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

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Spinning Records With Merritt
+ Jamie Searle of My Brothers & Sisters
+ Chris Haghirian & Ink’s World Series Local Music Showcase

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

2. Allah-Las – “Ferus Gallery”
from: Worship the Sun / Innovative Leisure / 2014

3. Foxygen – “Cosmic Vibrations”
from: …And Star Power / Jagjaguwar / 2014

Marion Merritt joined us Guest Producer and Guest Co-Host, to share information from her musically-encyclopedic-brain. After 18 years as Manager of the Music Department at Barnes & Noble on The Plaza, Marion Merritt, left to pursue a dream and this year she became the owner of Records With Merritt, 1614 Westport Road, KCMO 64111. More info at: http://www.recordswithmerritt.com

10:13

4. Malombo Jazz Makers – “Matshenyogo”
from: Next Stop Soweto presents Spirit of Malombo: Malombo, Jabula, Jazz Afrika 1966-1984 Strut / 2014

5. Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours – “Soul Saviour Stew”
from: Soul Saviour Stew / Tramp Records / 2014

10:24

6. Peter LeMarc – “Morgonens Nåd”
from: Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv / Sony BMG / 2008

7. M. Hederos & M. Hellberg – “Been Smoking Too Long”
from: M. Hederos M. Hellberg / Gravitation Recordings / 2003
[This piano and vocal duo was born on New Years Day 2001. They both used to play in a band called Nyphet Noodlers and they were supposed to have a reunion in a studio but the others didn’t show up. To pass time while waiting for the others, they played some songs they loved. The engineer pressed the record button and the result was a record with interpretations of rock classics that stunned the audience. It is not often a cover version will give an old song such a new meaning, but with Martin Hederos sensitive and fondling hands over the keyboard and Mattias husky voice they create a sense of melancholy gospel and soul. They recorded a second album “Together in the darkness” and by then they had developed their own songwriting that well holds the standard. The recording is made in Silence Studio with Micke Herrström as producer. The recordings started of course on a New Years Day after a great party the night before together with friends and beloved. They played all over Scandinavia, Germany and France, went on tour with Ryan Adams and was support for Van Morrison. They were so popular they had to quit in 2002/2003 to have time for their ordinary lives! Martin Hederos is a member of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Tonbruket. Mattias have been playing guitar with The Hellacopters and Håkan Hellström and is a member of Nationalteatern.]

10:35 – Underwriting

10:37

8. Castanets – “It’s Good to Touch You in the Sunlight”
from: Decimation Blues / Asthmatic Kitty / 2014

9. Castanets – “Tell Them Memphis”
from: Decimation Blues / Asthmatic Kitty / 2014

10:48

10. The Aislers Set – “The Way To Market Station”
from: The Last Match / Slumberland / (1996) 2014

11. The Aislers Set – “Chicago New York”
from: The Last Match / Slumberland / (1996) 2014

10:55 – Station I.D.

12. Chicago Underground Duo – “Locus”
from: Locus / Northern Spy / 2014

13. Taylor McFerrin-“Already There (feat. Robert Glasper & Thundercat)”
from: Early Riser / Brainteaser / 2014

14.Vashti Bunyan – “Across the Water”
from: Heartleap / Fat Cat Records / 2014

15. Luluc – “Small Window”
from: Passerby / Sub Pop / 2014

11:13 – Interview with Jamie Searle

16. Danny Elfman & Dominik Hauser – “Main Theme from “Tales from the Crypt”
from: Main Theme from “Tales From the Crypt” / BSX Records / August 2, 2010

MY BROTHERS & SISTERS PRESENTS: THE SOUNDS OF TIM BURTON, Friday, October 31, at 8:00 pm, at The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, KCMO. The band will play musical selections from composer Danny Elfman from the films: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Tales From The Crypt, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The band will also perform an additional sets of their own for everybody to dance! There will also be a costume contest.

We first took notice of Jamie Searle as lead vocalist and songwriter for the band It’s Over winners of a Pitch Music Award. It’s Over ended as Jamie became a student of UMKC’s Conservatory of Music where he has immersed himself in musical theory, compostion, harmonic structure, melody. Out of school, Jamie spent nearly two years, composing, arranging, & recording the 2014 release “Violet Music Vol. 1” a full length release of new material composed for a large ensemble of musicians as Jamie’s band, My Brothers & Sisters, is a collective of at times up to 14 musicians, including a strings, horns, percussionists, bass, keyboards, vocalists, and back-up vocalists, and Jamie on vocals, guitar and conducting.

