Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Emmaline Twist & Abandoned Bells

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / Universal / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM’s theme]

2. Bob & Una Walkenhorst – “Time Goes Walking”
from: For Tomorrow / BAT Records / October 12, 2018
[25 year old Una Walkenhorst is a singer/songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. Following the release of her debut album “Scars” in 2014, Una immediately had “new fans. . . coming out of the proverbial woodwork” (AXS). Paired with refreshingly raw vocals, Una’s heartfelt lyrics “will stop you in your tracks (at once beautiful and chilling),” wrote Gilded Palace Radio, as she weaves stories of genuine human experience. Una told KCUR FM that her father was one of the people who made her love music. But having a famous father can be challenging: “I knew that if I started my music career here I would have a lot of opportunities, but not all of them would be because of my music. They would be because I am someone’s daughter,” Walkenhorst says. Loading up her 97 Honda Civic, Una then spent a year traveling across North America promoting her music and connecting with listeners one-on-one. She ended up living in New Orleans. Una Walkenhorst is the youngest daughter of Bob Walkenhorst, a founding member of The Rainmakers, which had national and international hits in the 1980s and 90s, and continue to this day touring and recording new music. In January of 2018 Una Walkenhorst returned home to Kansas City from New Orleans. Over the past several years, Una and Bob had performed together at selected events, including Folk Alliance International. This year the father and daughter duo decided to record an album together, where they split the difference, taking turns as songwriters for the album’s songs, written individually, and recorded together, in clear beautiful harmonies, with that extra special shared musical DNA, that can be heard in the harmonies of The Carter Family, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, or Shy Boys.]

[Bob & Una Walkenhorst play recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO, Friday October 12, at 7:00 with Of Tree for a DUAL ALBUM RELEASE SUPER SHOW! Both acts will be releaseing debut albums. Spcial guest Storm Circus will open the evening.]

3. Mary Gauthier – “Got Your Six”
from: Rifles and Rosary Beads / In The Black / January 26, 2018
[Brand new collection of songs by Mary Gauthier, co-written with U.S. veterans and their families, through Songwriting With Soldiers, a non-profit organization that pairs US veterans with professional songwriters. These songs are a glimpse inside the hearts and souls of both male and female soldiers, and their spouses. From Pop Matters: “SongwritingWith:Soldiers is an organization founded by songwriter Darden Smith that holds retreats pairing wounded veterans with established songwriters to help them to find a voice to express their experiences and through their sharing work towards emotional and spiritual healing. Songwriters who have participated in the program include Beth Nielsen Chapman, Marshall Crenshaw, Radney Foster, and Amy Speace, and some of the songs produced have been recorded by major country artists including Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Luke Bryan, and Garth Brooks. Mary Gauthier is a natural to serve as a contributor to this cause, her powerful autobiographical songwriting on past records addressing such topics as addiction, abandonment, and the search for meaning amidst pain. Turning her empathetic ear to the plights of others, she guides a group of veterans and their families through the composition of 11 highly effective and affecting songs. Of the experience, Gauthier writes “None of the veterans are artists. They don’t write songs; they don’t know that songs can be used to move trauma. Their understanding of song doesn’t include that. For me, it’s been the whole damn deal. Songwriting saved me. It’s what I think the best songs do, help articulate the ineffable, make the invisible visible, creating resonance, so that people (including the songwriter) don’t feel alone.” Gauthier was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Born to a mother she never knew and left in St Vincent’s Women and Infants Asylum, Gauthier was adopted when she was a year old by an Italian Catholic couple from Thibodaux, Louisiana. At age 15, she ran away from home, and spent the next several years in drug rehabilitation, halfway houses, and living with friends; she spent her 18th birthday in a jail cell. Struggling to deal with being adopted, she used drugs and alcohol. These experiences provided fodder for her songwriting later on. Spurred on by friends, she enrolled at Louisiana State University as a philosophy major, dropping out during her senior year. After attending the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, she opened a Cajun restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, Dixie Kitchen (also the title of her first album). Mary ran, and cooked at, the restaurant for eleven years. She was arrested for drunk driving opening night, July 12, 1990, and has been sober ever since. After achieving sobriety, she was driven to dedicate herself full-time to songwriting, and embarked upon a career in music. She wrote her first song at age 35. She sold her share in the restaurant to finance her second album, Drag Queens in Limousines, in 1998. The summer of the release of this album, she was invited to play 11 major folk festivals, including the Newport Folk Festival. Drag Queens in Limousines won in The 1st Annual Independent Music Awards for Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song, and she was nominated for Best New Artist of the year by the Boston Music Awards. She was nominated for three Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards (GLAMA) and won best country artist of the year. In 2002 her third album, Filth and Fire, was named “Best Indy CD of the year” by Jon Pareles of The New York Times. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2001 and secured a publishing deal with Harlan Howard Songs, then secured a record deal with Lost Highway, a division of Universal Music, in 2003. Her first major label release, in 2005, Mercy Now was on the top 10 list for the year in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News, and Billboard Magazine.]

