Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…So Far! (Part 2) + Steve Tulipana + Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, and Sandra Draper

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
   from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979

2. Redder Moon – “Drown The Fire”
   from: If You’re Falling, Dive / Redder Moon / April 25, 2025
   [Produced by: Jeremiah James Gonzales. Engineered and Mixed by: Jeremiah James Gonzales, Brody Lowe, Ross Brown. All instruments and Songwriting: Jeremiah James Gonzales with content contributions by: Jason Scott, Brody Lowe, Eric B Lopez, Lauren Chavez. // Redder Moon is a Kansas City based band led by Jeremiah James Gonzales and Brodie Lowe using analog synths, dark dance beats, dreamy guitars, we create Mono No Aware music.. The band began as one of Gonzales’ many music projects, although more electronic than his other work with Knife Crime, Be/Non, Rhunes, Elevator Division, Umberto. Brody Lowe moved to KC from Portland, and met Jeremiah in 2019. The band released their EP, LAND OF THE BLIND on June 13, followed by an album, HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE, on November 5, 2021. ]

[Redder Moon plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd., KCMO on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00pm with Nite, Immortal Girlfriend, and Bobcat Attack.]

3. Keo & Them – “Eyesore”
   from: “Eyesore” – Single / Midtopia / March 14, 2025
   [The new single marks a sonic departure from previous Keo & Them releases, something bandleader Keo notes is by design and a welcome change from previous material from the group. // Keo & Them released their single “Fire”on March 15, 2024. // Keo & Them released their 7-track album, THIS TIME AROUND on October 28, 2023. // When Neo-soul meets funk, meets R&B, meets pop, meets hip hop & even rock sometimes. Keo & Them released the single “Fool Me Once” on October 6, 2023 on Midtopia. Leo & Them released the three song single “Don’t Say” with “Be Still” and “Money Grooves (feat. Greg Spero)” on June 2, 2023 on Midtopia. And earlier “Money Grooves (feat. Greg Spero)” was release by itself on March 2, 2023. For Wichita-based, Texas-raised singer/songwriter Keo, making music is as much about the one creates and the songs one writes as it is about making deeper connections with the other people partaking in an artistic journey. From the unique flavors, perspectives, and performances they each contribute, Keo finds the “Them” that brings her project Keo & Them full circle. // First formed and conceptualized by Keo in 2018, the collective consists of Keo and a revolving door of musicians and collaborators, each of whose contributions would leave an indelible mark on the project’s ever-adapting sound that merges the worlds of 70’s pop and R&B with the moody glow of contemporary neo-soul and beyond. For Keo, the project’s sole constant member, the fluid line-up allowed her to become immersed and acquainted with a Wichita music scene she was completely new to and overwhelmed by. Through meeting, jamming, and performing with the Kansas town’s tight-knit and eclectic music scene in which Keo found something akin to a family. More info at: https://linktr.ee/keoandthem [Keo & Them played Outer Reaches Fest, on Sat, Oct. 14 at recordBar.]

[Keo & Them play recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO, Fri, July 25, 7:30pm with Jamogi & The Jammers]

10:07 – Pledge Break #1

Today is part 2 of our 3-week series: WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

We bring you this special show as part of our KKFI Summer Fund Drive with special co-hosts:

Betse Ellis. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Betse received her Bachelors of Arts in Music and a Bachelors of Arts in English, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. For nearly 50 years she has been playing the violin and fiddle professionally and also working as a teacher of music. Betse was a founding member of the acclaimed internationally known band, The Wilders. Betse has released two acclaimed solo records, and records & performs with the bands: Little Miss Dynamite, The Starhaven Rounders, Ernest James Zydeco, and with her husband, multi-instrumentalist Clarke Wyatt, as the internationally known, Betse & Clarke.

Betse Ellis, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Mikal Shapiro is the creator and co-host and producer of Siren Song, Saturdays at 11:00 AM on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio. Mikal is also the co-founder of River Trade Radio on 90.1 FM. Mikal Shapiro is the coordinator of the annual Kansas City Folk Fest. They are also founder of State City Films creating documentary and experimental filmmaking practices. A third generation storyteller, they draw inspiration from their travels, love life, and the state of the Union. Mikal studied Film History, Film, & Writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. They received their MFA in Film/Video/New Media/Animation from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Artist, filmmaker, puppeteer, ring-leader, Mikal Shapiro is a KC songwriter whose musical influences span popular songs, psych rock, lounge, classic country and old time spirituals. They have toured extensively across the United States and have recorded 5 critically acclaimed albums. Mikal records and performs with their band The Musical. They also perform with Shapiro Brothers, and Monta At Odds, and Religion of Heartbreak.

Mikal Shapiro, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Sandra Draper is a member of KKFI’s Board of Directors, Sandra was born in Kansas City and attended Paseo High School. Sandra became a student at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and eventually returning to Kansas City to complete her last year graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree studying history and communications at University of Missouri at Kansas City. She is the mother of four children three sons and one daughter. While her children were all born on different years 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981 two of her sons were born on the same day, and her daughter and other son were also born on the same day. For the past year Sandra has been volunteering at KKFI and has been in training to host and produce her own radio show, Silky San’s Soul Sensation coming soon in the overnight hours on 90.1 FM

Sandra Draper, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio is Non-Commercial, and that means that three times a year, we interrupt our regular programming, to ask our listeners, to help us continue our unique, 24-7 programming. For 37 years 90.1 FM KKFI has been on the air. While the spirit of this station is kept alive by hundreds of volunteers who passionately donate their time and abilities to keep the transmission of our 100,000-watt-signal alive. We are operated by a not-for-profit organization, incorporated over 45 years ago, called The MidCoast Radio Project. We are a non-profit, with a dedicated paid staff of four incredible individuals, and hundreds of volunteers, who donate thousands of hours every year, producing radio shows, training new hosts & producers, developing new radio shows, serving our vast community landscape with music and news, information and stories that reflect the many communities we serve. We do all of this because of YOU and it is because of our incredible listeners.

You’re the reason we’re able to stay alive and on the airwaves for all of these past 37 years.

90.1 FM KKFI is “Radio Powered By Diversity” For 37 Years our Kansas City Area Community Speaks Through our Airwaves and this Program.

So far… in 2025 on Wednesday MidDay Medley Mark has interviewed 106 Guests: Krystle Warren, elska, Michelle Bacon, Mike Dillon, Peregrine Honig, Malek Azrael, Joshua Luke, Izzy Vivas, Julie Bennet Hume, Doug Hitchcock, Diana Watts, Kevin King, Daniel Gum, Chris Garibaldi, Mark Henning, Ross Brown, Miquel Antonio, Daniel Cole, Paul Seiz, Cody Ryan Stapleton, Matt Muckenthaler, Nathan Reusch, Zach Lamun, Les Izmore, Charlie Colborne, Billy Belzer, T.A. Rell, Just Angel, Dylan Pease, Andy Wooden, Betse Ellis, Rachel Christia, Mikal Shapiro, Seth Davis, Evan Verploegh, Shanté Clair, Benjamin Baker, SEYKO, Cole Bales, Cody Calhoun, Noah Cassity, Kole Waters, Alex May, Stephonne, Danielle Anderson, Zach Hodson, Valerie Schurman, Joe Frogge, Fally Afani, Til Willis, Heather Pontonio, Jose Faus, Elizabeth Bettendorf Bowman, Chico Sierra, Zo E., Jaclyn Danger, Simon Huntley, J. Ashley Miller, Grace Broadhead, Jason Turk, Sandra Draper, Enrique Chi, Julia Othmer, James T. Lundie, Alber, Jennie Ferguson, Scott Mize, Matt Kesler, Shaun Crowley, Paul Jesse, Alex Wong, Jen Kiper, David Luther, Sergio Anthony Gonzalez, Jeremiah James Gonzalez, Katlyn Conroy, Chris Catterall, Cheyenne Jackson, Kate McCandless, Moksha Sommer, Jemal Wade Hines, Chris Haghirian, James McGee, Meighan Peifer, Michael McQuary, Joey Arias, Lonnie Fisher, Tara Fisher, Adee Dancy aka Sisterbot, Hadiza., Suzannah Johannes, Keelon Van, Alyssa Murray, Ernest Melton, Mará Williams, J.M. Banks, Beth Watts Nelson, Spencer Thompson, Amanda Davis, Derek Trautwein, Dedric Moore, Rachel Lovelace, Kai McGarry, Alicia McGarry and Steve Tulipana.

10:15 – WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

4. Jamogi & The Jammers – “Hot Block (Flew The Coop Live)”
   from: Jamogi & The Jammers: Live at Flew The Coop Sessions (Flew The Coop Live) / Jam Tunes / April 11, 2025.
   [Jamogi is also know as Byron Hyde a Kanas City based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from Los Angeles, California. Jamogi released the single “Do It To Me” on March 28, 2025. // Jamogi released the single “Go Big or Go Home” on August 30, 2024, Jamogi released the single “Hot Block” on May 30, 2024. Jamogi released the EP, Star-Crossed Lover on March 3, 2023. Jamogi then released a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023.Jamogi previously released the AGE OF AQUARIUS EP on March 3, 2023, and the single “Celebration” on Dec. 9, 2022, and the single “Anymore” on May 6, 2022. // Jamogi played the ROCK IS BLACK—a celebration of Black artists in rock music, happening February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Zhou B Art Center, 1801 E 18th Street, KCMO. Rock is Black features: Malek Azrael & The Vibez, Jamogi and The Jammers, Stephonne, and Frankie Shorez & Mercy Fire. Kamogi and the Jammers played Boulevardia 2025]

[Jamogi & The Jammers play recordBar, 1520 Grand Ave., KCMO, on Friday, July 25 at 7:30pm with Keo & Them]

5. Saving Miles Lemon – “In The Night”
   from: You’re A Star – EP / Frequency / June 6, 2025
   [Performed by: Saving Miles Lemon. Written by: Miguel Silva-Leon. Produced by: Saving Miles Lemon. One of three new singles released in the last few months from Saving Miles Lemon. Saving Miles Lemon released “Hidden Inventory” on May 2, 2025. Saving Miles Lemon released “The Line” on March 28, 2025. // Saving Miles Lemon released “In The Night” on January 16. 2025// Saving Miles Lemom released the 13-track full-length album LOVELY/ on October 6, 2023. Saving Miles Lemon is the psychedelic-pop project of Miguel Silva-Leon. Formed in 2019 with the goal of releasing an album by the end of the year, the project has transformed into a full-blown musical odyssey for Miguel (who likes to go by Mig) to explore new sounds. It’s hard to define what genre Saving Miles Lemon fits into as they like to let the music go where it wants to go. From smooth dance pop, to blown-out stoner rock, Mig likes to keep things interesting and never stay with one sound for too long.​ // Having grown up learning to play the piano at the age of 7, Miguel found themselves picking up new instruments frequently from the clarinet, saxophone, and oboe to guitar/bass and drums. Just as with their instruments, Mig began practicing their production skills in high school with small bedroom projects and hardcore bands. In a way, nothing has changed, as all of Saving Miles Lemon’s music is recorded and produced entirely by Mig in their bedroom studio to this day. // Their live members include Jacob Frisbee (bass), James Wiltfang (keys), and Zeke Bockleman (drums). // As a live act, the band began performing in 2021 and quickly took over the DIY scene in Kansas City before moving on to the bar/venue scene with sold-out shows at The Rino (KCMO) and The Bottleneck (LFK). They’ve opened for national and international touring bands such as Cub Sport at The Encore at Uptown Theatre (KCMO). // Saving Miles Lemon has released two full-length LPs and a handful of singles.]

6. 2W33DY – “Why You So Mean”
   from: Why You So Mean / 2W33DY / February 7, 2025
   [Lead Guitar: Diyana; Drums and Pedal Steel: Bradford; Bass: Kennedy; Guitar and Vox: Kenia. // Recorded with Caufield Schnug. The band writes, “We recorded these tracks in Lawrence, KS with Caufield Shnug and his cozy studio. From there I took a lot of deliberating and experimenting with mixing and mastering. We ran each track through Brad’s tried and true marantz 8-Track and from there mixing and mastering was a team effort.” They go on to say, “We are excited to bring you more new music as we continue on our journey as the “most dangerous band in KC”.]

7. She Said – “Time”
   from: What! / May 10, 2025
   [Jennie Ferguson on vocals & guitar, Scott Mize on guitar, Doug Hitchcock on drums, and Matt Kesler, on bass. Matt Kesler and Scott Mize used to be in a band called Sylvan Grove. Lyrics by Jennie Ferguson, music by Jennie Ferguson and She Said. Produced by She Said. Recorded and Engineered by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound in Shawnee, Kansas. Mixing by Paul Malinowski and She Said. Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Jennie Ferguson and Scott Mize used to play in a band called Shotgun Solution. This was after the time of Jennie’s all-girl psych/pop band PMS. Doug Hitchcock has played with Matt Kesler in the Midtown Jazz Quartet. Doug has played with Freedie Johston, and the band Near Death Experience. Matt Kesler also plays in the famous bands The Pedajets and The Doo Dads.]

10:28 – Underwriting

10:23 – Pledge Break #2

Our WMM Summer Fund Drive Team: Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, & Sandra Draper

Today on WMM we are playing our Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025. 90.1 FM KKFI’s non-profit organization and governing body is the MidCoast Radio Project. MidCoastal is where we are, on the coasts of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers with a music community that spans the Kansas City Metro region and west to Lawrence and Topeka and south to Olathe and east to Columbia and North to St Joseph. Not necessarily the reach of our 100,000 watt signal but definitely the reach of our community.

WMM and KKFI are committed to featuring artists under-represented in other media, and that includes the music community that lives within KC and Lawrence and the radiance of our 100 watt signal. The story of KC’s Arts and Music Community is our primary focus on WMM, where for 21 years we have shined a light on the artists, the bands, the companies, the music venues, the music labels, the recording studios, the record stores, the radio stations, the music journalists, the music festivals, the music conservatories and schools, the music and art foundations, and New & MidCoastal musical releases.

