Wednesday MidDay Medley Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
WMM welcomes Zee Underscore + Miss Boating + The Talking Trees
Mark spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Foxlin, Charlotte Bumgarner, Draper Family Band, St. George & The Dragons, The Freedom Affair, Eddie Moore, Zee Underscore, Keo & Them, Miss Boating, The Talking Trees, Kaia Kater with Aoife O’Donovan, and Makaya McCraven.
At 10:30am Zee Underscore shares music from her debut EP, THE ZEE UNDERSCORE EXPERIENCE released on June 15, 2024. Zee Underscore studied at The School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her confidence and talent flourished, sparking a deep passion for music creation and supporting artists of diverse backgrounds. Zee completed a five-year electrical engineering program at The University of Cincinnati, and her work in electrical engineering led her to Kansas City. Zee is co-founder of ZNTL Enterprises. Zee embodies the spirit of dreaming without limits, juggling roles as a singer, songwriter, recording artist, emcee, event coordinator, entrepreneur, and mentor while also working full time as an electrical engineer. Last year Zee Underscore released one of our favorite singles, “In The Way (feat. Amadi Luv)”. More info at: http://www.linktr.ee/Zeebee.notes
At 11:00am Mark talks with Charlie Colborne & Bill Belzer of Miss Boating who’ve recently signed with High Dive Records to release their debut album, JEWEL IN THE TRASH.Miss Boating play an Album Release Show, Saturday, June 29 at 6:00pm at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO. Miss Boating is a KC based, five-piece with multi-instrumentalist & lead singer Charlie Coleborne, drummer Bill Belzer, Aaron Jones on trombone, Tom Gillespie on Saxophone, and Bryan McGuire on bass. (Phil Dickey played bass on the album.) Charlie and Bill met in the late 1980s. In the beginning they were called The Sympathetic Fringe, and then The Sleazebeats. In recent years Charlie & Bill added Aaron, Tim and Bryan. Described by one local radio host as “the perfect house band for a John Waters After Party.” One of their songs is about a friend’s mom’s dynamic relationship with prescription medication. Another is a tribute to the late Evan Jolly, their former bassist. All of the songs are written by Charlie Colborne through his blue/gay eyes. These songs have a fine patina of ditch weed, filthy humor, cigarette smoke, gay drama, Bee Gee’s inflected new wave, queer music hall schmaltz, odd stiff naive sambas, and box wine. More info at: http://www.highdivekc.com
At 11:30 Tommy Capps, Dirk Liebert, and Graham Stone of the Kansas City based band The Talking Trees join us LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios. The Talking Trees is a post-rock trio based in Kansas City. They released their 4-song EP, ALIENS on March 1, 2024. That was preceded by the 5-song EP, ARE YOU OK? released October 1, 2022, and the 5-song EP, ONCE I WAS BORN on April 22, 2022, multiple single released in 2020 through 2022, and their debut EP, THE TALKING TREES on August 19, 2019. The band is currently in the studio working on the newest album. More info at: https://thetalkingtreesmusic.com
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Wednesday MidDay Medley Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
WMM welcomes Minor Gold + Aaron Rhodes + Nicolette Paige + Scott Hrabko + Juneteenth Tribute
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Today, June 29th is Juneteenth. Juneteenth marks the celebration of the dismantling of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas were informed of their freedom by Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Grange. This was two years after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation Act in 1863 and two months after the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865 ending the Civil War. At the time, around 4 million people were enslaved domestically.
After that, each region celebrated the end of slavery on different days, but the celebrations that started in Galveston, Texas, began to grow year after year. Over 100 years later, Texas would become the first state to declare June 19 a state holiday in 1980. In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday.
Black spirituals such as “Go Down Moses,” “Many Thousands Gone,” and others were sung at the first Jubilee in 1866, with a fireworks display on par with Fourth of July celebrations. For African Americans, this is their independence day.
The spirit of Juneteenth honors the history of those who were enslaved and the continued struggle for freedom from oppression that many Black Americans continue to face. Songs sung by slaves were an act of protest and a way to transcend the realities of the horrors they faced. So to honor the day, we highlight a few songs that both celebrate and uplift this history.
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Curtis Mayfield – “Power To The People (Demo)” from: Curtis / Curtom-Buddah / September, 1970 [Curtis is the debut studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield. Produced by Mayfield, it was released on his own label Curtom Records. The musical styles of Curtis moved further away from the pop-soul sounds of Mayfield’s previous group The Impressions and featured more of a funk and psychedelic-influenced sound. The album’s subject matter incorporates political and social concerns of the time. The Expanded Edition contained 17 tracks, with several bonus tracks including “Power To The People (Demo)”. Curtis Mayfield, born in Chicago, June 3, 1942. One of the most influential musicians behind soul & politically conscious African-American music. Mayfield started his musical career in a gospel choir. Moving to the North Side of Chicago he met Jerry Butler in 1956 at the age of 14, and joined vocal group The Impressions. As a songwriter, Mayfield became noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes of social awareness into soul music. In 1965, he wrote “People Get Ready” for The Impressions, which displayed his more politically charged songwriting. After leaving The Impressions in 1970, Mayfield released several albums, including the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Super Fly in 1972. The soundtrack was noted for its socially conscious themes, mostly addressing problems surrounding inner city minorities such as crime, poverty and drug abuse. Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down after lighting equipment fell on him during a live performance at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, on August 13, 1990. Despite this, he continued his career as a recording artist, releasing his final album, New World Order, in 1996. Mayfield won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and was a double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Impressions in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He was also a 2-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. He died from complications of type 2 diabetes, Dec 26, 1999, at 57.]
Krystle Warren – “Nae-Nae and Ruthie” from: Three The Hard Way / Parlour Door Music / August 18, 2017 [Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane (D’Angelo, Emily King, PJ Morton). Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warren. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. The artist who Rufus Wainwrights calls “one of the greatest living singers” sings and plays all instruments on the album, combining elements of folk, blues and soul in a stirring set. Songs on the album are inspired by the civil rights movement. The song “Red Clay” was inspired by the domestic terrorism and racist massacre and destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 31, 1921, that was one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in the history of the United States, in which more than 35 square blocks were destroyed by a wave of racial terrorism, fire bombs dropped for airplane, and sniper fire from shot guns of those trying to escape that left hundreds of Black residents dead, and more than 1,000 houses burned and destroyed. // In 2016 in Krystle Warren premiered this song and her other new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnsons County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the radio show last year Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]
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Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. I’m Mark Manning. Today, we spin More New & MidCoastal Releases from: Nicolette Paige, Burning Bush, Erin Eades, Scott Hrabko, The Blast Monkeys, The Bad Ideas, The Utilitarians, Minor Gold, Cat Power, and The Flaming Lips.
We started the show with music from Curtis Mayfield & Krystle Warren in honor of Juneteenth the celebration of the dismantling of slavery in the United States.
At 10:10 Dan Parsons of the Australian duo Minor Gold joins us to talk about their concert TONIGHT at Waldo Pizza, as part of The Waldo Folk series.
At 10:30am we’ll talk with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, of the band Burning Bush.also talk with aaron about Shuttlecock Music Magazine and shows at Farewell and Howdy, including Summer Kamp IV, happening Saturday, Night with The Bad Ideas, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez!
At 11:00am Nicolette Paige Davis shares details about the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, at 10:00am.
At 11:30 Scott Hrabko is back with more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags Volume III.” It’s a multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with multiple musicians from the KC music community.
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Minor Gold – “Tumbleweed” from: Minor Gold / Minor Gold / August 11, 2023 [Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS). Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. // Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances. ]
[Minor Gold play TONIGHT Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series]
10:12 – Interview with Dan Parsons of Minor Gold
Dan Parsons of the Australian duo Minor Gold (with Tracy McNeil) join us to talk about when the band wrote their first song together in 2020, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. Their debut album Minor Gold was released August 11, 2023, has been called, “a sunbathed slice of ’70s Americana pop.” Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com
Dan Parsons thank you so much for being with us on WMM
Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS).
Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020.
At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers.
This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work.
Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com
Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances.
“…cleverly not over-stuffed with instrumentation…if you like Tom Petty, Crosby Still and Nash, Nick Drake and Bruce Springteen than I think you will like what they are doing” – ABC Radio Sydney
“Minor Gold are a breath of fresh air, standing on the merits of their songwriting and chemistry to deliver a beautifully refreshing collection of songs that further solidifies the importance of never missing an opening act.” – American Blues Scene
Minor Gold perform in concert Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. More information at: http://www.minorgoldmusic.com
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Minor Gold – “Way With Words” from: Minor Gold / Minor Gold / August 11, 2023 [Minor Gold are the new Australian based, Americana duo featuring ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil (CAN) & Dan Parsons (AUS). Some may call it a ‘Trans-Pacific alchemy’ – the moment when Australian and Canadian songwriters Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil wrote their first song together in 2020. At a time when the rest of the world came to a stop, the magic of Minor Gold had just begun. // Until then, both artists had been at the helm of their respective solo careers. This new side road was too enticing not to explore, and with plenty of time on their hands, seeking refuge on the Parsons’ sub-tropical Queensland homestead, they got to work. // Their debut album released Aug 11, 2023 echoes 70’s cosmic Americana/Folk with an easy charm and potent honesty, but it is the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists’ voices lock in together that hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold move you – weaving masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances. ]
[Minor Gold play TONIGHT Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series]
The Flaming Lips – “Do You Realize??” from: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots / Warner Brothers / July 16, 2002 [10th studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips. The album saw the band pursue a more electronic direction than previous efforts, incorporating acoustic guitars and rhythms influenced by hip hop and top 40 music. The album was well-received critically and commercially, helping the band break into popularity, and was adapted into a musical in 2012. In 2022, the band announced a 20th anniversary box set version of the album and that they would perform the album in full twice in early 2023. // The lyrics of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots concern a diverse array of subject matter, mostly melancholyponderings about love, mortality, artificial emotion, pacifism, and deception, while telling the story of Yoshimi’s battle. The title character is inspired by Boredoms/OOIOO member Yoshimi P-We, following a comment in the Flaming Lips studio that her machine-sound abstract singing sounds like she is battling monsters—Coyne added ‘pink’. P-We also performs on the album. Some listeners consider Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to be a concept album; however, the story is debated, as it is only directly apparent in the first four tracks. Despite the story-type title and science fiction themes, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has made it clear that Yoshimi is not intended to be a concept album. // The vocal melody of track one, “Fight Test”, echoes Cat Stevens’s “Father and Son”. Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, is receiving royalties following a relatively uncontentious settlement. Coyne has claimed that he was unaware of the songs’ similarities until producer Dave Fridmann pointed them out. This claim, however, is contradicted by his statement to Rolling Stone magazine: “I know ‘Father and Son’ and I knew there would be a little bit of comparison. ‘Fight Test’ is not a reference necessarily to the ideas of ‘Father and Son’, but definitely a reference to the cadence, the melody, and chord progression. I think it’s such a great arrangement of chords and melody”. The final track, “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)”, won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The Flaming Lips also won the same award for “The Wizard Turns On…”, taken from At War with the Mystics, in 2006.]
[The Flaming Lips play The Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, KCMO, Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 8:00pm]
10:30 – Underwriting
The Blast Monkees — “Sodie Pop” from: Summer Camp / The Blast Monkees / July 18, 2022 [The Blast Monkeys started out as two dudes making music out of Tonganoxie, Kansas. Formed in 2017 by high school best friends, Scott Vick & Kyle Chambers, they have sine become a three-piece band, They plan to make music their career by any means. Their songs fuse high-energy drums and catchy guitar riffs with goofy jokes and a “passionate” stage presence that is sure to win over any crowd. For more info: http://www.theblastmokeys.com. and http://www.theblactmonkees.bandcamp.com
The Blast Monkeys Discography MONKEY BUSINESS (9-track album) April 20, 2024 “I Probably Peaked in High School” (Single) March 29, 2024 “The Doctor Said I’m Not Crazy Anymore” (Single) / June 23, 2023 “Mr. Nice Guy” (Single) / May 22, 2023 Summer Camp (9-track Album) / July 18, 2022 “Capo 2.0” (Single) / February 16, 2022 Big Things, Small Places (4-track EP) / August 21, 2021 Washed Out (3-track EP) / December 16, 2019 Moon Juice (5-track EP) / March 25, 2019
[The Blast Monkeys play Farewell KCMO 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MOTONIGHT, Wednesday, June 19 with Blair Gun, Lake Love, and God’s Computer.]
[The Blast Monkeys play recordbar, 1520 Grand, blvd., Monday, June 24, at 7:00pm with Lost Stars and City Hall.]
Burning Bush – “Burning Bush” from: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024 [Aaron Rhodes on vocals; Harrison Hawkins on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.
10:36 – Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton
Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell. Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024. Aaron also shares details about Farewell and Howdy, and Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com
Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Shuttlecock Music Magazine started as a blog nine years ago, just after Aaron graduated
Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO
Aaron Rhodes formerly was a music writer for The Pitch and a freelance contributing writer for http://www.Bridge909.org
Aaron was also a co-host of the music blog, “In My Head Ache” with Bill Brownlee.
Burning Bush Aaron Rhodes on vocals Harrison Hawkins on guitar Daniel Evans on bass Ethan Payton on drums.
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Burning Bush – “The Golem” frrom: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024 [Aaron Rhodes on vocals; Harrison Hawkins on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.]
10:44 – More Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton
Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO
Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024.
Farewell and Howdy, and Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com
Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Burning Bush – “Golden Calf” from: Demo 2024 / Burning Bush / May 8, 2024 [Aaron Rhodes on vocal; Harrison Hawkns on guitar; Daniel Evans on bass; Ethan Payton on drums. Recording, mixing, mastering by Alex Tunks. All songs written by Burning Bush. Instrumentals recorded on January 14, 2024 at The Space in Kansas City, Missouri. Vocals recorded on February 10, 2024 at Alex’s place in Kansas City, Missouri.
10:44 – More Interview with Aaron Rhodes and Ethan Payton
Aaron Rhodes, is founder and Editor in Chief of Shuttlecock Music Magazine, and Talent Buyer & Marketer at Farewell KCMO. Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band Burning Bush and their debut 6-song EP, DEMO 2024 that was released May 8, 2024.
Aaron also shares details about Farewell KCMO and Howdy.
Once of the big events coming up is Summer Kamp IV, Saturday, June 22, 2024, where The Bad Ideas will be hosting in honor of Britt Adair with The Uncouth, Reacharounds, The Utilitarians, Violet Approach, and DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, Kansas City, MO and alternate between the two venues. More information at: http://www.shuttlecockmusic.com
Aaron Rhodes, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Summer Kamp as a music fest Britt Adair was passionate about and organized.
Chris Meck and Britt Adair on the April 6, 2016 Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.
In Memory of Britt Adair
Last year in May, 2023 the Kansas City Music Community was shaken up horribly by the news that our friend Britt Adair had died.
Britt Adair was founder and lead guitarist for the band The Bad Idea’s. Britt was part of the family at Josey Records. She was an artist and filmmaker and huge nurturer of Kansas City Punk Music Scene. She has organized bands and shows for in-stores, festivals, and tours. For several years Britt organized the Summer Kamp Fest bringing nationally touring punk bands to town to play with bands from KC’s diverse punk community.
Britt’s brother Dane Downing reported on Facebook on Tuesday morning, May 2, 2023 that his sister Britt Adair had passed away the night before, on Monday, May 1 at 4:59 PM. “She went to the hospital not feeling well and things took a downward turn very quickly. The doctors believe she had a pulmonary embolism. Right now there’s more questions than answers. Dane continues, Please keep my mom and dad in your thoughts as this was totally out of the blue and devastating for them. We love you Britt, you’ll always be my little pest!”
He went on to say, “Britt was a kind soul and always shared her love to anyone she met. Say something nice to someone today, give them a hug, a smile, tell them a joke. She would like that.”
I first met Britt Adair when she was doing video documentary work for Charlotte Street down in their offices near La Esquina Gallery, 16-17 years ago. I was telling stories of doing performance art in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and of all the protests, and gay bashings, and she was quietly, and empathically capturing it all on camera. That’s when we became friends.
I followed her beautiful artistic endeavors in working to build a stronger punk community in Kansas City and make connections with punk communities all across the country. She was so passionate about The Center of The City Fest, and of working to find a home for punk music on a regular basis.
How could anyone not love The Bad Ideas? With the multi talented Don Dawn, Britt and company proved themselves on many stages and on vinyl and on multiple recordings to be one of KC’s best ever punk bands.
Watching Britt work bartending gigs, and record stores gigs, and film work, with a humor, and kindness, and honesty that represented her artistic heart of gold. With Christian she made a home and fostered an incredible record store, Josey Records Kansas City.
Britt was on the Wednesday MidDay Medley radio show many times, to talk about her band, music festivals, Record Store Day, benefit shows.
Britt possessed that Kansas City spirit of creating venue for others. She was just as passionate about shining a light on other bands and artists as she was on her own work. We are all so lucky to have known her. She lived true to her moral code of ethics of humanity, care for our planet, and the animals, and fairness for all. She was a true punk musician who are steadfastly writing protest music and fighting for equality of workers, women and queer people.
I will keep Britt alive in my heart by working to get a weekly punk music show reestablished at KKFI.
My sincere condolences go out Britt’s husband and our friend Christian LaBeau, Britt’s beautiful Mom, and her Dad, and Brother and family, and Dawn Yoder and bandmates from The Bad Ideas, and Josey Records co-workers, and everyone she touched with her beautiful spirit. Britt Adair is a shining star.
Britt was last on our show as a Guest Producer on March 6, 2019. Britt’s band The Bad Ideas were getting set to release their album “Happiness” at the end of the month and The Bad Ideas were playing The Bottleneck in Lawrence, later that month.
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The Bad Ideas – “Nightmare” from: Happiness / The Bad Ideas / March 30, 2019 [The Bad Ideas are: Britt Adair on guitar, Breaka Dawn on vocals, Matt Roberts on bass, and Way Jillis on drums. The Bad Ideas is an American punk band from Kansas City, Missouri formed in August 2011. They’ve written all original songs and are influenced by post-hardcore, punk, and early 80’s punk. Their EP, Worse Thoughts, was recorded on January 22, 2012 and released March, 2012. Their first self-produced full length, Lesson #1 was released March 8, 2013. The Bad Ideas also released a 7″ split with Red Kate on March 31, 2014. Their most recent release is a full length cassette, “Leave Me Alone.” Released in June 6, 2015.]
[The Band Ideas host Summer Kamp IV, Sat, June 22, 2024, with The Utilitarians, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, Violet Approach, DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, KCMO]
The Utilitarians – “Gosh Golly” from: “Gosh Golly” / The Utilitarians / March 30, 2023 [A transitional track that goes back in Theresa Scott’s catalog but serves as a foundation for The Utilitarians, recorded at Massive Sound. Credits: Theresa Scott / Robert Wagner. The Utilitarians have tricks up their sleeves, they rip & shred, but they cool it didn’t go to their head, they treat their fans with respect and in this rocking form of art this is the “Band with a Heart.” Stars all in their own rights, this 4 piece outfit has the charm of each member being legendary in the KC Underground Community. Patrick Sumner Bent Edge KC]
[The Utilitarians play Summer Kamp IV, Sat, June 22, 2024, with The Bad Ideas, The Uncouth, Reacharounds, Violet Approach, DJ Pez! The show will start at Farewell, 6515 Stadium Dr, KCMO]
11:00 – Station ID
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Nicolette Paige – “Vanishing Cars” from: The Other Side / Nicolette Paige / October 19, 2012 [“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences. But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed. Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”// Nicolette Paige, who released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com]
11:03 – Interview with Nicolette Paige
Nicolette Paige released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Nicolette Paige hosts Soul Child Radio every Thursday, 12:00 Noon to 2:00pm here on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com
Nicolette joins us to share details about the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO. This is a fundraiser with donations accepted at the door! This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE! There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org
Nicolette Paige thank you for being our guest on WMM
Nicolette Paige grew up in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO.
This is a fundraiser with donations accepted at the door! This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE!
There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org
“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences.
But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions.
Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed.
Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”
Also note – I have 2 albums and have released 3 singles in the past several years. I plan to put out more music when the time aligns.
Nicolette works at an elderly care center called Margaret’s Place and bring my music and healing services into their space. It’s quite a unique experience every time.
Nicolette Paige is Owner and Founder at Beelicious KC
Manager & Urban Farmer at Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op
Owner and Founder, Priestess at Soul Child Awakenings
Singer-Songwriter at Nicolette Paige
From Kansas City, Kansas // Married to Darrian Davis
My name is Nicolette Paige, owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings. Soul Child Awakenings is a holistic healing business, practice, and way of life for the mind, body, and soul. Soul Child Awakenings focuses on empowering clients spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and even financially by assisting them on their journey to self-mastery through indigenous spiritual practices, the use of earth medicines, and the scientific teachings of how these practices work. Soul Child Awakenings began its development in 2008, when I professionally started offering tarot readings and began my studies on African Spiritual Sciences. Since I was a child, I have always had the spiritual gift of healing and communicating with the spirit realm. Through all of my services I utilize these gifts to help guide others in discovering their own personal power and finding healing, peace, and purpose in their life. There are several core spiritual practices I often incorporate into my services: Curanderismo, Rastafari, Hoodoo, Vodou, and the religious practices of Ifa. In 2020 I was initiated into the Ifa religion, a way of life where other religions such as Vodou, Lucumi, and Candomble originate from. When I was initiated, I was given my spiritual name, ”Larada Didan Imoleina Aye Balewa”, meaning, “She Whose Healing Shines Light On The World”. Although I am initiated into Ifa and am influenced by other indigenous spiritual practices, the path I walk is led by the wisdom of my ancestors and the light and love that resides in my soul.
“Soul Child Awakenings”, comes from a few profound revelations in my life. Throughout my teenage years I always knew I was a soul living a human experience that had the ability to tap into infinite knowledge and wisdom; I knew that learning new things would be an everlasting journey. I always believed in a higher power, and felt my soul was an extension or child of this higher power. To show my gratitude for this knowing, I began referring to myself as “Soul Child” & even got the name tattooed on my neck. “Awakenings”, comes from the many awakenings one can experience in their life. One of the most important awakenings I believe one must have to attain true happiness is the awakening of their inner child, or what I like to call, their inner soul child. Awakening our inner soul child helps us to heal wounds and learn from our past, it helps us to remember the simple joys in life that many forget as adults, and most importantly, it helps us to live purposefully.
