Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Bill Sundahl & Collaborations Live! at The Folly
+ The Volker Brothers + Dick Von Dyke +
Belle & The Vertigo Waves

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

2. The Philistines – “Further”
from: Further – Single / The Philistines / March 15, 2019
[New music from The Philistines, that will be part of the upcoming album Dysnomia. Produced and engineered by paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios. The Philistines are a Kansas City based rock band with a psychedelic bent, made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar & vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums, and Barry Kidd on bass.]

[The Philistines play recordBar, 1520 Grand, Fri, June 28, 9:30 PM w/ Inner Altar, & Godzillionaire]

3. Mavis Staples – “Change”
from: We Get By / Anti / May 10, 2019
[14th studio solo album from rhythm & blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist, born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. The album’s cover features the photograph “Outside Looking In” by Gordon Parks from his 1956 photo essay The Restraints: Open and Hidden. The album was produced and written by Ben Harper. Staples & Harper had previously collaborated on “Love and Trust”, a song from Staples’ 2016 album, Livin’ on a High Note. In a statement, Staples said, “These songs are delivering such a strong message. We truly need to make a change if we want this world to be better.” Mavis Staples has recorded and performed with her family’s band The Staple Singers. She began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches, appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with “Uncloudy Day” for the Vee-Jay label. When Mavis graduated from what is now Paul Robeson High School in 1957, The Staple Singers took their music on the road. Led by family patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples on guitar and including the voices of Mavis and her siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, and Purvis, the Staples were called “God’s Greatest Hitmakers.” With Mavis’ voice and Pops’ songs, singing, and guitar playing, the Staples evolved from enormously popular gospel singers (with recordings on United and Riverside as well as Vee-Jay) to become the most spectacular and influential spirituality-based group in America. By the mid-1960s The Staple Singers, inspired by Pops’ close friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., became the spiritual and musical voices of the civil rights movement. They covered contemporary pop hits with positive messages, including Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and a version of Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth.” Staples was briefly married to Spencer Leak in 1964; they divorced when Staples would not end her music career to stay home. She has no children. In the 2015 documentary Mavis! she reveals that Bob Dylan once proposed to her, and she turned him down.]

4. Raye Zaragoza – “Fight For You (Live)”
from: Raye Zaragoza Live at Rockwood Music Hall – EP / Raye Zaragoza / Jan. 25, 2019
[Raye Zaragoza was born and raised in Manhattan and moved to LA at the age of fourteen. Her mother is an immigrant from Japan and her father is of Mexican and Native American heritage. At age 6, Raye sang “You Can’t Get A Man with a Gun” from Annie Get Your Gun on national television when her father was playing Chief Sitting Bull on Broadway. She became involved in school musicals, started playing guitar at age 12, and started writing songs in her late teens. Zaragoza released her debut EP Heroine in 2015. She started to gain national attention in 2016 with the song “In The River,” protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Raye and her brother made a video for “In The River” that included facts about Standing Rock and it received 100,000 views overnight. The song was awarded the Global Music Awards’ 2017 Heretic Award for Protest/Activist Music and the Honesty Oscars’ award for Best Song. In 2017, she independently released her debut album Fight For You. Multiple songs on Fight For You address the Dakota Access Pipeline. “Driving to Standing Rock” portrays the power of protest, specifically of the NoDAPL movement. The song “American Dream” was written in reaction to Donald Trump’s election. The album also includes love songs and songs about NYC. She cites Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Joan Baez, as influences.]

[Raye Zaragoza plays KC Folk Fest, Sun, June 30, 4:00 at Guadalupe Centers, 1015 Cesar E Chavez Ave, w/ a “Here’s to the Roots” showcase at 4:00 feat. Regina del Carmen, Sisters Havilah & Kenese, & Danny Cox, at 5:00 Raye Zaragoza. at 6:00 Quique Escamilla, at 7:00 Violet and the Undercurrents. Produced by Folk Alliance International. For more info: kcfolkfest.org.]

