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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

WMM presents: Julia Othmer + Malek Azrael + Red Kate + Peregrine Honig

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. Allison Russell – “Eve Was Black”
   from: The Returner / Birds of Chicago LLC – Fantasy Records / September 8, 2023
   [7x GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell has announced her new album, The Returner. The album was written and co-produced by Allison along with dim star (her partner JT Nero and Drew Lindsay) and was recorded over Solstice week in December 2022 at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA. It features Russell’s “Rainbow Coalition” band of all female musicians along with special guest appearances from the legendary Wendy & Lisa, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, and Hozier. Allison Russell on The Returner: “My goal with The Returner – sonically, poetically, and spiritually – is a radical reclamation of the present tense, a real time union of body, mind, and soul. This album is a much deeper articulation of rhythm, groove, and syncopation. Groove as it heralds the self back into the body, groove as it celebrates sensual and sexual agency and flowering, groove as an urgent call to action and political activism. // In just a word, it’s funkier. But as is the history of anything funky, it’s never just a party. It is a multiverse of energies that merges the celebration and the battle cry. For while an embrace of the present tense is a celebration, it is equally an unquestioning leap into battle – cultural, political, environmental.” // Since the release of her debut solo LP two years ago Outside Child, Russell’s often devastating, deeply moving, cathartic celebration of survivor’s joy has become one of the most acclaimed albums of the past 10 years. Now comes the second chapter in her story, The Returner, a body-shaking, mind-expanding, soulful expression of liberation, love, and self-respect that serves as a fierce declaration of joy for all survivors that have made it to the other side. Allison, JT, and Drew built The Returner from the bottom up with a rhythm-first, genre-fluid approach. The improvisational energy of great female artists sparked the album’s fierce joy, and provided a wider canvas for Allison’s immense, unlimited talent. In all, the new album doesn’t just deliver on the promise of the last two years, it exceeds all reasonable (and unreasonable) expectations and affirms Allison Russell’s place among music’s most vital artists and The Returner, as one of 2023’s most essential recordings. // Allison Russell has spent her career in multiple bands, including Po’ Girl, Our Native Daughters, and Birds of Chicago. After a career spent as a gifted multi-instrumentalist, backing numerous other artists, she finally dared to release her solo project in 2021. “It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization,” said The New York Times in their profile on Russell and Outside Child. Following the album’s release, Russell performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ellen, Late Night With Stephen Colbert, CBS Saturday Morning, Austin City Limits, The Kelly Clarkson Show made her Opry debut and appeared at the Country Music Hall of Fame and performed at the 2022 GRAMMY’s Premiere Ceremony. // The accolades for Russell have been immense. In addition to her four GRAMMY nominations, she has earned three 2022 Americana Award nominations and a win for Album of the Year, two International Folk Music Award wins, a 2022 Juno nomination for ‘Songwriter of the Year,’ and her first-ever Juno Award win for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Russell received two 2021 Americana Awards nominations, won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, two UK Americana Music Awards, and more. She was recently nominated for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year for the 2023 Americana Awards. In addition, Russell has consistently used her newfound platform to elevate, educate and inspire; curating the history making Once And Future Sounds: Roots and Revolution set for the Newport Folk Festival in 2021 and mobilizing this year’s triumphant Love Rising All-Star benefit concert in support of LGBTQIA+ causes in Nashville – raising over $550,000 and calling national attention to Tennessee’s dangerous anti/trans and anti/drag laws. Russell has also announced a book deal with Flatiron/MacMillan for her debut novel, a memoir based on her life and the material that inspired Outside Child and The Returner. // All songs written by Allison Russell, JT Nero, and Drew Lindsay // Co-Producers: Dim Star and Allison Russell // Recorded by Brandon Bell at Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Assistant Engineer: Kelsey Porter. Mixed by Brandon Bell at The Cabin Studio (Nashville, TN). Mastered by Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering (Ringwood, NJ) // Allison Russell (vocals, banjo, clarinet), Elenna Canlas (keyboards/synth, backing vocals), Elizabeth Pupo-Walker (percussion), Chauntee Ross (violin, backing vocals) & Monique Ross (cello, backing vocals) aka SistaStrings, Ganessa James (bass, backing vocals), Joy Clark (guitar), Kerenza Peacock (violin), Larissa Maestro (cello, backing vocals), Lisa Coleman (piano), Mandy Fer (guitar, backing vocals), Meg Coleman (drums), Meg McCormick (guitar), Wendy Melvoin (guitar, bass), and Wiktoria Bialic (drums). Special guests Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, and Hozier provide backing vocals on “Requiem”. //We first saw Allison Russell as part of the band/duo with her partner JT Nero as, The Birds of Chicago at the 2014 International Folk Alliance Conference, where they were an Official Showcase Artist . More info at http://www.folk.org. Russell was born in Montreal to a Grenadian student and a Scottish-Canadian teenage single mother. Her mother struggled with postpartum depression and schizophrenia, and Russell was initially placed in foster care. Her mother regained custody of her after marrying a white-supremacist American expatriate. From the ages of 5 to 15, she was physically and sexually abused by her adoptive father. At the age of 15, Russell ran away from home, eventually moving to Vancouver in 1998. She attended Dawson College. // Russell was initially a member of the Vancouver-based Celtic folk band Fear of Drinking. // In 2003, Russell formed the band Po’ Girl with The Be Good Tanyas member Trish Klein. She recorded seven albums with the band: Po’ Girl (2003), Vagabond Lullabies (2004), B-side Recordings (2006), Home to You (2007), Deer in the Night (2008), Live (2009), and Follow Your Bliss (2010). Russell formed the music group Birds of Chicago with JT Nero in 2012. As part of Birds of Chicago, Russell released three studio albums, Birds of Chicago (2012), Real Midnight (2016) and Love in Wartime (2018). With the group, she also released a live album, Live from Space, and an EP titled American Flowers in 2018. In 2018, Russell joined the musical collective Our Native Daughters alongside fellow musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah In 2019, the group released the album Songs of Our Native Daughters under the Smithsonian Folkways label. Russell was also featured alongside the rest of the group in a Smithsonian Channel documentary titled Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters. Info: http://www.allisonrussellmusic.com]