Nicolette Paige thank you for being our guest on WMM
Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op – Summer Solstice & Power To The People Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 10:00am to 10:00pm, at 5051 East Gregory Blvd, KCMO. This celebration will host a variety of activities with featured artists including: Jenna Bodensteiner opening the day with a Rhythm & Rootz ceremonial dance; Xion Sound Waves (a healing sound choir); Kansas City Rumba; Nicolette Paige; DJ Simba; Live paintings by Feliz Kehinde; Open Sessions poetry jam hosted by Breasia; and MORE! There will also be a FREE PRODUCE giveaway, free workshops, KC Vendors, an exotic petting zoo, henna by Madison Skye, and authentic Jamaican cuisine by Neptis Reggae! The Kansas City Urban Farm Co-Op is the largest Black owned orchard in Kansas City. More information at: http://www.KCUFC.org
11:19
Nicolette Paige – “Other Side” from: The Other Side / Nicolette Paige / October 19, 2012 [“Nicolette Paige is not your typical singer-songwriter. She is a true visionary, blending her melodic talent and heartfelt lyrics with her deep-rooted passion for healing. With a voice that effortlessly carries emotions, Nicolette shares soulful music that is inspired by her own life experiences. But Nicolette’s artistry extends far beyond the stage. As the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, she is also a renowned healer. By combining her musical talents with her healing practices, Nicolette has created a unique and powerful way to touch the lives of others. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. Having professionally performed for over a decade, Nicolette has dedicated the last three years to incorporating her healing services into her music. The result is a transformative experience that leaves audiences moved, uplifted, and healed. Looking to the future, Nicolette plans to continue captivating audiences through her mesmerizing performances while working with the youth and elderly, using her healing practices to bring solace and positivity into their lives. Nicolette Paige is not just a singer-songwriter; she is a force to be reckoned with, a source of inspiration, and a healer all wrapped up in one incredible package.”// Nicolette Paige, who released her debut album, NICOLETTE PAIGE on May 2, 2008, and her 11-song album, THE OTHER SIDE on October 19, 2012. Those were followed by five singles. Nicolette is the owner and founder of Soul Child Awakenings, where she combines her musical talents with her healing practices. She brings her gifts to schools, hospitals, and elderly care centers, providing participants with hand-held instruments and integrating indigenous healing practices into her sessions. More info at: http://www.SoulChildAwakenings.com]
Erin Eades – “The Lesser of Two Evils” from: “The Lesser of Two Evils” – Single / Erin Eades / January 26, 2024 [Erin Eades is an Americana singer-songwriter and solo acoustic performer from Kansas City, drawing influence from indie rock, alternative, and country music. Through her music, she weaves a narrative of resilience and transformation, inviting listeners to embrace the bittersweet complexities of the human experience. Erin frequently performs in Missouri and Kansas, and plans to release her sophomore effort, a full studio project, in 2024. More info at: http://www.erineadesmusic.com]
[Erin Eades will play ULAH Live Sessions presents by You Found Music, Thursday, June 20, at ULAH, 4707 Rainbow Blvd., Westwood, KS. More info at: http://www.ulahkc.com]
Cat Power – “The Greatest” from: The Greatest / Matador / January 20, 2006 [The Greatest is the seventh studio album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. All tracks on the album were written by Marshall, making it her first album not to include any cover songs. The Memphis Rhythm Band includes Roy Brewer, Teenie Hodges, Steve Potts, Dave Smith, Rick Steff, Doug Easley, Jim Spake, Scott Thompson and Susan Marshall. String arrangements were contributed by Harlan T. Bobo and Jonathan Kirkscey. // The Greatest debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200, her highest charting album at the time. It also won the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize, making Marshall the first woman to win the honor. It was also named the 6th best album of 2006 by Rolling Stone, as well as the 26th best album of the decade. // Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall was born January 21, 1972) better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist. // Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern United States and began performing in local bands in Atlanta in the early 1990s. After opening for Liz Phair in 1993, she worked with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, Dear Sir (1995) and Myra Lee (1996), on the same day in 1994. In 1996, she signed with Matador Records, and released a third album of new material with Shelley and Foljahn, What Would the Community Think. Following this, she released the critically acclaimed Moon Pix (1998), recorded with members of Dirty Three, and The Covers Record (2000), a collection of sparsely arranged cover songs. // After a brief hiatus she released You Are Free (2003), featuring guest musicians Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder, followed by the soul-influenced The Greatest (2006), recorded with numerous Memphis studio musicians. A second album of cover tracks, Jukebox, was released in 2008. In 2012 she released the self-produced Sun, which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting album of her career to date. // Critics have noted the constant evolution of Cat Power’s sound, with a mix of punk, folk and blues on her earliest albums, and elements of soul and other genres more prevalent in her later material. // Charlyn Marie Marshall was born January 21, 1972, in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Charlie Marshall, a blues musician and pianist, and Myra Lee Marshall (née Russell). She has one older sister, Miranda (“Mandy”). Her maternal grandfather was of Native American ancestry. Her parents divorced in 1979 and remarried shortly thereafter. Her mother remarried and had a son, Lenny, and the family traveled around often because of her stepfather’s profession. // Marshall attended ten different schools throughout the Southern U.S. in Greensboro; Bartlett and Memphis and throughout Georgia and South Carolina. At times she was left in the care of her grandmother. She was not allowed to buy records when she was growing up, but she listened to her stepfather’s record collection, which included artists Otis Redding, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Rolling Stones, as well as her parents’ records, which included Black Flag, Sister Sledge, and Barry White. In sixth grade, she adopted the nickname Chan (pronounced “Shawn”), which she would later use professionally. When she was 13, she listened to the Smiths, the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. She had to save up to buy cassettes and the first one she got was a record by the Misfits. As a high schooler in Atlanta, she saw shows by punk bands including a Cramps show at which the Flat Duo Jets opened She has referenced multiple times the influence of Dex Romweber from the Flat Duo Jets, and she bought her first guitar because it looked like his black and white Silvertone. At age 16, Marshall dropped out of high school and became estranged from her mother, having no further contact with her until she was 24. // Religion was a large part of Marshall’s upbringing; her father was a Jehovah’s Witness, though she attended Southern Baptist churches with her grandmother, where she began singing while learning hymns.]
[Cat Power plays Starlight Theatre Monday, June 24 with The Pixies and Modest Mouse.]
11:29 – Underwriting
Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “And The Four Horses You Rode In On” from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol III / Scott Hrabko / May 27, 2024 [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. On April 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1I. Both are part of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]
11:35 – Interview with Scott Hrabko
On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabbits released, The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. Then, earlier this year, On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. Scott followed that with Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume II released April 19, 2024. And now Scott Hrabko is back with more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags Volume III,” released on May 27, 2024. It’s a multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community, that Scott has been wanting to record with for some time. Each volume features cover art from artists Scott knows and loves. Scott Hrabko is an independent singer-songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town’s late 1980s indie rock scene. Info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com // http://www.scotthrabko.com
Scott Hrabko, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
“Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Mike Warren – No Depression. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com
Now Scott is back to share more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags. Volume III,” released on May 27, 2024and 4 more songs culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community, that Scott has been wanting to record with for some time. Each volume features cover art from artists Scott knows and loves who are still going strong. Scott Hrabko is an independent singer-songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town’s late 1980s indie rock scene. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com
Other Cats, Other Bags – Vol III by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits (released May 27, 2024)
Other Cats, Other Bags – Vol II by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits
Wayfaring Muse 04:15
In The Sky 06:03
Everything 05:15
About Time 04:16
Other Cats, Other Bags Vol II – Second in a Multi-Volume project
These recordings grew from sessions I did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from our KC music scene I’ve been wanting to record with for some time.
Volume II collaborators: Jason Beers, Hank Tilbury, David Randall, Chris Hudson
The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists I know and love.
released April 19, 2024
Jason Beers: Bass Guitar (1-3), Keyboards (3) Dave Randall: Piano (1-2) Hank Tilbury: Bongos, Talkative Shakers, Spatulas, Water Bowl, Tomato Can (1-2) Chris Hudson: Nylon String Guitar (1-2) Spectral Guitar (3) SH: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Drums (3-4), Piano (4)
Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume I by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits
Junk Drawer 02:57
Dark Highway 03:58
Only A Dream 05:41
Brand New Day 03:30
Other Cats, Other Bags Vol I First in a Multi-Volume project
These recordings grew from sessions I did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from our KC music scene I’ve been wanting to record with for some time.
Volume I features steadfast stalwarts Jason Beers and Tim Higgins, as well as Kansas City folks, Betse Ellis, Brett Hodges, Brandon Day, Beth Watts Nelson and Kristin Hamilton.
The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists I know and love.
In The Sky (Lyrics) … And The Four Horses You Rode In On
Heavy thickets of graveyard spiel Chapters torn out in advance Scattered to the wind For a drunken, little dance
Dirty murmurs overheard overhead Where the rat landlord revolves Coming back from the dead To an onslaught of applause
Spirit of ruin, deep in the ground Termites determined to bring the house down
You’re nobody’s child
To the shuffling tongues The plague arithmetic The blithering dipshit Of the apocalypse
(Ain’t going out like that)
~ Los Estados Destrozado (2x)
Blinking back the tears Bleeding out applause In a heckling hall of mirrors Too fallen for words Too wrecked to feel the phone Where the shadows perform Crying, “Look at me, look at me, look at me! I will die if you look away I will die unsignified King yesterday”
Cocaine contrails hauling ass east Two bars of Stardust (I sing of thee) Country folk behaving most peculiarly Keep your head down, honey And stay upwind of the beast
Talkative dust on a wandering quest Trying to tell me the sun comes up in the west
Now all of your preconceived babies Have grown up to be Inflatable darlings Of an undead confederacy Soldiers on leave of their senses Drunk on cruelty King after king after king after king Thrown free to a ditch full of weeds
A hillbilly sorcerer they all said they saw One more violation of a natural law Losing streaks across the sky Southbound blood on a bullwhip tide Nobody’s future to wager away No dust to kick up in the cockfight Between the states
From the dust of what’s done To the ashes to be Just don’t try to tell me The sun goes down in the east
Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “Dust Waltz” from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol III / Scott Hrabko / May 27, 2024 [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP. On April 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1I. Both are part of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week on Wednesday, June 26 we welcome Zee Underscore // At 11:00 am we welcome our good friend Charlie Colborne and members of the band Miss Boating who have recently been signed to Hive Dive Records and have a new album coming out called, JEWEL IN THE TRASH. Miss Boating play a JEWEL IN THE TRASH Album Release Show, with The Fullbloods, Saturday, January 29 at 6:00pm at The Ship, 1221 Union Avenue, KCMO WEST BOTTOMS // also next week Tommy Lee Capps and members of the band Talking Trees join us LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios.
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Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
Wednesday MidDay Medley Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
WMM Serves Music of Boulevardia + Chris Haghirian + Krystle Warren
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979
Friendly Thieves – “Get it Yourself” from: “Get it Yourself” – Single / Friendly Thieves / June 7, 2024 [New single from five-piece alt-funk band, Friendly Thieves who are: Sam Wells on lead vocals, Jamae Breeze on lead guitar, Sam Millard on bass, John Goss on drums, and Ben Baker on saxophone. // Friendly Thieves released their debut album Til Death on October 31, 2023. // From Michelle Bacon’s piece in http://www.bridge909.org: Friendly Thieves describes themselves as if “Alabama Shakes and Young The Giant had a Vulfpeck-inspired love child,” and well, that’s pretty spot on. Their single captures that intersection of vibrant indie-rock energy and exceptional musicianship, with an intriguing funk aroma. // The bands show at ULAH is their only KC show so far this year before the ban sets off on tour to Austin, Chicago, Denver, and Nashville. // Sam Wells released her debut EP, FOR THE DEFLATED on French Exit Records on December 31, 2020. Sam Wells is a Kansas City, based singer songwriter who has shared stages with Betsy Phillips, Kelly Hunt, Andrew Ryan, The Zack Pietrini Band, and The Phantastics. She was featured as a composer and performer in the Kansas City Repertory Theater production of “Ghost Light” performed on the lawn of The Nelson Atkin Museum of Art in October, 2020. Sam has also performed in Troostival (2020), Kansas City Porchfest (2019) and Jamdemic. In 2019, Wells released her debut single “Lesson Learned.” In early 2020 Wells released her second single “Sugar” producer and engineered by Riley Corbin at the Lawrence Kansas Public Library recording studio. It was only a decade ago, Sam Wells sat in her bedroom learning the Corrine Bailey Ray classic “Put Your Records On”. This was all it took to ignite a lifetime love affair with music. With her smooth and sultry voice and the warm tones of a baritone ukulele, she shares stories of love, loss and everything in between. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sam Wells has lived in Lawrence, but now calls KC home. Sam Wells also contributed to The Black Lives Matter Compilation from French Exit Records that featured tracks from 22 acts from the area, and was released on July 6, 2020. Sam contributed the song, “Dear Black People”. On WMM we featured tracks from: Blackstarkids, Daniel Gum, Crystal Rose, UpKeep, Bream, Heavy Surface, Palace Intrigue, Self Harmony, and Sam Wells. All proceeds donated to One Struggle KC’s Liberation Fund, a Black-led coalition of KC activists seeking to connect the struggles of oppressed communities, locally & globally. French Exit Records launched in 2018, and is an independent music label based out of Kansas City, Missouri founded by Brad Girard. French Exit Records has released albums for No Magic and Raymond, and has organized live events. ]
[Friendly Thieves play at Boulevardia Friday, June 14, at 5:05 on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
10:04 – Intro / Interview with Chris Haghirian
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today on WMM we are serving up music from the 9th annual Boulevardia Festival including: The Roseline, Kemet Coleman, Friendly Thieves, Supermassive Black Holes,Laura Noble, Bears and Company, Flight Attendant, Milky Chance, Kate Cosentino, Good Morning Kevin featuring Mura Masa & Big Freedia, Back Alley Brass Band, Paul Cauthen, Stik Figa, Thundercat, Ultimate Fakebook, and Krystle Warren!
At 11:00 am, Krystle Warren joins us for our second hour. Krystle Warren will perform LIVE from the 90.1 FM Studios. Krystle Warren is one of our most played artists and most frequent guests. Now based in France, Krystle Warren is back in Kansas City to play Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center. Krystle Warren will also play the Percheron Rooftop Series tomorrow night on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM on the rooftop of the Crossroads Hotel.
Joining us for the entire show is our special guest, Chris Haghirian host & Producer of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 PM, on 90.9 The Bridge. Chris worked for The Kansas City Star for over 20 years. Chris studied Journalism / Advertising at The University of Kansas. Chris also studied Photography at Kansas City Art Institute. Chris works for Spray KC. Chris organizes multiple concert series throughout the metro, and music stages for Plaza Art Fair, Innovation Fest, and The Middle of The Map Fest.
Chris Haghirian joins us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages, with nearly 50 Brewing Companies, dozens and dozens of Restaurants & Food Trucks, Multiple merchants in the Makers Market, plus a Skating Party, The Silent Disco, and various VIP Experiences.
Boulevardia has become one of the city’s largest showcases of local music with over 60 local performers included in this year’s lineup. Musical performances cross over genres and showcase the rich talent KC has to offer. The 2-day street festival is near the intersection of Pershing & Grand Boulevard, encompassing Crown Center & Washington Square Park. The event features a craft beer & food sampling experience & music, all in a unique urban setting. More info at: http://www.boulevardia.com
ELEVATE STAGE 5:00pm – Bobby Watson 6:15pm – Laura Noble 7:30pm – Jass 8:45pm – Bears and Company 10:00pm – Ha Ha Tonka
PROPAGANDA3 PARK STAGE 4:20pm – Dames of The Dead 5:30pm – Infinity 6:40pm – WEDA Skirts 7:50pm – Flat Susan 9:00pm – The Roseline 10:10pm – Starhaven Rounders
MONSTER ENERGY SILENT DISCO 5:00pm – Zimmerman 5:00pm – Sana 5:00pm – DJ EJ 7:00pm – Twinnflame 7:00pm – Dewey 7:00pm – SHEPPA 7:00pm – Jingram 7:00pm – DJ ON10 9:00pm – DJ P (Daniel James Phillips) 9:00pm – Dom Chronicles 9:00pm – DJ Joe & Ice Kole
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Laura Noble – “Touch The Sky” from: “Touch The Sky” – Single / Noble Nation Records / March 22, 2020 [Kansas City based Dominican Republic singer Laura Noble has had the opportunity to perform cover and original songs in major cities including Queens & Manhattan, NY, Minneapolis, MN, Denver, CO, Fort Myers, FL, Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD and others. She’s been performing with live bands for 10+ years at festivals, high budget weddings, and corporate events. She has done the National Anthem and God Bless America at major sporting games and events like the KC Royals, Sporting KC and MMA fight tournaments..]
[Laura Noble plays Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, at 6:15 PM on Elevate Stage]
Bears And Company – “After The Quake” from: South of The Mountain / Bears and Company / April 28, 2013 [Bears and Company were formed in June 2011. Bears and Company is a progressive/indie rock band out of Kansas City, Missouri. Each member comes from different musical backgrounds and collectively they craft a unique taste for those with open mouths. They are a band that share a story worth listening to, and paint a constant raging tone to illustrate such. This quintuplet is a band that gets in your face and will have you screaming every word in company. They create sound for honest connection, and work restlessly to break any and all resistance. The Bears started when songwriters, Alexander McClain (Guitar/Vocals) and Logan Tyler (Vocals/Bass) got together in the winter of their first and last year of college and began working on the songs and ideas of Bears and Company. Not long after McClain’s long time friend and past bandmate, Allan Latini (Drums) joined the band out of great desire to be a part of a hard hitting project. As a Trio the band played multiple shows, wrote, and recorded an unreleased E.P. and in time decided that it was time to step up their song direction and guitar section. Zach Knoll (Guitar) became the missing piece of the puzzle after a couple sessions. Charisma came completely natural for the four piece and things took off immediately. They began writing their debut full length record, South of the Mountain, in the fall of 2011 and returned to the studio to record with producer Aaron Crawford (The Beautiful Bodies, We Are Voices, Flee the Seen, Now Now Sleepyhead) in the fall of 2012.]
[BEARS AND COMPANY play Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, at 8:45 PM on Elevate Stage]
The Roseline – “Aloneness” from: Keystone of the Heart / RPH Records / February 2, 2024 [Keystone of the Heart is the eighth album from the Lawrence, Kansas based band. The Roseline features: Colin Halliburton on lead vocals, Bradley McKellip on guitar, Heidi Gluck on Keyboards & backing vocals, Colin Jones on bass, Jim Piller on drums, and Chase Horseman on Mellotron. Engineered, produced, and mixed by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios in Kansas City, KS Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL. // Keystone of the Heart, is arguably their most distilled, elegant, and emotionally resonant album of their career. Halliburton describes it as “a protest record which protests the dissolution of a marriage, the slog of existence in late stage capitalism, and grotesque hatred and violence.” While this certainly sounds clunky and heavy-handed, Halliburton knows when to inject some levity and humor. Songs which appear dour and grim in the early verses always seem to find some hope and light by their end. Keystone of the Heart offers pure aural aloe for troubled times. // The Roseline played an Album Release Show at The Bottleneck con February 2, 2024 with Suzannah Johannes and Empty Moon. The band will be traveling back to Scandinavia in March.// The Roseline’s 7th album CONSTANCY was released November 5, 2021, was #1 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2021. // The Roseline are a Lawrence, KS, based alt-country, Americana, rock band, formed by Colin Halliburton with friends in 2005. The Roseline released their 6th album GOOD / GRIEF on April 3, 2020. The Roseline released BLOOD on September 29, 2017; and TOWNIE on June 19, 2015. The band has toured the US and parts of Europe. Halliburton has completed two European solo tours thus far, taking him through Poland, Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands. // . The Roseline founder and principal songwriter, Colin Halliburton, began the project as an acoustic folk trio. It has since evolved into the five-piece heartland rock band of its current form. // Kind foreign press and high charting on the Euro Americana Chart (“Lust for Luster,” “Blood,” “GOOD/GRIEF” and “Constancy” all charted in the top 10) led to a deal in the Benelux with Dutch label King Forward Records. The band also released “Vast as Sky” in 2012 with the Bay Area label Ninth Street Opus (home to Sarah Lee Guthrie and Carrie Rodriguez). Aside from those, the project has largely been a truly DIY, independent venture. // The Roseline has had the good fortune of landing placements in indie movies and major network television shows such as ABC’s “Nashville” and “Resurrection,” as well as USA’s “Queen of the South,” Netflix’s “Virgin River” and MTV’s “Teen Mom.” The band’s work has been featured on NPR, “Pop Matters,” “American Songwriter,” “The Bluegrass Situation” and “No Depression,” among others. Colin Halliburton joined us on WMM on March 25, 2020. More info at: https://roselinemusic.com/%5D
[The Roseline play Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, at 9:00 PM on Propaganda 3 Park Stage.]
Flight Attendant – “Therapy Couch (Radio Edit)” from: “Therapy Couch (Radio Edit)” / Flight Attendant / June 23, 2023 [“Flight Attendant delivers an experience,” – Rolling Stone Magazine. Flight Attendant belongs to that breed of rock bands made in Nashville, USA; where their sound is nothing less than a sonic unicorn. Blending sounds of grunge with power-pop hooks, viola and light synth textures, they have begun to create a hypnotic sound and energy all of their own. Glide Magazine says that Lead Singer Karalyne, “Commands your attention like Freddie Mercury working the crowd in an arena.” Flight Attendant band has been compared to Haim and Fleetwood Mac, or as TurnuptheVolume puts it, “Think Warpaint having a dance with Best Coast,” – This “Nashville based eclectic-indie band….is ready for take off”, Velvet Thunder]
[Flight Attendant play Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, at 9:30 PM on Holladay Hill Stage.]
. Milky Chance – “Living in a Haze (feat. The Beaches) (clean edit)” from: “Living in a Haze (feat. The Beaches)”- Single / Muggelig Records GnbH / Mar. 29, 2024 [They won’t tell you this, but Milky Chance — the unassuming German duo of childhood friends Clemens Rehbein and Phillipp Dausch — are one of the biggest bands in the world. As they get ready to share the idiosyncratic and inventive pop songs that populate their new album Living In A Haze, they proudly boast over 10 million monthly Spotify listeners, an enviable touring resume (including festivals like Coachella, Reading & Leeds, and Lollapalooza), an upcoming schedule of 2023 dates that represent their biggest headline shows of their career, and a global audience stretching from the US and Mexico to the EU, Australia, and beyond. Over the course of their decade-plus as a band, they’ve proven themselves to be an elusive entity: the rare organism that has evolved to survive and thrive in an increasingly precarious music industry. In an era where there’s no shortage of hucksters offering shaky advice to burgeoning musicians, Milky Chance are resistant to offering any kind of careerist insight on longevity. Instead, Rehbein offers a more straightforward philosophical suggestion: “The best thing we ever did for ourselves, artistically, was maintain a real sense of naivety. Maybe it’s because we met so young but playing music together feels just like that: Playing. Whatever we’re doing, we try to let a childlike intuition, serendipity, and sense of discovery lead the way.” Right as the band started, their runaway hit “Stolen Dance” — which just surpassed over 1 billion streams on Spotify — gifted Rehbein and Dausch with a platform far beyond what the duo could have imagined when they first recorded the track on a minimal home setup. But that kind of success breeds pressure from all sorts of stakeholders to recreate a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Not that Milky Chance let that get to them. “While we were vaguely aware that there were expectations to follow-up the success of that first album,” says Dausch, “we were largely able to ignore it. Probably because we were so young and things like playing festivals or going into the studio were still so new and exciting. Most of the other noise passed us by.” While they’re justifiably proud of their studio work following “Stolen Dance” — their 2014 debut Sadnecessary broke them as a global streaming and touring act, while 2017’s Blossom and 2019’s Mind The Moon found them building outwards from an established identity and taking advantage of new resources to collaborate with heroes like Jack Johnson and Ladysmith Black Mambazo — their recent decision to go independent has given Milky Chance a new lease on life. They’ve been able to experiment with their release approach, sharing two versions of their travel-inspired Trip Tapes, official collections of remixes, demos, and covers that originally featured as part of the soundtrack to their viral Road Tripping Radio series. They’ve also been able to further promote ecological sustainability, whether through their Milky Change initiative, which plants trees to offset the carbon footprint of touring, or through implementing more sustainable practices into how they source their merch. However, their new sense of freedom is best exemplified by the freewheeling exploratory verve that runs through Living In A Haze. For some acts, being unleashed artistically might mean endless run-times, dense noise collages, or a more hostile approach to their audience. But Milky Chance’s version of experimentalism is writing the tightest, most groove-forward pop song imaginable — and then going back and distorting each sound into its wildest, most unrecognizable iteration. Take album opener and lead single “Living In A Haze,” an economical haymaker of a track: Its “don’t bore us get to the chorus” structure unfolds with an enigmatic but intuitive logic, going from elegiac triplet guitar figure to a tight, post-Strokes rhythmic feel that provides the ideal musical metaphor to accompany Rehbein’s dreamy delivery. “I wish I was a disco boy,” he sings as the song’s tension finally uncoils with a percussive momentum that beckons listeners to join in. “I should be dancing the pain away.” Milky Chance have gotten so good at recording breezy off-kilter pop songs that, like two basketball players dramatically upping the stakes in a game of HORSE, they are now challenging themselves to do it in as bizarre a way as possible. On Living In A Haze, it sounds better than anything they’ve ever done. Operating from an eclectic moodboard of influences — which, in brief, includes: reggae-pop alchemists like Bob Marley, The Police, and Sublime; a vast array of global pop icons including Burna Boy, Stromae, and Rosalía; the emotive deep house of Fred again…; and the moody, neon-streaked Euphoria soundtrack — Milky Chance pack every song on Living In A Haze with delectable noises and the freight train hooks that have become their signature. Afrobeat rhythms power both “Flicker In The Dark” and “Feeling For You” — on the first providing a canvas on which to liberally splatter earthy acoustic textures and a cartoonishly colorful guitar solo, on the second lending a swiveling counterpoint to Rehbein’s narcotized vocal. The impish and irresistible “Colorado” — which makes a reprise here after a 2021 single release — is a labyrinth of twisting guitar riffs, echoing vocal ad-libs, and funhouse synth fanfares that still demands repeat listens. And “Better Off” is 80s pastiche constructed with both reverence and glee, its goth bassline and new wave keyboards showing that Milky Chance learned all the right lessons when they covered The Weeknd and Soft Cell as part of their Trip Tape series. Recorded at Jazzanova Recording Studios in Berlin with an array of collaborators — including production help from DECCO, Jonas Holle, Tobias Kuhn, Dennis Neuer, and guests including Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara and Canadian singer Charlotte Cardin — Living In A Haze ultimately works because it applies the band’s endless musical curiosity to the propulsive logic of the best club music. “In order to really connect with an audience, particularly in a live setting, music needs a sense of physicality and movement,“ says Rehbein. Milky Chance find unique ways to put this edict into practice, whether it’s the seamless synthesis of Laurel Canyon-steeped folk pop and deep house on “Synchronize” or the refreshingly subtle contours of “Like A Clown’s” poolside filter disco. On “History Of Yesterday,” they marry a UKG shuffle with sunny atmospherics and cascades of reverberating piano that culminate in perhaps the band’s breeziest chorus to date. However, all the studio ingenuity in the world doesn’t take you very far if it’s used on a lackluster song. Luckily, Living In The Haze provides an abundance of proof that Milky Chance are dedicated to mastering their songcraft. Want a compact pop gem packed with yearning and melodic sophistication? They’ve got “Purple Tiger” and its delightful call-and-response chorus. What about a singalong-igniting, lighters-aloft love song? They’ve got the undeniable strummer “Favorite Song.” What about something ambitious that points to heretofore unseen artistic avenues for the band’s future? There’s the sparse, delicately unfolding album closer “Frequency Of Love,” whose sub-bass textures and auto-tune choirs end things with an emotional flourish and teases the promise of Milky Chance songs to come. There’s a creative restlessness that permeates Living In A Haze. Milky Chance seem eager to avoid repeating themselves, lest they become stuck in their ways and lose the joyous spark that drew them together as teenaged music students. Over the past decade, that intrepid spirit has served Milky Chance well. Living In A Haze is not the culmination or endpoint of the band’s musical journey, but another chapter in it — one that vibrates with possibility and passion. It’s a thrilling juncture for band and listener alike.
