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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

New & MidCoastal Releases + R.I.Peter
+ Matt Kesler of The Pedaljets +
Lava Dreams aka Julia Hamilton

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

2. The Freedom Affair – “Imagine”
from: “Imagine” – Single / Sunflower Soul Records / March 20, 2020
[Music & Lyrics by John Lennon. The Freedom Affair is a project of Chris Hazelton of Sunflower Soul Records and Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7. The Freedom Affair is: Misha Roberts on vocals, Seyko Groves on vocals, Paula Saunders on vocals, Cole Bales on guitar, Branden Moser on guitar, Chris Hazelton on bass, Dave Brick on drums, Pete Carroll on trumpet, and Brett Jackson on saxophone. Additional musicians include: Matt Bennett on violin, and Alyssa Bell in viola. Arranged, Produced, Recorded, & Mixed by Chris Hazelton. Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio. The Freedom Affair and their track “Rise Up” were selected to be part of Colemine Records 3xLP box set, “Soul Slabs Vol. 2” a Record Store Day Exclusive, released April 13, 2019. Colemine Records writes: “The Freedom Affair is a freight train of Kansas City soul! Dirty, funky drums, gritty horns, and the combined vocals of Misha Roberts, Seyko Groves, and Paula Saunders to put this band over the top. Politically charged soul music for the dancefloor!”]

3.Mavis Staples – “All In It Together”
from: All In It Together / Anti / April 2, 2019
[New single written by Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy. Produced by Jeff Tweedy. Mixed by Tom Schick. All proceeds from the song will be donated to My Block, My Hood, My City – a Chicago organization ensuring seniors have access to the essentials needed to fight COVID-19. More info here: http://www.formyblock.org. Mavis Staples on vocals; Jeff Tweedy on guitar, bass & vocals; Stephen Hodges on drums; Scott Ligon on piano; Glenn Kotche on percussion; Donny Gerrard on backing vocals; Vicki Randle on backing vocals; Kelly Hogan on backing vocals; and Akenya Seymour on backing vocals. Last year on May 10, 2019, Mavis Staples released “We Get By” her 14th studio solo album. Mavis Staples is an iconic 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. David Bowie – “Sunday”
from: Heathen / ISO – Columbia Records / June 11, 2002
[Heathen is the 22nd studio album by David Bowie. It was considered a comeback for him in the US market by becoming his highest charting album (number 14) since Tonight (1984). It also earned strong reviews. The BBC said the album’s title track “shows that Bowie could still pen disarmingly direct, affecting pop of a very individual inclination 30-plus years after he started”. World-wide, it sold one million copies and experienced a four-month run on the UK charts. Although its production had started before the September 11 attacks in 2001, the album was finished after that date, which resulted in the influencing of its concept. He supported the album on the Heathen Tour throughout 2002. Heathen marked the return of record producer Tony Visconti, who co-produced (with David Bowie himself) several of Bowie’s classic albums. The last album Visconti had co-produced was Scary Monsters in 1980. This was Bowie’s first album in over a decade to not include guitarist Reeves Gabrels, who debuted with the singer on Tin Machine (1989). Originally, Bowie had recorded the album Toy for release in 2001. This album was meant to feature some new songs and remakes of some of his lesser-known songs from the 1960s. Although Toy remains officially unreleased, re-recordings of the tracks “Afraid” and “Slip Away” (then titled “Uncle Floyd”), appear on Heathen. Some other re-recordings of songs from the Toy sessions were included as B-sides to the singles from Heathen. The album was recorded at the mountain-top Allaire Studios in Shokan. Early recording sessions for Heathen were by Bowie on guitars and keyboards, Visconti on bass, and Matt Chamberlain on drums. The trio recorded about forty songs, ranging from brief sketches to nearly-complete compositions. Additional recording sessions took place at several studios, and featured performances from newcomers and previous Bowie collaborators. Bowie regulars Carlos Alomar (guitar) and Sterling Campbell (drums) returned, as did The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, who played the solo on “Slow Burn” and had earlier played guitar on “Because You’re Young” from Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Newcomers included Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, pianist Kristeen Young, and prolific bassist Tony Levin of King Crimson. The song “I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship” contains the lowest note Bowie has ever sung on an album (G1). Although many of its songs were written for Toy, and some are cover versions, biographers and critics of the time claimed that Heathen deals with Bowie’s impressions of the September 11 attacks. The lyrics of songs such as “Slow Burn”, “Afraid”, “A Better Future” and “Heathen (The Rays)” focus on the degradation of mankind and the world in general, recalling his earlier album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and the song “Five Years”. Bowie denied that any of the album’s songs were written after September 2001, though he admitted that the songs deal with the general feeling of anxiety that he’d had in America for a number of years, adding “it’s not unlikely that you’re going to have a sense of angst in anything that’s recorded in New York or by New Yorkers.” He also said in a 2003 interview: “It was written as a deeply questioning album. Of course, it had one foot astride that awful event in September. So that was quite a traumatic album to finish. This one hints at that, but it’s not really trying to resolve any trauma. [September 11] did affect me and my family very much. We live down here.” The album contains cover versions of three songs: “Cactus” by Pixies, which features Bowie on all instruments except for bass and is his only recorded drum performance, “I’ve Been Waiting for You” by Neil Young (which had also been recorded by Pixies as a B-side for 1990’s “Velouria” single), and “I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship” by Norman Odam, aka the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, from whom Bowie lifted part of his “Ziggy Stardust” moniker in 1972. The latter two songs were taken from a list of songs that Bowie compiled in the 1970s for his never-recorded Pin Ups 2 album. Bowie, who was 55 at the time of the record’s release, said, “I’m pretty much a realist. There’s a certain age you get to when you’re not really going to be shown [on TV] anymore. The young have to kill the old. … That’s how life works. … It’s how culture works.” For this reason there were no music videos released for any of the songs from this album. The song “Sunday” was played live at the Heathen Tour and A Reality Tour concerts. A live version recorded at The Point, Dublin in November 2003 was included on the A Reality Tour DVD. A Moby remix is available on the bonus disc of the 2-CD version of Heathen, and a Tony Visconti remix was released on the European version of the single “Everyone Says ‘Hi'” and the single “I’ve Been Waiting for You”.]