3. Snail Mail – “Easy Thing”
   from: Valentine Demos / Matador Records / November 3, 2023
   [Snail Mail returns with her first recordings since the critically adored 2021 LP ‘Valentine.’ ‘Valentine Demos’ collects four intimate recordings leading up to Snail Mail’s most recent studio album along with a never-before-heard track “Easy Thing.” // Snail Mail is the American indie rock solo project of guitarist and singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan (born June 16, 1999). Originally from Ellicott City, Maryland, Jordan first performed as Snail Mail live in 2015 at the age of 15, and attracted attention with the EP Habit in 2016. After signing with Matador Records, Snail Mail released her debut studio album, Lush (2018), to critical acclaim. In 2021, Snail Mail followed up with her second album, Valentine, to further critical recognition. // Jordan was named the 242nd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. // Lindsey Erin Jordan was raised in Ellicott City, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. Her mother is a lingerie store owner and her father works for a textbook publisher. Jordan had a Roman Catholic upbringing. She started playing guitar at the age of 5, and became captivated by the punk scene as a teenager. At the age of 8, Jordan saw Paramore live on the Riot! tour. She cited the experience as a “big moment” that inspired her to eventually form her own band. She played guitar for a church band and a jazz band at school. She started writing her own songs at around 12 and began booking her own sets at restaurants and coffee shops. In 2018, Jordan was admitted to St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, but chose not to attend in order to focus on her career. // Jordan released her self-recorded solo EP Sticki in 2015 with her new band as Snail Mail. She was joined by Ryan Vieira playing bass and Shawn Durham on the drums. In October 2015, Snail Mail performed her first live show at Baltimore’s Unregistered Nurse festival alongside Sheer Mag, Screaming Females and Priests. The set attracted the attention of Priests, who subsequently recruited Jordan to their label Sister Polygon Records. After completing one short DIY tour in July 2016, Snail Mail released her first full EP Habit via Sister Polygon, produced by Priests’ G.L. Jaguar and Coup Sauvage and the Snips’s Jason Sauvage. The six-track EP received considerable coverage from the indie press. Pitchfork included the EP’s opening track, “Thinning”, in their “Best New Track” series. // Snail Mail, supported by bassist Alex Bass and drummer Ray Brown, toured North America extensively in 2017 supporting Priests, Girlpool, Waxahatchee and Beach Fossils. In September 2017, Jordan signed with Matador Records and performed her first Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music. Snail Mail’s first headlining tour began in January 2018. Snail Mail’s debut full-length album Lush was released on June 8, 2018, to generally positive reviews from music critics. In 2019, she toured New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the US, playing with artists such as Mac Demarco and Thundercat. In June 2019, Snail Mail released a new version of their song “Pristine” in Simlish for the new EA game The Sims 4: Island Living. That same month Matador Records digitally reissued Habit, featuring a cover of “The 2nd Most Beautiful Girl in the World” by the band Courtney Love, headed by American musician Lois Maffeo. // Snail Mail released her second album, Valentine, on November 5, 2021. The album received widespread critical acclaim and appeared on multiple 2021 year-end lists. Regarding Valentine, Jordan stated: “Making this album has been the greatest challenge of my life thus far. I put my entire heart and soul into every last detail.” // Her original set of US and UK tour dates were also set to begin in November 2021, but Jordan called off the tour shortly before it began due to her finding massive polyps in her vocal cords that needed to be operated on to prevent permanent damage to her voice. // In November 2022, Jordan announced through Variety that she would bring a hometown festival to Baltimore in early 2023 called “Snail Mail’s Valentine Fest.” The five-night run of shows will take place at the city’s Ottobar venue, with a lineup of special guests that Jordan curated herself, and she told Variety that there are “some fucking insane bands on there.” // Snail Mail was part of the lineup for the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. // In September 2023, Snail Mail announced a new EP Valentine (Demos), a collection of four previously-unreleased demo tracks that were recorded in the process of making the Valentine album. The announcement was accompanied by the release of Easy Thing, one of the four tracks from the EP. The full EP was released on November 3rd, 2023. // Snail Mail’s music has been described as indie rock, and alternative rock. While earlier Snail Mail releases were noted for their spare, lo-fi guitar-driven sounds, Valentine embraced a richer sonic palette, incorporating synthesizers, strings and samples. Lindsay Zoladz of The New York Times noted Jordan’s unconventional sense of melody and a preference for “murky” effects pedals, both exhibiting influences of 1990s indie rock. Her lyricism has been noted for its candid and introspective nature. Regarding her songwriting process, Jordan stated, “I have a really hard time writing from any place other than complete honesty within myself.” // Jordan has cited Hayley Williams of Paramore, Liz Phair and Avril Lavigne as her idols and major musical inspirations. Her other influences include Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Elliott Smith, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, My Bloody Valentine and Sheer Mag. Jordan has named Mary Timony her favorite guitarist, and received guitar lessons from Timony herself. Other guitarists who had inspired her include Marnie Stern, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn and Mark Kozelek. // Jordan is openly gay. In an interview with The New Zealand Herald, Jordan stated that while coming out as gay “really developed who I am as a person”, she “hated having to answer questions about being a woman and being gay and being young. All of it, to me, has nothing to do with the music.” As of September 2021, she lives in New York City.]

[Snail Mail plays Yeehaw: A Benefit Show for KC Tenants, on Friday, November 17, Doors at 8:00 PM / Show at 9:00 PM, at The Truman, 601 E Truman Road, KCMO with Waxahatchee, Caleb Hearon, Holmes Holmes, Kiry Shabazz, Friendly Thieves, and surprise Guests!]

4. Koney – “Buds”
   from: Koney / High Dive Records / October 9, 2020
   [Konnor Ervin is part of the Shy Boys who’ve released three full-length albums and multiple singles. Before Shy Boys, Konnor was the founder of the critically acclaimed band The ACBs who released their self titled debut album in 2007, followed by Stona Rosa in 2011, and Little Leaves in 2013. Konnor’s work on what might have been The ACBs fourth full-length album, got held up, but now five years later it’s seeing the light of day under the name Koney, Konnor’s nickname from Shy Boy’s band mates. From Lucas Wetzel’s Pitch Feature: “To bring the songs to life, Konnor enlisted brothers Collin and Kyle Rausch, his roommates in their ramshackle West Plaza house/practice space and his bandmates in chamber pop group Shy Boys. Ross Brown (of Fullbloods) played synthesizer and helped run sound, and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Little contributed on guitar. Fritz Hutchison and Andrew Connor also contributed on several tracks. Recording engineer Mike Nolte flew in from Portland to run the controls at Westend Recordings, and the group set up camp in the studio over a long snowy weekend.” KonnorEevin was out guest on WMM on June 3, 2020.]

