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, December 10, 2025

The 120 Best Recordings of 2025
(Part 1 of 4)

We present part-one, of our four-week special: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025. In 2025 there were over 1675 MidCoastal (KC area) releases in Albums, EPs, & Singles…(that we know of). We’ve culled these releases for WMM’s mix of New & MidCoastal releases. Based on playlists of this little ole radio show, we’ve compiled representative tracks from our favorite full-length albums and EPs of 2025.

This Wednesday, we’ll count down from #120 through #91 of our list, with music from: Land Lion, Lorna Kay, Flora From Kansas, The Royal Chief, Rude Cousin, T.A. RELL, Lee Walter Redding, honeybee, Talia Keys, Chalis O’Neal, Mister Water Wet, HuDost, Julie Bennett Hume, Kai McGarry, Keelon Vann, Paul Jesse, Lonnie Fisher, Neko Case, Water From Your Eyes, Annahstasia, Jenny Hval, Hotline TNT, Yuno, Yukimi, Gigi Perez, Brad Mehldau, S.G. Goodman, Deerhoof, Cymande, and Oddisee.

In 2025 we’ve broadcast nearly 900 different tracks on WMM over our 100,000 watts of 90.1 FM Community Radio Airwaves. Over 500 of these tracks were from New & MidCoastal Releases. 70 of the representative tracks in our “Best of” list are from MidCoastal Releases. In 2025 we’ve conducted over 175 interviews with 159 special guests. Nearly 50 of the bands and artists in our “Best of” list have joined us as guests on WMM.

Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley throughout December for our 4-week series: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025, on December 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st. We realize these “Best of” lists can seem subjective, so we ask that you please accept our list as a celebration of the year in music, and more music discovery for your ears. Our “Best of Lists” can be found at: http://www.wednesdaymiddaymedley.org

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Show #1125

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, December 3, 2025

Michelle Bacon’s Favorite Releases of 2025 +
Wednesday MidDay Medley’s Favorite 15 Singles of 2025

We will spin MidCoastal Releases from: The Whips, Lava Dreams, IVORY BLUE, Kemet Coleman with Marcus Lewis Big Band & Kadesh Flow & Kimology, Jocelyn Nixon, Run With It, Shy Boys, Lucy Gray, Stephonne, Various Blonde, They’re Theirs, RE.VIS.ER, Keo & Them, LyMerrick, Julia Haile, Danielle Ate The Sandwich, Claire Adams, TheBabeGabe, Hailes, Liney Blu, Big Fat Cow, The Freedom Affair, Kat King, Snocaps, and Les Marmoppes.

At 10:00, in our first hour, Mark counts down the Top 15 of WMM’s Favorite 50 Singles of 2025. In 2025 there were over 1675 local releases in Albums, EPs, & Singles…(that we know of). Every week we have culled from these releases to bring you WMM’s special mix of New & MidCoastal releases from Kansas City based musical artists, and the very best national releases of 2025. Our complete list can be found at http://www.wednesdaymiddaymedley.org

At 11:00, we welcome back to the show, our friend Michelle Bacon, Content Manager at 90.9 The Bridge, where she helps to shine a light on area musicians and events. Michelle has also written for The Kansas City Star, The Deli Magazine KC, and Folk Alliance International. Her stories and interviews on area and national musical acts help define the musical community of Kansas City. Michelle plays drums in the band Frogpond, and plays bass and drums in many other bands too. Michelle is also the organizer and leader of The Band That Fell To Earth who in 2025 will present the 10th Annual multi-day Tribute to Davie Bowie at recordBar. Michelle Bacon joins us to share her Favorite Musical Recordings of 2025.

NEXT WEEK on December 10 we present: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025, our annual 4-part special celebrating the music of 2025 based on the playlists of this little ole radio show. Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley on December 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st for eight hours packed full of 120 musical recordings representing outstanding Albums and EP released from Kansas City and the world in 2025. This year we’ve played hundreds of New & MidCoastal Releases and we conducted over 175 interviews with 159 special guests.

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Show #1124

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, November 19, 2025

Sara Swenson + Chuck Haddix & Barry Lee + The Talking Trees

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

2. The Beth’s – “No Joy”
   from: Straight Line Was A Lie / Anti- / August 29, 2025
   [The Beths — the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck — release their new album, Straight Line Was A Lie, on ANTI-. // The path from The Beths’ critically celebrated and year-end-list-topping 2022 album Expert In A Dying Field to Straight Line Was A Lie was anything but straightforward. For the first time, Stokes was struggling to write new songs beyond fragments she’d recorded on her phone. She’d recently started taking an SSRI, which on one hand made her feel like she could “fix” everything broken in her life, from her mental and physical health to fraught family dynamics. At the same time, writing wasn’t coming as easily as it had before. // With Straight Line Was A Lie, Stokes and Pearce broke down the typical Beths writing process, opening themselves up to a wave of creative input, with Stokes’ free-flowing writing routine proving to be therapeutic. Already a celebrated lyricist, Stokes has long impressed fans and critics with catchy, instant-classic turns of phrase that capture the personal and ladder up to the universal. But Stokes’ intentional deconstruction and rebuilding of her relationship to writing, however, has resulted in a complete renewal. Her songwriting has achieved startling new depths of insight and vulnerability, making Straight Line Was A Lie the most sharply observant, truthful, and poetic Beths project to date.]

[The Beths play The Truman 601 East Truman Road, KCMO, on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 8:00pm, with Phoebe Rings]

3. Run With It – “X2myY”
   from: “X2myY” – Single / Run With It / November 12, 2025
   [Miguel Antonio on lead vocals & guitar. Daniel Cole on drums, Paul Seiz on keyboards. Cody Ryan Stapleton on lead guitar, and Matt Muckenthaler on bass guitar // Run With It is on a new path dropping one new song a month and are fully self-producing as well. in October they released the single, “Darkest Days.” // In 2024 Run With It released their the singles: “Ghost Like You” on September 13, 2024; “Nightwatch” on August 21, 2024; and “It’s Not Over (feat. The Royal Chief) on April 10, 2024. // The band has always been known for their energetic live shows, leaving it all on the stage, and working their musical assets to make their audiences happy. The band has toured extensively. Run With It are influenced by The Black Keys, Maroon 5, Bill Withers, and more. With backgrounds in gritty rock, groovy soul, stylish R&B. // Miguel Carabello was born June 11, 1980 originally from Junction City, Kansas, Married. Daniel Cole was born April 8, 1991 and graduated from Lee’s Summit West HS in 2009. Paul Seiz Paul graduated from Millikin University with a degree in Commercial Music and began his professional career as the Resident Music Director of Playhouse On The Square, a professional theater in Memphis, TN. Paul has been the regional entertainment director for Howl At The Moon for nearly eight years. And also plays with Songwheels and works as a DJ. Paul lives in Overland Park KS and has three kids. Cody Ryan Stapleton lives in KCK he has played with several bands including The Dear Misses. Matt Muckenthaler studied at Missouri Western State University and has played in several bands. // Run With it were last on WMM on February 12, 2025 and October 23, 2024, before that is was nearly eight years ago on March 22, 2017 when the band was aa three-piece with Miguel Caraballo on lead vocals & guitar, Daniel Cole on Drums, and Ben Byard on bass & vocals. promoting their EP How To Start A Fire release March 24, 2017, recorded with producer Josh Gleave. // More information at: http://www.runwithitband.com]

4. KeiyaA – “k.i.s.s.”
   from: Hooke’s Law / XL Recordings / October 31, 2025
   [“Take it: is the second single form KeiyaA;s second album HOOKE’S LAW. // After five years of navigating loss, grief, and anger, Chicago-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer keiyaA emerges in the light of reinvention and healing, shaped by years of solitude spent in the unending tide of mess and renewal, returning to share her findings with unapologetic clarity. Her single “stupid prizes,” was re;eased August 20, 2025, accompanied by a self-co-directed music video with Caity Arthur, is a soulful, arresting prelude that marks a powerful next chapter. Known for her penetrating explorations of Black womanhood and liberation, rich harmonies, and fearless experimentation, keiyaA reintroduces her artistry with the same emotional intensity and sonic innovation that defined her 2020 debut Forever, Ya Girl, arriving in the wake of her first theatrical stage play, milk thot. // Speaking about “stupid prizes,” keiyaA says: “i wrote, recorded, and produced “stupid prizes” all in one sitting, at home late at night in my living room in Brooklyn. i sampled Percy Faith, an orchestral composer known for creating rich and luscious scores and show tunes, helping contribute to this classic “American” sound. i sought out to create this sort of bed of irony, to speak and sing about being miserable on top of this beautiful, dreamy and romantic music. which speaks not only to what it can feel like navigating my internal and external worlds, but also what it feels like being a marginalized person in America.” // In 2020, keiyaA released her self-produced debut album Forever, Ya Girl, a genre-defying blend of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and experimental music that earned widespread critical acclaim. The project went on to receive Pitchfork’s “Best New Music” designation, landed on year-end best-of lists from The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian, and was later named to Pitchfork’s Best of the Decade So Far list. It also drew praise from artists including Solange, Jay-Z, Earl Sweatshirt, Blood Orange, Kimberly Drew, and Moses Sumney. The album announced keiyaA as one of music’s most vital new voices and producers, and the attention it garnered gave her the access to expand on her creative vision—one that has since grown into a thriving garden of projects, performances, and collaborations, each distinct but rooted in her singular artistry. // Since the release of Forever, Ya Girl, keiyaA showcased her dynamism through a Tiny Desk concert and appearances at Solange’s El Dorado Ballroom show at BAM, Wales Bonner’s Togetherness presentation at the Guggenheim, ESSENSE’s Girls United Summit, and MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series. She walked in Telfar’s 20th-anniversary show, contributed music to the brand’s Moose Knuckles collaboration, and scored Nike’s Come Thru series. She also performed at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, as well as in her hometown of Chicago at Pitchfork Music Festival and Theaster Gates’ Kenwood Garden community space. // Earlier this year, keiyaA expanded her artistic expression with milk thot, her first full-length stage production, which premiered at Abrons Arts Center in New York City. The performance combined live music, poetry, and choreography to delve into topics such as self-image, family lineage, and societal consumption. Developed during a residency at Abrons, milk thot marked a significant evolution in her multidisciplinary approach to storytelling. // In 2025 keiyaA will release her much anticipated sophomore album. // KeiyaA released her break through album Forever, Ya Girl through Forever Recordings on March 27, 2020 This album was part of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2020. The debut album from KeiyaA originally from Chicago, now based in NYC. Written and produced by keiyaA, featuring additional production from dj blackpower & dj cowriiie. Mixed & mastered by BSTFRND. // Chakeiya Camille Richmond was born July 28, 1992. She is known professionally as Keiyaa (stylized as KeiyaA), is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a record producer. She independently released her debut album Forever, Ya Girl in 2020. // Chakeiya Camille Richmond was born and raised in Chicago on the city’s south side. During childhood she sang in the Chicago Children’s Choir until switching to the alto saxophone in seventh grade. She cited soul artists including Chaka Khan, Patrice Rushen, jazz musicians like John Coltrane and Miles Davis and R&B groups such as SWV as early musical influences. She also finds inspiration in goth and post-punk/alternative rock artists like Nirvana and Siouxsie and the Banshees. // Richmond attended University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia College to study jazz and play alto sax before leaving due to disillusionment with the program’s hierarchical nature, as well difficulty balancing school with working full-time. Shortly after she decided to pursue music professionally. // While still playing and performing on alto sax, she collaborated with Chicago musicians including Noname and Vic Mensa. She decided to switch her focus to solo work producing and singing R&B and electronic music. Perform-ing under the name Keiya, she released her debut EP, WORK, in July 2015. It was described as “emotional, sleepy, and yet strikingly optimistic” by These Days magazine. Shortly after its release she moved to New York. She added an additional “A” to her name (KeiyaA) in order to differentiate herself from other performers on streaming sites. // KeiyaA’s debut album Forever, Ya Girl was released in March 2020 and self-produced under her personal label Forever Recordings. It was reviewed by Olivia Ovendon for KEXP as featuring “powerful mantra-esque lyrics, and woozy, heady, immersive beats in captivating fashion.” Esquire described the sound as “downcast grime and smooth R&B.” Pitchfork writer Clare Lobenfeld rated the album an 8.2/10 and praised its “resolute realness that can only happen outside the major label gaze.” Forever, Ya Girl was named to Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian’s “Best Albums of 2020” lists // Keiyaa resides in Brooklyn.]