[Mary Gauthier plays Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester St., KCMO, Thursday, August 23, at 8:00 PM.]

4. Krystle Warren & The Faculty – “Every Morning”
from: Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace / Parlour Door Music / April 9, 2012 [UK]
[Krystle Warren’s double album: Love Songs – A Time You May Embrace & Love Songs – A Time to Refrain from Embracing came from a 13 day recording session in Brooklyn, where she recorded the 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections. Krystle wrote the songs, and produced the vinyl release. Originally from Kansas City, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs.” Krystle release her last album, Three The Hard Way on Parlour Door Music on August 18, 2017. Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warren. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” Three The Hard Way was #1 on WMM’s 117 Best Recordings of 2017.]

[Krystle Warren plays in Calvin Arsenia’s special Album Release Show for his new album Cantaloupe, at The Gem Theatre, 1615 East 18th Street, KCMO, on Saturday, September 15 with special guest Krystle Warren and others, presented by Bullseye Records.]

5. Calvin Arsenia – “Cantaloupe”
from: Cantaloupe / Bullseye Records / September 15, 2018 (KC Release)
[First single from upcoming full length album from Calvin Arsenia called, Cantaloupe, the first release on the new recording label Bullseye Records. Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released the EPs, Moments, Prose, and last year his full length debut, Catastrophe, and a LIVE recording from Greenwood Social Hall. This year he released the EP Caviar to special guests who attended his show at Wickstock West in West Bottoms. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp. Calvin has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, Apocalypse Meow, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Last year he undertook a three month US/European Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Lyon and Paris.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays a special Album Release Show for his new album Cantaloupe, at The Gem Theatre, 1615 East 18th Street, KCMO, on Saturday, September 15 with special guest Krystle Warren and others, presented by Bullseye Records.]

10:21 – Underwriting

6. Vigil and Thieves – “Ladylike”
from: Make Sure They Hear You / Vigil and Thieves / August 24, 2018
[Kansas City based 4-piece band with Sarah Storm on vocals, guitar, & keyboards; Steph Castor on guitar; Matthew Muckenthaler on bass, and Andrew Flaherty on drums.]

[Vigil and Thieves play a “Make Sure They Hear You” Album Release Party at The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas, Friday, August 24, at 7:00 pm, with the bands The Dear Misses, Mess, Life Coach, and of course Vigil & Thieves.]

Emmaline Twist

7. Emmaline Twist – “Starcrossed”
from: Dissimulation / Black Site / Expected August 24, 2018
[Debut LP from Emmaline Twist, Kansas City’s Darkwave / Post-Punk / Shoegaze project. In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.” The band is Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar. Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Matched with compelling cover-art created by Amy Abshier. Alex Alexander recently joined the band on synthesizers & guitar.]

[Emmaline Twist play a KC Album Release Party Show, for Dissimulation on Black Site Records, on Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona.]