[Milky Chance play Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, at 9:30 PM on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
10:28 – Underwriting
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today on WMM we are serving up music from the 9th annual Boulevardia Festival.
Chris Haghirian joins us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages, with nearly 50 Brewing Companies, dozens and dozens of Restaurants & Food Trucks, Multiple merchants in the Makers Market, plus a Skating Party, The Silent Disco, and various VIP Experiences.
Boulevardia has become one of the city’s largest showcases of local music with over 60 local performers included in this year’s lineup. Musical performances cross over several genres and showcase the rich talent KC has to offer. The two-day urban street festival is near the intersection of Pershing and Grand Boulevard, encompassing Crown Center and Washington Square Park. The event features a craft beer and food sampling experience and music, as well as interactive activities, entertainment, and shopping, all in a unique urban setting. More info at: http://www.boulevardia.com
Chris Haghirian thanks for being with us on WMM
Boulevard – Saturday, June 15
VISIT MISSOURI STAGE 1:05pm – Selekto Show 2:25pm – The Phantatics 3:45pm – Kate Cosentino 5:05pm – Post Sex Nachos 6:25pm – Big Freedia 7:25pm – Sass-A-Brass 8:05pm – Paul Cauthen 9:45pm – Thundercat
ELEVATE STAGE 1:15pm – Tiki Brawlers 2:30pm – Danny Santell 3:45pm – Stranded In The City 5:00pm – Zee Underscore 6:15pm – The Whips 7:30pm – Black Alley Brass Band 8:45pm – Krystle Warren 10:00pm Ultimate Fakebook
PROPAGANDA3 PARK STAGE 2:00pm – Supermassive Black Holes 3:10pm – The Swallowtails 4:20pm – The Cowardly Lions 5:30pm – Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark 6:40pm – Marty Bush 7:50pm – The MGDs 9:00pm – OLE 60 10:10pm – The Burney Sisters
HOLLADAY HILL STAGE 2:00pm – Jamogi 3:15pm – Asia Tsion 4:30pm – IVORY BLUE 5:45pm – Love, Mae C. 7:00pm – Broderick Jones 8:15pm – Stik Figa 8:15pm – Leonard Dstroy 9:30pm – Mary and The Matrix
MONSTER ENERGY SILENT DISCO 1:00pm – BLVDIA Skate Party 3:00pm – SIRQUEEN 3:00pm – Kay Fan 3:00pm – DJ Missy E 3:00pm – DJ Diehard 5:00pm – DJ MOHEAT 5:00pm – TIBERIAS 5:00pm – Yung Maple 7:00pm – DJ EJ 7:00pm – DJ ON10 7:00pm – DJ Dawna 7:00pm – Lana Luxx 9:00pm – DJ Joe & Ice Kole 9:00pm – ASSJAMZ 9:00pm – DJ NE$$
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Supermassive Black Holes – “Wiser” from: Stop Safely Now / Supermassive Black Holes / October 27, 2023 [Recorded, engineered, mixed & mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab. Supermassive Black Holes are: Alexis Barclay on bass guitar & vocals; John Johnson on electric, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, kazoo & vocals; Matt Davis on drums, piano & vocals; and Chad Brothers on electric & acoustic guitar & vocals. Song written by Chad Brothers. Supermassive Black Holes were formed in 2010 during the legendary Monday jam nights at Crosstown Station. Supermassive Black Holes are a genre-bending psychedelic rock band from KC known for their mesmerizing live performances. Fresh off the release of their new album “Stop Safely Now”, these musical stalwarts are eager to share their latest songs and sounds with lovers of psychedelic and progressive rock music. Their unique chemistry, honed over 13 years of collaboration, pushes the boundaries of sonic expression, creating a listening experience that captivates audiences. They’ve been described as a stoner rock lounge act or punk rock jam band. Their musical style is rich with electric guitar, rock-steady bass and powerful drums, and draws comparisons to bands like My Morning Jacket, Ween, Guided by Voices, and The Stone Roses. ]
[Supermassive Black Holes play Boulevardia, Sat, June 15, 2:00 PM on Propaganda 3 Park Stage.]
Kemet Coleman – “Android (feat. FlareThaRebel & Kadesh Flow)” from: “Android (feat. FlareThaRebel & Kadesh Flow)”– Single / Kemet Creative / April 26, 2024 [Kemet Coleman is a Kansas City based musicians and is a member of the Hip-Hop duo COA (Center of Attention) and is the lead singer of the Funk/Rap/Soul band The Phantastics. Kemet is also a core element of The Marcus Lewis Big Band for Brass & Boujee. Kemet is a two time Pitch Music Award nominee for “Best Hip-Hop Act.” Kemet is known for his unprecedented collaborations with UMKC, KC Streetcar and The Kansas City Royals. He is also highly regarded for his impresario role within the Sly James for Mayor Campaign in the 2010-2011 where he created the first ever KC mayoral candidate rap song. A UMKC alumnus, Kemet, created “Gold and Blue” for UMKC’s sports teams, which has garnered thousands of plays on YouTube and has been featured on prime-time television commercials for the university. In 2020 Coleman contributed his song, “The Virus” to the compilation, Kansas City Syzygy, music created by over 25 KC-based musicians in the middle of the map of a pandemic. All proceeds donated to KC Tenants, a local nonprofit organized to ensure that everyone has a safe, accessible, affordable home. Kemet Coleman released, BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL on Aug. 1, 2020. Kenet Coleman released the single “Eyes On The Sr\treet” on May 21, 2021.] [The Phantastics released their single “All That Fine”on May 6, 2022. The Pjhantastics are an 8 member band from KC formed in December of 2010. Kemet the Phantom on lead vocals; Leigh Gibbs on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, DJ Mitchell on saxophone; Ryan Jamaal Davis on Trombone and rap vocals; Austin Quick on keyboards. The Phantastics specialize in genre-blending dance floor activators. In 2015, the music group was crowned “Kansas City’s best party band” by the KC Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz & Soul are all incorporated into their music. “The band that can do it all”, according to I Heart Local Music, has shared the stage with some of music’s most legendary acts including George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. On Oct. 18, 2019 The Phantastics released LIVE AT THE PLAZA ART FAIR. On Aug. 24, 2018 The Phantastics released the EP, LIFE OF THE PARTY. On Dec. 14, 2013 The Phantastics released their debut album THE CLOSER. Info at: http://www.thephantastics.com]
[The Phantastics play Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15, 2:25 PM on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
Kate Cosentino – “Swim” from: “Swim” – Single / Kate Cosentino / February 3, 2024 [One oif six new singles Kate Cosentino has released so far this year. Kare Costentino Well-versed in the art of puns and guitar-shredding, Kate Cosentino’s music is something of jazzy sleekness atop the lyrical precision of witty slam poetry. Whether you saw her rock the stage as a part of Niall Horan’s team for Season 23 of The Voice or saw one of her many goofy social media posts, Cosentino’s fun-loving personality, unique sense of style, and witty songwriting shine through in everything she does everything she does.]
[Kate Cosentino plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15, 3:45 PM on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
Good Morning Kevin – “Wiggle it (feat. Mura Masa & Bid Freedia)” from: “Wiggle it (feat. Mura Masa & Bid Freedia)” / Good Morning Kevin / February 2, 2024 [New Short Form Series ‘Good Morning Kevin’ Launched on Social Media by ex-Pixar Animator, Andrew Gordon and his new company The Other Studio. Created by Pixar veteran Andrew Gordon, he rewrites the social media script with new characters destined for the big screen. Gordon is renowned for animated personalities like Monsters Inc.‘s Mike Wazowski, moving forward with Good Morning Kevin. His latest venture embraces social media with an animated bear that is launched into outer space by Pete Plainer, the CEO of Kadabra and forced to create viral content through interactive missions. // Big Freedia released the album Central City on June 23, 2023. Raised on Josephine Street in uptown New Orleans, Big Freedia, born Freddie Ross, was raised by his mother, a hairdresser, and stepfather, a truck driver for Coca-Cola. When Freddie was 15, the family moved to a more upscale neighborhood in New Orleans. Freddie—along with his brother Adam and sister Crystal Ross—were immersed in music at home by their mother, who often sang along to her Gladys Knight and Patty LaBelle records around the house. But it was the Baptist church choir where a young Freddie flourished. ”My mother made sure I never missed practice,” recalls Freedia. It’s no wonder that by the time he was 18, Freedia moved from member to director of the choir. Big Freedia is known as the Queen of Bounce, at the forefront of the Bounce rap movement (a subgenre of hip-hop born out of New Orleans and known for its call and response style and lightening speed booty-shaking dance). Though gay and proud, Big Freedia asserts that her (Freedia is a he but uses the feminine pronoun for her stage persona) sexuality has little to do with her music and rejects the term Sissy Bounce (the queer brand of Bounce). “All Bounce is Bounce,” he insists. “There’s no need to separate it out. All types of people—gay, straight, rich, poor, black, white come to my shows. People just wanna get out and shake their azzzz and have a good time!” And therein lies the beauty of Big Freedia: She can rock a pair of dangling gold earrings and light up a blunt and chop it up with the hardest rapper around. She’s not a gay artist, but rather an artist who happens to be gay. Big Freedia has gone from a local New Orleans phenomenon to a national one after appearing on the HBO series ‘Treme’ [as herself] and in 2010, she released her debut EP on Scion A/V Presents: Big Freedia, produced by NOLA producer BlaqNmilD. The EP featured notables “Excuse” and “Almost Famous; other fan-favorites include “Gin in my System” “Azz Everwhere” and “Y’all Get Back Now.” Shefollowed that up by releasing “Nah Who Mad” and “Booty Whop,” and she was featured on Spank Rock’s “Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar” LP, on the track “Nasty.” She was also featured on “Peanut Butter” with RuPaul. Freedia made her network television network debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! She appeared on “Last Call with Carson Daly,” FADERTV, PITCHFORK TV and has been lauded in press outlets such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Fader, RollingStone.com, SPIN, OffBeat, Chicago Tribune.]
[Big Freedia plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15, at 6:25 PM on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
Back Alley Brass Band – “Second Line” from: Last Chance To Dance – EP / Back Alley Brass Band / April 19, 2024 [The Back Alley Brass Band released their debut full-length studio album Back Alley Brass Band on March 25, 2022. The Back Alley Brass Band is a Kansas City take on a funky brass band. The 10-piece band is a hard hitting music power house that starts a party wherever they play. Trumpets: Justin Crossman, Tom Lawlor Saxes: Eric Rothmier, Alex Toepfer Bones: Matt Hubbell, Matt Fillingham, Chacko Finn Sousa: Patrick Yeh Drums: Daniel McDill Aux Percussion: Jeremey ReynoldsMore information at: http://www.backalleybrass.com ]
[The Back Alley Brass Band plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 PM on the Elevate Stage.]
Paul Cauthen – “25 Tequilas” from: “25 Tequilas” – Single / Velvet Rose Records / September 15, 2023 [Paul Cauthen is a true force of nature. His ability to captivate audiences with his soulful sound and larger-than-life personality has become lore amongst those that have witnessed it. Also doesn’t hurt to have a generational set of pipes to top it all off. Hailing from East Texas, Cauthen embodies the spirit of the Lone Star State, earning a reputation for doing things his own way. Born into a family of preachers, Cauthen’s upbringing heavily influences his deep-rooted connection to music. With a voice that resonates with raw emotion, he aims to transport listeners, inviting them on a journey through love, heartbreak, and the pursuit of personal freedom. Cauthen’s journey has been one of resilience, perseverance and sheer independence. Turning down major label deals at various points in his career, Cauthen has valued forging his own path and betting on himself over all else. With multiple releases this year including the genre bending Hometeam and raucous Wild Man, Cauthen has continued to explore new sonic territory fearlessly, while unapologetically defying expectations and creating music that resists categorization. As he embarks on the This Road I’m On Tour, his biggest headline tour to date, Cauthen brings his long time live band, the Hot Grease Fire, and a collection of hits and new tracks begging to be played for his hungry audiences. He also brings his trademark dance moves, so make sure you’re ready to get down if you come to a Paul Cauthen show.]
[Paul Cauthen plays Boulevardia Saturday, June 15, at 8:05 on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
Stik Figa – “uknowhut (ft. The Expert & Blu) (radio edit)” from: “uknowhut” – Single / Rucksack Records / April 12, 2023 [ On October 6, 2023 Stik Figa released “Say Dat!” as the lead single from the upcoming project with Leonard Dstroy with songs written by Stik Figa. and produced by Leonard Dstroy. // on August 25, 2023 Stik Figa released the 5-track EP THE FORGOTTEN. // On March 15, 2024 Stik Figa released to 7-track EP, SOIL SONGS.// Stik Figa is rapper from Topeka, KS who cut his teeth on the Kansas City rap scene for close to a decade. Making a name for himself as a charismatic performer and premier lyricist in the region, releasing 9 solo albums and multiple collaborations // Later partnering with notable independent hip-hop label Mello Music Group releasing collaboration with L’Orange, “The City Under the City” and straight forward hip-hop album Central Standard Time. More info at: http://www.stikfiga785.bandcamp.com]
[Stik Figa plays Boulevardia Saturday, June 15, at 8:15 on the Holladay Hill Stage.]
11:00 – Station ID
Krystle Warren – “Born In The Fall” from: A Time to Keep Love Songs EP / Parlour Door Music / August 12, 2011 [Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]
[Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM.]
[Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Sat, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center.]
11:03 – Interview with Krystle Warren (and Chris Haghirian)
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today on WMM we are serving up music from the 9th annual Boulevardia Festival.
Chris Haghirian is with us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center and Washington Square, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages.
Chris Haghirian, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
And we are so excited to welcome back to the show, KC born and internationally known singer songwriter Krystle Warren who is back in KC from her home in France. Krystle is one of our most played artists of all time on the radio show. Krystle is also one of our most frequent guests.
Krystle Warren began performing in her native KC at the age of 16. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy and in 2001 began her musical career collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After moving to New York City in 2003 she started busking on the streets and later formed her regular band, The Faculty. After an independent EP DIARY, recorded late night at Electric Lady Studio, Krystle Warren and The Faculty recorded their debut album CIRCLES. Because Music bought CIRCLES and Krystle was signed to the Paris based music label who sent her a one-way ticket. Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the album CIRCLES in 2009. Their epic sophomore release, LOVE SONGS… followed in 2011, and contained twenty-four songs about love and was recorded in New York City over the span of two weeks, with close to thirty musicians. Around this time, Krystle joined forces with one of her musical idols, Rufus Wainwright, on his world tour as opener and bandmate. Krystle Warren then released her solo album THREE THE HARD WAY, in 2017 where Krystle played every instrument. On May 31, 2019 Krystle Warren & The Faculty released heir single “Rising” written especially for Ava DuVernay’s critically acclaimed television mini series WHEN THEY SEE US. When her band’s full length album was put on hold, Krystle released the 4-song EP THE CREW on September 15, 2020. Krustle released the single “Macca” on May 22, 2023, and the single “La Dolce Vita” on March 1, 2024. Her band The Faculty is getting set to release their album, EXTENDED PLAY.
Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center. Krystle will be sharing glimpses of Extended Play, Krystle Warren & The Faculty’s upcoming album release. More info at: http://www.krystlewarren.com
Krystle Warren, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Joining Krystle is Jean Fabien Dijoud also known as “Jeff.”
Welcome home!
Last Summer, Krystle Warren & Solomon Dorsey headlined the KC Folk Fest 2023 on Saturday, May 20, in Washington Square Park, Kansas City, MO.
Krystle has brought along her friend Jeff from France
Earlier this year Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the 6:16 minute single “LA DOLCE VITA” on March 1, 2024.
Krystle Warren’s song, “Macca” was recorded on the heels of sessions for the band’s upcoming full length album EXTENDED PLAY.
Krystle says that the song, “became equal parts: a love letter to (Paul McCartney) and a note of encouragement to me. Which is a wonderful thing if you think about it.”
Following their double album LOVE SONGS (2012) “Macca” was recorded on the heels of sessions for the band’s upcoming full length album EXTENDED PLAY.”Macca” arrived unexpectedly.
“A Pal contacted me to help work on the music for an advertisement he was piecing together. My job was to find a melody and put words to it, so I set up my mic and started trying out ideas. And then POW! ‘ ‘Hang then upon the moon…’ – it sounded so distinctly Paul. Immediately I worried that the client would accept my buddy’s submission; thankfully, they didn’t.”
The “Paul” Krystle is referring to is Paul McCartney.
“He is such a huge inspiration for me. As a songwriter – my love of melody, the little quirks that come out lyrically – that’s all thanks to him. And singing that chorus — it evoked for me those gorgeous ballads he composed in the 80s – ‘Wanderlust,” ‘Tug of War’…There’s a bit of Wings there as well, I think, with a nod to ‘I’m Carrying.’
“What’s wild to me is that, though I decided. ‘This is for Paul,’ it became equal parts: a love letter to him, and a note of encouragement to me. Which is a wonderful thing when you think about it: Paul’s music so often encourages us to keep going, keep trying, and in using his language (so to speak), unwittingly, he was giving me strength.”
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Krystle Warren (on vocals) & Jean Fabien Dijoud (on guitar) – “Macca” (LIVE) [The single “Macca” was released on May 22, 2023.]
Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM.
Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center.
Krystle Warren, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Also with us Chris Haghirian joins us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages.
Chris Haghirian, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Krystle Warren & The Faculty Discography
Krystle Warren & The Faculty has released the EP “Diary” on May 1, 2007
Krystle Warren released “The Up Series – EP” on November 10, 2008
Krystle Warren releases the 13-song Album CIRCLES on March 13, 2009
Krystle Warren & The Faculty released “A Time To Keep – Love Songs EP”, Aug. 12, 2011
Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the double album 24-song “Love Songs” released on vinyl in Europe on April 9, 2012 as “Love Songs: A Time to Embrace,” and “Love Songs: A Time to Refrain from Embracing. ” And released on separate digital and CD albums in the United States as: “Love Songs: A Time to Embrace,” on March 13, 2012 and “Love Songs: A Time to Refrain from Embracing” on February 27, 2015
Krystle Warren released the album THREE THE HARDWAY on August 18, 2017
Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the single “Rising” on May 31, 2019
Krystle Warren & The Crew released the 4-song EP, THE CREW on September 15, 2020
Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the single “Macca”on May 22, 2023
Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the single “LA DOLCE VITA” on March 1, 2024
From Diary EP to Extended Play A Truncated History of Krystle Warren & The Faculty From http://www.krystalwarren.com written by Phil Anderson:
Krystle Krystle Warren met Solomon Dorsey some weekend at a high school debate competition in KC. After she had trounced Solomon’s debate partner, the two ended up in an open classroom where they began playing music—Krystle had brought her guitar and was practicing chords, and Solomon, then an accomplished violinist, cellist, bassist, and singer likely had some sort of instrument on him, and even if he didn’t he had his voice.
Due to some specific details we’re not going to get into, Krystle was already living on her own; she was eighteen and he was seventeen. But she had a friend who had an apartment near hers, and this friend was having a party. “Wanna go?” she asked Solomon. And, as Solomon puts it, he has seen or spoken to Krystle every single day of his life since.
So when Solomon decided to attend the jazz program at New School in New York, he asked Krystle, “Wanna go?” And a few months after he moved, Krystle showed up. On her first night in the city, Solomon introduced her to Zach Djanikian, a saxophonist he’d become fast friends with at school. They lived in the same dorm, and Zach and Solomon took Krystle to a practice room in the basement and the three of them played musical games. According to Zach, “We’d sing as many melodies as we could over four open strings of the upright bass, plucked successively. ‘Norwegian Wood’ and the theme to Family Matters were a couple favorites.”
This led to busking as a trio, and each of them was hustling for gigs. An Italian restaurant that featured live music gave Krystle a regular night, and she often had Solomon and Zach play with her. Zach’s friend from Philadelphia, Ben Kane, would come to these nights, and he brought Mike Riddleberger.
In Philly, Zach was in a band called The Brakes, and Ben Kane was producing an album for Zach’s band in a windowless apartment that he shared with Riddleberger. Kane and Riddleberger had become friends a year earlier at NYU, bonding over their love of D’Angelo’s album Voodoo. Riddleberger says that even though he saw Krystle perform, he didn’t speak to her until after she saw him play with his band, Quintus. Zach had brought her, and she approached him after the show to play in a band she was starting.
The Faculty was formed with Krystle, Solomon, Zach, Riddleberger, and Dave Moore, a keyboardist from Kansas who was at New School, too. While the four boys had classes and gigs, Krystle floated around New York and made a lot of friends. She busked and wrote songs, and, with the help of her band members and Ben Kane, who had an internship at ElectricLady Studios and was sneaking them in at odd hours, Krystle turned those songs into an EP called DIARY.
And it was a diary. The songs were about her daily experiences in this new place and with these new people. “I’ve Seen Days” has a title that implies a reflection, but it’s about how the world is new to her, how she’s “a frightened child” in a new city. “The New Astrologer” is about a new and exciting love, one that remains a good friend of hers. “A Song For Holly” is a letter to family explaining her new quotidien life (“your big sister / out in New York on some subway / your big sister, out trying to get paid”). And “Central Park” is a document of a night she had in Central Park with Zach and his boyfriend (now husband) Jesse, and how she is coming to embrace this new city, these new people, and this new chapter of her life.
If DIARY, the Faculty’s first recordings, is Krystle’s “Songs of Innocence,” then EXTENDED PLAY, the Faculty’s latest, is Krystle’s “Songs of Experience.”
Diary led to CIRCLES, which Ben Kane co-produced with Voodoo engineer Russell “The Dragon” Elevado. Circles was bought by Because Music in France, and Krystle had her next move. She stayed in France even when her relationship with Because ended because she found Vanessa, and Vanessa was worth staying in France for. But Krystle still recorded LOVE SONGS in New York, a double album that invokes a Blakean duality with its two subtitles, “A Time to Refrain from Embracing” and “A Time You May Embrace.” LOVE SONGS was produced with most of the Faculty (Zach was on tour with Amos Lee) and a slew of guest musicians in Brian Bender’s Brooklyn studio. Bender’s assistant, Jonathan Anderson, would later go on to replace Dave Moore on keys in the Faculty.
The Faculty has always been a tenuous project for everyone involved because of the distance and the schedules. While everyone remains close friends, the band members are spread across the globe. Krystle in France. Riddleberger in NYC and Zach in Woodstock. Solomon and Jonathan in LA. And then they are all working musicians, touring, recording, and collaborating with an impressive list of artists. Musicians like: D’Angelo, Hercules and Love Affair, Donald Fagen and the Nightfliers, Joan As Policewoman, Jose James, Emily King, Janet Jackson, Ron Sexsmith, The Dixie Chicks, Amy Helm, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Rufus Wainwright, Kylie Minogue, Sara Bareilles, Natalie Merchant, Kesha, Bleachers, Emylou Harris, Amos Lee, Lana Del Rey, Broken Social Scene, Teddy Thompson, Lakecia Benjamin, Jenny Lewis, that’s less than the half of it.
So they have been busy, and they have gained a lot of experience since the days of sneaking into ElectricLady late night or playing for meager pay and free wine at an East Village Italian resto. And while DIARY and CIRCLES and LOVE SONGS were recorded with everyone in the same room (THREE THE HARDWAY was just Krystle & Kane together), EXTENDED PLAY was recorded disparately and assembled together by the steady hands and ears of Kane and Krystle. There is distance between the musicians in the recording process, but there is still a close emotional connection that can be heard in these songs.
And Krystle is writing with a close emotional connection to the distant past. The songs that make up Extended Play are songs of experience—the lyrics reflect on a crush from high school, a departed musical hero, and others who live in memory. There is nostalgia in EXTENDED PLAY and a forlornness. These songs are filled with references, musical and otherwise, to those who have inspired Krystle over the years, from Les Mis (specifically the song adopted by ACT UP) to Gregory Djanikian, Zach’s poet father, and Audre Lord.
Krystle describes “When I Look Back,” the last song of Extended Play, as “an apology to my teenage self.” Seventeen years ago she was writing songs about what happened day-of because being young is about immediacy and living in the present tense. Now the songs are about years past because life slows down, and we are allowed the time to “look back.”