5. The Whips – “Together in Agony”
   from: “Together in Agony”- Single / MidTopia Records / November 14, 2025
   [From Music-News.com: Kansas City-based rock band The Whips – featuring singer-keyboardist Max Cooper (fresh from a four-chair turn on NBC’s The Voice and a spot on Team Michael Bublé), guitarist and co-vocalist Max Indiveri, bassist Quinn Cosgrove, and drummer Miles Patterson – return with “Together in Agony,” out now. The single previews a new slate of material the band will roll out with Wichita’s independent label Midtopia early next year. // Written by Indiveri and recorded in the band’s 10×10 bedroom studio, “Together in Agony” lives in the tension between comfort and self-respect – “the kind of relationship you know is breaking,” he says, “but you’re still in it because you’re scared to start over.” The track builds from quiet reflection to a cathartic climax, mirroring that internal tug-of-war. It’s an early glimpse of a band coming into its voice, unafraid to sit in the feeling and let the lyric breathe.If you know The Whips from the internet, that tracks. Early on, they were the kids ripping through call-and-response solo battles and left-turn funk covers that exploded on TikTok and Instagram. One clip meant for friends woke up to a million views; another hit five million. What started as a handful of posts between college classes turned into a full-blown community of fans who connected with the band’s mix of humor, skill, and heart. The growth was real, but so was the risk of being seen as “the TikTok band.” They leaned into what felt authentic instead – community, curiosity, and the joy of playing without pretense. Those same fans now show up in person, singing along and hanging after shows like it’s a reunion with old friends. // The group’s story goes back to a Kansas City school bus, where Cosgrove and Patterson decided to start a band. Indiveri joined with a songwriter’s ear and a sharp melodic sensibility, and an Instagram search led to Cooper, whose recent Voice run (four chairs, Team Michael Bublé) has given the band an extra spotlight without shifting its center of gravity. Through it all, The Whips have remained what they were from the start – four friends figuring life out in real time and writing songs that capture the process. // “Together in Agony” marks the start of a new chapter for The Whips – one defined by honesty, self-production, and a growing sense of creative independence. The band plans to release more music with Midtopia early next year as part of a slate of projects highlighting emerging Midwestern artists under the label’s Buy Before You Stream initiative, which gives fans a physical connection to new music before it hits streaming platforms.// The Whips released their 12 track debut album HOW TO HOLD A GRUDGE on Lotuspool Records on September 1, 2023, Recorded with Audio Engineer Chris Cosgrove. the album features an array of their favorite local musicians guest in various tracks including: Malek Azrael, Anna Duntz, Atomic Blonde, Die Jane, Tre’ Mutava, Lymerrick & Lucy Brock. // The Whips released their EP STARDUST & MOTOR OIL on Midtopia Records on August 2, 2024. It was part of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2024. The Whips released their single, “Begin Again”on February 2, 2024. The Whips released their single, “As Long As You Want Me” on March 8, 2024. The Whips released their 6-track Debut EP, NEVER CHANGE, OR DO on August 20, 2021 on Draft Crew Records. The Whips released multiple singles in 2021. // More info at: ww.thewhipsband.com]

6. Mitzi McKee and The Precious Cargo – “Metamorphosis”
   from: “Metamorhosis”- Single / Mitzi McKee and The Precious Cargo / August 6, 2025
   [First single, ‘Metamorphosis’, off their upcoming debut album Inverted Shadows. Mitzi’s band, Mitzi McKee & The Precious Cargo, call themselves a “spacey KC rock & roll trio” w/ Mitzi on guitar, piano, & vocals; Brendan Bennett on bass, & Caleb Robertson on drums Mitzi has lived in KC since 2011 where she began singing in the jazz fusion band Valency. // Mitzi has also played drums, keyboards, and sang backup in the KC proto-punk Iggy & The Stooges cover band, No Fun, and the New York Dolls cover band, Trashed with Britt Adair. Mitzi played her first solo show in 2022 at the Pairing, where she also worked the front-of-house. Mitzi and on first Saturdays, at Chartreuse Saloon in the Crossroads.]

[Mitzi McKee & The Precious Cargo play an Inverted Shadows Album Release Show at Gigabtic Records 1614 Westport Road, KCMO, on Friday, November 21 at 7:00pm.]

7. Liam Kazar – “Didn’t I”
   from: Pilot Light / Congrats Records / November 7, 2024
   [KC-based, Chicago-raised musician & acclaimed chef/founder of the Armenian pop-up restaurant Isfahan. // Liam Kazar on vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar; bass on “Didn’t I,” wurlitzer on “Listening”; Sam Evian on bass, vocals; saxophone and keys on “Didn’t I”; Sean Mullins on drums, percussion; Michael Prince Coleman on piano, wurlitzer, organ, synthesizer; Hannah Cohen on vocals; Sima Cunningham on vocals; Dorian Gehring on pedal steel, fiddle; James Elkington on percussion, guitar, arrangement, and production, on “Didn’t I”; Spencer Tweedy on drums on “Didn’t I”; Meg Lui on vocals on “Didn’t I”. All songs written by Liam Kazar. Produced, engineered, mixed by Sam Evian at Flying Cloud in the Catskills. Additional engineering by Dorian Gehring at Fox Hall Studio in Chicago, IL. Mastered by Josh Bonati // Liam Kazar’s August 6, 2021 album, DUE NORTH was in the Top 15 of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. Liam described the making of Due North as a revelation, where the more he wrote, the more his songs showed what kind of artist he’s always wanted to be. A bandmate performing with artists like Jeff Tweedy, Steve Gunn, Daniel Johnston, and more, making his own songs presented a chance to find his own voice. But figuring out how to step out was a rewarding challenge. “This record kind of all stemmed from a conversation I had with Jeff,” says Kazar. “I showed him some of my earliest songs I was working on and he told me, ‘It sounds like you’re writing for the people in your bands, you’re not writing for yourself.’ He was completely right. I was not writing songs for myself.” With that needed insight, Kazar decided to start from scratch and write songs that felt like himself. // Jeff Tweedy said, “I love everything about Liam. His voice, his songs, the way he plays instruments, his smile, his cooking…. Everything,” says Tweedy. ”Whenever I hear one of his songs for the first time I almost immediately start thinking to myself, ‘oh yeah! This song! I love this song.’ It’s a magic trick few people can pull off: making something brand new sound like a cherished memory.” “There were 2 words I had in my head during the making of this record, which was joyful & vulnerable,” says Kazar, citing Al Green’s 1978 The Belle Album as an LP that encapsulates such a feeling. “I was trying to talk about things that I’m scared about but acknowledging that I’m not that powerful and you can still be joyful in the face of your own insecurities.” Take album highlight “Frank Bacon,” where Kazar sings, “When you’re running uphill and swimming upstream / Nothing’s ever gonna be the way it seems.” Despite any lyrical uncertainty the track is bursting with life, especially in the monster groove from drummer Spencer Tweedy & bassist Lane Beckstrom. Elsewhere on “Nothing To You,” Kazar finds the sweet spot between indie rock jangle and subtle country twang as he sings, “I hope you don’t resent / The love between your hands.” Along with Tweedy and Beckstrom, Kazar enlists keyboardist Dave Curtin (Woongi), co-producer James Elkington on pedal steel, as well as Ohmme and Andrew Sa on backing vocals. Opener “So Long Tomorrow” showcases the band’s chemistry, a winding jam full of playful & soulful instrumental flourishes. One of the last songs written for the album, it was recorded remotely in quarantine but despite the distance the band’s tight bond is obvious. “These songs totally blew me away the first time I heard them: they sound like David Bowie meets the Band,” says Mare Records co-founder Kevin Morby. Due North was mixed by Sam Evian at his Flying Cloud Recordings Studio in upstate New York. “Sam knew exactly what I’m trying to do with this record,” says Kazar. “He put the whole track listing together and really had a vision for the record that I needed at that time.” // Like most musicians, the pandemic threw Kazar for a loop, knocking out both his touring revenue and his part-time gigs as a bartender. With more than enough time in his KC home, he decided to pursue his longtime love of cooking by creating the restaurant, Isfahan. With recipes that honor his Armenian heritage & family’s journey to USA from Iran, Syria, & Lebanon, Kazar’s cooking has received press from Time Out Chicago & Eater. “In COVID, my mantra was to not have my heart broken about the future and be present,” says Kazar, explaining that ethos is one of the reasons why he named the LP Due North. Though Due North is full of songs that act as a mirror to Kazar’s many talents, few sum it up as concisely as “No Time For Eternity.” On the track, he and Chicago country crooner Andrew Sa sing over wailing pedal steel, taking stock of the most important things in life: “Making time to live my life / Making time for you and me.” “The reality of my life is that when I come home, and I’m talking with my partner, maybe we had a bad day, but we still are laughing & having a good time with each other at the same time,” says Kazar. “I had to make music that expressed that part of me that’s a person who genuinely enjoys themselves.”]