5. Volker Brothers – “Turn It Up”
from: Wrecking Ball / Jason Buice / June 28, 2019
[2nd EP from Erik Voeks and David George, two rock and roll brothers who play guitar and harmonized on their own pop-folk-rock songs influenced by The Everly Brothers to Elvis Costello from XTC to the Finn Brothers. The new Volker Brothers EP was recorded at Weights and Measures Sound Lab with engineer Duane Trower, with Matt Richey on drums, Lin Buck on keys, and Rick Willoughby on bass.]

[Volker Brothers Play EP Release Show Thurs, June 27, 7:30 in The Gospel Lounge at Kunckleheads.]

10:17 – Interview with David George

Singer, songwriter, producer, rock and roller, musical theatre creator, David George has toured all over the place with John Fogerty, played on national television, had his music played when the Chiefs scored a touch down, has written a Christmas Musical about a Drag Queen, and has performed at The Missouri Rep. David George joins us to share music from the Volker Brothers new EP Wrecking Ball. Volker Brothers Play an EP Release Show Thursday, June 27, at 7:30 in The Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads.

David George thanks for being with us again on WMM.

Volker Brothers EP Wrecking Ball, Release Show w/ Erin Eades is Thurs, June 27, 8 PM, in Carl Butler’s Gospel Lounge at Knuckleheads Saloon 2715 Rochester, KCMO.

The new Volker Brothers was recorded at Weights and Measures Sound Lab with engineer Duane Trower, Matt Richey on drums, Lin Buck on keys, and Rick Willoughby on bass!

Upcoming Shows:

Sat, July 6, 7:00 David George & Christine Broxterman play Homer’s Coffee House OPKS

Friday, July 19, at 7:00 PM, David George Band at Crossroads KC

Monday, August 5, at recordBar with DRUNKEN PRAYER

Sunday, Sept. 8, 6:00 PM at recorder w/ Corey Phillips and the Band of Light

Volker Brothers Biography: The word “Volker” comes from the Germanic word “Fulc” meaning people. It is also the name of a neighborhood in KCwhere Erik Voeks & David George met. Volker Brothers are an acoustic duo that share lead vocals & background harmonies influenced by the likes of The Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel, The Eagles, Tom Petty, and Elvis Costello to Crowded House, XTC, and The Beatles.

Voeks and George first started playing together when one would fill in with the other’s band. Whether it was Erik playing bass and singing backup in David George & A Crooked Mile or David playing guitar and singing backup in Erik Voeks & The Vague Lakes, the two realized they had a musicality in common. Stripping the band back to just the two of them on acoustic guitars enabled them to do a weeks worth of shows in Seattle. They began performing intimate shows around Kansas City, including house concerts and private events, and spreading the word on their melody driven, harmony enriched, acoustic based music. It’s not pop and it’s not folk, but a blend of the two.

Erik Voeks recently released full length album So The Wind Won’t Blow It Away in 2017 on Hanky Panky Records, a label based in Bilbao, Spain. It is the highly anticipated follow up to his 1993 album, Sandbox (Rockville Records) “A pervasively melodic collection of power-pop – a lost masterpiece” (Fresh Air KCUR). This doesn’t mean Voeks wasn’t busy. He has been a very in demand bassist in the Midwest and tours in Europe.

David George also had a recent release — three EP’s over a twelve month period. Here I Go Again, Won’t Let Go, and Lesson Of Love, with each album adding to the previous (acoustic, band, horns). George gained national attention when the Kansas City Chiefs chose his song “Hey, Kansas City!” to be their touchdown anthem in 2015-16 season. He also toured with the legendary John Fogerty, performing sold out arenas and the “late night” circuit (David Letterman, Jay Leno).

