Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

WMM welcomes Zee Underscore + Miss Boating + The Talking Trees

Mark spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Foxlin, Charlotte Bumgarner, Draper Family Band, St. George & The Dragons, The Freedom Affair, Eddie Moore, Zee Underscore, Keo & Them, Miss Boating, The Talking Trees, Kaia Kater with Aoife O’Donovan, and Makaya McCraven.

At 10:30am Zee Underscore shares music from her debut EP, THE ZEE UNDERSCORE EXPERIENCE released on June 15, 2024. Zee Underscore studied at The School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her confidence and talent flourished, sparking a deep passion for music creation and supporting artists of diverse backgrounds. Zee completed a five-year electrical engineering program at The University of Cincinnati, and her work in electrical engineering led her to Kansas City. Zee is co-founder of ZNTL Enterprises. Zee embodies the spirit of dreaming without limits, juggling roles as a singer, songwriter, recording artist, emcee, event coordinator, entrepreneur, and mentor while also working full time as an electrical engineer. Last year Zee Underscore released one of our favorite singles, “In The Way (feat. Amadi Luv)”. More info at: http://www.linktr.ee/Zeebee.notes

At 11:00am Mark talks with Charlie Colborne & Bill Belzer of Miss Boating who’ve recently signed with High Dive Records to release their debut album, JEWEL IN THE TRASH. Miss Boating play an Album Release Show, Saturday, June 29 at 6:00pm at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO. Miss Boating is a KC based, five-piece with multi-instrumentalist & lead singer Charlie Coleborne, drummer Bill Belzer, Aaron Jones on trombone, Tom Gillespie on Saxophone, and Bryan McGuire on bass. (Phil Dickey played bass on the album.) Charlie and Bill met in the late 1980s. In the beginning they were called The Sympathetic Fringe, and then The Sleazebeats. In recent years Charlie & Bill added Aaron, Tim and Bryan. Described by one local radio host as “the perfect house band for a John Waters After Party.” One of their songs is about a friend’s mom’s dynamic relationship with prescription medication. Another is a tribute to the late Evan Jolly, their former bassist. All of the songs are written by Charlie Colborne through his blue/gay eyes. These songs have a fine patina of ditch weed, filthy humor, cigarette smoke, gay drama, Bee Gee’s inflected new wave, queer music hall schmaltz, odd stiff naive sambas, and box wine. More info at: http://www.highdivekc.com

At 11:30 Tommy Capps, Dirk Liebert, and Graham Stone of the Kansas City based band The Talking Trees join us LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. The Talking Trees is a post-rock trio based in Kansas City. They released their 4-song EP, ALIENS on March 1, 2024. That was preceded by the 5-song EP, ARE YOU OK? released October 1, 2022, and the 5-song EP, ONCE I WAS BORN on April 22, 2022, multiple single released in 2020 through 2022, and their debut EP, THE TALKING TREES on August 19, 2019. The band is currently in the studio working on the newest album. More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com

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Show #1052

Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

WMM welcomes Minor Gold + Aaron Rhodes + Nicolette Paige + Scott Hrabko + Juneteenth Tribute

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]

Today, June 29th is Juneteenth. Juneteenth marks the celebration of the dismantling of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas were informed of their freedom by Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Grange. This was two years after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation Act in 1863 and two months after the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865 ending the Civil War. At the time, around 4 million people were enslaved domestically.

After that, each region celebrated the end of slavery on different days, but the celebrations that started in Galveston, Texas, began to grow year after year. Over 100 years later, Texas would become the first state to declare June 19 a state holiday in 1980. In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday.

Black spirituals such as “Go Down Moses,” “Many Thousands Gone,” and others were sung at the first Jubilee in 1866, with a fireworks display on par with Fourth of July celebrations. For African Americans, this is their independence day.

The spirit of Juneteenth honors the history of those who were enslaved and the continued struggle for freedom from oppression that many Black Americans continue to face. Songs sung by slaves were an act of protest and a way to transcend the realities of the horrors they faced. So to honor the day, we highlight a few songs that both celebrate and uplift this history.