8. Jay Som & Soft Glas – “What You Need (radio edit)”
   from: Belong / Polyvinyl Records / October 10, 2025
   [All songs written, composed, and performed by Melina Duterte, Joao Gonzalez, Mal Hauser, Steph Marziano, and Madden Klass. Produced by Melina Duterte, Joao Gonzalez, Kyle Pulley, Mal Hauser, and Steph Marziano. Recorded at EMA Studios in Los Angeles CA, Headroom Studios in Philadelphia PA, and Klass Drums in Los Angeles CA. Engineered by Melina Duterte, Kyle Pulley, Steph Marziano, and Johanna Baumann. Assistant Engineering by Theo Cobb, Meredith Glover, Eli Glovas-Kurtz. Mixed by Melina Duterte and Kyle Pulley. Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty at Nomograph Mastering. // Melina Mae Cortez Duterte (born March 25, 1994), better known by her stage name Jay Som, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and mixing engineer. Initially presenting an indie rock sound, she began releasing music in 2012 and released her debut studio album Turn Into in mid-2016. The follow-up to Everybody Works and Jay Som’s third studio album, Anak Ko, was released on August 23, 2019 via Polyvinyl, Lucky Number, and Inertia. // Born in Walnut Creek, California, Duterte spent most of her childhood in Pleasanton and Brentwood. She grew up playing the trumpet and guitar, and began writing and recording music at the age of 12. She originally intended to attend a conservatory program for jazz but instead decided to focus on songwriting. Her debut record Everybody Works was released on Double Denim Records, and Polyvinyl Records in March 2017. Which was preceded by Turn Into, a collection of songs that first gained her attention as a singer-songwriter. // Duterte was born on March 25, 1994 in Walnut Creek, California to Filipino immigrant parents, and was raised in Pleasanton, California and Brentwood, California. She often cites her parents’ immigrant background and cultural customs as major influences. // Duterte grew up playing the trumpet and guitar, and began writing and recording music at the age of 12. She originally intended to attend a conservatory program for jazz but instead decided to focus on songwriting. After enrolling in community college and studying music production and recording, she began recording in her bedroom studio and self-released music under the moniker Jay Som, which was created from an online baby name generator and means “Victory Moon”. // In November 2015, Duterte released nine tracks on her Bandcamp page under the name Untitled. They began to receive attention online despite the fact that they were intended to be demos, and were eventually re-released twice as Turn Into which was recorded in her bedroom for around three weeks. First under Topshelf Records and then Polyvinyl Records in 2016. Following Turn Into, Duterte opened for Peter Bjorn and John, Mitski and Japanese Breakfast. Duterte’s first proper album as Jay Som, Everybody Works, was released March 10, 2017 under Polyvinyl and Double Denim Records. It was preceded by the song “1 Billion Dogs” in February. Duterte said at the time that the album’s sound was influenced by Tame Impala, Yo La Tengo, the Pixies and Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION. Everybody Works landed on Best of 2017 lists from Pitchfork, NPR, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and Billboard. // In January 2018, Duterte released “Pirouette” and “O.K., Meet Me Underwater,” singles that were recorded during the same sessions as Everybody Works but did not end up on the final tracklist. In June 2018, Duterte opened for The National at their show in Dublin, Ireland. She also toured with Paramore that same year, and was their opening act for the second half of Tour 5. In September of the same year, Duterte released a split EP Nothing’s Changed with American singer-songwriter Justus Proffit. The EP consists of 5 tracks, all recorded in her home recording studio—where she also recorded Everybody Works. // The follow-up to Everybody Works, Anak Ko, was released on August 23, 2019 via Polyvinyl. In January 2020, Duterte contributed to a benefit compilation in support of Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential run. Organized by indie rock band Strange Ranger, the compilation was titled Bernie Speaks With the Community. On October 28, 2020, Duterte announced a new project, Routine, with Chastity Belt bassist Annie Truscott by releasing their first single, “Cady Road”. Routine’s debut EP And Other Things was released on November 20 via Friends Of/Dead Oceans. Duterte released a collaborative album under the moniker of Bachelor with Palehound’s Ellen Kempner in May of 2021, entitled Doomin Sun. // In 2023, Duterte toured with Boygenius for their debut album The Record, playing bass in their touring band. That same year, Duterte also produced the album Doom Singer for Chris Farren. Two years later, on July 9, 2025 Duterte announced new LP Belong, her first new album in six years. The album featured contributions from Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins and Mini Trees.]

10:29 – Underwriting

9. Sara Swenson – “Go On Free”
   from: “Go On Free” – Single / Sara Swenson / November 6, 2025
   [Critically acclaimed singer songwriter Sara Swenson has released some of our most played and favorite recordings of the last 7 years. Her self titled debut ended up at the top of our list of The 100 Best Recordings of 2009. In 2010 Sara Swenson released her second full length recording, “All Things Big and Small” again working with Don Chaffer in Nashville who added new layers to Sara’s great songs and voice. In November of 2011, Sara released her 5 song EP called “Never Left My Mind,” featuring her band at the time, The Pearl Snaps. In that time frame, she also had picked up two Kansas City Singer-Songwriter of the Year awards, performed with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, and placed a song on the season finale of ABC’s “Private Practice.” Then after the school year ended in 2012, Sara Swenson left her job as a High School English and Journalism Teacher in Platte County High School, and left the Kansas City music scene, and she flew off to the United Kingdom, where she got married. In the spring of 2014, Sara returned to Kansas City and performed for the Folk Alliance International Conference. On July 18, 2014 she released her 4th album, RUNWAY LIGHTS that captures snapshots of her 18-month experience of living abroad, moving from dating to marriage and sorting through the accompanying transitions and emotions. Produced by Don Chaffer in Nashville. // On March 26, 2021 Sara Swenson released the single, “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” Sara Swenson wrote to me that her new song is featured in her husband Michael Price’s film “The Hidden Pandemic” that premiered Thursday, April 8 at 7:00 PM on Kansas City PBS. The film is about the mental health crisis in KC – it’s a powerful film that also features Mark Lowrey’s piano playing. Sara’s song is featured in various parts of the film, and then also at the end. To see a trailer for “The Hidden Pandemic” you can visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd7046rPtU. ] [Sara Swenson played the 21st Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, September 6, at 5:00pm, at the Stockyards Brewing Co.]

[Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn.]

10:34 – Interview with Sara Swenson

“Go On Free” is the latest and second single from Sara Swenson‘s new full length album to be released in February 2026. It follows “Phantoms” which was released on October 16, 2025. Sara Swenson is one of our most played artists of the last 15 years. In 2009 Sara’s self titled debut ended up at #1 on WMM’s 100 Best Recordings of 2009. In 2010 Sara Swenson released her second album, ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL, followed by her 5-song EP, NEVER LEFT MY MIND from November of 2011. In that time, she won two Kansas City Singer-Songwriter of the Year Awards, performed with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, and placed a song on the season finale of ABC’s “Private Practice.” In 2012, Sara Swenson left her job as an English and Journalism Teacher in Platte County High School, and flew to the United Kingdom, where she got married. After returning to KC and Sara released her 4th album, RUNWAY LIGHTS on July 18, 2014 that captures snapshots of her 18-month experience of living abroad, getting married and sorting through transitions and emotions. Sara Swenson released the single, “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” on March 26, 2021 and is featured in her husband Michael Price‘s film “The Hidden Pandemic.” Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn. More info at: http://www.saraswenson.com

Sara Swenson, thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Congratulations on the new singles “Go On Free” and “Phantoms”

“Go On Free” – In this frantic, unpredictable, high-stress world, we all need a song that feels like freedom. This Americana folk-rock anthem helps us escape modern life with its constant demands and instead roll the windows down as we ride into a simpler atmosphere. To embrace the slow pleasures of life and shed the feelings of constant work and responsibilities. With the attitudes of Tom Petty, Rilo Kiley and Sheryl Crow combined with slide electric guitar and other acoustic sounds, the main female vocal (with some close harmonies throughout much of the song) sends us driving into the sunset like it’s the end of something, but also the beginning.

Last time we talk we had ou on the show was Juky 7, 2021, just a few months after the release of your single “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” with Mark Lowrey on piano. That track was also produced by Greg Lafollette who also produced your new album..

In 2009 Sara’s self titled debut ended up at #1 on WMM’s 100 Best Recordings of 2009. was a breakthrough record, establishing Sara as a serious musical voice in Kansas City

10:43

10. Sara Swenson – “Phantoms”
    from: “Phantoms” – Single / Sara Swenson / October 16, 2025
    [Critically acclaimed singer songwriter Sara Swenson has released some of our most played and favorite recordings of the last 7 years. Her self titled debut ended up at the top of our list of The 100 Best Recordings of 2009. In 2010 Sara Swenson released her second full length recording, “All Things Big and Small” again working with Don Chaffer in Nashville who added new layers to Sara’s great songs and voice. In November of 2011, Sara released her 5 song EP called “Never Left My Mind,” featuring her band at the time, The Pearl Snaps. In that time frame, she also had picked up two Kansas City Singer-Songwriter of the Year awards, performed with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, and placed a song on the season finale of ABC’s “Private Practice.” Then after the school year ended in 2012, Sara Swenson left her job as a High School English and Journalism Teacher in Platte County High School, and left the Kansas City music scene, and she flew off to the United Kingdom, where she got married. In the spring of 2014, Sara returned to Kansas City and performed for the Folk Alliance International Conference. On July 18, 2014 she released her 4th album, RUNWAY LIGHTS that captures snapshots of her 18-month experience of living abroad, moving from dating to marriage and sorting through the accompanying transitions and emotions. Produced by Don Chaffer in Nashville. // On March 26, 2021 Sara Swenson released the single, “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” Sara Swenson wrote to me that her new song is featured in her husband Michael Price’s film “The Hidden Pandemic” that premiered Thursday, April 8 at 7:00 PM on Kansas City PBS. The film is about the mental health crisis in KC – it’s a powerful film that also features Mark Lowrey’s piano playing. Sara’s song is featured in various parts of the film, and then also at the end. To see a trailer for “The Hidden Pandemic” you can visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd7046rPtU. ] [Sara Swenson played the 21st Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, September 6, at 5:00pm, at the Stockyards Brewing Co.]

[Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn.]

10:47 – Interview with Sara Swenson

“Phantoms” which was released on October 16, 2025as the forst single for Sara Swenson‘s upcoming album. Sara Swenson is one of our most played artists of the last 15 years. In 2009 Sara’s self titled debut ended up at #1 on WMM’s 100 Best Recordings of 2009. In 2010 Sara Swenson released her second album, ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL, followed by her 5-song EP, NEVER LEFT MY MIND from November of 2011. In that time, she won two Kansas City Singer-Songwriter of the Year Awards, performed with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, and placed a song on the season finale of ABC’s “Private Practice.” In 2012, Sara Swenson left her job as an English and Journalism Teacher in Platte County High School, and flew to the United Kingdom, where she got married. After returning to KC and Sara released her 4th album, RUNWAY LIGHTS on July 18, 2014 that captures snapshots of her 18-month experience of living abroad, getting married and sorting through transitions and emotions. Sara Swenson released the single, “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” on March 26, 2021 and is featured in her husband Michael Price’s film “The Hidden Pandemic.”

Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn. More info at: http://www.saraswenson.com

Sara Swenson, thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

One of the songs from Sara’s new record “Your Town” features a community chorus of voices from the Kansas City music community.

Over the last 15 years we have watched Sara launch a musical life, playing live, releasing albums produced in Nashville, while also teaching English & Journalism at Platte County High School. We said goodbye as she move to the United Kingdon, got married, came home, released a third full length album and begin raising a family. Sara and her husband Michael Price have two children a six year old boy and a 10 year old girl named Lucy. You were pregnant with Lucy when you performed at Folk Alliance International.

Sara Swenson released her singles: “The Moment You Fall Asleep” and “For Eva Josephine” on June 4, 2021. More information at: http://www.saraswenson.com

“The Moment You Fall Asleep” was originally written in 2018
“For Eva Josephine” was originally written in 2017 and revised in 2021.

Mark: I saw Sara perform this song at recordBar in a show you did with Calvin Arsenia. I think that was the first time I just broke down and started crying when Sara told her story and performed this song. I was blown away by her honesty and ability to share such a sad experience.

Sara Swenson plays the 21st Annual Crossroads Music Fest, Sat, September 6, at 5:00pm, at the Stockyards Brewing Co., 1600 Genessee St. KKFI 90.1FM Stage with Bobby Scharping, John Keck, 3 Trails West, Rural Grit All-Stars, Julie Bennett Hume with Ernest James Zydeco, and Sky Smeed.

From http://www.saraswenson.com

Sara Swenson’s song “I Won’t Let You Feel Alone” (2021) embodies why she makes music – to bring people in and remind them of our shared humanity. In this song, as well as her others, you’ll find yourself in the company an old friend.

Originally Swenson was the high school English teacher who stumbled into a music career. Several albums and TV placements later, her work speaks for itself. Known for her warm, velvety outpouring, she uses her stripped down live sets to protect the space where her voice and lyrics steal the show.

Swenson’s successes include songs featured on the prime time American drama “Private Practice” (ABC), period drama “Reign” (CW) and Canada’s “Hello Goodbye” (CBC). She has performed opening sets for major artists such as Jakob Dylan, Katie Herzig, Gregory Alan Isakov, Peter Bradley Adams, and the Lilith Fair (with McLachlan, Emmylou Harris, Ingrid Michaelson and others.) She’s been voted Singer-Songwriter of the Year twice in Kansas City and has toured in several major cities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Her previous projects include a full-length record “Runway Lights” (2014) and an EP with her band, The Pearl Snaps, released in November 2011 (“Never Left My Mind.”) Her other two full-length projects, “All Things Big and Small” (2010) and “Sara Swenson” (2008), have been widely loved and critically acclaimed.

Sara Swenson, thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn. More info at: http://www.saraswenson.com

10:56

18. Sara Swenson – “Lights Brighter”
    from: All Things Big and Small / Sara Swenson / September 18, 2010
    [Critically acclaimed singer songwriter Sara Swenson has released some of our most played and favorite recordings of the last 7 years. Her self titled debut ended up at the top of our list of The 100 Best Recordings of 2009. In 2010 Sara Swenson released her second full length recording, “All Things Big and Small” again working with Don Chaffer in Nashville who added new layers to Sara’s great songs and voice. In November of 2011, Sara released her 5 song EP called “Never Left My Mind,” featuring her band at the time, The Pearl Snaps. In that time frame, she also had picked up two Kansas City Singer-Songwriter of the Year awards, performed with Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, and placed a song on the season finale of ABC’s “Private Practice.” Then after the school year ended in 2012, Sara Swenson left her job as a High School English and Journalism Teacher in Platte County High School, and left the Kansas City music scene, and she flew off to the United Kingdom, where she got married. In the spring of 2014, Sara returned to Kansas City and performed for the Folk Alliance International Conference. On July 18, 2014 she released her 4th album, RUNWAY LIGHTS that captures snapshots of her 18-month experience of living abroad, moving from dating to marriage and sorting through the accompanying transitions and emotions. Produced by Don Chaffer in Nashville. // On March 26, 2021 Sara Swenson released the single, “I Wont Let You Feel Alone” Sara Swenson wrote to me that her new song is featured in her husband Michael Price’s film “The Hidden Pandemic” that premiered Thursday, April 8 at 7:00 PM on Kansas City PBS. The film is about the mental health crisis in KC – it’s a powerful film that also features Mark Lowrey’s piano playing. Sara’s song is featured in various parts of the film, and then also at the end. To see a trailer for “The Hidden Pandemic” you can visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd7046rPtU.%5D

[Sara Swenson plays recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. KCMO, on Sunday, November 30 at 6:30pm with Tyler Chiarelli and John Flynn.]

11:00 – Station ID

12. The Talking Trees – “Warm Clean Plate”
    from: “Warm Clean Plate” – Single / The Talking Trees / September 5, 2025
    [The Talking Trees is an American post-rock Trio based in Kansas City comprised of multi-instrumentalists Dirk Liebert on bass, guitar, & vocals; Tommy Capps on keyboard, guitar, and vocals. More information: http://www.thetalkingtreesmusic.com]

11:04 – Interview with Tommy Capps and Dirk Liebert

The Kansas City based band The Talking Trees. Have been diligently working on their first full length album called, LIVING ON MARS which has just gone into mixing and mastering production. They have released the singles: “Warm Clean Plate” on September 5, 2025 and “I Don’t Wanna Know” on October 24, 2025. The indie rock trio was co-founded in early 2019 by Tommy Lee Capps on vocal, guitars & keyboards; and Dirk Liebert on vocals, guitar, & bass. The Talking Trees released the 5-song EP, ARE YOU OK? on October 1, 2022, and the 5-song EP, ONCE I WAS BORN on April 22, 2022. The band has released multiple singles in 2020 through 2022, and their debut EP, THE TALKING TREES on August 19, 2019. More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com

Tommy Capps and Dirk Liebert, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Talking Trees are a post-rock band 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 FOREVER MAN. More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com

Tommy Lee had released a couple of albums of atmospheric instrumental music under my name Tommy Lee Capps as well as playing jazz/classical piano a couple of nights a week, but was seeking a more “song-based” project.

Dirk Liebert was playing in the Lawrence based band Sycamore and had begun writing and recording his own songs. Both he and Tommy Lee are multi-instrumentalists / songwriters and started collaborating and bouncing around some songs off of each other.

The Talking Trees were co-founded by Tommy Lee Capps and Dirk Liebert in early 2019. The Talking Trees only played two shows before everything shut downdue to Covid 19 pandemic, it gave the band the opportunity to record and fine tune the songs.

They released a series of singles and EPs, splitting recording time at our home setups and Element Recording Studios with engineer/producer Joel Nanos through 2020-2022.

The last couple of years the band has been trying to gig and play those songs as much as possible. Dirk built a recording studio in his home that has become The Talking Trees Head Quarters where they have 3-5 hour band sessions / practice every week. This has made the writing process so much faster and productive.

The Talking Trees have 2-3 albums worth of music they are recording. They recorded the Aliens EP, which will be part of our full length record Forever Man, which is looking to be a January 2025 release.

Their next single “The Light” will be officially released on December 19, 2025

11:12 – Radio Premiere

13. The Talking Trees – “The Light”
    from: Single from upcoming album Living On Mars / The Talking Trees / December 19, 2025
    [The Talking Trees is an American post-rock Trio based in Kansas City comprised of multi-instrumentalists Dirk Liebert on bass, guitar, & vocals; Tommy Capps on keyboard, guitar, and

11:15 – Interview with Tommy Capps and Dirk Liebert

Joining us LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studio is Tommy Capps and Dirk Liebert of the Kansas City based band The Talking Trees.

The Kansas City based band The Talking Trees have been diligently working on their first full length album called, LIVING ON MARS which has just gone into mixing and mastering production. They have released the singles: “Warm Clean Plate” on September 5, 2025 and “I Don’t Wanna Know” on October 24, 2025. The indie rock trio was co-founded by Tommy Lee Capps and Dirk Liebert in early 2019, with Tommy Capps on vocal, guitars & keyboards; Dirk Liebert on vocals, guitar, & bass; and Graham Stone on drums. The Talking Trees released the 5-song EP, ARE YOU OK? on October 1, 2022, and the 5-song EP, ONCE I WAS BORN on April 22, 2022. The band has released multiple singles in 2020 through 2022, and their debut EP, THE TALKING TREES on August 19, 2019. More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com

Tommy Capps, and Dirk Liebert, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

The Talking Trees is a post-rock band 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.

They have released a series of singles and EPs, splitting recording time at our home setups and Element Recording Studios with engineer/producer Joel Nanos through 2020-2022.

The last couple of years the band has been trying to gig and play those songs as much as possible. This last fall Dirk built a recording studio that has become The Talking Trees HQ. This has made the writing process so much faster and productive.

The Talking Trees have 2-3 albums worth of music they are recording. They recorded the Aliens EP, which will be part of our full length record Living On Mars, which is looking to be a January 2025 release.

