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WMM Playlist from Oct. 7, 2020
Posted on October 12, 2020 by Mark Manning
Ebony Tusks + Maya Coppola of Ondist
+ Joe Sears of Page 7
1. "It's Showtime Folks"
from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / Dec. 20, 1979
[WMM theme]
2. The Freedom Affair – "Move On"
from: Freedom is Love / Sunflower Soul Records / September 25, 2020
["Freedom Is Love" is the debut album from Kansas City's newest soul juggernaut, The Freedom Affair. The album explores themes of love, heartache, empowerment, and togetherness through a varying landscape of hard-hitting funk, luscious soul, and everything in between. The Freedom Affair is a unique collective featuring 3 powerhouse female vocalists in front of a dynamic 6-piece band. On "Freedom Is Love", each of the ladies get their time to shine individually, but the magic is on full display when all 3 come together in unison and harmony, symbolically embodying the messages that they sing about. The album was recorded and produced by Chris Hazelton, utilizing the best of vintage and new recording technologies to create an authentic experience, befitting of a soul record that would have been relevant 50 years ago as much as it will be 50 years from now. The Freedom Affair is: Misha Roberts on vocals; Paula Saunders on vocals; Seyko Groves on vocals; Cole Bales on guitar, sitar (Track 3); Branden Moser on guitar; Chris Hazelton on bass guitar, organ (Tracks 1, 2, 9, & 10), Tambourine (Track 1), Glockenspiel (Track 3), & Chimes (Track 4); Dave Brick on drums; Pete Carroll on trumpet; Brett Jackson on tenor sax, baritone sax (Tracks 1 & 5), & tambourine (Tracks 5, 6, & 8). Additional Musicians: Pat Conway on Congas (Tracks 1, 3, & 6), Alyssa Bell on viola (Tracks 3, 4, & 7), Elizabeth Codd on violin (Tracks 3 & 4), Matt Bennett on violin (Tracks 3 & 7), John Wickersham on timpani (Track 4), Pamela Baskin-Watson on piano (Track 10), Nick Howell on tambourine (Track 10), The Freedom Family Choir (Track 10): Misha Roberts, Erica Hazelton, Seyko Groves, Paula Saunders, Jordyn Saunders, Cole Bales, and Chris Hazelton. All Horn & String Arrangements by Chris Hazelton except: "Heartaches Don't Come Easy" and "Give A Little Love" by Pete Carroll & Brett Jackson. "Don't Shoot" by Chris Hazelton & Allyssa Bell. Produced, Recorded, & Mixed by Chris Hazelton. Assistant Produced by Dave Brick. Rhythm Section on Track 10 recorded by Chad Meise. Mastered by JJ Golden. Cover Artwork by Matthew "Mo" Manley. Front cover photograph of civil rights protesters in Kansas City, MO (April 9th, 1968). The Freedom Affair and their track "Rise Up" were selected to be part of Colemine Records 3xLP box set, "Soul Slabs Vol. 2" a Record Store Day Exclusive, released April 13, 2019. Colemine writes: "The Freedom Affair is a freight train of KC soul! Dirty, funky drums, gritty horns, and the combined vocals of Misha Roberts, Seyko Groves, and Paula Saunders to put this band over the top. Politically charged soul music for the dancefloor!"]