Volker Brothers have just finished recording and are releasing their first studio recording, a 5 song EP entitled Wrecking Ball. It’ll be available online digitally & physical copies at shows on June 28, 2019. The album was recorded w/ Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlabs featuring a full band accompanying Volker Brother’s signature sound.

http://www.volkerbrothers.com

10:29

6. Volker Brothers – “Wrecking Ball”
from: Wrecking Ball / Jason Buice / June 28, 2019
[2nd EP from Erik Voeks and David George, two rock and roll brothers who play guitar and harmonized on their own pop-folk-rock songs influenced by The Everly Brothers to Elvis Costello from XTC to the Finn Brothers. The new Volker Brothers EP was recorded at Weights and Measures Sound Lab with engineer Duane Trower, with Matt Richey on drums, Lin Buck on keys, and Rick Willoughby on bass.]

[Volker Brothers Play an EP Release Show Thur, June 27, 7:30 in The Gospel Lounge at Kunckleheads.]

10:33 – Underwriting

7. Jessica Paige – “Night Train”
from: “Night Train” – Single / Jessica Paige / June 1, 2018
[29 year old Jessica Paige moved to Kansas City from Manhattan, Kansas, after caring for her ailing grandmother for several years. She told CJ Janovy of KCUR News. “After she passed away, I started doing music full time, recorded my album and started touring.” Jessica self-produced my first album “Sweet Nothings” with Nashville-based artists and producers. The album is a reflection of the life-cycle of a relationship; the exciting and insecure beginnings to the lamenting demise of something that was once beautiful. The single released from the album, “Beautiful Life,” is a soul-pop reflection of someone trying to reconcile the conflicting emotions of trying to rescue or walk away from a relationship, while still appreciating how beautiful it is to love, regardless of how things turnout. While working on “Sweet Nothings,” Jessica settled in to Kansas City to start working with a full band and laying the groundwork for her next album.]

[Jessica Paige plays KKFI Collaborations Live!, Sat, July 29, 8:00 PM at The Folly Theatre, 300 West 12th St,. A fundraiser for KKFI 90.1FM Kansas City Community Radio. / http://www.follytheatre.org]

10:38 – Interview with Bill Sundahl

90.1 FM KKFI’s Bill Sundahl joins us to talk about KKFI Collaborations Live!, Sat, June 29, at 8:00 PM at The Folly Theatre, 300 West 12th St. bringing together 13 never before seen performances on the historic Folly Stage. This event is a fundraiser for KKFI 90.1FM Kansas City Community Radio.

Bill Sundahl thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Collaborations Live! includes: Quixotic Performers, Maria Cuevas (of Maria the Mexican), The Wires, Jessica Paige, Mark Lowrey, Rick Kloog, Kelly Hunt, Traditional Music Society, Fanny and Ryan Head, Ceili at the Crossroads, SugEasy, VJDN8, and Casey Key.

Show begins with 2 songs, then one artist exits, and a 2nd collaborator joins to perform 2 more songs, and then one exits and is joined by another for 2 more songs.

KKFI Collaborations Live! – 13 Unique Performances – Saturday, June 29th, 2019

6:00pm VIP Reception – Stakeholders Room at Folly w/ complimentary food & libations and a chance to mingle with Artists and KKFI Hosts.

7:15pm Artists Panel – Collaboration in the Digital Age

8:00pm – Musical relay of performances by the regions finest artists.

Collaborations Live! is bringing together 10 first time ever performances to the historic Folly Stage. The show will begin with two songs, then one of the artists will exit the stage and a second collaborator will join the remaining artist on stage. They will perform two songs, then one will leave and be joined by another artist for two more songs. This musical relay is not a race to the finish, but rather a coming together of community.

This event is a Fundraiser for KKFI 90.1FM Kansas City Community Radio.

