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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Chris Haghirian + Sarah Magill +
Enrique Chi + Sam Wells

1. “Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks”
from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
[WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]

2. Radkey – “Ain’t No Sunshine”
from: “Ain’t No Sunshine” – Single / Radkey / April 7, 2020
[Written by Bill Withers. 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. Radkey was formed in 2010 in St. Joseph, where the brothers were raised. The family moved to Kansas City. 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 were part of a MasterCard advertising campaign on digital billboards in NYC along with a national television commercial that aired during the 2018 Grammy Awards that brought the band to the attention of Jack White who asked the band to tour with him. In 2018 the band went back on the road with The Damned throughout the United States. In December they went back into the studio to record with producer Bill Stevenson of the California punk rock group Descendents. In early 2019 they played shows in Amsterdam and Stockholm. In 2018 the band released “Basement,” “St. Elwood,” “Rock & Roll Homeschool,” as well as several other singles. On February 22, 2019, Radkey released “No Strange Cats…P.A.W.” a 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.]

[Radkey plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

3. Kevin Morby – “Gift Horse”
from: Gift Horse / I Was on Time – Single / Dead Oceans / March 3, 2020
[Newest single from Kevin Robert Morby born April 2, 1988. Kevin Morby released his critically acclaimed 5th album, Oh My God on April 29, 2019. This was a follow up to his 2017 release City Music. Kevin learned to play guitar when he was 10. In his teens he formed the band Creepy Aliens. 17-year-old Morby dropped out of Blue Valley Northwest High School, got his GED, and moved from his native Kansas City to Brooklyn in the mid-2000s, supporting himself by working bike delivery and café jobs. He later joined the noise-folk group Woods on bass. While living in Brooklyn, he became close friends and roommates with Cassie Ramone of the punk trio Vivian Girls, and the two formed a side project together called The Babies, who released albums in 2011 and 2012. He began a solo career in 2013 releasing his debut album Harlem River. His 2nd album Still Life was released in 2014. His album Oh My God was #5 on WMM 119 Best recording of 2019. His album Singing Saw was in WMM’s The 116 Best Recordings of 2016. His album, City Music was in WMM’s The 118 Best Recordings of 2018.]

[Kevin Morby plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

4. Calvin Arsenia – “Experience”
from: Catastrophe / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017
[Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordBar in November 2016 in a stage show that involved a company of 50 people, dancers, stilt walkers, special lighting, back up singers, guest artists. Born in Orlando, Florida, Calvin’s creative journey really began when he moved to the KC suburb of Olathe, teaching himself the guitar, and eventually the harp. He learned his signature instrument at the age of 20 after he couldn’t find a harpist as determined as him to meld folk, rock, classical, rap and R&B into the irresistible fusion which has become his calling card in the Kansas City music scene and beyond. His passion for stretching the boundaries of musical expression saw him transform a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland’s Fringe Festival early in his career into a life-changing music mission, with an Edinburgh church offering him a role as musical liaison between the church and the city that would change his life. Two years and 300 shows later, Calvin returned to Kansas City reborn as a humanistic songwriter/performer whose impassioned and conceptual stage shows (regularly sold-out in Kansas City, currently catching fire on the West Coast with a diverse following across Europe), are collaborative, costumed-culture-bridging spectacles which In KC Magazine has hailed as ‘equal parts opera, symphony, musical theatre, rock show, all built around its creator: a charismatic 6-foot-6-inch harpist with a natural stage command and knack for gilding gold and painting lilies.’ Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. His full length album Catastrophe on February 14, 2017, His EP Caviar in Novenber 2017. Calvin’s 2018 national debut, Cantaloupe, was released on September 15, 2018 on Center Cut Records. On June 28, 2019 Calvin released Honeydew, an EP including a remix of three songs from Cantaloupe. On September 20, 2019 Calvin released LA Sessions. On December 13, 2019 Calvin released his full length Christmas album “all is calm.” Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC. Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. ]

