WMM Playlist from: May 1, 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Molly Picture Club + Bobcat Barker +
Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch & Middle of The Map Film Fest
+ Connie Dover & Bob Walkenhorst

1. Jefferson Airplane – “White Rabbit”
from: Surrealistic Pillow / RCA Victor / April, 1967
[2nd album was the first blockbuster psychedelic album by a band from San Francisco, announcing to the world the active bohemian scene that had developed there starting with The Beats during the 1950s, extending and changing through the 1960s into the Haight-Ashbury counterculture.]

2. Mount Moriah – “Bright Light”
from: Miracle Temple / Merge Records / February 26, 2013
[Sophomore album from North Carolina based trio, fronted by Heather McEntire who brings her postpunk roots to Americana sounds. The band is currently on tour with Telekinesis.]

2. Cindy Woolf – “Songs of May”
from: May / Independent / May, 2013
[3rd full-length release from Springfield, based singer songwriter who began recording “May,” on May 1, 2012. Produced by Mark Bilyeu (of Big Smith), “May” features a core ensemble of Bilyeu on guitar; David Bright (of Charliehorse) on drums; Joe Terry on keyboard (The Skeletons, Dave Alvin); Ryan Kennedy on upright bass; with guests: Travis Linville, Molly Healey, Bill Thomas and Jay Williamson and Reed Herron.]

[Cindy Woolf plays The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, Thursday, May 02, with Justin Townes Earle.]

4. Molly Picture Club – “We Want The Money”
from: In My Own Time Machine / Independent / April 30, 2013
[Aniko Adany: vocals, keys, synths & omnichord; Matthew Hayden: drums, & drum sequencing; Michael Tipton: vocals, guitar, & bass.]

10:16 – Interview with Michael Tipton of Molly Picture Club

The members of Molly Picture Club are: Aniko Adany on vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, & the omnichord; Matthew Hayden on drums, & drum sequencing; and Michael Tipton on vocals, guitar, & bass. These are some of the hardest working musicians in Kansas City. Their self-titled, full-length, debut release, Molly Picture Club, was one of our Best Recordings of 2012. The band is back with a new EP “In My Own Time Machine.”

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The following is excerpted from: This city’s like a small town – Molly Picture Club’s blog (mollypictureclub.blogspot.com)

The blog talks about how the band went back to the blackboard, to assess what the next phase of Molly Picture Club was going to look like.

“We talked about Madonna. We talked about how some bands seem to stay the same and some continually evolve. We talked a lot, but everyone agreeing what direction we wanted to truly go was another thing. This isn’t really a negative thing and in fact, from what I hear, is pretty common in all relationships. So we played in a space for awhile that had no direction, no end goal, no purpose other than to jam.”

“We talked about adding a bass player, since our bass tracks were pre-recorded and pumped through Matt’s Mac top. To some degree, it was nice because there wasn’t an additional schedule in the mix (we are all pretty busy the way it is), and no 150 lb. bass amp to lug around. Outside of playing live, it was also convenient to just plug in at the studio and record a bass part and then pick up a guitar and start playing to it.”

“Not having a bassist also came with it’s limitations. We are basically unable to change the song format on a whim, or go on a tangent during live performances.”

“In a way, this EP is a testimony of MPC finding its borders with the set of tools we had been working with for the past three years. Things change inevitably and the transition between seasons is undefinable and often relieving, and I think that’s the place this album comes from. But as Andre 3000 once said, “Ya’ll don’t wanna listen to me, you just wanna dance.”
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Michael also talked with us about: Found A Job – Talking Heads Tribute Band

More info at: mollypictureclub.com

Due to illness MPC will not be playing May 4, at The Brick, however Dream Wolf has been added to the bill with Rev Gusto.

10:29

5. Molly Picture Club – “We Live Underground”
from: In My Own Time Machine / Independent / April 30, 2013
[Aniko Adany: vocals, synthesizers, keys, & omnichord; Matthew Hayden: drums, & drum sequencing and Michael Tipton: vocals, guitar, & bass. All songs written, arranged, performed, & produced by Molly Picture Club. Additional percussion by Justin Skinner. Drums recorded, EP Mixed & Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. All other sounds recorded by Matthew Hayden at Southland Studios.]

10:33 – Underwriting

10:34

6. Bobcat Barker – “Go Time”
from: New Demos / Independent / April 28, 2013
[Bobcat Barker is a KC based band that includes: Willy Christie, Jacob Kruger, Jason Nash, Milton Vargas.]

[Bobcat Barker play their first live show at Next Space, 512 E. 18th St., KCMO, on May 3 at 7:00pm, with Jorge Arana Trio.]

10:38 – Interview with Willy Christie & Jason Nash of Bobcat Barker

Bobcat Barker is a Kansas City based band includes that includes: Willy Christie, Jacob Kruger, Jason Nash, and Milton Vargas.

Willy Christie’s previous band: Yam just recently released Yam II in December 2012, Recorded in Willy’s living room, and bedroom, Mastered by Joel Nanos at Element Recording , Songs by Willy Christie & Yam, Yam was: Willy Christie – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth / Luke Trenshaw – Bass / Chase Wells – Drums / Alex Tate – Sax on Walk Alone pt. I / Anna Hoard : Vocals on Sound Check

Bobcat Barker: Willy Christie, Jacob Kruger, Jason Nash, and Milton Vargas

Jason Nash also plays bass with the bands: Jorge Arana Trio, Various Blonde, and Parents

More info at: facebook.com/bobcatbarker

10:50

7. Bobcat Barker – “Wasted”
from: New Demos / Independent / April 28, 2013
[Bobcat Barker is a KC based band that includes: Willy Christie, Jacob Kruger, Jason Nash, Milton Vargas.]

