, Liz Phair, Jim James, Delaney and Bonnie, Johnny Cash, Baaba Maal, Gipsy Kings, and Flogging Molly.

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Show #621