10:02

2. Curtis Mayfield – “Power To The People (Demo)”
   from: Curtis / Curtom-Buddah / September, 1970 [Curtis is the debut studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield. Produced by Mayfield, it was released on his own label Curtom Records. The musical styles of Curtis moved further away from the pop-soul sounds of Mayfield’s previous group The Impressions and featured more of a funk and psychedelic-influenced sound. The album’s subject matter incorporates political and social concerns of the time. The Expanded Edition contained 17 tracks, with several bonus tracks including “Power To The People (Demo)”. Curtis Mayfield, born in Chicago, June 3, 1942. One of the most influential musicians behind soul & politically conscious African-American music. Mayfield started his musical career in a gospel choir. Moving to the North Side of Chicago he met Jerry Butler in 1956 at the age of 14, and joined vocal group The Impressions. As a songwriter, Mayfield became noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes of social awareness into soul music. In 1965, he wrote “People Get Ready” for The Impressions, which displayed his more politically charged songwriting. After leaving The Impressions in 1970, Mayfield released several albums, including the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Super Fly in 1972. The soundtrack was noted for its socially conscious themes, mostly addressing problems surrounding inner city minorities such as crime, poverty and drug abuse. Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down after lighting equipment fell on him during a live performance at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, on August 13, 1990. Despite this, he continued his career as a recording artist, releasing his final album, New World Order, in 1996. Mayfield won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and was a double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Impressions in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He was also a 2-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. He died from complications of type 2 diabetes, Dec 26, 1999, at 57.]

3. Krystle Warren – “Nae-Nae and Ruthie”
   from: Three The Hard Way / Parlour Door Music / 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. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. The artist who Rufus Wainwrights calls “one of the greatest living singers” sings and plays all instruments on the album, combining elements of folk, blues and soul in a stirring set. Songs on the album are inspired by the civil rights movement. The song “Red Clay” was inspired by the domestic terrorism and racist massacre and destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 31, 1921, that was one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in the history of the United States, in which more than 35 square blocks were destroyed by a wave of racial terrorism, fire bombs dropped for airplane, and sniper fire from shot guns of those trying to escape that left hundreds of Black residents dead, and more than 1,000 houses burned and destroyed. // In 2016 in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnsons County Community College. 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.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. 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.]

10:08

Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. I’m Mark Manning. Today, we spin More New & MidCoastal Releases from: Nicolette Paige, Burning Bush, Erin Eades, Scott Hrabko, The Blast Monkeys, The Bad Ideas, The Utilitarians, Minor Gold, Cat Power, and The Flaming Lips.

We started the show with music from Curtis Mayfield & Krystle Warren in honor of Juneteenth the celebration of the dismantling of slavery in the United States.

At 10:10 Dan Parsons of the Australian duo Minor Gold joins us to talk about their concert TONIGHT at Waldo Pizza, as part of The Waldo Folk series.

At 10:30am we’ll talk with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, of the band Burning Bush.also talk with aaron about Shuttlecock Music Magazine and shows at Farewell and Howdy, including Summer Kamp IV, happening Saturday, Night with The Bad Ideas, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez!

At 11:00am Nicolette Paige Davis shares details about the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, at 10:00am.

At 11:30 Scott Hrabko is back with more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags Volume III.” It’s a multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with multiple musicians from the KC music community.

10:09

3. Minor Gold – “Tumbleweed”
   from: Minor Gold / Minor Gold / August 11, 2023
   [Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS). Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. // Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances. ]

[Minor Gold play TONIGHT Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series]

10:12 – Interview with Dan Parsons of Minor Gold

Dan Parsons of the Australian duo Minor Gold (with Tracy McNeil) join us to talk about when the band wrote their first song together in 2020, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. Their debut album Minor Gold was released August 11, 2023, has been called, “a sunbathed slice of ’70s Americana pop.” Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com

Dan Parsons thank you so much for being with us on WMM

Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS).

Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020.

At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers.

This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work.

Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com

Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances.