Mark Manning and Wednesday MidDay Medley on 90.1 FM was the first to play the recordings of: Calvin Arsenia, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Krystle Warren, The ACBs, Rev. Gusto, The Black Creatures, The Shy Boys, The Salvation Choir, The Creepy Jingles, Ivory Blue, Stephonne, Collidescope, Miki P., Marmoppes, Juliette Frost, Kai McGarry. We were the first to interview these artists live on the radio and bring their music to a wider audience.

One way to learn more about KC’s Music Community is 21st Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Sat., Sept. 6, 3pm to Midnight, in West Bottoms at Lemonade Park, Stockyards Brewing, Livestock Exchange, The Campground, Voltaire, The Ox Cafe & Bakery(VIP Venue) with KRYSTLE WARREN / LAURA NOBLE & FRIENDS / THE MGDS / RUDY LOVE AND THE ENCORE / SEYKO / STRANDED IN THE CITY / FRIENDLY THIEVES / LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE / FLAT SUSAN / ROYAL CHIEF / SASS-A-BRAS / THE WHIPS / JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER / SARA SWENSON / TALIA KEYS / JELLY ROSE / MARIACHI ESTRELLA & GRUPO FOLKLÓRICO ALMA TAPATÍA / TERI QUINN & THE COYOTES / 3 TRAILS WEST / DJ THUNDERCUTZ / NATURE BOYS / TIMBERS / SKY SMEED / JULIE BENNETT HUME & ERNEST JAMES / DJ NANA G / LINEA FRONTERA / DYM N D / RURAL GRIT ALL STARS / THE APOLOGIES / JOHN KECK / OSEZUA / BOBBY SCHARPING / ART AS MENTORSHIP PRESENTS THE REBEL SONG ACADEMY Info at: http://www.cmfkc.com]

Timothy Finn in KC Star named WMM “The Best Place to Hear Local Music on the Radio.” and the Best Place to hear area musicians talk about their music.

10:37 – WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

8. RxGhost – “Sponsored Content”
   from: “Sponsored Content” – Singles / Celery Wolf / July 10, 2025
   [RxGhost is: Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass, and Jeremiah James Gonzales. Scaffolding was produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and Recording engineer by Josh Thomas. Music by RxGhost and Lyrics by Josh Thomas. RxGhost released their single “Anytime But Now” / “Undersaid” on March 14, 2025. RxGhost released their album Scaffolding on April 11, 2024, part of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2024. More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com]

9. Honestav – “Hurts To Fall In Love (Radio Edit)”
   from: hara-kiri (Deluxe) / Rebel Music / May 16, 2025
   [honestav is Av Freeman: a determined, kindred soul who, in the face of unimaginable odds and loss, found himself a breakout hit with 2024’s “I’d Rather Overdose” and a ticket out of rural Missouri. // Growing up the youngest of four brothers and a sister, he caught the music bug early: “They all wanted to be rockstars,” Av says. “I was a little kid going and watching my sixteen-year-old brother play screamo shows in bowling alleys and pizza joints. I was hooked. I wanted it bad.” // He split his time between his parents, spending half the month with his mother and half with his dad. “My mom was the worst tweaker ever,” he explains. “She lived in the hood and got arrested multiple times selling meth.” Life with his father was relatively stable, but still not comfortable. “There was no A.C. and no food,” Av says, “but I was going to school and playing sports. Half the month, I was the quarterback, and the other half, I was running around with no socks, smoking cigarettes with the worst kids.”// From the start, Av’s music was a response to tragedy; at age fifteen, Av found his brother dead from suicide. Amid this grief, Av adopted a tough-guy rap persona. He recorded music obsessively, releasing a song a week for over a hundred weeks in a row. “Literally for two years,” he says. “Sometimes I’d drop even more. I’d record four songs in a night and post two of them.” These years of experimentation reveal themselves in Av’s blend of folk and hip-hop, which sees scratchy verses layered over sensitive acoustic guitars. // After graduating high school, Av paid his bills selling weed. “I thought that’s how I was going to live,” he says. “I’d just be a dude that sells weed. I didn’t even think about the rockstar thing.” Then he got hired as a mover. He held that job for four years. “It was a grind, and I stayed up in the studio every night,” he remembers. “I’d go to work at 6:30 AM after being up until 4 AM recording music. It was draining.” // When Av started making jokes on TikTok, he believed he had finally found his way out. The social media platform paid for views, and his videos reached millions and millions of viewers. “At first I thought, ‘I’m about to get rich.’ I quit my job and shit. But I started spending all my money on studio time. I made enough to afford an apartment, but I was living out of my truck.” // But in January of 2024, tragedy struck again. Av’s father committed suicide. On the truck ride home, Av, through tears, wrote a new song documenting his emotions. Rushing to the studio, Av cut the track and uploaded it as had become routine. Almost overnight, “I’d Rather Overdose” exploded, cracking multiple Billboard charts and amassing over 70 million streams globally. The subsequent remix featuring MOD SUN, teased through an open verse challenge on TikTok, peaked at #21 on Alternative Radio. // “When my dad died, music turned into therapy for me,” Av says. “I’m not making songs to be cool anymore—this is what I gotta do to get through the day. I’m lucky that people hear it.” Now, following a bidding war between every major label, Av is on track to purchase his first home. Building on the success of “I’d Rather Overdose,” honestav released his debut EP, “hara-kiri,” on November 9th, which peaked at #10 on Apple Music’s Alternative Charts and garnered over 110 million streams across all platforms. The EP included the lead single, “Hurts To Fall in Love,” which received significant radio airplay success. // In 2024, honestav expanded his reach by embarking on a highly successful tour alongside MOD SUN and lovelytheband. His electrifying live performances led to sold-out shows in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri, as well as major cities like NYC and LA. These achievements underscore his growing fanbase and the widespread appeal of his music. Following the momentum of his debut EP and successful tours, honestav is excited to announce future projects, including his debut solo Midwest “No License Tour” slated for 2025, which promises to bring his heartfelt performances to even more fans across the region. // honestav belts rhymes about partying and drug addiction, self-loathing and suicide, stifling emotions and trying to open up. “When my brother killed himself, I turned into a punk ass sixteen-year-old,” he says. “When my dad did it, it hit different. It took a different spin. I’m a grown ass man now. If I wasn’t making these songs, I don’t think I’d be alive.” // Still, Av is shocked that this intimacy and introspection connected with such a wide audience. “It seems like people actually started to relate more when I stopped making music for everyone else,” he says. “That’s when they really started listening.” Despite his deep roots in the country, honestav has faced pressures from industry executives and even other artists to lean into familiar tropes of country music. However, Av has a strong sense of identity and remains true to his unique sound. “I grew up in the country, but I wasn’t farming,” he clarifies. “I’m from that, but I’m not that. My homies were farming, but I was riding dirt bikes and busting out windows.” // With the success he’s found by trusting his instincts, Av is determined to keep his music close to his heart, blending his background with his alternative influences to create something truly authentic. His authentic voice and unwavering dedication continue to inspire and connect with listeners around the world. // Honestav played Boulevardia, June 14]

10. Religion of Heartbreak – “Love Tourniquet”
    from: “Love Tourniquet” – Single / Kosmic City Recoirds / June 27, 2025
    [Religion of Heartbreak strike with their latest single “Love Tourniquet,” the first taste of their forthcoming EP Lunate due this September. Mikal Shapiro’s cool, detached vocals float over Dedric Moore’s pounding rhythms and bright-yet-gothic synths, resulting in the ideal soundtrack for stumbling through a fog-drenched nightclub where the lights have just cut out. // The track captures that intoxicating rush when desire floods the system—blood to the head, pulse in your throat—only to fade as quickly as it arrived, leaving you back on the dance floor, chasing the same high again. Moore’s growling bass anchors the swirling soundscape while subtle dark-disco elements lift the arrangement into urgency. // “Love Tourniquet” thrives where euphoria meets emptiness, where the black mirror of the dance floor reflects nothing but your own endless cycle of want. Repetition becomes ritual and desire becomes devotion. // Religion of Heartbreak formed out of a desire to make music with a darker dance floor focus. The combination of Mikal Shapiro’s vocals battling against Dedric’s icy synths, mechanized beats and dub-inflected electro-bass creates a juxtaposition that works in all the right ways. //Religion of Heartbreak delves into the sounds of Darkwave, EBM, and the darker side of Synth Pop. The grooves are there. The songs are clever and always filled with a sense of lost love as we follow our dark hearts. // ROH is the band formerly known as Monta At Odds. It was recently announced that Krysztof Nemeth was stepping away for Religion of Heatbreak to focus on his band ReViser also with Dedric Moore and with Breaka Dawn. // On February 3, 2025 Religion of Heartbreak released the 5 song EP Dream Reflection with Dedric Moore on vocals, guitar, synths, programming; Mikal Shapiro on vocals, Krysztof Nemeth: baritone guitar, electronic percussion; Alexander Thomas on electronic percussion on MGGG, Dream Reflection, Skeptic; Regan Moore on electronic percussion on Dark Hour of Meditation // Dream Reflection EP carries forward the motorized heartbeat of classic darkwave while forging its own metallic path. Drawing from EBM and Synth Pop traditions, this five-track release sees the Monta At Odds offshoot strip away unnecessary embellishments, leaving only the essential elements and textural remnants that speak to our collective digital malaise. // The EP’s centerpiece and title track emerges like a ghost in the machine, with Mikal Shapiro’s coolly delivered vocals floating above Dedric Moore’s gritty synth programming and precision-guided guitar along with Krysztof Nemeth’s synth pad percussion. Each track builds upon this foundation, from the robot-dance urgency of “Forget About You” to the beautiful desolation of “Skeptic,” creating a cohesive statement about modern isolation and the personas we construct. The result feels familiar and alien—like catching your reflection in a black mirror and seeing someone else staring back.]

[Religion of Heartbreak plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd., KCMO on Sunday, July 27, at 7:00pm with Academy Order, and Bags Bags Nags]

11. Marmoppes – “4×10 = 75″
    from: “4×10 = 75” – single / Big Nip Records / June 25, 2025
    [Since the Spring of 2024 Marmoppes have released five new singles. 4×10 = 75 – June 25 / “Nos” – March 23, 2025 (Big Nip Records) / “Gyatt Time” – Sept. 20, 2024 / “Yr Chemical” – April 28, 2024 / “Butterfly” – March 17, 2024 / “Cerulean Blue Truffle Pig” – September 5, 2023. Originally formed on Groundhog Day, the band includes: Simon Huntley on drums; J. Ashley Miller: on vocals, guitar & bass; Alyssa Murray on synths & keyboards; and Ernest Melton on saxophone. // Simon Huntley is a British-American musician, percussionist, producer, composer and visual artist combining classical sentiments with new world rebellion. Growing up in France then relocating in 2011, Simon now divides his time between the United States and France, investigating and collaborating with the world’s best talent including: QUIXOTIC, A$AP Rocky, Mireya Ramos, Tech9, Making Movies, Calvin Arsenia, Mike Dillon + Nikki Glaspie, Chipotle, Hilton Hotels, Qatar Airways, and many more. Preformed in venues such as: Red Rocks Amphitheater—Colorado / The MGM Grand—Las Vegas / Faena Hotel—Miami / T-Mobile Arena. // And events such as: Invision Festival—Costa Rica / Alaska World Arts Festival—Alaska / Fringe Festival—Edinburgh / Live At Heart—Sweden / Wanderlust—Canada + California // As well as festivals, PACs, Live TV and Radio. // J Ashley Miller is a recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Award. He’s a self-taught musician & composer. For nearly 20 years he has worked as Composer / Producer/ Recording Engineer / Founder of The Infoaming Vertex in Kansas City, Missouri, a recording studio which he built in 2006. For the last 12 years he has produced, engineered and mixed nearly 100 full length albums and countless smaller projects for both local and international artists including Calvin Arsenia and SSION // With SSION he co-wrote and produced 2 full length albums. The videos were always a central focus for the project, and he fine tuned his ability to work with a director and bring about a coherent final product. // He founded the musical entities Metatone and Jametatone with multiple released from 2013 through 2022. // He once told an art writer that his training was “tens of thousands of hours on computers and playing in bands”, as well as a conductor, music director, producer, performance artist, filmmaker, and recording engineer (among other interests). “I got into all of this by shooting live music films and really tailoring compositions to our filming locations,” Miller said, citing site-specific performances at La Esquina, Oppenstein Park, and Turkey Creek. Filmed and recorded onsite, in one take (multi-camera, multi-track), the final product of these shows was the resulting film or album. // Miller founded the performance group Quadrigarum for site-specific projects and to showcase the chariot instruments he designed, using wheel-mounted guitar picks and an amplified single-stringed guitar on a wooden frame. Chariots are a core element of the Atemporchestra, an ensemble of eclectic instrumentation (including pan flutes, vibraphone, drums, horns, computers, and keyboards, for starters) that he originally put together from the TEDxKC show. // Alyssa Murray recently released her album ‘SCROLLIN’ in 2023. that called “a sonic kaleidoscope of synth-tastic beats and experimental delight. Written, performed, and produced by Alyssa Murray and mixed and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City, MO. // Always feeling a strong pull towards songwriting, Alyssa studied piano, voice, and guitar in her teens deep diving into such influences as Fiona Apple and Stevie Wonder. Further pursuing her passion for jazz and improvisation, Alyssa moved to Kansas City to study jazz-piano at the UMKC Conservatory while immersing herself in the local music scene. Alyssa has a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and has studied under the direction of Bobby Watson and Dan Thomas; as well as classical repertoire with Karen Kushner and Diane Petrella. // In addition to her solo performances, Alyssa Murray plays with Marmoppes. Alyssa Murray also plays in the trio, Easy Match with Claire Adams and Steve Gardels. // Ernest Melton is a saxophonist, composer, and band leader currently residing in Kansas City, Missouri by way of Goldsboro, North Carolina. He relocated to his mother’s hometown of Kansas City, Missouri at the age of ten where he picked up his first saxophone at Longfellow Academy of the Arts. Bored with the classical curriculum of the music department, Ernest studied more contemporary genres of music and the guitar until the age of fourteen when he joined his first jazz program through the American Jazz Museum of Kansas City. Playing mostly tenor sax by the age of fourteen, Ernest joined Lincoln High School jazz band and many other musical programs around the Greater Kansas City area. Naturally excelling, Melton left school at the age of sixteen to study music on his own. With kind neighbors and a supportive mother, Ernest was free to practice the saxophone, study albums, and write compositions at any hour of the day. It was during this time he found his first major influences in jazz like Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, and Pharoah Sanders. Pharoah’s polyphony were like echoes of Melton’s father, a Primitive Baptist preacher, and became a large influence of his playing. An avid composer as well, Ernest studied with tutors in classical orchestration, big band arranging, and Afro-Cuban drumming. He cites Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinsky, and Wayne Shorter as his favorite all around composers and still tries to implement their techniques in his music today. After being accepted into Berklee College of Music he decided not to attend and began his career playing music in bands of every genre around the Greater Kansas City area. In 2018 Ernest release his first full length album entitled, “The Time Of The Slave Is Over”, which received raved reviews at home and abroad by media such as Plastic Sax, Quest TV, and JAZIZZ to name a few. Ernest Melton has played all over the country and plans to continue to travel abroad. // Ernest Melton released the single “Waves” on April 21, 2025. He released the single, “Sonnet for Sanity”on December 18, 2020 and the single, “Chronicles of Conception” on April 21, 2020, and “Narrative for Natives” on March 9, 2020. Ernest Melton released the album “The Standard Imperfections” on September 1, 2019. Ernest Melton is also featured on the BodaciousThang singles, “Drank!” on August 7, 2019 and “Say Hi” released Sept. 2, 2020 on Juicy Burrito Records. // More info at: https://linktr.ee/marmoppes%5D