5. The MGDs – “Time For Love [feat. Danielle Nicole]”
from: Midtown / The MGDs / March 26, 2020
[Midtown is the MGDs fourth full length release following, Somos Como Somos, from November 4, 2017. The band includes: Matt Davis on drums, percussion & vocals; Greg Bush on bass; Damon Parker on keyboards & vocals; Scott “Snoof” Middleton on guitar; Rudy Vasquez on saxophones; and Eric Martens on trumpet. This Kansas City based 6-piece band that mixes piano and brass with a dynamic rhythm section that adds a unique flavor to the iconic Kansas City music culture, blending of funk and blues with soulful stylings. In what started as a 3-piece between longtime friends Matt, Greg and Damon in 2008, the MGDs have evolved into a potent powerhouse, high-energy ensemble with regular monthly appearances at the Phoenix, and appearances at the Sunset Music Fest, the City Market Crawfish Fest, the 6th annual Phoenix Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Middle of The Map Fest, Boulevardia, The Plaza Art Fair, Kauffman Stadium before two Kansas City Royals games. In 2016 the band released, “Wake Up” their 2nd full length studio album.]

6. Jenny Lewis – “Wasted Youth”
from: On The Line / Warner Records / March 22, 2019
[On the Line is the fourth studio album by Jenny Lewis. Recorded at Capitol Records’ Studio B, the album has contributions from Beck, Ringo Starr, Ryan Adams, Don Was, Benmont Tench, Jason Falkner, and Jim Keltner. A month prior to the album’s release, Ryan Adams, who helped produce the record, was accused by several women of sexual misconduct. After the album was released, Lewis told Pitchfork: “The allegations are so serious and shocking and really fucked up, and I was so sad on so many levels when I heard, I hate that he’s on this album, but you can’t rewrite how things went. We started the record together two years ago, and he worked on it — we were in the studio for five days. Then he pretty much bounced, and I had to finish the album by myself. Jennifer Diane Lewis was born January 8, 1976, in Las Vega. She was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and The Wizard (1989) and the television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93). In the mid-1990s, Lewis semi-retired from acting to focus on her musical career, and formed Rilo Kiley in 1998 with fellow former child actor Blake Sennett. Rilo Kiley released four albums before they disbanded in 2014.Lewis has released four solo albums: Rabbit Fur Coat (2006), Acid Tongue (2008), The Voyager (2014) and On the Line (2019). In addition to Rilo Kiley and her solo career, Lewis has been a member of the Postal Service, Jenny & Johnny and Nice As Fuck.]