But as Krystle sings in “Rising,” “Future lingers while past is present.” She’s writing about the past because we are all our collected histories—or as she puts it in “When I Look Back”: “there’s still something of her that stays.” The future, of course, still lingers, always there waiting for us, for the next move. The album ends with a recording of Audre Lorde’s gravelly voice. She says,
“I’m going on to something else, the shape of which I have no idea. ‘Only thing I know, is it’s going to be quite different. What I leave behind has a life of its own. I’ve said this about poetry… Well in a sense, I’m saying it about the very artifact of who I have been.”
Krystle Warren & The Faculty still have more to come. They have built seventeen years of memories, experiences, recordings, and shows, and with the release of Extended Play, they continue to show a commitment to growing as musicians together, even if apart.
Written by Phil Anderson
Krystle Warren and 90.1 FM KKFI
Krystle Warren has been a LIVE guest on Wednesday MidDay Medley 18 times.
Mark first interviewed Krystle Warren for The Tenth Voice, back 2002. Mark first interviewed Krystle Warren for The Tenth Voice, back 2002. Mark waited several hours, during a winter snow storm, at a huge party, where Krystle played with her band including her longtime friend Solomon Dorsey on bass, in a packed, smoke filled apartment near Community Christian Church across the hall from where Solomon lived, to be given a 2 song demo CD, that contained Krystle’s first recorded music, including a song called “Chanel #5.” Krystle has since gone on to be known all over the world, but still maintains contact with her hometown of Kansas City.
Krystle was on WMM on June 29, 2016 as “Guest Producer” to share inspirations for her new record, THREE THE HARD WAY playing early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from: Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. Krystle’s critically acclaimed album, Three The Hard Way was #1 on WMM’s 117 Best Recordings of 2017. Wednesday MidDay Medley was the first to play tracks from Krystle’s album, before it was released. Krystle came on the show months before the release, to share music that was the inspiration for the recording. Released on Parlour Door Music, on August 18, 2017 and Produced by Krystle Warren and Ben Kane. Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Ben Kane. Written & performed by Krystle Warren. Mixed at The Garden, Brooklyn. Mastered & cut by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk. In 2015 in Krystle Warren premiered new songs from this album at the Middle of the Map Fest in a packed room at Californos in Westport and later at The Polsky Theatre for the Performing Arts Series of Johnsons County Community College. For this record Krystle decided to play every instrument and vocals & back up vocals, “playing bass, drums, lap steel, piano, guitar, and vocals directly to analog tape. She and Ben Kane recorded in Villetaneuse, France, a small town on the outskirts of Paris in a vintage 70s era studio that offered just the right, rich sound to suggest the musical foundation for the record, and to do justice to the duo’s carefully balanced arrangements.” On the Wednesday MidDay Medley radio show in 2016 Krystle shared inspirations for this record, early gospel recordings, that crossed over into Jazz from: Pharoah Sanders, Edwin Hawkins, and The Swan Silvertones. Krystle was on the show on Oct. 16, 2019 with Brad Cox when she was in KC to present LoveSongs with Owen/Cox Dance Group at Oct 19 & 20, 2019 at Polsky Theatre at JCCC.
We talked with Krystle on September 23, 2020 about The Crew EP where Krystle and friends recorded unique versions of four classic songs with the hope of encouraging the rallying cries of the moment: the movement of the people. Warren embarked on the project after her newest album, with her band The Faculty, was stalled due to COVID-19
On May 24, 2023 Krystle Warren was our Guest Producer playing music that inspired the single, “Macca” from Krystle Warren & The Faculty. Krystle will played tracks from Paul McCartney, Chet Atkins, and Stevie Wonder..
11:26
Krystle Warren – “Sunbeams” from: A Time to Keep Love Songs EP / Parlour Door Music / August 12, 2011 [Originally from KC, Krystle learned to play the guitar by listening to Rubber Soul & Revolver from The Beatles. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy in 2001 and began her musical career in collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. After living in San Francisco and NYC, Krystle was signed to a French label, Because Music, and moved to Paris to release “Circles” in 2009. Krystle played French and British television programs, including Later with Jools Holland, garnering critical acclaim and traveling all over the world with Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Norah Jones, and Joan As Police Woman. Krystle created, Parlour Door Music, to release “Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace” a recording from a 13-day session in Brooklyn, where she recorded 24 songs live with 28 musicians including her band, The Faculty, alongside choirs, horn and string sections.]
[Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM.] [Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Sat, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center.]
11:30 – Underwriting
11:32 – Interview with Krystle Warren (and Chris Haghirian)
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today on WMM we are serving up music from the 9th annual Boulevardia Festival.
Chris Haghirian is with us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday & Saturday, June 14, & 15, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages.
Chris Haghirian, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Also with us is Krystle Warren, in KC from France with Jean Fabien Dijoud aka”Jeff.”
Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM.
Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Sat June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage.
Krystle Warren, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Boulevard – Saturday, June 15
VISIT MISSOURI STAGE 1:05pm – Selekto Show 2:25pm – The Phantatics 3:45pm – Kate Cosentino 5:05pm – Post Sex Nachos 6:25pm – Big Freedia 7:25pm – Sass-A-Brass 8:05pm – Paul Cauthen 9:45pm – Thundercat
ELEVATE STAGE 1:15pm – Tiki Brawlers 2:30pm – Danny Santell 3:45pm – Stranded In The City 5:00pm – Zee Underscore 6:15pm – The Whips 7:30pm – Black Alley Brass Band 8:45pm – Krystle Warren 10:00pm Ultimate Fakebook
PROPAGANDA3 PARK STAGE 2:00pm – Supermassive Black Holes 3:10pm – The Swallowtails 4:20pm – The Cowardly Lions 5:30pm – Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark 6:40pm – Marty Bush 7:50pm – The MGDs 9:00pm – OLE 60 10:10pm – The Burney Sisters
HOLLADAY HILL STAGE 2:00pm – Jamogi 3:15pm – Asia Tsion 4:30pm – IVORY BLUE 5:45pm – Love, Mae C. 7:00pm – Broderick Jones 8:15pm – Stik Figa 8:15pm – Leonard Dstroy 9:30pm – Mary and The Matrix
MONSTER ENERGY SILENT DISCO 1:00pm – BLVDIA Skate Party 3:00pm – SIRQUEEN 3:00pm – Kay Fan 3:00pm – DJ Missy E 3:00pm – DJ Diehard 5:00pm – DJ MOHEAT 5:00pm – TIBERIAS 5:00pm – Yung Maple 7:00pm – DJ EJ 7:00pm – DJ ON10 7:00pm – DJ Dawna 7:00pm – Lana Luxx 9:00pm – DJ Joe & Ice Kole 9:00pm – ASSJAMZ 9:00pm – DJ NE$$
11:41
Thundercat – “Them Changes” rom: Drunk / Brainfeeder / February 24, 2017 [Stephen Lee Bruner (born October 19, 1984), better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American musician, singer, record producer, and songwriter from Los Angeles. First coming to prominence as a member of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, he has since released four solo studio albums and is noted for his work with producer Flying Lotus and his appearances on Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. In 2016, Thundercat won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance for his work on the track “These Walls” from To Pimp a Butterfly. In 2020, Thundercat released his fourth studio album, It Is What It Is, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album. // Raised in Compton and other parts of Los Angeles, Bruner was born into a family of musicians, including his father Ronald Bruner Sr., a drummer, and his mother Pam, a flautist and percussionist. His father played drums for The Temptations, The Supremes, and Gladys Knight, amongst others. After Bruner Sr. got sober from cocaine, the children would watch him play gigs at the Crenshaw Christian Center. Bruner attended Locke High School, playing in the school’s jazz band. His teacher, Reggie Andrews, produced and co-wrote the Dazz Band’s 1982 single “Let It Whip” and collaborated with Rick James. Andrews re-introduced Bruner to Kamasi Washington; the two had originally met as children, through their fathers’ membership in a gospel fusion band. The reunited duo would sneak into jazz concerts, driving around in a worn-down 1982 Ford Mustang to do so. They would later get to play the same venues as the performers they watched. They also did sessions with Bruner’s cousin Terrace Martin in Washington’s father’s garage during this time. // Bruner began playing the bass at an early age, listening to bass players such as Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller for inspiration. By the age of 15, he had a minor hit in Germany as a member of the boy band No Curfew. A year later, he joined his brother Ronald Jr. as a member of the Los Angeles crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, replacing former bass player Josh Paul. Bruner’s earliest studio album appearances include playing electric bass on Kamasi Washington’s Live at 5th Street Dick’s and The Proclamation. // Erykah Badu was credited with helping Bruner find his stage presence and identity as Thundercat. Around this time, Bruner would play in live bands for Raphael Saadiq and Snoop Dogg, and both would make quips about his playing style. Bruner credited Flying Lotus with pushing him to start singing and making his own projects. // In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked him as one of the greatest bass players of all time. // In 2004, Bruner collaborated with Kamasi Washington, as well as Cameron Graves and Ronald Jr., under the name The Young Jazz Giants. The group later united with Terrace Martin and five other Los Angeles jazz musicians to form the West Coast Get Down collective, with whom they recorded several albums. // Along with his band duties, Bruner is also a session musician, acclaimed for his work on Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah (2008) and fellow Brainfeeder artist Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma (2010), Until the Quiet Comes (2012), and You’re Dead! (2014). // Bruner was a major contributor to Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed album To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, and has been described as being “at the creative epicenter” of the project. Longtime Thundercat collaborators Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, and Terrace Martin were also major contributors to the album. // Bruner was a frequent collaborator on Mac Miller’s tracks. On August 6, 2018, Bruner played bass during Miller’s Tiny Desk Concert, during which the two played their collaborative track, “What’s the Use?” In 2022, he collaborated with virtual band Gorillaz on their single “Cracker Island”, the first single and title track for their album of the same name. The song was released on April 30, 2022.]
[Thundercat plays this year’s Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 9:45 PM on the Visit Missouri Stage.]
11:44 – More Interview with Krystle Warren (and Chris Haghirian)
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today on WMM we are serving up music from the 9th annual Boulevardia Festival.
Chris Haghirian is with us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center and Washington Square, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages.
Also with us is our friend Krystle Warren, back home in in KC from her home in France with Jean Fabien Dijoud aka Jeff.
Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM.
Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center.
Chris Haghirian and Krystle Warren Jean Fabien Dijoudthank you for being or special guests
For WMM, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
11:53
19. Ultimate Fakebook – “Tell Me What You Want” from: This Will Be Laughing Week / Sony Music / July 18, 2000 [If rock and roll is dead, somebody forgot to tell Ultimate Fakebook. Not rap-metal or dance-pop or alt-country, but rock and roll: that musical vehicle for the uniquely American sense of freedom; that now middle-aged but still transcendent form with the power to bring to life a dream, a personality, even an entire world view in the space of a three-minute song. Bill McShane, Eric Melin, and Nick Colby – the three members of Manhattan, KS trio Ultimate Fakebook – remember when music could lift you up rather than just beat you senseless. They grew up in Middle America as fans of musicians who seemed more or less just like them, not polished products of some distant entertainment factory. In their good-natured and unassuming way, Ultimate Fakebook are on a mission: to bring back the warmth, humor, compassion, and exhilarating energy of great rock and roll.]
[Ultimate Fakebook plays Boulevardia on Saturday, June 15, at 10:00 PM on the Elevate Stage]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
For WMM, I’m Mark Manning. Thanks for listening!
Next week on Wednesday, June 19 we welcome Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons of the Australian duo Minor Gold who talk with us Live about their show Wednesday Night, June 19, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO as part of The Waldo Folk series. // Also next week journalist, club promoter and punk rock band member Aaron Rhodes joins us to share details about his new band and about what is going on at Farewell KC and Howdy, two East KC clubs Aaron helps keep going. // Nicolette Paige joins us to talk about her cooperative Farm, // and Scott Hrabko is back with more music for his new EP series..
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Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
Wednesday MidDay Medley Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
WMM Serves Music of Boulevardia + Chris Haghirian + Krystle Warren
WMM spins music of the bands and artists from the 9th annual Boulevardia Beer & Music Festival including: The Roseline, Kemet Coleman, Friendly Thieves, Supermassive Black Holes,Laura Noble, Bears and Company, Flight Attendant, Milky Chance, Kate Cosentino, Good Morning Kevin featuring Mura Masa & Big Freedia, Back Alley Brass Band, Paul Cauthen, Stik Figa, Thundercat, Ultimate Fakebook, and Krystle Warren!
Chris Haghirian joins us to share details about Boulevardia, Friday, June 14, & Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, with over 70 national, regional & local acts, 23 DJs, 5 music stages, with nearly 50 Brewing Companies, dozens and dozens of Restaurants & Food Trucks, Multiple merchants in the Makers Market, plus a Skating Party, The Silent Disco, and various VIP Experiences. Boulevardia has become one of the city’s largest showcases of local music with over 60 local performers included in this year’s lineup. Musical performances cross over several genres and showcase the rich talent KC has to offer. The two-day urban street festival is near the intersection of Pershing and Grand Boulevard, encompassing Crown Center and Washington Square Park. The event features a craft beer and food sampling experience and music, as well as interactive activities, entertainment, and shopping, all in a unique urban setting. http://www.boulevardia.com
Chris Haghirian is host & Producer of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 PM, on 90.9 The Bridge. Chris worked for The Kansas City Star for over 20 years. Chris studied Journalism / Advertising at The University of Kansas. Chris also studied Photography at Kansas City Art Institute. Chris works for Spray KC. Chris organizes multiple concert series throughout the metro, and music stages for The Plaza Art Fair, The Innovation Fest, and The Middle of The Map Fest.
At 11:00 am, Krystle Warren joins us for our second hour. Krystle Warren will perform LIVE from the 90.1 FM Studios. Krystle Warren is one of our most played artists and most frequent guests. Now based in France, Krystle Warren began performing in her native KC at the age of 16. Krystle graduated from Paseo Arts Academy and in 2001 and began her musical career collaborating with area jazz and pop musicians. Krystle Warren & The Faculty released the album CIRCLES in 2009. Their epic sophomore release, LOVE SONGS… followed in 2011, and contained twenty-four songs about love and was recorded in New York City over the span of two weeks, with close to thirty musicians. Around this time, Krystle joined forces with one of her musical idols, Rufus Wainwright, on his world tour as opener and bandmate. Krystle Warren released her solo album THREE THE HARD WAY, in 2017 where Krystle played every instrument. Krystle Warren plays Percheron Rooftop Series on Thursday, Jun 13, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Krystle Warren plays Boulevardia, Saturday, June 15 at 8:45pm on the Elevate Stage, at Crown Center. Krystle will be sharing glimpses of Extended Play, Krystle Warren & The Faculty’s upcoming album release. More info at: http://www.krystlewarren.com
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Betse & Clarke + Danny Santell + The Swallowtails + Erin Keller & Golden Spirit Children’s Choirs
Mark spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Freedom Affair, IVORY BLUE, Lava Dreams, The Swallowtails, Erin Keller & The James Ward Band, Betse Ellis, Betse & Clarke, Clarke Wyatt, Danny Santell, Joni Mitchell, and Charlie Parr.
At 10:10 we talk with Miki P and Rachel Lovelace of The Swallowtails, who released their new EP LUCKY PENNY on February 20, 2024. Formed in 2018, The Swallowtails are a Kansas City based musical duo comprised of musicians Miki P on guitar & vocals and Rachel Lovelace on bassoon & vocals. “Since becoming a duo, it was time for us to reinvent our sound again. The songwriting on this EP is split between Rachel and myself, and this is Rachel’s debut release as a writer and singer. We spent all of January 2024 finishing the arrangements, recording and mixing the mini-record. It was a much needed release of energy for both of us, and we are definitely looking forward to adding these songs into our live sets and performing new material.” The Swallowtails play Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 24, at 6:30 PM at Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK in Strawberry Hill with Grady Philip Drugg, and Dalima Kapten. The Swallowtails play Boulevardia, on Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Boulevard, KCMO. The Swallowtails play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming Street, KCMO on Saturday, June 29 at 7:00pm with West End Junction, and Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark. More info at: http://www.mikipmusic.com
At 10:30 we talk with Erin Keller who has performed in the Grammy Award–winning KC Chorale for 16 years, KC Civic Opera, New Ear, OwenCox Dance Group, all the while doing solo & collaborative projects with top musicians. Seven years ago, Erin was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. She has been on chemo since her diagnosis, constantly fighting all the symptoms that come with being on chemo. On January 26, 2024 Erin released her new recording, SONGS FOR TIMES LIKE THESE, with the James Ward Band. Recently Erin Keller announced the creation of a new nonprofit, Golden Spirit Children’s Choirs, a new after-school program for children in KCMO Public Schools that focuses on social emotional, music, and poetry learning objectives. You can learn more at: http://www.goldenspiritsings.org. Erin Keller presents The Golden Spirit Fundraising Event, a performance of critically acclaimed Joni Mitchell album “Mingus,” with Patrick Ketter on saxophone, Angela Ward on keyboards, Adam Schlozman on guitar, Matt Leifer on drums, and Forest Stewart on bass, on Saturday, May 25, at 7:00pm, at Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 West 47th, St., KCMO. Info at: http://www.eventbrite.com/…/golden-spirit-fundraising…
At 11:00 Mark welcomes Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt. This duo has its roots in Ozark old time music, honoring traditional songs and tunes that resonate with human experience. However, if you ever saw or listened to The Wilders, then you know that Betse is also a force to be reckoned with, stomping her boots and pushing her fiddle beyond old country into the realms of punk, honky tonk, and beyond. Her singing has power, from hollering to pathos as called for by the song. Clarke meets her out there in the void, beyond musical boundaries and categories with a background in jazz piano, guitar, bass, drums, and banjo. It’s rare to find a duo that you can take with you to meet your grandmother Sunday morning at church after staying up all night with them Saturday night getting rowdy on the other side of town. Betse Ellis and Clarke fit that bill. A new chapter in their musical exploration is emerging, featuring Clarke on electric guitar, and Betse taking the fiddle to new sonic scenes. More emphasis on original material and improvisational routes invites you to come along on a new adventure. Betse & Clarke play recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on Saturday, May 25 at 7:00 pm opening for Charlie Parr. More info at: http://www.betseandclarke.com
At 11:30 Mark talks with Danny Santell, musician, songwriter & record producer based in Kansas City. Originally from The Bronx NYC now living on The Paseo, Danny Santell began his introduction into the music industry at the age of 19, signing to Universal Records (A&M Octone Records.) He has toured across the US and Canada with the likes of Paramore, Switchfoot, Linkin Park, & shared festival stages with Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder with his band Paper Tongues. His most recent project DON’T SEND ME FLOWERS was released February 1, 2024 and blends Latin fusion hip-hop beats with rock ‘n’ roll guitars, and that sweet KC soulful speakeasy vibe that you’ll only find at 4:00 am on 18th & Vine. Danny and partner, Unlimited C, will perform LIVE on our 90.1 FM Studios. Danny Santell plays Minibar, Friday, May 24 at 8:00 pm with Lava Dreams, Malek Azrael & The Vibes. Danny Santell plays Boulevardia, on Saturday, June 15, at Crown Center, 2396 Grand Blvd, KCMO. More info at: http://www.boulevardia.com
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Arson Class & Too Much Rock Single Series + Scott Hrabko + RxGhost
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
ASPN – “In This Dream” from: In This Dream / ASPN / April 2, 2024 [Producer: Logan Murphy. ASPN is a 4-piece indie-pop band from Kansas City, blending modern production with indie songwriting. Abigail Wallnerㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ on lead vocals, Mario Perales on guitars, Jacob Schneider on drums, Nick Nolte on bass. // ASPN’s journey began in 2020 when they formed as a cover band in Kansas City, Missouri. However, their desire for originality and a deeper connection with their audience drove them to fully embrace writing their own music in 2021. It was during this year that they released their debut song, “Airport.”Hastily recorded in a day (and in a basement), the single showed off the band’s talent for the dramatic – combining an emotional vocal performance with dynamic instrumentation. Not forgetting their commitment to connect with an audience, they also hosted their own live-stream to promote the single. They crafted the lighting, set design, and venue to ensure the best experience for their audience. On top of that, they made it a costume party. // Initially content with their release, ASPN recognized their need for a more polished and contemporary sound. They aimed to blend the indie elements of their previous single with the dramatic punch of modern production. Over the course of a year, they worked on defining their signature sound. In August 2022, they found that sound with “Again.” This signature sound was brimming with an expansive sense of scale and vibrancy. Coupled with an emotionally invigorating vocal performance, Again demonstrated ASPN’s ability to produce catchy indie-pop tunes. // “Again” marked the true beginning of ASPN, in more ways than one. Beyond its melodic statement, the release also coincided with a cross-country relocation for Mario for the foreseeable future. Despite being a breaking point for many bands, ASPN defied the odds, continued on, and embraced their status as being a band that literally spanned across the country. Despite the distance, they continued practicing online while still delivering the same energetic live shows with just three members (though Mario does come back on ocassion to help put on a good show). Instead of slowing down, they sped up. // In 2023, ASPN managed to write enough songs to fill up an entire album by year’s end. They previewed this debut album with the release of Raindrops (Hit Rewind). The year also marked their return to the live stage, allowing them to once again to connect intimately with their audience. // Abigail Wallner is the literal heart and soul of ASPN, Abby’s infectious energy on stage comes from her background in musical theatre. Her flair for the dramatics shines through in both her emotional lyrics and irresistible melodies. Mario Perales remains a driving force behind the band’s musical evolution, despite residing in a distant part of the country. Through his unique chord progressions and melodic solos, his impact is palpable both on and off the stage. Jacob Schneider the man of legends, our tech guru, and the Craigslist discovery – Jacob. With his electrifying drumming, he infuses the band with the blistering energy it needs, while also orchestrating our unforgettable live shows. Nick Nolte is the quintessential bassist – effortlessly cool and versatile. When not sharing spider facts, Nick’s killer bass lines and infectious grooves steal the show. Ever embracing the band’s musical growth, Nick stands as ASPN’s unwavering anchor. More info at: http://www.aspn.band]
[ASPN play The RINO, 314 Armour Rd. NKC on Thursday, April 25, at 7:00pm with Joey Crofoot.]
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Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio. I’m Mark Manning. Today, we spins more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Arson Class, RxGhost, IVORY BLUE, The Creepy Jingles, Scott Hrabko, Jo MacKenzie, Eddie Moore, Kim Gordon, Paramore, Brittany Howard, Benny Bleu, and Gloria Jones. We started with ASPN.
At 10:30 At 10:30 Chris Kinsley of Arson Class and Sid Sowder of Too Much Rock join us to share the radio broadcast premiere of the 11th installment of the vinyl singles series, featuring the band’s “Junior” and the B-Side a cover of John Cougar’s 1976 “American Dream”. Arson Class plays a Single Release show at Sister Anne’s Records and Coffee on Friday, May 3, 2024. For more info http://www.toomuchrock.com.
At 11:00 At 11:00 members of RxGhost:Josh Thomas, James Capps, and Jeremiah James Gonzales share music from their new 13-track album, Scaffolding. RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, on Friday, April 26, at 9:00am, with Enemy Airships, and Still Ill. More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com
At 11:30 At 11:30 Scott Hrabko shares music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags. Volume II,” released on April 19, 2024. It’s a multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com
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Benny Bleu – “Say Darling Say” from: Banjo Jubilations / Benjamin Haravitch/ June 7, 2024 [Benny writes: “I am one of the lucky ones. My mom sang this lullaby to me when I was little. Recast in my voice as a newlywed, I chose to adapt the lyrics to sound less commercialistic. gCGCD in the study.” // Recorded live in Ithaca NY on February 5 and 6, 2024. Benny Bleu on banjos and vocal, and Mike Brown on guitar. All songs are traditional or public domain except “Salt Spring” is by John Reischman, copyright Badger Blue Music. Recorded by Benny Bleu Haravitch. Album cover, banjo mandala by Evan Schapp at 1808 Tattoo in Naples NY. Ben Bleu is a folk musician from the Finger Lakes of New York offering sounds to help navigate the demands of modern life. More info at: http://www.bennybleu.com]
[Benny Bleu plays the Kansas City Waldo Folk Music Showcase, TONIGHT Wednesday, April 24, at 7:00pm at Waldo Pizza Tap Room, 7433 Broadway Street, KCMO in Waldo.]