10:30 – Interview with Krysztof Nemeth and Kristin Conkright

Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar of the KC based Post-Punk, Darkwave, Shoegaze band Emmaline Twist. Krysztof and Kristin are with us in our 90.1 FM Studios to share details about the band’s new full length 12” vinyl album “DISSIMULATION” on Black Site Records, and their KC Album Release Show, this Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona.

Kristin Conkright and Krysztof Nemeth of Emmaline Twist on the August 22, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Krysztof Nemeth and Kristin Conkright thank you for being with us on WMM.

Emmaline Twist got started in early 2016 when Krysztof Nemeth, former baritone guitarist in The Latenight Callers, started collaborating with Meredith McGrade, a veteran of several Kansas City bands, including Admiral Red, Wick and The Tricks, and The B’Dinas. Krysztof told Timothy Finn of The Kansas City Star, “Meredith and I got started in trying to capture the sound and feel of the music we mutually loved: post-punk and shoegaze,” Nemeth said. “Meredith initially played bass and sang, while I employed the baritone guitar as the lead instrument.”

Jonathan Knecht, formerly of the Silver Maggies, came along as drummer.

Kristin Conkright, formerly of Knife Crime and Onward Crispin Glover, was looking for a project. During the very first The Band That Fell to Earth – Bowie Tribute Show, at The Uptown Theatre, in January 2016, Kristin approached Krysztof asking what he was working on and asked if he needed a bassist. Krzysztof liked her sound and thought it would fit the Emmaline Twist vision. McGrade moved to guitar and Conkright came aboard as bassist.

Alex Alexander & The Band That Fell To Earth

Recently, Alex Alexander, of The Band That Fell to Earth, has joined the band on synthesizers, becoming the 5th member.

In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.”

The band’s new 12″ LP is being released by Black Site Records, a label started by members of the band Red Kate, who have had a busy couple of years releasing music from Red Kate, Chess Club, Truckstop Love, Wick and The Tricks, and others.

Earlier this season, Emmaline Twist became the second official release of the eat.hear.records, limited edition 7″ vinyl single series, with the tracks: “Vega” and “Moon Eyes.” These were the band’s original first two digital releases.

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

8. Emmaline Twist – “Oblivion”
from: Dissimulation / Black Site / Expected August 24, 2018
[Debut LP from Emmaline Twist, Kansas City’s Darkwave / Post-Punk / Shoegaze project. In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.” The band is Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar. Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Matched with compelling cover-art created by Amy Abshier. Alex Alexander recently joined the band on synthesizers & guitar.]

[Emmaline Twist play a KC Album Release Party Show, for Dissimulation on Black Site Records, on Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona.]

Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar of the Kansas City based Post-Punk, Darkwave, Shoegaze band Emmaline Twist. Krysztof and Kristin are with us in our 90.1 FM Studios to share details about the band’s new full length 12” vinyl album “DISSIMULATION” on Black Site Records, and their KC Album Release Show, this Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona. Emmaline Twist will be playing with their newest addition of Alex Alexander to the band on synthesizers & guitar.

Krysztof Nemeth and Kristin Conkright thank you for being with us on WMM.

DISSIMULATION was Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Matched with compelling cover-art created by Amy Abshier. Alex Alexander recently joined the band on synthesizers & guitar.

Nominated for Pitch Music Awards

Emmaline Twist has been on a media blitz and was recently on 38th The Spot, Eight One Sixty with Chris Haghirian, Retro Redeye Express with my Gemini Sister Sunshine and Too Much Rock, Under The Radar with John Todd.

Krysztof Nemeth and Kristin Conkright thank you for being with us on WMM.

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

10:56

9. Emmaline Twist – “Desparate Measures”
from: Dissimulation / Black Site / Expected August 24, 2018
[Debut LP from Emmaline Twist, Kansas City’s Darkwave / Post-Punk / Shoegaze project. In 2017 the band released “Dissimulation 1,” four songs in digital format, their first since 2016’s single release of “Vega” b/w “Moon Eyes.” The band is Meredith McGrade on vocals & guitar, Kristin Conkright on bass, Jonathan Knecht on drums, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar. Recorded, Mixed, and Produced at Massive Sound by Paul Malinowski, and Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Matched with compelling cover-art created by Amy Abshier. Alex Alexander recently joined the band on synthesizers & guitar.]

