Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mike Alexander & Hipshot Killer
+ Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi
+ New & MidCoastal Releases

1. “It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme song]

2. Radkey – “Spiders”
from: No Strange Cats…P.A.W. / The Century Family / February 22, 2019
[This new 7 song EP is essentially a collection of the band’s most recent singles. It comes after the January 11, 2019 release of No Strange cats…Spiders – EP a 6 song EP of several new songs mixed with several singles from late 2018. Isaiah, Dee, and Solomon Radke of the critically acclaimed rock trio Radkey joined us live in our 90.1 FM studios on September 5, 2018 to talk about their performance at recordBar with Quixotic Performers, as headliners for the 14th Annual Crossroads Music Fest. Radkey was formed in 2010 in St. Joseph, where the brothers were raised. The family moved to Kansas City several years ago. The band has released two full-length recordings — “Dark Black Makeup” in 2015 and “Delicious Rock Noise” in 2016 — plus multiple EPs and singles, and recently were part of a MasterCard advertising campaign on digital billboards in NYC along with a national television commercial that aired during the Grammy Awards that brought the band to the attention of Jack White who asked the band to tour with him. After Crossroads Music Fest the band went back on the road playing shows with The Damned throughout the United States. In December they went back into the studio to record songs for this release with producer Bill Stevenson of the California punk rock group Descendants. In early 2019 they played shows in Amsterdam and Stockholm. Last year the and released “Basement” , “St. Elwood” “Rock & Roll Homeschool” as well as several other singles.]

[Radkey plays The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS, Friday, March 22, at at 7:00 PM with special guests: Drop A Grand, The Bad Ideas, and Wick & The Tricks.]

3. Metric – “Now or Never Now (Radio Edit)”
from: Art of Doubt / MMI-Crystal Math Music-BMG / September 11, 2018
[7th full-length record, from Canadian band Metric founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. Emily Haines on lead vocals, synthesizers, guitar, tambourine, harmonica, piano; James Shaw on guitar, synthesizers, theremin, backing vocals; Joshua Winstead on bass, synthesizers, backing vocals; and Joules Scott-Key on drums & percussion. Although the band is Canadian, Haines was born in India to American parents, and Winstead and Scott-Key are American. The band started in 1998 as a duo formed by Haines and Shaw with the name “Mainstream”. After releasing an EP titled Mainstream EP, they changed the band’s name to Metric. The band’s first studio album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Live It Out, released in 2005, was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the “Canadian Album of the Year” and for the 2006 Juno Awards for “Best Alternative Album”. Their third studio album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001; it was initially planned as their debut album, but was delayed for many years and finally released, with some changes, in 2007. Metric’s fourth album Fantasies was released in 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for “Canadian Album of the Year”, and won the “Alternative Album of the Year” at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric also won the 2010 “Group of the Year”. The fifth Metric studio album, Synthetica, was released in 2012. The band won two awards at 2013 Juno Awards: “Alternative Album of the Year” for Synthetica & “Producer of the Year” for Shaw. The art director/designer/photographer Justin Broadbent also won an award for “Recording Package of the Year” for Synthetica. Metric’s sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, was released in 2015. Art of Doubt, was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson.]

[Metric plays The Truman, 601 E. Truman Road, KCMO, Thursday, March 21, at 8:00 PM]

4. Yola – “Faraway Look”
from: Walk Through Fire / Easy Eye Soud – Nonesuch Records / February 22, 2019
[Yolanda Quartey was born 1984. Known professionally as Yola. She is an English singer-songwriter, from Bristol, England. She became the lead singer of the band Phantom Limb, who released their first album in 2010. She also sang backing vocals for Massive Attack. Yola released her first EP, Orphan Offering, in 2016. In February 2019, she released her debut album Walk Through the Fire on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label, to much acclaim. AllMusic called it “an extraordinary record, one designed to be part of a grand musical tradition, and it contains enough emotion and imagination to earn its place within that lineage.”]

5. Soultru – “Can You Keep A Secret”
from: Soultru & Progeny / Fake Four Inc. / December 25, 2018
[ Singer, songwriter, poet and emcee Terrance A Banks aka Soultru is a native of Davenport, Iowa and is currently based out of the Quad Cities area of NW Illinois/NE Iowa. Combining his poetic and lyrical talents with a soulful voice, Soultru has forged his own unique sound. Soultru credits a wide range of influences, including Gavin Degraw, John Legend, Yelawolf and Son Little. Soultru is the latest signing to Kansas City label The Record Machine.]