[Calvin Arsenia plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

5. The Get Up Kids – “Lou Barlow”
from: Problems / Polyvinyl Record Co / May 10, 2019
[KC / Lawrence KS based band with Matt Pryor on vocals & guitars, Jim Suptic on guitar, Rob Pope on bass, James Dewees on keyboards, Ryan Pope on drums. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s emo scene, otherwise known as the “second wave” of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. The Get Up Kids Members Rob Pope is also in the band Spoon; Jim Suptic is in the bands: Blackpool Lights, and Radar State; James Dewees is in the band Reggie and the Full Effect; and Matt Pryor performs often as a solo artists, and in the bands: Radar State, and The New Amsterdams. On their new album Problems—their first full-length in eight years—The Get Up Kids examine everything from life-changing loss to loneliness to the inevitable anxiety of existing in 2019. But by sustaining the essence of their sound—anthemic choruses with sing-along-ready melodies—the band highlights those troubles as a shared experience, giving way to an unbreakable solidarity. And at the heart of Problems is an invaluable element the band’s embodied since their 1997 debut Four Minute Mile: a penetrating lyricism that’s both acutely introspective and indelibly resonant. // The follow-up to 2018’s Kicker EP, Problems came to life in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with the band holing up together for a three-week span. Working with Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Katis, The Get Up Kids took a characteristically riff-driven yet decidedly pop-minded approach to song structure, while also allowing themselves a new sense of creative freedom. “At one point with this band, if we came up with something that felt too much like when we first started out, we would’ve said, ‘No, we can’t do that anymore,’” says Pryor. “These days we’ve learned how to write without roadblocking the ideas that come naturally to us.” // Kicking off with lead single “Satellite,” Problems opens on a stark arrangement of acoustic guitar and stripped-bare vocals, then bursts into brightly crashing rhythms and lyrics revealing the time-bending quality of The Get Up Kids’ songwriting. “I started writing ‘Satellite’ about my son who’s 14 and a total introvert—not antisocial, he just genuinely likes to keep to himself,” says Pryor. “But then somewhere down the line I started singing about myself—about how even when you’re playing a show to a room full of people, I can still feel anxious and isolated.” // Throughout Problems, The Get Up Kids again prove themselves attuned to the nuance of highly specific emotions, and ultimately validate the messiest and most nebulous of feelings. On the joyfully swinging, piano-heavy “The Problem Is Me,” for instance, the band explores the notion of embracing your own romantic dysfunction, while “Salina” captures a small moment of melancholy with sweeping intensity and sprawling guitar work. Later, on “Your Ghost Is Gone,” The Get Up Kids deliver a gently devastating piano ballad sparked from an instrumental piece Dewees wrote soon after his mother’s death. // Through the years, The Get Up Kids have purposely pushed themselves toward previously unexplored songwriting material. “I’m 41 now, I could never write a song like when I was 19—all those ‘I miss my girlfriend’ kind of songs,” Suptic says. “It’s always important to us to write about wherever we are right now.” As shown on Problems, the resulting output both preserves the beloved spirit of The Get Up Kids and creates an entirely new context for their music. “A big part of the reason why we started writing new songs in the first place is that we have things we want to say about this moment in time,” says Pryor. “We’re still so connected to our past and where this all came from—it’s definitely a celebration of the fact that we still get to do this.” ]

[The Get Up Kids plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

10:15 – Interview with Chris Haghirian

Chris Haghirian has worked for The KC Star for over 20 years and helped launch INK in April of 2008. Chris puts together music promotions, and organizes music for, Boulevardia, The Plaza Art Fair, and concerts at Kauffman Stadium. With Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine, Chris makes The Middle of The Map Fest happen each year, and Chris gets to share his amazing passion for the KC music community as host of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 pm, on 90.9 The Bridge, just a few clicks up the dial..