10:29 – Underwriting

7. R.I.Peter – “Rising Sun”
from: Cruis’n / Rising Sun – Single / Manor Records / April 10, 2020
[New singles from Kansas City based musician and songwriter Peter Beatty who plays in the band Momma’s Boy, and who have been playing together since they were in the band Rev Gusto that was formed with Quinn Hernandez and friends, while they were in high school at Saint James Academy. Peter studied at University of Kansas. Peter released the debut EP solo project R.I.Peter on July 5, 2019. Manor Records described R.I.Peter’s music saying, “It’s like if you took video game music and mashed it with Fleet Foxes or something. electronic pop ambient america folk mystic Both of the songs were written by Peter Beatty.]

10:35 – Interview with Peter Beatty

R.I.Peter joins us (on the phone) to share music and information about his new cassette-single release, “Cruis’n” and “Rising Sun” from Manor Records. R.I.Peter is the new musical project from Peter Beatty who also plays lead guitar and sings in the band Momma’s Boy. Members of Momma’s Boy have been playing together since the band Rev Gusto with Quinn Hernandez and Jerry & Sam Frederick formed when they were in high school at Saint James Academy. Peter studied at University of Kansas.

Peter Beatty, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Peter Beatty released “Cruis’n” / “Rising Sun” – as a Cassingle Release – Streaming Live Concert, April 10, at 7:00 PM on Manor Records Social Media Platforms on Facebook, Instagram.

“Rising Sun” written by Peter Beatty

in the morning
the fun is gone
there’s nothing for me now
but the rising sun

9 in the morning
my joe is warm
there’s nothing to do now
but weather the storm

and I’ll do it tomorrow, how about you?
as if we have anything to lose
everything will still be here when we’re done
till we meet again, rising sun.

the room is still spinning
I’m feeling like I’ve died
but there’s no need to worry
with you by my side

We meet again, my only friend
we know this story from beginning to end
so stop the nonsense and quit playing pretend

dancing shadows fill the room
and ill sing that familiar tune
we all know that we’re going to soon
but it the end I know love will bloom

and I’ll do it tomorrow, how about you?
as if we have anything to lose
everything will still be here when we’re done
till we meet again, rising sun.

The new singles follow R.I.Peter’s self titled 5-song EP debut, that was released July 5, 2019. On last year’s EP Jerad Bajkowski helped with the songwriting and production.

R.I.Peter is also part of a new compilation benefit release from Manor Records. On April 13th, 2020 Manor Records released, “Keep the Change :: A Fundraiser for KC Service Industry” a compilation of Kansas City’s finest local musicians performaning of some of their favorite cover songs, with all proceeds going to the staff of local business that have hosted our events. (Fox & Pearl, Stray Cat Film Center, Blip Roasters, Voltaire, & The Mockingbird Lounge). The compilation includes: Pale Tongue, Chloe Jacobson, R.I.Peter, The Wild Type, True Lions, Momma’s Boy, Dylan Pyles, Blanky, Daniel Gum, Khrystal., Jairy, Feeble Hiss, & Vague Days. More info at: http://www.manorrecords.com

R.I.Peter performs “Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)” (An Unknown Mortal Orchestra cover)

Cruis’n written by Peter Beatty

Ridin’ down the avenue
start to think about something new
have a heart to heart, me and you
figure out if our love is true

is he the one you want
is she the one you want
are they the one you want
am I the one you want

cruis’n down the boulevard
babe I know that your life’s been hard
I think its time that I pull your card
and figure out who you really are

is he the one you want
is she the one you want
are they the one you want
am I the one you want

Peter Beatty, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Cruis’n / Rising Sun – Cassingle were released through Manor Records on April 10, 2020 http://www.ripeter.bandcamp.com

10:48

8. R.I.Peter – “Cruis’n”
from: Cruis’n / Rising Sun – Single / Manor Records / April 10, 2020
[New singles from Kansas City based musician and songwriter Peter Beatty who plays in the band Momma’s Boy, and who have been playing together since they were in the band Rev Gusto that was formed with Quinn Hernandez and friends, while they were in high school at Saint James Academy. Peter studied at University of Kansas. Peter released the debut EP solo project R.I.Peter on July 5, 2019. Manor Records described R.I.Peter’s music saying, “It’s like if you took video game music and mashed it with Fleet Foxes or something. electronic pop ambient america folk mystic Both of the songs were written by Peter Beatty.]