[Koney plays Songbird Sessions on Thursday, November 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Manor Records, 1501 West 12th Street, WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO. More info at http://www.manorrecords.com]

5. Julia Othmer – “Fortunate Son”
   from: SEEDS, Volume 2 (LIVE) / Frickin’ Awesome Records / March 20, 2021
   [This is Julia’s 4th full length and contains 10 live songs selected from her 30-day Songs of September Project, where Julia performed live covers of her favorite songs of protest and hope, broadcast through streaming social platforms to inspire people to vote on November 3. Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be included on SEEDS. Julia Othmer released SOUND on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st full-length album, OASIS MOTEL In 2018 to 2019 Julia Othmer toured with and opened for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom. When Julia Othmer is in Kansas City she plays with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, John Floyd Whitaker on drums. More info at http://www.juliaothmer.com. Julia Othmer was our guest on WMM on September 1, 2021 and March 9, 2022. and Masy 18, 2022]

[Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn.]

10:15 – Interview With Julia Othmer

Julia Othmer‘s music is vibrant and emotionally potent. She is the child of European refugees, she draws from a broad and richly cultured palette of experience to create her intensely human yet otherworldly songs. Her piano-driven performances are a mesmerizing and superconscious fusion of raw power, vocal artistry and joy. In 2021 Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 2, her 4th album with live recordings from her 30-day “Songs of September Project”, where Julia covered songs of protest & hope, to inspire people to vote. In 2020, Julia released SEEDS VOLUME 1. Julia Othmer released “Sound,” on April 12, 2019, her second album produced with James Lundie, who became Julia’s husband in 2016. Julia was a 2022 Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist and was one of seven artists selected to represent the USA for Global Music Match 2021. Julia Othmer joins us to share her new single, “Open Wide” that premiered in late October when Julia played in Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories in Roanoke Park.

Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn. More Info at: http://www.juliaothmer.com.

Julia Othmer thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Julia Othmer recently played in Kansas City Repertory Theatre‘s 4th Annual GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads with two outdoor performances October 13 and 14 in Roanoke Park, 3601 Roanoke Road, KCMO. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM featuring poets, Glenn North and Mary Silwance, and Black Light Animals, Jass, Julia Othmer and more.

Julia Othmer was comissioned by the Kansas City Repertory Theatre to write an
original song on the theme of “haunting or haunted” as part of Ghost Light 2023.

Working with her longtime collaborator and partner, James T Lundie, they created
an original composition and soundscape called “Open Wide.”

“Open Wide” debuted at the Ghost Light 2023 performances on October 13 & 14,
and the official studio recording of “Open Wide” released on Thursday, October 26
on all streaming platforms.

”Open Wide” is the “James Bond theme song of the season.”

Per Julia, “My understanding is that Stuart Carden (Artistic Director of the KC Rep)
became aware of us at our performance at this year’s Crossroads Music Fest. We
were delighted to meet with him and hear about Ghost Light, and it did not take
long at all to convince us to collaborate. He totally had us at “and then we shall
invite everyone to howl at the moon together!”

“James and I were touring through France and Germany immediately after CMFKC.
We knew when we got back to Kansas City, we had less than three days to make
the magic happen before the studio visit by Stuart and Karen Lisondra (KC Rep
Assistant Director) to check in on our progress. There’s definitely great inspiration
in a strong deadline.”

GHOST LIGHT 2023 (KC Rep in Roanoke Park): Conceived of and created by Stuart
Carden of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 2023 was the 4th Annual Ghost Light:
A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads!
Nestled in the dark woods of Roanoke Park (3601 Roanoke Road, Kansas City,
MO), we celebrated the start of Spooky Season at this free, frightfully-fun event!
Ghost Light featured extraordinary musicians Julia Othmer, Jass, Black Light
Animals, and Amado Espinoza, plus writers and storytellers Glenn North and Mary
Silwance that reflected the cultural riches of our KC community. There were
art-making opportunities and a chance to march with the Ghost Light Orchestra in
the Haunted Parade!

Julia Othmer joins us to share her new single, “Open Wide”

Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn.

Last year Julia organized the Benefit for Ukraine, at Lemonade Park, KC, MO. Kansas City area artists are coming together at Lemonade Park to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening will include live music, spoken word, dance, improvisation, poetry-on-demand, and a curated gallery of visual art projected on a screen between performances.

In 2022 Julia participated in Global Music Match that included 78 artists, from 17 countries who were divided into 14 groups. Julia covered a song from each artist in her team, and collaborated with Jessica Pearson and East Wind from Ottawa, Canada.

Julia Othmer is a “captivating” piano-playing singer/songwriter known for her energetic live performances. Passionate and engaging, Othmer creates intimate warmth with her audiences. Using music to connect to people and social issues inspires her.

Since your Julia’salbum “Sound” all of your following releases SEEDS VOLUME 1 and SEEDS VOLUME 2 have been produced with her husband James Lundie.

Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn. For more info: juliaothmer.com

10:30

9. Julia Othmer – “Open Wide”
   from: “Open Wide” – Single / Fricken’ Awesome Records / October 26, 2023
   [Julia’s released her 4th full length album SEEDS Volume 2 (LIVE) on Frickin’ Awesome Records on March 20, 2021 and contains 10 live songs selected from her 30-day Songs of September Project, where Julia performed live covers of her favorite songs of protest and hope, broadcast through streaming social platforms to inspire people to vote on November 3. Julia’s fans democratically selected their favorite tracks to be included on SEEDS. Julia Othmer released SOUND on April 12, 2019, her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st full-length album, OASIS MOTEL In 2018 to 2019 Julia Othmer toured with and opened for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom. When Julia Othmer is in Kansas City she plays with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, John Floyd Whitaker on drums. More info at http://www.juliaothmer.com. Julia Othmer was on WMM on Sept 1, 2021 and March 9, 2022. and Masy 18, 2022.]

[Julia Othmer plays The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO, Thursday, November 16, with Teri Quinn.]