Chris Haghirian joins us to talk about KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM, celebrating KC musicians in the area and around the world! This will benefit Midwest Music Foundation, featuring: Kevin Morby, Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, Addie & Brandon of The Greeting Committee, The Elders, Krystle Warren, Bob & Una Walkenhorst, Quixotic, Radkey, Danielle Nicole Band, Hembree, Calvin Arsenia, Yes You Are, Enrique Chi of Making, Movies, Kawehi, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Samantha Fish, Beau Bledsoe & Aidan Bledsoe, Victor & Penny, Hermon Mehari, Fritz Hutchison.

Chris Haghirian thanks for being with us on WMM.

Talk about making the most of your time in Quarantine….

KC Bands Together • A Livestream Concert Event • May 15 & 16 Friday, May 15th; 8:30-11PM and Saturday, May 16th; 8:30-11PM

LIVESTREAM LOCATIONS
• fb.com/MidwestMusicFoundation/live
• fb.com/909thebridge/live
• vb.com/youfoundmusic
• kcbandstogether.com

KC BANDS TOGETHER is a FREE celebration of Kansas City, from Kansas City musicians. Lots of them still live here, some will be joining us from around the world! It’s a celebration of our music and culture! We hope you can tune in and watch.

The event is a fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, an organization that’s been dedicated to uniting and empowering the Kansas City area music community for the last 12 years by providing health care assistance, education and other resources to working musicians.

This event is meant to be a spirit-raiser. Tune in and find some relief & joy in the music.

The event will feature music from…

• KEVIN MORBY
• Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee
• Addie & Brandon of The Greeting Committee
• The Elders
• Krystle Warren
• Quixotic
• Radkey
• Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids
• Danielle Nicole Band
• Hembree
• Calvin Arsenia
• Enrique Chi of Making Movies
• Kawehi
• Katy Guillen and The Drive
• Victor & Penny
• Hermon Mehari
• Fritz Hutchison Music Music Music
• Samantha Fish
• Bob & Una Walkenhorst
• Beau & Aiden Bledsoe
• Yes You Are

In Friday, May 22, KCPT – 19 will air a one hour special of this event.

The event wouldn’t be possible without the amazing people at 90.9 The Bridge, KCPT – Kansas City PBS, You Found Music, Propaganda3, Will Gregory Public Relations, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Boulevard Brewing Company, iWerx, an Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development Center, Center Cut Records, Price Brothers Management Company, Old Shawnee Pizza-Shawnee, Seen Merch and so many great people too.

Acts and introducers:
Mayor – start of show
Billy Brimblecom of Steps of Faith – Hembree
Jason Sudeikis – Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids
Mark Manning of 90.1 KKFI – Krystle Warren
Adam Roberts of Screenland – Radkey
Michael and Christina Corvino of Corvino – Hermon Mehari
Katie of The Strawberry Swing – Calvin Arsenia
Aengus Finnan of Folk Alliance – Victor & Penny
Jon Stephens of Friends of the River KC – Shane and Simon with Quixotic
Julián Zugazagoitia of The Nelson – Enrique Chi of Making Movies
Lauren Conaway of InnovateHER – Kawehi
Tori Fugate of KC Pet Project – Katy Guillen and the Drive
Judy Mills of Mills Record Company – Addie and Brandon of The Greeting Committee
Tim Finn of The Bridge and InKC – Samantha Fish (JUST ADDED)
Chuck Haddix – Danielle and Brandon of The Danielle Nicole Band

Chris Haghirian, Thank you fir being with us on WMM.

KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM, celebrating KC musicians in the area and around the world to benefit Midwest Music Foundation, Livestreams: http://www.kcbandstogether.com. fb.com/MidwestMusicFoundation/live and fb.com/909thebridge/live and

10:27

6. Krystle Warren – “Born In The Fall”
from: A Time to Keep Love Songs EP / Parlour Door Music / August 12, 2011
[Originally from KC, 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 in 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: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]

[Krystle Warren plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

10:30 – Underwriting

7. Quiet Takes – “More”
from: More / Quiet Takes / released as Quiet Takes on April 14, 2020
[Music & Lyrics by Sarah Magill. Produced by David Bennett. Vocals & keyboards by Sarah Magill, guitars, bass & programming by David Bennett. Engineered & mixed by David Bennett at Aorist Studios in Kansas City, Missouri. Mastered by Zach Hanson Quiet Takes (formerly MYRY) is an on-going collaborative music project by Sarah Magill a writer and musician based in Kansas City, Missouri. She performs with a rotating cast of friends—although these stay-at-home days, she is playing solo. In Kansas City, she is known for hosting house shows and co-founding Rubix, a performance art collective. The first EP, MYRY’s.

10:35 – Interview with Sarah Magill

Kansas City based musician Sarah Magill joins us to share information about her new sonic adventure, Quiet Takes, an on-going collaborative project with a rotating cast of friends. Quiet Takes has just released the new single, “Wanted” with vocals & keyboard by Sarah Magill and produced by David Bennett. More info at http://www.quiettakes.com

Sarah Magill Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Quiet Takes was most recently called MYRY.

The first EP, MYRY’s “AHEM.” was release in 2018.

During these stay-at-home days of COVID-19 Sarah is creating solo works.

In Kansas City, she is known for hosting house shows and co-founding Rubix, a performance art collective.

Music & Lyrics by Sarah Magill. Produced by David Bennett.

Vocals & keyboards by Sarah Magill, guitars, bass & programming by David Bennett.

Engineered & mixed by David Bennett at Aorist Studios in Kansas City, Missouri. Mastered by Zach Hanson

Quiet Takes has just released the new single, “Wanted” with vocals & keyboard by Sarah Magill and produced by David Bennett. More info at http://www.quiettakes.com

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8. Quiet Takes – “Wanted (The Dirty Windshield Version)”
from: “Wanted (Dirty Windshield Version)” – Single / Sarah Magill / May 1, 2020
[“Wanted” lives in the ellipses between acknowledging you want something you can’t have…and letting that desire go. The plan was to put this stripped-down version out in the fall after releasing its more produced twin on an EP this summer, but then everything changed. Beyond the pandemic’s catastrophic casualties, we are all grappling with lesser losses: plans, jobs, dreams, relationships, routines, shows, savings, physical touch. It seemed right to put this version out now. Sometimes we only realize what we want when it’s absent. That’s the gift in the grief, but it stings, doesn’t it? Music & Lyrics by Sarah Magill. Produced by David Bennett. Vocals & keyboards by Sarah Magill, guitars, & bass by David Bennett. Additional key by Ian Thompson. Engineered & mixed by David Bennett at Aorist Studios in Kansas City, Missouri. Mastered by Zach Hanson Quiet Takes (formerly MYRY) is an on-going collaborative music project by Sarah Magill a writer and musician based in Kansas City, Missouri. She performs with a rotating cast of friends—although these stay-at-home days, she is playing solo. In Kansas City, she is known for hosting house shows and co-founding Rubix, a performance art collective. The first EP, MYRY’s AHEM. Was release in 2018. Quiet Takes has new music coming in 2020.] [Sarah Magill will be on WMM on May 13.]