“…cleverly not over-stuffed with instrumentation…if you like Tom
Petty, Crosby Still and Nash, Nick Drake and Bruce Springteen than I
think you will like what they are doing” – ABC Radio Sydney

“Minor Gold are a breath of fresh air, standing on the merits of their
songwriting and chemistry to deliver a beautifully refreshing
collection of songs that further solidifies the importance of never
missing an opening act.” – American Blues Scene

Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com

10:24

5. Minor Gold – “Way With Words”
   from: Minor Gold / Minor Gold / August 11, 2023
   [Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS). Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. // Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances. ]

[Minor Gold play TONIGHT Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series]

6. The Flaming Lips – “Do You Realize??”
   from: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots / Warner Brothers / July 16, 2002
   [10th studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips. The album saw the band pursue a more electronic direction than previous efforts, incorporating acoustic guitars and rhythms influenced by hip hop and top 40 music. The album was well-received critically and commercially, helping the band break into popularity, and was adapted into a musical in 2012. In 2022, the band announced a 20th anniversary box set version of the album and that they would perform the album in full twice in early 2023. // The lyrics of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots concern a diverse array of subject matter, mostly melancholyponderings about love, mortality, artificial emotion, pacifism, and deception, while telling the story of Yoshimi’s battle. The title character is inspired by Boredoms/OOIOO member Yoshimi P-We, following a comment in the Flaming Lips studio that her machine-sound abstract singing sounds like she is battling monsters—Coyne added ‘pink’. P-We also performs on the album. Some listeners consider Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to be a concept album; however, the story is debated, as it is only directly apparent in the first four tracks. Despite the story-type title and science fiction themes, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has made it clear that Yoshimi is not intended to be a concept album. // The vocal melody of track one, “Fight Test”, echoes Cat Stevens’s “Father and Son”. Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, is receiving royalties following a relatively uncontentious settlement. Coyne has claimed that he was unaware of the songs’ similarities until producer Dave Fridmann pointed them out. This claim, however, is contradicted by his statement to Rolling Stone magazine: “I know ‘Father and Son’ and I knew there would be a little bit of comparison. ‘Fight Test’ is not a reference necessarily to the ideas of ‘Father and Son’, but definitely a reference to the cadence, the melody, and chord progression. I think it’s such a great arrangement of chords and melody”. The final track, “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)”, won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The Flaming Lips also won the same award for “The Wizard Turns On…”, taken from At War with the Mystics, in 2006.]

[The Flaming Lips play The Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, KCMO, Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 8:00pm]

10:30 – Underwriting

7. The Blast Monkees — “Sodie Pop”
   from: Summer Camp / The Blast Monkees / July 18, 2022
   [The Blast Monkeys started out as two dudes making music out of Tonganoxie, Kansas. Formed in 2017 by high school best friends, Scott Vick & Kyle Chambers, they have sine become a three-piece band, They plan to make music their career by any means. Their songs fuse high-energy drums and catchy guitar riffs with goofy jokes and a “passionate” stage presence that is sure to win over any crowd. For more info: http://www.theblastmokeys.com. and http://www.theblactmonkees.bandcamp.com

The Blast Monkeys Discography
MONKEY BUSINESS (9-track album) April 20, 2024
“I Probably Peaked in High School” (Single) March 29, 2024
“The Doctor Said I’m Not Crazy Anymore” (Single) / June 23, 2023
“Mr. Nice Guy” (Single) / May 22, 2023
Summer Camp (9-track Album) / July 18, 2022
“Capo 2.0” (Single) / February 16, 2022
Big Things, Small Places (4-track EP) / August 21, 2021
Washed Out (3-track EP) / December 16, 2019
Moon Juice (5-track EP) / March 25, 2019

[The Blast Monkeys play Farewell KCMO 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MOTONIGHT, Wednesday, June 19 with Blair Gun, Lake Love, and God’s Computer.]

[The Blast Monkeys play recordbar, 1520 Grand, blvd., Monday, June 24, at 7:00pm with Lost Stars and City Hall.]

8. Burning Bush – “Burning Bush”
   from: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024
   [Aaron Rhodes on vocals; Harrison Hawkins on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.