[Marmoppes play Percheron, on the roof of Crossroads Hotel 2101 Central. Sunday, July 27 at 7:00pm]

[Marmoppes play MidCoast LIVE! Friday, August 1, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 on 90.1 FM KKFI]

10:49 – Pledge Break #3

Our WMM Summer Fund Drive Team: Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, & Sandra Draper

Last year on May 15, 2024 – WMM celebrated 20 Years on the radio w/ LIVE performances from: Calvin Arsenia, IVORY BLUE, Stephonne, Julia Othmer, Kasey Rausch and guests Marion Merritt, Maria Vasques Boyd, Nico Gray, and Necia Gamby.

As of this week WMM has done 1105 weeks equaled 2210 hours of radio, 16,570 hours of preparation, over 2800 Interviews, 3000 guests, and over 27,500 songs, from thousands of musical artists. We have made it our mission to mix musical genres, playing with themes, diversity, equality, free speech, connecting artists and venues & listeners and communities. WMM has proudly endeavored to help tell the story of our growing Kansas City area music community, “The Midcoast Sound,” as we like to call it. We have dedicated a majority of our programming to New & MidCoastal Releases.

WMM has presented new formats in radio, with our “A Story In A Song” series, our shows featuring: Apocalypse Meow, Juneteenth, Power to The People Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Folk Alliance International, Manor Fest, The Outer Reaches Festival, Boulevardia. KC Fringe Festival, Waldo Folk Series, Shuttlecock Music, The Folly Theatre, Owen Cox Dance Group, Bach Aria Soloists, KC Pride, our annual tribute shows to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., David Bowie, Iris Dement, Pioneers of Punk, LGBTQIA Themes, Black Lives Matter and interviews with Joey Aria, Cheyenne Jackson, Lily Tomlin, Laurie Anderson, Tommy Ramone, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Iris Dement, Flamy Grant, Members of Fanny, Regina Spektor, Regina Carter, Tom Miller, Nick Cave, Holly Near, Sam Harris, our annual 4-week special: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of the Year.

WMM is inspired by the KC music community that was fueled by a collaborative and generous heart that is beating in so many of the artists we’ve met while doing this show.

We are inspired by the Fearless Women who created radio on 90.1 FM long before us: our friend April Fletcher who plays bass professionally in Los Angeles, and hosted Mix Well Before Serving on 90.1 in 1988 on KKFI’s first year of broadcast, and last year returned after 35 years to host and produce WMM.

And our friend Anne Winter, who left us in 2009, and reminded us how we’re all connected. At Anne’s funeral we realized that we are connected to hundreds of other people who Anne had touched with her gentle, wise, guidance and had nudged into taking a job, going out on a stage, organizing an event, doing a radio show. We were all connected, she had loved us all and supported us, and some of us made a pact to do just a little bit of what Anne did, if we all did a little we could continue her work to help build our community, that is how we keep Anne alive in our heart.

KKFI and WMM shines a light, like Abigail Hope Henderson, who we lost in 2013, we watched as Abigal ignited a movement to create the Midwest Music Foundation supporting heath care needs & mental health care for the music community.

Today we celebrate the pure idea of community radio, free form radio, radio that tells the story of the people who live here, the artists, the writers, the teachers, the performers.

KKFI’s Mission Statement: KKFI is the Kansas City area’s independent, noncommercial community radio station. We seek to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.

KKFI’s Philosophy Statement: KKFI is committed to diversity in programming and discourse and seeks to create a climate of mutual respect and collaboration among volunteers and staff.

10:57 – Station ID

10:57 – Interview with Steve Tulipana

Artist, Musician, Vocalist, Club Owner Steve Tulipana, who is a co-pounder of the bands: Season To Risk, Pornhuskers, Unknown Pleasures, Roman Numerals, Thee Water Mocassins, Men of Men, The Band That Fell To Earth, and Dan Jones and The Squids. Steve is also co-owner and Manager of recordBar, miniBar, and Lemonade Park along with business partner Shawn Sherrill.

This fall is recordBar’s 20th anniversary – The staff are planning a big two day festival downtown on Grand and inside recordBar / kobi-q and The Belfry. the event will be September 26 and 27. http://www.therecordBar.com

Steve Tulipana, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

from therecordbar.com – “recordBar was born in a strip mall in Kansas City in August of 2005. Almost 20 years later and in a new location, recordBar has hosted thousands of local, regional, national, and international bands, weddings, retirement parties, celebrations of life, charity events, and community fundraisers. It has become a second home, a church even, to music fans. It is respected and lauded by musicians and fans the world over. It’s where you go to see live music up-close and personal in Kansas City.”

“RECORDBAR HAS HELPED FOSTER A COMMUNITY FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND FANS. ALLOWING ARTISTS TO GET THEIR START ON A PROFESSIONAL STAGE AND BRINGING IN TOURING GROUPS FROM ALL OVER THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM.” — Michelle Bacon, 90.9 The Bridge

“THE RECORDBAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE KEY PLACES FOR ME TO GET KNOW THE KANSAS CITY’S MUSIC SCENE: THE VIBRANCE, PURITY, AND INSPIRATION IT OFFERS. THIS IS WHERE DECADES LONG FRIENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN CREATED. I WALK IN AND I SMILE. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF DAY I HAVE HAD BEFORE ENTRY.” — Todd Zimmer, Rock’N’Roll Photographer

“THE FIRST SHOW I BOOKED AT THE RECORDBAR IN 2005 WAS THE NATIONAL THE LAST BAND I BOOKED BOOKED BY ME IN 2020 WAS SURF CURSE. THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF BANDS, THOUSANDS OF FANS, AND MILLIONS OF MEMORIES IN BETWEEN THESE SHOWS. BECAUSE EVERY PAGE IN THE FIFTEEN YEAR ANTHOLOGY OF THE RECORDBAR IS WORTH A LISTEN.” — Jacki Becker, Promoter, Up To Eleven

Celebrating 20 Years of recordBar PLAY LOUD FEST – SEPTEMBER 25 – 28
KANSAS CITY, MO

Play Loud Fest is a four-day celebration of 20 years of recordBar. The event will take place across multiple stages around recordBar, including a Main Stage on Grand Blvd, Kobi Q, The Belfry, and more.

recordBar opened its doors in August 2005 in a humble Kansas City strip mall, with a simple goal: to create a space where music felt close and community came first. Founded by Steve Tulipana and Shawn Sherrill, two music lovers and musicians, the original recordBar quickly became a hub for local bands, national tours, and just about any event that needed a stage—from birthday parties to fundraisers to experimental art nights.

In 2015, recordBar moved to the Crossroads District, becoming part of a new chapter in Kansas City’s music scene. The new space kept the same spirit—intimate, accessible, and artist-forward—while expanding its reach and upgrading the experience for both performers and fans. Its downtown location allowed for larger shows while staying true to its roots as an independent, music-first venue.

Still locally owned and operated by Steve and Shawn, recordBar remains a vital part of Kansas City’s music community. Whether it’s your first show or your hundredth, you’re welcome here.

Play Loud Fest will feature some of Kansas City’s most beloved acts, including Making Movies, The Roman Numerals, Emmaline Twist, Frogpond, Steddy, Approach, alongside nationally known artists like Deerhoof, Labretta Suede and the Motel 6, Clownvis, and more to be announced.

The recordbar “…has become a second home, a church even, to music fans. It is respected and lauded by musicians and fans the world over. It’s where you go to see live music up-close and personal in Kansas City.” Just perfect.

Steve Tulipans met Shawn Sherrill in college at UMKC. He wasn’t a musician at the time. He worked with Paul and Allen Epley—from Shiner—at a dental lab, and then got into the service/restaurant industry at Classic Cup. Allen convinced him to take up the bass and join Shiner, they started touring, and then Shiner got signed.

Shawn and Steve were roommates for about 7 years. They lived above the record store Groove Farm on Westport Road near the Flea Market. Shawn and Steve started playing many years later as a Joy Division tribute—Unknown Pleasures—for a Halloween party, and then as the Roman Numerals. In the meantime, Shawn had gotten into restaurant management and had good complementary skills for running a venue.

Steve writes about the early years of the recordBar: “When we leased the space in 2005, we inherited Bob Walkenhorst from the Molloy Brothers, as he had played there every Wednesday. They had a little PA in there, and our thought was if a band happened to be coming through KC on an off night, we could possibly set them up in the corner, but we were not calling and going after bands.”

“There was some shake-up in the Lawrence music scene, and at that time, a lot of bands and people were going to Lawrence. Early on, we had done a couple of benefits, one for Katrina, and packed our place out. Jackie Becker from Up to Eleven Productions saw that we were doing some things, and she reached out to ask if she could bring The National to recordBar. I’d heard of The National, but not many people knew The National in October of 2005. We didn’t have the proper PA in there or anything.”

“It was successful, and we were like, ok, so now we’re a music venue, and this is what we’re doing. The next thing you know, we invested in a PA. Billy Smith—KC music renaissance man—started booking local and national bands for us, and he was really proactive and started reaching out to booking agents and touring bands. (He had done that at The Hurricane and lived in Chicago for some time).”

“We also had relationships with Jacki, Jeff Fortier—Mammoth Productions—and people we had known for years. We realized we didn’t want to step on each other’s toes and wanted to work together. Let everyone have space, work in the niche they wanted to do.”

miniBar opened in 2012. It was just going to be a lounge downstairs. The upstairs was trashed. RecordBar owners Steve Tulipana and Shawn Sherrill bought the space occupied by the Gusto lounge at 38th Street and Broadway, renovated the place, and turned it into a club with a retro/travel theme.

Steve Tulipana, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Play Loud Festival is a four-day celebration of 20 years of recordBar. The event will take place Se[tember 25 through 28, across multiple stages around recordBar, including a Main Stage on Grand Blvd, Kobi Q, The Belfry, and more. Play Loud Fest will feature Deerhoof, Labretta Suede & The Motel 6, Clownvis Presley, alongside some of Kansas City’s most beloved acts, including Making Movies, Roman Numerals, Emmaline Twist, Frogpond, Steddy P, and more to be announced. Play Loud will kick off on Thursday, September 26, with a pre-party with Post Sex Nachos! Tickets on sale now for the pre-party with festival tickets going on sale on Friday at 10 am at http://www.therecordbar.com

11:09 – Pledge Break #4

WMM’s Summer Fund Drive Show w/ Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, & Sandra Draper

We need KKFI Now More Than Ever. LGBTQIA, Urban Issues, Black Lives Matter, Labor Rights, The Environment, The Kansas City Visual & Literary Arts , The Performing Arts, Stadium Campaigns, Women’s Issues, Native American Issues, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Classical, Hip Hop, Folk, Women’s Music, Indie Rock, Pop, Electronica, Punk…the answer is KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio.

We’re living in an age when an entire Political Party, a President, his entire cabinet, the U.S. Congress & Senate, The Supreme Court, Kansas & Missouri State governments are eliminating equality, civil rights, jobs, healthcare, & legal protections for women, minorities, people living with disabilities, children, our Transgender, Non-Binary & Queer friends. With the recent narrow passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has ICE now has an estimated budget of $150 billion between now and 2029—an annual average of $37.5 billion, which is higher than the military expenditure of all but 15 countries.

Things aren’t so good for pubic broadcasting. Federal cuts threaten Kansas City’s music scene: a joint statement from local stations. Kansas City’s noncommercial stations provide critical pipelines for new, local artists and music to be discovered.

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved by narrow margins on July 17 and 18, 2025, a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once President Donald Trump signs it into law, the US$9 billion rescissions package will withdraw $1.1 billion Congress had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to NPR, PBS and their affiliate stations, to receive in the 2026 and 2027 fiscal years.

All Democrats present voted against the measure in both chambers. They were joined in the Senate by two Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Two House Republicans also voted no: Michael R. Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

WHAT’S AT STAKE – Music and the arts permeate almost every aspect of public media–from shows dedicated to music discovery and local artists to live on-air performances and concert calendars, public media provides access to music genres and artists that in many cases are ignored by commercial media.

Additionally, CPB represents the public media system to music rights organizations in negotiating blanket music licenses for noncommercial uses of music, and with a portion of the federal appropriation, CPB pays those licensing fees for all eligible public media stations.

Without federal funding for the CPB and CPB’s management of these music rights, public radio stations would face a diminished capacity to deliver the quality and variety of music you rely on, both on the radio and through our streaming platforms.