Tommy Capps and Dirk Liebert Thanks for being with us on WMM

More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com

11:25

14. The Talking Trees – “I Don’t Wanna Know”
    from: Single from upcoming album Living On Mars / The Talking Trees / October 24, 2025
    [The Talking Trees is an American post-rock Trio based in Kansas City comprised of multi-instrumentalists Dirk Liebert on bass, guitar, & vocals; Tommy Capps on keyboard, guitar, and vocals; Graham Stone on drums & percussion. More information: http://www.thetalkingtreesmusic.com]

11:28 – Underwriting

15. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – “Saturday Night Fish Fry”
    from: Hymns For End Times / Drag City Records / November 5, 2025
    [“Saturday Night Fish Fry” is a jump blues song written by Louis Jordan and Ellis Lawrence Walsh, best known through the version recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. The recording is considered to be one of the “excellent and commercially successful” examples of the jump blues genre. // While the origins of rock and roll are disputed, some have also suggested that the song may be the first rock ‘n’ roll record. The song contains elements later common in rock ‘n’ roll such as electric guitar, a brisk tempo and “a mix of the bass,” and the singer begins each chorus with the catchphrase, “It was rockin’,” repeating it several times. // The single was a big hit, topping the R&B chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks in late 1949. It also reached number 21 on the national chart, a rare accomplishment for a “race record” at that time (although Jordan had already had earlier crossover hits). Jordan’s jump blues combo was one of the most successful acts of its time, and its loose and streamlined style of play was highly influential. // “Saturday Night Fish Fry” was first recorded by Eddie Williams and His Brown Buddies with spoken vocals by the song’s composer, Ellis Walsh. Williams had a number 2 R&B hit with the song “Broken Hearted”. “Saturday Night Fish Fry” was intended to be the band’s next single, but the acetate found its way to Louis Jordan’s agent instead. As Williams recalled, “They got theirs out there first.” // Jordan changed the song. One source provides this summary: he took “the song’s ‘hook’ and [sang] it twice after every other verse. The arrangement was also more propulsive, too; Williams’ shuffle was replaced by a raucous, rowdy jump Boogie-woogie”. The expression “it was rockin'” appears four times in the chorus, which is sung seven times. His version was produced by Milt Gabler. // At 5:21, the recording ran longer than a standard side of a 78 record, so it was broken into two halves, one on each side of the disc. The song’s lyrics are in the first person and describe two itinerant musicians going to a fish fry on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The party turns wild and is raided by the police; the narrator subsequently spends the night in jail. // Jordan’s “Saturday Night Fish Fry” has been called an example of jump blues because “it literally made its listeners jump to its pulsing beat”, according to NPR, which points out the use of the word “rockin'” in the chorus. The Acoustic Music organization states that the recording marked “the end of the jump blues dominance of the ’40s”. // One reviewer offered this comment in 2016 on the Jordan version: “Jordan’s pithy, witty vocal style, bumping jump-blues rhythms, and taste for lyrics that both wag their tongue and bite are as plainly irresistible as pop music gets”. // Some sources also consider it as a precursor to rock and roll, or perhaps, one of the first rock and roll records. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stated that the recording was “an early example of rap and possibly the first rock and roll recording”.[5] Another source went a step further in 2013 with this comment: “Jordan’s rapid-fire, talky delivery presaged another musical style that in 1950 was barely on the horizon—rap”. // The song had a “lively jump rhythm, call-and response chorus and double-string electric guitar riffs that Chuck Berry would later admit to copying”, according to o]] In fact, Chuck Berry was quoted as saying, “To my recollection, Louis Jordan was the first [person] that I heard play rock and roll.” // The guitar work, brisk tempo, “and emphasis in the recording mix of punctuating each beat” certainly influenced later artists and the recording’s style went on to “characterize 1950s rock and roll”.Jordan re-recorded the song in 1973 for an album titled I Believe in Music.]

11:34 – Interview with Chuck Haddix and Barry Lee

Chuck Haddix and Barry Lee, are two longtime veterans of Kansas City radio. Chuck Haddix recently celebrated 40 years on the air with his popular radio show, FISH FRY on 89.3 KCUR. Barry Lee recently celebrated 1000 shows of his program SIGNAL TO NOISE on 90.1 FM KKFI. Barry and Chuck will share details about CHUCK HADDIX – A FEW MORE FISH TO FRY, on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00pm presented by Center For Recorded Music, at the UMKC Student Union Theatre, 5100 Cherry Street, KCMO. The evening celebrates the remarkable career of Chuck Haddix who along with serving as radio host, recently retired as Director of the Marr Sound Archives, a collection of 400,700 historic sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Over the years, Haddix has contributed to a wide variety of theatrical, recording, video and film projects including Cronkite Remembers a biography of Walter Cronkite, Robert Altman’s Kansas City and Merchant-Ivory’s Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. His articles have appeared in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine. Haddix is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop published by Oxford University Press and the author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker published by the University of Illinois Press.

Chuck Haddix and Barry Lee Thanks for being with us on WMM

Chuck Haddix recently celebrated 40 years on the air with his popular radio show, FISH FRY on 89.3 KCUR.

Barry Lee recently celebrated 1000 shows of his program SIGNAL TO NOISE on 90.1 FM KKFI.

Barry and Chuck will share details about CHUCK HADDIX – A FEW MORE FISH TO FRY, on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00pm presented by Center For Recorded Music, at the UMKC Student Union Theatre, 5100 Cherry Street, KCMO.

The evening celebrates the remarkable career of Chuck Haddix who along with serving as radio host, recently retired as Director of the Marr Sound Archives, a collection of 400,700 historic sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Over the years, Haddix has contributed to a wide variety of theatrical, recording, video and film projects including Cronkite Remembers a biography of Walter Cronkite, Robert Altman’s Kansas City and Merchant-Ivory’s Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.

Chuck Haddix articles have appeared in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine. Haddix is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop published by Oxford University Press and the author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker published by the University of Illinois Press.

The Pitch started in 1980 as The Penny Pitch as part of Penny Lane Records, The original editor was Don Mayberger along with co-editor Chuck Haddix. The original owner was Hal Brody.

“I always say that I feature the finest in blues, soul, rhythm ‘n’ blues, jumpin’ jive and zydeco,” Chuck Haddix says on “Fish Fry” From 8 p.m. to midnight every Friday and Saturday on 89.3 KCUR, described as “a public radio party in your living room”

The party got started in 1985, a year after Haddix (who goes by the on-air moniker “Chuck Haddock”) joined the staff of KCUR as a jazz producer.

As Chuck told Calvin Wilson from LKC Studio magazine: “I worked in the record business for many years, but there really wasn’t that much of an opportunity to get ahead, and I’ve always loved radio,” Haddix said. “And I wanted to make a parallel career move.”

Chuck Haddix, Curator of the Marr Sound Archives and host of KCUR’s “Fish Fry” music program received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award in recognition of his work in preserving African American culture and music, as a part of William Jewell College’s 39th annual Northland Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The Clay County African American Legacy co-sponsored the event on Monday, January 16, 2023.

Chuck Haddix worked with jazz collector Norman Saks and Ken Drucker, senior vice president at Verve Label Group, to create the album. “Bird in Kansas City” was originally recorded in 1941-1951, beginning when Parker was just 21 years old. “These recordings chronicle Parker’s musical transformation from a budding soloist with the Jay McShann Band into a brilliant improviser who dominated after-hours jam sessions,” said Chuck Haddix (B.A. ’97), curator of the Marr Sound Archives and Charlie Parker expert. Haddix co-produced and wrote the liner notes for the record. In 1951, jazz icon Charlie Parker jammed on his saxophone at a party at Kansas City’s Eastside, in the home of his friend Phil Baxter. Most of these casual jam sessions are lost to history, but that night, a friend of Baxter’s brought a wire recorder to the party to capture Parker and others playing. More than 70 years later, those recordings are public for the first time.

Chuck Haddix is part of a new documentary film called, BIRD Not Out of Nowhere that looks back at the years Bird spent in Kansas City and his lasting legacy on the Kansas City jazz scene. The film is directed and produced by Emmy Award-winner Brad Austin and features rarely seen archival footage of Parker, and interviews with musicians and historians, and live performances from some of Kansas City’s most talented jazz musicians including Bobby Watson, Lonnie McFadden and Logan Richardson.

Chuck Haddix and Barry Lee Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley

CHUCK HADDIX – A FEW MORE FISH TO FRY, on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00pm presented by Center For Recorded Music, at the UMKC Student Union Theatre, 5100 Cherry Street, KCMO.

11:57:30

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

NEXT WEEK on Wed., Nov. 26, Bill Brownlee, creator of the blogs: There Stands The Glass, & Plastic Sax, Judy Mills, owner of Mills Record Company, Chris Haghirian, host of 8160 on 90.9 The Bridge, and Fally Afani – Founder & Editor of I Heart Local Music will share their Favorite Musical Releases of 2025.

IN TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, December 3 We bring you WMM’s Favorite Singles of 2025, and in our second hour we welcome Michelle Bacon, Content Manager at 90.9 The Bridge, will share her Favorite Musical Recordings of 2025.

In THREE WEEKS: WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2025. Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley throughout December for our 4-week series on December 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st. This is our celebration of the year in music based on the playlists of this little ole radio show. In 2025 we’ve played hundreds of New & MidCoastal Releases. We conducted over 175 interviews with 159 special guests.

The text in this playlist is a collage and “cut & paste” of information from artist’s websites, press releases, event info, wikipedia, social media pages, BandCamp, liner notes, and where noted.

You can find our playlists at: http://www.wednesdaymiddaymedley.org & http://www.kkfi.org
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Thank you to KKFI Staff: Executive Director – Bess Wallerstein Huff, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers, Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, and Shaina Littler – Office Manager Book Keeper

This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. It is a collective spirit of hundreds of people, setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the goal of keeping our airwaves, non-commercial, and open! Thank you to programmers who create content for over 85 locally produced radio shows & volunteers who made extra effort to keep our station alive.