10:36 – Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton

Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell. Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024. Aaron also shares details about Farewell and Howdy, and Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com

Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Shuttlecock Music Magazine started as a blog nine years ago, just after Aaron graduated

Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO

Aaron Rhodes formerly was a music writer for The Pitch and a freelance contributing writer for http://www.Bridge909.org

Aaron is also content manager at http://www.Do816.com.

Aaron was also a co-host of the music blog, “In My Head Ache” with Bill Brownlee.

Burning Bush
Aaron Rhodes on vocals
Harrison Hawkins on guitar
Daniel Evans on bass
Ethan Payton on drums.

10:43

9. Burning Bush – “The Golem”
   frrom: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024
   [Aaron Rhodes on vocals; Harrison Hawkins on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.]

10:44 – More Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton

Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO

Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024.

Farewell and Howdy, and Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com

Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

10:51

10. Burning Bush – “Golden Calf”
    from: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024
    [Aaron Rhodes on vocal; Harrison Hawkns on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.

10:44 – More Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton

Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO. Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024.

Aaron also shares details about Farewell KCMO and Howdy.

Once of the big events coming up is Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com

Aaron Rhodes, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Summer Kamp as a music fest Britt Adair was passionate about and organized.

In Memory of Britt Adair

Last year in May, 2023 the Kansas City Music Community was shaken up horribly by the news that our friend Britt Adair had died.

Britt Adair was founder and lead guitarist for the band The Bad Idea’s. Britt was part of the family at Josey Records. She was an artist and filmmaker and huge nurturer of Kansas City Punk Music Scene. She has organized bands and shows for in-stores, festivals, and tours. For several years Britt organized the Summer Kamp Fest bringing nationally touring punk bands to town to play with bands from KC’s diverse punk community.

Britt’s brother Dane Downing reported on Facebook on Tuesday morning, May 2, 2023 that his sister Britt Adair had passed away the night before, on Monday, May 1 at 4:59 PM. “She went to the hospital not feeling well and things took a downward turn very quickly. The doctors believe she had a pulmonary embolism. Right now there’s more questions than answers. Dane continues, Please keep my mom and dad in your thoughts as this was totally out of the blue and devastating for them. We love you Britt, you’ll always be my little pest!”

He went on to say, “Britt was a kind soul and always shared her love to anyone she met. Say something nice to someone today, give them a hug, a smile, tell them a joke. She would like that.”

I first met Britt Adair when she was doing video documentary work for Charlotte Street down in their offices near La Esquina Gallery, 16-17 years ago. I was telling stories of doing performance art in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and of all the protests, and gay bashings, and she was quietly, and empathically capturing it all on camera. That’s when we became friends.

I followed her beautiful artistic endeavors in working to build a stronger punk community in Kansas City and make connections with punk communities all across the country. She was so passionate about The Center of The City Fest, and of working to find a home for punk music on a regular basis.

How could anyone not love The Bad Ideas? With the multi talented Don Dawn, Britt and company proved themselves on many stages and on vinyl and on multiple recordings to be one of KC’s best ever punk bands.

Watching Britt work bartending gigs, and record stores gigs, and film work, with a humor, and kindness, and honesty that represented her artistic heart of gold. With Christian she made a home and fostered an incredible record store, Josey Records Kansas City.

Britt was on the Wednesday MidDay Medley radio show many times, to talk about her band, music festivals, Record Store Day, benefit shows.

Britt possessed that Kansas City spirit of creating venue for others. She was just as passionate about shining a light on other bands and artists as she was on her own work. We are all so lucky to have known her. She lived true to her moral code of ethics of humanity, care for our planet, and the animals, and fairness for all. She was a true punk musician who are steadfastly writing protest music and fighting for equality of workers, women and queer people.

I will keep Britt alive in my heart by working to get a weekly punk music show reestablished at KKFI.

My sincere condolences go out Britt’s husband and our friend Christian LaBeau, Britt’s beautiful Mom, and her Dad, and Brother and family, and Dawn Yoder and bandmates from The Bad Ideas, and Josey Records co-workers, and everyone she touched with her beautiful spirit. Britt Adair is a shining star.

Britt was last on our show as a Guest Producer on March 6, 2019. Britt’s band The Bad Ideas were getting set to release their album “Happiness” at the end of the month and The Bad Ideas were playing The Bottleneck in Lawrence, later that month.