[Soultru plays SoundMachineKC on Saturday, May 4, at 8:00 PM, with The Freedom Affair, and Duncan Burnett.]

6. Rina Mushonga – “In a Galaxy”
from: In a Galaxy / Rina Mushonga / February 15, 2019
[Rina Mushonga was born in India and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She attended college in the Netherlands and eventually moved to Peckham, in London, where her music career ignited. As a child she learned to play guitar and piano and began writing her own songs. She names her influences as Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Nina Simone, and Fleetwood Mac. She started out by playing at open-mike nights in Harare. Her 2014 debut, The Wild, The Wilderness, was recorded while she was living in the Netherlands and released on Sony Music. The album contained a folk/rock-influenced sound in the vein of her early influences, but Mushonga was unsatisfied, feeling she was unable to express her authentic self. It was only after she moved to Peckham, a multiculturally rich neighborhood of London, that she felt more at home and able to explore her African heritage in music. The resulting album took five years, as she juggled making music with working and caring for her young daughter. She made a demo with Frans Verburg in Rotterdam, recorded with Brett Shaw at his studio in Peckham, and eventually released “In a Galaxy” on PIAS in 2019. The album has a rich, kaleidoscopic sound incorporating elements of Afro-pop, indie, and electro into a catchy yet experimental whole. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi]

7. Mysterious Clouds – “Circles (Inner Party) featuring Your Friend”
from: My Head is Going Round EP / Haymaker Records / May 25, 2018
[Mysterious Clouds is one of the musical projects of Kansas City, Kansas based post-punk psychedelic musical artists, Dedric Moore and Delaney Moore and special guests. For this track and one other on the new EP the band collaborated with Taryn Blake Miller a Lawrence Kansas based musician and songwriter who records as Your Friend. The Delaney brothers are also founders of the band Monta At Odds. The band writes: “While crawling around in the murk of (their last release) Panic on the Noon Meridian, Delaney fed the band a healthy dose of underground West Coast psych. This helped the band see a feel good light that helped them recover from the heaviness of Panic. These songs are for spring and summer listening and are meant to add a bit of happiness to our daily struggle of keeping up the faith and fighting the good fight.]

[Mysterious Clouds play recordBar 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, TONIGHT, March 20, at 8:00 pm, opening for The Bright Light Social Hour with Sea Moya.]

8. Rufus Wainwright – “Blue (Live)”
from: Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration (Live) / Decca / March 8, 2019
[A Joni Mitchell tribute album, celebrating her 75th birthday, features live renditions of the singer’s songs by Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and many others. The record contains a recording of a tribute concert that was held in her honor in Los Angeles last November. The concert was additionally broadcast in movie theaters on February 7th. Percussionist Brian Blade, who made three studio albums and toured with Mitchell, served as the evening’s co-musical director alongside producer and arranger Jon Cowherd. The evening was presented by the Music Center, a non-profit organization that tries to bring artists and communities together with an eye toward enriching the lives of people living in Los Angeles County. “By honoring Joni Mitchell, an amazing iconic artist, the Music Center had an incredible opportunity to bring her music to Los Angeles audiences,” the organization’s president and CEO, Rachel Moore, said in a statement. “Now that experience can be enjoyed by many more Joni Mitchell fans with an album that allows other music legends to shine a light on her artistry.” Rolling Stone reviewed the concert and called it a “moving tribute show.” “The unifying effect of Mitchell’s music rang out with a closing group singalong to ‘Big Yellow Taxi,’ one of the more ebullient standouts from her oeuvre,” the review reads. “The billed artists stood side by side … and belted the number, a bright rumination on the harrowing effects that man has on society. They each delivered solos, then bowed in unison, as a portrait of Mitchell loomed in the background, a fitting homage to an icon whose presence is still felt, even in her absence.”Mitchell herself, who has been battling health issues, did not take the stage at the event. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration track list: “Dreamland” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro “Help Me” – Chaka Khan “Amelia” – Diana Krall “All I Want” – Rufus Wainwright “Coyote” – Glen Hansard. “River” – James Taylor “Both Sides Now” – Seal “Our House” – Graham Nash “A Case of You” – Kris Kristofferson and Brandi Carlile “Down to You” – Brandi Carlile “Blue” – Rufus Wainwright “Court And Spark” – Norah Jones “Nothing Can Be Done” – Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Xochi Flores and Cesar Castro “The Magdalene Laundries” – Emmylou Harris “Woodstock” – James Taylor “Big Yellow Taxi” – La Marisoul, James Taylor, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.]