3. True Lions – "Origins (Tennis cover)"
from: Like A Lamb (Covers) / True Lions / April 20, 2020
[Multi-instrumentalist femme DIY super collective from Kansas City. Like A Lamb (Covers) is an EP collection of 4 songs: "Pressure To Party" (Julia Jacklin cover), "I'd Rather Dance With You" (Kings of Convenience cover), Archie, Marry Me" (Alvvays cover), and "Origins" (Tennis cover). Recorded in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS., during mandatory self-quarantine. All songs performed by True Lions. Produced and recorded by Alison Hawkins and Fritz Hutchison. Mixing/Mastering by Fritz Hutchison. Album Artwork by Alison Hawkins. Alison Hawkins: piano, guitar, violin, synth, percussion, vocals. Fritz Hutchison: drums/percussion, guitar, bass, synth, vocals. Featuring "Falcon" the chicken. Along with Like A Lamb, True Lions also released Thermal in June (demos) on February 29, 2020. Also recorded in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS. All songs written by True Lions. truelionsmusic@gmail.com. Tracking Engineering by Fritz Hutchison. Album Artwork by Alison Hawkins. Alison Hawkins on lead vocals, guitar, piano, synth, percussion. Fritz Hutchison on vocals, guitar, bass, synth, drums/percussion. Daniel Cox on vocals, saxophone, percussion. Late last year on November 29, 2019 True Lions released their Second EP You're Not Invited with: 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. Album Artwork by Genevieve Sloan. Special thanks to Calvin Arsenia and Fritz Hutchison. The band released their debut EP "Cute At Best" Feb. 5, 2019 with Alison Hawkins on guitar, piano, synth, vocals; Mikala Petillo on percussion, bass, guitar, vocals; and with Ross Brown serving as producer & engineer; and Nika Winn providing artwork. This EP began as an unrelated, musical dispute between lovers, but triumphantly became the spunky collaboration of two midwestern "woms" whose passion for playing music nearly exceeds their desire to create it.]
[True Lions play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming (NW corner of Wyoming & 17th St.), behind Voltaire, on Friday, October 9, at 7:00 PM with Fritz Hutchison, and Cadillac Flambé. Lemonade Park is a limited capacity socially distanced outdoor venue created in partnership between recordBar, Voltaire, and Moxie Catering, 1628 Wyoming.]
4. Fritz Hutchison – "Fortunate Flaws"
from: Wide Wild Acres / Center Cut Records / March 27, 2020
[1st single released February 21, 2020, from the debut album of Fritz Hutchison. Wild Wild Acres was written and performed by Fritz Hutchison. Produced by Fritz Hutchison and Joel Nanos. Recorded and mixed in Kansas City by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studio. Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago. Multi-instrumentalist Fritz Hutchison was born May 27, 1991. A life-long resident of Kansas City. Since 2008 he's been part of multiple bands playing drums with: She's a Keeper, Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and Grand Marquis. As a guitarist he has played along side J Ashley Miller, Lauren Krum, Miki P and Calvin Arsenia. A decade of lending an ear and a hand to the likes of fellow shredders has left Fritz poised to launch his own solo career as a singer-songwriter."Fortunate Flaws" features Ian Teeple on bass, and Coleen Dieker on strings. All other instruments: drums, guitar, piano and vocals are performed by Fritz Hutchison.]
[Fritz Hutchison plays Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming (NW corner of Wyoming & 17th St.), behind Voltaire, on Friday, October 9, at 7:00 PM with True Lions, and Cadillac Flambé. Lemonade Park is a limited capacity socially distanced outdoor venue created in partnership between recordBar, Voltaire, and Moxie Catering, 1628 Wyoming.]