It would be cost-prohibitive and burdensome for individual stations to negotiate the same licenses and fees on their own. The loss of CPB’s role in securing music licenses is truly an existential threat for noncommercial public media.

Further, all archival stories, artist profiles and interviews or programs that use music will have to be removed from websites. The cost of compliance to review every archived story on a website or app to clear the rights again would be enormously burdensome, and, in most cases, prohibitive.

KC’s noncommercial stations provide critical pipelines for new, local artists & music to be discovered, with many artists attributing their success to their start on public radio. We also bolster local arts economies by forging partnerships with local arts organizations and performance venues, creating opportunities for the community to engage with them.

Now, more than ever, Independent, Community Media is important for our world. We are here to listen to you, to share your concerns, and offer resources and information. Along with our National Public Affairs shows like Democracy Now and Alternative Radio we offer more locally produced public affairs programs than anywhere else on the dial.

We offer programs for women, the LGBTQIA Community, Native Americans, Black Public Affairs, Labor & Worker’s Unions, Middle Eastern Music & Information, Latino Programming, prison & justice system, environmental programming, Visual & Performing Arts, KC Tenants, Economics for the People, Understanding Isreal Palistine.

At KKFI there is no automated robot playing the same 40 songs in a “rotation,” based on a formula, created by a singular programmer of the robot. KKFI is the opposite of a robot.

There is almost always a human on the end of the phone line when you call 816-931-KKFI.

90.1 offers 100 different radio programs. 85 of these programs are locally, produced, hosted, engineered and written by over 100 different people, who create content, and personally handcraft each show, each week. There are 64 local music shows and 21 locally produced News, Public Affairs, Arts & Talk shows.

There are 140 hours each week of locally produced handcrafted programs.

You will not find this kind of representative diversity anywhere else on your radio dial. Or from any singular source on your computer. It is very special. It needs to be nourished and kept alive in a world of corporate, nationally owned, commercial or religious broadcasting.

Not only do we bring the most diverse and unfiltered news and information, but our musical playlists are deep, and comprehensive. In one week you can hear over 2000 different songs played, in Blues, Jazz, Folk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Classical, World, Americana, Southern Soul, Fusion, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Electronic, Native, Local, Old Timey, Rockabilly, Women’s, Children’s, Gospel, and Experimental.

With all of this, you hear the voices from the hundreds of KKFI volunteers, and thousands of guests from the community, who share their stories, broadcast live from our non-commercial, midtown studios, at 39th & Main, in the center of our metro, across two states, a collective of communities, and thousands of listeners. What is this worth to you?

11:17 – WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

12. Eddie Moore – “In The Kitchen”
    from: What Makes Us / Eddie Moore Music / March 25, 2024
    [“In the Kitchen” features: Eddie Moore on piano, Bass, & Rhoades; Jaylen Ward on drums; Ben Tervort on bass, Isaiah Petrie on vibes. Written & Produced by Eddie Moore(Emoremyz BMI). Executive Producer – Eddie Moore, Co-Producer- Dan Israel. Mixed By- Eddie Moore. Mastered By Crayge Lindesay. Recorded at First Run Studios engineered by Dan Israel // When you speak to Eddie Moore you find an ocean of calm, and when you listen to Eddie Moore you find the depth of that ocean. Moore reaches from the soul with every note, in a deep way, with a tension just below the surface. His yearning for exploration and curiosity in music contribute to an ebb and flow freedom of expression. // On March 5, 2024 Eddie Moore released the EP Aperture (Live Piano Works) through Eddie Moore Music. // On April 20, 2023 Eddie Moore released the single “Tsunami” Recorded & produced at Moore’s Tribe Studios, the song features Jaylen Ward on drums. Mixed & mastered by veteran KC savant Crayge Lindesay. // Eddie Moore released his critically acclaimed album INTUITION on Oct. 28, 2022. Written & Produced by Eddie Moore. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Featuring Tim Ogutu on guitar. Mix & Mastered by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. Album Art by Brandon Wilson. // Eddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo & Bree Cummings) on Oct. 22, 2021. // We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. // Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on Sept. 25, 2020. // Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to KC to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-KC where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. He was 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore has shared the stage and recordings with Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. Eddie Moore joined WMM on Sept. 23, 2020 and Nov. 23, 2022. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com]

[The Eddie Moore Trio plays The Majestic 931 Broadway Blvd. KCMO, TONIGHT Wednesday, July 23 at 6:00pm]

[The Eddie Moore Trio plays The Majestic 931 Broadway Blvd. KCMO, Sunday, July 27 at 6:00pm]

13. Collidescope – “Dismayed In The Classroom”
    from: DEEP TAPE 2 / Collidescope / June 29, 2025
    [Collidescope includes: Hadiza. on vocals, beats, & synthesizers; and Madison Monroe on guitar, bass, beats, synthesizers, mixing & vocals. // About Deep Tape 2 – Art for anyone who [truly] hates fascism, fascists. // Music for people who don’t do well with/in categories. // Dedicated to America’s 4th Reich Gen Z. The ones who’ve been, and the ones beginning, to see. // Music & Lyrics: Collidescope, Q Lazzarus (Track 6). Mixing: Madison Monroe. Mastering: Tim Harte. Drums by Dekota Trogdon on all tracks except bawse. On October 13, 2022. // Gavin (Kamikaze GF) (a good friend of the band) mixed and mastered our their Funhouse album from 2023 is featured on a song (as HXXS who disbanded last year), called “Context” which has Hadiza singing /saying on repeat “how can you understand without the context”. Hadiza wrote to us saying, “Context: legacy of settler colonialism [if you ask me it shows up in housing, policing, education, employment and so much more, it is actually still happening…] in the USA to understand present day US ‘left-right’ policy/politricks.” // Collidescope released their album FunHouse. On December 31, 2020 Collidescope released their 7-track album DEEP TAPE. DEEP TAPE includes Victoria Falls Stillwater on addition sound production and vocals, and was mixed and mastered by J.Ashley Miller. DEEP TAPE is a follow up the band’s debut EP SYSTEMIC released December 16, 2017. Hadiza also released her solo album SHADOW WEIGHT on Nov. 22, 2019. Collidescope are getting ready to release their final recording project DEEP TAPE 2 before a hiatus. Hadiza is also working on their second solo album supported by Arts KC, titled Diaspora Gothic, to be released in the fall of 2025. More info at: http://www.hadizaisnothere.bandcamp.com or http://www.acollidescope.bandcamp.com ]

[Collidescope play miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd., KCMO on Tuesday, July 29 at 7:00pm with Jenny Haniver, and Kamikaze GF.]

14. Honeybee – “i wish i knew you then”
    from: midtown girl – EP / good luck / June 6, 2025
    [New honeybee single from their upcoming EP “midtown girl”, to be released on June 6, 2025. // The track was written by the songwriter and lead singer, Makayla Scott, who wrote to us, “i wish i knew you then is inspired by all the stories Al (honeybee bass player and Mak’s partner) has told me about their life prior to us getting to know each other. Sometimes when we are reminiscing and giggling about the past, I get hit with a big wave of fomo – sad i’ve missed out on so much. but they always say that the timing of our relationship is perfect and that they’re glad we met when we did. Still, I would have LOVED to hang with kid AL and play horses or dogs or any of the 2000s era Madden games!” // Honeybee released their EP Saturn Return on March 29, 2024 part of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2024. // Honeybee started as the solo project of Singer/Songwriter Makayla Scott and now include 3 or 4 of her friends umping in… Honeybee released the songle “I Know What Love is” on January 27, 2023. Makayla Scott also played with the band Blue False Indigo Makayla Scott studied music at Drury University graduating in 2017. Honeybee played Manor Fest 6 at 6:30 PM at Arizona Trading CO. 1722 Oak Street KCMO with The Highwater, and Jass.]

[Honeybee play Arts on Broadway, 3550 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, on Friday, July 25, at 7:00pm with Virgo, and 24 Hour Video]

11:29 – Underwriting

11:31 – Pledge Break #5

WMM’s Summer Fund Drive Show w/ Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, & Sandra Draper

What 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio means to YOU.

We offer Live in studio performances from: Marmoppes, Beth Watts Nelson, ALBER, True Lions, Lonnie Fisher, Mitzi McKee, Calvin Arsenia, Ivory Blue, Stephonne, Julia Othmer, The Swallowtails, Danny Santell, Krystle Warren, MusicbySkippy, Lone Stranger, Just Angel & T.A. Rell, Christena Graves

We make radio shows that cover: Extemporaneous Music and Arts Society, Lotus Pool Records, KC Rep, Outer Reaches Fest, Owen/Cox Dance Group, No Divide KC, The Folly Theatre, recordBar, Lawrence Arts Center, Manor Records, The Rino, KC Blues Society, KC Star, Lawrence Music Alliance, MixMaster Music Conference, Kosmic City Records, Midwest Music Foundation, Artists Thrive!, KC Gift, Juneteenth, Power to The People Fest, The Record Machine, Whim Theater, Lemonade Park, Crossroads Music Festival, The Ship, The Black Box Theatre, Amplify Lawrence, Quindaro Ruins, Queer Narratives Fest, Art in the Loop, The film: “I’m So Glad” documenting the KC Gospel Music, Fringe Festival, Make Music Day, Boulevardia, Arts in The Park, UMKC Conservatory of Music, The Crossroads Hotel, High Dive Records, Greenwood Social Hall, KC Folk Fest, Manor Fest, Center Cut Records, KKFI Band Auction, Charlotte Street Foundation, Women’s History Month!, University of Missouri at Columbia, Lawrence Public Library, I Heart Local Music, Black History Month, Bach Aria Soloists, Folk Alliance International, Martin Luther King Jr., Tribute to David Bowie, Tribute to Iris DeMent, the music of Palestine and Gaza

11:39 – WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

15. Kai McGarry – “Loose Change”
    from: Scarlett / Kai McGarry / August 1, 2024
    [This album came from a lot of research, a lot of people, and a lot of life that I’ve lived in a short period of time. I remember every situation that i wrote about, and they’re all there in the music. Everyone who shaped this album, good and bad, I am forever in your debt. This bleeding desire that I’ve had since a kid is slowly fading from dream to reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Scarlet is about whatever you’ve lost, gained, and most importantly, what you’ve done to achieve something in your life. // For SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans). The album is a reflection of a very short snapshot of time, one that included a shift in the people in his life as well as his priorities.Kai McGarry, is a 17 year old artist, shaped by his upbringing in the Kansas City jazz community, with mentorship from regional jazz greats and experience playing drums in various ensembles. Kai McGarry self-produced his very own debut album at the age 12. His newest album, SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans).]

16. Ivory Blue – “Heartbeat”
    from: “Heartbeat” – Single / IVORY BLUE / March 28, 2025
    [Kansas City based artist, IVORY BLUE has a tendency of breaking through barriers that keeps her from saying what needs to be said, regardless of style. Bringing us hard hitting rock inspired ear candy like “Starlit Love Child” and “Control”, the idea of genre is only a tool IVORY uses to express her ability to communicate through music. // IVORY BLUE released the single “Heartbeat” on March 28, 2025. // IVORY BLUE released the single “Rhythm of the Radio” on January 31, 2025 // IVORY BLUE released the single “Exiled” on November 29, 2024. IVORY BLUE released the single “Olé!” on October 4, 2024, Breathing Underwater” on August 9, 2024, “Bad Dreams”on June 7, 2024, “Batter Up” on April 22, 2024, “Flashback” on March 15, 2024, “Howl” on Feb. 16, 2024. // IVORY BLUE released their 2nd full length album, STARLIT LOVE CHILD, on Nov. 17, 2023. The 10-track album was in the top five of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023, and in the “Best of” lists at 90.9 The Bridge and stations around the world. // On Oct. 27, 2023 IVORY BLUE released the single “Ghost of Life.” This single followed IVORY’s previous releases,”In A World Like This” from Sept. 22, 2023, ”The Best of Life” from Aug. 4, 2023 and “Control” from May 26, 2023. IVORY released the single “All Outta Love” on Feb. 24, 2023. // IVORY BLUE released the single “Starlit Love Child” on Oct. 28, 2022, “Red Light” on July 29, 2022. // IVORY BLUE released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on Feb. 25, 2022. COMPOUND LOVE was in the Top 10 of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. For COMPOUND LOVE, IVORY BLUE served as songwriter, producer, vocalist and played all instruments with the exception of: Lester Estelle on drums, Klaartje Van Lue on piano, Craig Kew on bass, Lennon Bone on drums, and Marco Pascolini on pedal steel guitar. // IVORY BLUE released the single “Good Changes” on Oct 26, 2021. Ivory Blue released the singles: “Heavy,” “Bad Weather,” “It Must Have Been Me,” “Compound Love,” and “The Start” on December 14, 2021. // IVORY BLUE’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015. While the EP helped spread the word and give IVORY BLUE attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017 when Ivory was among 1800 artists/bands that competed in neXt2Rock. Ivory won local & regional challenges and advanced to nationals in Los Angeles to win the top prize. // IVORY BLUE has played with The Band That Fell to Earth, Boulevardia, Crossroads Music Festival, The Middle of the Map Fest, The Westport Roots Festival, the KCPT Screening of “Real Boy” at KC Public Library, and Kauffman Stadium. // Ivory Blue was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied it for so long, Ivory lived with eight different families, before running away at 15. // Ivory has talked with us about how in their life they have turned to music to express pain. Ivory spent most of their childhood looking for a family. In 2010 Klaartje Van Lue saw Ivory performing in a YouTube video and contacted them, flying Ivory to Kansas City, and adopting Ivory into the Van Lue family. In 2011, Ivory settled in the Kansas City, MO area. During the past 10 years Ivory came out as “Non-Binary Transgender”, and then later as Trans-Female. // As a multi-instrumentalist, Ivory began refining their performance style, using digital looping pedals to stack harmonies and guitar parts live on stage, giving their solo shows the feel of a full band. More info at: http://www.ivorybluemusic.com]

11:45 – Pledge Break #6

WMM’s Summer Fund Drive Show w/ Betse Ellis & Mikal Shapiro, & Sandra Draper

KKFI offers 24-7 programming, and YOU (the listener), basically get all of this amazing programming for “free.” I, for one, love that I can turn on my radio, or computer device, and tune into the 90.1 FM’s 100, 000 watt, crystal-clear signal, and hear the music, information, news, entertainment, events, and stories, that I really cannot find anywhere else. 90.1 is my comfort, my special companion, my interesting friend, introducing me to all kinds of new & local music, as well as the news & information without the intrusion of commercials. It is radio brought to YOU by real people, who create these shows out of love, and are guided by KKFI’s noble mission that “seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.”