9. Hermon Mehari– “Cold (Feat. Kevin Johnson”
from: Bleu / Unlabeled Publishing / March 17, 2017
[Debut solo release from Kansas City based jazz trumpeter. Hermon Mehari featuring
Logan Richardson on saxophone, Aaron Parks on piano, Peter Schlamb on vibraphone, Rick Rosato on bass, Ryan J. Lee on drums, and a guest appearance by Kevin M. Johnson on vocals. Hermon Mehari grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri, home of Lincoln University. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Missouri – Kansas City Music Conservatory. In 2015 he finished first, at the prestigious Carmine Carusa International Jazz Trumpet Competition at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville Texas. Hermon was a semifinalist in the 2014 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2014 he released the CD “Our Journey” with Diverse, which was recorded in Paris featuring Logan Richardson on alto saxophone. Hermon was also the winner of the 2008 National Trumpet Competiton and placed second in the International Trumpet Guild competition in Sydney, Australia. He splits his time between touring and playing all over the world and creative projects in Kansas City. Hermon has collaborated with Cat Mahari on BAM! the Workshop, he is also a founding member of Diverse Jazz, Diverse Trio, and The Buhs. He also plays with Peter Schlamb, Making Movies, John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons. Hermon was featured on the world-renowned saxophonist Bobby Watson’s 2013 release, “Check Cashing Day”. More information at: http://www.hermonmehari.com]

[Hermon Mehari plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

10. Betty Davis – “They Say I’m Different”
from: They Say I’m Different / Just Sunshine / 1974 [2007 re-release Light in The Attic]
[The second studio album by Betty Davis. The Wire (magazine) placed They Say I’m Different in their list of “100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening).” Betty Davis was born July 26, 1945. She is an American funk and soul singer. She is a performer who was known for her memorable and noteworthy live performances. Born in 1945 according to most sources (though she claims 1944), Betty Mabry grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and just outside Pittsboro. On her grandmother’s farm in Reidsville, North Carolina, she listened to B.B. King, Jimmy Reed, and Elmore James and other blues musicians. One of the first songs she wrote, at the age of 12, was called “I’m Going to Bake That Cake of Love.” Also at that age, her family moved to Pittsburgh. Aged 16, Betty left Pittsburgh for New York City, enrolling at the Fashion Institute of Technology while living with her aunt. She soaked up the Greenwich Village culture and folk music of the early 1960s. She associated herself with frequenters of the Cellar, a hip uptown club where young and stylish people congregated. It was a multiracial, artsy crowd of models, design students, actors, and singers. At the Cellar she played records and chatted people up. She also worked as a model, appearing in photo spreads in Seventeen, Ebony and Glamour. In her time in New York, she met several musicians including Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. The seeds of her musical career were planted through her friendship with soul singer Lou Courtney, who produced her first single, “The Cellar” with simple, catchy lyrics like, “Where you going fellas, so fly? / I’m going to the Cellar, my oh my / What you going to do there / We’re going to boogaloo there.” The single was a local jam for the Cellar. Yet her first professional gig was not until she wrote “Uptown (to Harlem)” for the Chambers Brothers. Their 1967 album was a major success, but Betty Mabry was focusing on her modeling career. She was successful as a model but felt bored by the work. According to Oliver Wang’s They Say I’m Different liner notes, she said, “I didn’t like modeling because you didn’t need brains to do it. It’s only going to last as long as you look good.” In 2017, a documentary was released entitled Betty: They Say I’m Different. As a model in 1966, Betty first met jazz musician Miles Davis who was 19 years her senior at a concert. At the time he was separated from his first wife, dancer Frances Davis, and he was dating actress Cicely Tyson. Betty began dating Miles in early 1968, and they were married in September 1968. In just one year of marriage, she influenced him greatly by introducing him to the fashions and the new popular music trends of the era. In his autobiography, Miles credited Betty with helping to plant the seeds of his future musical explorations by introducing the trumpeter to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone. The Miles Davis album Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) includes a song named after her and her photo on the front cover. In his autobiography, Miles said Betty was “too young and wild,” and accused her of having an affair with Jimi Hendrix, which hastened the end of their marriage. Betty denied the affair stating, “I was so angry with Miles when he wrote that. It was disrespectful to Jimi and to me. Miles and I broke up because of his violent temper.” After accusing her of adultery, he filed for divorce in 1969. Miles told Jet magazine at the time that the divorce was obtained on a “temperament” charge. He added, “I’m just not the kind of cat to be married.” Hendrix and Miles remained close, planning to record, until Hendrix’s death. The influence of Hendrix and especially Sly Stone on Miles Davis was obvious on the album Bitches Brew (1970), which ushered in the era of jazz fusion. The origin of the album’s title is unknown, but some believe Miles was subtly paying tribute to Betty and her girlfriends. In fact, it is said that he originally wanted to call the album Witches Brew—it was Betty who convinced him to change it. Davis briefly dated musician Eric Clapton; she refused to collaborate with him. In 1975, Davis’ lover Robert Palmer helped her facilitate a deal with Island Records. She released her album Nasty Gal shortly after.]