9. Chloe Jacobson – “Secret Heart” (a Ron Sexsmith cover)
from: Keep the Change – A Fundraiser for KC Service Industry / Manor Records / April 10, 2020
[“Keep the Change – A Fundraiser for KC Service Industry” a compilation of Kansas City’s finest local musicians performaning of some of their favorite cover songs, with all proceeds going to the staff of local business that have hosted our events. (Fox & Pearl, Stray Cat Film Center, Blip Roasters, Voltaire, & The Mockingbird Lounge). The compilation includes: Pale Tongue, Chloe Jacobson, R.I.Peter, The Wild Type, True Lions, Momma’s Boy, Dylan Pyles, Blanky, Daniel Gum, Khrystal., Jairy, Feeble Hiss, & Vague Days. All rights to songs go to original artists. all funds received go to donation to local kc service staffs mentioned. More info at: http://www.manorrecords.com ]

10. The Nicole Springer Band – “Come Clean”
from: Willing / Nicole Springer / November 10, 2019
[Nicole Springer is a singer-songwriter + multi-instrumentalist out of the Kansas City Metro. She was the founder of critically acclaimed + award wining local groups, The Clementines, and The Good Hearts. She’s written original music for her bands The Good Hearts, Heart Machine, and her solo projects. Nicole Springer is a 2019 Pitch KC nominee for Best Vocalist, multi-award winning and critically acclaimed singer-songwriter. Nicole has performed at numerous festivals and venues. In 2014 she was the recipient of both a Pitch Music Award and Project Backstage Award. More info at http://www.nicolespringersings.com .]

[Nicole Springer presents a “Come Clean” Music Video Virtual Release Party! Hosted by Nicole Springer and Outskrts, Thursday, April 23 at 7 PM on Nicole Springers and Outskrts Facebook pages.]

[Nicole Springer joins us LIVE on next week WMM on April 29]

11:00 – Station ID

11. Pedaljets – “Disassociation Blues”
from: Twist The Lens / Electric Moth Records / February 14, 2020
[Twist The Lens was recorded in three main sessions, produced by the Pedaljets alongside their former lead guitarist Paul Malinowski (Shiner, Season To Risk). Though the Pedaljets core trio of Allmayer, bassist Matt Kesler, and drummer Rob Morrow has remained a constant throughout their tenure as a band, they’ve worked with multiple lead guitarists throughout the years, with Twist The Lens being the first record to showcase their newest addition, Cody Wyoming. Bringing in Wyoming, and working alongside Malinowski, allowed the new songs to benefit from a fresh and outside perspective, while still keeping the album within the Pedaljets family. It also lent itself to a more utilitarian process where, as Allmayer describes, “We would constantly listen back and ask ourselves, ‘Are you hearing something this song needs?’ We were really focused on pushing ourselves to make the best music we can and being extra critical.” To round out the team, the band brought in veteran producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile) to mix the record and reunited with Archer Prewitt (The Sea and Cake) whose artwork has adorned the last three Pedaljets album covers.]

11:04 – Interview with Matt Kesler

Matt Kesler plays bass and sings with the band Pedaljets who earlier this year released “Twist The Lens,” on Electric Moth Records. Formed in 1984, Pedaljets made a name for themselves playing alongside Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Flaming Lips. In 1989 the band broke up just after the release of their second album, “The Pedaljets.” However, 20 years later, the band came back together in 2008, to give that album a proper, remastered release. Working with producer Paul Malinowski playing lead guitar, the band’s reunion led to “What’s In Between” in 2013, their first album of new material in 23 years. Now, six years later, “Twist The Lens” their fourth full-length, is the first to feature new guitarist Cody Wyoming (of The Philistines), while previous guitarist Paul Malinowski served as producer. Matt Kesler was also the proprietor of Midwestern Musical Company a music store that sold musical equipment, amps, instruments and served as a venue for years of live performances and Midwest Music Foundation Benefit shows. Matt Kesler was the original bass player for The Wilders and he also plays with the bands, SHE SAID, The Doo Dads and Midtown Quartet.