5. Krystle Warren & The Crew – "Bein' Green"
from: The Crew EP / Parlour Door Music / September 15, 2020
[Through isolation came unity. The Crew is Lakecia Benjamin, Matthew Silberman, Jacob Snider, Joe Blaxx, Solomon Dorsey, Zach Djanikian, Cassorla, Krystle Warren, and Ben Kane. They have recorded unique versions of classic songs with the hope of encouraging the rallying cries of The Moment: the movement of the people. // In the lockdown of their homes, they sewed together their interpretations of "Bein' Green" (based upon Ray Charles' rendition); "Gimme Some Truth" (a mighty John Lennon composition); "Dear Landlord" (a scathing indictment from the blistering pen of Bob Dylan); and "Rhythm of Life", (a timeless statement originally performed by Oleta Adams). // A portion of the proceeds from The Crew. EP will be donated to the various causes and organizations. From Billboard.com: Singer-songwriter Krystle Warren has made a powerful statement about the struggle for Black equality with the help of Kermit the Frog's iconic song "Bein' Green" (written by Joe Raposo). // The moving five-minute clip, over which Warren sings her rendition of the 1970 song — since recorded by Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and others — sprang from a covers EP she recorded during the pandemic with a group of musicians known as The Crew. Warren embarked on the project after her forthcoming album with her regular group, The Faculty, was put on hold due to COVID-19. The EP, which tackles themes of racial injustice in the wake of nationwide Black Lives Matter protests this summer, also includes a cover of John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth." // The "Bein' Green" video weaves in footage of this year's Black Lives Matter protests, and also includes a heartbreaking montage of young Black children choosing white dolls over dark-skinned ones. It additionally features archival footage of such transformative Black figures as James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Malcom X, Nina Simone, Marsha P. Johnson and Al Sharpton, as well as victims of police brutality including Sandra Bland, George Floyd and Eric Garner. It ends with a clip from a speech by civil rights activist Ella Baker. // "'Bein' Green,' it's such a gorgeous song, and it says so, so much," says Warren. "I began thinking about what I wanted it to express visually before we started [recording the song]. Essentially — it's not easy being Black. That's what Ray Charles was saying, and we felt it needed to be said again." // Warren, who now resides in Paris, began performing in her native Kansas City at the age of 16 before moving to New York City, where she started busking on the streets and later formed her regular band, The Faculty. She and the group have recorded several full-length albums, including 2009's Circles, 2012's Love Songs and 2017's Three the Hard Way. Her next album is slated for release this winter. // A large percentage of proceeds from sales of the EP — which is available for digital downloads via Warren's website now and released on all streaming platforms next Friday — will be donated to the ACLU.]
6. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – "La Vita"
from: Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland / Transgressive Records / Sept. 25, 2020 ["There are three challenges in my life. The first is being black in a white culture. The second is being transgendered in a hetero-normative culture. The third is being an artist in a business culture" – Glenn-Copeland // Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland – A career retrospective release featuring music released over the last 50 years. "La Vita" was first released on Primal Prayer album under the moniker Phynix in 2004. Produced by John Herberman. Mixed by Composers Music Production. Additional vocals on La Vita by Maggie Dace Hollis. Electric Bass on This Side of Grace by Scott Alexander. Recorded at Composers Music Production studio in Toronto, ON. All tracks re-mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering. Artwork of The Raven by Evelyn Wolff. Graphic design and layout by Traianos Pakioufakis. // Born into a family all of whom were very musical, essentially studied the classical piano repertoire from 'cradlehood,' listening to his father playing the piano four to five hours a day. He went on to study classical music and then after a few years of concertizing he suddenly felt called to write music that would weave all the different musical cultures he had come to love. // Beverly Glenn-Copeland is a singer and songwriter who was born in Philadelphia, but has spent most of his life and career in Canada. He is a trans man. Glenn-Copeland began publicly identifying as trans in 2002. // In 1961, Glenn-Copeland became one of the first black students to study at McGill University in Montreal. // Glenn-Copeland started his career as a folk singer incorporating jazz, classical, and blues elements. He also performed on albums by Ken Friesen, Bruce Cockburn, Gene Murtynec, Bob Disalle, and Kathryn Moses, and was a writer on Sesame Street. He spent twenty-five years entertaining children as a regular actor on Canadian children's television show Mr. Dressup. // His 1986 electronic album, Keyboard Fantasies, recorded using equipment including a Yamaha DX7 and a Roland TR-707, was rediscovered and given further attention in the 2010s. Before his gender transition was made public, the album was selected as one of the 70 greatest recordings by women by The Stranger. Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, a documentary directed by Posy Dixon, was released in 2019. // Planned 2020 international tours to Australia, the United Kingdom, and other European destinations were re-scheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A fundraising campaign was then started to help Glenn-Copeland and his wife after the loss of their house that resulted from these changes; the campaign raised over $90,000.00.]