10:29 – Underwriting

10:31 – Interview with Patrick Alonzo Conway

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

Patrick joins us to share details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO.

Patrick Alonzo Conway thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi – Spring Concert w/ guest Balinese artists: I Ketút Gedé Asnawa, Putu Oka Mardiani, Ni Made Nias Yunirika & Ni Nyoman Nias Yonitika

Sunday March 24, 2019 – 1:00 pm – Nelson Atkins Museum – Atkins Auditorium
FREE and open to the public ticket required at the info desk or http://www.nelson-atkins.org

Funds provided through a grant from the Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation

For over 16 years KC’s community Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Genta Kasturi, has been presenting community concerts.

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

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

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

Gamelan Genta Kasturi players:

Patrick Alonzo Conway – director, ugal, trompong, kendang; Sam Hughes – assistant director, pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Roy Alanis – jegogan, ceng ceng kopyak; Matt Brahl – kajar, jublag, pemade, ceng ceng kopyak; Malcolm Cook – pemade, ceng ceng kopyak; David Bennett Freeling – jublag, ponggang; Wesley Isaac – pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Sara Koron – gongs; Sean Mawhirter – jegogan, kajar; Lauren Mola – jublag, pemade, kantilan, ponggang; Julian Schempf – pemade, kantilan, ceng ceng kopyak; Wayne Yockey – suling, pemade; Allan Winkler – ceng ceng, kempur

One of the pieces from the program is Kebyar Ding – I Wayan Regog

This composition is credited with being the first Gamelan work that began the wave of “Kebyar” style that swept the entire island of Bali after it’s introduction in 1915. Kebyar has been interpreted as “lightning”, “the bursting open of a flower” and “explosive”. This style is highlighted by abrupt bursts of sound, shifts in tempo, rapid stops and a style of fast succession of themes within a single piece, in contrast with the more evenly colotomic and structured traditional repertoire of Balinese Gamelan.

10:39

9. Gamelan Genta Kasturi – “Keybar Ding”
from: unreleased track / Gamelan Genta Kasturi / Feb, 2011
[This performance taken from 10th Anniversary Concert.]

Patrick Alonzo Conway joins us to share details about Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO. Event is open to the public, more info at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org.

Another piece from the program is Sekar Gadung arranged by I Ketút Gedé Asnawa

This composition is an influential resetting of a traditional sacred gamelan selonding work into gamelan semar pegulingan style.

10:45

7. Field recording of I Ketút Gedé Asnawa neighboring Gamelan group – “Sekar Gadung (Semar Pegulingan style)”

Gamelan Genta Special Thanks: Catherina Mueller – Nelson-Atkins Museum; Laura Isaac – Arts Dojo; Leo Wetherill – Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation; Karen Williams – Kindness, Inc.; Wayne Yockey; Thaylia Smith

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

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

Patrick Alonzo Conway thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Gamelan Genta Kasturi Spring Concert with Asnawa Family, on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 PM, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO. Event is open to the public, more info at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org.

10:53

11. Shapiro Brothers – “Almost Ready”
from: Shapiro Brothers [EP] / Shapiro Brothers / November 3, 2016
[Kansas City based Americana duo, formed by Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers who interpret classic country and folk music alongside critically acclaimed originals. Strengthened by Shapiro’s lyrical prowess and Brothers world-class flat picking, the couple showcases their harmonies, stellar guitar interplay and a magnetic onstage chemistry. All songs written by Mikal Shapiro, except “Almost Ready” was written by Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers.]

[Shapiro Brothers play The Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO, Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 PM with Grant Sabin and the Juke Joint Highball, and Outside Voices.]