10:33 – Underwriting

7. Malek Azrael & The Vibez – “Anxiety”
   from: “Anxiety” – Single / Malek Azrael / January 6, 2023
   [On October 15, 2021 Makek Azrael released his 10-track album debut. Male Azrael lives in KCMO. He has worked for Boys Grow, and is currently working with touring. Malek Azrael has been involved with Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship. He sometimes plays with Making Movies and played the Ameri-Kana Fest. Malek Azrael played KKFI’s 18th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Aug. 27, at The Black Box, in West Bottoms. Malek & The Vibez play Boulevardia Festival at Crown Center, on Friday, June 16.]

[Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon.]

10:38 – Interview with Malek Azrael

Malek Azrael returns to WMM to talk about his show at Greenwood Social Hall. Malek Azrael grew up in Kansas City. He worked for Boys Grow, and with touring bands. Malek Azrael was part of Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship, and sometimes plays with Making Movies. Makek Azrael released his 10-track debut album on October 15, 2021. Malek Azrael released the single “22” on January 13, 2023, and the newest single, “Anxiety” on April 30, 2023. Malek is the lead singer and songwriter of his band, Malek & The Vibez with Josh Luke on drums, Quinn Cosgrove on bass, and Calvin Haverkamp on guitar. Malek played the Ameri-Kana Fest, KKFI’s Crossroads Music Fest, and Boulevardia Festival at Crown Center. Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon. More info at: http://www.mavband.us

Malek Azrael thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

“Malek Azrael’s debut album “Waves” was a jam packed record full of baby making soul comparable to the likes of D’angelo, Stevie Wonder, and Prince with a voice that rivals the greatest RnB singers of our generation.”

10:46

8. Malek Azrael & The Vibez – “22 (Radio Edit)”
   from: “Anxiety” – Single / Malek Azrael / April 30, 2023
   [On October 15, 2021 Makek Azrael released his 10-track album debut. Male Azrael lives in KCMO. He has worked for Boys Grow, and is currently working with touring. Malek Azrael has been involved with Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship. He sometimes plays with Making Movies and played the Ameri-Kana Fest. Malek Azrael played KKFI’s 18th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Aug. 27, at The Black Box, in West Bottoms. Malek & The Vibez play Boulevardia Festival at Crown Center, on Friday, June 16.]

[Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon.]

10:50 – More Interview with Malek Azrael & The Vibez

Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon.

More info at: http://www.mavband.us

10:57

9. Malek Azrael – “Find The Love”
   from: Waves / Malek Azrael / October 15, 2021
   [On October 15, 2021 Malek Azrael released his 10-track album debut. Male Azrael lives in KCMO. He has worked for Boys Grow. And is currently working with touring. Malek Azrael has been involved with Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship. He sometimes plays with Making Movies and played the Ameri-Kana Fest. Malek Azrael played KKFI’s 18th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Aug. 27, at The Black Box, in West Bottoms.]

[Malek Azrael & The Vibez play Live at The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with special guest Mike Dillon.]

11:00 – Station ID

10. Red Kate -“Shut It Down”
    from: Exit Strategy / Black Site / November 10. 2023
    [First single form new album. Single was released April 27, 2023. The Kansas City based, class-conscious punk rock and rollers, Red Kate, are proud to announce their first new music in five years. “Shut It Down”, the debut single from the band’s upcoming third album, EXIT STRATEGY, is a blistering, no-holds-barred call to action for the oppressed, marginalized and working class. Written by the band’s former guitar player, Desmond Poirier, after attending a Stand Up KC march, “Shut It Down” reminds us that when push comes to shove, the one power the powerless still have when they come together in solidarity is to SHUT! IT! DOWN! The song begins streaming on all platforms Thursday, April 27, 2023. // In late 2021, singer/bassist, L. Ron Drunkard, drummer Andrew Whelan, rhythm guitarist Shawn Hamontree, and newly added lead guitarist Chris Kinsley returned to the band’s mainstay studio, Duane Trower’s Weights and Measures Soundlab, to finish what, at this point, had become a multi-year project. The group laid down four new tracks written during lockdown and then began the long process of turning twelve songs recorded over several sessions in two different studio locations with four different guitarists into the best sounding, and best collection of, songs the band has ever recorded. // Exit Strategy is set for release in the Fall of 2023 on Kansas City record label cooperative Black Site. // BLACK SITE is a record label cooperative created by Kansas City musicians interested in supporting regional punk and rock bands release their recordings on a physical medium. With the world around us becoming a deluge of digital l’s and 0’s, transient as a trust fund crust punk on a cross country excursion, tangible art is critical to maintaining connections to our past, our sense of place, and who we are as a people. Only WE can create the world we want to live in. Reciprocity and solidarity are the cornerstones of building long lasting, self-sustaining community power that pushes back against the commodification of culture. Music is not a business; Punk is not a brand, and DIY is not a lifestyle to be consumed. This is a way of life, and if we don’t hang together, we’ll surely hang alone. Info at: http://www.black-site.org

[Red Kate plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Wednesday, November 22 with The Uncouth and the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance.]

[Red Kate plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS on Friday, December 1, 2023, with special guests Jackoffs and Sarkatha. ]

11:04 – Interview with L. Ron Drunkard of Red Kate

L. Ron Drunkard plays in Kansas City based punk rock band, Red Kate, and joins us to share music and information about the band’s third LP, EXIT STRATEGY.

Red Kate plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Wednesday, November 22 with The Uncouth and the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance.

Red Kate plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS on Friday, December 1, 2023, with special guests Jackoffs and Sarkatha.

L. Ron Drunkard thanks for being with us on WMM.

More info at: black-site.org/red-kate and redkate.bandcamp.com 

The KC based Punk Rock and Roll band, Red Kate has been rocking venues since 2007. In the review of their debut EP, The Pitch wrote, “Bassist and lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, (aka Shawn Saving) is a socialist activist by day, bellows like an Appalachian Roger Daltrey.”

The band’s first full-length album, “When the Troubles Come” was released on Replay Records in 2013. In 2016 the band released their follow up full – length record, UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES, on Kansas City’s coop record label, Black Site. The band has also released two 7″ split sinle releases with The Bad Ideas, and Stiff Middle Fingers. and “Iraqi Girl,” as part of the Too Much Rock – Singles Series, 7” vinyl 45-rpm release, with a B side cover of TSOL’s,” American Zone,” the first recording with rhythm guitarist Shaun Hamontree.