7. Ondist – "Die A Little"
from: "Die A Little" – Single / Bikiniwax Records / October 2, 2020
[Latest musical release from the band Ondist. This song will be on their upcoming full length album. So far, this year, Ondist has released two full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and their third full length release is coming in November. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola are Ondist. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and NYC, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, KC, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic.]
8. Ondist – "Gather Up The World"
from: No Coincidence / Bikiniwax Records / June 12, 2020
[So far, this year, Ondist has released two full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and their third full length release is coming in November. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola are Ondist. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, Kansas City, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several of the tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic.]
Maya Coppola of Ondist
10:33 – Interview with Maya Coppola
Maya Coppola is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer with the band Ondist. We just heard her singing lead on "Gather Up The World" and the new single "Die a Little" So far, Ondist has released two full length albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and "Die a Little" will be part of their third album release in November. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, KC, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several of the tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, and Jillian Riscoe on vocals.
Maya Coppola, Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
The members of Ondist Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola originate from Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, but you all got together in Los Angeles. How did the band form?
The album, No Coincidence was released on June 12, and Electricity on August 14, and with a third album release in November. Most bands put out a new album once a yar or once every two years, was it the pandemic of COVID-19 and the closing of music venues that had anyting to do with releasing so many new recordings in one year?
Ondist recorded music in sessions in Malibu, Dallas, Kansas City, and Las Vegas, as the band writes to bring "environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope."
Kansas City based drummer, producer and engineer Sam Platt told us about how he grew up in Carthage Missouri where Corbin Dooley would visit during summers, staying with is grandparents. Sam explained that recently Corbin with Ondist has been traveling around the country, recording songs.
Corbin asked Sam to put a band together for some Kansas City sessions. It was such a success that Corbin has been back twice to record. Corbin flew in producer Nadir Omawale from Detroit and Luke John from Memphis. Recordings took place at Weights and Measures with Duane Trower. For this track: Claire Adams on lead vocals, Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar. Sam Platt told us that over 20 songs were recorded, 14 originals, 6 covers. Corbin Dooley narrowed down a few for Claire Adams to sing. And with vocalist Jillian Riscoe.
From these recordings and others 14 songs ended up on No Coincidence. Sam Platt flew to LA to record and played on tracks with Nick Gaffeney a drummer from New Zealand. Sam said the rest of the albums sounds like it mostly features the Kansas City musicians, or played/programmed by Corbin, Nick and Maya.
Maya Coppola grew up as one of five children in Long Island, New York. Coppola's family was headed by her African-American mother and Italian father, did not fit in, and she and her family were picked on. Her mother, a teacher, was the primary income earner, while her carpenter father was often out of work and refused to earn an income from his art.
Coppola grew up surrounded by music, as her father is a jazz musician, her mother plays bass, and all of her siblings are musicians as well. Including hwer sister recording artist and actress Imani Coppola.
Maya Love Coppola released her soulful solo debut album, How Coyote Stole Fire, on September 18, 2012. It was produced by fellow multi-instrumentalist Robert "Chicken" Burke (The Duke & the King). On this debut album she mixes classic pop melodicism, slippery funk, and edgy rock, weaving tales borne of hard-won experience, as a lover, a beloved, and citizen of a world given to both beauty and chaos. Coppola's remarkably versatile voice is whisper-soft one moment, confiding and tender, then brazen and dizzyingly powerful the next, elemental like the "Summer Wind" she sings of in the first track, carrying listeners to a distant shore, a boudoir, or the dance floor. Through it all, she and Burke wrap everything in uncommonly lush harmony, part Beach Boys, part P-Funk All Stars.
Although this was her solo debut, Maya Love Coppola had been working toward "How Coyote Stole Fire" for quite some time.
Born into a hyper-musical family of six kids, all whom play at least one instrument (Maya plays guitar, piano, and cello), she grew up biracial (black mom, Italian dad) and poor in a Long Island town with its own KKK chapter. As her middle name suggests, when faced with cruelty, she says she learned to "kill 'em with kindness."
