Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community RadioWMM
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Spinning Records With Marion Merritt
+ Ivory Blue

Today, we welcome back to the show, Marion Merritt as our special “Guest Producer.” For 15 years now Marion has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her encyclopedic brain. Marion is the creator of Records With Merritt, a small, independent, minority owned business, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri.

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
[WMM’s theme song]

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

3. LSD – “Thunderclouds (feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth)”
from: Thunderclouds (feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth) – Single / Records LLC/Columbia / 2018

4. Bleached – “Hard to Kill”
from: Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? / Dead Oceans / 2019

5. Death in Vegas – “Girls”
from: Scorpio Rising / BMG / 2018 [Original Release September 16, 2002]

6. Death in Vegas – “Scorpio Rising (Radio Edit)”
from: Scorpio Rising / BMG / 2018 [Original Release September 16, 2002]

7. Khruangbin – “Cómo Me Quieres”
from: Con Todo El Mundo / Dead Oceans / 2018

8. Khruangbin – “Mary Always”
from: Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo In Dub) / Dead Oceans / 2019

10:33 – Underwriting

9. Death And Vanilla – “Let’s Never Leave Here”
from: Are You a Dreamer? / Fire Records / 2019

10. Crumb – “Nina”
from: Jinx / Crumb / 2019

11. Black Pumas – “Black Moon Rising”
from: Black Pumas / ATO / 2019

12. Brownout – “Louder Than a Bomb”
from: Fear of a Brown Planet / Fat Beats / 2018

10:58 – Station ID

13. Jesca Hoop – “Free of the Feeling”
from: Stonechild / Memphis Industries / 2019

14. Madison Cunningham – “Pin It Down”
from: Who Are You Now / Verve / 2019

15. Doctor Bionic – “Emptiness & Fulfillment”
from: Reaching the Unknown, Ch. 2 / Chiefdom Records / 2019

16. Frankie Knuckles, Director’s Cut & Eric Kupper – “The Whistle Song (Re-Directed)”
from: The Director’s Cut Collection / Def Mix-So Sure / 2019

17. Bedouine – “Echo Park”
from: Bird Songs of a Killjoy / Spacebomb / 2019

18. Florist – “Time Is a Dark Feeling”
from: Emily Alone / Double Double Whammy / 2019

Marion Merritt thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

11:28 – Underwriting

19. Ivory Blue – “Midas Touch”
from: Ready Get Set EP / Independent / June 23, 2015
[Singer, songwriter, rock & roller, Ivory Blue was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied of it for so long, Ivory had lived with eight different families, before running away at 15, moving from Indiana to Oklahoma and eventually ending up in Seattle. In 2011, after a friend sent a plane ticket, Ivory landed in the Kansas City area, and became a part of new family where they were able to have solid ground and over the past several years has been performing in singer-songwriter showcases and in June 2015 Ivory released their debut EP, Ready Get Set.]

11:34 – Interview with Ivory Blue

Ivory Blue started writing music at the age of 14. An Indiana native, Ivory was given up for adoption at the age of 4, into a family that later caused them to run away at the age of 15. IVORY played coffee houses and small venues before landing in Kansas City in 2010. Ivory was one of the first artists to come-out as Non Binary Transgender, and gained respect from radio, television, and international magazines. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 bands that competed in neXt2Rock. Ivory won local and regional challenges and advanced to the nationals in Los Angeles, where the top five bands played The Viper Room before judges that included: Scott Borchetta President & CEO of Big Machine Label Records; fashion designer John Varvatos; songwriter & producer Desmond Child; engineer Chris Lord-Alge; Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols; and Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Ivory won the entire competition and the opportunity to record “Ready Get Set” for Big Machine Records / John Varvatos Records. The single was released June 15, 2018.

Ivory Blue plays Nebraska Furniture Mart, Saturday, August 17, at 7:00. Ivory Blue plays WineFest in Independence, Missouri on Saturday, September 14. Ivory Blue plays InterUrban ArtHouse, 8001 Newton St., Overland Park, KS., on Saturday, September 28, at 8:30 PM

Ivory Blue, welcome back to Wednesday MidDay Medley.

We last talked with Ivory on the radio on August 29, 2018, prior to that Ivory was with us on June 28, 2017. Between these dates Ivory went on a musical journey competing in the first ever, neXt2Rock, going through name changes, and learning that big record labels and area and regional music competitions and the people who organize them don’t always have the artists best interests in mind.

Ivory Blue’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015, recorded and mastered by Larry Gann of Awestruck studios with Micah Burdick on guitar, Craig Kew on bass, and Lester Estelle, drummer for Kelly Clarkson, on drum.

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

Ivory Blue has played Crossroads Music festival, The Middle of the Map Festival, The Westport Roots Festival, the KCPT Screening of “Real Boy” at The Kansas City Publlic Library. Ivopry Black plays the Kauffman Stadium, July 1, Royals home game.

Ivory is now currently in the process of writing and recording a debut full-length album.

Klaartje Van Lue is Ivory’s manager and she was the one who helped IVØRY find their way to KC. Ivory has said that she saved their life.

11:46

20. Ivory Blue – “Dreamland” (LIVE)
a new song Ivory is currently working in for a new album

Ivory Blue, thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Ivory Blue plays Nebraska Furniture Mart, Saturday, August 17, at 7:00. Ivory Blue plays WineFest in Independence, Missouri on Saturday, September 14. Ivory Blue plays InterUrban ArtHouse, 8001 Newton St., Overland Park, KS., on Saturday, September 28, at 8:30 PM

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

11:56

21. Ivory Blue – “A Good Answer”
from: Ready Get Set EP / Independent / June 23, 2015
[Singer, songwriter, rock & roller, Ivory Blue was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied of it for so long, Ivory had lived with eight different families, before running away at 15, moving from Indiana to Oklahoma and eventually ending up in Seattle. In 2011, after a friend sent a plane ticket, Ivory landed in the Kansas City area, and became a part of new family where they were able to have solid ground and over the past several years has been performing in singer-songwriter showcases and in June 2015 Ivory released their debut EP, Ready Get Set.]

11:59:30

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

Next week on Wednesday, August 21 Mark spins: The Sextet (with J.F. Letters, Miki P, & Adee Dancy, Calvin Arsenia, and Jen Harris), OLIVIA FOX, Mike McCoy’s Trompe-l’œil, Ensemble Ibérica, Under The Big Oak Tree, Sleater-Kinney, Mavis Staples with Ben Harper, Oso Oso, Clairo, and Josh Ritter. At 10:30 Mike McCoy joins us from Austin, Texas to share music from the new album Eyein’ Lies from his band Mike McCoy’s Trompe-l’œil. Mike McCoy’s Trompe L’oeil Q & A Jam, is Friday, August 23, at 6:00 PM, at The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, 7621 Troost Ave,KCMO. At 11:00 Robert Castillo shares singles from The Sextet‘s upcoming album “Among Friends.” The Sextet play an Album Release Show, Sunday, September 15, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO. Joining the band are special guests: Calvin Arsenia, Poet Jen Harris, Jose Faus, Miki P, Eddie Moore, and JF Letters.

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

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