11:00 – Station ID

11. Making Movies – “Delilah (ft. Rubén Blades)”
from: ameri’kana / 3/2 Recordings / May 24, 2019
[Produced by Steve Berlin and Ben Yonas. 3rd full length release from KC based 4-piece band and made up of two sets of brothers: Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and Andres Chaurand on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and Kansas City, Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico. The notes for this album read: “ameri’kana is a canary in a coal mine, the watchman at the tower. It is a desire to remember where we come from and assure that we better ourselves in every step along our journey. Every chapter is an example, a reason to not be silent and not accept corrupt leaders as something inevitable. ameri’kana is based on faith, faith that every person on this continent carries within themselves the ability to grow, to awaken their consciousness and merits the the same rights. We were accomplices to get ourselves to this point so we will have to be accomplices in the solutions.” This was their follow up released to their critically acclaimed I Am Another You, released May 26, 2017. The quartet has toured with Arcade Fire, Thievery Corporation, Cold War Kids, Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Tennis, Sergio Mendoza of Calexico, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.]

[Enrique Chi plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

11:05 – Interview with Enrique Chi

Enrique Chi of Making Movies an international band known for its Latinx activism formed in KC in 2009. Making Movies include elements of rock, cumbia, psychedelia, American roots, son cubano, and spoken word in their sound. The band was nominated for a 2019 Latin Grammy for their collaboration with Ruben Blades on “No Te Calles”, featured on their new album, ameri’kana. We will talk with Enrique about the band’s new single, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” and their music education non-profit, Art As Mentorship. Enrique is wrapping up a six-week online songwriting series, The Rebel Song Academy, featuring members of Los Lobos, Chicano Batman and Flor De Toloache. Enrique Chi will be part of KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert May 15 & 16. More info at: http://www.mkngmvs.com

Enrique Chi, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

How are you doing during this COVID-19 pandemic?

The band was nominated for a 2019 Latin Grammy for their collaboration with Ruben Blades on “No Te Calles”, featured on their new album, ameri’kana.

The band’s new single, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

The band’s music education non-profit, Art As Mentorship.

Enrique is wrapping up a six-week online songwriting series, The Rebel Song Academy, featuring members of Los Lobos, Chicano Batman and Flor De Toloache.

Enrique Chi will be part of KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert May 15 & 16.

Enrique Chi, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The band’s new single, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” is out everywhere.

Enrique Chi play KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM

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

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12. Making Movies – “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
from: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” – Single / 3/2 Recordings / March 20, 2020
[New Single from KC based 4-piece band and made up of : Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and KC Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico.

[Enrique Chi plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

13. The Greeting Committee – “What If Tomorrow Never Comes?”
from: I’m Afraid I’m Not Angry – EP / Harvest Records / October 17, 2019
[Formed in Kansas City in 2015 with Addie Sartino, Brandon Yangmi, Austin Fraser, and Pierce Turcotte. This new EP is a follow up to their October 26, 2018 full length vinyl release “This Is It.” The band has previously released the EP “Meeting People is Easy” in 2017, and “It’s Not All That Bad” in 2015.]