While the album takes musical departures into post-punk and proto-industrial territories only hinted at in previous albums, it does so without sacrificing the band’s well-established Cleveland-via-Australia style of Midwestern punk rock and roll. Bassist / lead-vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, drummer Andrew Whelan, rhythm guitarist Shaun Hamontree and newest member, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, maintain that fierce classic tube-driven intensity that is the band’s hallmark.


Exit Strategy contains nine tracks of unreleased material written and recorded over several years, plus three tracks previously available only on 7” vinyl.  Creating a single cohesive album from twelve songs recorded over multiple sessions at two different studio locations with four different guitarists required the masterful skills of the band’s mainstay engineer, Duane Trower, and his Weights and Measures Soundlab. Making this album wasn’t easy and it sure wasn’t quick, but rarely is anything of quality.  Exit Strategy is most certainly the best sounding, best collection of songs the band has ever released.


11:13

11. Red Kate – “She’s In Love”
    from: Exit Strategy / Black Site / November 10. 2023
    [Third single form new album. The Kansas City based, class-conscious punk rock and rollers, Red Kate, are proud to announce their first new music in five years. “Shut It Down”, the debut single from the band’s upcoming third album, EXIT STRATEGY, is a blistering, no-holds-barred call to action for the oppressed, marginalized and working class. Written by the band’s former guitar player, Desmond Poirier, after attending a Stand Up KC march, “Shut It Down” reminds us that when push comes to shove, the one power the powerless still have when they come together in solidarity is to SHUT! IT! DOWN! The song begins streaming on all platforms Thursday, April 27, 2023. // In late 2021, singer/bassist, L. Ron Drunkard, drummer Andrew Whelan, rhythm guitarist Shawn Hamontree, and newly added lead guitarist Chris Kinsley returned to the band’s mainstay studio, Duane Trower’s Weights and Measures Soundlab, to finish what, at this point, had become a multi-year project. The group laid down four new tracks written during lockdown and then began the long process of turning twelve songs recorded over several sessions in two different studio locations with four different guitarists into the best sounding, and best collection of, songs the band has ever recorded. // Exit Strategy is set for release in the Fall of 2023 on Kansas City record label cooperative Black Site. // BLACK SITE is a record label cooperative created by Kansas City musicians interested in supporting regional punk and rock bands release their recordings on a physical medium. With the world around us becoming a deluge of digital l’s and 0’s, transient as a trust fund crust punk on a cross country excursion, tangible art is critical to maintaining connections to our past, our sense of place, and who we are as a people. Only WE can create the world we want to live in. Reciprocity and solidarity are the cornerstones of building long lasting, self-sustaining community power that pushes back against the commodification of culture. Music is not a business; Punk is not a brand, and DIY is not a lifestyle to be consumed. This is a way of life, and if we don’t hang together, we’ll surely hang alone. Info at: http://www.black-site.org

[Red Kate plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Wednesday, November 22 with The Uncouth and the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance.]

[Red Kate plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS on Friday, December 1, 2023, with special guests Jackoffs and Sarkatha. ]

11:16 – More Interview with L. Ron Drunkard of Red Kate

L. Ron Drunkard of the KC based punk rock band, Red Kate joins us to share music and information about the band’s just released LP, EXIT STRATEGY.

L. Ron Drunkard thanks for being with us on WMM.

With their third LP, Exit Strategy, Kansas City’s no-bullshit, class-conscious punk rock and rollers, Red Kate, fire an unapologetic sonic blast of musical truth into the disinformation-soaked wall of incessant noise that deafens and numbs us daily.  While it’s natural to wonder how we got to this sorrowful state, Exit Strategy asks the more relevant question, “How do we get out?” 

Addressing issues as varied as American exceptionalism (“Home of the Slave”), anti-intellectualism (“Don’t Think Too Much”), provincial conservatism (“Escape Room”), and technological dehumanization (“Lost Connection”), Exit Strategy holds a mirror up to our self-absorbed, narcissistic society, a society so easily manipulated and exploited through tribalism and fear that it makes one doubt that progress is actually possible (“No Solution”).  Even the album’s new single, “She’s in Love”, a catchy power pop tune that feels like a love song, proves instead to be a warning about an intractable relationship.  Is slowly degrading gridlock all the future has in store?
 Complementing the theme of the record is Shaun Hamontree’s album art, an adaptation of a Vietnam-era photograph of a soldier being lifted into (or falling from?) a helicopter – a grim image that aptly captures the uncertainty and anxiety of our postmodern condition.  Pressed on translucent smoke gray vinyl, Exit Strategy is an ideal work of art for the coming end times.

While the album takes musical departures into post-punk and proto-industrial territories only hinted at in previous albums, it does so without sacrificing the band’s well-established Cleveland-via-Australia style of Midwestern punk rock and roll.  Bassist/lead vocalist L. Ron Drunkard, drummer Andrew Whelan, rhythm guitarist Shaun Hamontree and newest member, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, maintain that fierce classic tube-driven intensity that is the band’s hallmark.
 Exit Strategy contains nine tracks of unreleased material written and recorded over several years, plus three tracks previously available only on 7” vinyl.  Creating a single cohesive album from twelve songs recorded over multiple sessions at two different studio locations with four different guitarists required the masterful skills of the band’s mainstay engineer, Duane Trower, and his Weights and Measures Soundlab. Making this album wasn’t easy and it sure wasn’t quick, but rarely is anything of quality.  Exit Strategy is most certainly the best sounding, best collection of songs the band has ever released.

To introduce the new record, Red Kate is hosting two shows:

November 22 at miniBar in Kansas City with working class heroes The Uncouth plus the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance

December 1 at Replay Lounge in Lawrence with up-and-coming rippers Jackoffs and Sarkatha
. For more than 15 years Red Kate has expressed its DIY ethic through multiple LP and 7” releases, touring across the Midwest, and going so far as to create Black Site, a not-for-profit record label cooperative, to help other bands produce vinyl records. With authoritarian narcissists, white supremacy and plain ol’ hate and prejudice again on the rise worldwide, Red Kate’s hard, fast and angry polemics on our current state of affairs are, as the only band that ever mattered once put it, a “public service announcement…with guitars!”