Ticketing is handled by Folly Theater /// http://www.follytheater.org /// Info at http://www.kkfi.org

11:57

8. Kelly Hunt – “Sunshine Long Overdue”
from: Even The Sparrow / Rare Bird Records / May 17, 2019
[The daughter of an opera singer and a saxophonist, Kelly Hunt was raised in Memphis, TN, and grew up performing other people’s works through piano lessons, singing in choirs, and performing theater. “It was a very creative, artistic household,” says Hunt. During her teenage years, influenced by musical inspirations as diverse as Norah Jones, Rachmaninov, and John Denver, she began writing her own songs on the piano as a creative outlet. After being introduced to the banjo in college while studying French and visual arts, Hunt began to develop her own improvised style of playing, combining old-time picking styles with the percussive origins of the instrument. “I’m self-taught, I just started letting the songs dictate what needed to be there,” she says. “I heard a rhythm in a song that I wanted to execute, so I figured out how to do it on the drum head while still being able to articulate certain notes in one motion.” After college, Hunt followed a rambling path that took her through careers in acting, graphic design, traditional French bread making, and medicine, all the while making music as a private endeavor. “I wanted to get serious about a responsible career choice, but music kept bubbling up. I was writing a lot and playing a lot and started to not be satisfied just playing to my walls of my room.” After moving to Kansas City and discovering her mysterious Depression-era tenor banjo, Hunt began recording Even The Sparrow in Kansas City alongside collaborator Stas’ Heaney and engineer Kelly Werts. “It took almost two years to record,” she says, “learning how to let the songs dictate the production.” Having finally come to light, the album displays Hunt’s penchant for masterful storytelling and intriguing arrangement, as researched and complex as they are memorable, punctuated by her articulate melodies and a well-enunciated and creative command of lyrical delivery infused with deft emotional communication. While reminiscent of modern traditionalists such as Gillian Welch–a number of her songs even borrow titles and phrasing from traditional American music (“Back to Dixie,” “Gloryland”)–Even The Sparrow reveals an ineffable quality that hovers beyond the constraints of genre, à la Anais Mitchell and Patty Griffin. In “The Men of Blue & Grey,” what begins as a Reconstruction-era ballad about the repurposing of Civil War glass plate negatives in a greenhouse roof soon becomes a meditation on the hope that growth and life may one day be able to emerge from the ruins of suffering and haunting of violence. “Across The Great Divide” turns an otherwise traditional accounting of spurned love into a philosophical epic of the ethics of forgiveness and freedom, evoking the ideas of Søren Kierkegaard and Walt Whitman.]

[Kelly Hunt plays KKFI Collaborations Live!, Sat, July 29, 8:00 PM at The Folly Theatre, 300 West 12th St,. A fundraiser for KKFI 90.1FM Kansas City Community Radio. / http://www.follytheatre.org]

11:00 – Station ID

9. Earle Hagen – “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
from: All-Time Top 100 TV Themes / TVT Records / 2005
[Theme song for The Dick Van Dyke Show an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. The show’s theme was by Earle Hagen, who also wrote many other TV series themes, including those for The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, USMC, I Spy, and The Mod Squad.]

11:01 – Interview with Dick Von Dyke

Dick Von Dyke first put on the ‘stache in a galaxy far far away called Lawrence, Kansas, and quickly realized his passion for cross-dressing and debauchery. Moving to St. Louis opened up a whole new realm of opportunities including co-producing the weekly all-king revue, MANic Monday. Last May, Dick was crowned King of Pride St. Louis and later also placed 1st-alternate for Mister Oklahoma. Dick Von Dyke hosts and produces The Dick Von Dyke Show every Thursday at 10:00 PM, at Missie B’s, 805 West 39th Street, KCMO. Dick Von Dyke presents Night of a Thousand Dicks,on Friday, June 28, at 8:00 PM at Missie B’s.

Dick Von Dyke thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Dick Von Dyke has been a male impersonator since 2014 starting in Lwrence, KS.

Named King of Pride St. Louis Pride in 2018.