12. Sky Smeed – “If You’re Taught You Learn to Be Mean”
from: Leaving Again / Sky Smeed / February 9, 2019
[Sky Smeed told us that he wrote this song while watching the horrible things that happened in Charlottesville, WV a few weeks ago. It’s influenced by a bunch of things for certain. Sky Smeed was born and raised outside of Chanute, Kansas, in an old, one-room schoolhouse his parents bought and turned into a home in the early 1970s. Last year, he sold the country home he built by hand and migrated to Lawrence, Kansas, a place that has provided a non-stop supply of creativity, community and culture, and began settling in to an old fixer-upper on the north side of the Kaw River. To date, Smeed has self-released five full-length albums: Flying High (2002), The Front Steps (2004), Mill River (2006), Sky Smeed (2012) and Drive All Night (2015). His sixth album, Lunker Bass (released February 1, 2017), was recorded and produced at The Ninth Ward Pickin’ Parlor in Lawrence by none other than award-winning folk duo Truckstop Honeymoon (Mike & Katie West).]

[Sky Smeed plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, on Friday, March 22, at 7:00 PM, with Kelly Hunt.]

11:00 – Station ID

13. Hipshot Killer – “New Gillham Park”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016 .]

[Hipshot Killer, play an “All This Time is Ours” LP release show, Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9:00 PM at miniBar 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO with Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class.]

11:03 – Interview with Mike Alexander

Mike Alexander is lead vocalist & guitarist of Hipshot Killer with Chris Wagner on bass & vocals, and Jon “Buddy” Paul on drums. Hipshot Killer released their debut album Hipshot Killer, on April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016. Mike Alexander has been a tireless organizer of the KC area punk scene and has helped to produce multiple years of the Center of the City Fest. Mike also helped to create the 8-song tribute recording, I’ll Repay You: A Benefit for John Fackler – featuring the songs of John Fackler and Jettison . Mike Alexander joins us to share information about Hipshot Killer’s new album All This Time is Ours, and the band’s special – LP Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with the Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class.

Mike Alexander thanks for being with us on WMM.

Drum tracks for All This Time is Ours were recorded at Weights and Measures studio by Duane Trower.

Music tracks were recorded in the bands rehearsal space and then taken back to Weights and Measures to be mastered.

All songs written by Mike Alexander

More information at http://www.hipshotkiller.com

11:12

14. Hipshot Killer – “Breaking the Lease”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016. Hipshot Killer also released a single on Too Much Rock on October 21, 2016 .]

We are talking with Mike Alexander lead vocalist & guitarist of Hipshot Killer with Chris Wagner on bass & vocals, and Jon “Buddy” Paul on drums. Mike Alexander joins us to share information about Hipshot Killer’s new album All This Time is Ours

Mike is also a much sought after guitar player and he regularly performs live and records with John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders, and The Architects.

Mike Alexander wrote all the songs on “All This Time is Ours” and then the band further developed them in the recording process.

Hipshot Killer play an All This Time is Ours – LP Release Show, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, with the Midlife from Springfield MO and KC’s own Arson Class. More information at http://www.hipshotkiller.com

11:25

15. Hipshot Killer – “Perfect Midnight Sky”
from: All This Time is Ours / Throwing Things / January 16, 2016
[KC based 3-piece power punk band formed in the fall of 2008. The current line up consists of: Mike Alexander (Revolvers, Architects, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons, The Starhaven Rounders), on guitar & vocals, Chris Wagner (100 Years War, Jackie Carrol, John Velge and The Prodigal Sons) on bass & vocals, legendary drummer Jon “Buddy” Paul, who plays in (The Big Iron, The Revolvers.) The band released their debut record Hipshot Killer, April 29, 2011. The band released their second album They Will Try To Kill Us All on January 16, 2016. It was number 7 in Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 116 Best Recordings of 2016.]

11:31 – Underwriting

16. Durand Jones and The Indications– “Don’t You Know”
from: American Love Call / Dead Oceans / March 1, 2019
[Bayou-born soul sensation, Durand Jones got his start in the church, after being forced to sing in the choir of his rural hometown Hillaryville, Louisiana because his Grandmother thought he sang too much at home. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington – and their debut album is now available on Colemine Records.]

[Durand Jones & The Indications play recordBar, 1520 Grand, Sat. April 6, at 7:00 with Ginger Root]

17. Payge Turner – “Wyld (feat. The Authors)”
from: Wyld – Single / Payge Turner / September 21, 2018
[4th Single from KC based singer songwriter originally born in the Caribbean. Payge moved to Colby, Kansas when she was in the 6th grade. She writes, “Ever since I was able to talk, all I ever wanted to do was sing!”]