Matt Kesler Thanks for being with on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Because The Pedaljets broke up for 20 years, all of the members started their own families and other bands. Coming back together as a band, after all of those years, all of you were in different places and touring and live performances now were navigated in new ways. The Pedaljets were originally going to be on tour right now, coming back to Kansas City to play Record Store day at Mills Record Company. All of that has been postponed.

The Pedaljets, played an Album Release Party, Saturday, February 15, at 8:00 PM at miniBar, 3810 Broadway Rd, KCMO with Dan Jones and The Squids.

Pedaljets are: Mike Allmayer, Matt Kesler, Rob Morrow, & Cody Wyoming

Studio legend John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Kurt Vile) mixed the new album, and Archer Prewitt (The Sea And Cake and The Cocktails) provided the artwork.

Formed in 1984, The Pedaljets made their name playing alongside Hüsker Dü, The Replacements and Flaming Lips. In 1989 the band broke up just after the release of their second album, “The Pedaljets.” 20 years later, the band came back together in 2008, to give that album a proper, remastered release. Working with producer Paul Malinowski playing lead guitar, the band’s reunion led to “What’s In Between” in 2013, the band’s first album of new material in 23 years. Now six years later, “Twist The Lens” their fourth full-length, is the first to feature new guitarist Cody Wyoming (The Philistines), while previous guitarist Paul Malinowski served as producer.

Matt Kesler was also the original bass player for The Wilders

Matt also plays with the bands:

Doo Dads
Doo-Dad Mike: Guitar and Vocals
Doo-Dad Joe: Drums and Vocals
Doo-Dad Matt Kesler: Bass Guitar and Vocals
Doo-Dad Ken: Keyboard and Vocals

The Doo-Dads, are a kid-cool rock ‘n’ roll band, was founded in 2002 by four friends and dads, all veterans of the Kansas City music scene. The band puts on a high-energy show that has every hallmark of a real rock concert – fun, excitement and . . . BUBBLES!

Midtown Quartet
Dwayne Mitchell on guitars
Dan Christensen on drums
Carl J Bender on sax
Matt Kesler on bass

Midtown Quartet played at Mstt’s wedding before he was a member of the band

SHE SAID
Jennie Ferguson – Vocals & Guitar
Scott Mize – Guitar
Doug Hitchcock – Drums
Matt Kesler – Bass & Vocals

11:13

12. SHE SAID – “These Are The Days”
from: “These Are The Days” – Single / SHE SAID / unreleased demo
[KC based, 4-piece, SHE SAID, is Jennie Ferguson on vocals & guitar, Scott Mize on guitar, Doug Hitchcock on drums, and Matt Kesler on bass & vocals. SHE SAID played live on the Juoy 12, 2017 edition or WMM. Matt Kesler and Scott Mize used to be in a band called Sylvan Grove. Jennie Ferguson and Scott Mize used to play in a band called Shotgun Solution. This was after the time of Jennie’s all-girl psych/pop band PMS. Doug Hitchcock has played with Matt Kesler in the Midtown Jazz Quartet. Doug has played with Freedie Johnston, and the band Near Death Experience. Matt Kesler also plays in The Pedajets and The Doo Dads.]

11:17 – More Interview with Matt Kesler

We are talking with Matt Kesler plays bass and sings with the bands SHE SAID, and the Pedaljets who earlier this year released “Twist The Lens,” on Electric Moth Records. Matt Kesler was also the proprietor of Midwestern Musical Company a music store that sold musical equipment, amps, instruments and served as a venue for years of live performances and Midwest Music Foundation Benefit shows. Matt Kesler was the original bass player for The Wilders and he also plays with the bands, Doo Dads and Midtown Quartet.

Mat Kesler, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Once hailed as “Kansas City’s answer to The Replacements,” the Pedaljets formed in the mid-80s and immediately began touring the United States nonstop, gaining critical acclaim and support slots with some of the decade’s biggest acts, but never becoming a household name on their own.

After releasing two LPs, 1988’s “Today Today” and 1989’s “Pedaljets,” the band split up.

After laying low for a few years, Allmayer and Morrow formed the band Grither and signed with MCA before Morrow decided to go back to school and relocate to Scotland.