Exit Strategy was released November 10, 2023 on Kansas City record label cooperative Black Site.  LPs, CDs and Cassettes will be available November 22 and can be preordered here – https://link.black-site.org/RK-Exit-Strategy
 . The singles “She’s in Love”, “Home of the Slave”, and “Shut It Down”, plus the rest of the album, can be downloaded for airplay or review here (please do not distribute) – https://link.black-site.org/RK-ES-Music

CONTACT:
redkatekc@yahoo.com
black-site.org/red-kate
redkate.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/redkatekc

BLACK SITE is a record label cooperative created by Kansas City musicians interested in supporting regional punk and rock bands release their recordings on a physical medium. With the world around us becoming a deluge of digital l’s and 0’s, transient as a trust fund crust punk on a cross country excursion, tangible art is critical to maintaining connections to our past, our sense of place, and who we are as a people. Only WE can create the world we want to live in. Reciprocity and solidarity are the cornerstones of building long lasting, self-sustaining community power that pushes back against the commodification of culture. Music is not a business; Punk is not a brand, and DIY is not a lifestyle to be consumed. This is a way of life, and if we don’t hang together, we’ll surely hang alone.

blacksiterecords@gmail.com black-site.org

L. Ron Drunkard thanks for being with us on WMM.

11:25

11. Red Kate -“Home of the Slave”
    from: Exit Strategy / Black Site / November 10, 2023
    [2nd single form new album. The Kansas City based, class-conscious punk rock and rollers, Red Kate, are proud to announce their first new music in five years. “Shut It Down”, the debut single from the band’s upcoming third album, EXIT STRATEGY, is a blistering, no-holds-barred call to action for the oppressed, marginalized and working class. Written by the band’s former guitar player, Desmond Poirier, after attending a Stand Up KC march, “Shut It Down” reminds us that when push comes to shove, the one power the powerless still have when they come together in solidarity is to SHUT! IT! DOWN! The song begins streaming on all platforms Thursday, April 27, 2023. // In late 2021, singer/bassist, L. Ron Drunkard, drummer Andrew Whelan, rhythm guitarist Shawn Hamontree, and newly added lead guitarist Chris Kinsley returned to the band’s mainstay studio, Duane Trower’s Weights and Measures Soundlab, to finish what, at this point, had become a multi-year project. The group laid down four new tracks written during lockdown and then began the long process of turning twelve songs recorded over several sessions in two different studio locations with four different guitarists into the best sounding, and best collection of, songs the band has ever recorded. // Exit Strategy is set for release in the Fall of 2023 on Kansas City record label cooperative Black Site. // BLACK SITE is a record label cooperative created by Kansas City musicians interested in supporting regional punk and rock bands release their recordings on a physical medium. With the world around us becoming a deluge of digital l’s and 0’s, transient as a trust fund crust punk on a cross country excursion, tangible art is critical to maintaining connections to our past, our sense of place, and who we are as a people. Only WE can create the world we want to live in. Reciprocity and solidarity are the cornerstones of building long lasting, self-sustaining community power that pushes back against the commodification of culture. Music is not a business; Punk is not a brand, and DIY is not a lifestyle to be consumed. This is a way of life, and if we don’t hang together, we’ll surely hang alone. Info at: http://www.black-site.org

[Red Kate plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Wednesday, November 22 with The Uncouth and the return of KC hardcore legends, Second Chance.]

[Red Kate plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS on Friday, December 1, 2023, with special guests Jackoffs and Sarkatha. ]

11:28 – Underwriting

13. Mike Dillon & Punkadelic– “Pandas”
    from: Inflorescence / Royal Potato Family / January 27, 2023
    [Punkadelick: Mike Dillon – Vibraphone, Marimba, Prophet 6, Congas, Bongo; Brain Haas – Fender Rhodes, Piano, Bass Moog, Melodica; Nikki Glaspie – Drums, Cymbals, Vocals. Mixed and Recorded by Chad Meise. Mastered by Collin Jordan / Boiler Room Mastering. Cover Art: Peregrine Honig. // From Bandcamp notes: Mike Dillon & Punkadelick makes its recorded debut with Inflorescence, an album of heady, instrumental rock highlighting a band deep in the throes of creative freedom, road tested and wild. Consisting of 10 tracks in 42-minutes, it’s an expansive, focused and fearless collection, representing a world where Duke Ellington and Augustus Pablo rub shoulders with crate-digger exotica, the freak-funk of Parliament and the ‘anything fits’ outsider ethos of acid-fried punks like The Meat Puppets. // A trio featuring Mike Dillon (Ricki Lee Jones, Ani DiFranco, Les Claypool) on vibraphone, marimba, Prophet 6, congas, and bongos, Brian Haas (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) on Fender Rhodes, piano, bass Moog and melodica and Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce) on drums, cymbals and vocals, Punkadelick is the unified vision of six hands creating a world that often sounds like the work of an ensemble three times the size. // During 2020 and 2021, while many music venues were still shuttered, the group began touring, sweating their way through cuts Dillon and Haas had composed during quarantine writing sessions. Locking in on stage, it quickly became clear the band was functioning at a level that made the hair on their arms stand at attention—even for three live music veterans accustomed to life on the road. // “It became obvious to let this become a collaboration,” Dillon says. “This is really something all three of us are doing because we have so much love for one another and a love for the music that we started creating.” // “There’s only three of us, but we move together like a big, nasty school of fish,” Haas adds, laughing. // During the tail end of a 2021 tour, the band booked time to record with engineer—and functioning fourth band member—Chad Meise, and Inflorescence sprouted. Opener “Desert Monsoon,” sets the stage with a spiritual-jazz intro of organ, vibraphone, percussion and wordless vocal coos before crackling to life as a swaggering funk strut. The title track, and “Pandas,” dig into thick dub textures built around Glaspie’s drumming and Haas’s subwoofer-straining bass synths. // “Apocalypse Daydream,” which appeared as an exotic head-nodder on 2020’s Shoot the Moon (titled “Apocalyptic Daydreams”) is reborn as a meatier jazz-rock slab where Dillon and Haas circle each other like Television performing as a lounge act on a cruise ship sailing seas of psilocybin. // Bending ears and surprising audiences has long been part of Dillon’s MO and Glaspie and Haas act as perfect foils for forays into the weird. While Dillon bristles at the “punk jazz” tag, punk rock and jazz remain core influences to the band, in sound and spirit. // “We’re students of the titans of music. We grew up listening to punk and rock ’n’ roll but we also love instrumental music—particularly the forefathers of Black American Music. In our minds, Led Zeppelin and Milt Jackson, Parliament-Funkadelic and The Minutemen, The Bad Brains and Frank Zappa are interconnected influences,” explains Dillon. “All that comes together in how we approach instrumental creative music. Both punk rock and jazz are not prefab things, they’re about the freedom. We have no genre restriction in this band, and people who get it really respect that.” // Maybe the greatest example of the band’s punk-steeped sonic free-for-all is “Slowly But Surely,” a track Dillon told Haas to compose as if he were “writing for Queens of the Stone Age.” The song plays like QOTSA translated to piano runs, vibes and deeply swinging drums—big-riff stoner rock upended and played with huge smiles by America’s premier proponents of the unclassifiable. // “We try to challenge our listeners. We’re touching a nerve with people who maybe don’t want to see the same songs done in the same variations all night long,” continues Dillon. “Part of my mission is taking these instruments that are primarily designed for the orchestral or jazz world and taking them to the rock world, the club world, running them through pedals and effects. We’re not afraid to be soft, or to surprise. That’s what we all do in this band — get beyond our own conceptions of what music is supposed to be.” // “We are so blessed and lucky to do what we do for a living — it’s apparent in the music,” Glaspie chimes in. “It doesn’t matter how the day is going, but we get to the club, set up and crush the gig, all the other stuff doesn’t matter. We’re likeminded individuals who love life, love people and want to spread happiness.”