Kim Gordon– “Trophies (Album Version)” from: The Collective / Kim Gordon – Matador Records / March 8, 2024 [Kim Gordon is an artist, musician, producer, fashion designer, writer, and actress. She is a founding member of the experimental post-punk band Sonic Youth. Following the breakup of Sonic Youth, Gordon formed the group Body/Head. A collection of her early critical art writing entitled Is It My Body? was released by Sternberg Press in January 2014. // From kimgordon.bandcamp.com: Legendary musician and multi-disciplinary artist Kim Gordon returns with her second solo album, The Collective, which will be released March 8th on Matador. Recorded in her native Los Angeles, The Collective follows Gordon’s 2019 full-length debut No Home Record and continues her collaboration with producer Justin Raisen (Lil Yachty, John Cale, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Charli XCX, Yves Tumor), with additional production from Anthony Paul Lopez. The album advances their joint world building, with Raisin’s damaged, blown out dub and trap constructions playing the foil to Gordon’s intuitive word collages and hooky mantras, which conjure communication, commercial sublimation and sensory overload. // “On this record, I wanted to express the absolute craziness I feel around me right now,” says Gordon. “This is a moment when nobody really knows what truth is, when facts don’t necessarily sway people, when everyone has their own side, creating a general sense of paranoia. To soothe, to dream, escape with drugs, TV shows, shopping, the internet, everything is easy, smooth, convenient, branded. It made me want to disrupt, to follow something unknown, maybe even to fail.” // More info at: http://www.bodyheadmusic.com]
Eddie Moore – “Out of The Woods” from: Aperture (Live Piano Works) / Eddie Moore Music / March 5, 2024 [All songs written by Eddie Moore. Recorded by Eddie Moore and Jaylen Ward. Mixed by Eddie Moore. Mastered by Crayge Lindesay. Album art by Jeremy Ian Thomas. This project presents snapshots into the life of Eddie Moore. The fun times riding bikes, getting lost in the woods, and spending time with loved ones. As a special solo sharing, it only felt right to capture the velvet soothing energy live on stage at Corvino’s, where experimentation and vulnerability are encouraged. // Special thanks to the Corvinos and the staff for letting me sneak in during the “off hours” and post up for a few hours in a blizzard. // When you speak to Eddie Moore you find an ocean of calm, and when you listen to Eddie Moore you find the depth of that ocean. Moore reaches from the soul with every note, in a deep way, with a tension just below the surface. His yearning for exploration and curiosity in music contribute to an ebb and flow freedom of expression. // On April 20, 2023 Eddie Moore released the single “Tuunami” Recorded & produced at Moore’s Tribe Studios, this song features Jaylen Ward on drums. Mixed & mastered by veteran KC savant Crayge Lindesay. // Eddie Moore released his critically acclaimed album INTUITION on October 28, 2022. Written & Produced by Eddie Moore. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Featuring Tim Ogutu on guitar. Mix & Mastered by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. Album Art by Brandon Wilson. // Eddie Moore released the single, “Love Song” (with Joel Castillo and Bree Cummings) on October 22, 2021. // Eddie Moore released “We Chillin’” on April 9, 2021. // Eddie Moore’s band We The People released their album MISUNDERSTOOD on September 25, 2020. // Eddie Moore is the recipient of the 2016 Charlotte Street Generative Performance Award for his genre bending collaborations. Raised in Houston Texas, he began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he later earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. Eddie relocated to Kansas City to study under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he received a M.A in Jazz Studies. 2017’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Artist in Residence” in collaboration with Rashid Johnson. In 2018 his work with The Outer Circle was nominated for an Indie Music Award for “007”. His music has been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s “Queer Eye”, and Morgan Cooper’s short film “Room Tone”. Moore’ has shared the stage and recordings with Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mosdef, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Matt Otto, Brandon Draper, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, Various Blonde, Dominique Sanders, 77 Jefferson, and the Marcus Lewis Big Band. We The People released the single, “Single Double” on June 10, 2021. Written & Produced By Eddie Moore with Moore on keyboards, key bass, & programming; Zach Morrow on drums; and Jason Emmond on bass. Recorded at Tribe Studios. Mixed by Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios. Eddie Moore joined WMM on Sept. 23, 2020 and Nov. 23, 2022. More info at http://www.eddiemooremusic.com
Ivory Blue – “Batter Up” from: “Batter Up” – Single / IVORY BLUE / April 22, 2024 [ IVORY BLUE released the single “Flashback” on March 15, 2023 // IVORY BLUE released the single “Howl” on February 16, 2024. // IVORY BLUE released their second full length album, STARLIT LOVE CHILD, on November 17, 2023. The 10-track album was in the top five of Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023, and in the “Best of” lists at 90.9 The Bridge and other radio stations around the world. For STARLIT LOVE CHILD, IVORY BLUE served as songwriter, producer, and vocalist. // On October 27, 2023 IVORY BLUE released the sIngle “Ghost of Life.” This single followed IVORY’s previous releases,”In A World Like This” from September 22, 2023, ”The Best of Life” from August 4, 2023 and “Control” from May 26, 2023. IVORY released the single “All Outta Love” on February 24, 2023. IVORY BLUE released their full length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. COMPOUND LOVE was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best recordings of 2022. For COMPOUND LOVE, IVORY BLUE served as songwriter, producer, vocalist and played all instruments with the exception of: Lester Estelle on drums, Klaartje Van Lue on piano, Craig Kew on bass, Lennon Bone on drums, and Marco Pascolini on pedal steel guitar. Nick Poortman served in mixing, with Kurt Festge who also served in mixing & Mastering. IVORY BLUE’s debut EP, Ready Get Set was released in June 2015. While the EP helped spread the word and give IVORY BLUE attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 artists/bands that competed in neXt2Rock. Ivory won local & regional challenges and advanced to nationals in Los Angeles to win the top prize. // IVORY BLUE has played Crossroads Music Festival, The Middle of the Map Festival, The Westport Roots Festival, the KCPT Screening of “Real Boy” at The Kansas City Public Library, and Kauffman Stadium. // Ivory Blue was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. Ivory’s birth mother put them up for adoption at the age of four. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied it for so long, Ivory lived with eight different families, before running away at 15. // Ivory has talked with us about how in their life they have turned to music to express pain. Ivory spent most of their childhood looking for a family. In 2010 Klaartje Van Lue saw Ivory performing in a YouTube video and contacted them, flying Ivory to Kansas City, and adopting Ivory into the Van Lue family. During the past 10 years Ivory came out as “Non-Binary Transgender”. // As a multi-instrumentalist, Ivory began refining their performance style, using digital looping pedals to stack harmonies and guitar parts live on stage, giving their solo shows the feel of a full band. In 2011, Ivory settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting an intense regional following for their strong vocals and incisive, deeply personal lyrics. // By 2013, IVORY BLUE was playing regularly in and around Kansas City and the first EP ‘Ready Get Set’ was released. in 2015. IVORY BLUE released the video of “Family Table” directed by Mikal Shapiro, on August 21, 2021 and the audio track was released on September 7, 2021. IVORY BLUE released the single “Good Changes” on Oct 26, 2021. Ivory Blue released the singles: “Heavy,” “Bad Weather,” “It Must Have Been Me,” “Compound Love,” and “The Start” on December 14, 2021. IVORY BLUE released their debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. IVORY BLUE released the single “Red Light” on July 29, 2022. IVORY BLUE released the single “Starlit Love Child” on October 28, 2022. IVORY BLUE released the single “All Outta Love” on February 24, 2023. More info at: https://ivorybluemusic.com%5D [Ivory Blue was our guest on WMM on: March 8, 2023, June 7, 2023, our 1000th show on June 28, 2023, and September 27, 2023.]
Jo MacKenzie – “Newly Fallen Snow” from: “Newly Fallen Snow” – Single / Middle of The Map Music / April 12, 2024 [Just a 20 year old girl who wants to make music forever. Jo Mackenzie released the single “So Much More” on February 14, 2024. // Jo Mackenzie released the 5-track EP RADIANCE, GIRL on July 15, 2022. // Jo Mackenzie released the single “The Cab Ride” on June 17, 2022. // Jo Mackenzie released the single “Radiator” on May 27, 2022. // Before that on March 11, 2022, Jo Mackenzie (producer and songwriter) released the EP, TOURIST. Jo Mackenzie and Dia Jane (singer/songwriter) released the EP, BRAINBABY on September 5, 2021. The two met at an open mic in Kansas City, Missouri, when Jo was in 8th grade and Dia was in 10th grade. Three years later, the two reconnected to started a musical project together that eventually turned into Baby and the Brain, a self-produced indie-pop band. In 2020 Kansas City based singer songwriter, Jo MacKenzie released this year now collected together in a 5 -song EP, written, performed and produced by Jo MacKenzie. Mixed by Harper James. Jo MacKenzie released her Debut EP Proud on November 17, 2018. Along with Proud, Jo Mackenzie released the single “Just Like Rain” on August 18, 2018; “I Should Come with a Warning Sign” on September 28, 2019; and “Alaska” on November 23, 2019 and the single “Suicide Season” on February 1, 2020, and the single “Lose My Face” on April 24, 2020. Info at http://www.jomackenzie.com]
Brittany Howard – “Prove It to You (Radio Edit)” from: What Now / Island Records / February 9, 2024 [Brittany Howard, the 5-time Grammy Award®-winning powerhouse released the single and video of “What Now?” on October 13, 2023 off her forthcoming solo album, WHAT NOW. WHAT NOW is a thriller of a title track offering a taste of what to expect on the full-length. Written & produced by Brittany with co-production from Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, SZA), with whom she has a longstanding creative relationship since Alabama Shakes. Recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium and historic RCA Studio B in Nashville, Brittany’s hometown. The accompanying cinematic & action-packed video was directed by Danilo Parra (known for his work with A$AP Rocky) & produced by Adam Braun (070 Shake, P!NK). //“What Now” takes on a potent urgency fueled by its syncopated grooves, blistering guitar riffs, & fiercely honest lyrics (“I’ve been making plans that don’t include you anymore/My heart wants to stay but I don’t know what for”). “‘What Now’ is maybe the truest & bluest of all the songs,” says Howard. “It’s never my design to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I needed to say what was on my mind without editing myself. I like how it’s a song that makes you want to dance, but at the same time the lyrics are brutal.”// Brittany Howard released the album Jaime on ATO Records on September 20, 2019.]
[Brittany Howard plays The Truman, 601 East Truman Road, KCMO East Crossroads, TONIGHT, April 24, at 8:00pm with June McDoom.]
The Creepy Jingles – “Repeat After Me” from: “Repeat After Me” – Single / High Dive Records / April 19, 2024 [This is the second of several new singles being released by The Creepy Jingles this year. The band released “When Things Go Wrong” on February 23, 2024. The Creepy Jingles are a Kansas City based, rock and roll band that both honors and defies convention. Led by singer / song-writer Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, a transgender wordsmith who charms with razor wit and dazzles with her lyrical acrobatics. The Creepy Jingles released their album, TAKE ME AT MY WORDPLAY on March 25, 2022 through High Dive Records. Paired up with lyrics centering on themes of identity, strained relationships, social media madness, meme magic, pandemic paranoia, paid off political pundits, backyard bullies and barking up the wrong tree. Everything and the kitchen sink or swim. No stoner left unturned. The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019. The release was in the top ten of WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. ] The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019.] [ Jocelyn Olivia Nixon will be our guest on May 1, 2024]
[The Creepy Jingles play Manor Fest 6 Thursday, May 23 at 9:00pm at The RINO, 314 Armour Rd, NKC with MC Rue + Mikey, and Brian Bulger.]
10:29 – Underwriting
10:31 – Interview with Sid Sowder & Chris Kinsley
After a four-year break Too Much Rock is back with the eleventh installment of their acclaimed vinyl singles series. For this edition Too Much Rock features the Kansas City blue collar punk trio, Arson Class. This is the first vinyl release for the band.
Sid Sowder is the founder of the Too Much Rock, a music blog site he created in 1997 to share his photos, videos & comments of live music shows he attends. The Too Much Rock Singles Series is a collection of 45 rpm singles that marry great songs with great bands all for the love of vinyl. Each old-school two-song single features one unique song paired with one cover chosen by Too Much Rock who press 500 limited edition copies and then simply give them to the band. Schwervon!, Rev Gusto, Josh Berwanger Band, The Uncouth, Hipshot Killer, Witch Jail, Red Kate, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Brandon Phillips and The Condition, and in 2020 No Germ Candy have all recorded for the Too Much Rock Single Series. More info at: http://www.toomuchrock.com
Sid Sowder, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Arson Class was formed in 2016 with brothers Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley and Marc Bollinger on bass.The 3-piece rock band released their self titled EP, Arson Class on May 6, 2017. They released the 5-track EP American Machine on May 6, 2018, recorded at Weights & Measures studio in Kansas City. Arson Class released the single “Rock & Roll” on November 21, 2020. The Band released their single “My Girl” on March 5, 2024.
For the Too Much Rock Single Series The A-Side features the band’s own song, “Junior.” The B-Side features a revved-up cover of John Cougar‘s 1976 deep cut “American Dream” chosen by Too Much Rock. The limited-edition 7″ single will be out May 3, 2024 at area record stores, and directly from the band in both black and ultra-limited colored vinyl.
Arson Class plays a Single Release show at Sister Anne’s Records and Coffee on Friday, May 3, 2024.
Arson Class play and, the “Lawrence Rampage” Centennial Park, 600 Rockledge Rd., Lawrence, KS. on Saturday, May 18, 29024 with Iron Guts Kelly, and D-Fibs
Arson Class play miniBar, Broadway, KCMO on Saturday, June 1, 2024 with Red Kate,and The Itch (Joplin)
Chris Kinsley thanks for being with us on Wednesday Midday Medley
The A-Side features the band’s “Junior.” It’s a highly combustible rock & roll number featuring a breakneck rhythm, a driving guitar, and an anthemic gang chorus. The B-Side features a revved-up cover of John Cougar’s 1976 deep cut “American Dream” chosen by Too Much Rock. The song looks back on a gloriously misspent youth, pushes aside the stability of a 9-to-5 future, and aims for that big break.
The limited-edition 7″ single will be available 5/3/24 at area record stores, online retailers, and directly from the band in both black and ultra-limited colored vinyl.
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Arson Class – “Junior” (Vinyl 7″) from: “Junior” Single Side A / Too Much Rock / May 3, 2024 [Arson Class was formed in 2016 with brothers Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley and Marc Bollinger on bass.]
11:43 – More Interview with Sid Sowder and Chris Kinsley
We are talking with Sid Sowder is the founder of the Too Much Rock, a music blog site he created in 1997. The Too Much Rock Singles Series is a collection of 45 rpm singles that marry great songs with great bands all for the love of vinyl. Each old-school two-song single features one unique song paired with one cover chosen by Too Much Rock who press 500 limited edition copies and then simply give them to the band. More info at: http://www.toomuchrock.com
Sid Sowder, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Also with us is the newest band to record a Too Much Rock Single…Arson Class was formed in 2016 with brothers Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley and Marc Bollinger on bass. The Band released their single “My Girl” on March 5, 2024.
Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley thanks for being with us on Wednesday Midday Medley
We just heard the Too Much Rock Single Series The A-Side features the band’s own song, “Junior.”
Arson Class plays a Single Release show at Sister Anne’s Records and Coffee on Friday, May 3, 2024.
Arson Class play and, the “Lawrence Rampage” Centennial Park, 600 Rockledge Rd., Lawrence, KS. on Saturday, May 18, 29024 with Iron Guts Kelly, and D-Fibs
Arson Class play miniBar, Broadway, KCMO on Saturday, June 1, 2024 with Red Kate,and The Itch (Joplin)
The B-Side features a revved-up cover of John Cougar‘s 1976 deep cut “American Dream” chosen by Too Much Rock. The limited-edition 7″ single will be out May 3, 2024 at area record stores, and directly from the band in both black and ultra-limited colored vinyl.
The band plans to celebrate the single’s release with a streaming premiere on The Pitch on 4/19, an interview on Wednesday Midday Medley (KKFI 90.1) on 4/24, and a key play on 90.9 The Bridge’s “Eight One Sixty” on 4/30.
Sid Sowder, Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley thank you for being our guest on WMM
For more information on the single visit http://toomuchrock.com. Too Much Rock can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, X, & Bluesky. Arson Class can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Bandcamp.
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11. Arson Class – “American Dream” from: “American Dream” Single Side B (John Cougar Cover) / Too Much Rock / May 3, 2024 [Arson Class was formed in 2016 with brothers Chris Kinsley and Phil Kinsley and Marc Bollinger on bass.]
[Arson Class plays a Single Release show at Sister Anne’s Records and Coffee on Friday, May 3, 2024.]
[Arson Class play and, the “Lawrence Rampage” Centennial Park, 600 Rockledge Rd., Lawrence, KS. on Saturday, May 18, 29024 with Iron Guts Kelly, and D-Fibs.]
[Arson Class play miniBar, Broadway, KCMO on Sat, June 1, 2024 w/ Red Kate, and The Itch (Joplin).]
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Gloria Jones – “Tainted Love” from: Tainted Love – Single / Universal – UMG / January 1, 1982 [“Tainted Love” is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of American group the Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964. Renowned session musician and virtuoso guitarist Glen Campbell played lead guitar. A version by Impedance reached #14 on the Canadian Dance charts, April 14, 1990. // American artist Gloria Jones made the first recording of “Tainted Love” in 1964, with renowned session guitarist Glen Campbell on lead guitar. The song was written and produced by Ed Cobb and arranged by Lincoln Mayorga. It was the B-side of her 1965 single “My Bad Boy’s Comin’ Home”, which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK. According to Nick Talevski, before Jones recorded the song, Cobb had offered it to the Standells, whom he managed and produced, but they rejected it. The Standells say that the song was never offered to them, and that they were not signed to Cobb’s company Greengrass Productions until 1966, some two years after Jones’s recording. // In 1973, British club DJ Richard Searling purchased a copy of the almost decade-old single while on a trip to the United States. The track’s Motown-influenced sound (featuring a fast tempo, horns, electric rhythm guitar and female backing vocals) fit in perfectly with the music favoured by those involved in the UK’s Northern soul club scene of the early 1970s, and Searling popularised the song at the Northern soul club Va Va’s in Bolton, and later, at Wigan Casino. // Owing to the new-found underground popularity of the song, Jones re-recorded “Tainted Love” in 1976 and released it as a single, but it also failed to chart. This version was released on her album Vixen and was produced by her boyfriend Marc Bolan. // It attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists. // In 2014, NME ranked it number 305 in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.// Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as “The Queen of Northern Soul”.She recorded the 1965 hit song “Tainted Love” and has worked in multiple genres as a Motown songwriter and recording artist, backing vocalist, and as a performer in musicals such as Hair. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan’s glam rock band T. Rex. She and Bolan were also in a committed romantic relationship and had a son together. // Jones first met Marc Bolan of T. Rex in 1969 while performing in Hair (Los Angeles cast). While touring in Europe, Bolan and Jones met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers’ Bob Regehr to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at Winterland in San Francisco. // Soon after joining T. Rex, Jones and Bolan became romantically involved. They had a son, Rolan Bolan (b. September 26, 1975). She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Her rendition of “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” appears as a bonus track on T. Rex’s album Bolan’s Zip Gun. Jones released an album in 1976, called Vixen, which featured several songs written by Bolan, and he also was the producer for the album. // In 1977, Jones worked with the group Gonzalez, producing several of their singles, and also penning the disco hit, “Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet” for the group. She toured the UK with Gonzalez, first on the Bob Marley tour, and then with Osibisa. // She was the driver of the car, a Mini 1275 GT, that struck a tree near Barnes Common, killing Bolan at 4:00am on September 16, 1977, on the way back to Bolan’s Richmond property. They had been returning from an evening at a restaurant in Mayfair where they had both been drinking wine. Jones was found by her brother Richard with her foot trapped beneath the clutch by the engine. Bolan was found unconscious in the passenger seat, which had been dislodged and landed in the rear of the vehicle. Jones was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Bolan was not wearing a seat belt. Jones was conscious after the crash. Bolan, who was a passenger in the car that slammed into the tree, was pronounced dead at the scene on the arrival of paramedics. Jones survived the crash but was critically injured. She sustained a broken jaw in the crash. When she recovered sufficiently to leave hospital, she was informed that Bolan’s fans had looted most of their possessions from their house. She was later scheduled to appear in court in London on charges of being unfit to drive and of driving a car in a dangerous condition. However, she left the UK with her son and returned to the US before the court date so the Coroner’s Court recorded a verdict of accidental death. // Having lost her possessions, Jones moved with her son back to Los Angeles, where they stayed with Jones’s family. // In 1978, she released the album Windstorm, which she dedicated to the memory of Bolan: the back cover reads, “Special dedication in memory of my son’s father, Marc Bolan, whom we miss very much.” Her single “Bring on the Love” was a success on the American R&B chart. // Jones stayed in the music industry for several years after, releasing an album produced by Ed Cobb, titled Reunited in 1981. She also collaborated again with Billy Preston and other Cogic Singers for a 1984 reunion album The Cogic’s. She has since worked as a musical supervisor for films. // On her 1982 album Reunited, she was proclaimed “Northern Queen of Soul”. // In 2010, together with her son Rolan, she established the Marc Bolan School of Music & Film in Makeni, Sierra Leone. / She is featured in the film 20 Feet from Stadium.]
Paramore – “Burning Down The House” from: David Byrne & Paramore – Hard Times/Burning Down The House / Fine Print / 4/20/2024 [This 12″ features a cover of Paramore’s “Hard Times” performed by David Byrne on side A, and a cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” performed by Paramore on side B. This is an extremely limited run of 5000 copies was exclusive for Record Store Day in 2024. // Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. Since 2017, the band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, while York, a high school friend of the original lineup, joined in 2007. Williams is the only member to appear on all six of Paramore’s studio albums. // The band was signed to Fueled by Ramen, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. (Both are owned by Warner Music Group.) Williams was signed to Atlantic separately, as she was scouted when she was a teenager. They were the only label to let her stay in the band instead of going solo, but Atlantic said the rest of the band had to sign to Fueled by Ramen. The group’s debut album, All We Know Is Falling (2005), reached number 30 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart in 2006 and number four on the UK Rock Chart in 2009. // The band’s second album, Riot! (2007) became a mainstream success thanks to the success of the singles “Misery Business”, “Crushcrushcrush”, and “That’s What You Get”. The album was certified Platinum in the US and the band received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Their 2009 follow-up, Brand New Eyes, reached number two on the Billboard 200 and became the band’s second-highest-charting album to date. It produced the top-forty single “The Only Exception” and went platinum in Ireland and the UK. // Following the departure of Zac and Josh Farro in 2010, the band released their self-titled fourth album in 2013. Paramore gave the band their first number one song on the US Billboard 200 and was also the number one album in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. It included the singles “Still Into You” and “Ain’t It Fun”, with the latter winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for Williams and York as songwriters, making it Paramore’s first Grammy win. The band’s lineup changed once again after this album, with bassist Jeremy Davis leaving the band near the end of 2015 and former drummer Zac Farro rejoining the band in 2017. Their fifth and sixth studio albums, After Laughter and This Is Why, were released in May 2017 and February 2023, respectively, to critical acclaim.]
11:00 – Station ID
RxGhost – “Candles” from: Scaffolding / Celery Wolf / April 11, 2024 [RxGhost is: Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass, and Jeremiah James Gonzales. Scaffolding was produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Music by RxGhost and Lyrics by Josh Thomas. More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com]
[RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, Friday, April 26, 9:00am, w/ Enemy Airships, Still Ill.]
11:03 – Interview with RxGhost
We welcome to the show, members of RxGhost: Josh Thomas who contributes vocals & guitar, James Capps on guitar and Jeremiah James Gonzales on guitar. (Also in the band are: Justin Brooks on drums, and Chris Smead on bass). Josh, James, and Jeremiah share music from their new 13-track album, Scaffolding, produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering.
RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, on Friday, April 26, at 9:00am, with Enemy Airships, and Still Ill.
Josh Thomas, James Capps, and Jeremiah James Gonzales thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Congratulations on the new album.
Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass, Jeremiah James Gonzales
Their new 13-track album, Scaffolding, was produced by RxGhost.
Scaffolding was recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering.
Josh Thomas, James Capps, and Jeremiah James Gonzales thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, on Friday, April 26, at 9:00am, with Enemy Airships, and Still Ill.
More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com
Over and Over the Same Things (Lyrics by Josh Thomas)
I’d rather sell all my guitars Being dramatic is an art Can you give me more for free? I’m too busy, making time to explain
Over and over the same things That you never want to learn Over and over the same things But what else am I to do I’ll help you
I’m all out of space for skills Only have time for minor thrills Can you give me more for free? I’m too busy, making time to explain
Over and over the same things That you never want to learn Over and over the same things But what else am I to do I’ll help you
11:12
RxGhost – “Over and Over The Same Things” from: Scaffolding / Celery Wolf / April 11, 2024 [RxGhost is: Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass, and Jeremiah James Gonzales. Scaffolding was produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Music by RxGhost and Lyrics by Josh Thomas. More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com]
[RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, Friday, April 26, 9:00am, w/ Enemy Airships, Still Ill.]
11:15 – More Interview with RxGhost
We are talking with members of RxGhost: Josh Thomas who contributes vocals & guitar, James Capps on guitar and Jeremiah James Gonzales on guitar. (Also in the band are: Justin Brooks on drums, and Chris Smead on bass). Josh, James, and Jeremiah share music from their new 13-track album, Scaffolding, produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering.
Josh Thomas, James Capps, and Jeremiah James Gonzales thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, on Friday, April 26, at 9:00am, with Enemy Airships, and Still Ill.