Before long she made her way to NYC clubs The Village Gate, Tatou, and many others, singing everything from jazz standards to Abba, fronting bands Wish and Elemental, making ends meet by waitressing and modeling.
Marriage and motherhood took her to Woodstock, NY, where Coppola divorced and devoted time to raising a daughter and designing jewelry, recording songs along the way.
Nothing clicked musically until she aligned with producer Robert "Chicken" Burke, of The Duke & The King, Toshi Reagon, and many others. After producing The Duke & The King's 2009 CD Nothing Gold Can Stay ("the most tasteful record of the year," The Guardian) Chicken's skills were ripe for the picking and he and Coppola, with a little help from P-Funk's Michael "Clip" Payne, crafted a sonic adventure packed into eight cuts,
an old-school album with an arc, but grounded in radio-ready songs rife with fun, celebration, experience, and most of all, love.
Maya Coppola is also the owner of Jewels By Maya.
Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic.
The newest Ondist release, their single, "Die a Little" will be part of their third album release in November. Ondist released the album, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola. More info at http://www.ondistmusic.com
9. Ondist – "So Fragile"
from: Electricity / Bikiniwax Records / June 12, 2020
[This year, Ondist has released two albums, No Coincidence on June 12, and Electricity on Aug. 14, and their third album is coming in November. Ondist is Corbin Dooley, Nick Poortman, and Maya Coppola are Ondist. With divergent backgrounds rooted in Arkansas, New Zealand, and New York, the trio connected in Los Angeles. Recording in Malibu, Dallas, Kansas City, and Las Vegas brought environmental influences to the center of the Ondist sound, which is united by its cinematic vision of hope. Several of the tracks for all three albums were recorded at Weights & Measures with Duane Trower with Sam Platt on drums, Eddie Moore on keyboards, DeAndre Manning on bass, Jamie Anderson on guitar, Claire Adams on vocals, Jillian Riscoe on vocals. Corbin Dooley signed Nine Inch nails to TVT Records in 1990. He managed Blur, and Tekronic.]
10. The Greeting Committee – "This is It"
from: Greenline Grows KC-Benefit for The Greenline Initiative / Una Walkenhorst / 10-2-2020
[On Friday, August 28, 2020 The Greeting Committee played live for the Greenline Grows KC – A Benefit for The Greenline Initiative, that streamed LIVE on Facebook & YouTube with: Radkey Khrystal., Danny Cox & Bob Walkenhorst, Cuee, Enrique Javier Chi of Making Movies w/ Las Hermanas Altoro. This was rom that night. The Greeting Committee released their critically acclaimed EP, I'm Afraid I'm Not Angry on Harvest Records on October 17, 2019. Formed in KC in 2015 with Addie Sartino, Brandon Yangmi, Austin Fraser, & Pierce Turcotte. I'm Afraid I'm Not Angry was a follow up to their Oct. 26, 2018 full length release "This Is It." The band released the EP "Meeting People is Easy" in 2017, and "It's Not All That Bad" in 2015.]