[Bobcat Barker play their first live show at Next Space, 512 E. 18th St., KCMO, on May 3 at 7:00pm, with Jorge Arana Trio.]

10:56

8. The Black Angels – “Don’t Play With Guns”
from: Indigo Meadow / Blue Horizon Ventures / April 2, 2013
[4th full length release from Austin, Texas, based psychedelic rock band formed in 2004 and named after the Velvet Underground song “The Black Angel’s Death Song”.]

11:00 – Station ID

9. Iron & Wine – “Grace for Saints and Ramblers”
from: Ghost on Ghost / Nonesuch / April 16, 2013
[5th studio album from Iron and Wine, aka singer-songwriter Sam Beam. Sam Beam told the New York Times writer James C. McKinley Jr. that “Some of the tracks on the new LP are built over jazz rhythms and walking bass lines; others are constructed over funk beats.” “The songs feature Motown chord progressions with R&B horn lines, string parts and rich layered backup harmonies reminiscent of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s late arrangements.’]

10. The Grisly Hand – “Blind Horse”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013
[The Grisly Hand, is a Kansas City based, six member band that first started playing live in 2009. The current line up includes: Jimmy Fitzner (Guitar and Vocals), Lauren Krum (Vocals and Percussion), Johnny Nichols (Bass and Vocals), Matt Richey (Drums), Mike Stover (Steel Guitar), and Ben Summers (Guitar and Mandolin). The band’s debut release “Safe House” was release in November of 2010. Their EP “Western Avenue” was one of our Best Recordings of 2012 . More info at: thegrislyhand.com]

11:10 – Underwriting

11:12

11. Efterklang – “Dreams Today”
from: Piramida / 4AD / September 24, 2012
[Copenhagen, Denmark, based indie rock band, formed in December 2000. The band has recorded four studio albums. Piramida is an abandoned mining town located deep within the Arctic Circle. In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang’s 8 piece-live band met up on this island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film the same length as an album. The result was: EFTERKLANG: THE GHOST OF PIRAMIDA where the group goes on an audio treasure hunt in the empty buildings of the abandoned town, while the narrator, former Piramida citizen Alexander, takes us back to a bygone era, when Piramida flourished and the immigrant Russian miners and their families lived in a Soviet parallel society far from the brutal reality of their homeland. The film makes it’s KC debut at the Middle of The Map Film Festival.]

11:15 – Interview with Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch

Chris Haghirian has worked for The KC Star for 13 years and helped launch INK in April of 2008. Chris works on the marketing side of INK and puts together all of the music promotions. Chris has been instrumental in the organization of The Middle of The Map Fest. In addition he has helped organize The MidCoast Takeover of SXSW Music Festival featuring KC and Lawrence area bands. Chris also is a regular co-host and contributor to The Mailbox, a weekly podcast radio show produced and hosted by Michael Byars that is available the the Midwest Music Foundation’s website: midwestmusicfound.org.

Nathan Ruesch is co-founder and manager of The Record Machine, an Independent KC based record label, founded in 2003. With Chris Haghirian, Nathan is the co-mastermind, of The Middle of The Map Festival. Nathan also DJs in clubs from time to time and like Chris is a Passionate lover of music.

Chris Haghirian and Nathan Reusch joined us to talk about Ink’s Middle of the Map Film Fest, begins today, May 1, starting at 5:00pm, and runs through Sunday, May 5, at 10:30pm, at Alamo Drafthouse, 1400 Main Street, in KCMO, featuring over 25 feature films, with parties, and live musical performances. Info at: middleofthemapfest.com.

A list of films:

EFTERKLANG: THE GHOST OF PIRAMIDA
A BAND CALLED DEATH
ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE TRUTH – NINE INCH NAILS
AWFUL NICE
CORPORATE FM – Kevin McKinney
EATING ALABAMA
THE EQUATION
I DECLARE WAR
THE KITCHEN
THE LESSER BLESSED
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE COLLECTION OF SHORTS
UMKC COLLECTION OF SHORTS
LABYRINTH and an in-theater performance by Soft Reeds playing a set of David Bowie songs
MIAMI CONNECTION
MINECRAFT: STORY OF MOJANG
PICTURE DAY
SAVE THE DATE
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
THE FRAMES: IN THE DEEP SHADE
SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD with band in theater playing as SEX-BOB-OMB from the film
THE HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK
THE REP
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
VANUARY
WAR WITCH
WE ARE SUPERMAN
WHERE THE TRAIL ENDS

“Greetings from Tim Buckley” follows the story of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley’s eminent 1991 performance at his father’s tribute concert in St. Ann’s Church. Through a romance with a young woman working at the concert, he learns to embrace all of his feelings toward the father who abandoned him – longing, anger, forgiveness, and love. Culminating a cathartic performance of his father’s most famous songs, Jeff’s debut stuns the audience and launches his career as one of the greatest young musicians of his time.

SHOWTIMES: Friday, May 3 at 10:15PM and Saturday, May 4 at 10:15PM

Ink’s Middle of the Map Film Fest, runs May 1 at 5:00pm through May 5 at 10:30pm at Alamo Drafthouse, 1400 Main Street, KCMO, featuring over 25 feature films, with parties, and live musical performances. For more information visit: middleofthemapfest.com.