[Emmaline Twist play a KC Album Release Party Show, for Dissimulation on Black Site Records, on Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona.]

11:02 – Station ID

Abandoned Bells

10. Abandoned Bells – “Lost Children”
from: Lost Children – Single / Independent / December 1, 2016
[Recorded at Weights and Measures. KCMO. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Duane Trower.
Krystof Nemeth on guitar, Teri Ann Quinn on vocals & banjo, Tyson Schroeder on drums.]

[Abandoned Bells open for Wovenhand, Wednesday, August 29, at 8:00 pm, at the Riot Room.]

Krysztof Nemeth, Teri Ann Quinn and Tyson Schroeder of Abandoned Bells on the August 22, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

11:06 – Interview with Teri Ann Quinn, Tyson Schroeder, and Krysztof Nemeth

The Kansas City three piece band, Abandoned Bells, join us to share details about their up coming live performance opening for Woovenhand, on August 29. Abandoned Bells are Teri Ann Quinn on vocals & banjo, Tyson Schroeder on drums & vocals, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar.

Teri Ann Quinn of Abandoned Bells on the August 22, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Teri Quinn is a Kansas City based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Teri moved to Kansas City in 2009 to study Clarinet Performance and Music Composition at the University Of Missouri Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music where she graduated in 2013. We first met Teri playing clarinet and guitar for Claire and the Crowded Stage. Teri is also a jewelry designer and her business is calle Rattlebone Design. Teri calls herself, “A Northern girl with a Southern heart living in the Mid-West.” Teri has also contributed experimental compositions for The Black House Collective, andin 2016 released her debut EP, Moons and Meltdowns.

Tyson Schroeder is an illustrator and fine artist. Over the last 20 years he has created images for bands, galleries, theatre companies, book illustrations and covers, periodicals, and Zim’s Sauces. Tyson has had works included in group and solo shows in KC, Boston, Salem, Portland, Houston and Nashville, and in museum shows about band posters, as he has created posters for, The Dresden Dolls, Unsane, Fiona Apple, and Season to Risk. Tyson has worked with puppets, sculpture, and improv performance, spoken word, and theatre as an actor, designer, and playwright. Tyson is also a musician, who plays in the band Medicine Theory.

Teri Ann Quinn Kristin Conkright, Krysztof Nemeth, and Tyson Schroeder of Emmaline Twist and Abandoned Bells on the August 22, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

Krysztof Nemeth moved back to the Kansas City area from Seattle, Washington, 10 years ago. He is a published artist who has work specializing in fetish, gothic, retro, and low-brow kulture pin-up illustration. Krysztof has created saucy pin-up girls for everything from bands to burlesque troupes, gallery shows to rock shows, and clothing stores to private commissions. He work is in shows all over the country. Krysztof is also a father. He was one of the founders and lead guitarist for the band The Latenight Callers who released their critically acclaimed EP Easy Virtues in 2012 and the full length album, Songs for Stolen Moments in 2013. Krysztof os also the founder and baritone guitarist for Emmaline Twist, who are releasing their full length debut album, Dissimulation on Black Site Records, on Friday, August 24, at 8:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand, with Mysterious Clouds & Sona.

Teri Ann Quinn on vocals & banjo, Tyson Schroeder on drums & vocals, and Krysztof Nemeth on baritone guitar together are Abandoned Bells

We just heard “Lost Children” the single the band released last year.

“Lost Children” was recorded at Weights and Measures. KCMO. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Duane Trower.

Today’s Wednesday MidDay Medley demonstrates to paradox of Krysztof’s musical life with bands that represent two very different sides to your own artistic expression: Emmaline Twist + Abandoned Bells

But it’s not just Krysztof, in the last year, Teri has been on the show discussing her solo work and musical tour. Tyson was on the show talking about his play “Bastard” that premiered at The Living Room Theatre, this band is full of incredibly creative and independent artists.