10:55:30

11. The Bad Ideas – “Nightmare”
    from: Happiness / The Bad Ideas / March 30, 2019
    [The Bad Ideas are: Britt Adair on guitar, Breaka Dawn on vocals, Matt Roberts on bass, and Way Jillis on drums. The Bad Ideas is an American punk band from Kansas City, Missouri formed in August 2011. They’ve written all original songs and are influenced by post-hardcore, punk, and early 80’s punk. Their EP, Worse Thoughts, was recorded on January 22, 2012 and released March, 2012. Their first self-produced full length, Lesson #1 was released March 8, 2013. The Bad Ideas also released a 7″ split with Red Kate on March 31, 2014. Their most recent release is a full length cassette, “Leave Me Alone.” Released in June 6, 2015.]

[The Band Ideas host Summer Kamp IV, Sat, June 22, 2024, with The Utilitarians, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, Violet Approach, DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, KCMO]

12. The Utilitarians – “Gosh Golly”
    from: “Gosh Golly” / The Utilitarians / March 30, 2023
    [A transitional track that goes back in Theresa Scott’s catalog but serves as a foundation for The Utilitarians, recorded at Massive Sound. Credits: Theresa Scott / Robert Wagner. The Utilitarians have tricks up their sleeves, they rip & shred, but they cool it didn’t go to their head, they treat their fans with respect and in this rocking form of art this is the “Band with a Heart.” Stars all in their own rights, this 4 piece outfit has the charm of each member being legendary in the KC Underground Community. Patrick Sumner Bent Edge KC]

[The Utilitarians play Summer Kamp IV, Sat, June 22, 2024, with The Bad Ideas, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, Violet Approach, DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, KCMO]

11:00 – Station ID

13. Nicolette Paige – “Vanishing Cars”
    from: The Other Side / Nicolette Paige / October 19, 2012
    [“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences. But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed. Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”// Nicolette Paige, who released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com]

11:03 – Interview with Nicolette Paige

Nicolette Paige released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Nicolette Paige hosts Soul Child Radio every Thursday, 12:00 Noon to 2:00pm here on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com

Nicolette joins us to share details about the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO. This is a fundraiser with donations accepted at the door! This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE! There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org

Nicolette Paige thank you for being our guest on WMM

Nicolette Paige grew up in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO.

This is a fundraiser with donations accepted at the door! This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE!

There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org

“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences.

But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions.

Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed.

Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”

Also note – I have 2 albums and have released 3 singles in the past several years. I plan to put out more music when the time aligns.

Nicolette works at an elderly care center called Margaret’s Place and bring my music and healing services into their space. It’s quite a unique experience every time.

Nicolette Paige is Owner and Founder at Beelicious KC

Manager & Urban Farmer at Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op

Owner and Founder, Priestess at Soul Child Awakenings

Singer-Songwriter at Nicolette Paige

From Kansas City, Kansas // Married to Darrian Davis

My name is Nicolette Paige, owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings. Soul Child Awakenings is a holistic healing business, practice, and way of life for the mind, body, and soul. Soul Child Awakenings focuses on empowering clients spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and even financially by assisting them on their journey to self-mastery through indigenous spiritual practices, the use of earth medicines, and the scientific teachings of how these practices work. Soul Child Awakenings began its development in 2008, when I professionally started offering tarot readings and began my studies on African Spiritual Sciences. Since I was a child, I have always had the spiritual gift of healing and communicating with the spirit realm. Through all of my services I utilize these gifts to help guide others in discovering their own personal power and finding healing, peace, and purpose in their life. There are several core spiritual practices I often incorporate into my services: Curanderismo, Rastafari, Hoodoo, Vodou, and the religious practices of Ifa. In 2020 I was initiated into the Ifa religion, a way of life where other religions such as Vodou, Lucumi, and Candomble originate from. When I was initiated, I was given my spiritual name, ”Larada Didan Imoleina Aye Balewa”, meaning, “She Whose Healing Shines Light On The World”. Although I am initiated into Ifa and am influenced by other indigenous spiritual practices, the path I walk is led by the wisdom of my ancestors and the light and love that resides in my soul.