11:28

12. Jeff Buckley – “Hallelujah”
from: Grace / Columbia – Sony / August 23, 1994
[American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biological father, Tim Buckley, was a singer-songwriter who released a series of highly acclaimed folk and jazz albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Jeff Buckley said he only met his father once at the age of eight. After his father died of a drug overdose in 1975, he took on his father’s name Buckley and his real first name, which he found on his birth certificate. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley made his public singing debut at a tribute concert for his father called “Greetings from Tim Buckley”. The event was held at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn on April 26, 1991. Buckley rejected the idea of the concert as a springboard to his career. Buckley gained a following in the early 1990s for his live performances of Dylan and Cohen songs at venues in Manhattan’s East Village. After rebuffing much interest from record labels he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace. Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album. In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album, to be titled My Sweetheart the Drunk. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Wolf River when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat. His body was found on June 4, 1997.]

11:35 – Interview with Bob Walkenhorst & Connie Dover

13. Connie Dover & Bob Walkenhorst – “The Streets of Laredo ” (Live)

The Boston Globe called Connie Dover “the finest folk ballad singer America has produced since Joan Baez.” An Emmy Award-winning producer and composer, she has released four critically acclaimed albums, and can be heard on many soundtracks and recordings of folk and world music. Her acclaimed vocal arrangements of Scottish, Irish and early American music have been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, and Thistle and Shamrock. Connie Dover released her first book of poetry, Winter Count, in 2010 and is a recipient of the Speakeasy Prize in Poetry as well as the Yellowstone and Teton Song Contest Grand Prize.

Bob Walkenhorst is best known for his recording and live performances with The Rainmakers. He has released 6 successful albums. Popular author, Stephen King twice quoted lyrics from Rainmakers songs in his best seller The Tommyknockers and again in his 1991 novel Gerald’s Game. The song “Let My People Go-Go” gave Walkenhorst and the Rainmakers their first Top-20 single on the British charts. Bob Walkenhorst is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, producer, host, organizer and painter. Always making it look so easy when he plays and sings for annual benefits for 90.1 FM and other community service organizations. Bob hosts a weekly live show every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm at the record Bar, and The Rainmakers continue to sell out local venues like Knuckleheads when the reunite for special shows.

An Evening with Connie Dover and Friends with special guest: Bob Walkenhorst, Friday May 3, 7:30 pm, at Prospero’s Uptown @ Cafe Caliban, 3600 Broadway. (816) 931-2665 or prosperosbookstore.com or facebook.com/ProsperosUptownBooks. Limited seating.

For this Friday night at Propero’s Uptown Books, the two will offer a special spoken word performance and put your voices together for a few of your favorite songs.

Doug Goodhart and Kelly Werts will round out the evening’s musical ensemble on guitar, fiddle, penny whistle, mandola, percussion, lute, banjo and accordion.

11:47

14. Connie Dover & Bob Walkenhorst – “The Water is Wide” (Live)

Connie has shows coming up in New Mexico.

Bob Walkenhorst performs Wednesday nights at 7:00 the recordBar.

An Evening with Connie Dover and Friends with special guest: Bob Walkenhorst, Friday May 3, 7:30 pm, at Prospero’s Uptown @ Cafe Caliban, 3600 Broadway. More Info at: (816) 931-2665 or prosperosbookstore.com or facebook.com/ProsperosUptownBooks. Limited seating.

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

Sources for notes: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

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May 1 – Molly Picture Club + Bobcat Barker + Middle of The Map Film Fest + Connie Dover & Bob Walkenhorst

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Molly Picture Club + Bobcat Barker +
Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch & Middle of The Map Film Fest
+ Connie Dover & Bob Walkenhorst

Mark plays more New & Local Releases from: Cindy Woolf, Molly Picture Club, Bobcat Barker, The Grisly Hand, Mount Moriah, The Black Angels, Iron & Wine, The Flaming Lips, Efterklang, and we’ll also play: Jeff Buckley.

Molly Picture Club
Photograph by Chad Cogdill

At 10:15 Mark talks with members of the Kansas City based band Molly Picture Club about their new EP “In My Own Time Machine” that is set to be released in a special show, May 4, at The Brick, with Rev Gusto and In Back of a Black Car. More info at: mollypictureclub.com

At 10:35, we’ll talk with members of Bobcat Barker. The band includes: Willy Christie, Jacob Kruger, Jason Nash, and Milton Vargas. Bobcat Barker play their first live show at Front/Space, 217 W. 18th St., KCMO, on May 3 at 7:00pm, with Jorge Arana Trio. more info at: facebook.com/bobcatbarker

At 11:15, Mark talks with Chris Haghirian and Nathan Reusch about the Middle of the Map Film Fest, May 1 at 5:00pm through May 5 at 10:30pm at Alamo Drafthouse, 1400 Main Street, KCMO, featuring over 25 feature films, with parties, and live musical performances. For more information visit: middleofthemapfest.com.

At 10:35 Bob Walkenhorst & Connie Dover join us to talk about: An Evening with Connie Dover and Friends with special guest: Bob Walkenhorst, Friday May 3, 7:30 pm, at Prospero’s Uptown @ Cafe Caliban, 3600 Broadway, #107 (next to Papa Murphy’s & the Uptown Theater). Tickets: $12 in advance $15 day of the show. Info at: (816) 931-2665 or prosperosbookstore.com or facebook.com/ProsperosUptownBooks. Limited seating.