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

Show #1122

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & The Matchsellers + Rude Cousin

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

2. Water From Your Eyes – “Nights in Armor”
   from: It’s A Beautiful Place / Matador / August 22, 2025
   [Songwriter Nate Amos, and front person Rachel Brown are Water from Your Eyes. It’s a Beautiful Place is the duo’s dizzying, chrome-tinted masterpiece, which Rolling Stone has christened “their most joyously out there achievement yet.” The band – now a four-piece on stage with Al Nardo (guitar) and Bailey Wollowitz (drums) – will support It’s A Beautiful Place with an extensive North American headline tour. The tour launches September 22 in Philadelphia and runs through November 2 in Denver, including stops at Bowery Ballroom in New York, Lodge Room in Los Angeles, and Sleeping Village in Chicago. // In the time since 2023’s “Everyone’s Crushed”, their Matador debut and critical breakout – which appeared in end of year lists by The New York Times, The Guardian, Pitchfork, NME, Vogue, Wired and Rolling Stone – Rachel Brown and Nate Amos have become a pillar of the city’s alternative music scene and one of its most revered underground exports. They played huge stages supporting Interpol on tour, including in front of 160,000 fans in Mexico City. Back home, the band established a DIY boat show franchise on the East River, hosting friends at the heart of the city’s musical vanguard including YHWH Nailgun, Model/Actriz, Frost Children, and Kassie Krut. Rachel released a new EP under their thanks for coming moniker, while Nate released an acclaimed full length under his This Is Lorelei solo project. The duo finished “It’s a Beautiful Place” last summer, just as they have every other WFYE release: in Amos’s bedroom. // Throughout “It’s A Beautiful Place” is a clear sense of a band who have honed their curveballs into home runs. Looming and melancholy, wide-eyed and petrified, it’s Blade Runner with a touch of WALL-E, it’s Kubrick and Asimov with a hint of Jay and Silent Bob. These are songs that look outward, conscious of our smallness and questioning our place in the universe while admiring the surrounding beauty.The album is the duo’s dizzying, chrome-tinted masterpiece, which Rolling Stone has christened “their most joyously out there achievement yet.” The band – now a four-piece on stage with Al Nardo (guitar) and Bailey Wollowitz (drums) – will support It’s A Beautiful Place with an extensive North American headline tour. The tour launches September 22 in Philadelphia and runs through November 2 in Denver, including stops at Bowery Ballroom in New York, Lodge Room in Los Angeles, and Sleeping Village in Chicago. // In the time since 2023’s “Everyone’s Crushed”, their Matador debut and critical breakout – which appeared in end of year lists by The New York Times, The Guardian, Pitchfork, NME, Vogue, Wired and Rolling Stone – Rachel Brown and Nate Amos have become a pillar of the city’s alternative music scene and one of its most revered underground exports. They played huge stages supporting Interpol on tour, including in front of 160,000 fans in Mexico City. Back home, the band established a DIY boat show franchise on the East River, hosting friends at the heart of the city’s musical vanguard including YHWH Nailgun, Model/Actriz, Frost Children, and Kassie Krut. Rachel released a new EP under their thanks for coming moniker, while Nate released an acclaimed full length under his This Is Lorelei solo project. The duo finished “It’s a Beautiful Place” last summer, just as they have every other WFYE release: in Amos’s bedroom. // Throughout “It’s A Beautiful Place” is a clear sense of a band who have honed their curveballs into home runs. Looming and melancholy, wide-eyed and petrified, it’s Blade Runner with a touch of WALL-E, it’s Kubrick and Asimov with a hint of Jay and Silent Bob. These are songs that look outward, conscious of our smallness and questioning our place in the universe while admiring the surrounding beauty.]

3. Dragon Inn 3 – “Send Your Love”
   from: Full Disclosure / American Laundromat Records / October 13, 2025
   [Second single form Dragon Inn 3’s third album release: Full Disclosure. This song Follows the band’s single “Clock Machine” from August 23, 2024. // “The first four songs on Full Disclosure were written over the course of three decades. Grace started writing “Never Lost” as a teenager in 2002. I started working on “Send Your Love” in 2015 but couldn’t figure out how to finish it until I saw the movie True Romance for the first time last year. Sharon and I collaborated on “Taking It Back” and “Yer Too Good” this year. We couldn’t have made these songs without some of our new and old friends. Ryan Wasoba, who I played shows with in the early 2000s, helped us record some guitars on “Never Lost.” And our new friends Nick Wilkerson (drums), Brandon Yangmi (recording engineer), and Scoops Dardaris (mixing) helped us out on everything else.// The second set of four songs on the EP are a collection of digital singles we released over the past few years and collected here for the first time on cassette. // We’re super lucky and grateful to work with American Laundromat Records, Bank Robber Music, and SRG studios. They’ve been helping us release music for the last seven years. Special thanks to Lonny Unitus for the excellent cassette design and layouts.” – Philip Dickey // Performed by Dragon Inn 3: Grace Bentley on vocals; Philip Dickey on bass, drums, guitar, synths, & vocals; Sharon Hamm on synths, vocals. // Additional Musicians: Nick Wilkerson on drums on Send Your Love, Never Lost, Yer Too Good, and Clock Machine; Ryan Wasoba on distorted guitars on Never Lost;
   Matt Vollmer on Fender VI on Yer Too Good; Juan C. Marioni on Acoustic 12-String on Yer Too Good; Samo T. on feedback on Never Lost. // Mixed by Scoops Dardaris// Recorded by Philip Dickey, Jack Florio, Brandon Yangmi, Ryan Wasoba, and Ross Brown. // Mastered by Sean Glonek at SRG studios // In 2023 Dragon Inn 3 released Trade Secrets on American Laundromat Records on April 18, 2023, their sophomore release featuring 10 new original songs plus a cover of Yazoo’s “Only You.” // For Dragon Inn 3 second album: Grace Bentley on vocals; Philip Dickey on synths, drums, guitar, bass & vocals; Sharon Hamm on synths & vocals; David Hill on vocals & synths. Recorded from 2018 to 2022 at Davey’s house and Sharon’s house. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Philip Dickey. Additional recording and mixing help from Ross Brown, David Hill, and Chase Horseman. Mastered by Sean Glonek at SRG studios. Additional musicians: Bill Belzer percussion “I Can’t Stop”, John Cardwell guitar “Finally Going Down”, Ben Collins guitar “I Can’t Stop”, Tim Gillespie saxophone “I Can’t Stop” “Out Of Control” “Trade Secrets Theme”, Anita Kitungano vocals “See It Your Way”, John O’Hallaron guitar “Teleport”, Bora Wilondja vocals “See It Your Way” “Trade Secrets Theme”, Mauwa Wilondja vocals “Trade Secrets Theme”, Pelo Wilondja percussion “I Could Never”. Additional writers: Emma Bentley Ruzicka “Not Enough”, Bora Wilondja “See It Your Way”, JR Top “See It Your Way”, and Vincent Clark “Only You”. Cover photo: Dominik Podlipniak. Design: Dustin Williams. // Kansas City based band formed in 2012 with Grace Bentley, Sharon Bowie, Philip K. Dickey, E.P. Marcus. Dragon Inn 3’s debut LP DOUBLE LINE on August 17, 2018 through American Laundromat records. DOUBLE LINE was part of WMM’s 118 Best Recordings of 2018. The band spent six years whittling away on the songs. Combining sugary pop hooks, hypnotic beats, and huge MOOG synths, Dragon Inn 3’s playful take on 80s pop could double as the soundtrack to a John Hughes movie (if John Hughes directed Blade Runner). The cinematic origins of Dragon Inn 3 can be traced back to 2012, when Philip Dickey (leader of the indie-pop group, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) wrote a theme song for the award-winning short film Ghoul School. “If you watch the trailer you can tell it’s the same premise and look as Stranger Things–we just accidentally made it three years before them,” Dickey says. “I had so much fun making the soundtrack with the director (E.P. Marcus) that we decided to start a band.” Dickey recruited his sister, Sharon Bowie, an occupational therapist, and his wife, children’s librarian Grace Bentley, to help with songwriting and vocal duties. The group self-released the Ghoul School Soundtrack EP in late 2012, receiving high praise from Consequence of Sound, Philadelphia’s WXPN, and The Riverfront Times, before climbing to #1 on Bandcamp’s cassette charts. Then it was back to the studio (i.e. the bedrooms, kitchens, garages, and hotel rooms that doubled as makeshift recording studios). In between full-time jobs, parenthood, graduate school classes, and cross country moves, the members of Dragon Inn 3 put Double Line to tape. “I’m a stay-at-home dad now, so I would work on song arrangements and rough mixes when our toddler was taking his naps,” explains Dickey. “Grace would come home from work and record all her parts after his bedtime. We recorded all the breathy vocals in the living room and all the yelly parts in the garage so we wouldn’t wake him up.” The result is a highly addictive album that creates “a soundtrack for the more introspective moments on and off the dance floor,” according to critic David Greenwald. With members spread out over the country (KC, LA, and Springfield, MO), the group signed to American Laundromat Records in early 2018. A demo of “Bad Boy” (co-written with Free Energy’s Paul Sprangers) landed in a commercial for Ryan Adams’ Beats 1 Radio show before the song was even completed. More Info at: http://www.dragoninn3.com] [Philip Dicky joined us LIVE on WMM on May 3, 2023.]

4. The Beth’s – “Straight Line Was A Lie”
   from: Straight Line Was A Lie / Anti- / August 29, 2025
   [The Beths — the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck — release their new album, Straight Line Was A Lie, on ANTI-. // The path from The Beths’ critically celebrated and year-end-list-topping 2022 album Expert In A Dying Field to Straight Line Was A Lie was anything but straightforward. For the first time, Stokes was struggling to write new songs beyond fragments she’d recorded on her phone. She’d recently started taking an SSRI, which on one hand made her feel like she could “fix” everything broken in her life, from her mental and physical health to fraught family dynamics. At the same time, writing wasn’t coming as easily as it had before. // With Straight Line Was A Lie, Stokes and Pearce broke down the typical Beths writing process, opening themselves up to a wave of creative input, with Stokes’ free-flowing writing routine proving to be therapeutic. Already a celebrated lyricist, Stokes has long impressed fans and critics with catchy, instant-classic turns of phrase that capture the personal and ladder up to the universal. But Stokes’ intentional deconstruction and rebuilding of her relationship to writing, however, has resulted in a complete renewal. Her songwriting has achieved startling new depths of insight and vulnerability, making Straight Line Was A Lie the most sharply observant, truthful, and poetic Beths project to date.]