2014 has been a very busy year for MY BROTHERS & SISTERS. They’ve played The Crossroads Music Fest, and the Spring Dance, on on the big KC Crossroads Stage, they’ve also done several shows at the Mission Theatre.

17. Danny Elfman – “Main Titles (Beetlejuice)”
from: Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Geffen Records / September 16, 2014

Nominated for Pitch Music Award for Album of the year, “Violet Music Vol. 1” is one of our favorite releases of 2014, the songs are timeless and inspired by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Duke Ellington. When we listen to the album it feels like it was produced by Quincy Jones, there are many different sounds, and textures

Out of school, Jamie spent nearly two years, composing, arranging, & recording the 2014 release “Violet Music Vol. 1.” During this time Jamie became a father and he got married.

MY BROTHERS & SISTERS PRESENTS: THE SOUNDS OF TIM BURTON, Friday, October 31, at 8:00 pm, at The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, KCMO. The band will play musical selections from composer Danny Elfman from the films: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Tales From The Crypt, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The band will also perform two additional sets of their own until midnight for everybody to dance! There will be a costume contest with the music of Danny Elfman synced to video.

11:28 – Underwriting

11:30

18. Love and Rockets -“Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven”
from: Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven / Beggars Banquet / (1985) Vinyl Reissue 2014

19. Anibal Velasquez y Su Conjunto – “San Jacinto”
from: The Original Sound of Cumbia – The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By the Phonograph 1948-79 (Compiled by Quantic) / Soundway / 2011

20. Alberto Pacheco – “Guayabita Colorá”
from: The Original Sound of Cumbia – The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By the Phonograph 1948-79 (Compiled by Quantic) / Soundway / 2011

11:43

21. Moondog – “Moondog’s Theme”
from: The Viking of 6th Ave: A Collection / Ais – Honest Jon’s / 2007

22. Moondog – “Snakebite Rattle”
from: The Viking of 6th Ave: A Collection / Ais – Honest Jon’s / 2007

11:50 – World Series Game 7

Interview with Chris Haghirian of Ink Magazine and The Kansas City Star

For the past four seasons, Chris Haghirian and Ink Magazine have been organizing Local Music Showcases before home games on Wednesday ay Kauffman Stadium. During this year’s post season Ink has presented two bands for every home game.

The Royals are 5 – 0 when Not A Planet plays before a game, and The Royals are 3 – 0 when Katy Guillen & the Girls play before a game.

So here is it, Game 7 of the World Series, on a Wednesday, aka #WINSday!!!

23. Not A Planet – “Kingdom Come”
from: The Few, The Proud, The Strange / Independent / May 10, 2013
[Kansas City based Rock and Roll trio formed in 2010. Nathan Corsi, Liam Sumnicht, Bill Sturges.]

[Not A Planet play Ink Local Music Showcase – World Series Concerts #WINSday at Kauffman Stadium at Gate B at 4:30 pm, Wednesday, October 29, before the Giants Vs. Royals. GAME Seven!!! Katy Guillen & The Girls play Gate E. Game time is 7:00 pm.]

11:58

Next week on Nov. 5, we talk with Kristie Stremel about her book “Wildflowers,” a compilation of original Songs And Poems For And About Children, a hardcover, 9×6 landscape, full color book, with a CD of 14 songs & 5 poems represented in the book.

We also welcome organizers from Midwest Music Foundation and Apocalypse Meow 7, Fri, Nov. 7th Pre Meow Psych Show at Mills Record Company, 314 Westport Rd, KCMO at 6:00pm, w/ The Philistines and Various Blonde. Continuing at recordBar, 1020 Westport Rd, KCMO, at 9:00 pm, w/ Chris Meck & The Guilty Birds, & Katy Guillen & The Girls. Continuing Sat, Nov. 8, at Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester Ave, KCMO, Doors at 6:30pm, w/ a Silent Auction, & Raffles. W/ MCs: Mark Manning & Amy Farrand. At 7:30 on Outdoor Stage: Outsides, Pedaljets, Bad Wheels. At 7:00 on Indoor Stage: Joe Pug, Anna Cole & The Other Lovers, The Thunderclaps, and The Culprits. At 7:30 in the Gospel Lounge Stage: Wells the Traveler, The Blackbird Revue, and Sara Swenson.

11:59:30

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

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

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