Teri Ann Quinn, Tyson Schroeder, Krysztof Nemeth all have backgrounds in creating visual art pieces, and all have their own distinct visions as artists, their own distinct passions that influence their art.

Teri Ann Quinn, Tyson Schroeder, Krysztof Nemeth, thanks for being with us on WMM.

11:19

11. Abandoned Bells – “Bob’s Bizzare Bizzarre”
from: “Bob’s Bizzare Bizzarre” – Single / Independent / February 5, 2017
[Recorded at Weights and Measures. KCMO. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Duane Trower.
Krystof Nemeth on guitar, Terri Ann Quinn on vocals & banjo, Tyson Schroeder on drums.]

[Abandoned Bells open for Wovenhand, Wednesday, August 29, at 8:00 pm, at the Riot Room.]

Teri Ann Quinn, Kristin Conkright, Krysztof Nemeth, and Tyson Schroeder of Emmaline Twist and Abandoned Bells on the August 22, 2018 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.

11:26 – Underwriting

11:28 – Manor Records Summer Showcase #2

Californos 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO, on Saturday, August 25, 8:00 PM – Doors

Manor Records proudly announces the second offering in their ongoing showcase series. This time the party happens at Californos, under the stars on the deck, Saturday August 25, doors open at 8:00 PM. Six of the area’s best bands play.

8:00 – Doors
8:30 to 9:00 – Those Far Out Arrows (Omaha)
9:15 to 9:45 – Toughies (LFK)
10:00 to 10:30 – Planet What (Tulsa)
10:45 to 11:15 – Dreamgirl (KC)
11:30 to 12:00 – Paddlefish (Springfield)
12:15 to 12:45 – Scruffy & The Janitors (St. Joe)

12. Those Far Out Arrows – “Living Today”
from: Where Are You? / Those Far Out Arrows / December 17, 2016
[Omaha, Nebraska band formed in 2013, by brothers Ben Keelan-White and Evan Keelan-White wbo now perform with Derek Levasseur, and Tanner Rogerson. Recorded and mixed by Those Far Out Arrows in Fall of 2016. Mastered by Jon Ochsner at ARC Studios in Omaha, Nebraska. Music writer Tim McMahan wrote, “They (Those Far Out Arrows) unapologetically cross ’60s British psychedelic with Bowery proto-punk a la Velvet Underground.” Those Far Out Arrows were recently signed to KC record label, High Dive Records.]

[Those Far Out Arrows play Manor Records Summer Showcase #2, at Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, on Saturday, August 25, 7:00 PM]

13. Toughies – “Real Love”
from: ain’t that something [EP] / Independent / November 24, 2017
[Recorded & Mixed by Steve Squire in the scenic Vinland Valley. All songs written & performed by Toughies. 5-piece band from Lawrence formed by Joe Gronniger on bass & vocals, Caroline Lohrenz on drums, Carl Smith on guitar & lead vocals, Sam Ramer on guitar & vocals, and Ben Sauder http://www.toughies.bandcamp.com]

[Toughies play Manor Records Summer Showcase #2, at Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, on Saturday, August 25, 9:15 PM]

14. Dreamgirl – “American Blonde”
from: American Blonde – Single / Independent / February 14, 2015
[Originally formed in 2013, in St. Joe Missouri by members who play with ‘60s-inspired psychedelic & surf rock.The band’s 2015 EP Illuminaughty was self-produced, and recorded over two days, at the home of Austin Marks. The band released their full length album, Dreamgirl on January 1, 2018 Engineered by Sam Stephan and Co-Engineered by Ian Dobyns and Mastered by David Gaumé at Forest Sounds, North Hollywood, CA. The current line-up includes: Lacey Hopkins on lead vocals, Austin Marks on guitar & backing vocals, Sam Stephen on keyboards, Ian Dobyns on drums, Chase Horseman on bass.]