“Soul Child Awakenings”, comes from a few profound revelations in my life. Throughout my teenage years I always knew I was a soul living a human experience that had the ability to tap into infinite knowledge and wisdom; I knew that learning new things would be an everlasting journey. I always believed in a higher power, and felt my soul was an extension or child of this higher power. To show my gratitude for this knowing, I began referring to myself as “Soul Child” & even got the name tattooed on my neck. “Awakenings”, comes from the many awakenings one can experience in their life. One of the most important awakenings I believe one must have to attain true happiness is the awakening of their inner child, or what I like to call, their inner soul child. Awakening our inner soul child helps us to heal wounds and learn from our past, it helps us to remember the simple joys in life that many forget as adults, and most importantly, it helps us to live purposefully.

Nicolette Paige thank you for being our guest on WMM

Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO.
This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE! There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org

11:19

14. Nicolette Paige – “Other Side”
    from: The Other Side / Nicolette Paige / October 19, 2012
    [“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences. But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed. Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”// Nicolette Paige, who released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com]

15. Erin Eades – “The Lesser of Two Evils”
    from: “The Lesser of Two Evils” – Single / Erin Eades / January 26, 2024
    [Erin Eades is an Americana singer-songwriter and solo acoustic performer from Kansas City, drawing influence from indie rock, alternative, and country music. Through her music, she weaves a narrative of resilience and transformation, inviting listeners to embrace the bittersweet complexities of the human experience. Erin frequently performs in Missouri and Kansas, and plans to release her sophomore effort, a full studio project, in 2024. More info at: http://www.erineadesmusic.com]

[Erin Eades will play ULAH Live Sessions presents by You Found Music, Thursday, June 20, at ULAH, 4707 Rainbow Blvd., Westwood, KS. More info at: http://www.ulahkc.com]

16. Cat Power – “The Greatest”
    from: The Greatest / Matador / January 20, 2006
    [The Greatest is the seventh studio album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. All tracks on the album were written by Marshall, making it her first album not to include any cover songs. The Memphis Rhythm Band includes Roy Brewer, Teenie Hodges, Steve Potts, Dave Smith, Rick Steff, Doug Easley, Jim Spake, Scott Thompson and Susan Marshall. String arrangements were contributed by Harlan T. Bobo and Jonathan Kirkscey. // The Greatest debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200, her highest charting album at the time. It also won the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize, making Marshall the first woman to win the honor. It was also named the 6th best album of 2006 by Rolling Stone, as well as the 26th best album of the decade. // Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall was born January 21, 1972) better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist. // Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern United States and began performing in local bands in Atlanta in the early 1990s. After opening for Liz Phair in 1993, she worked with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, Dear Sir (1995) and Myra Lee (1996), on the same day in 1994. In 1996, she signed with Matador Records, and released a third album of new material with Shelley and Foljahn, What Would the Community Think. Following this, she released the critically acclaimed Moon Pix (1998), recorded with members of Dirty Three, and The Covers Record (2000), a collection of sparsely arranged cover songs. // After a brief hiatus she released You Are Free (2003), featuring guest musicians Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder, followed by the soul-influenced The Greatest (2006), recorded with numerous Memphis studio musicians. A second album of cover tracks, Jukebox, was released in 2008. In 2012 she released the self-produced Sun, which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting album of her career to date. // Critics have noted the constant evolution of Cat Power’s sound, with a mix of punk, folk and blues on her earliest albums, and elements of soul and other genres more prevalent in her later material. // Charlyn Marie Marshall was born January 21, 1972, in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Charlie Marshall, a blues musician and pianist, and Myra Lee Marshall (née Russell). She has one older sister, Miranda (“Mandy”). Her maternal grandfather was of Native American ancestry. Her parents divorced in 1979 and remarried shortly thereafter. Her mother remarried and had a son, Lenny, and the family traveled around often because of her stepfather’s profession. // Marshall attended ten different schools throughout the Southern U.S. in Greensboro; Bartlett and Memphis and throughout Georgia and South Carolina. At times she was left in the care of her grandmother. She was not allowed to buy records when she was growing up, but she listened to her stepfather’s record collection, which included artists Otis Redding, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Rolling Stones, as well as her parents’ records, which included Black Flag, Sister Sledge, and Barry White. In sixth grade, she adopted the nickname Chan (pronounced “Shawn”), which she would later use professionally. When she was 13, she listened to the Smiths, the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. She had to save up to buy cassettes and the first one she got was a record by the Misfits. As a high schooler in Atlanta, she saw shows by punk bands including a Cramps show at which the Flat Duo Jets opened She has referenced multiple times the influence of Dex Romweber from the Flat Duo Jets, and she bought her first guitar because it looked like his black and white Silvertone. At age 16, Marshall dropped out of high school and became estranged from her mother, having no further contact with her until she was 24. // Religion was a large part of Marshall’s upbringing; her father was a Jehovah’s Witness, though she attended Southern Baptist churches with her grandmother, where she began singing while learning hymns.]