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For Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, and Sandra Draper I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

11:54 – WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…so Far!

17. Hot Club KC – “With a Little Help from My Friends”
    from: Dream Dancing / Matador / May 2, 2025
    [Winner of the 2022 Pitch Magazine’s “Best Jazz Band” of Kansas City, as voted by readers. Hot Club KC plays swinging gypsy jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France. The band was founded in 2015 by violinist Adam Galblum. // Hot Club KC has now proudly released their debut album, Dream Dancing. The band features Galblum on violin; 3 manouche guitars – Clayton DeLong, Riley Voth, and Eric Mardis; and bassists Alex Mallett and Rick Willoughby. Lead vocal duties are shared by Galblum & Voth, adding rich texture to the band’s lively tapestry. Dream Dancing features 2 original instrumental compositions by Galblum — “Renji” and “Ghosting”— plus 7 familiar jazz standards and a manouchestyle take on the Beatles’ classic “With a Little Help from My Friends.” that features: Adam Galblum on violin & vocal; Clayton DeLong on guitar; Forrest Fowler on guitar; Riley Voth on guitar & vocal; Rick Willoughby on bass ]

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

We want to send a really big THANK YOU to every one of you who donated during Wednesday MidDay Medley and our Summer Fund Drive for KKFI 90.1 FM. We had 47 individuals donate a total of $3529.00 in support of Community Radio. Special thanks go to my co-hosts and guests: Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, Sandra Draper and Steve Tulipana and Lincoln Dreher!!!

Next week, on Wednesday, July 30 we bring you Part 3 of WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025…So Far! // Plus at 10:30 Nathan Reusch aka Bobcat Attack joins us LIVE// And at: 11:00 it is the return of Silky San’s Soul Sensation with our friend Sandra Draper

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Show #1105

Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

WMM presents: Dedric Moore & The Kosmic City Fest + The Swallowtails + Kai McCarry

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
   from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
   [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]

2. TheBabeGabe X The Human – “ROZZELLE COURT”
   from: HONEYPOP / Seven Rings Media / March 5, 2025
   [Production by The Human // After years of being the girl in the band, TheBabeGabe is stepping out, and standing ten toes down. As she dives into her solo career, Gabe brings the same sugary raps and addicting energy that she did as 1/3 of the alt-rap trio BLACKSTARKIDS. This time though, she’s telling her story, and forging a fresh start. The debut mixtape HONEY POP introduces the world to a young black girl from Kansas City that’s hungry for better things for herself and everyone who looks like her. Her energy is infectious, and you won’t want to be the one standing in her way, which becomes clear from the rowdy hook of the project’s lead single PSA. “It’s in my DNA, killing shit like every day, take this as a PSA, don’t give a fuck ‘bout what you say.” // With BLACKSTARKIDS, Gabe gained experience crushing a stage, opening on tour with The 1975, beabadoobee, Glass Animals, & more. That confidence shines through on braggadocios tracks like Only See Me, Pulse, and Pep Rally where she raps, “hoe shut the fuck up when I’m talking, got a pretty face but this mouth repulsive.” Pulling inspiration from future peers like Doja Cat & Tyler, The Creator, Gabe is quick to prove she isn’t restricted to one sound. There’s no shortage of variety with sticky hooks, soulful ballads, Janelle Monáe -esque pop hits, somber reflective cuts, and boomy west-coast kickbacks. // No song boasts this genre-bending ability better than the double track RIOT GRRL//DRAMA QUEEN. Starting with an inspirational pop-punk banger that could make any Olivia Rodrigo fan nod in approval, it soon turns to the emotional DRAMA QUEEN, seeing Gabe grapple with difficult changes and struggle to find the best way forward. Listening to Gabe can often feel like hanging with your bestie in that you’re getting both the yap sessions about the everyday as well as the venting about life’s drama and all its uncertainties. // These confessions, boasts, hooks, croons, screams, beats, and sounds all come together to create an extraordinary portrait of a young artist figuring it out. It’s an unfiltered showcase that sees Gabe pull back the curtain and step forward so you can meet her where she’s at. So when you listen, you’re seeing her for who she really is. And for many, that’s someone you can see yourself in. That’s TheBabeGabe. // TheBabeGabe was one-third of the Kansas City based BLACKSTARKIDZ Gen-Z upstarts BLACKSTARKIDS have released their sixth studio album Saturn Dayz on September 20, 2024 through Dirty Hit Records and immediately followed with an 8-track seventh studio album HEAVEN ON URF, on October 25, 2024 on Dirty Hit Records. Our friend and music writer Bill Brownlee talked with us about how the band created a double album, but the record company decided to release as two separate albums. The music from both albums relate to each other. Before the release of Saturn Dayz the band released their single and video “SOULMATEZ!” on August 30, 2024. “SOULMATEZ!,” is a magnetic, blissed-out bop that brings together pop, indie, and alt-rap, reminiscent of Dev Hynes-era Solange mixed with De La Soul. // The follow up to BLACKSTARKIDS’ acclaimed 2022 album CYBERKISS* which featured standout singles “CYBERKISS 2 U* ft. beabadoobee” and “SEX APPEAL,” SATURN DAYZ is an otherworldly, genre-crossing testament to their unrelenting artistry and is their most impressive work to date. PRESS HERE to pre-save SATURN DAYZ. // Putting out music at a prolific rate and making waves for their formidable songwriting and producing talents, as well as their endless energy and truly limitless sound, BLACKSTARKIDS have received critical acclaim from New York Times, MTV, UPROXX, Billboard, Alternative Press, SPIN, Ones To Watch, Rolling Stone France, The Line Of Best Fit, DIY, Coup De Main, and more. Blending garage rock with synth-punk and hip-hop to usher in a new surge of indie, such as on their beloved album Puppies Forever which features anthemic singles “ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS,” “JUNO,” and “FIGHT CLUB,” BLACKSTARKIDS are well on their way to indie stardom and have previously toured with the likes of The 1975, COIN, Glass Animals, beabadoobee, Christian Leave, GroupLove. // Incorporating each member’s wide-ranging influences into their blissful DIY sound, such as Toro Y Moi, NERD*, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Outkast, Odd Future, and A Tribe Called Quest, BLACKSTARKIDS first captivated the internet with their “black coming of age trilogy” of projects Let’s Play Sports, Surf, and Whatever, Man that feature critically acclaimed singles including “BRITNEY BITCH” and “FRANKIE MUNIZ.” // Blackstarkids are phenomenon who came out of KC in 2020 became the soundtrack for the summer. Members include: TheBabeGabe, Deiondre, and TyFaizon (of the Drop Dead XX collective). The members have known each other since high school in Raytown, Missouri. Members met at Raytown South High School and formed the band in 2019. The group released its first album, Let’s Play Sports, on August 1, 2019. Blackstarkids then released their second album SURF through their own label Bedroom Records on February 28, 2020. Blackstarkids caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy and were then signed to The 1975’s management company and UK-based label Dirty Hit Records. They were featured in Clash Magazine. Blackstarkids then released, Surf Basement Demos on Dirty Hit Records on March 5, 2020. On October 29, 2020, Blackstarkids released Whatever, Man on Dirty Hit Records, their third album release of 2020. Gabe, of Blackstarkids recently described the KC Music community to an interviewer, “The music scene here is really nice. There are a lot of bands who are super talented and do all types of genres. The jazz music here is really great as well. Kansas City is honestly a hidden gem when it comes to music. I feel like you can meet an artist anywhere and anyplace in this city.” Deiondre added, “The music scene here is getting cool now, there’s a lot of jazz musicians that go to school for music here too but you can find people from different scenes all over if around the city.” Ty wrote, “The KC scene is great, the community here is so supportive and genuine. This is a really prideful city here and I think they’re finally getting the musicians they deserve.”]

3. Deep Sea Diver – “Loose Change”
   from: Billboard Heart / Sub Pop Records / February 28, 2025
   [Seattle’s Deep Sea Diver released Billboard Heart, their fourth album, and wide-screened Sub Pop debut. The new long-player includes the “Billboard Heart”, along with highlights “What Do I Know,” “Emergency,” “Let Me Go,” her collaboration with Grammy-winner Madison Cunningham, and the guttural single “Shovel.” // Billboard Heart immediately puts Deep Sea Diver in the company of St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, and Flock of Dimes, bands that have found newly ornate and magnetic ways to make indie rock by discarding notions of how it must sound or what it must say. Dobson punches through her past here. As she howls during Billboard Heart’s rapturous title track, she is “welcoming the future by letting go of it.” // It is a coup, a triumph over self-doubt in which what first felt like failure became an opportunity to find new freedom, belief, and strength. You can hear it in each of these eleven songs, the beating heart that makes everything here feel like a new anthem for finding your own way forward. // Billboard Heart was written and performed by primary songwriter and guitar player Jessica Dobson, and her partner, drummer and band co-writer Peter Mansen, and synth player Elliot Jackson. Additional contributions include former The Shins’ bandmate Yuuki Matthews, Caroline Rose, and Greg Leisz. Billboard Heart was produced by Jessica Dobson and Andy D. Park, with additional production from Adam Schatz, mixed by Park, and mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone.
   // You can watch the single-take official video for “Shovel,” directed by Tyler Kalberg and Deep Sea Diver. Dobson says of the track and visual, “‘Shovel’ is one of the most angular and dualistic songs I’ve written, and I wanted to do a one-shot video that captured the grit, rawness, and intensity of the song. Simply put, it is me digging and dancing with a shovel in the middle of the night, desperately looking for beauty in dark places. Influenced by Lynch, the Cohen brothers, Nick Cave, and the sweet dance moves of Kate Bush.” // “Frontwoman Jessica Dobson’s powerful voice and gnarled guitar solos grant the Seattle band’s propulsive, riff-laden indie rock a new level of yearning intensity.” – Pitchfork // “Billboard Heart could propel Deep Sea Diver to the greatest of heights: mild indie stardom. Or at least it should, because this record is very good. But even if they aren’t headlining Pearl Jam-sized arenas this time next year, the sounds of Billboard Heart could fill one.” – PASTE // “There is plenty to unpack with plenty of anthemic moments but also moments of calm that help the epic tracks to soar even more. Dobson’s vocals and guitar work are both captivating throughout in a record that rarely has a dull moment and is full of spirit and spark from start to finish.” – CLASH]

[Deep Sea Diver plays recordBar, 1520 Grand Street, KCMO, Tomorrow Night, July 10, at 7:00pm with opening band Meerna.]

4. Hannah Jadagu – “My Love”
   from: “My Love” – Single / Sub Pop Records / July 7, 2025
   [Hannah Jadagu has returned with “My Love,” the singer-songwriter and producer’s scintillating new R&B electro pop song, available today on all streaming services from Sub Pop. The accompanying official video, co-directed by Annika Santhanam and Hannah, who also stars in the I Spy-inspired visual, is a sweet and surreal take on the song’s lyrical themes of love and distance. Hannah says of the song, “‘My Love’ is about the feelings that can arise when you’re apart from someone you love (longing, excitement, gratitude). It’s simply a love song that makes a plea for being with that person.” My Love” was written and composed by Hannah Jadagu, co-produced by Hannah with musician/producer Sora at Undercooled in Los Angeles, and returning collaborator/producer Max Baby at Greasy in Paris, France, mixed by Blue May and mastered by Heba Kadry. “My Love” is her first recorded material since the release of 2023’s Aperture, Hannah’s acclaimed, full-length debut. // Fresh out of high school, Hannah Jadagu released her debut EP, What Is Going On?, a collection of intimate bedroom pop tracks recorded entirely on an iPhone 7, which was, at the time, Jadagu’s most accessible mode of production. An off-the-cuff approach to music making and instinctive ability to write unforgettable hooks belied the intensity of Jadagu’s subject matter. In a short run time, What Is Going On? confronts some of the nation’s most urgent struggles all through Jadagu’s compassionate perspective. “I want my songs to be both super intimate and still universally relatable,” Jadagu says. “With the EP, so many people told me that the songs resonated with them on a personal level, and that’s what I’m always hoping for.” // Resonate it did; What Is Going On? was Jadagu’s first Sub Pop release, but she’d been putting out music on SoundCloud for years, garnering a small online fanbase as she settled into an aesthetic, and recognition from a broader audience was overdue. “It really took off when I became a percussionist in my middle school’s band,” she says. “Writing songs started as a hobby and quickly became a passion to the point that I spent all my free time recording.” // On May 19th, 2023 Jadagu premiered Aperture, her first LP and most ambitious work to date. Aperture was part of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023. Written in the years between graduating from high school in Mesquite, TX and her sophomore year of college in New York, Aperture finds Jadagu in a state of transition. “Where I grew up, everyone is Christian; even if you don’t go to church, you’re still practicing in some form,” Jadagu says, laughing. “Moving out of my small hometown has made me reflect on how embedded Christianity is in the culture down there, and though I’ve been questioning my relationship to the church since high school, it’s definitely a theme on this album, but so is family.” // As a kid, Jadagu followed her older sister – a major source of inspiration who she refers to as “the blueprint” – to a local children’s chorus, where she received choral training. “I hated it,” Jadagu admits. “But it taught me how to harmonize, how to discover my tone, how to recognize and write melody.” The aching single “Admit It” is dedicated to Jadagu’s sister, whose boundless love and impeccable taste has been a constant for Jadagu ever since she was a kid. At home, the siblings were raised on mom’s Young Money mixtapes and the Black Eyed Peas (to whom she credits her love of vocoder) but it was in the sanctity of her sister’s car that Jadagu discovered indie artists who would go on to inspire her work. // Hannah Jadagu played the Bottleneck in Lawrence Kansas on Friday, September 29, 2023]

5. Lnrd Dstroy x Chromadadata – “Zen Garden ft. Aaron Alexander & Ubi”
   from: Enter The ScribbleVerse / A Space Suit Production / June 26, 2025
   [Produced by Lnrd Dstroy & Chromadadata // “What began as a short film about the artist Scribe has grown into a multidimensional exploration of the creative experience. Music, a vital thread in that journey, took center stage as Leonard DStroy and Chromadadata expanded their original film score into a full sonic odyssey—one that drifts from wide open fields to the far reaches of space. // This project is more than a soundtrack—it’s a mood, a companion for your road trips, your creative deep dives, your moments of stillness. Full of chill-out vibes and soul-nourishing lyrics, it invites you to reflect: What fuels your own creative path? // So grab your headphones, crank the stereo, and Enter the Scribbleverse.” -Scribe // Track 05 features Aaron Alexander & Ubi on vocals. Track 07 features Peter Schlamb on Vibraphone. Track 11 features Dom Sanders on Bass. Track 14 features Ubi on vocals. Track 17 features Aaron Alexander on vocals, Octavio Santos on Trumpet/ Arrangement, and Tina Sol on Strings. // Mixed/ Mastered/ Executive Produced by Lnrd Dstroy. Cover Art by Scribe. A Space Suit Production.]