5. Julia Haile – “You Weren’t Around”
   from: “You Weren’t Around” – Single / Julia Haile / October 10, 2025
   [Haunted by the idea of you. This song explores the idea of realizing the love isn’t worth the loss of self. “I liked you better when you weren’t around”. Julia Haile -on vocals; Tim Braun – guitar & bass; Fritz Hutchison on drums; Chase Horseman on keyboards, synthesize. One of four new singles released by Julia Haile over the past two years. Julia Haile is a singer and songwriter based in Kansas City, MO. Her natural talent and musical education have fueled a career of exciting performances and beautiful music. From leading Neo-Soul band Hi-Lux and international collaborations to solo works, Julia’s goal is create meaningful musical experiences for all. Julia’s work with Hi-Lux included Tim Braun on guitar, Nick Howell on keys, Dan Loftus on bass, (and prior to that Pete Leibert on bass) and Kian Bryne on drums. Hi-Lux is a Modern-Soul band that blends and bends the boundaries between soul, rock n roll, reggae, and funk. This group aims to create music that pays tribute to their myriad of influences (Amy Winehouse, The Meters, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings). but also claims a spotlight of its own in the musical world. Hi-Lux released the singles, “Revolution” and “Get What You Give” on February 28, 2020, through The Record Machine. Hi-Lux released the single. “Don’t Blame Lee” (featuring Lee Scratch Perry) on April 20, 2018. Hi-Lux released the 7” vinyl single, “”Dance With My Baby” b​/​w “Don’t Blame Me” on January 5, 2018 through Sunflower Soul Records. Hi-Lux released their 6-track, self-titled EP, Hi-Lux on January 2, 2018. All 6 songs had previously been released as singles..]The band brings together elements of soul, reggae and funk for a unique and dance inspiring sound. More info at: http://www.juliaHaile.com]

6. LyMerrick – “Medicine”
   from: “Medicine” – Single / LyMerrick / October 1, 2024
   [LyMerrick is a solo artist and lead singer of Supermoto. LyMerrick released the singles: “Broadway” with Ikey Suave feat. TOP MEECH; Ephemeral”- EP on October 1, 2024; Singles: “Lost and Sedated” on March 26, 2024; “Runaway” on August 24, 2020; “Look at You (feat. Sleepwalker) on May 13, 2020; “Early Days” on March 7, 2020; “Reminiscing to the Future” on April 5, 2019; “Lay Me Down” on February 8, 2018; “Moves (feat. Latenitee)” on January 31, 2019; “First Thing (feat. Latenitee)”; “Queen” on December 15, 2018; “Baggage” on December 9, 2018; “Pipe Down” on September 5, 2018; “Not Another Love Song” on June 27, 2018; and “Not Good Enough” on May 17, 2018. // LyMerrick is also lead singer of Supermoto who released ther self titled debut album, Supermoto /through Manor Records on September 30, 2024. Hailing from Kansas City, this 5-piece group started meeting in the pre covid winter of 2020. April of 2021 they released their first two songs “Moonlight” & “Polarized” which led to a run of energetic & successful live performances – all the while building up many catchy originals drawing on their inspirations of jazz, funk, r&b, city pop and disco. ]

7. Calvin Arsenia – “Is That What You Like”
   from: Paradise / Calvin Arsenia / June 23, 2023
   [Paradise is Calvin Arsenia’s 14 track album. Available through http://www.calvinarsenia.com // A new turning point as a songwriter. His most biographical album yet, with songs about Black Lives Matter, Racism, The Police, being on probation, gay love. The album contains collaborations with Cheery, Kadesh Flow and Jametatone. Calvin Arsenia one of our most frequent guests, who first appeared on WMM on July 25, 2012. KC Magazine has hailed Calvin as ‘equal parts opera, symphony, musical theatre, rock show, all built around its creator: a charismatic 6-foot-7-inch harpist with a 3 and ½ octave range, natural stage command and knack for gilding gold and painting lilies.’ Born in Orlando, Florida, Calvin’s creative journey began when he moved to Olathe, Kansas, teaching himself the guitar, piano, banjo. He learned his signature instrument, the harp, at the age of 20. His passion for stretching the boundaries of musical expression saw him transform a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland’s Fringe Festival early in his career into a life-changing music mission, with an Edinburgh church offering him a role as musical liaison between the church and the city that would change his life. Two years and 300 shows later, Calvin returned to KC reborn as a humanistic songwriter / performer where at 24 he released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. On February 14, 2017 Calvin released his critically acclaimed full length debut, Catastrophe, with a live show at recordBar in November 2016 that involved a company of 50 people, dancers, stilt walkers. After signing to Center Cut Records, Calvin released the albums: Cantaloupe in 2018, with a sold out gigantic spectical at The Gem Theatre on Saturday, September 15, 2018. He then released, L.A. Sessions in 2019, and the EP HONEY DEW, and the EP Goddess with Quixotic, the Holiday album, ALL IS CALM. In 2020 Calvin collaborated with Mike Dillon on the Soundtrack to “Summer in Hindsight,” a feature-length film created by The West 18th Street Fashion Show that starred Calvin as an actor. Calvin is also the co-creator of the podcast “We Were Christian Kids” created with childhood friend Justin Randall who is a stand up comedian working in New York City and now Los Angeles. Calvin is also the published author of VERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE, a collection of Poetry & Prose published on October 5, 2021, by Andrews McMeel Universal. Calvin was voted KC’s Best Musician in The Pitch 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He has been featured in Billboard, NPR.org. Charlotte Street Foundation announced that the recipients of the 2022 Generative Performing Artist Awards are The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia Scott.] [Calvin Arsenia played a PARADISE Album Release Party, Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24, at 7:00 PM at The Emerald, 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO, WEST BOTTOMS. More info at http://www.calvinarsenia.com][Calvin Arsenia was our guest on WMM on Jan. 18, 2023, June 21, 2023, and our 1000th Show on June 28, 2923.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays the National Museum of Toys and Minatures, 5335 Oak St. KCMO, TONIHJT, Wednesday, October 15 at 6:30am.]

[Calvin Arsenia plays Greenwood Social Hall. At 1750 Belleview, KCMO West Side for BIG FEELS: Stories from the Heartland honeyglazed in love, pain, and the reckless will to survive. Thursday, October 16, at 7:00pm featuring: Fil by Peter Max lawrence, Poetry by Emery Diercks, Jace Jacob and poet Laureare of Kansas City Melissa Ferrer-Civil, and music by Calvin Arsenia.]

8. Car Microwave – “Ford Crown Victoria”
   from: “Ford Crown Victoria” – Single / Car Microwave / September 25, 2025
   [Car Microwave are an indie rock band out of KCMO. Devout haters of Truck Oven! With Katie Boord on vocals; Caitlyn Jacobs on guitar, vocals; Kirsten Krier on bass; Parker Mason on guitar, and Riley Rexford on drums. The band released the single “Kiki’s Delivery Service (feat. Shotgun Wedding Singer)” on October 4, 2024. (Shotgun Wedding Singer is Adam Doyle and Ben Wendt).They released the album, PHOTO ALBUM on May 19, 2023.]

10:30 – Underwriting

9. Rude Cousin – “Scrawny Man”
   from: Rude Cousin / Rude Cousin / September 25, 2025
   [Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO. Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024. As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join. The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott. Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic. For Rude Cousin Elle Hanch plays bass; Brock Johnson plays lead guitar; Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist; and Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist; and Dustin Mott on drums.]

[Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space ~ parking across the street.]

10:35 – Interview with Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson

Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson of the KC based band Rude Cousin. Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO. Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024. As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join. The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott. Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic. For Rude Cousin Elle Hanch plays bass; Brock Johnson plays lead guitar; Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist; and Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist; and Dustin Mott on drums.

Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space ~ parking across the street.

Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson Thank you for being with us on WMM

Rude Cousin were formed in 2024

Rude Cousin is:
Elle Hanch plays bass
Brock Johnson plays lead guitar
Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist
Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist
Dustin Mott on drums.

Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO.

Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024.

As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join.

The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott.

Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic.

10:44

10. Rude Cousin – “Break 4 U”
    from: Rude Cousin / Rude Cousin / September 25, 2025
    [Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO. Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024. As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join. The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott. Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic. For Rude Cousin Elle Hanch plays bass; Brock Johnson plays lead guitar; Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist; and Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist; and Dustin Mott on drums.]

[Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space ~ parking across the street.]

10:46 – More Interview with Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson

Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson of the KC based band Rude Cousin. Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO. Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024. As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join. The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott. Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic. For Rude Cousin Elle Hanch plays bass; Brock Johnson plays lead guitar; Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist; and Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist; and Dustin Mott on drums.

Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space.

Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson Thank you for being with us on WMM

Rude Cousin were formed in 2024

Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO.

Rita Hanch and Brock Johnson Thank you for being with us on WMM

Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space.

10:54

11. Rude Cousin – “Ur In A Band”
    from: Rude Cousin / Rude Cousin / September 25, 2025
    [Rude Cousin is comprised of real life cousins from Kansas City, MO. Front women Anna Redmond and Rita Hanch had been making music together way before forming Rude Cousin in 2024. As fate would have it Rita’s sister Elle Hanch plays bass, so they invited her and other cousin and guitarist Brock Johnson to join. The band was completed by local drumming sensation, Dustin Mott. Inspired by the Riot grrrl movement, rude cousin’s songs are a lil rowdy, witty and even melodic. For Rude Cousin Elle Hanch plays bass; Brock Johnson plays lead guitar; Rita Hanch is lead vocalist & guitarist; and Anna Redmond is also lead vocalist & keyboardist & guitarist; and Dustin Mott on drums.]

[Rude Cousin play an Album Release Show, Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm with special guest Nan & The One Nite Stands at 3807 Troost Ave. DIY Space ~ parking across the street.]

12. Lorna Kay – “Havin’ A Ball”
    from: Lorna Kay – EP / Town & Country / September 19, 2025
    [Lauren Krum solo project with Mike Stover. Lauren Krum is known for her work as lead singer of The Grisly Hand who had their last show on May 11, 2024 at The Ship. The band first started playing live in 2009. When The Grisly Hand released their debut album Safe House, the entire band (at that time: Lauren Krum, Jimmy Fitzner, Johnny Nichols, Chas Snyder, Mike Tuley. Ben Summers & Kian Byrne) climbed into our studios and performed live on our Nov. 10, 2010 show. // Jimmy Fitzner, Johnny Nichols, Chas Snyder were in a band called Left Behind. Lauren had played with them at The Brick, before laving Kansas City to go to Columbia College in Chicago. N Chicago Lauren created the group The Strumpettes a soul-inspired group featuring four female singers and a four-piece band. When the Strumpettes dismantled in 2008 and her life in Chicago started to fall apart, Krum decided to move back to Kansas City. She immediately began singing with From Before. // Within a few months, Krum, Fitzner, Nichols and Snyder were performing as a new group. They had brought on Andy Davis to play mandolin. Krum had found the name “the Grisly Hand” iafter coming across it in the poem “Webster Ford” from Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology. The most Current grouping of The Grisly Hand was Jimmy Fitzner, Lauren Krum, Ben Summers, Mike Stover, Johnny Nichols and Kian Byrne. / A super group of sorts several members have also been involved in other projects. Lauren has played and recorded with Ruddy Swain (w/ David Regnier), Lorna Kay, and Lorna Kay’s Country Club, as well as being a DJ.]