[Payge Turner plays The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, Tomorrow, March 21, at 7:00 PM, with Tom West, Chase The Horseman and Erica Joy.]

[Payge Turner plays Voltaire 1617 Genessee St, KCMO, Sat, March 23, at 10:30 PM with Jessica Paige.]

18. Sugarpulp – “Open Yr Mouth”
from: Teeth / Sugarpulp Records / February 22, 2019
[Chicago based rock dance rock glam psych band with Deb Chesterman on keyboards & vocals; Sam Allyn on guitar, synthesizers, & programming; Patrick Riley on drums; and Patrick Foley on bass. All songs written and produced by Sugarpulp. Recorded and Mastered by Mike Hagler.]

[Sugarpulp plays miniBar 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO, TONIGHT, Wednesday,march 20, at 9:00 PM with Golden Groves, Salty, and Ethan Eckert.]

19. Kill Vargas – “What We Don’t Know”
from: Laugh It Off / Kill Vargas / April 2, 2019
[Wichita, Kansas based band with Logan Bush on drums, Austin Engler on bass, Griffin Bush on guitar & vocals, and Trent Gaddie on guitar]

[Kill Vargas plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, Ultrasounds, VidCo Kult.]

20. VidCo Kult – “Tim Allen’s Demolition Kitchen”
from:Enrollment Opportunities : Tangential Life Trajectories Ensuring Physical and Spiritual Greatness Through the Power of Devotional Subjugation / Double Double Whammy / March 1, 2019
[VidCo Kult is a musical trio involving Bob Lyons, Tripp Kirby and Keith. They are based in Kansas City, Missouri. Aside from live performances of original material, they mostly argue about comic books and science fiction.]

[VidCo Kult plays Sister Anne’s – Records and Coffee, 901 E 31st St, KCMO Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM with Red Kate, Busey, Ultrasounds, and Kill Vargas.]

21. Adia Victoria – “Different Kind of Love”
from: Silences / Atlantic Recording Corporation / February 22, 2019
[Adia Victoria was born July 22, 1986. She is an American singer and songwriter, known for her “gothic blues” musical style. In addition to playing and writing music, she also writes poetry. She is currently based in Nashville. Adia Victoria was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is one of six siblings. Her father is Trinidadian. She was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist and she attended church schools until in the 6th grade, her mother enrolled her in public school. Shortly after, her parents divorced and Victoria began to write poetry and short stories as a means of coping. Being moved from the world of Seventh-day Adventists to a public school was difficult for Victoria, who didn’t feel like she fit in. Victoria and her siblings often spent time with her maternal grandparents who lived near Campobello. She attended Landrum Junior High School in Campobello. Her family also left the Adventist church before Victoria attended high school, which allowed her to explore music she hadn’t been exposed to before, like Kurt Cobain, Miles Davis and Fiona Apple.After high school, she went to New York for a time, in an attempt to “strike it big in a new city.” In 2007, she left New York for Atlanta. On her 21st birthday, a friend gave her a guitar and she began to work with blues music. Victoria moved to Nashville in 2010. She chose Nashville as a place where she could live anonymously. In Nashville, she earned her GED and then took French in college. She began to perform around Nashville. In 2016, she performed at South by Southwest. Her personal “look” was noticed by Vogue for its “Afropop” roots. However, Victoria states that she doesn’t like to be “fetishized” for her looks, saying, “People think that because you are attractive, you owe the world something, to let them consume you.” Victoria began her career with a backing band consisting of Ruby Rogers, Tiffany Minton, and Mason Hickman. Later, she began working with a different group, and they debuted together in January 2016.Victoria’s first single release was “Stuck In the South”, which was described on All Things Considered as a “very swampy mysterious kind of slow-burning song.” Rolling Stone describes her as “PJ Harvey covering Loretta Lynn at a haunted debutante ball.” Her live performances are described by Wondering Sound as angry and “furious and feral.” American Songwriter calls her stage presence “commanding.” Victoria’s full-length debut, Beyond the Bloodhounds, was produced by Roger Moutenot, The name of the album is a reference to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. The predominant theme of her first album is dealing with life in her twenties. Moutenot has previously collaborated with Yo La Tengo and also produced her first single. Canvasback is her current record label]

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

Next week on March 27 we welcome Steven Ervay and Savanna Howland of Playlistplay

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

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