6. Jamogi & The Jammers – “Blackout (Flew The Coop Live)”
   from: Jamogi & The Jammers: Live at Flew The Coop Sessions (Flew The Coop Live) / Jam Tunes / April 11, 2025.
   [Jamogi is also know as Byron Hyde a Kanas City based singer, songwriter, MC, producer, originally from Los Angeles, California. Jamogi released the single “Do It To Me” on March 28, 2025. // Jamogi released the single “Go Big or Go Home” on August 30, 2024, Jamogi released the single “Hot Block” on May 30, 2024. Jamogi released the EP, Star-Crossed Lover on March 3, 2023. Jamogi then released a “Star-Crossed Lover GALACTIC REMIX (feat. Watchman)” single on June 9, 2023.Jamogi previously released the AGE OF AQUARIUS EP on March 3, 2023, and the single “Celebration” on Dec. 9, 2022, and the single “Anymore” on May 6, 2022. // Jamogi played the ROCK IS BLACK—a celebration of Black artists in rock music, happening February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Zhou B Art Center, 1801 E 18th Street, KCMO. Rock is Black features: Malek Azrael & The Vibez, Jamogi and The Jammers, Stephonne, and Frankie Shorez & Mercy Fire. Kamogi and the Jammers played Boulevardia 2025]

[Jamogi & The Jammers play The Rino 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City on Friday, July 11 at 7:30pm with Sweet Magnolia, and the Back Alley Brass Band]

7. Kissin – “Signs of Life”
   from: “Signs of Life” – Single / Lady Kissin Records / February 14, 2024
   [Songwriter: Emma Mathieson / Producer: Corbin Wise / Co-Producer/Mixing: Emma Mathieson. // Kissin is Kansas City Kansas based musical artist Emma Mathieson – Queer, midwestern, and deeply nostalgic, Kissin explores the intricacies of growing up, love, and pure joy with their dreamy spells of songs. / “Signs of Like is Kissin’s debut single released February 14, 2024. Kissin released “hand soap” coproduced with Corbin Wise and also released February 14, 2024. Kissin released “cal me when you land” also coproduced with Corbin Wise on September 2, 2024. On June 20, 2025 kissing released the single “forsythia” through lady kissin records. Kissin will release their 5th single “company time” on July 9, 2025.]

[Kissin plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd, KCMO on Friday, July 11, at 7:00pm with Sisterbot, and Harper K.]

8. REVISER – “CELESTINE”
   from: “CELESTINE” – Single / REVISER / February 28, 2025
   Calling to mind classic 80’s bands such as Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, and Killing Joke, REVISER sounds complimentary to such contemporaries as Actors, Soft Kill, and Drab Majesty. REVISER collects and redirects its familiar influences into something both familiar and foreign, a sound that is dark, deep, and danceable. Dedric Moore on keyboards and Krysztof Nemeth on vocals and baritone guitar, with newest member Breaka Dawn (of The Bad Ideas) singing with Krysztof. This is the 4th single form REVISER who released “DARKSIDERS” on October 18, 2024, and “ASSASINS” and “BURN IT OUT” on March 15, 2024. REVISOR is a continuation of the musical collaboration from Static Phantoms, Religion of Heartbreak (with Mikal Shapiro) and Monta At Odds.]

[Reviser plays the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, with Stranger Gallery (MINN), Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO.]

10:28 – Underwriting

9. Stranger Gallery – “Restless”
   from: Echoes from Camden Bridge / Windlass Records / September 13, 2024
   [Stranger Gallery presents their debut album, “Echoes from Camden Bridge,” on their own Windlass Records. After relentless regional tours, east coast festivals, lineup changes, and constant support for national artists, the band teamed with Tony Williamette at Minnehaha Recording Company (Charlie Parr, Night Moves) and settled into the studio for a Minnesota winter. // Echoes’ eight songs take a heartfelt and menacing delve into the personal impact and questions of the last four years: estrangement and cooperation, misinformation and advocacy, healing and war. // The band’s mechanized dance beats, shimmering guitar, and lush synths are pierced with an expanding vocabulary of violin and sampled metal percussion. // Mastered by Greg Reierson at Rare Form Mastering. // Cody Bourdot – vocals, guitar, sampler, bass; Manny Castro – bass, violin; Rocky Rosga – synth, beats, programming; Joe Hastings – lead guitars //Special thanks to Mark Mallman for guest vocals on 4. // Music by Stranger Gallery (1,4,7,8), Cornell/Bourdot (2), Roxy Epoxy/Drat (5), and Glenn Bourdot (6).. Words by Bourdot except 5 (Roxy Epoxy) and 6 (Glenn Bourdot). Recorded December 2023 and January 2024 at Minnehaha Recording Company, Minneapolis. Produced and mixed by Tony Williamette and Cody Bourdot. Engineered by Tony Williamette. Assistant engineers Thomas Schroeder & Murphy Oyeneyin.
   Mastered by Greg Reierson at Rare Form Mastering, Minneapolis.]

[Stranger Gallery (MINN) plays the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, with ReViser, Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO.]

10:34 – Interview with Dedric Moore

We’re happy to welcome back to the show one of our favorite people, Dedric Moore. Dedric is a Kansas City, Kansas based musician, producer, songwriter, vocalist and co-founder of the bands: Religion of Heartbreak, Re:Vis:Er, Monta At Odds, Static Phantoms, Gemini Revolution, Mysterious Clouds and founder of Kosmic City Records. Dedric joins us to share details about the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, featuring RE:VIS:ER, Stranger Gallery (MINN), Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO. More information at http://www.kosmiccity.com

Dedric Moore welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley

Last week on the radio show we played the new Religion of Heartbreak -single “Love Tourniquet” released through Kosmic City Records on June 27, 2025

Last week in WMM we played Religion of Heartbreak’s newest single: “Love Tourniquet,” the first taste of their forthcoming EP Lunate, due this September. Mikal Shapiro‘s cool, detached vocals float over Dedric Moore’s pounding rhythms and bright-yet-gothic synths, resulting in the ideal soundtrack for stumbling through a fog-drenched nightclub where the lights have just cut out. // The track captures that intoxicating rush when desire floods the system—blood to the head, pulse in your throat—only to fade as quickly as it arrived, leaving you back on the dance floor, chasing the same high again. Moore’s growling bass anchors the swirling soundscape while subtle dark-disco elements lift the arrangement into urgency. // “Love Tourniquet” thrives where euphoria meets emptiness, where the black mirror of the dance floor reflects nothing but your own endless cycle of want. Repetition becomes ritual and desire becomes devotion. // Religion of Heartbreak formed out of a desire to make music with a darker dance floor focus. The combination of Mikal Shapiro’s vocals battling against Dedric’s icy synths, mechanized beats and dub-inflected electro-bass creates a juxtaposition that works in all the right ways. //Religion of Heartbreak delves into the sounds of Darkwave, EBM, and the darker side of Synth Pop. The grooves are there. The songs are clever and always filled with a sense of lost love as we follow our dark hearts.

ROH is the band formerly known as Monta At Odds. It was recently announced that Krysztof Nemeth was stepping away for Religion of Heatbreak to focus on his band ReViser also with Dedric Moore and with Breaka Dawn.

On February 3, 2025 Religion of Heartbreak released the 5 song EP Dream Reflection with Dedric Moore on vocals, guitar, synths, programming; Mikal Shapiro on vocals, Krysztof Nemeth: baritone guitar, electronic percussion; Alexander Thomas on electronic percussion on MGGG, Dream Reflection, Skeptic; Regan Moore on electronic percussion on Dark Hour of Meditation // Dream Reflection EP carries forward the motorized heartbeat of classic darkwave while forging its own metallic path. Drawing from EBM and Synth Pop traditions, this five-track release sees the Monta At Odds offshoot strip away unnecessary embellishments, leaving only the essential elements and textural remnants that speak to our collective digital malaise. // The EP’s centerpiece and title track emerges like a ghost in the machine, with Mikal Shapiro’s coolly delivered vocals floating above Dedric Moore’s gritty synth programming and precision-guided guitar along with Krysztof Nemeth’s synth pad percussion. Each track builds upon this foundation, from the robot-dance urgency of “Forget About You” to the beautiful desolation of “Skeptic,” creating a cohesive statement about modern isolation and the personas we construct. The result feels familiar and alien—like catching your reflection in a black mirror and seeing someone else staring back.

Kosmic City Presents: LUDI Dark Music Festival on Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO.

Tickets: https://dice.fm/event/k6vn7l-ludi-festival-reviser-stranger-gallery-brave-boy-cables-lace-dj-ilya-12th-jul-minibar-kansas-city-tickets

Featuring:
Reviser – https://reviser.bandcamp.com/
Stranger Gallery (MSP) – strangergallery.bandcamp.com/
Cables & Lace – cablesandlace.bandcamp.com
Brave Boy (Wichita) – braveboymusic.com/
Elska – http://www.elskamusic.me/
DJ Ilya

10:43

10. Cables and Lace – “Glimpses”
    from: “Glimpses” – Single / Cables and Lace / May 5, 2020
    [Cables & Lace is a Topeka, Kansas based duo made up of Josh and Carmen who create an eclectic mix of down tempo, industrial, indie, and trip-hop.]

[Cables & Lace plays the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, with ReViser, Brave Boy (Wichita), Stranger Gallery (MINN) , and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO.]

10:47 – More Interview with Dedric Moore

We are talking with Dedric Moore about the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, featuring RE:VIS:ER, Stranger Gallery (MINN), Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO. More information at http://www.kosmiccity.com

Dedric Moore thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Dedric is a Kansas City, Kansas based musician, producer, songwriter, vocalist and co-founder of the bands: Religion of Heartbreak, Re:Vis:Er, Monta At Odds, Static Phantoms, Gemini Revolution, Mysterious Clouds and founder of Kosmic City Records.

Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, featuring RE:VIS:ER, Stranger Gallery (MINN), Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the de

While Dedric’s bands have been released on the Record Machine and Haymaker Records Dedric has also created his own label imprint: Kosmic City Records

Kosmic City’s website says: “Kansas City is in the center of the US and no longer a flyover town. Kosmic City is the nickname from the adventurous minds of denizens keeping underground culture alive in the Kansas City metro.”

“We are a group of musicians, DJs and fans of the scene and want to help make Kansas City a safe and exciting place to enjoy the dark scene. Kosmic City is comprised of members of Monta, Morgue VVitch, Emmaline Twist, Panhead87 and DJs Rico Dejoie and Steve Tulipana”

Kosmic City is dedicated to “Promoting Goth, Darkwave, Post-Punk, Synthpop, & Shoegaze in KC”

There are 37 Cosmic City EPs or Album Releases from: Religion of Heartbreak, Re:Vis:Er, Monta At Odds, Static Phantoms, Gemini Revolution, Mysterious Clouds available through Kosmic City.

Upcoming Kosmic City Approved Shows:

Academy Order, Religion of Heartbreak, Bags Bags Bags – Sun, Jul 27 at 7:00 pm at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO

“Academy Order masterfully blends goth, death rock, post rock, new wave and hints of hardcore to create a special sound that is simultaneously a revival and a revolution. Though these songs sound like the work of a band at the peak of their career, one can tell the band is just getting started.” – Evan Martin-Casler, Cvlt Nation

Newmoon, Cold Gawd – Wed, Jul 30 at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 520 Grand. KCMO

Brace yourselves for an enchanting musical journey as Newmoon, the acclaimed shoegaze band from Antwerp, Belgium, unveils their third studio album “Temporary Light.” The brand new release promises to mesmerise fans and captivate new listeners. // “Temporary Light” weaves a sonic tapestry that harks back to the band’s roots, yet retains a fresh approach that keeps their music alluring. Blending airy vocals with lush guitars, Newmoon creates an immersive sound that sweeps listeners off their feet into a striking world that feels distant yet familiar at the same time. // Joined by new drummer, Conor Dawson, “Temporary Light” marks an exciting chapter in Newmoon’s evolution. The band’s signature feel for grand yet delicate melodies are enriched by Dawson’s rhythmic finesse, adding a layer of depth and musicality to their songs. // After a more melodic approach on their previous release, Newmoon returns to embrace their abrasive, dreamy and ethereal sound on “Temporary Light”. With their blooming guitars and gracefully haunting melodies, they captivate listeners throughout the 8 tracks. From gentle melodies and catchy hooks to plush walls of guitars and pummeling drums. // “Thick layers of guitars always felt natural to us, and are kind of our main thing. We wanted to explore some ideas that have been in the back of our mind ever since we started this band,” says Bert Cannaerts. “As soon as we let go of trying to write a specific type of album, the songs grew organically and everything just clicked.” // Having previously recorded “Space” and the band’s debut EP “Invitation To Hold”, Newmoon enlisted engineer and producer Thomas Valkiers again to record “Temporary Light”. Additionally, Simon Scott of Slowdive,, renowned as one of the key people within the shoegazing genre, is responsible for mastering, truly elevating the sound of “Temporary Light”. // “Shoegaze is a genre where you get lost in walls of sound and whatnot. In a psychedelic sound, between reverbs… You need songs. These guys have them. They are very cool.” – Simon Scott for Binaural.es

Plague Garden, Reviser, Rx Ghost – Thusday, Aug 7 at 7:00 PM at miniBar

Plague Garden is a post-punk band from Denver, Colorado that began a concept in 2017 when singer-guitarist Fernando Altonaga wanted a vehicle for his more post-punk songwriting that didn’t fit with his project at the time eHpH, an industrial/EBM project. // Calling to mind classic 80’s bands such as Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, and Killing Joke, REVISER sounds complimentary to such contemporaries as Actors, Soft Kill, and Drab Majesty. REVISER collects and redirects its familiar influences into something both familiar and foreign, a sound that is dark, deep, and danceable. // RxGhost is a Kansas City-based band known for their shoegaze and post-rock sound, characterized by atmospheric textures and emotionally resonant music. They blend ethereal soundscapes with intense sonic bursts, creating a unique and immersive experience.