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WMM Playlist from April 24, 2013

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Grisly Hand + Sneaky Creeps +
Bach Aria Soloists + Artist Judith Levy’s “NV in KC”

1. The Grisly Hand – “If You Say So”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013

10:05 – Interview with The Grisly Hand

The Grisly Hand, is a Kansas City based, six member band that first started playing live in 2009. The current line up includes: Jimmy Fitzner (Guitar and Vocals), Lauren Krum (Vocals and Percussion), Johnny Nichols (Bass and Vocals), Matt Richey (Drums), Mike Stover (Steel Guitar), and Ben Summers (Guitar and Mandolin). The band’s debut release “Safe House” was release in November of 2010. Their EP “Western Avenue” was one of our Best Recordings of 2012 . The Grisly Hand are now releasing their new full-length recording, “Country Singles” with a special concert, Friday, April 26, at 7:00 at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, KCMO. More info at: thegrislyhand.com

Lauren Krum and Mike Stover joined us live in the studio.

This band shares Matt Richey and Mike Stover with a few other bands including Dead Voices. Matt also plays with Tiny Horse and Victor & Penny. Mike also plays with Mr. Marcos V7, and three other bands.

The Grisly Hand will be headlining the Spring Dance – Spice of Life Productions 10th Anniversary, on Saturday, May 18, at Crossroads KC at Grinders, 8:00pm, with My Brothers & Sisters, and Starhaven Rounders.

This weekend The Grisly Hand is releasing their third recording. The cover of the new record “Country Singles” is a photograph where more than half of the frame is taken up by a blacktop country road, with four or five semi-trucks parked in the top left corner on the horizon with the big blue sky behind and the sun setting behind a line of bare trees.

“Country Singles” contains rousing country, truckstop spirited, tracks, but there is also the beautiful “Blind Horse” which is just Lauren’s voice with a piano. This song transcends category and displays the special vocal abilities of Lauren Krum. Mike Stover talked about how that track came to be after a piano had just been delivered to Element Studios.

10:15

2. The Grisly Hand – “Municipal Farm Blues”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013

10:15

“Safe House” gave us the anthem “Paris of the Plains” and many great songs that defined who and where. “Country Singles” has some introspective songs looking inside. Lauren talked about the songwriting process for the band.

Kian Byrne left the band to work full time in his family band The Elders, but it sounds like Mike Stover’s steel guitar has come into take the place of Kian’s fiddle in the composition of The Grisly Hand’s beautiful sound.

Bill Sundahl describes the band: “A mixture of down home and metropolitan Country, Blues, Rock, Bluegrass, and just the right infusion of Soul is what sets them apart from their peers, yet invites you in to the party. Brilliant!”

Friday night, April 26, is the “Country Singles'” CD Release Party at Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester St, with: She’s A Keeper and Trevor McSpadden, lead singer of Chicago’s Hoyle Brothers. More info at: thegrislyhand.com

10:25

3. The Grisly Hand – “Coal & Black”
from: Country Singles / Independent / April 26, 2013

4. Soft Reeds – “Pregnant Actress”
from: Blank City / The Record Machine / Tuesday, April 23, 2013

[Soft Reeds play a Kansas City Album Release Party, Friday, April 26, at the Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, with Be/Non, and Rev Gusto.]

10:31 – Underwriting

10:32

5. Sneaky Creeps – “Mom Needs A Vacation”
from: December Demos / Independent / 2013
[Downloaded form their SoundCloud page.]

10:35 – Interview with William Andrew Erdrich, Max Crutcher, and Isaac (the new bass player) of Sneaky Creeps

William Andrew Erdrich & Max Crutcher met while going to KCAI. Their second release “The Thin Man Wigs Out” was on of our favorite recordings of 2012. The band recently brought in a bass player, Isaac, and are now a three piece again and have been recording new music. SNEAKY CREEPS kick off their tour with a special concert, Wednesday, May 1, at The Roost, 1100 Santa Fe, KCMO, with LAZY, and YUCKRATZ.

10:52

6. Sneaky Creeps – “Worn Out”
from: December Demos / Independent / 2013
[Downloaded form their SoundCloud page.]

7. David Bowie – “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”
from: The Next Day / ISO Records – Columbia / March 12, 2013
[Bowie’s first new music in 10 years. In the works for over 2 years, Bowie is collaborated with longtime producer Tony Visconti who told the BBC that they worked on the new album at a very slow pace. “We never spent more than two to three weeks at a time recording,” Visconti said. “And then we’d take off as much as two months. We’d usually work on one or two songs in an afternoon and we’d whip them up to shape where they’d sound like great rock tracks. At that point there wouldn’t be any final vocals or lyrics. This is the same way I’d been working with him since The Man Who Sold the World. He hasn’t really changed in his approach.” Toward the end of Bowie’s 2004 tour in Europe the singer underwent emergency heart surgery for a blocked artery. There were rumors about Bowie’s health. Visconti told the BBC “He’s a very healthy man… I couldn’t explain how I know that, but I worked with a very healthy David Bowie in the studio and a very happy David Bowie in the studio.”]