The Dick Von Dyke Show every Thurs, 10:00 PM, at Missie B’s, 805 West 39th St, KCMO.

Dick Von Dyke presents Night of a Thousand Dicks, Fri, June 28, 8:00 PM at Missie B’s.

A few weeks ago, Dick Von Dyke performed at Des Moines Pride and when he got back to his hotel, his Jeep had been broken into. He admittedly left a lot in my car. But the perps stole *so much* of his stuff including drag accessories, his class ring, all his tips from the weekend, and his laptop. By stealing it he lost every mix he’d ever made for drag. And his ability to make new ones. Drag is his livelihood and to have all of those accessories and mixes stolen was a devastating blow to his career…but he keeps telling himself they must’ve needed it more than he did.

So to try and make the best of a bad situation, on June 28th he is having a benefit show entitled “Night of a Thousand Dicks.” These lovely entertainers who don’t typically perform as kings have volunteered to do so for one night in order to try and help him get back on my feet.

With one-night-only king performances by:

Annie Cherry
Heidi Banks
Lavender Skye
Lily Juju Beach
Monica Blowinsky
Sheila Tackü
Sylvia Wrath/Billie Eyelash
special appearance by Kody Von Du

Drag King Scene in KC

Dick Von Dyke thanks for being with us on WMM.

The Dick Von Dyke Show every Thurs, 10:00 PM, at Missie B’s, 805 West 39th St, KCMO.
Dick Von Dyke presents Night of a Thousand Dicks, Fri, June 28, 8:00 PM at Missie B’s.

11:15

10. Quixotic & Calvin Arsenia – “Experience”
from: Goddess – EP / Quixotic / May 17, 2019
[Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection #mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, #multi-sensory experiences. Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion. Quixotic was given Silicon Valley’s unofficial stamp of genius when they were invited to perform at the global TED Conference in 2012. A unique blend of performance art, technology and emotion. Quixotic fuses all these elements in to what the New York Times branded an “innovative circus performance,” and Men’s Journal declared “one of the best contemporary [cirque] acts.” They have performed for audiences worldwide and have helped launch brand products for companies such as BVLGARI, Faena Hotels, Garmin, HP, Smithsonian and Toyota. Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays the Let’s Upstage Cancer Benefit Gala for St. Jude’s Friday, June 28 at 5:30 at The Abbott, 1901 Cherry St., Kansas City]

[Calvin Arsenia plays the Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th Street, San Francisco on Sunday, June 30, at 8:00 PM with Ember Valley, Dolphin Midwivesm and Saloli]

[Calvin Arsenia plays The Elephant Room, 314 Congress Ave, Austin Texas on Thursday, July 4, with VEERS, The Den Brothers, and Keith Sanchez]

[Calvin Arsenia plays the Oregon Country Fair (with Quixotic) July 12 – July in Veneta, Oregon]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Collide (w/ Quixotic), July 19 – 20, 8:00 PM at Quixotic, 1616 Broadway KCMO.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Bad in Bed LIVE August 22 through August 24 at 8:00 PM at recordBar 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO]

[Calvin Arsenia plays The Sextet Album Release for Among Friends, Sunday, September 15, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]

[Calvin Arsenia plays The LA Sessions EP Release, Sept 19, 8:PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]

11. anothermaxwell – “Where I Stand”
from: Being – EP / anothermaxwell / June 30, 2019
[Written & Performed, Produced, Engineered, Mixed, and Cover art created by by anothermaxwell. anothermaxwell, is Shenita Hughley who studied music at Avila Collegei and graduated from Raytown South High School in 2012. anothermaxwell is a versatile singer-songwriter & producer, who reinvents new sounds by bending tR&B, Pop, Funk and Electronica, genres to form a unique sound not easily categorized.]