Die Sexual, L, Janet Azimuth – Wed, Aug 13 at 7:00 PM at miniBar

Die Sexual is the Los Angeles-based dark electronic duo of Rosselinni and Anton Floriano. Conjuring their influences of ebm, techno, and electropop, their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching on themes of desire and despair, domination and submission. // L and Janet Azimuth open the show.

Dedric Moore thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, featuring RE:VIS:ER, Stranger Gallery (MINN), Brave Boy (Wichita), Cables & Lace, and Elska for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO. More information at http://www.kosmiccity.com

10:56

11. Elska – “Moonstorms”
    from: Dancing Alone (LP) / Time Released Sound / July 5, 2024
    [11-track album release. Electronic/Ambient music from KC based Elska. Elska is the narrator of cinematic lullabies and creation of Composer Laura Boland. She represents love, imagination, optimism, conflict & awareness. Elska writes, “My vignettes are comprised of moments and memories that explore the human condition and our spiritual migrations in the context of our ever-changing environment.” .Composed, recorded, and mixed by Laura Boland in Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Jessica Thompson in San Francisco, CA. Polaroids by Laura Boland, Alex Alexander and Peter Rad. Polaroid stories by Laura Boland Artwork/Design by Colin Herrick and Maria Chenut. // Elska writes: “Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this and listen. I am happy to present Dancing Alone to you: a slow waltz through the darkest corridors of our yesterdays. Here, we excavate dusty memories and are united with our shadows to uncover a reverberating love inside our hearts’ distorted beats. Evocative orchestrations of ghostly soundscapes and nostalgic synth textures decorate this internal terrain and accompany ethereal vocal narrations that tie together the complexities and explorations of “home.” // Elska released the 5 track EP lerden in Januaryt 29, 2021. // Elska released the 8-taxck album elska on September 28, 2018. More info at: elskamusic.me]

[Elska plays the Kosmic City – LUDI Summer Dark Music Festival, Saturday, July 12, at 7:00pm, with ReViser, Brave Boy (Wichita), Stranger Gallery (MINN) , and Cables & Lace (Topeka) for a night of Darkwave, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Dark Ambient. DJ Ilya will be on the decks all night, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Blvd KCMO.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. The Swallowtails – “Lucky Penny (2025 version)”
    from: Perspective (Bonus Track) / The Swallowtails / to be released in August 2025
    [This is a new recording and new version of the band’s song “Lucky Penny” originally released as the title track from their Bebruary 20, 2024 5-song EP – LUCKY PENNY. Yhis new version will be added as a bonus track on the bands. Up coming album PERSPECTIVE. // The independent acoustic band, experimenting in the rock/pop genres while performing on what are traditionally folk/classical instruments, enter a new era having produced the entirety of this project themselves, with the songwriting matter touching on life’s big changes, challenges, and the realizations that time will heal. // “Since becoming a duo, it was time for us to reinvent our sound again. The songwriting on the LUCKY PENNY EP was split between Rachel and Miki P, and this was Rachel’s debut release as a writer and singer. We spent all of January 2024 finishing the arrangements, recording and mixing the mini-record. It was a much needed release of energy for both of us, and we are definitely looking forward to adding these songs into our live sets and performing new material.” – Miki P, songwriter, singer and musician in The Swallowtails. // Est. in 2018, The Swallowtails are a Kansas City based musical duo comprised of musicians Miki P on guitar/vocals and Rachel Lovelace on bassoon/vocals. Their vision is to write honest, heartfelt songs that feel like you’re coming home to an old friend. As recording and performance artists, they have been showcased throughout Kansas City, performing at the Folly Theatre, Boulevardia Music Festival, The Kansas City Public Library as part of the 2023 Art in the Loop: Celebrate project, and most recently at Green Guitar Folk House opening for The Wildwoods. Their songwriting was awarded Best Song by a KC Band in 2023 by the Pitch Magazine for their tune “Take it Slow.” // Swallowtails embarked on their 4th year entering NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest featuring a song off the EP, called “I’m on Fire” posted to NPR’s official contest site. // The Swallowtails hwere recently approved as part of KCAIC Touring Artists Roster, through the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission. // Historically, on May 22, 2023 The Swallowtails released their 7-track EP THE WORLD STILL SPINS with Rachel Lovelace on bassoon, Adee Dancy on cello & vocals, and Miki P on guitar & lead vocals. // Miki P is a self-taught musician/multi-instrumentalist & songwriter driving the Swallowtails into a creative collaboration like any other. Miki P was born in Kansas City, KS. Miki P started playing guitar in middle school. She taught herself to play the drums, while listening to Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. Miki P performed “She Loves You” at her 7th grade talent show. In 9th grade she joined a teen-band called American Slim as drummer & vocalist, and she wrote songs for their full-length album Irreplaceable released in 2017, followed by a single “Queen of Hearts” released April 11, 2018. Miki P has played Middle of the Map Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Kauffman Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, and The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art before officially ending in 2018. As a teen she played drums for various groups including American Slim. At 21, Miki P began work on her debut solo-record, DOME OF SWALLOWS, that was released August 2, 2018. She then formed Miki P and the Swallowtails who released their first EP, Swallowtail in 2019, In 2021 Miki P released the 6-song EP, DON’T LOSE HOPE, created in covid isolation, in Miki P’s home space. Sitting & working from Miki’s computer, she composed and recorded 80% of the EP, working through the music like a journal entry, creating each song from her internal hurricane of emotions. All songs written, recorded, played, & mixed by Miki P. Recorded & Mixed with Emma Klien & Jake Hilger. Mastered by Joel Nanos. Miki P released her single “Your Love” on June 24, 2022. Miki P’s released the single “Peter Parker!” on March 18, 2022. // The Swallowtails played the 20th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, August 24, 2024 on the Stockyards Brewing Stage with: Howard Mahan & Friends, The Canterberries, Danielle Ate The Sandwich, Beth Watts Nelson, Rural Grit All Stars, and Les Ismore & The Goats. // More info at: http://www.mikipmusic.com]

[Casii Stephan, Miki P and Cheery will play Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:60pm]

11:05 – Interview with Rachel Lovelace of The Swallowtails

Rachel Lovelace attended the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and moved from Jacksonville Florida to Kansas City in 2015 to study at UMKC and UMKC Conservatory of Music in Jazz Studies/Performance. Rachel has worked at Kansas City Young Audiences, loves rock climbing, has a dog named Peanut. and has been a part of the Swallowtails from the beginning

Since 2018 The Swallowtails have released two albums and two EPs, played hundreds of shows and festivals around the Midwest, and been awarded The Pitch Magazine’s ‘Best Of Kansas City’ for the last two years. They released their EP LUCKY PENNY on February 20, 2024. The duo is currently at work on their new album PERSPECTIVE The band has launched a new Kickstarter Campaign to help make this new collaborative project happen Casii Stephan, Miki P and Cheery will play Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:30.

Rachel Lovelace thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Swallowtails are: Miki P and Rachel Marie Lovelace are an acoustic folk rock duo based out of Kansas City, MO. They’ve been a band for 6.5 years. They’ve been completely independent from record labels and management. This approach has been the best way for them to have complete control of Their vision and truly find their sound. Despite going it alone, They’ve released two albums and two EPs, played hundreds of shows and festivals around the Midwest, and been awarded The Pitch Magazine’s ‘Best Of Kansas City’ consecutively for the last two years in a row!

From their Kickstarter page:

Within these last two years They’ve been able to grow Their fan base throughout the Midwest through touring and releasing music. Their most current EP Lucky Penny was released in February 2024 and was recorded, produced, and released on their own volition. They learned a lot in this process; how to co-write & co-produce with each other, how to write for their instrumentation, and how to record their unique sound.

After releasing Lucky Penny into the world, they continued to write as a duo and develop their live stage show by trying out new songs with the intent to find their strongest arrangements. Shedding this music in dedicated rehearsal time and on the stage, they believe this new collection of songs are their strongest yet. From their Perspective they know this collection is special and it deserves the opportunity to reach a bigger audience outside what they are physically and financially able to do by theirselves at this point.

Outgrowing their independent resources, they’re calling for help to bring their biggest vision yet to life. This is the greatest endeavor they’ve encountered as a band and as professionals. By running this campaign on Kickstarter, The Sswallowtails are reaching out to ask help from listeners, fans, and friends, to be a part of our process to releasing new music. This way too, they are able to give back something tangible, like a vinyl record or a songwriting lesson, in exchange for help.

Making an album comes with a plethora of costs. Studio time, hiring an engineer and producer, along with mixing and mastering the record is just the beginning of this process. After the music is recorded, they will have to afford photo and video shoots for publishing, press releases, and marketing.

On top of all of that, they will hire a publicist in hopes to give this music a chance to find its deserved audience. This doesn’t cover the costs of ordering merch outside of the kickstarter rewards – which is our only real chance of making any of our investment into the overall cost of the project back.

PERSPECTIVE THE ALBUM – a two-part release ♡♡♡
Perspective will be an album released in two parts. The first 5 songs, of which they’ve already started recording, will release in the Fall of 2025 digitally. The full album, including the first five released songs plus 6 more songs, will released in 2026 both digitally and physically.

Perspective as a concept was inspired by their friendship as bandmates, but more importantly friends. Having experienced seven years of life together, Miki and Rachel have had their fair share of ups and downs. They’ve laughed together, grieved together, hit some of their biggest professional achievements side by side, and supported each other through difficult life changes. This album is not only an ode to their friendship and foundation, but a reminder that: life is a matter of your perspective. They choose to revel in our lives, create art, sing songs and share our souls with the world!!

This is the first completely collaborative album they have written as a band. Writing credits are split evenly between the two of the, and you will hear both of them taking lead on certain songs and sharing harmonies. They feel like this project reflects their growth as songwriters in a way they’ve never been able to capture before, and we’re very proud of this collection of songs.

The first 5 songs listed will be included in the first EP release this year!
Told You So
Perspective
One of These Days
The Last Time
Tables Have Turned
Giving Tree
Always With Me
My Girl
Heart is a Garden
Revolution
BONUS TRACK: Lucky Penny (ft. John Mailander)

WHO’S INVOLVED? – As an independent band free of labels or management, there are many hats they wear to keep the music rolling and our pockets not completely empty. However, they knew they couldn’t do it alone and needed a team of creators who believed in the project to make it truly come to life.

The Swallowtails challenged themselves with this project to work outside of what was familiar to then in previous recording sessions. For the first time ever they hired a producer, Heidi Gluck, an extremely talented and inspiring musician, to guide the feel of the album. Before recording in the studio, they met with Heidi to do what they call “pre-production sessions” where they reshaped their songs. They changed tempos, chords, lyrics, everything you could possibly do to create their songs best arrangements. During their time in the studio, Heidi kept them on track, wrote counter-melodies, and played bass and keyboard. This album continues to metamorphosize and evolve; the record is currently being created, re-arranged, recorded and visualized with the help and guidance of Heidi.

The Swallowtails decided to ask their friend Wills Van Doorn to engineer this project for them. Wills is a wizard at engineering, and is also a talented musician/songwriter himself. Comfort was really important to them for this record. They wanted to be somewhere they felt safe to be themselves and capture the collaborative energy with their producer Heidi. Wills did an excellent job facilitating this and they believe you can hear that on the record.

For the album cover, they asked Lori Locke to help the create the vision they saw for Perspective. They wanted it to play on the album title; the image being a matter of your perspective. After an amazing photo shoot with Lori, they printed the pictures and created a paper collage with real dried flowers (that they pressed themselves from a walk one day) and a vintage book Rachel purchased when they first started The Swallowtails. It was a group project that stemmed from Lori’s unique vision of painting their bodies and posing them in her studio!

There will be one bonus track on the Perspective album that is a call-back to a previously released song of theirs, Lucky Penny. The Swallowtails are re-releasing the song this summer as a single featuring The Sweallowtails unbelievably talented friend John Mailander on violin. The band believes this re-release embodies the true spirit of the song, our friendship, and journey as musicians and producers into their next album cycle.
All the videos you’ve seen for this campaign were shot and edited by their friend Dylan Trigg of Triggered Media Co. Dylan helped them take thier Kickstarter campaign to a visual level – showcasing our sense of humor, gratitude, and hard work in all under 3 minutes.

There are so many more people who have aided in their journey as a band, as performers, and as songwriters. They couldn’t have done any of this without involving the listeners and fans that make any of this possible. They are so grateful to all therr friends and family who believe in them to soar for new heights!