11:00 – Station ID

8. Swimming in Speakers – “In Knowing”
from: Guessing The Others / Independent / February 5, 2013
[Debut full-length recording from Christopher Clarke & Meadow Elizabeth. Christopher Clarke was a professional actor in Kansas City after graduating from UMKC’s professional actor training program at the conservatory. After living and working in Prague, Christopher landed back in Adirondack Park, New York where Swimming in Speakers was formed, and ignited the rich Northeastern music scene with strong live performances and an impressive EP that twice landed them on episodes of Grey’s Anatomy. The band mixes indie ambient synth-pop, toe-tapping freak folktronica, and Christopher Clarke’s multi-layered production with Meadow Elizabeth’s hypnotic vocals.]

9. Palace – “Treetop Lover”
from: Single remix release / The Record Machine / March 2013
[St. Louis based band: Matthew James: Vocals/ Guitar/ Canadian-Tuxedos, Danny James: Drums/ Vocals/ Mustaches, Phil Grooms: Trumpet/Bass/Tall, Josh Eaker: Bass/fuzz, Crystal Owens: Vocals/X-bells]

[Palace returns to KC to open for COWBOY INDIAN BEAR’s KC ALBUM RELEASE PARTY! Thurs. April 25, 8:00pm, at Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, 3402 Main St, KCMO, w/ Heartfelt Anarchy]

11:10 – Interview with Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe, and Jeff Harshbarger

Elizabeth Suh Lane, has been acclaimed, “…among the finest chamber musicians in America today” by San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. She has performed across the globe as a chamber, solo and orchestral musician in the finest concert halls. Elizabeth is founder-Executive-Artistic Director and violinist of the Bach Aria Soloists. Her leadership has brought world-class collaborations to Kansas City to partner with the ensemble.

Beau Bledsoe comes from a large musical family in Little Rock, Arkansas. While in high school, he obtained a handful of old records from the Spanish guitar masters and began his formal studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, graduating with honors and receiving top prizes from regional music competitions. Beau relocated to the graduate guitar program at the University of Missouri-KC Conservatory of Music and has continued his professional career collaborating with Nathan Granner, composer/pianist Brad Cox, and the ensemble, Alaturka.

Jeff Harshbarger, was voted Kansas City’s Best Bassist by Pitch Magazine in 2007, has ecorded and performed across the globe with such varied groups as Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Bobby Watson, Curtis Fuller, Forever Tango, Eugene Chadborne, Mitt Abel, Tango and dozens more. He is the curator of Jeff Harshbarger Presents: An Alternative Jazz Series, promoting new improvised music in Kansas City.

The Bach Aria Soloists: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe, and Jeff Harshbarger perform Tango music LIVE in our 90.1 FM studios. And we’ll talk with these amazing musicians about their upcoming concert, “A Night of Tango,” on April 27, at 8:00 PM at HELZBERG HALL, in The Kauffman Center For the Performing Arts. The show highlights the rich music of Astor Piazzolla and his Piazzolla quintet, with legendary Tango master Héctor Del Curto.

10. Bach Aria Soloists: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe, & Jeff Harshbarger – “Libertango” (Live)

11. Bach Aria Soloists: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe – “Bordel 1900” (Live)

11:30 – Underwriting

11:32

12. Lyal Strickland– “Every Time It Starts To Rain”
from: Balanced On Barbed Wire / Independent / 2013
[From Buffalo Missouri]

[Lyal Strickland plays Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester Ave, KCMO, Thurs, April 25, at 7:30pm]

13. Diana Krall – “We Just Couldn’t Say GoodBye”
from: Glad Rag Doll (Deluxe Edition) / Verve Music Group / Oct. 27, 2012

[Diana Krall plays The Midland Theatre, Wednesday, May 1, at 8:00pm.]

14. Tim Coons – “Envy”
from: The Deadly Sins and Beatitudes / Tim Coons / Oct. 8, 2008
[Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Tim Coons in now based in Greely, Colorado.]

11:35 – Interview with Judith Levy

Artist & Filmmaker, Judith Levy was the recipient of the Artopia, Visual Artist of the Year, by The Pitch Newspaper, 2012. Her work has been presented in multiple galleries in Kansas City as well as Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Winnipeg to name a few. Her 2012 video “On The Seventh Day” was sceened at film festivals across the country including the Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Judith joins us to discuss her new film, “NV in KC,” a community filmmaking project funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation Rocket Grant Award. The film takes place in the vibrant art world of present-day Kansas City. The film will have it’s premiere Thursday May 2, at the Tivoli Cinema in Kansas City, and on May 9, at the Lawrence Arts Center, in Lawrence, Kansas. More info at: nvinkc.com or judithglevy.com.

“NV in KC” combines performers and actors playing fictional characters in scripted scenes with real life documentary interviews conducted by you with notable arts leaders.

11:40

15. Audio Clip #2 from “NV in KC” Jealousy Vs. Envy – Erin McGrane (:35)

16. Audio Clip #3 from “NV in KC” Featuring Julian Zugazagoitia (1:04)

Well-known local performers, and notable arts leaders appear in the film: De De DeVille, Carol Holstead, Judith G. Levy, Erin McGrane, Shannon Michalski, Garry Noland, Jaimie Warren, Rachael Cozad, Saralyn Reece Hardy, Sherry Leedy, Raechell Smith, Julian Zugazagoitia. How did you find the cast?

The film is a diary-like tale about artist Lee J. Ross’ (played by Judith Levy) efforts to come to terms with her own envious feeling and those of her friends.

Kansas City’s May 2nd Tivoli Screening is SOLD OUT!