[Anothermaxwell & Stacy Busch play miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Thursday, June 27 at 9:00 PM]

12. Stacy Busch – “Through and Through”
from: Music from “Mass” / Stacy Busch / February 9, 2019
[29 year old Stacy Busch is Operations Manager for Owen/Cox Dance Group. Originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Stacy is a multimedia artist & performer. Her collaborative concert experiences are designed to be provocative and accessible to cultivate broader artistic interest and, reach under-served and/or misrepresented communities. Stacy is the founder and president of No Divide KC, an arts and social justice non-profit that creates artistic events for various social causes. Stacy’s work has been performed nationally as well as in France and Iceland. She recently partnered with Gilda’s Club KC, Owen/Cox Dance and Charlotte Street Foundation to compose and perform the music for “Collective: Our Stories of Cancer.” In 2018, her service with No Divide KC will include partnerships with the Kansas City Ballet School and the Johnson County Library. Stacy’s work has been performed at: the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Art in the Loop Kansas City, the experimental concert series ArtSounds, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and UMKC Composer’s Guild Concerts. She has partnered with the Kansas City Streetcar, the UMKC dance program, Charlotte Street Foundation and the electronic music non-profit KcEMA. In addition to Kansas City, Stacy’s work has been featured at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University. It has also been performed by ensembles including: Bent Frequency, the Beo String Quartet and the Zodiac Trio. She is a two-time ArtSounds Grant recipient, a UMKC Women’s Council Grant recipient and was a CITS Scholar at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Stacy received her Masters in Music in composition from the University of Missouri-KC and her Bachelors in Music in composition from Western Michigan University. Her teachers include Rome Prize winners Paul Rudy and James Mobberley as well as Pulitzer Prize winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Other influential teachers include Guggenheim Fellow Curtis Curtis-Smith, Christopher Biggs and Lisa Coons. Prior to studying music, Stacy studied print journalism at Boston University.] [This music was composed and original performed when Stacy Busch presented, Mass: Live Performance and Art Gallery, Saturday, February 9, at Musical Theater Heritage, in Crown Center, 1800 Central St, KCMO. Multimedia artist and performer Stacy Busch is collaborating with Australian experimental artist Jade Suine and choreographer/dancer Tianna Morton to create Mass, a new music concert and exhibition. The project is born out of Busch’s month long journey at the Listhus Artist Residency in Northern Iceland, in which she experienced silence, isolation and extreme natural landscapes, which allowed Busch to uncover a more honest connection with her artistic voice and connect it to her spiritual practice. The full live performance is an evening length concert of new music largely conceived during her time in Iceland. Suine is providing a series of visual pieces and Morton brings all new choreography to the live performance. This concert event transports viewers to an environment that is unlike any other: the harsh yet breathtaking northern Icelandic landscape, which is meant to stir an ancient connection to the divine within each person and to transport the viewer someplace otherworldly.]

[Stacy Busch & Anothermaxwell play miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Thursday, June 27 at 9:00 PM]

11:27 – Underwriting

13. Berwanger – “Friday Night”
from: Watching A Garden Die / Wiretap Records / June 28, 2019
[4th full length album from Berwanger the band fronted by rock & roll singer songwriter Josh Berwanger. Josh Berwanger was in The Anniversary, a Kansas band that released, 2000’s Designing a Nervous Breakdown & 2002’s Your Majesty and sold over 100,000 records before breaking up on tour in Japan. The band recently reunited for new shows and a tour this year. Berwanger was also in the band, The Only Children, and released, 2004’s Change of Living & 2007’s Keeper of Youth. When Keeper of Touth ended Josh Berwanger took a break and became a high school basketball coach. In the 2012 Josh formed the Josh Berwanger band. Berwanger released Strange Stains in April 2014, the EP Demonios November 11, 2016, Exorcism Rock in October 2017, and The Star Invaders October 2017. Josh Berwanger also plays in the band Radar State.]