[Mike Dillon plays The Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Bellview Ave. KCMO, on Saturday, November 18 with Malek Azrael & The Vibez]

11:34 – Interview with Peregrine Honig

Peregrine Honig was born in San Francisco, and moved to Kansas City, at 17 to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. At age 22, Honig was the youngest living artist to have work acquired by the Whitney Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Peregrine appeared on season one of Bravo’s artist reality television show, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, which aired in the summer of 2010. She owns a lingerie and swimwear boutique, Birdies, which opened in 2003, in the Crossroads. In 2017 Peregrine began managing the Greenwood Social Hall where she has presented concerts from Calvin Arsenia, Krystle Warren, Bach Aria Soloists, and this week’s concert with Malek Azrael & The Vibez.

Artist Peregrine Honig joins us to discuss her new show “Player,” opening Fri, Nov. 17, at 6:30 PM at Studios INC, 1708 Campbell, KCMO. AND the show UNDERSTUDIES with small works opens at Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Blvd, KCMO, November 17, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition runs thru Dec. 30, 2023. There will be an AFTER PARTY at The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO. Info at http://www.peregrinehonig.com

Peregrine Honig, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Peregrine Honig was born in San Francisco, CA, attended The Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Kansas City Art Institute in 2020. Honig’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; the Milwaukee Art Museum; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.

Honig has had solo exhibitions at Dwight Hackett Projects in Santa Fe, Geschiedle Gallery in Chicago, Haw Contemporary and shows with the Blue Gallery in Kansas City. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including The Dianne and Sandy Besser Collection ( San Francisco de Young Museum of Art ); The Random and the Ordered: New Prints (International Print Center, New York); Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for A New Generation (Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh); and The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing (Frye Art Museum, Seattle).

Peregrine is a recipient of the Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, the Guanlan China Printmaking Residency, Projecto Argentina, the Charlotte Street Fund, The Seeley Foundation, Inspiration Grant and was honored with The 2019 Urban Hero Award. She has been produced and published by Landfall Press since 1998. Honig has been been The Artistic Director of The West Eighteenth Street Fashion Show since 2000 and co owner of Birdies since 2003. She directed and curated Fahrenheit Gallery from 1997 to 2007 and founded Greenwood Social Hall in 2017, a curated concert space that hosts international shows and regional artists.

Peregrine Honig 
San Francisco, California
Ruth Asawa High School for the Arts

KCAI Graduate 2019

Select Solo Exhibitions 
2023 Studios Inc, Player
2021 Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art
2018 Blue Gallery, Find My Fear and Unfold Me 
2015 Belger, Suites 
2014 Haw Contemporary, Unicorn 
2012 Gallery 210 University of Missouri-Saint Louis 
2012 ́ACE, Buenos Aries, Argentina Puto
2011 Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa, Fe, NM, Loser
2010 Phillips du Pury, New York, NY Fair Game
2008 Dwight Hackett projects, Santa Fe, NM VIP
2007 Geschiedle, Chicago, IL Pretty Babies
2004 Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Patriot Acts
2003 Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM Boys and Veils
2000 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA Ovubet

Select Group Exhibitions 
2019 Summer in Hindsight, Harlem International Film Festival
2012 Now Knowing, Cara and Capeza
2010 Zipor, Ziporim, Zippora, Galerie Lichpunkt, Munich, Germany
2008 On Liberty Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008 Every Man’s Life is A Fairytale, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York
2008 Transfigure, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2009 Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York
2008 REMIX: Recent Acquisitions Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008 It’s Not Over Yet, Invisible Exports, New York, NY
2007 The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection at the De Young Museum, San Francisco
2006 ANIMALIA – Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC 
2005 Identity-Sexuality-Gender: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Thomas Robertello, Kinsey Institute Gallery, Bloomington, IN 
2003 Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation – The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA 
2002 Book as Art XIV: Temptations, National Museum of Women in the Arts

2001 Landfall Press – 1970 – 2000 – H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, KCMO
2001 Read All About It: Text and Image, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA 
2001 Venus, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Cupcake, Byron Cohen Gallery 
2000 Art Cologne, Akinci Gallerie (Amsterdam), Cologne, Germany Publications 

Projects 
Writer for Review Magazine 2000-2016
Curator of Fahrenheit Gallery 1996-2016
Artistic Director of The West 18th Street Fashion Show 2000-2020
Birdies 2003- present
Program Director of Greenwood Social Hall 2018- present
Awards, Residencies and Commission
2023 Birdies, Best of Intima, North America- First Place, New York, NY 
2022 Casa Ocea, Artist Exchange, Merida, Mexico
2020 Harlem International Film Festival, Best Independent Film 
2018 Urban Hero Award, Kansas City, MO
2018 Lighton International Artist Exchange
2017 Projecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Guanlan Printmaking Residency, Guanlan China 
2011 Sweet Chariot and The Gilded Cage, Nelson-Atkins Museum 
2010 Bravo Television, Work of Art, Finalist 
2008 Inspiration Grant, Widow Magazine
2008 Art Omi International Artists’ Residency
2007 Inspiration Grant, Satellite Exhibitions 
2007 Creative Capitol 