May 9, 2013 at 7:00 pm, At The Lawrence Art Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Lawrence, KS., (785) 843-2787

A community filmmaking project funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation Rocket Grant

NV in KC: a story about artists and envy in Kansas City is a humorous and probing film set in the vibrant art world of present-day Kansas City. Well-known, local performers and notable arts leaders star in this diary-like tale about artist Lee J. Ross’ efforts to come to terms with her own envious feeling and those of her friends. Invented narrative is blended with documentary-like interviews to tell a story that was filmed in Lawrence and Kansas City and captures the complexity of a challenging emotion.

The film was made possible through the support of the Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art.

11:45

17. Audio Clip from “NV in KC” Success & Failure: Saralyn Reece Hardy(1:25)

“NV in KC” will have it’s premiere Thursday May 2, at the Tivoli Cinema in Kansas City, and on May 9, at the Lawrence Arts Center, in Lawrence, Kansas. More info at: nvinkc.com or judithglevy.com

11:59:30

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

Sources for notes: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

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April 24 – The Grisly Hand + Sneaky Creeps + Bach Aria Soloists + Artist Judith Levy

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Grisly Hand + Sneaky Creeps +
Bach Aria Soloists + Artist Judith Levy’s “NV in KC”

Mark plays New & Local Releases from: The Grisly Hand, Soft Reeds, Sneaky Creeps, David Bowie, Swimming in Speakers, Palace, Lyal Strickland, Diana Krall, Tim Coons, Iron & Wine, and The Flaming Lips.

The Grisly Hand

At 10:05 Mark talks with members of the Kansas City based band, The Grisly Hand who are releasing their new full-length recording, “Country Singles” with a special concert, Friday, April 26, at 7:00 at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, KCMO. More info at: thegrislyhand.com

At 10:35, we’ll talk with William Andrew Erdrich & Max Crutcher of the band Sneaky Creeps. We’ll feature some of their newest recordings and talk about their upcoming shows and tour. More info at: sneakycreeps.bandcamp.com

At 11:10, the Bach Aria Soloists: Elizabeth Suh Lane, Beau Bledsoe, and Jeff Harshbarger perform Tango music LIVE in our 90.1 FM studios. We’ll talk with these amazing musicians about their upcoming concert, “A Night of Tango,” on April 27, at 8:00 PM at HELZBERG HALL, in The Kauffman Center For the Performing Arts. The show highlights the rich music of Astor Piazzolla and his Piazzolla quintet, with legendary Tango master Héctor Del Curto, one of the world’s leading bandoneónists, and Jazz/Tango pianist Alon Yavani.

At 11:35, Artist & Filmmaker, Judith Levy joins us to discuss her new film, “NV in KC,” a community filmmaking project funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation Rocket Grant Award. The film is humorous and probing and set in the vibrant art world of present-day Kansas City. Well-known, local performers and notable arts leaders star in this diary-like tale about artist Lee J. Ross’ efforts to come to terms with her own envious feeling and those of her friends. Invented narrative is blended with documentary-like interviews to tell a story that was filmed in Lawrence and Kansas City and captures the complexity of a challenging emotion. The film will have it’s premiere Thursday May 2, at the Tivoli Cinema in Kansas City, and on May 9, at the Lawrence Arts Center, in Lawrence, Kansas. More info at: nvinkc.com or judithglevy.com

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

Show #470

WMM Playlist from: April 17, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Dead Voices + Ben Grimes of Soft Reeds +
and 90.1 FM’s Band Auction with…
Two Headed Cow + The Depth and The Whisper + Dollar Fox

1. Soft Reeds -“Funny Patterns”
from: Blank City / The Record Machine / April 26, 2013

2. Dead Voices – “Dream Notes”
from: Dead Voices [EP] / Independent / April 20, 2013

10:09 – Interview with David Regnier, Jason Beers, and Matt Richey of Dead Voices + Ben Grimes of Soft Reeds

The Kansas City Super-Group, Dead Voices were formed in September of 2010. The band includes: David Regnier, Jason Beers, Matt Richey, Michael Stover, Marco Pascolini, and sometimes Lauren Krum who sings with David on “Pardoning” from the new EP. The band is releasing their six-song debut EP with a special live performance, this Saturday, April 20, at 10:00 at the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. with Austerity Measures, and The Ants. More info at: facebook.com/deadvoices

David Regnier was part of critically acclaimed band The Afterparty, that released three full-length recordings. He formed Dead Voices with Jason Beers of The Brannock Device, and Mike Stover and Matt Richey of The Grisly Hand, and Marco Pascolini who plays in The Brannock Device with Jason, and is founder of Mr. Marcos V7 and band that also includes Mike Stover. Also joining the band on a semi regular basis is Lauren Krum who aside from her work as lead vocalist with The Grisly Hand, also sings with David as the duo Ruddy Swain.

Ben Grimes leads the band, Soft Reeds, releasing their new full-length recording, “Blank City” from The Record Machine. Soft Reeds play a Kansas City Album Release Party, Friday, April 26, at the Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, with Be/Non, and Rev Gusto. More info at: softreeds.com

“Blank City” is the follow up to the Soft Reeds 2010 debut full-length release “Soft Reeds Are Bastards.”

Ben is originally from Chicago. Many of us came to know hismusic through the Astralwerks Records signed band, Golden Republic. Ben talked about seeing the music industry from so many perspectives.

Mark also talked with Ben about his love for, Bowie, Eno, music of the “Berlin Trilogy. “ Ben promised to come back on a future show as aguest producer and play the music that has inspired him.