Kesler owned and operated the KC vintage music shop Midwestern Musical Company, selling gear to artists including St. Vincent, The Arcade Fire, Jason Isbell and more.

The Pedaljets couldn’t stay apart forever though, and returned in 2008 with a re-recorded version of their self-titled album and a rekindled hunger to perform.

20 years later, the band came back together in 2008, to give that album a proper, remastered release. Working with producer Paul Malinowski playing lead guitar, the reunion led to “What’s In Between” in 2013, the band’s first new material in 23 years.

6 years later, “Twist The Lens” their 4th full-length, is the first to feature new guitarist Cody Wyoming while previous guitarist Paul Malinowski served as producer.

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

Matt Kesler, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Pedaljets released their new album, “Twist The Lens,” Feb. 14, on Electric Moth Records. More info at: http://www.thepedaljets.com

11:25

12. Pedaljets – “Today Today”
from: Today Today / Newly remastered / Original: Twilight Records / 1988
[Newly remastered from the debut album from The Pedaljets, with Mike Allmayer on vocals & guitar, Matt Kesler on bass & vocals, Rob Morrow on drums & vocals, and John Harper on guitar. Produced by J.J. Johnson, and The Pedaljets at Holly Hill Recorders. Artwork by Richard Hoefle, photography by Mike Soden. Manufactured and marketed by Fundamental Music.]

11:29 – Underwriting

14. Lava Dreams – “Good Energy”
from: “Good Energy” – Single / Lava Dreams / April 22, 2020
[From the upcoming release Good Energy + Focus to be released soon. Written by Lava Dreams and produced by Duncan Burnett. Solo artist Lava Dreams aka Julia Hamilton writes songs influenced by pop, soul, RnB, jazz, trap, house, funk, reggae, rock, and world music. Hailing from Kansas City, MO, her guitar-based music is both dreamy & electric. Lava Dreams began writing lyrics and melodies as a young child. Growing up, she learned to play her first guitar chords from her father – who played around the house and in local bars. After playing guitar and singing in several Kansas City bands as a teenager, she set out to become a solo artist in 2018. Julia Hamilton is also a film maker who received her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Film from Avila Unversity. You can listen to Lava Dreams on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, Google Play, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or at LavaDreamsMusic.com ]

11:36 – Interview with Julia Hamilton aka Lava Dreams

Solo artist Lava Dreams is the electronic music project of Julia Hamilton who writes songs influenced by pop, soul, RnB, jazz, trap, house, funk, reggae, rock, and world music. Hailing from Kansas City, MO, her guitar-based music is both dreamy & electric. Lava Dreams began writing lyrics and melodies as a young child. Growing up, she learned to play her first guitar chords from her father – who played around the house and in local bars. After playing guitar and singing in several Kansas City bands as a teenager, she set out to become a solo artist in 2018. Julia Hamilton is also a film maker who received her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Film from Avila University. Lava Dreams releases her new single “Good Energy” produced by Duncan Burnett TODAY, April 22, 2020 on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, Google Play, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or at LavaDreamsMusic.com

Julia Hamilton thanks for being with us on WMM.

Hailing from Kansas City, MO, her guitar-based music is both dreamy & electric. Lava Dreams began writing lyrics and melodies as a young child.

Growing up, she learned to play her first guitar chords from her father – who played around the house and in local bars.

After playing guitar and singing in several Kansas City bands as a teenager, she set out to become a solo artist in 2018.

Lava Dreams will be releasing the EP “Good Energy + Focus” sometime in May or June. The new EP was produced by Duncan Burnett.

Lava Dreams met Duncan Burnett after a show in Lawrence, Kansas when she shared the stage with Khrystal. Duncan was playing drums for Khrystal. and he approached Julia and asked if they wanted to collaborate.

Lava Dreams writes songs influenced by pop, soul, RnB, jazz, trap, house, funk, reggae, rock, and world music.

Last year in 2019 Lava Dreams released the 12 song full length album, Meditation.

Prior to “Meditation” Lava Dreams released the song, “Sweet Sweet.”

Julia Hamilton is also a filmmaker who received her Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Film from Avila University.

Lava Dreams Influences are: Sade, Billie Holiday, Solange, Frank Ocean, Daniel Ceasar, The Internet, Washed Out, The Cranberries, Tame Impala, Heart, Prince, Steve Lacy, Janelle Monae, Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, Mereba, and Nao.