[Lorna K plays Honky the LiftKC Concert at The Ship 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms with Kadeshg Flow on Tuesday, October 21 at 5:00pm]

[Lorna K plays Honky Tonk Tuesday at The Ship 1221 Union Ave, KCMO West Bottoms on Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00pm]

11:00 – Station ID

13. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “Death In Venice” (from recordings)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” All together 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers. Howard has actually written many more songs but these are the ones that made the cut to be recorded. Howard continue to collaborate with Pat Tomek, producer, engineer, former drummer of The Rainmakers who keeps all of Howards songs in his computer in his studio. When Howard first writes a song he captures the raw track in a demo recording with Pat. Howard has been working with Pat Tomek since the late 1970s.]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:03 – Interview with Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers will play live in our KKFI 90.1 FM Studios.

Legendary Singer Songwriter Howard Iceberg is one of the most prolific and poetic songwriters in Kansas City. He has written thousands of songs. Howard has done all of this while also leading a distinguished career as an immigration attorney (Howard Eisberg), and has donated much of his time and music to projects that serve our community. Howard Iceberg began performing in the late 1970s, and playing with songwriters Scott Hrabko and Iris DeMent in the 1980s. Over the past five and a half decades he has released countless albums, and collections of songs. In 2011, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics released a seven CD, box set, of 106 new songs, all instant classics. In 2014 he released a collection called Spring 2014, on his birthday May 9, 2015 he released, Smooth Sailing which included 13 new songs. In September 2016 Howard released a 2 CD set of 26 new tracks called, “Kansas City Songs.” On December 20, 2017 Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – released the album Netherlands with Rich Hill on organ, Bryan Hicks on electric bass, Doug Auwarter on drums, Dan Bliss on guitar. Over the past seven years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. Recording 100 new songs. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. All together 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

Howard Iceberg Thanks for being with us on WMM

Chad Brothers is a KC-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandmate to many. An accomplished guitarist and vocalist of 35+ years, Chad has strong sense of melodic and harmonic patterns, with a uniquely soulful perspective from which he writes original folk, bluegrass, rock and psychedelic music rooted in acoustic and electric guitar. // Born and raised on a family farm outside of Winfield, KS, Chad was deeply influenced from a young age by the acoustic mecca of the Walnut Valley Festival, absorbing and evolving musically under the rich history and uniquely-inviting campground jamming culture of the annual event. // These days, you can find Chad performing around Kansas City and surrounding areas in his impressive array of musical projects, including with Old Sound, Supermassive Black Holes, Shapiro Brothers, Mikal Shapiro & The Musical, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics and several others. Chad has also served as Chief Operator at KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio since August 2019.

Chad Brothers Thanks for being with us on WMM

Julie Bates is a classically trained violinist from Kansas City. Andrew Morris is a Chicago blues guitarist from Warsaw, Indiana. They met in Leipzig, Germany. During their year of living in the former East Germany, the pair began reanalyzing the songs of their homeland, and developed a tight yet gritty bluegrass style. In the summer of 2013 they left their jobs to hit the road and haven’t looked back. This year on August 2, 2025 The Matchsellers released their newest album, Psychobiography. On May 3, 2024 The Matchsellers released LIVE AT THE WAREHOUSE. // On October 28, 2022 The Matchsellers released The Wishful Thinker’s Hall of Game // On February 12, 2016 they released their album, SONGS WE MADE UP. In late 2014 they released their debut full length recording, “Kosciusko County”. The Matchsellers have toured 3 European countries and 25 US States, performing 180 shows a year, including the KC Fringe Festival, Bluegrass Bazaar in Flint, Michigan, Norman Music Festival in Norman, OK, and a 1st place win at the Eddie Owen Presents songwriting competition in Atlanta, GA. And recently wins in finger picking and playing.

Julie Bates and Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Over the past 7 years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. Recording 100 new songs. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks.

Howard has actually written many more songs but these are the ones that made the cut to be recorded. Howard continue to collaborate with Pat Tomek, producer, engineer, former drummer of The Rainmakers who keeps all of Howards songs in his computer in his studio. When Howard first writes a song he captures the raw track in a demo recording with Pat. Howard has been working with Pat Tomek since the late 1970s.

Legendary Kansas City Singer Songwriter – Howard Eisberg records and performs under the name Howard iceberg. He is one of the most prolific and poetic songwriters of the Kansas City music scene. He has written hundreds, possibly thousands of songs. Howard has done all of this while also leading a distinguished career as an immigration attorney, and he has donated much of his time and music to valuable projects that serve our community. Howard Iceberg began performing in coffeehouses in the late 1980s with fellow area independent songwriters Scott Hrabko and Iris DeMent.

11:10

14. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “Closer Into You” (LIVE)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” All together 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers. Howard has actually written many more songs but these are the ones that made the cut to be recorded. Howard continue to collaborate with Pat Tomek, producer, engineer, former drummer of The Rainmakers who keeps all of Howards songs in his computer in his studio. When Howard first writes a song he captures the raw track in a demo recording with Pat. Howard has been working with Pat Tomek since the late 1970s.]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:13 – More Interview w/ Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers are playing live in our KKFI 90.1 FM Studios.

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Over the past 7 years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. Recording 100 new songs. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks.

Last February 14 The Matchsellers released their single “I Can’t Believe Were Still In Love” // The Matchsellers played Manor Fest 7 on Saturday, May 24 at Stockyards, 1600 Genessee St, KCMO with Jack Summers, and Natalie Prauser // This year on August 2, 2025 The Matchsellers released their newest album, Psychobiography.

11:18

15. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “I Went The Other Way” (LIVE)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. .]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:21 – More Interview with Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers are playing live in our KKFI 90.1 FM Studios.

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Pat Tomek at Largely Studios is part of Howard Iceberg’s long time recording project. In 2018 when he was on the show Howard tells us that he has more than 4 albums worth of new songs in the works.

Pat Tomek is longtime member of The Titanics, drummer and member of legendary band The Rainmakers, and drummer in the band Deco Auto, that we played earlier in the show. Pat Tomek is also a recording engineer and producer who has worked with countless area bands and musicians and has been a primary partner and caretaker in the recording and production of Howard’s recording project of songs.

11:26

6. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “The Martini Song” (from recordings)
   from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
   [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” All together 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers. Howard has actually written many more songs but these are the ones that made the cut to be recorded. Howard continue to collaborate with Pat Tomek, producer, engineer, former drummer of The Rainmakers who keeps all of Howards songs in his computer in his studio. When Howard first writes a song he captures the raw track in a demo recording with Pat. Howard has been working with Pat Tomek since the late 1970s.]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:28 – Underwriting

17. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “Lay Down Your Arms” Julie on vocals
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. .]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple / Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Ave., KCMO, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:33 – Interview with Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Over the past 7 years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. Recording 100 new songs. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks.

Legendary Singer Songwriter Howard Iceberg is one of the most prolific and poetic songwriters in Kansas City. He has written thousands of songs. Howard has done all of this while also leading a distinguished career as an immigration attorney (Howard Eisberg), and has donated much of his time and music to projects that serve our community. Howard Iceberg began performing in the late 1970s, and playing with songwriters Scott Hrabko and Iris DeMent in the 1980s. Over the past five and a half decades he has released countless albums, and collections of songs.

11:38

18. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “Long Ago And Far Away” (LIVE)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. .]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple / Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Ave., KCMO, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:41 – Interview with Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Over the past 7 years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. Recording 100 new songs. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

Chad Brothers has released new music this year with his band Old Sound last year his band Supermassive Black Holes released a full length album, he hjas dome many live sjows withthese band and also with Mikal Shapiro and The Musical, Barclay Brothjers, Shapiro Brothers and as a solo artist.

11:46

19. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “It’s Just Love” (LIVE)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. .]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple / Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Ave., KCMO, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

11:49 – Interview with Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers & Julie Bates & Andrew Morris

Howard Iceberg, Chad Brothers, and Julie Bates & Andrew Morris Thanks for being with us on WMM

Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.

Over the past 7 years Howard Iceberg has been working exclusively with Chad Brothers, Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers.

For Wednesday MidDay Medley I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!

11:54

20. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – “The Bad Dream” (from recordings)
    from: Howard Iceberg’s New Songs / Howard Iceberg & The Titanics / October 17, 2025
    [Howard Iceberg on lead vocals with Chad Brothers and Julie Bates and Andrew Morris of The Matchsellers. These musician met every three months for 3-hour sessions, over a period of seven years, in the basement of Chad Brothers’ house where he has a recording studio. Howard worked exclusively with Chad, Julie and Andrew with the exception of one recording session where Julie was sick and Beth Watts Nelson played in her place. And Brett Hodges plays dobro on a few tracks. Howard would run through the song once and then they would hit “record” and capture each song in one or two takes. No over dubs, no rehearsal. Howard called it “Back Porch Music.” All together 100 songs were engineered and recorded by Chad Brothers. Howard has actually written many more songs but these are the ones that made the cut to be recorded. Howard continue to collaborate with Pat Tomek, producer, engineer, former drummer of The Rainmakers who keeps all of Howards songs in his computer in his studio. When Howard first writes a song he captures the raw track in a demo recording with Pat. Howard has been working with Pat Tomek since the late 1970s.]

[Howard Iceberg & The Titanics play Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building, 205 East 9th Street & 903 Grand Avenue, KCMO, on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Shady Sides will open.]

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

Next week, on Wednesday, October 22, we present WMM’s 20 Favorite Tracks of All Time! To help us celebrate I will be joined by my special co-hosts: Betse Ellis, Sandra Draper, and KKFI’s new Executive Director Bess Wallerstein for our Wednesday MidDay Medley Fall On-Air-Fund Drive. We will need to hear from YOU our listeners to support Community Radio. In our currently political climate we need your support now more than ever. Please call 888-931-0901 during the show so we can say your name over the airwaves.

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A really big THANK YOU to every one of you who donated during Wednesday MidDay Medley and our Summer Fund Drive for KKFI 90.1 FM. We had 47 individuals donate a total of $3529.00 in support of Community Radio. Special thanks go to my co-hosts and guests: Betse Ellis, Mikal Shapiro, Sandra Draper, Steve Tulipana and Lincoln Dreher!!!

Thanks to KKFI Staff: Executive Director – Bess Wallerstein-Huff, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers, Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver. And Shaina Littler – Office Manager Book Keeper

This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. It is a collective spirit of hundreds of people, setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the goal of keeping our airwaves, non-commercial, and open! Thank you to programmers who create content for over 85 locally produced radio shows & volunteers who made extra effort to keep our station alive.

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

Show #1117