2002 Avenue of the Arts Public Arts Project Grant 
2000 Charlotte Street Fund 
Selected Collections 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The New York Public Library, NY


Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
21st Century Museum of Art, Louisville, KY
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Milwaukee Art Museum, WI

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. 
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Peregrine Honig, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Artist Peregrine Honig’s new show “Player,” opens Friday, November. 17, at 6:30 PM at Studios INC, 1708 Campbell, KCMO. AND the show at the same time, UNDERSTUDIES with small works opens at Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Blvd, KCMO, November 17, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition runs thru Dec. 30, 2023. There will be an AFTER PARTY at The Ship, 1221 Union St. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO. Info at http://www.peregrinehonig.com

10:50

14. Waxahatchee – “Lilacs”
    from: Saint Cloud / Merge Records / March 27, 2020
    [All songs written by Katie Crutchfield. Recorded & mixed at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX & Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY. Produced by Brad Cook. Engineered by Jerry Ordonez. Additional engineering by Jon Low. Mixed by Jon Low. Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen. KATIE CRUTCHFIELD on vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keys; BRAD COOK on bass, acoustic guitar, piano, keys, synth; BOBBY COLOMBO on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys; BILL LENNOX on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys, percussion; NICK KINSEY on drums, percussion; JOSH KAUFMAN on electric guitars, piano, organ, percussion. Katie Crutchfield’s southern roots are undeniable. The name of her solo musical project Waxahatchee comes from a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to represent both where she came from and where she’s going. More info at: http://www.waxahatchee.com.]

[Waxahatchee plays Yeehaw: A Benefit Show for KC Tenants, on Friday, November 17, Doors at 8:00 PM / Show at 9:00 PM, at The Truman, 601 E. Truman Road, KCMO with Snail Mail, Caleb Hearon, Holmes Holmes, Kiry Shabazz, Friendly Thieves, and surprise Guests!]

15. Kadesh Flow – “Stakes”
    from: “Stakes” – Single / Ryan Jamaal Davis / November 17, 2023
    [Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis who writes to us: “This is the longest I’ve ever gone without releasing music in my life. It’s been 11 months. Extremely weird feeling. I’m excited to be back in the game though! “Stakes” was produced by Dominique Sanders (who just landed a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for his work on Janelle Monae’s “AGE OF PLEASURE album.” // Earlier this year on January 6, 2023 Kadesh Flow released “Switch Up” with Instrumental Production by Dominique Sanders, Written & Performed by: Kadesh Flow, Mixed by: Kadesh Flow, Mastered by: Kadesh Flow. // In 2022 Kadesh Flow released 6 singles starting with “Move Different (feat. Gr3s0n)” on January 21, 2022, with lyrics by Kadesh Flow & Gr3ys0n. Music by Kadesh Flow. Mixing: Kadesh Flow. Mastering: Kadesh Flow and was released on January 21, 2022. “Move Different” was part of WMM’s 50 Favorite Singles of 2022. On October 21, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single ”Chill (feat. Mir Blackwell).” On October 10, 2022 Kadesh Flow released “Dream For Me.” On September 30, 2022 Marcus Lewis Big Band released the single, “You’re Very Special (feat. Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow & Kevin Church Johnson).” On July 1, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single “Away From You.”About that single Kadesh told us “I’ve been a little quiet from a release standpoint because I’ve been scoring a feature length film.” “This song is… inspired by Eren Yeager and his tragic, brutal journey in Attack on Titan but is also deeply personal to me. There’s a lot of current world problem glazing that I’m doing on it as well.” “Also, June 30, 2022, marks five years since I left my financial tech career to pursue my performing and recording artist career full time. I’m releasing this on July 1, partially in celebration of that milestone.” This was one of over nearly 30 new singles Kadesh Flow released in 24 months: In 2021 Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Soft Side,” on Jan. 21, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Assumptions feat. Shubzilla,” on Jan. 29, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Frosty,” on February 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Cry For Me 2,” February 12, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Not on My Watch,” on February 19, 2021, Inspired by Lord Beerus (Dragonball Super). Kadesh Flow released, “Held Me Longer,” on Marc written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Your Dream Isn’t Always Yours,” on March 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Forgot About Me,” on March 14, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Take Backs (feat. Ryan Heinlein),” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “But Hope” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single, “I Don’t Care” on April 9, 2021, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by D. Professor. Kadesh Flow released the single, “That Way” on April 16, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow, and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Saunders. Kadesh Flow released the new single, “So Far” on April 23, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “On Target” on April 30, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single ”Lighten Up”on May 7, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Elegant” on May 21, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the 13-track album ROOM SERVICE 2, on July 19, 2021. Kadesh Flow released the single “Coming For Your Neck” on August 20, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Easy” on August 27, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 18th single the year. Kadesh Flow released the single “Fiend” on Sept. 4, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by Dominique Sanders. This is his 19th single the year. le, “Gardens Out The Gutter” on Dec. 3, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “CHOICE (The Cost)” on December 17, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis is a rapper with an MBA. He is an emcee, producer, & trombonist. At age 11, he began rapping and playing trombone within two weeks of one another. His music has been featured on network television in multiple countries and territories across Southeast Asia. Kadesh performs as a solo hip hop artist. He also plays with The Phantastics, and Marcus Lewis Big Band. Kadesh Flow played the 17th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Saturday, September 11, as part of Deshica Rage (with Kadesh Flow & Jessica Paige) at 10:00 PM on Community Lending of America Stage at Lemonade Park. Kadesh Flow was on WMM on Oct. 21, 2020. More info at: http://www.kadeshflow.com]

[Emcee and trombonist Kadesh Flow celebrates the release of his new single, “Stakes” on Friday, November 17, at 10:00 PM, at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave. WEST BOTTOMS, KCMO. This party features an all-star lineup, including: Ohm-I – Hacker Rapper and saxophonist // Marcel P. Black – Tulsa’s Afro-Futurist indie hip hop giant // Heavy Gantt – Kansas City Entrepreneur & Emcee // Du’Juan Duprin – a young Tulsa rapper cutting his teeth on the road for the first time // DJ Skeme – Kansas City DJ and vibe master // DiscFunktion DJs – Tulsa DJ/ turntable monster]

16. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” (CD #16) ( :34)
    from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

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