[Berwanger plays a ‘Watching A Garden Die’ Album Release Show on Thursday, June 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City with Other Americans, and Belle & The Vertigo Waves]

14. Belle & The Vertigo Waves – “Fear or Faith”
from: Fear or Faith – Single / Drop Out Records / June 7, 2019
[New single from Belle & The Vertigo Waves, the sonic brainchild of Belle Loux. She resides in Kansas City, MO, and is slowly attempting world domination. Members include Belle Loux on lead vocals, Jeremiah Scott on bass, John Loux on guitar. The band’s debut full length album”Aligned” was released on October 6, 2017.]

[Belle & The Vertigo Waves play the Berwanger ‘Watching A Garden Die’ Album Release Show on Thursday, June 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City with Other Americans]

[Belle & The Vertigo Waves play a Single Release Party, Saturday, July 13, at 10:00 PM with Emmaline Twist at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS.]

11:35 – Interview with Belle & The Vertigo Waves

Belle & The Vertigo Waves join us to talk about their new single “Fear Or Faith.” Members include Belle Loux on lead vocals, Jeremiah Scott on bass, John Loux on guitar. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play the Berwanger ‘Watching A Garden Die’ Album Release Show on Thursday, June 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City with Other Americans. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00 PM opening for Second Hand King with Thames. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play a Single Release Party, Saturday, July 13, at 10:00 PM with Emmaline Twist at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS. More information at: http://www.thevertigowaves.com

Belle Loux, Jeremiah Scott, John Loux, thanks for being on WMM.

Belle & The Vertigo Waves includes: Belle Loux on lead vocals, Jeremiah Scott on bass, and John Loux on guitar.

The band’s debut full length album”Aligned” was released on October 6, 2017. The album was influenced by The Cure, The Smiths, Psychedelic Furs, Amy Mann

Belle & The Vertigo Waves played Middle of The Map Fest last year.

Belle & The Vertigo Waves played Boulevardia this year.

Belle told Michelle Bacon at The Bridge that, “Many of the tunes had been written around five years prior, when Loux was just 15 or 16 and had only played them as a solo artist — with occasional accompaniment from her dad, guitarist John Loux, and keyboardist Charlie Hibberd. In 2017, she hired the two musicians and a couple other friends to track “Aligned,” dubbing the project Belle and the Vertigo Waves, in the hopes that she’d eventually assemble a live band. “Recording was a surreal and emotional experience. Playing the songs with a band was like seeing them come to life,” she said. “I knew there was no way I could be a solo artist anymore, because I fell in love with the [full band] sound so much.”

Belle Loux, Jeremiah Scott, John Loux, thanks for being on WMM.

Belle & The Vertigo Waves play the Berwanger ‘Watching A Garden Die’ Album Release Show on Thursday, June 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City with Other Americans. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00 PM opening for Second Hand King with Thames. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play Riot Room July 11. Belle & The Vertigo Waves play a Single Release Party, Saturday, July 13, at 10:00 PM with Emmaline Twist at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS.

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

11:56

15. Belle & The Vertigo Waves – “New York Letter”
from: Aligned / Drop Out Records / October 6, 2017
[Debut album from Belle & The Vertigo Waves is the sonic brainchild of Belle Loux. She resides in Kansas City, MO, and is slowly attempting world domination.”Aligned” is available on iTunes and all streaming services.]

[Belle & The Vertigo Waves play the Berwanger ‘Watching A Garden Die’ Album Release Show on Thursday, June 27, at 7:00 PM at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City with Other Americans]

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

Next week on July 3 Jacklyn Bell joins us live in our 90.1 FM Studios. We talk with members of the new band Heavy Grams. Nathan Reusch returns with members of the band Nublvckcity, to share details about The Record Machne’s big event What’s Next KC, on Saturday, July 13 at Legacy Amphitheatre, 901 NE Blustem Drive, Lee’s Summit, Missouri with Nublvckcity, The Moose and Blue False Indigo. And we’re joined by members of the band Radial Red.

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

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