[Dreamgirl play Manor Records Summer Showcase #2, at Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, on Saturday, August 25, 10:45 PM]

15. Paddlefish – “Got No Clue”
from: Spill Me! / Independent / August 17, 2018
[Paddlefish is a four-piece band from Springfield, Missouri with: Owen Misterovich on lead vocals, guitar, drums & keyboards; Joe Misterovich on backing vocals, guitar, bass & keyboards; Blake Nieman on bass, and Anthony Clark on drums. All songs written by Owen Misterovich. Engineered by Joe Misterovich. Mastered by Carl Saff. Album Art by Tanner Spreer..]

[Paddlefish play Manor Records Summer Showcase #2, at Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, on Saturday, August 25, 11:30 PM]

16. Wade D. Brown – “Home Country Pie”
from: From A Child / Wade D. Brown / May 25, 2018
[Debut album from Wade D. Brown on vocal, guitar & harmonica; Colby Earleywine on percussion, Katie West on bass; Mike West on banjo & mandolin. Produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike West at 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor in Lawrence, KS February 2018. All words and music Copyright 2018 Wade D. Brown. Wade D. Brown grew up in small town rural Kansas and describes having a “dreamers disease” from a very young age. He quotes Kerouac, Woody Guthrie, and Waldo Emerson for developing his curiosity about being a “life long freedom seeker.” The notion of “self obtained freedom” is the central issue at the heart of Wade D. Brown’s music. With primary influences from pre-war delta and ragtime blues, medicine show music, bluegrass, vaudeville, and country folk, Wade D. Brown’s music is a contrast of light and dark themes. Songs like Home Country Pie and Summer Bliss paint pictures of simple happiness, while songs such as Old Habits and Paper Cups evoke a sense of complex loneliness. Wade D. Brown says that his goal as a songwriter is to “use music rooted in traditional forms with a poetic lyric to create an original sound that challenges the listener emotionally and conceptually.”]

[Wade D. Brown plays The Brick, Saturday, August 25, at 7:00 PM]

Marcus Lewis, Ryan Jamaal Davis aka Kadesh Flow, and Kemet Coleman aka Kemet The Phantom on the October 4, 2017 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley.

17. Marcus Lewis Big Band – “All Day (feat. Kadesh Flow)”
from: Brass and Boujee / Independent / August 24, 2018
[Brass & Boujee, the dynamic collaboration between The Marcus Lewis Big Band, Kemet the Phantom, and Kadesh Flow. Marcus has performed at the Grammy Awards, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the Glastonbury Fest, Nobel Peace Prize Concert and the North Sea Jazz Fest, Sydney Opera House, and the White House. TV shows include SNL, David Letterman, The Today Show, Jools Holland, Arsenio Hall, and American Idol. Marcus has performed with are Aretha Franklin, Prince, Janelle Monáe, Bruno Mars, B.o.B, and Jidenna.]

[Marcus Lewis Big Band with Kadesh Flow and
kemet The Phantom play the Brass & Boujee + The Phantastics Joint Album Release Show!, Saturday August 25, at 9:00 PM, at The 10 Spot, 1000 BROADWAY BLVD Suite 300, KCMO on the 3rd floor of The Garment House.]

18. Eems – “Moment”
from: Dreems / Independent / June 26, 2018
[Eems is Phillip Jackson, a KC based ukulele loop artist, singer songwriter, rapper, pianist, drummer, The resonance of his bright musical sounds, and lyrical calls, are woven through genres of folk, hip hop, pop, and dance influences. He has shared the stage with notable hop hop artists, and KC Folk Music Fest, Middle of The Map Fest.]

[Eems plays The Mark Music Show 2.5, Friday, August 24, at 7:30 PM, at St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran at 3800 Troost Ave, KCMO]

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

Next week, on August 29, as we welcome: Amy Farrand, Lisa McKenzie, Ivory Blue, and Barry Lee joins us to share details about Concert for Carolyn

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

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