More info at http://www.theswallowtails.com

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theswallowtails/

11:15

13. Casii Stephan – “King of America”
    from: “King of America” – Single / Casii Stephan / July 4, 2025
    [Produced by Chad Copelin (Colony House, Strumbellas, Broncho), “King in America” is a hard-hitting and explosive rock-drenched protest song against the perils of fascism and the current American administration. Casii shares, “I’m mad. I was raised to believe in God’s divine plan for America. That the monarchy was never meant for us. And now… they want a monarchy. They want to threaten my trans friends’ lives and make them unwelcome in Oklahoma. They want to deport people who are near and dear to my family. They want to pick on the minority. Well, pick on me. I’m the majority. We’re the majority. And if they think this country will go down without a fight? Darlings. We already won this war. I guess it’s time to remember who we are. The home of the brave and the land of the free.” // Casii Stephan has received acclaim from the likes of Billboard, NPR, American Songwriter, Atwood Magazine, and SPIN among others and has performed at SXSW and is signed to TRO Essex (Woody Guthrie, The Who, Pink Floyd). // Minnesota gave her roots, and Tulsa gave her wings. Casii Stephan is a MN-born, indie-pop meets soul-rock singer-songwriter based in Tulsa, OK.Casii’s “gorgeously emotive voice inspires comparisons to alt-pop artists like Florence Welch and Fiona Apple with a writing style reminiscent of Carole King” (NPR). // Stephan’s voice is fierce and fearless, but this was not always the case. She grew up shy and afraid of her voice until she started writing songs on the family piano when she was 16. Casii moved to Tulsa in 2014 with the intent to give up her pursuit of a music career, however with a little encouragement from a friend, she continued songwriting and started releasing music in 2016. // Since then, Casii has received national songwriting awards, toured regionally and internationally, performed official SXSW and Folk Alliance showcases, performed in NYC at A2IM, performed at the virtual Sundance Film Festival, and profiled on platforms such as Billboard, NPR, SPIN, and American Songwriter. She recently returned from her first international tour with stops in Ireland and the UK. In Jan 2025, she was an official showcase artist at the “Your Roots are Showing” international music conference. She then returned to London to perform an official SXSW showcase in June. // Casii writes her songs honestly, from the depths of her emotions, with wide ranging themes including death and life, love and loss, and often pushing back on negative societal norms like sexism, ageism and “playing nice” as a woman. She uses writing to deconstruct her own beliefs with an underlying hope that things can change, inviting listeners on their own journey.

Casii’s diverse songwriting catalog is with TRO Essex Music Publishing, who represents talented folk writers such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and iconic rock bands like The Who and Black Sabbath. Casii’s highly anticipated Relationship Status EP, produced by Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones), was released in September 2024 on Shamus Records to rave reviews. “Each of these songs are great. Individually, they present a brilliant vocal and some very strong musical hooks, but when played together, ‘Relationship Status’ becomes bigger than the sum of its parts, with the songs representing a journey.” (Real Gone Rocks). Casii is currently in the studio writing and recording new songs. More info at: http://www.casiistephan.com]

[Casii Stephan plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:30pm Miki P, and Cheery.]

10:17 – More Interview with Rachel Lovelace of The Swallowtails

Rachel Lovelace attended the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and moved from Jacksonville Florida to Kansas City in 2015 to study at UMKC and UMKC Conservatory of Music in Jazz Studies/Performance. Rachel has worked at Kansas City Young Audiences, loves rock climbing, has a dog named Peanut. and has been a part of the Swallowtails from the beginning

Since 2018 The Swallowtails have released two albums and two EPs, played hundreds of shows and festivals around the Midwest, and been awarded The Pitch Magazine’s ‘Best Of Kansas City’ for the last two years. They released their EP LUCKY PENNY on February 20, 2024. The duo is currently at work on their new album PERSPECTIVE The band has launched a new Kickstarter Campaign to help make this new collaborative project happen Casii Stephan, Miki P and Cheery will play Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:30.

Rachel Lovelace , thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Formed in 2018, The Swallowtails are a KC based musical duo comprised of musicians Miki P on guitar & vocals and Rachel Lovelace on bassoon & vocals.

“Since becoming a duo, it was time for us to reinvent our sound again. The songwriting on this EP is split between Rachel and myself, and this is Rachel’s debut release as a writer and singer.

Established . in 2018, The Swallowtails are a Kansas City based musical duo comprised of musicians Miki P on guitar/vocals and Rachel Lovelace on bassoon/vocals. Their vision is to write honest, heartfelt songs that feel like you’re coming home to an old friend. As recording and performance artists, they have been showcased throughout Kansas City, performing at the Folly Theatre, Boulevardia Music Festival, The Kansas City Public Library as part of the 2023 Art in the Loop: Celebrate project, and most recently at Green Guitar Folk House opening for The Wildwoods. Their songwriting was awarded Best Song by a KC Band in 2023 by the Pitch Magazine for their tune “Take it Slow.” // Live video’s will be released on The Swallowtails YouTube page in support of the EP, the live session was filmed at West Bottoms Whiskey Co. //

Swallowtails created the EP Lucky Penny to be available for the 2024 Folk Alliance International Conference February 21st-25th. Both Miki & Rachel earned scholarships to attend the conference that year.

In 2024 The Swallowtails embarked on their 4th year entering NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest featuring a song off the EP, called “I’m on Fire” posted to NPR’s official contest site.

The Swallowtails were approved as part of KCAIC Touring Artists Roster, through the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission.

On May 22, 2023 The Swallowtails released their 7-track EP THE WORLD STILL SPINS was recorded, mixed, & mastered at Element Recording Studio by Joel Nanos, with Miki P on drums, guitars, & vocals; Adee Dancy on cello & vocals; Rachel Lovelace on bassoon; with John O’Keefe on bass. Each member is an integral part of the Kansas City music scene, writing, arranging, performing, and collaborating original music for their own groups and several other projects in the metro.

On March 30, 2022, The Swallowtails released the single, “Who’s Gonna Be There”.

Miki P is a self-taught musician/multi-instrumentalist & songwriter driving the Swallowtails into a creative collaboration like any other. Miki P was born in Kansas City, KS. Miki P started playing guitar in middle school. She taught herself to play the drums, while listening to Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. Miki P performed “She Loves You” at her 7th grade talent show. In 9th grade she joined a teen-band called American Slim as drummer & vocalist, and she wrote songs for their full-length album Irreplaceable released in 2017, followed by a single “Queen of Hearts” released April 11, 2018. // At 21, Miki P began work on her debut solo-record, DOME OF SWALLOWS, that was released August 2, 2018. She then formed Miki P and the Swallowtails who released their first EP, Swallowtail in 2019, In 2021 Miki P released the 6-song EP, DON’T LOSE HOPE, created in covid isolation, in Miki P’s home space. Sitting & working from Miki’s computer, she composed and recorded 80% of the EP, working through the music like a journal entry, creating each song from her internal hurricane of emotions. All songs written, recorded, played, & mixed by Miki P. Recorded & Mixed with Emma Klien & Jake Hilger. Mastered by Joel Nanos. Miki P released her single “Your Love” on June 24, 2022. Miki P’s released the single “Peter Parker!” on March 18, 2022. An inspired musician, Miki has a rare capability to not only be able to share her life experiences and lessons learned through her voice & lyrics, but also through every instrument she performs on. Always a student, she both performs and records on guitar, drums, percussion, piano, bass and ukulele. Miki P is a songwriter with a unique ability to command any room she performs in. A natural talent paired alongside a drive to connect with others, Miki is a touring musician carrying on elements of rock & pop. Settled with a message resonating loud and clear to people from all walks of life through her imaginative, fun, and confessionally honest songwriting, Miki sings of love in all its forms.//

More info at http://www.theswallowtails.com

Rachel Lovelace, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Miki P plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:30pm with Casii Stephan, and Cheery

11:27

14. Cheery – “What Works For Me (new demo)” – Single
    from: “What Works For Me (new demo)” – Single / Spirit House Records / Unreleased
    [From the recordings of Cheery for their second record, Cyclical Sadness. Cheery is the “Dream Pop” music project of musician and singer and songwriter Katlyn Conroy, who was formerly based in Lawrence, Kansas. moved 4000 miles away to get married and relocate in Liverpool, England. When she was still based in Lawrence, Kansas, As Cheery, Katlyn released the single “Concept of Love” and b-side, “Vulture” on August 3, 2021, written and performed by Katlyn Conroy, and engineered and mixed by Eric Davis. Katlyn Conroy released SAPPHIRES funder her previous moniker and band, La Guerre through The Record Machine on January 20, 2015. It was #10 on WMM’s 115 Best Recordings of 2015. Katlyn Conroy was also part of the critically acclaimed band, Cowboy Indian Bear. She was the recipient of the 2013 Pitch Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. With over 20 years of live performance experiences she has performed alongside Daniel Johnston, Florence and The Machine, Grizzly Bear, Sara Barielles, Why? and more. Katlyn Conroy joined us on WMM on March 4, 2015 and August 26, 2015. More info at: http://www.cheery.bandcamp.com or https://linktr.ee/HearCheery ]

[Cheery plays Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave, KCMO on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00PM Doors at 6:30pm Miki P, and Casii Stephan,

11:29 – Underwriting

15. Kai McGarry – “Loose Change”
    from: Scarlett / Kai McGarry / August 1, 2024
    [This album came from a lot of research, a lot of people, and a lot of life that I’ve lived in a short period of time. I remember every situation that i wrote about, and they’re all there in the music. Everyone who shaped this album, good and bad, I am forever in your debt. This bleeding desire that I’ve had since a kid is slowly fading from dream to reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Scarlet is about whatever you’ve lost, gained, and most importantly, what you’ve done to achieve something in your life. // For SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans). The album is a reflection of a very short snapshot of time, one that included a shift in the people in his life as well as his priorities.]

11:34 – Interview with Kai McGarry

Kai McGarry, is a 17 year old artist, shaped by his upbringing in the Kansas City jazz community, with mentorship from regional jazz greats and experience playing drums in various ensembles. Kai McGarry self-produced his very own debut album at the age 12. His newest album, SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans).
Kai McGarry, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Kai McGarry recently graduated from Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas.

Kai will be attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston to continue his professional pursuit.

In August Kai will turn 18.

Kai plays drums, clarinet, bass, piano, and guitar as well as music production.

Kai plays with all of the bands at Mill Valley as well as KC’s top high school jazz band – Live Jazz KC’s, All Star Band.

During his Junior year in High School Kai encourage parents that have a child with an interest in music he would love to help them make that dream come true. Kai’s parents (after an extensive amount of convincing) let me create a studio in the downstairs area of their home.

Kai Played Future Stages at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kai played the Coleman Hawkins Festival.

Kai did play an Album Pre-Release on June 29, at 7:15am at KC Oasis with Dandelion Lakewood, King Dari, and Michelle Robin

11:42

16. Kai McGarry – “The Show Must Go On”
    from: Scarlett / Kai McGarry / August 1, 2024
    [This album came from a lot of research, a lot of people, and a lot of life that I’ve lived in a short period of time. I remember every situation that i wrote about, and they’re all there in the music. Everyone who shaped this album, good and bad, I am forever in your debt. This bleeding desire that I’ve had since a kid is slowly fading from dream to reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Scarlet is about whatever you’ve lost, gained, and most importantly, what you’ve done to achieve something in your life. // For SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans). The album is a reflection of a very short snapshot of time, one that included a shift in the people in his life as well as his priorities.]

11:45 – More Interview with Kai McGarry and Alicia McGarry

Kai McGarry, is a 17 year old artist, shaped by his upbringing in the Kansas City jazz community, with mentorship from regional jazz greats and experience playing drums in various ensembles. Kai McGarry self-produced his very own debut album at the age 12. His newest album, SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans). SCARLET will be officially released on August 1, 2025 with a KAI MCGARRY ALBUM PRE-RELEASE LISTENING EVENT.

Kai McGarry, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Kai played the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Kai thanks these KC musicians for being a mentor and helping to shape who he is today:

Arnold Young
Brandon Draper
Charles Williams
Sam Platt
Christopher Burnett
Brian Steever
Herschel McWilliams

Charles Williams is one of Kai’s teachers. KCMO native. Local Musician/ Producer, Piano Instructor, Member of The American Jazz Museum Board. Pianist at The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra. Jazz Academy Teacher for Advanced Combo at American Jazz Museum. Former RETIRED CLERK at US Postal Service. Studied Elementary Education/Music at University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Studied Music education at Penn Valley Community College. Went to Sumner High School Class of 1973. From Kansas City, Kansas

In the Fall of 2024 Kai released the 8 – track album AN OLD PIANO. It was completely self-produced by Kai, from writing the lyrics and composing the music to mixing and mastering every track.

Kai McGarry Thanks for being with us on WMM

For WMM, and Kai McGarry I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening.

11:53

17. Kai McGarry – “Spin Out (faet. Akinya)”
    from: Scarlett / Kai McGarry / August 1, 2024
    [This album came from a lot of research, a lot of people, and a lot of life that I’ve lived in a short period of time. I remember every situation that i wrote about, and they’re all there in the music. Everyone who shaped this album, good and bad, I am forever in your debt. This bleeding desire that I’ve had since a kid is slowly fading from dream to reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Scarlet is about whatever you’ve lost, gained, and most importantly, what you’ve done to achieve something in your life. // For SCARLET, Kai McGarry wrote, produced, recorded, and arranged the vintage pop, jazz-inflected record in his basement, and Duane Trower mixed it at Weights and Measures Soundlab. On this record, McGarry performed all of the instruments, except for bass guitar (recorded by Nick May), trombone (recorded by Zander Wolf), and saxophone (recorded by Brayden Evans). The album is a reflection of a very short snapshot of time, one that included a shift in the people in his life as well as his priorities.]

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

Next week, on Wednesday, July 16, we present Part One of WMM’s Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2025 –- So Far! (A two-week radio special celebrating the depth of the MidCoastal Music Community). To help us celebrate I will be joined by my special co-hosts: Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro and Sandra Draper, for our Wednesday MidDay Medley Summer On-Air-Fund Drive. We will need to hear from YOU our listeners to support Community Radio. In our currently political climate we need your support now more than ever. Please call 888-931-0901 during the show so we can say your name over the airwaves and burn a negative thought in our fire in your honor.

THANK YOU to our incredible KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers and Shaina Littler – Office Manager Book Keeper

This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. Instead it is about a collective spirit of hundreds of hardworking people, unselfishly setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the gigantic goal of keeping our airwaves free, non-commercial, and open to all! Congratulations and thank you to all programmers & volunteers who went the extra effort to keep our station alive.

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

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