The bio on your Bandcamp page reads: RxGhost is an online pharmacy based in Kansas City, MO. Free vaccinations available upon request. Ask about coupons, discount programs and payment plans.
Josh Thomas, James Capps, and Jeremiah James Gonzales thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, on Friday, April 26, at 9:00am, with Enemy Airships, and Still Ill.
More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com
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RxGhost – “People Are Animals” from: Scaffolding / Celery Wolf / April 11, 2024 [RxGhost is: Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass, and Jeremiah James Gonzales. Scaffolding was produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Music by RxGhost and Lyrics by Josh Thomas. More info at: rxghost.bandcamp.com]
[RxGhost play The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO, Friday, April 26, 9:00am, w/ Enemy Airships, Still Ill.]
TYLA – “ART” from: TYLA / FAX Records / March 2, 2024 [Tyla Laura Seethal (born 30 January 2002), known mononymously as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Johannesburg, she signed with Epic Records in 2021 after the domestic success of her 2019 debut single, “Getting Late” featuring Kooldrink. // Tyla rose to international fame with the release of her 2023 single “Water”, which entered the top ten in sixteen countries including the United Kingdom and United States. “Water” was the first song by a South African soloist to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 in 55 years and was awarded the inaugural Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance in 2024. The single preceded her self-titled debut album (2024), which was released to critical acclaim and moderate commercial success, entering the top 25 in six countries including the United States. // Tyla is the youngest African artist to win a Grammy Award, and has also earned nominations for a BRIT Award, a Soul Train Music Award, a MOBO Award, and two South African Music Awards. She has been deemed the “queen of popiano”, a fusion of the pop and amapiano genres.// Tyla is the debut studio album by South African singer Tyla. It was released on 22 March 2024 through Fax and Epic Records. Capitalizing on her international breakthrough with its lead single “Water”, the album features guest appearances from Kelvin Momo, Tems, Gunna, Skillibeng, Becky G, and Travis Scott. Sonically, it blends elements of amapiano, pop, afrobeats, and contemporary R&B and includes lyrical themes of empowerment and relationships. // Recording sessions for Tyla took place in seven countries over two and a half years as Epic Records focused on fostering the singer’s formal studio experience. Production and songwriting on the album was spearheaded by the singer and her frequent collaborators Ari PenSmith, Mocha Bands, Believe and Sammy SoSo, whom she deems the “Fantastic Four”. “Water”, “Truth or Dare” and “Art” were released as singles from the album, and the Tyla Tour was announced; however multiple dates were cancelled due to injury. // Upon its release, Tyla was met with critical acclaim, with many critics praising the versatility of music genres featured. The album experienced moderate commercial success internationally, debuting at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and debuting within the top 20 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, and Switzerland. // While at school, she had begun posting original songs and covers to her Instagram account, as well as sending them out to a number of figures in the music industry. She was subsequently discovered by her first manager, Garth von Glehn, who then organized her first recording sessions. Tyla states that she would go into the recording studio every weekend during her final year of high school.]
Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “Wayfaring Muse” from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol II / Scott Hrabko / April 19, 2024 [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP which is the first of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions he did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]
11:34 – Interview with Scott Hrabko
On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. Then, earlier this year, [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP which is the first of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions he did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community.
Now Scott is back to share more music from his new musical project, “Other Cats, Other Bags. Volume II,” released on April 19, 2024l and 4 more songs culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits (his backing band mates) and some new friends from the KC music community, that Scott has been wanting to record with for some time. Each volume features cover art from artists Scott knows and loves who are still going strong. Scott Hrabko is an independent singer-songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town’s late 1980s indie rock scene. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.bandcamp.com and http://www.scotthrabko.com
Scott Hrabko, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Mike Warren for No Depression. Magazine writes: “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.”
Other Cats, Other Bags – Vol II by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits
Wayfaring Muse 04:15
In The Sky 06:03
Everything 05:15
About Time 04:16
Other Cats, Other Bags Vol II – Second in a Multi-Volume project
These recordings grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the KC music community Scott has been wanting to record with for some time.
Volume II collaborators: Jason Beers, Hank Tilbury, David Randall, Chris Hudson
The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists Scott knows and loves.
released April 19, 2024
Jason Beers: Bass Guitar (1-3), Keyboards (3) Dave Randall: Piano (1-2) Hank Tilbury: Bongos, Talkative Shakers, Spatulas, Water Bowl, Tomato Can (1-2) Chris Hudson: Nylon String Guitar (1-2) Spectral Guitar (3) SH: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Drums (3-4), Piano (4)
Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume I by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits
Junk Drawer 02:57
Dark Highway 03:58
Only A Dream 05:41
Brand New Day 03:30
Other Cats, Other Bags Vol I First in a Multi-Volume project
These recordings grew from sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the KC music community Scott has been wanting to record with for some time.
Volume I features steadfast stalwarts Jason Beers and Tim Higgins, as well as Kansas City folks, Betse Ellis, Brett Hodges, Brandon Day, Beth Watts Nelson and Kristin Hamilton.
The covers of each EP in this series, as well as most of the individual tracks are by artists Scott knows and loves.
Wobbling sea legs In every other port of call In the bus stop tail light twilight A nameless baby squalls
She left the door wide open You let the cold air in Five senses of tumbling darkness The drunken heavens spin
On the unmade love I lay me down Until the room resumes spinning around So many pallets, so many floors To crash and burn and dream Eleventh hour lover calling out for more (More fool me)
Lady luck couldn’t give a f___ Not even out of pity Snake eyes roll in the head cracking cold You’re pissing in the windy city
Oh, freak dreams heave – ho Twenty stories high Well, here’s to soft landings On full moonlit thighs
And you’re free to freeze your ass off Waiting for a train That takes you far from trouble Should the lady be delayed
In the sky, Lord, in the sky Disappearing daddy How you made your mama cry
You made your mama cry
Made a career of avoiding mirrors Just walk on by
Walk on by
Scott Hrabko, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits – “In The Sky” from: Other Cats, Other Bags, Vol II / Scott Hrabko / April 19, 2024 [On March 19, 2024 Scott Hrabko released Other Cats, Other Bags – Volume 1 a 4 – track EP which is the first of Multi-Volume Project containing recordings that grew from sessions he did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the Kansas City Music Community. // On July 1, 2022 Scott Hrabko and The Rabitts released The Wonderful World Of Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits. This recording was #12 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. These two sprawling discs contain song-craft reminiscent of everything from classic ‘60s adult pop to nostalgia-free Americana to cut ’n’ paste hip hop-inspired grooves — and some wild detours between. “But it’s all me.” – Hrabko. The Rabbits, this time around: Jason Beers on Bass, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Harmonica, Slide Guitar; Clarke Wyatt on Drums; Matt Hopper on Lead Guitar; Chris DeVictor on Upright Bass; Chris Hudson on Nylon String Guitar, Mandolin, Lead Guitar; Mike Lindsey on Bass; Tim Higgins on Drums, Percussion; Gary Paredes on Slide Guitar, Wah Wah Guitar; Chad Brothers on Lead Acoustic, and Havilah Bruders on Vocals, with Scott Hrabko on Voices, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Static Outbursts, Ghosts Knob Twiddling and Digital Chicanery. This 2-CD, 22-song release, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SCOTT HRABKO & THE RABBITS on July 1, 2022. The double album was recorded at Hrabko’s home studio in a time of a global pandemic and social unrest. Mike Warren writes in No Depression Magazine, “Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.” Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits have released six singles and released the albums and EPs: LAST DANCE (EP) in 2020, SMASH HITS FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE (EP) in 2019, SUMMER in 2017, and BISCUITS AND GRAVITY in 2015. Scott Hrabko’s 2013 critically acclaimed solo release, GONE PLACES was said to be 30 years in the making. Scott Hrabko has played with The Original Sinners, as well as the 1980s bands: The Splinters, and The Andersons. In the early 1990s Scott performed as a solo artist in coffee houses with Iris Dement and Howard Eisberg. More info at: http://www.scotthrabko.com]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week, on Wednesday, May 1 we welcome Jocelyn Olivia Nixon of The Creepy Jingles. // At 11:00 am we welcome Lauren Krum and member of The Grisly Hand who will share all of the details of The Grisly Hand Jubilee: Celebrating 15 years of Music & Friendship, Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Ship, 1221Union Avenue, KCMO WEST BOTTOMS. After 15 years of live shows, 6 albums, The Grisly Hand are doing their last show. Proceeds of which will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. // at 11:30 Brenton Cook joins us to share details about Haymaker Records 10 Year Anniversary Show at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd., KCMO on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:00pm with Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Be/Non, and Jorge Arana Trio.
THANK YOU to our incredible KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers.
This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. Instead it is about a collective spirit of hundreds of hardworking people, unselfishly setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the gigantic goal of keeping our airwaves free, non-commercial, and open to all! Congratulations and thank you to all programmers & volunteers who went the extra effort to keep our station alive.
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
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, April 17, 2024
Shaun Crowley & The Music of Manor Fest 6
“Main Title Instrumental – It’s Showtime Folks” from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / December 20, 1979 [WMM’s Adopted Theme Song]
Pale Tongue – “Fever Dreams (feat. Grim Repeater)” from: Pale Tongue EP / Manor Records / October 5, 2018 [For this recording Carlos Calderon on guitar, keyboards and vocals, with drummer Nick Fredrickson of The Appleseed Cast and bassist James Thomblinson of Arc Flash, and Psychic Heat, formed the Lawrence based 3-piece band Pale Tongue. The trio has molded their ripping ‘dungeon rock’ sound into a fierce torrent of fuzz and fury, bending and merging gritty acidic psych-punk with hypnogogic dreamscapes, crafting a realm of experience dripping in cosmic horror and heady awe. Engineered by Mitch Hewlett. Mix and Mastered by Joel Coon. In 2023 the 3-piece became a 5-piece band with Tanner Spreer and Evan Herd of Psychic Heat joining the band.]
[Pale Tongue plays Manor Fest 6, Friday, May 24 at The Easy Inn, 322 6th Street, KCK with Eggs on Mars and THIMASTR.]
10:05
Thanks for tuning into WMM on 90.1 FM KKFI. I’m Mark Manning. Today we spin music from 25 artists and bands playing Manor Fest 6 including: Blackstarkids, Squirrel Flower, Shy Boys, Ebony Tusks, Calvin Arsenia, Paris Williams, Daniel Gum, Frogpond, Honeybee, True Lions, The Creepy Jingles, Liney Blu, Nick Shoulders, Grady Philip Drugg, Kadesh Flow, Pale Tongue, Julia Haile, Wills Van Doorn, Kat King, Pure XTC, Khrystal., Malek Azrael, Jass, The Swallowtails, and ALBER.
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records joins us to talk about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City. The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Shaun Crowley is a classically trained guitarist, and has studied at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. Shaun is the co-founder of Manor Records, a music label that grew out of Manor Fest, the first festival sized “house show” Shaun and friends produced in their basement featuring 12 bands. We first met Shaun as part of the band Rev Gusto, originally formed in high school with friends at Saint James Academy.
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
As reported by Julie Denesha for KCUR.com published April 5, 2024:
Crowley started the nonprofit in 2017, with concerts first in a rented house in Shawnee, then moving to a cafe in Strawberry Hill and later a basement space in the West Bottoms. On Troost, he’s doubled the retail space where he will sell used records. This time, Crowley thinks he has the right business model.
Crowley plans to man the record store Wednesday through Saturday, and on Monday and Tuesday when the store is closed, he’ll teach guitar and bass to students of all ages and skill levels. He already has another musician lined up to teach piano and ukulele.
The storefront will also serve as a concert venue for the artists Manor Records supports. The store will bring back free events from its last space — Songbird Sessions every Thursday, a songwriter open mic and a masterclass educational series.
Crowley started playing in the KC when he was 17 in band Rev Gusto and Momma’s Boy. He said he’s eager to share the lessons he’s learned with young musicians just starting out.
The new space will also serve as home base for preparations for the foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Manor Fest is a multi-day music festival held in Kansas City that goes back to the group’s early days in a Shawnee basement. The foundation’s mission is to provide resources and support to local musicians, and Manor Fest is now a cornerstone of their fundraising efforts.
This year, the event will showcase more than 60 local bands across 20 venues in 6 neighborhoods over two weekends at the end of May. All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit organization, Manor Records Fund. rms through our “Manor Records Fund”. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Manor Record Board Shaun Crowley – President Skylar Rochelle – Vice President Kayla Jarrett – Secretary Connor Randell – Board Member
Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records.All profits from this fundraiser event to help us with our non-profit mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”.
Manor Records all started in a basement of “The Shawnee Manor,” a DIY venue located in Shawnee, KS. From Glass Animals to Shy Boys, the underground venue hosted numerous local acts, and some national touring acts. Founder Shaun Crowley created the first Manor Fest with 10 bands in one night, then grew to a two night event featuring 20 local bands. After years passed and a community was built, it was time for the boys to move out of the deteriorating house.
In October of 2017, Shaun and company officially launched Manor Records. A DIY record label based on the foundation of their infamous Shawnee Manor. Manor Records is a label that takes no profits from their artists, is hands-on, and self-run, with intentions of good music from good people. They began by hosting showcases featuring local and regional bands in addition to putting out cassette releases.
Alongside the festival, Manor Records has been actively providing booking, tour management, cassette releases, blog premieres/reviews, marketing and promotion services for indie acts all over the Mid-west area.
Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records.All profits from this fundraiser event to help us with our non-profit mission of releasing local artists’ music on physical platforms through our “Manor Records Fund”.
Manor Fest 6 features 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights in different areas of Kanas City. The official dates are May 23rd, 24th, & 25th and May 30th, 31st, & June 1st.
Manor Fest 6 includes: BLACKSTARKIDS, Squirrel Flower, Shy Boys, Ebony Tusks, Calvin Arsenia, Dylan Earl, Paris Williams, Daniel Gum, Kat King, Scabb, Flooding, Frogpond, Fritz Hutchison, Honey Bee, True Lions, Supermoto, The Creepy Jingles, Tidal.wav, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, Nick Shoulders, Fullbloods, MC Rue + Mikey, Grady Drugg, Kadesh Flow, Pale Tongue, Liney Blu, Khrystal., Jass, Eggs On Mars, CS Luxem, Brian Bulger, Blanky, The Highwater, Charlotte Bumgarner, THIMASTR, Julia Haile, Teri Quinn, The CAVVES, Wills Van Dorn, Midwestern, Pure XYC, Stephonne, Big Fat Cow, Mason Blaize, Burning Bush, Luke Krutzke, 2W33DY, Collidescope, Shay Lyric, Malek Azrael, Field Daze, They’re Theirs, The Swallowtails, Jolson & The Fear of Snakes, Natalie Prauser, Dalia Kapten, ALBER, and more
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND ONE – May 23, 24, & 25 Night One – Thursday, May 23 – NORTH KANSAS CITY
Venue One: Velo Garage and Tap House, 1403 Swift St NKC CS LUXEM 5:00 – 5:30 TIDAL.WAV 5:45 – 6:15 LINEY BLU 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Two: The RINO, 314 Armour Rd, NKC MC RUE + MIKEY 7:00 – 7:45 BRIAN BULGER 8:00 – 8:45 THE CREEPY JINGLES 9:00 – 9:45
10:10
Liney Blu – “Stick Around” from: Pennsylvania St. – EP / Blumusicrecords / May 19, 2023 [Kansas City singer songwriter Liney Blu writes from a unique place of personal experience and identity. They vividly show us how vulnerability is strength and require us to see love, frustration, disappointment and humor through lenses we may not have considered. Every song finds Liney passionately and sometimes bravely exploring a broader, more inclusive understanding of the human experience while letting us into some sacred personal spaces to do so. And while many listeners are just finding Liney Blu, she set out on her path as a songwriter and artist as a teenager. // At age 17 as Caroline Blubaugh she released a first EP titled “Green” which featured the single “San Francisco” that quickly saw 185K Spotify streams. In 2023 as Liney Blu, came a 2nd EP, “Pennsylvania St.” with bandmates bassist Renee Huey and drummer Jones Goldman. “Pennsylvania St.” is an introspective, sometimes raw, indie pop rock/folk synthesis built on innovative arrangements relentlessly pushed along by Liney’s deep, resonant vocal, subtly insistent delivery and very personal passion. // New music building on the release of “Pennsylvania St.” is in the works. Liney Blu can be heard in venues around the Kansas City/Lawrence area with an expanded show schedule planned for 2024. More infoo at: http://www.lineyblu.com]
[Liney Blu plays Manor Fest 6, Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 pm at Velo Garage and Tap House, 1403 Swift St., NKC, with CS Luxem, and Tidal.wav]
The Creepy Jingles – “When Things Go Wrong” from: “When Things Go Wrong” – Single / High Dive Records / February 23, 2024 [This is the first of several new singles to be released by The Creepy Jongles this year. The Creepy Jingles are a Kansas City based, rock and roll band that both honors and defies convention. Led by singer / song-writer Jocelyn Olivia Nixon, a transgender wordsmith who charms with razor wit and dazzles with her lyrical acrobatics. The Creepy Jingles released their album, TAKE ME AT MY WORDPLAY on March 25, 2022 through High Dive Records. Paired up with lyrics centering on themes of identity, strained relationships, social media madness, meme magic, pandemic paranoia, paid off political pundits, backyard bullies and barking up the wrong tree. Everything and the kitchen sink or swim. No stoner left unturned. The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019. The release was in the top ten of WMM’s 119 Best Recordings of 2019. ] The Creepy Jingles released their Debut EP on High Dive Records on May 3, 2019.] [ Jocelyn Olivia Nixon will be our guest on May 1, 2024]
[The Creepy Jingles play Manor Fest 6 Thursday, May 23 at 9:00pm at The RINO, 314 Armour Rd, NKC with MC Rue + Mikey, and Brian Bulger.]
10:16 – Interview with Shaun Crowley
Today we spin music from 25 artists and bands playing Manor Fest 6 including: Blackstarkids, Squirrel Flower, Shy Boys, Ebony Tusks, Calvin Arsenia, Paris Williams, Daniel Gum, Frogpond, Honeybee, True Lions, The Creepy Jingles, Liney Blu, Nick Shoulders, Grady Philip Drugg, Kadesh Flow, Pale Tongue, Julia Haile, Wills Van Doorn, Kat King, Pure XTC, Khrystal., Malek Azrael, Jass, The Swallowtails, and ALBER.
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records talks with us about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Manor Fest 6 Night Two – Friday, May 24 – Strawberry Hill
Venue One: Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK, Strawberry Hill DALIMA KAPTEN 5:00 – 5:30 GRADY DRUGG 5:45 – 6:15 THE SWALLOWTAILS 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Two: Hillsiders, 403 N. 5th St. KCK KIRSTIE LYNN + GALEN CLARK 7:00 – 7:45 TRUE LIONS 8:00 – 8:45 DYLAN EARL 9:00 – 9:45
Venue Three: The Easy Inn, 322 6th Street, KCK ТHI MASTR 10:00 – 10:30 EGGS ON MARS 10:45 – 11:15 PALE TONGUE 11:30 – 12:00
10:19
Grady Philip Drugg – “Cry Like a Baby” from: Real Life / Grady Philip Drugg / September 1, 2020 [Grady Philip Drugg wrote all of the songs, and is on vocals, and most instruments; Henry Hank on backing vocals & banjo on Cry Like a Baby.“Casual” Calvin Todd on backing vocals and guitar on Cry Like a Baby, pedal steel on Sahara Lounge; Owen Misterovich on backing vocals on What’s Missin; Ian Dobyns on drums on Mercy Be; Joseph Misterovich on mixing, mastering, backing vocals on What’s Missin’. // Grady Philip Drugg is a singer/songwriter from Canyon Lake, Texas. In February 2014, he relocated to Springfield, Missouri and toured the country in several DIY bands. In April 2016, he made his way back to Texas after recording his debut self-titled full length album.]
[Grady Philip Drugg plays Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 24, at 5:45 PM at Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK in Strawberry Hill with The Swallowtails and Dalima Kapten]
The Swallowtails – “Good Days” from: LUCKY PENNY EP / The Swallowtails / February 20, 2024 [The independent acoustic band, experimenting in the rock/pop genres while performing on what are traditionally folk/classical instruments, enter a new era having produced the entirety of this project themselves, with the songwriting matter touching on life’s big changes, challenges, and the realizations that time will heal. // “Since becoming a duo, it was time for us to reinvent our sound again. The songwriting on this EP is split between Rachel and myself, and this is Rachel’s debut release as a writer and singer. We spent all of January 2024 finishing the arrangements, recording and mixing the mini-record. It was a much needed release of energy for both of us, and we are definitely looking forward to adding these songs into our live sets and performing new material.”– Miki P, songwriter, singer and musician in The Swallowtails. // Est. in 2018, The Swallowtails are a Kansas City based musical duo comprised of musicians Miki P on guitar/vocals and Rachel Lovelace on bassoon/vocals. Their vision is to write honest, heartfelt songs that feel like you’re coming home to an old friend. As recording and performance artists, they have been showcased throughout Kansas City, performing at the Folly Theatre, Boulevardia Music Festival, The Kansas City Public Library as part of the 2023 Art in the Loop: Celebrate project, and most recently at Green Guitar Folk House opening for The Wildwoods. Their songwriting was awarded Best Song by a KC Band in 2023 by the Pitch Magazine for their tune “Take it Slow.” // Live video’s will be released on The Swallowtails YouTube page in support of the EP, the live session was filmed at West Bottoms Whiskey Co. // Swallowtails will be featuring the new EP at the Folk Alliance International Conference February 21st-25th. Both Miki & Rachel have earned scholarships to attend the conference. // Swallowtails embark on their 4th year entering NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest featuring a song off the EP, called “I’m on Fire” posted to NPR’s official contest site. // The Swallowtails have recently been approved as part of KCAIC Touring Artists Roster, through the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission. // On May 22, 2023 The Swallowtails released their 7-track EP THE WORLD STILL SPINS from Rachel Lovelace on bassoon, Adee Dancy on cello & vocals, and Miki P on guitar & lead vocals. Miki P is a self-taught musician/multi-instrumentalist & songwriter driving the Swallowtails into a creative collaboration like any other. Miki P was born in Kansas City, KS. Miki P started playing guitar in middle school. She taught herself to play the drums, while listening to Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. Miki P performed “She Loves You” at her 7th grade talent show. In 9th grade she joined a teen-band called American Slim as drummer & vocalist, and she wrote songs for their full-length album Irreplaceable released in 2017, followed by a single “Queen of Hearts” released April 11, 2018. Miki P has played Middle of the Map Fest, Crossroads Music Fest, Kauffman Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, and The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art before officially ending in 2018. As a teen she played drums for various groups including American Slim. At 21, Miki P began work on her debut solo-record, DOME OF SWALLOWS, that was released August 2, 2018. She then formed Miki P and the Swallowtails who released their first EP, Swallowtail in 2019, In 2021 Miki P released the 6-song EP, DON’T LOSE HOPE, created in covid isolation, in Miki P’s home space. Sitting & working from Miki’s computer, she composed and recorded 80% of the EP, working through the music like a journal entry, creating each song from her internal hurricane of emotions. All songs written, recorded, played, & mixed by Miki P. Recorded & Mixed with Emma Klien & Jake Hilger. Mastered by Joel Nanos. Miki P released her single “Your Love” on June 24, 2022. Miki P’s released the single “Peter Parker!” on March 18, 2022. // More info at: http://www.mikipmusic.com]
[The Swallowtails play Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 24, at 6:30 PM at Flagship Books, 600 Ohio Ave., KCK in Strawberry Hill with Grady Philip Drugg, and Dalima Kapten.]
True Lions – “GONER” from: Cold Gravy Bowl / Manor Records / March 1, 2024 [Alison “Al” Hawkins is a queer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, and leader of True Lions, a band consisting of Al and whoever is playing music with them, which often includes Fritz Hutchison—a drummer, singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, bandmate, bandleader, friend, sibling, Gemini, and Kansas Citian who just wants to do a good job and keep it fun for everybody. Last year, True Lions and Fritz Hutchison released a homemade split cassette tape via Manor Records. When their drummer Eli Kosko moved to the desert, Al, Fritz and bassist Carly Atwood started performing acoustically. When Carly was sometimes unavailable, Al and Fritz explored amplified fiddle, synth, and drums, through old-time tunes. Their noise art creation COLD GRAVY BOWL is scheduled for cassette release Friday, March 1 via Manor Records. // COLD GRAVY BOWL is the demon music baby of Kansas City duo Al Hawkins and Fritz Hutchison, blending amplified fiddle distortion, heavy drums, and bass synth through Ozark old-time. The album artwork was drawn by local queer artist Spade Nine. // True Lions released the True Lions- Fritz Hutchison Split Cassette through Manor Records on April 26, 2023. True Lions released their debut full length album, “The Fempire Strikes Back,” on Manor Records on April 9, 2021 with Alisön Hawkins on keytar & vocals; Adee Rocket Dancy on cello & vocals; Claire Adams on guitar, Elizabeth Kosko on drums & percussion; Iona DeWalt on synthesizers; Miki P on guitar & vocals, and Teri Quinn on bass & vocals. Recorded at Deep Space Co-op. Tracking & engineering by Ross Brown at Escape Pod Audio. Mixing and mastering by Joel Nanos at Element Recording. In 2019 True Lions released their EP debut, “Cute at Best,” on February 5, 2019. They followed up with a second EP called. You’re Not Invited, released on November 9, 2019. For these recordings True Lions was: Alison Hawkins on guitar, synth, and vocals; Elizabeth Kosko on percussion, vocals; Mikala Petillo on bass, vocals; Claire Adams on guitar, vocals; Leslie Butsch on saxophone, Ezgi Karakus on cello; and Teri Quinn on vocals. All songs written by True Lions and produced by Claire Adams and Alison Hawkins. Tracking & Engineering by Claire Adams. Mixing and Mastering by Ian Dobyns and Chase Horseman. More info at: http://www.manorrecords.com.]