Soft Reeds new album “Blank City” is being released this week and Soft Reeds play a Kansas City Album Release Party, Friday, April 26, at the Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, with Be/Non, and Rev Gusto. More info at: softreeds.com

Dead Voices is releasing their six-song debut EP with a special live performance, this Saturday, April 20, at 10:00 at the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. with Austerity Measures, and The Ants. More info at: facebook.com/deadvoices

Matt Richey and Mike Stover play with The Grisly Hand, who also have a new record, coming out this month.

10:29

3. The Grisly Hand – “Phineas Gage”
from: Country Singles / Independent / 2010

10:31 – Underwriting

10:32 – Two Headed Cow

Two Headed Cow is: Bj McArthur, Tod Davis, Ike Goletz on bass and Matt Waddell on drums.

4. Two Headed Cow –”Flower Girls”
from: Zen Again / Saunders Street Records / March 22, 2013

“Zen Again” was recorded with Saunders StreetRecords.

Two Headed Cow will be playing LIVE at It’s Beautiful Day on 4/20.

10:40

5. Two Headed Cow – “A Little Bit Closer”
from: Zen Again / Saunders Street Records / March 22, 2013

11:48

6. Two Headed Cow – “Signs and Wonders”
from: Zen Again /Saunders Street Records / March 22, 2013

For more information you can visit:myspace.com/twoheadedcowmusic or facebook.com/TwoHeadedCowRevernation.com/TwoHeadedCow

11:55

7. Two Headed Cow – “Tao Jones”
from: Zen Again / Saunders Street Records / March 22, 2013

11:00 – The Depth and The Whisper

8. The Depth and The Whisper – “Be Together”
from: One Steady Breath / Independent / June 28, 2011
[Produced and recorded by John Velghe at Guttersnipe recording. This song features Albert Bickley and Dave Tanner, the principle musicians and songwriters, with Troy VanHorn on lead guitar, Go Go Ray on Drums, John Velghe on keyboards and backing vocals and Elaine McMilian on backing vocals.]

11:04

A KC native, Albert Bickley has been writing, recording and performing original music for years. Dave Tanner, a Canadian who calls Parkville, MO, home, has played bass in many bands through the years and also currently plays in Liverpool: A Tribute to The Beatles. Together Albert Bickley and Dave Tanner formed The Depth and The Whisper in late 2010 as a vehicle to share new songs and ideas.

Dave Tanner & Albert Bickley, and drummer Kelsey Cook joined us live in the studio.

In 2011 The Depth and The Whisper released their debut EP of six songs, titled “One Steady Breath” that was created with musician, producer and recording engineer – John Velghe who captured the band’s sound at his at Guttersnipe Recording Co. during the spring of 2011.

The song “Be Together” was used in a short film produced by people at Hallmark

11:08

9. The Depth and TheWhisper – “Waiting for the World To End” (LIVE)

Albert Bickley plays CODA, Thursday, April 25, with Laura Lisbeth.

The Depth and The Whisper play Flywheel Coffee House in KCK, Fri, April 26.

The Depth and The Whisper play recordBar, Fri, June 28, with Adam Marsden.

10. The Depth and The Whisper – “Too Late To Be Your Fool” (LIVE)
also available on: One Steady Breath / Independent / June28, 2011

The band is currently working on songs for a new recordingto follow “One Steady Breath.”

Albert talked about playing in NYC.

11:25

11. The Depth and TheWhisper – “Highway”
from: Demo / Independent / 2012

11:29 – Underwriting

11:30 – Dollar Fox (Interview with Justin Penney)

12. Dollar Fox –“Letter”
from: Little Mother’s Things I Am Keeping / Money Wolf Music / Oct. 27, 2012
[Recorded by Patrick Meager at Fuzz Bomb. Produced by Megerand Dollar Fox. Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. 7th release from Money Wolf Music. Dollar Fox: Tommy Donoho, Justin Penney, Nick Dothage, Ethan Taylor, Ryan Watkins.]

Tommy Donoho, Justin Penney, Ryan Watkins, Nick Dothage, and Ethan Taylor,
are Dollar Fox.

The band plays accordions, banjo, bass, drums, guitars, mandolin, piano, upright bass and vocals. You all have been very busy since releasing Little Mother’s Things I am Keeping. The HomeGuard Festival, Middle of The Map Festival, Money Wolf Music.

11:38

13. Dollar Fox – I Don’t Remember Names”
from: Little Mother’s Things I Am Keeping / Money Wolf Music / Oct. 27, 2012
[Recorded by Patrick Meager at Fuzz Bomb. Produced by Meger and Dollar Fox. Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. 7th release from Money Wolf Music. Dollar Fox: Tommy Donoho, Justin Penney, Nick Dothage, Ethan Taylor, Ryan Watkins.]

Dollar Fox play Knuckleheads on May 24th at with The Rumblejetts and The Deadstring Brothers. The band plays O’Malley’s in Weston on July 14th and 15th.

Money Wolf Music is currently working on the next Rumblejetts album.

Money Wolf Music is re-printing the sampler handed out at Middle of the Map Fest.

10:48

14. Dollar Fox – “Whiskey Tonight”
from: Whiskey Tonight / Independent / 2011

10:52

15. Dollar Fox – “Hollow As A Ghost”
from: Little Mother’s Things I Am Keeping / Money Wolf Music / Oct. 27, 2012
[Recorded by Patrick Meager at Fuzz Bomb. Produced by Meger and Dollar Fox. Mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. 7th release from Money Wolf Music. Dollar Fox: Tommy Donoho, Justin Penney, Nick Dothage, Ethan Taylor, Ryan Watkins.]