[The Greeting Committee play KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

14. Jo MacKenzie – “Lose My Face”
from: “Lose My Face” – Single / Jo Mackenzie / released April 24, 2020
[Newest single from 16 year old, Kansas City based singer songwriter, Jo MacKenzie. Written, Recorded and Produced by Jo MacKenzie. Jo MacKenzie released her Debut EP Proud on November 17, 2018. Along with the release of her EP Proud, Jo Mackenzie released the single “Just Like Rain” on August 18, 2018; “I Should Come with a Warning Sign” on September 28, 2019; and “Alaska” on November 23, 2019 and the single “Suicide season”February 1, 2020 More info at http://www.jomackenzie.com]

11:30 – Underwriting

15. Sam Wells – “Sugar”
from: “Sugar” – Single / Sam Wells / April 21, 2020
[New single. Produced at the Lawrence Kansas Public Library recording studio. It was only a decade ago, Sam Wells sat in her bedroom learning the Corrine Bailey Ray classic “Put Your Records On”. This was all it took to ignite a lifetime love affair with music. Now based in Lawrence KS, the singer-songwriter brings her Folk-Americana sound to the greater Kansas City area. With her smooth and sultry voice and the warm tones of a baritone ukulele, she shares stories of love, loss and everything in between.]

11:36 – Interview with Sam Wells

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sam Wells is now based in Lawrence, Kansas where she is bringing her music to the greater Kansas City area, in many venues, and now in live stream shows. Folk Americana singer and songwriter Sam Wells joins us to talk about her first two singles, “Lesson Learned” (her debut) and “Sugar” (her latest) that is “full of energy and funk.” These two tracks are leading up to the release of Sam’s first EP, “Not Too Broken,” be released in August, 2020. More info at: http://www.whoissamwells.com

Sam Wells thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.

Sam Wells joins us to talk about her first two singles, “Lesson Learned” (her debut) and “Sugar” (her latest) that is “full of energy and funk.”

These two tracks are leading up to the release of Sam’s first EP, “Not Too Broken”, that is planned be released in August, 2020.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sam Wells is now based in Lawrence, Kansas where she is brining her music to the greater KC area, in many venues, and now in live stream shows.

Sam’s first EP, “Not Too Broken”, that is planned be released in August, 2020. More information at: http://www.whoissamwells.com

11:48

16. Sam Wells – “Lesson Learned”
from: “Lesson Learned” – Single / Sam Wells / June 21, 2019
[Debut single. It was only a decade ago, Sam Wells sat in her bedroom learning the Corrine Bailey Ray classic “Put Your Records On”. This was all it took to ignite a lifetime love affair with music. Now based in Lawrence KS, the singer-songwriter brings her Folk-Americana sound to the greater Kansas City area. With her smooth and sultry voice and the warm tones of a baritone ukulele, she shares stories of love, loss and everything in between.]

17. Waxahatchee – “Fire”
from: Saint Cloud / Merge Records / March 27, 2020
[All songs written by Katie Crutchfield. Recorded & mixed at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX & Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY. Produced by Brad Cook. Engineered by Jerry Ordonez. Additional engineering by Jon Low. Mixed by Jon Low. Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen. KATIE CRUTCHFIELD on vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keys; BRAD COOK on bass, acoustic guitar, piano, keys, synth; BOBBY COLOMBO on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys; BILL LENNOX on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys, percussion; NICK KINSEY on drums, percussion; JOSH KAUFMAN on electric guitars, piano, organ, percussion. Katie Crutchfield’s southern roots are undeniable. The name of her solo musical project Waxahatchee comes from a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to represent both where she came from and where she’s going. More info at: http://www.waxahatchee.com.]

[Katie Crutchfield plays KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM]

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

Next week on Wednesday, May 20 we will play more New & MidCoastal Releases. PLUS, Paul Malinowski joins us to talk about the new release from Shiner. AND, we talk with Anson the Ornery about the new “DJ Daniel the Cat” release. In addition: Andrew Morris gives us a call to chat about his new solo release, “One Fine, Sweet & Sunny Day.”

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

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Show #837