[Cat Power plays Starlight Theatre Monday, June 24 with The Pixies and Modest Mouse.]

11:29 – Underwriting

17. Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “And The Four Horses You Rode In On”
    from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol III / Scott Hrabko / May 27, 2024
    [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. On April 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1I. Both are part of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]

11:35 – Interview with Scott Hrabko

On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabbits released, The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. Then, earlier this year, On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. Scott followed that with Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume II released April 19, 2024. And now Scott Hrabko is back with more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags Volume III,” released on May 27, 2024. It’s a multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community, that Scott has been wanting to record with for some time. Each volume features cover art from artists Scott knows and loves. Scott Hrabko is an independent singer-songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town’s late 1980s indie rock scene. Info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com // http://www.scotthrabko.com

Scott Hrabko, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

“Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Mike Warren – No Depression. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com

Now Scott is back to share more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags. Volume III,” released on May 27, 2024and 4 more songs culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community, that Scott has been wanting to record with for some time. Each volume features cover art from artists Scott knows and loves who are still going strong. Scott Hrabko is an independent singer-songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town’s late 1980s indie rock scene. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com

Other Cats, Other Bags – Vol III by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits (released May 27, 2024)

1. On Account Of Darkness 04:32
2. Dust Waltz 04:39
3. Dark Hwy 05:02
4. And The Four Horses You Rode In On 04:33

Credits: Jason Beers: Slide Guitar, Harmonica, Saw, Bass
SH: Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Ghosts

All songs © 2024, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Recorded and mixed by Scott Hrabko, KCMO
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering, Portland, OR

Art:
Cover – Rachel Burch Williams
http://www.instagram.com/rachel_burch_williams/?hl=en

On Account Of Darkness – SH

Dust Waltz – Original Art -Sam Hrabko
http://www.inprnt.com/profile/hrab/
Montage – SH

And The Four Horses You Rode In On – SH

Other Cats, Other Bags – Vol II by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits

1. Wayfaring Muse 04:15
2. In The Sky 06:03
3. Everything 05:15
4. About Time 04:16

Other Cats, Other Bags Vol II – Second in a Multi-Volume project

These recordings grew from sessions I did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from our KC music scene I’ve been wanting to record with for some time.

Volume II collaborators: Jason Beers, Hank Tilbury, David Randall, Chris Hudson

The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists I know and love.

released April 19, 2024

Jason Beers: Bass Guitar (1-3), Keyboards (3)
Dave Randall: Piano (1-2)
Hank Tilbury: Bongos, Talkative Shakers, Spatulas, Water Bowl, Tomato Can (1-2)
Chris Hudson: Nylon String Guitar (1-2) Spectral Guitar (3)
SH: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Drums (3-4), Piano (4)

All songs © 2024, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Recorded and mixed by Scott Hrabko, KCMO. Additional recording by Chad Bryan
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering, Portland, OR

Art:
Cover: Hank Tilbury – http://www.hanktilbury.com

Wayfaring Muse: Kevin Paulsen – http://www.instagram.com/kmartinpaulsen/?hl=en

In The Sky: Cayse Cheatham – tatibell298.wixsite.com/cayse

Everything: Diane Christiansen – http://www.christiansenstudio.com

About Time: Val Hodges Tankard
Design: SH

Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume I by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits

1. Junk Drawer 02:57
2. Dark Highway 03:58
3. Only A Dream 05:41
4. Brand New Day 03:30

Other Cats, Other Bags Vol I
First in a Multi-Volume project

These recordings grew from sessions I did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from our KC music scene I’ve been wanting to record with for some time.