[True Lions play Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 24, at 8:00 PM at Hillsiders, 403 N. 5th St. KCK with Kirstie Lynn & Galen Glark, and Dylan Earl]
10:28 – Underwriting
10:29 – More Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records joins us to talk about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Manor Fest 6 Night Three – Saturday, May 25 – West Bottoms
Venue One: Blip Roasters, 1301 Woodswether Rd., KCMO, West Bottoms NATALIE PRAUSER 1:00 – 1:30 JOLSON & THE FEAR OF SNAKES 1:45 – 2:15 TBA 2:30 – 3:00
ALBER – “Caldo” from: Lento / Locale Records / April 12, 2024 [Alberto Racanati is a genre-bending musician originally from Bari, Italy, now established in Kansas City. His musical journey started at age 11 when he learned to play his first notes on the trumpet. At age 14 Alberto enrolled in the Bari Conservatory to pursue his performance degree in the academy, while living a parallel musical existence in the rich musical underground in Southern Italy, playing drums and trumpet in a plethora of bands across all genres. His musical studies then took him to the National Music Academy in Gdansk, Poland, where he lived from 2011 to 2014, discovering the multicultural nature of the arts. In 2014 Alberto moved to the United States to work as a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. In 2016 Alberto continued on to Kansas City to pursue a Doctoral Degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he became enamored with the local music scene. 2018 saw the start of Alberto’s journey with electronic music, writing material for trumpet and electronics. This is where the project Alber starts, especially using social media as an interactive, open sketchbook for his sonic excursions. Alberto’s first self-titled album was released in 2020, followed by significant live performing presence in 2021 in Kansas and Missouri. His second album Journey, was then released in 2021. At the same time, Alberto ramped up his touring of the Midwest region and collaboration with a variety of other artists. Most recently in 2023 Alberto was awarded the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant for his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, a project centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, debuting in 2024. Additionally he became one of the Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residents, a program that features some of the most brilliant up and coming artists in the Kansas City region. Still in 2023, Alberto toured the East Coast of the US and his native Italy, in a much welcome reconnection with his musical roots. Currently, Alberto is about to release his third full length album Lento and finalizing his upcoming 2024 tours to the East Coast and Southern Italy.]
[ALBER presents his multimedia installation “Born at Sea”, centered on the idyllic sea scenery of his hometown, Bari Italy, on May 23, 2024 at Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming, KCMO.]
[ALBER plays Manor Fest 6 on Fri, May 24, 3:00 PM at Fetch 1101 Mulberry St, KCMO w/ Teri Quinn, and Wills Van Doorn.]
Wills Van Doorn & Kat King – “Blue” from: “Flying Bird” / “Blue” – Single / Rust Records / August 18, 2023 [Wills Van Doorn is getting set to release his debut full-length solo record, ROSEDALE SPEEDWAY on October 20, 2023. “Flying Bird” is the second single from the lbum and it was released with “Blue’ an extra track not on the album that features Kat King on vocals. Wills Van Doorn released the single “The Lawn-mower Collector” on July 28, 2023, also from ROSEDALE SPEEDWAY. Wills Van Doorn released the single, “Shake The Frost” on March 10, 2023, and the single, “Lately” on Oct. 22, 2022, and the EP RUN WITH YOU on December 11, 2020. Wills Van Doorn released the singles: “1000 Times” on March 26, 2020, “On My Mind” on July 12, 2019, and “Out of Season” on April 5, 2019. Will Van Doorn has played guitar with Supermoto, Brent Windler’s live band, and The Creepy Jingles. http://www.willsvandoorn.bandcamp.com ]
[ALBER plays Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 24, at 3:00 PM at Fetch 1101 Mulberry Street, KCMO with Teri Quinn, and Wills Van Doorn.]
[Kat King plays Manor Fest 6, Sat., May 31, at 8:00 at recordBar w/ Blackstarkids and Paris Williams]
10:41 – More Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records talks about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Manor Fest 6 Night Three – Saturday, May 25 – West Bottoms
Venue Three: Hickory Union Moto, 10 S. James St, KCK FIELD DAZE 5:00 – 5:30 THE CAVVES 5:45 – 6:15 DANIEL GUM 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Four: The Emerald, 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO KHRYSTAL. 7:00 – 7:45 BLANKY 8:00 – 8:45 SHY BOYS 9:00 – 9:45
Daniel Gum – “Don’t I Know” from: Sophia – Don’t I Know – Single / Manor Records / January 24, 2024 [Daniel Gum is a singer-songwriter based out of Kansas City, KS who has been active since 2017. Daniel Gum released the single “Julia” on December 9, 2022. Daniel Gum released the single “Wolverine (ft. Rachel Cion)” on September 19, 2921. Daniel Gu, released the electronic pop EP, I’M NOT DEAD in 2017 and an acoustic EP, MOON in 2018. In addition to working on his own solo project, Daniel has been working with other local groups—playing bass and engineering for his band Pillow (a post-punk/shoegaze group) and playing drums behind singer-songwriter Chloe Jacobson, also doing some recording for her. Channeling the likes of Elliott Smith & Andy Shauf, he co-produced his new record THIRTEEN with Mike Crawford, playing almost everything you hear on the album and mixing it himself. Signing to Manor Records in the spring of 2020, he officially released THIRTEEN on cassette & CD on October 30, 2020. All songs written, performed, and.mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Daniel Gum is a 24 year old singer-songwriter . Since the age of 12, he has spent the majority of his time writing and recording songs by himself in his room. The Moon EP was released December 7, 2019. It was engineered by Mike Crawford and Daniel Gum and mixed by Daniel Gum with piano and accordion by Cole Crawford. Daniel Gun released his EPI’M NOT DEAD on October 25, 2017, and his 10-song album Reorient on July 31, 2015, with all songs written, recorded and mixed by Daniel Gum who also performed all vocals guitars, drums, piano, bass. harmonica, and programming. The first single from Daniel Gum’s album, Thirteen “Ruin Your Life” was released on September 4, The second single, “In The Worst Ways” was released September 28, 2020. ] [On our July 22, 2020, WMM show we played Daniel Gum’s track, “Tired Saint” from French Exit Records – Black Lives Matter Compilation, released July 6, 2020. French Exit Records was launched two years ago as an independent music label in KCMO, founded by Brad Girard. French Exit Records has released albums for No Magic and Raymond,. BLM Compilation is 22 acts from the area, with all proceeds donated to One Struggle KC’s Liberation Fund, a Black-led coalition of KC activists seeking to connect the struggles of oppressed communities, locally & globally. Daniel Gum joined us on WMM on November 11, 2020.]
[Daniel Gum plays Manor Fest 6 Saturday, May 25, at 6:30pm at Hickory Union Moto, 10 S. James St, KCK with Field Daze, and The Cavves.]
Khrystal. – “Magic” from: “Magic” – Single / Manor Records / August 8, 2020 [Khrystal. released the surprise 8-track album Life Be Life’ing on September 22, 2021. release. On December 31, 2020 Khrystal. Released the single “Never” which followed Khrystal.’s. single “Magic” released on August 8, 2020 on limited edition cassette singles with her most recent single “You Again” as a B-Side by Manor Records. On September 1, 2017 Khrystal. released The Glow Up EP, Produced & Written by Khrystal Coppage and Duncan Burnett. This was follow up to Khrystal’s Debut EP, Quarter Century Living. Executive Produced By Duncan Burnett. Written By Khrystal Coppage & Duncan Burnett. Kansas City based Khrystal Coppage served as Editor-in-Chief of Khorage Magazine. She served as Production Manager at UMKC University News from 2015 to 2016. She graduated from UMKC in 2016 where she studied Family Studies. She graduated from Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2013. She is a graduate of Sumner Academy of Arts & Science, in KCK. ]
[Khrystal. plays Manor Fest 6 Saturday, May 25, at 7:00pm at The Emerald, 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO in Kansas City on Thursday, May 25, at 7:00 PM at Big Mood, 2020 Baltimore, KCMO – East Crossroads with Blanky and Shy Boys.]
Shy Boys – “Something Sweet” from: Bell House / Polyvinyl Record Co. / Expected August 3, 2018 [Shy Boys line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little and Ross Brown. The group formed shortly after the trio became roommates in 2012. Kyle Rausch and Konnor Ervin were already band mates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music. In 2014 they released the self-titled Shy Boys on High Dive Records. The album received generally positive reviews and the single “Bully Fight” was featured on Spin.com. In June 2014 the band recorded and released two more singles and one of them, “Life Is Peachy,” was featured on Stereogum. On April 4th, 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.]
[Shy Boys play Manor Fest 6 Saturday, May 25, at 9:00pm at The Emerald, 1715 West 9th Street, KCMO in Kansas City on Thursday, May 25, at 7:00 PM at Big Mood, 2020 Baltimore, KCMO – East Crossroads with Blanky and Khrystal.]
Shy Boys / The ACBs / Ghosty / The I’ms / Fullbloods / Koney – Discography
The ACB’s / The ACB’s / July 10, 2007 [Debut from KC based 4-piece with Konnor Ervin on lead vocals, Bryan McGuire on bass, Matt Saladino on guitar, Corey Egan on drums & vocals. Written by, and arranged by Konnor Ervin. Produced by Tim Suttle. Recorded & mixed at Underdog Studio in Desoto, KS. Mastered at Euphonic Masters in Memphis, TN.]
The Abracadabras – Be Still, Be Cool / The Abracadabras / January 1, 2008 [5-piece KC band formed in the spring of 2007, with Jocelyn Olivia (John) Nixon on keyboards & vocals, Travis Mckenzie on lead guitar, Bobby (Wayne Hutcherson) Topaz on guitar & vocals, Collin Rausch on bass & vocals, and Kyle Rausch on drums & vocals.]
The ACBs – Stona Rosa / The ACBs / January 1, 2011 [After half of the band left to move to LA, Konnor Ervin and Bryan McGuire got help from: Andrew Connor of Ghosty, and Beau Bruns of Cowboy Indian Bear. All songs written by, and arranged, lead vocals & guitar by Konnor Ervin. Mike Nolte on bass, Bryan McGuire on bass & vocals, Andrew Connor on guitar & vocals, Beau Brus on drums. Kyle Rausch on vocals. Produced by Mike Nolte. Mastered by Roger Seibel Recorded at More Famouser Studios. Mixed at More Famouser Studios. Mastered at SAE Mastering.]
The I’ms – Second MIXES / Independent / 2011 [Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch. Kyle Rausch also plays with The ACB’s. In 2011 on WMM we started playing songs from The I’ms, a duo made of up Collin and Kyle, who posted 6 of their self recorded songs on their facebook page. We included this informal release in our Top Ten of The 111 Best Recordings of 2011. 3 of the songs from The I’ms ended up being rerecorded for Shy Boys.]
Ghosty – GHOSTY / More Famouser Records – High Dive Records / April 17, 2012 [3rd full length release from Lawrence and KC area band. Ghosty is Andrew Connor, Mike Nolte an Bill Belzer who recorded their new album themselves over the last couple of years with help from David Wetzel, Josh Adams, Jake Blanton, Konnor Ervin, Ryan Connor, Kirsten Paludan, and Dan Talmadge. The new release was pressed on vinyl and available on LP and digital download. More info at ghostysounds.com.]
The ACBs – Little Leaves / High Dive Records / March 5, 2013. [Konnor Ervin on lead vocals, & guitar; Bryan McGuire on bass, Andrew Connor on guitar; Kyle Rausch on drums. Their songs have been featured on MTV’s The In betweeners, and Daytrotter. The title “Little Leaves” is a nod to Konnor Ervin’s landscaping day job. The lead single, “Ocean” was released as a free download in late 2012, prompting Pop matters to declare the ACBs as one of its “Best Hopes to Break Out in 2013.”]
Shy Boys – Shy Boys / High Dive Records / January 17, 2014 [Debut release. Brothers Collin Rausch, Kyle Rausch, and friend and roommate Konnor Ervin, are members of this KC based trio. Collin and Kyle’s father was a High School band director and music teacher. Konnor Ervin is the lead singer and songwriter of The ACBs, where Kyle also plays drums. The 10 song release had two singles premiered by Stereogum. “Keeps Me On My Toes” was a song Collin wrote in 15 minutes while his girlfriend was in the shower. The album was recorded at West End Studio, over two-weekends.]
Shy Boys – “Life is Peachy” – Single Release / High Dive Records / July 15, 2014 [Stereogum has premiered the band’s new song, “Life Is Peachy”, the A-side to their new 45 rpm, 7″ single coming from High Dive Records. Brothers Collin Rausch, Kyle Rausch, and roommate Konnor Ervin, are members of the Kansas City based band, Shy Boys. ]
Fullbloods – Mild West / High Dive Records / February 26, 2016 [Second full length release from Fullbloods: Ross Brown; Jared Tomasino; David Seume; and Bill Pollock. Recorded at Westend Studios in Kansas City, Kansas by Mike Nolte. Mixed by Fullbloods. Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. (Starfucker, Of Montreal).]
Shy Boys – Bell House / Polyvinyl Record Co. / August 3, 2018 Shy Boys line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little and Ross Brown. The group formed shortly after the trio became roommates in 2012. Kyle Rausch and Konnor Ervin were already band mates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music. In 2014 they released the self-titled Shy Boys on High Dive Records. The album received generally positive reviews and the single “Bully Fight” was featured on Spin.com
Shy Boys – Dim The Light / Brick By Brick – Singles / Polyvinyl Record Co. / Feb. 15, 2019 [Single release follow up to band’s 2nd album and Polyvinyl debut, Bell House. Shy Boys line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little and Ross Brown. Kyle Rausch and Konnor Ervin were already band mates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music. In 2014 they released the self-titled Shy Boys on High Dive Records. The album received generally positive reviews and the single “Bully Fight” was featured on Spin.com. In June 2014 the band recorded and released two more singles and one of them, “Life Is Peachy,” was featured on Stereogum. On April 4th, 2018, it was announced that the band had signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.]
Fullbloods – Soft and Virtual Touch / High Dive Records / April 3, 2020 [3rd full-length. All songs written, performed, recorded, mixed by Ross Brown in KCMO. Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Artwork by Nika Winn. Kyle Rausch played drums on 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, & 9, sang on 9. Bill Pollock Played drums on 3 & 5. David Seume played bass on 5. Jerad Tomasino played synth on 9 & 10, sang on 9. Jenni Kornfeld played cello on 4. Leslie Butsch played sax on 10. More info at: http://www.fullbloods.com.]
Shy Boys – Talk Loud / Polyvinyl Record Co. / September 25, 2020 [3rd album from the KC band Shy Boys. New music follow up to the Dim The Light / Brick By Brick, singles released February 15, 2019. Shy Boys released their 2nd album and Polyvinyl debut, Bell House on August 3, 2018. Shy Boys line-up consists of brothers Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, Konnor Ervin, Kyle Little and Ross Brown. Kyle Rausch and Konnor Ervin were already band mates in the indie-pop band The ACBs and Collin had been playing for years in the Kansas City area in various bands including The Abracadabras, and The I’ms with brother Kyle. The three shared a love for 1960s era pop rock and soon started writing their own music. In 2014 they released the self-titled Shy Boys on High Dive Records.]
Koney – Koney / High Dive Records / October 9, 2020
[from Lucas Wetzel’s Pitch Feature: “To bring the songs to life, Konnor enlisted brothers Collin and Kyle Rausch, his roommates in their ramshackle West Plaza house/practice space and his bandmates in chamber pop group Shy Boys. Ross Brown (of Fullbloods) played synthesizer and helped run sound, and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Little contributed on guitar. Fritz Hutchison and Andrew Connor also contributed on several tracks. Recording engineer Mike Nolte flew in from Portland to run the controls at Westend Recordings, and the group set up camp in the studio over a long snowy weekend in 2015.”]
Kadesh Flow – “Overcome (Nanami)” from: “Overcome (Nanami)” – Single / Ryan Jamaal Davis / January 1, 2024 [Instrumental/Verses/Hook/Trombone/Mixed/Mastered by Kadesh Flow≥ On Friday, January 19, 2024 Kadesh Flow releases another new single “Stand on Business”. On November 17, 2023 Kadesh Flow released “Stakes” produced by Dominique Sanders (who received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for his work on Janelle Monae’s “AGE OF PLEASURE album.) // On January 6, 2023 Kadesh Flow released “Switch Up” with Instrumental Production by Dominique Sanders, Written & Performed by: Kadesh Flow, Mixed by: Kadesh Flow, Mastered by: Kadesh Flow. // In 2022 Kadesh Flow released 6 singles starting with “Move Different (feat. Gr3s0n)” on January 21, 2022, with lyrics by Kadesh Flow & Gr3ys0n. Music by Kadesh Flow. Mixing: Kadesh Flow. Mastering: Kadesh Flow and was released on January 21, 2022. :Move Different” was part of WMM’s 50 Favorite Singles of 2022. On October 21, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single ”Chill (feat. Mir Blackwell).” On October 10, 2022 Kadesh Flow released “Dream For Me.” On September 30, 2022 Marcus Lewis Big Band released the single, “You’re Very Special (feat. Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow & Kevin Church Johnson).” On July 1, 2022 Kadesh Flow released the single “Away From You.”About that single Kadesh told us “I’ve been a little quiet from a release standpoint because I’ve been scoring a feature length film.” “This song is… inspired by Eren Yeager and his tragic, brutal journey in Attack on Titan but is also deeply personal to me. There’s a lot of current world problem glazing that I’m doing on it as well.” “Also, June 30, 2022, marks five years since I left my financial tech career to pursue my performing and recording artist career full time. I’m releasing this on July 1, partially in celebration of that milestone.” This was one of over nearly 30 new singles Kadesh Flow released in 24 months: In 2021 Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Soft Side,” on Jan. 21, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Assumptions feat. Shubzilla,” on Jan. 29, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Frosty,” on February 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Cry For Me 2,” February 12, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Not on My Watch,” on February 19, 2021, Inspired by Lord Beerus (Dragonball Super). Kadesh Flow released, “Held Me Longer,” on Marc written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released, “Your Dream Isn’t Always Yours,” on March 12, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “Forgot About Me,” on March 14, 2021. Kadesh Flow released, “Take Backs (feat. Ryan Heinlein),” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow & The Enclave released, “But Hope” on March 26, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single, “I Don’t Care” on April 9, 2021, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by D. Professor. Kadesh Flow released the single, “That Way” on April 16, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow, and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Saunders. Kadesh Flow released the new single, “So Far” on April 23, 2021, written, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow and produced by Dominique “Bassman” Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “On Target” on April 30, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single ”Lighten Up”on May 7, 2021, written, produced, performed, mixed & mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Elegant” on May 21, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the 13-track album ROOM SERVICE 2, on July 19, 2021. Kadesh Flow released the single “Coming For Your Neck” on August 20, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow released the single “Easy” on August 27, 2021. Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. This is his 18th single the year. Kadesh Flow released the single “Fiend” on Sept. 4, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered by Kadesh Flow. Produced by Dominique Sanders. This is his 19th single the year. le, “Gardens Out The Gutter” on Dec. 3, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow released the single, “CHOICE (The Cost)” on December 17, 2021. Written, Performed, Mixed & Mastered: Kadesh Flow. Instrumental: Dominique Sanders. Kadesh Flow is Ryan Davis is a rapper with an MBA. He is an emcee, producer, & trombonist. At age 11, he began rapping and playing trombone within two weeks of one another. His music has been featured on network television in multiple countries and territories across Southeast Asia. Kadesh performs as a solo hip hop artist. He also plays with The Phantastics, Marcus Lewis Big Band, and Deshica Rage (with Jessica Paige). More info at: http://www.kadeshflow.com]
[Kadesh Flow plays Manor Fest 6 Saturday, May 25, at 10:00pm at The Ship, 1221 Union Ave. KCMO with SCABB, and Supermoto.]
11:02 – Station ID
11:02 – More Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records talks about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND TWO – May 30, 31, & June 1 Night One – Thursday, May 30 – East KC
Ebony Tusks – “HDF” from: “HDF” – Single / High Dive Records / February 7, 2020 [This single came out nine months before Ebony Tusks released their full-length album, Heal Thyself on November 6, 2020 on High Dive Records. “HDF” is not included on the 12-track album. As with the single and on the album, all songs written and performed by Ebony Tusks unless otherwise noted. // All Songs engineered and mixed by George Henry Valyer IV at Rundown Studios in Topeka, Kansas and MalaMUTE Studios in East Lawrence, Kansas. Assistance provided by Nico Williams and Claire Kuner. // Conny Franko’s vocals on “You Runner” engineered by Keith Rodger and Rick Carson at Make Believe Studios in Omaha, Nebraska. // IK’s vocals on “Gang Signs” engineered by Derek Montgomery. // Stik Figa’s vocals on “Hell Above Or Here Below” engineered by Sean Patrick at Twelves Studios in Forth Worth, Texas. // Cello on “Heir Apparent” written and performed by Brail Watson. Rhodes and Moog on “Heir Apparent” written and performed by Daniel Bowersox. // All Songs mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering in Portland, Oregon. // Album cover art by Justin Bergin. Album cover photography by Rachel Lock. Album layout by Martinez Hillard. // Album insert photography by Ailecia Ruscin and LeRoy Pristach. // Ebony Tusks is Daniel Smith on DJ & Production, Geese Giesecke on vocals & Production, and Marty Hillard on vocals & Production. Martinez Hillard told Vivid Seats: “ I began EBONY TUSKS in 2009 after a difficult period that summer. I was living in the student ghetto near the University of Kansas in Lawrence. It was an eerily calm Friday night and I didn’t have any plans after work so I crashed. I woke up shortly after 9:00 pm because my door was being kicked in. I was beaten and robbed at gunpoint. Thankfully, two of my neighbors were close friends and called the police immediately. I had nightmares for years afterward that included many symbols I’ve come to associate with various religious practices. I also began writing raps for the first time in over a decade. I was working with a couple producers and we had our first show at a house venue called Pizza Power in October 2010. Both Daniel and Geese came into the fold within a couple years of that show.” Daniel Smith lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born in Berkeley California. He moved to Lawrence when he was a child. Hs father is a Professor at The University of Kansas. Daniel works the United Way of Douglass County. He helps to provide after school job-training programs for under-served youth. Nathan “Geese” Giesecke grew up in Olathe but now lives and works in Kansas City, MO. He was friends with Calvin Arsenia in High School. Geese works as a producer as GEESACE. He makes beats and you can find his music at http://soundcloud.com/geesace Nathan is also a lighting designer who jumped on stage to do back up vocals for Marty and ended up being in the band. Martinez Hillard is the main vocalist and lyricist for EBONY TUSKS. He raps under the moniker Bodye, (pronounced “body”). He also produces beats. Martinez lives in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Topeka with wife and 5 year old daughter. Martinez was part of the super group Cowboy Indian Bear. Martinez was recently elected to serve as a board member for Friends of the Library for Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. As Marty told Johnson County Library, in a piece published April 27, 2018: “ It was a project I started with other producers back in 2010. I asked Daniel to DJ for me sometime in 2011-2012 and Geese joined not too far behind him. Daniel and I had become fast friends when I lived in Lawrence and he was the nicest, most easygoing DJ of the handful I knew. He made our shows a lot less stressful. Geese was and is a lighting technician for a number of our friends’ projects and that was how I made acquaintance with him, seeing him work for a band and asking if he’d do lights for an EBONY TUSKS concert. He eventually asked if he could be hypeman for us and he brought an new intensity.” EBONY TUSKS have been a band for over 11 years making hip hop in the Lawrence scene that includes Approach, Stik Figa, Heartfelt Anarchy, and Archetype are just a small fraction. With that said, the three of us are always having conversations about how other genres influence us personally. Post-rock, post-hardcore, industrial, indie rock, and electronic all factor in. Our tastes evolve naturally and we follow accordingly. Since the three members of EBONY TUSKS live in three separate cities: Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka early on, they created a Dropbox folder to share demos with one another. And as they told Vivid Seat: “It also gave us a bit of language to use in building sounds independent of one another.” More info at: http://www.highdiverecords.com Members of Ebony Tusks joined us LIVE on WMM on February 19, and October 7, 2020.]