11:59:30

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

Sources for notes: artist’s websites and wikipedia.org

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

Show #469

April 17 – Dead Voices, Soft Reeds, The Depth and The Whisper, Two Headed Cow, and Dollar Fox, LIVE!

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Dead Voices + Ben Grimes of Soft Reeds +
and 90.1 FM’s Band Auction with…
Two Headed Cow + The Depth and The Whisper + Dollar Fox

Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Soft Reeds, Dead Voices, The Grisly Hand, Two Headed Cow, The Depth and The Whisper and Dollar Fox.

Soft Reeds at Gusto Lounge, Photo by Sherman Breneman

At 10:00 Mark talks with Ben Grimes about his band, Soft Reeds, and the new release, “Blank City” from The Record Machine. Soft Reeds play a Kansas City Album Release Party, Friday, April 26, at the Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, with Be/Non, and Rev Gusto. More info at: softreeds.com

Dead Voices. Photo by Mat “SLIMM” Adkins

At 10:15 Mark talks with members of the Kansas City Super-Group, Dead Voices. Formed in September of 2010, the band includes: David Regnier, Jason Beers, Matt Richey, Michael Stover, and sometimes Marco Pascolini and Lauren Krum. The band is releasing their six-song debut EP with a special live performance, Saturday, April 20, at 10:00 at the recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. with Austerity Measures, and The Ants. More info at: facebook.com/deadvoices

At 10:30 Wednesday MidDay Medley participates in 90.1 FM’s biggest band auction ever with more than 100 area bands. Listeners call 888-931-0901 during each band’s segment to place a bid. The highest bidder gets a 2-hour concert for an upcoming birthday, anniversary, block party, company picnic, or bar mitzvah. The band auction supports 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio. For info or to pre-bid visit: kkfi.org

Two Headed Cow at Czar

At 10:30 – Two Headed Cow bring their incredible songs back to Wednesday MidDay Medley. They’ll play LIVE and give YOU the chance to make a bid. Two Headed Cow was formed by Bj McArthur and Tod Davis who moved to Kansas City from Pensacola Florida. Once in KC they changed their name to: Two Headed Cow for a more regional appeal. They are currently releasing their brand new recording, “Zen Again” from Saunders Street Records. Two Headed Cow will be playing LIVE at It’s Beautiful Day on 4/20. More info at: myspace.com/twoheadedcowmusic.

Call 888-931-0901 to bid.

The Depth and The Whisper

At 11:00 – The Depth and The Whisper join us live in our 90.1 FM studios. Kansas City musicians Albert Bickley and Dave Tanner formed The Depth and The Whisper in late 2010 as an avenue to share new songs and ideas. Since then, the songwriting duo have pulled together some of the area’s best musical talents to bring the compositions to life on stage and in the studio. The Depth and The Whisper release their debut recording in the summer of 2011, an EP of six songs titled One Steady Breath. More info at: thedepthandthewhisper.com

[The Depth and The Whisper play CODA, Thursday, April 25 with Albert Solo and Laura Lisbeth. The Depth and The Whisper play Flywheel Coffee House in KCK, Friday, April 26. The Depth and The Whisper play the recordBar,Friday, June 28, with Adam Marsden.]

Call 888-931-0901 to bid.

Dollar Fox

At 11:00 – Dollar Fox returns for their third year with 90.1 FM KKFI’s Band Auction, to share music from their critically acclaimed recordings, released through Money Wolf Music. Dollar Fox is Ethan Taylor, Justin Penney, Nick Dothage, Ryan Watkins and Tommy Donoho III. They play accordions, banjo, bass, drums, guitars, mandolin, piano, upright bass and vocals. Dollar Fox is always playing and working on new material. There is always a bidding war for Dollar Fox, so call early! More info at: dollarfox.com

Call 888-931-0901 to bid.

Bids start at $200.00
For more info or to pre-bid visit: kkfi.org
Tune in on 90.1 FM KKFI or streaming live at kkfi.org

Show #469

WMM Playlist from April 10, 2013

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Mark Manning

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

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Marion Merritt’s Musical Discoveries
+ Paul Draper & Brandon Draper

Marion Merritt joined us as our special guest producer and co-host, to share information from her musically-encyclopedic-brain. Marion Merritt is the co-creator of the blog: a2-m3.com providing information about: Music, Film, Art, Books, Television, Technology, with links, downloads, and articles keeping us current with the latest musical and film news.

1. Dimitri From Paris – “Prologue, Sacreblu”

2. N*Grandjean – “Shift To Reverse”
from: Carrying Stars / Music For Dreams / June 30, 2008

3. Rhye – “The Fall”
from: Woman / Polydor Records / March 5, 2013
[Debut release from Rhye, a musical duo based in Los Angeles, California, made up of: Mike Milosh, from Canada, and Robin Hannibal, from Denmark. Milosh had previously released albums as Milosh, and Hannibal had previously recorded as Quadron. Recorded in Copenhagen and Los Angeles, their sound brings together elements of their modern cultural aesthetics mixed withan homage to classic sensibilities; lush strings and melodies intertwined with simple electronic production and soft and sultry vocals – a marriage between refined decadence and modern elegance]