Volume I features steadfast stalwarts Jason Beers and Tim Higgins, as well as Kansas City folks, Betse Ellis, Brett Hodges, Brandon Day, Beth Watts Nelson and Kristin Hamilton.

The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists I know and love.

released March 19, 2024

Jason Beers: Bass Guitar (1-2), Piano (1)

Brandon Day: Upright Bass (3-4), Fiddle (1,4)
Lead Guitar (1,4), Backing Vocals (3)

Betse Ellis: Fiddle (2), Backing Vocals (2)

Kristin Hamilton: Backing Vocals (3)

Tim Higgins: Congas (1), Drums (2)

Brett Hodges: Lead Guitar (2), Backing Vocals (2)

Beth Watts-Nelson: Backing Vocals (3)

SH: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Drums (3-4)

All songs © 2024, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Recorded and mixed by Scott Hrabko, KCMO
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering, Portland, OR

Art:

Cover -Sam Hrabko
Junk Drawer – Sam Hrabko
http://www.inprnt.com/profile/hrab/

Dark Highway – Hank Tilbury
http://www.hanktilbury.com

Only A Dream – Joanna Kane
http://www.greyladygallery.com/joanna-kane

Brand New Day – Judi Bauer & Mimi Krebotchnik

In The Sky (Lyrics)
… And The Four Horses You Rode In On

Heavy thickets of graveyard spiel
Chapters torn out in advance
Scattered to the wind
For a drunken, little dance

Dirty murmurs overheard overhead
Where the rat landlord revolves
Coming back from the dead
To an onslaught of applause

Spirit of ruin, deep in the ground
Termites determined to bring the house down

You’re nobody’s child

To the shuffling tongues
The plague arithmetic
The blithering dipshit Of the apocalypse

(Ain’t going out like that)

~ Los Estados Destrozado (2x)

Blinking back the tears
Bleeding out applause
In a heckling hall of mirrors
Too fallen for words
Too wrecked to feel the phone
Where the shadows perform
Crying, “Look at me, look at me, look at me!
I will die if you look away
I will die unsignified
King yesterday”

Music and lyrics © 2024, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Dust Waltz

Cocaine contrails hauling ass east
Two bars of Stardust (I sing of thee)
Country folk behaving most peculiarly
Keep your head down, honey
And stay upwind of the beast

Talkative dust on a wandering quest
Trying to tell me the sun comes up in the west

Now all of your preconceived babies
Have grown up to be
Inflatable darlings
Of an undead confederacy
Soldiers on leave of their senses
Drunk on cruelty
King after king after king after king
Thrown free to a ditch full of weeds

A hillbilly sorcerer they all said they saw
One more violation of a natural law
Losing streaks across the sky
Southbound blood on a bullwhip tide
Nobody’s future to wager away
No dust to kick up in the cockfight
Between the states

From the dust of what’s done
To the ashes to be
Just don’t try to tell me
The sun goes down in the east

Music and lyrics © 2024, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Scott Hrabko, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com http://www.scotthrabko.com

For WMM, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

11:52:45

18. Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “Dust Waltz”
    from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol III / Scott Hrabko / May 27, 2024
    [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. On April 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1I. Both are part of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]

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

Next week on Wednesday, June 26 we welcome Zee Underscore // At 11:00 am we welcome our good friend Charlie Colborne and members of the band Miss Boating who have recently been signed to Hive Dive Records and have a new album coming out called, JEWEL IN THE TRASH. Miss Boating play a JEWEL IN THE TRASH Album Release Show, with The Fullbloods, Saturday, January 29 at 6:00pm at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO WEST BOTTOMS // also next week Tommy Lee Capps and members of the band Talking Trees join us LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios.

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