Lava Dreams conveys optimism and vulnerability with lyrics that drive home personal truths. Lava’s second album will be released Summer 2020.

Julia Hamilton, thanks for being with us on WMM.

Lava Dreams release the new single Good Energy produced by Duncan Burnett TODAY, April 22, 2020 on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, Google Play, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or at LavaDreamsMusic.com

11:48

15. Lava Dreams – “The Heat”
from: The Heat / Lava Dreams / April 11, 2020
[From the upcoming release Good Energy + Focus to be released soon. Written by Lava Dreams and produced by Duncan Burnett. Solo artist Lava Dreams aka Julia Hamilton writes songs influenced by pop, soul, RnB, jazz, trap, house, funk, reggae, rock, and world music. Hailing from Kansas City, MO, her guitar-based music is both dreamy & electric. Lava Dreams began writing lyrics and melodies as a young child. Growing up, she learned to play her first guitar chords from her father – who played around the house and in local bars. After playing guitar and singing in several Kansas City bands as a teenager, she set out to become a solo artist in 2018. Julia Hamilton is also a film maker who received her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Film from Avila Unversity. You can listen to Lava Dreams on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, Google Play, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or at LavaDreamsMusic.com]

16. John Lennon – “Nobody Told Me”
from: Milk and Honey / Polydor-Geffen / January 27, 1984
[“Nobody Told Me” was a song that John Lennon had intended for Ringo Starr’s 1981 album “Stop and Smell the Roses.” It was released as a single and became a worldwide Top 10 hit. Other singles from Milk and Honey were “I’m Stepping Out” and “Borrowed Time”. The songs “Let Me Count the Ways” and “Grow Old with Me” were written by Lennon and Ono to each other using inspiration from poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. They are presented in their demo form. Milk and Honey is the sixth and final album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1984. Following the compilation The John Lennon Collection, it is Lennon’s eighth and final studio album, and the first posthumous release of new Lennon music, having been recorded in the last months of his life during and following the sessions for his 1980 album Double Fantasy. It was assembled by Yoko Ono in association with the Geffen label. Milk and Honey was the duo’s projected follow-up to Double Fantasy, though Lennon’s death caused a temporary shelving of the project. It took Ono three years to be able to resume work to complete it. Ono’s material largely comprises new recordings, which she undertook during the album’s preparation in 1983, which give her songs a more commercial and contemporary edge. Conversely, Lennon’s material, being rough takes and rehearsal recordings, has a more casual feeling. The album title came from Ono, who explained that it referred to their journey to the US, “the land of milk and honey”. “But also, in the Scripture, the land of milk and honey is where you go after you die, as a promised land”, Ono went on to say. “So it’s very strange that I thought of that title. Almost scary – like someone up there told me to call the next album Milk and Honey.” The cover is an alternative take from the same photo session that produced the front cover of Double Fantasy, though this time it appears in colour. After a falling out with David Geffen, whose Geffen Records had initially released Double Fantasy, Ono moved future projects to Polydor Records, which initially released Milk and Honey. EMI, home of Lennon’s entire recorded output—including that with the Beatles—acquired this and all Lennon releases in the late 1990s. Predictably, the reaction to Milk and Honey was less fanatical than the one that afforded Double Fantasy in the wake of Lennon’s death, but it was still well received, peaking at No. 3 in the UK and No. 11 in the US, where it went gold. Jack Douglas, who had co-produced Double Fantasy with Lennon and Ono, also had input into the initial sessions for Milk and Honey, though Ono declined to credit him after their professional relationship soured following Lennon’s death. In 2001, Ono supervised the remastering of Milk and Honey for its CD reissue, adding three bonus tracks and a 22-minute excerpt from Lennon’s last interview in the late afternoon of 8 December 1980, hours before his death. The bonus tracks include home demo recordings of “I’m Stepping Out” and “I’m Moving On” (from Double Fantasy) along with a version of “Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him” featuring Lennon’s vocals only, which was planned to be included on the Ono tribute album Every Man Has a Woman (released 1984).]

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

Next week, on Wednesday, April 29 we’ll play more New & MidCoastal Releases. We’ll also talk with: Kimmie Queen and Cody Wyoming, They Call Me Sauce, Nicole Springer, and Ivory Blue.

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