[Ebony Tusks play Manor Fest 6, Thursday, May 30, at 8:00pm, at FAREWELL, 6523 Stadium Drive, KCMO with Charlotte Bumgarner, and Squirrel Flower.]
Squirrel Flower – “Full Time Job” from: Tomorrow’s Fire / Polyvinyl Record Co. / October 13, 2023 [Squirrel Flower is the stage name of American musician Ella O’Connor Williams. // Williams grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. When Williams was a child, she gave herself the nickname Squirrel Flower. In 2014, she moved to Iowa to attend Grinnell College. // After getting involved in the DIY scene in Boston as a teenager, Williams moved to Iowa. There, she wrote her first EP as Squirrel Flower and began setting up small tours for herself. This first EP, titled Early Winter Songs From Middle America, was self-released in 2015. // In 2016, Williams released her second EP titled Contact Sports on a St. Louis-based DIY tape label called It Takes Time. // Williams’ debut album, I Was Born Swimming, was released in 2020 via Polyvinyl Records. The album was produced by Gabe Wax. This anticipated label debut earned overwhelming praise from the likes of Gorilla vs. Bear, NPR Music, and Paste, and she was named Rolling Stone Artist You Need To Know, Stereogum’s Artist to Watch, The FADER’s Gen F, and The Guardian’s One to Watch. In May 2020, Squirrel Flower released the single “Take It Or Leave It”, backed with her cover of Caroline Polachek’s “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.”]
[Squirrel Flower plays Manor Fest 6, Thursday, May 30, at 9:00pm, at FAREWELL, 6523 Stadium Drive, KCMO with Charlotte Bumgarner, and Ebony Tusks.]
11:11 – More Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records joins us to talk about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND TWO – May 30, 31, & June 1 Night Two – Friday, May 31 – WESTSIDE
Venue One: Fox & Pearl, 815 W 17th St, KCMO LUKE KRUTZKE 5:00 – 5:30 PURE XTC 5:45 – 6:15 MINT FATIGUES 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Two: Greenwood Social Club, 1759 Belleview Ave, 2nd Floor, KCMO JULIA HAILE 7:00 – 7:45 FRITZ HUTCHISON 8:00 – 8:45 CALVIN ARSENIA 9:00 – 9:45
Venue Three: Turnsol Books, 1664 Broadway KCMO (Formerly known as Deep Space) STEPHONNE 10:00 – 10:30 THEY’RE THEIRS 10:45 – 11:15 FULLBLOODS 11:30 – 12:00
11:16
Pure xtc – “Fall Apart” from: “Fall Apart” – Single / Taylor Hughes / March 1, 2024 [Pure XTC released the Shed My Skin EP on November 18, 2022. Pure XTC released the single “Get Lost“ on September 9, 2022, and “Shadow” released June 1, 2022. Pure xtc released the EP Nobody’s Home on November 12, 2021. Pure xtc is the musical project of Kansas City based Taylor Hughes. Taylor is also the drummer for the band EXNATIONS. The idea of pure xtc was formed during an extremely isolating time for multi-instrumentalist, Hughes. Living truly on her own for the first time, she moved to the NYC metro in 2019. Time was spent crying on subways, climbing new rooftops, meeting new people, avoiding new people, feeling extremely fulfilled to feeling like a hollow empty shell. [Pure XTC aka Taylor Hughes was our guest on WMM July 14, 2021, and November 10, 2021, and November 16, 2022]
[Pure XTC plays Manor Fest 6 on Friday, May 31, at 5:45pm at Fox & Pearl, 815 W 17th St. KCMO with Luke Krutzke, and Mint Fatigues.]
Julia Haile – “Set Out” from: “Set Out” – Single / Julia Haile / September 20, 2022 [One of 4 new singles released by Julia Haile in the last year and a half. Julia released “Ave 4” and “Up Late” on June 16, 2023. Julia released “Heavy Rotation” & “Set Out” on Sept. 30, 2022. Julia Haile is a singer & songwriter based in KCMO. Her natural talent & musical education 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 was a Modern-Soul band that blends and bends the boundaries between soul, rock n roll, reggae, and funk. This group created music that pays tribute to their myriad of influences (Amy Winehouse, The Meters, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings). 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. More info at: http://www.juliaHaile.com]
[Julia Haile plays Manor Fest 6, on Friday, May 31, at 7:00pm at Greenwood Social Club, 1759 Belleview Ave, 2nd Floor, KCMO with Fritz Hutchison, and Calvin Arsenia.]
Calvin Arsenia – “Probation” from: Paradise / Calvin Arsenia / June 23, 2023 [Paradise is Calvin Arsenia’s new 14 track album. It is only 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 EVERY 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, 2022, and 2023. 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 plays Manor Fest 6, on Friday, May 31, at 9:00pm at Greenwood Social Club, 1759 Belleview Ave, 2nd Floor, KCMO with Fritz Hutchison, and Julia Haile.]
Calvin Arsenia Discography
Calvin Arsenia – Moments [EP] / Independent / April 9, 2014 Calvin Arsenia was 24 when he released this EP after returning home to Kansas City after living and performing in Edinburgh, Scotland. Calvin works as a songwriter, composer, lyricist, producer, and engineer.
Calvin Arsenia – Prose [EP] / Independent / February 3, 2015 Recorded over the course of three live sessions at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Produced by Graham Coe. Engineered by David O’Leary. Music and Lyrics: Calvin Arsenia, with Fiona Reid & Liselot Van Oosterom on Vocals, Graham Coe on Cello, Mark Smith on Percussion, Lyle Watt on Guitar Calvin Arsenia on Vocals & Guitar & Piano.
Calvin Arsenia – Caviar [EP] / Calvin Arsenia / December 5, 2017 Produced for attendees at Calvin’s “Secret Show,” Tuesday, December 5, at Wickstock West, 1324 West 12th Street, in The West Bottoms, and for supporters of his Outlyre Tour. Words and Music by Calvin Arsenia. Produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley and Calvin Arsenia. Recorded at The Infoaming Vertex.
Calvin Arsenia – Catastrophe {EP] / Calvin Arsenia / February 17, 2016 Limited edition EP, produced for Folk Alliance International, contains demo recordings of original gems that are the blueprints for Calvin’s soon to be released full length debut, coming in 2017. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. He has played all over town, including showcases at Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, and collaborations with bands like My Brothers and Sisters.
Calvin Arsenia – Catastrophe [Album] / Calvin Arsenia / February 14, 2017 Calvin Arsenia premiered these songs in a live show at recordBar in November 2016 in a stage show that involved a company of 50 people, dancers, stilt walkers, special lighting, back up singers, guest artists. Since Calvin Arsenia came home to KC after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, he has released his EP, Moments, in 2014, and his EP Prose in 2015, and his Folk Alliance exclusive EP Catastrophe in 2016. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia’s powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, while playing piano, banjo, guitar and harp Calvin teaches music to elementary students. Calvin is also a graduate of Artist INC. Since 2014 we have been celebrating the music of Calvin Arsenia. He has played Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Fringe Fest, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, The Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Calvin recently returned home from a three month US/European Outlyre Tour where he has played San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Edinburgh, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Lyon and Paris in over 40 shows, with musician and friend Simon Huntley who plays with Quixotic.]
Calvin Arsenia – Live at Greenwood Social Hall / Unreleased / June 11, 2017 Solo live performance at Greenwood Social Hall, 1760 Bellevue, KCMO.
Calvin Arsenia – Caviar [EP] / Calvin Arsenia / December 5, 2017 Produced for attendees at Calvin’s “Secret Show,” Tuesday, December 5, at Wickstock West, 1324 West 12th Street, in the West Bottoms, and for supporters of his Outlyre Tour. Words and Music by Calvin Arsenia. Produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley and Calvin Arsenia. Recorded at The Infoaming Vertex.
Calvin Arsenia – Cantaloupe / Center Cut Records / September 15, 2018. Calvin’s 2018 national debut, Cantaloupe (Center Cut Records), has been acclaimed for melding diverse textures into an alluring signature sound for the adventurous artist.
Calvin Arsenia – L.A. Sessions / Center Cut Records / September 20, 2019 Calvin performed live at L.A.’s The Mint, showcasing songs on LA Sessions with musicians who collaborated on the album. Says Calvin: “It’s such a special experience to play with them. To be able to perform these songs in front of an audience and do this for a living – to have made a career out of something I love is so amazing – it is an honor that I never take for granted.”
Calvin Arsenia – Honeydew / Center Cut Records / June 28, 2019 On September 15, 2018 Calvin released Cantaloupe on Center Cut Records. This new EP is a remix of three of the songs from Cantaloupe, plus a Talking Heads cover that was performed live in this style at a New Year’s Eve show at The Truman opening for Making Movies who performed the entire Talking Heads album, Remain in Light. The last three songs on Honeydew were from performed in this style at The Nelson Atkins 2019 event “Party Arty.” Honeydew was produced by Jametatone, Simon Huntley, Calvin Arsenia.
Quixotic & Calvin Arsenia – “Goddess – EP / Quixotic / May 17, 2019 [An innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection, mapping & live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences. Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion. Quixotic was given Silicon Valley’s unofficial stamp of genius when they were invited to perform at the global TED Conference in 2012. A unique blend of performance art, technology & emotion. Quixotic fuses all these elements in to what the New York Times branded an “innovative circus performance”.]
Calvin Arsenia – all is calm / Calvin Arsenia. / December 13, 2019 [Arsenia’s dreamlike whimsy shimmering through your favorite Christmas Classics. All proceeds for this album go towards the purchase of Calvin’s first harp. Featuring: Ben Muñoz on Cello, Shane Borth on Violin & Voila, & Luke “Skippy” Harbur on Beatbox. Mastered by Jametatone at the Infoaming Vertex and special thanks to Simon Huntley. Calvin wrote: “I recorded the majority of this album in my bedroom in between flights to and from KC and SF. I had my nephews and friend’s kids in mind and wanted an album of Christmas lullabys. I think it became just a little more sassy than anticipated, but I think you’ll enjoy it regardless.
Calvin Arsenia – Summer in Hindsight / Calvin Arsenia & Mike Dillon / Oct. 16, 2020 Soundtrack by Calvin Arsenia and Mike Dillon for The West 18th Street Fashion Show’s 20th year as a feature-length film. COVID-19 changed everything in 2020. “We are moving it from the street to the screen,” says Peregrine Honig to inkansascitymagazine. “Mike Dillon and Calvin Arsenia will be scoring and performing in the film.” The film premiered October 16, 2020 at The Boulevard Drive-In. Honig wrote,. “We did this during a pandemic and a cultural revolution. I am not sure where else or how else this could happen at this moment in history.” Calvin Arsenia had recently been emotionally and greatly moved by the area and national Black Lives Matter Movement. His own research into his own family revealed that Calvin’s great, great, great grandmother Alice Gilliam Scott, was a former slave who lived to observe her 100th birthday as noted by a regional newspaper Calvin had written. In the summer of 2020 Calvin wrote “Revelation” an unreleased track inspired by Black Lives Matter. Calvin premiered the song on WMM on August 12, 2020. He later shared his other new songs, “Scars and Stripes” and “The Flying Monkees are Coming!” on our October 14, 2020 edition of WMM. Both of those songs ended up on Summer in Hindsight.
Calvin Arsenia – Paradise / Calvin Arsenia / June 23, 2023 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’s Book EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE / Andrews McMeel Universal / Oct. 5, 2021 a collection of Poetry & Prose More info at http://www.calvinarsenia.com
11:26 – Underwriting
11:27 – More Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records talks about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits from this fundraiser go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help with their non-profit’s mission of releasing music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecords.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND TWO – May 30, 31, & June 1 Night Three – Saturday, June 1 – CROSSROADS
Venue One: Third Place Lounge, 1744 Broadway Blvd KCMO MALEK AZRAEL 1:00 – 1:30 MASON BLAIZE 1:45 – 2:15 NICK SHOULDERS 2:30 – 3:00
Malek Azrael – “in ur mind” from: “ion ur mind” – Single / Malek Azrael / March 1, 2024 [On October 15, 2021 Makek Azrael released his 10-track album debut. Male Azrael lives in KCMO. He has worked for Boys Grow, and is currently working with touring. Malek Azrael has been involved with Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship. He sometimes plays with Making Movies and played the Ameri-Kana Fest. Malek Azrael played KKFI’s 18th Annual Crossroads Music Fest, on Aug. 27, at The Black Box, in West Bottoms.
[Malek Azrael plays Manor Feet 6, Saturday, June 1, at 1:00pm at Third Place Lounge, 1744 Broadway Blvd KCMO with Mason Blaize and Nick Shoulders]
[Malek & The Vibez play Boulevardia Festival at Crown Center, on Friday, June 16.]
Nick Shoulders – “Won’t Fence Us In” from: All Bad / Gar Hole Records. / July 28 2023 [All Bad, the latest album from Nick Shoulders, ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders’ inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of dazzling musicianship and punk defiance, coupled with gritty eccentricity and a generational connection to the roots of the genre. With a singing style inherited from his family’s vocal lineage, Nick’s songs achieve the rare feat of imparting difficult truths while inciting a certain joyful abandon, balancing a sound forged by years of hard travel with a heartfelt reverence for the origins of country music. In the spirit of Hazel Dickens and Jimmy Driftwood, the incisive yet wildly jubilant All Bad vocally objects to the reckless destruction of the natural landscape and development run rampant, while still offering plenty of joy and dance-ready rhythms. Spanning a variety of early country styles, the album’s infectious harmonies shine alongside everything from jangling cajun waltzes to surf-rock infused bluesy ballads–all tied together by a voice seemingly out of place in this century, yet ever ready to speak up about its problems. // Released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), All Bad marks the first LP made with his longtime band, the Okay Crawdad, since 2019’s premier full-length Okay, Crawdad and their subsequent pandemic-imposed hiatus. After writing most of the album from the front seat of a tour van, the Fayetteville, AR-based musician and bandmates Grant D’Aubin (harmonies/bass), Cheech Moosekian (drums) and Jack Studer (lead guitar) recorded the album in a home studio on the banks of the Mississippi River with New Orleans collaborators Ross Farbe and Sam Doores.]
[Nick Shoulders plays Manor Feet 6, Saturday, June 1, at 2:30pm at Third Place Lounge, 1744 Broadway Blvd KCMO with Mason Blaize and Malek Azrael]
Frogpond – “It’s Not Over” from: TimeThief / Black-Site Records / November 19, 2021 [Newly reformed KC indie rock band, Frogpond, will release TimeThief, its first album in over twenty years on November 19, 2021, on the KC record label cooperative Black Site. Frogpond is: singer/guitarist and founder Heidi Phillips, long-time bassist, Justine Volpe, with Kristin Conkright on rhythm guitar, and Michelle Bacon on drums. More info at: http://black-site.org/frogpond // Frogpond digitally reissued their Au 1996 vinyl and cassette release Count To Ten on March 12, 2021, 25 years after its original release on August 9, 1996 on Columbia Records. Frogpond was formed in Warrensburg, Missouri. The band existed from 1994-2000, primarily performing in Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas. COUNT TO TEN was the band’s 12-track national debut full length released on Tristar Music – Columbia on CD and vinyl in 1996 with songs written by Heidi Phillips, with Heidi Phillips on vocals & guitar, Justine Volpe on bass, Megan Hamilton on drums, Kristie Stemel on guitar and backing vocals. Art Alexakis (of the band Everclear) served as producer and contributed backing vocals. // In 1999 Frogpond released the 13-track second album, SAFE RIDE HOME on C2 Records – Columbia, on CD and vinyl with songs written by Heidi Phillips, and with Heidi Phillips on vocals & guitar, Justine Volpe on bass & backing vocals, and Billy Johnson on drums. The album was recorded by Doug McBride at Gravity Studios in Chicago who also served as producer and contributed electric piano and piano. // In 1994 Frogpond self released their 8-song cassette release 2%. 2% was produced, engineered, and mixed at Red House Recording, Lawrence, Kansas, October 1994. Heidi Phillips joined us LIVE onWMM on November 10, 2021.]
[Frogpond plays Manor Feet 6, Saturday, June 1, at 4:30pm at MADE MOBB, 221 Southwest Blvd, KCMO with Shay Lyric, and Big Fat Cow.]
11:41- Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records joins us to talk about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
North Kansas City, Strawberry Hill, West Bottoms, East KC, Westside, Crossroads
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help release music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND TWO – May 30, 31, & June 1 Night Three – Saturday, June 1 – CROSSROADS
Venue Three: Arizona Trading CO. 1722 Oak Street KCMO THE HIGHWATER 5:00 – 5:30 JASS 5:45 – 6:15 HONEYBEE 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Four: recordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd, KCMO PARIS WILLIAMS 7:00 – 7:45 KAT KING 8:00 – 8:45 BLACKSTARKIDS 9:00 – 9:45
Jass – “grow” from: At the Close of a Decade / JASS / November 26, 2022 [Jass is Jasmine “Jass” Couch. Jass and The Boys released the single “Love U Like I Love U” on December 2, 2022. Jass released the EP, OFF KEY: TOO HIGH on September 23, 2022. Jass released the single “Higher Ground” on August 16, 2022. It was #1 on WMM’s 50 Favorite Singles of 2022. Jass released her single, “Him” on February 23, 2022. Jass released At the Close of a Decade on November 26, 2022. It was part of WMM’s 121 Best Recordings of 2021. She wrote, “After years of writing and recording in voice memos .. I decided to grab my iPad and began recording something that I am very proud of. I named it, At the Close of A Decade, and released it in November 2019. With my iPhone/iPad, some apple headphones, I created this project. The amazing people around me told me it was worth it, even when I didn’t believe it myself. I convinced myself I would be the only one that liked my songs. If you decide to listen you’ll hear sound clips of shows and movies that made a difference in the way I saw the world, the way I saw myself, and the way I overcame my experiences. I remember asking my grandma and my son if I should release what I’ve been writing and they both said very simply to do it, so I’ve done it. I want to thank all of my wonderful friends who have been my soundboards during this process, all of the people that have asked me when it’s coming, the people that have kept me accountable, and believed that this time it was for real. My story is so very triumphant and beautiful because I have overcome experiences and shunned the fear I had to do what I love. It’s crazy how you can talk your way out of some amazing things and also how you can talk yourself into making some amazing things happen. If you partake, I hope you enjoy.” // Jass has opened for Thundercat sat GRINDERS, headlined a show at The Bottleneck in Lawrence with my boys! (Colby Bales and Brande Moser), and she opened up for The New Respects at The Uptown, and sang the Negro National Anthem at BLAQUE to School Night at the KC Monarchs game.More info at: http://www.jassrcouch.com]
[Jass plays Manor Fest 6, at 7:00 PM at Arizona Trading CO. 1722 Oak Street KCMO with The Highwater, and Honeybee.]
Honeybee – “House Party” from: Saturn Return – EP / Honeybee / March 29, 2024 [Honeybee started as the solo project of Singer/Songwriter Makayla Scott and now include 3 or 4 of her friends umping in… Honeybee released the songle “I Know What Love is” on January 27, 2023. Makayla Scott also played with the band Blue False Indigo Makayla Scott studied music at Drury University graduating in 2017.]
[Honeybee plays Manor Fest 6 at 6:30 PM at Arizona Trading CO. 1722 Oak Street KCMO with The Highwater, and Jass.]
Paris Williams – “LONDON, TOKYO (feat. Sam Wells)” (radio edit) from: REBEL HEART / Bitter Sweet Sound / January 31, 2023 [Paris Williams is a 24-year old artist from Muskegon, Michigan in the midst of redefining the bedroom pop label. Employing his own sound that he’s dubbed, “bittersweet,” Williams never shuts away from his DIY aesthetic – producing his own work to maintain full creative flexibility. Premiering in December of 2019 with his debut album, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, Paris is a believer in hitting the ground running and then just never letting off the gas. This mentality was shaped by the inspiration he’s pulled from other famously out-of-the-box artists: such as Kanye West, Pharrell, and Toro y Moi. // Fueled by the multi-faceted artists, Williams believes heavily in pulling from all creative mediums as a way to add layers and texture to his music. This approach has led to Williams seeing support from larger than life musical pillars, like Iggy Pop himself – who showed love to Williams’ song of the same name by spinning it on his BBC radio show in 2018. Williams reshapes the musical landscape around him as his burgeoning career continues to solidify its own form more and more each day by bringing in a breath of fresh air with him everywhere since he wrote his first bars in elementary school. Paris Williams previously released the single, “Hopscotch” on June 21, 2022. He released,“Chunky”on April 20, 2022. He released the single, “Sunsets & Solariums (feat. Bloom Allen)” on October 21, 2021 through Bittersweet Sounds. More info at: allmylinks.com/popstarparis]
[Paris Williams plays Manor Fest 6 in Kansas City on Saturday, June 1, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd., KCMO, with Kat King, and Blackstarkids.]
11:53- Interview with Shaun Crowley
Shaun Crowley of Manor Records joins us to talk about Manor Fest 6, featuring 60 bands, across 20 venues, in 6 nights, in 6 different neighborhoods of Kanas City.
The official dates are May 23, 24, & 25 and May 30, 31, & June 1. Manor Fest is a local music fundraiser festival curated and ran by Manor Records. All profits go to the “Manor Records Fund” to help release music from local artists on physical platforms through Manor Records. More information at; http://www.manorrecrds.com
Shaun Crowley thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Manor Fest 6 WEEKEND TWO – May 30th, 31st, & June 1st Night Three – Saturday, June 1 – CROSSROADS
Venue Three: Arizona Trading CO. 1722 Oak Street KCMO THE HIGHWATER 5:00 – 5:30 JASS 5:45 – 6:15 HONEYBEE 6:30 – 7:00
Venue Four: recordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd, KCMO PARIS WILLIAMS 7:00 – 7:45 KAT KING 8:00 – 8:45 BLACKSTARKIDS 9:00 – 9:45
BLACKSTARKIDS – “Sounds Like Fun!” from: SURF / Bedroom Records / February 28, 2020 [Blackstarkids are phenomenon who came out of Kansas City in 2020 became the soundtrack for the summer. Blackstarkids are a pop/R&B/hip-hop trio based in Kansas City, Missouri. Members include: TheBabeGabe, Deiondre, and TyFaizon (of the Drop Dead XX collective). The members have known each other since high school in Raytown, Missouri. Members met at Raytown South High School and formed the band in 2019. The group released its first album, Let’s Play Sports, on August 1, 2019. Blackstarkids then released their second album SURF through their own label Bedroom Records on February 28, 2020. Blackstarkids caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy and were then signed to The 1975’s management company and UK-based label Dirty Hit Records. They were featured in Clash Magazine. Blackstarkids then released, Surf Basement Demos on Dirty Hit Records on March 5, 2020. On October 29, 2020, Blackstarkids released Whatever, Man on Dirty Hit Records, their third album release of 2020. Gabe, of Blackstarkids recently described the KC Music community to an interviewer, “The music scene here is really nice. There are a lot of bands who are super talented and do all types of genres. The jazz music here is really great as well. Kansas City is honestly a hidden gem when it comes to music. I feel like you can meet an artist anywhere and anyplace in this city.” Deiondre added, “The music scene here is getting cool now, there’s a lot of jazz musicians that go to school for music here too but you can find people from different scenes all over if around the city.” Ty wrote, “The Kansas City scene is great, the community here is so supportive and genuine. This is a really prideful city here and I think they’re finally getting the musicians they deserve.”]
[Blackstarkids plays Manor Fest 6 in Kansas City on Saturday, June 1, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, Blvd., KCMO, with Kat King, and Paris Williams.]
Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now” from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]
Next week, on Wednesday, April 24 At 10:30 Chris and Phil Kinsley of Arson Class and Sid Sowder of Too Much Rock join us to share the radio broadcast premiere of the newest installment in the Too Much Rock Singles Series.
At 11:00 Jeremiah James Gonzales and band mates from RxGhost share music from their new EP Scaffolding, released April 11, 2024. Vocals/Guitar RxGhost is: Josh Thomas on vocals & guitar, Justin Brooks on drums, James Capps on guitar, Chris Smead on bass. Scaffolding was produced by RxGhost, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios and mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering
At 11:30 Scott Hrabko share music form his my new project, “Other Cats, Other Bags. Volume II,” released on April 19, 2024. It’s multi-volume project culled from recording sessions Scott did at home with a few longtime Rabbits and some new friends from the KC music community. More info at: https://scotthrabko.com
THANK YOU to our incredible KKFI Staff; Director of Development & Communications – J Kelly Dougherty, Volunteer Coordinator – Darryl Oliver, Chief Operator – Chad Brothers.
This radio station is more than the individual hosts of each individual radio show. Instead it is about a collective spirit of hundreds of hardworking people, unselfishly setting aside ego, to work for the greater good of community building and the gigantic goal of keeping our airwaves free, non-commercial, and open to all! Congratulations and thank you to all programmers & volunteers who went the extra effort to keep our station alive.
Our Script/Playlist is a “cut and paste” of information. Sources for notes: artist’s websites, bios, wikipedia.org
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