11. The Get Up Kids – "Brakelines"
from: Problems / Polyvinyl Record Co / May 10, 2019
[KC / Lawrence KS based band with Matt Pryor on vocals & guitars, Jim Suptic on guitar, Rob Pope on bass, James Dewees on keyboards, Ryan Pope on drums. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. The Get Up Kids Members Rob Pope is also in the band Spoon; Jim Suptic is in the bands: Blackpool Lights, and Radar State; James Dewees is in the band Reggie and the Full Effect; and Matt Pryor performs often as a solo artists, and in the bands: Radar State, and The New Amsterdams. On their new album Problems—their first full-length in eight years—The Get Up Kids examine everything from life-changing loss to loneliness to the inevitable anxiety of existing in 2019. But by sustaining the essence of their sound—anthemic choruses with sing-along-ready melodies—the band highlights those troubles as a shared experience, giving way to an unbreakable solidarity. And at the heart of Problems is an invaluable element the band's embodied since their 1997 debut Four Minute Mile: a penetrating lyricism that's both acutely introspective and indelibly resonant. // The follow-up to 2018's Kicker EP, Problems came to life in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with the band holing up together for a three-week span. Working with Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Katis, The Get Up Kids took a characteristically riff-driven yet decidedly pop-minded approach to song structure, while also allowing themselves a new sense of creative freedom. "At one point with this band, if we came up with something that felt too much like when we first started out, we would've said, 'No, we can't do that anymore,'" says Pryor. "These days we've learned how to write without roadblocking the ideas that come naturally to us." // Kicking off with lead single "Satellite," Problems opens on a stark arrangement of acoustic guitar and stripped-bare vocals, then bursts into brightly crashing rhythms and lyrics revealing the time-bending quality of The Get Up Kids' songwriting. "I started writing 'Satellite' about my son who's 14 and a total introvert—not antisocial, he just genuinely likes to keep to himself," says Pryor. "But then somewhere down the line I started singing about myself—about how even when you're playing a show to a room full of people, I can still feel anxious and isolated." // Throughout Problems, The Get Up Kids again prove themselves attuned to the nuance of highly specific emotions, and ultimately validate the messiest and most nebulous of feelings. On the joyfully swinging, piano-heavy "The Problem Is Me," for instance, the band explores the notion of embracing your own romantic dysfunction, while "Salina" captures a small moment of melancholy with sweeping intensity and sprawling guitar work. Later, on "Your Ghost Is Gone," The Get Up Kids deliver a gently devastating piano ballad sparked from an instrumental piece Dewees wrote soon after his mother's death. // Through the years, The Get Up Kids have purposely pushed themselves toward previously unexplored songwriting material. "I'm 41 now, I could never write a song like when I was 19—all those 'I miss my girlfriend' kind of songs," Suptic says. "It's always important to us to write about wherever we are right now." As shown on Problems, the resulting output both preserves the beloved spirit of The Get Up Kids and creates an entirely new context for their music.]
[The Get Up Kids play Lemonade Park, 1628 Wyoming (NW corner of Wyoming & 17th St.), behind Voltaire, on Fri, Oct. 10, at 7:00 PM for a recordBar fundraiser. Lemonade Park is a limited capacity socially distanced outdoor venue created in partnership w/ recordBar, Voltaire, and Moxie Catering.]
Martinez Hillard, Daniel Miller, and Nathan "Geese" Giesecke of EBONY TUSKS on the February 19, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.
12. Ebony Tusks – "Bloodletting"
from: Heal Thyself / High Dive Records / November 6, 2020
[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. A rattling subwoofer is a sonic aberration, a byproduct of high volume that often results in a speaker system's long-term damage. It takes the listening experience from exclusively aural to physical, evoking a range of reactions from listeners. This experience is bonded inextricably with rap music for both its fans and dissenters, a familiar beacon for some and an unwelcome nuisance for others. Marty was a cashier at Burger King while in high school, spending every Saturday morning working the drive-thru window. One of his best friends pulled up to the menu and filled the speaker with sounds from his 1972 Volkswagen Beetle's cassette adapter. Marty's headset was filled with hot, white noise. He knew it was a rap song but it was mutated to scorched earth. It also happened to come through the main speaker right inside the drive-thru window. His manager was not at all pleased, rushing quickly to turn it off. Marty and his friend laughed it off at the time. EBONY TUSKS is a compilation of moments like these. Daniel, Geese, and Marty are three people from the Midwest who take pleasure in the mutations of sound available in the least expected places.]
Martinez Hillard and Daniel B Smith of Ebony Tusks on the October 7, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM.
11:04 – Interview with Martinez Hillard and Daniel Smith
Martinez Hillard and Daniel Smith two of the members of the Lawrence/Topeka, Kansas based hip hop trio, EBONY TUSKS, join us live in our 90.1 FM studios to share details about their debut full length album, Heal Thyself to be released on High Dive Records on November 6, 2020. The album will be available on limited edition oxblood and bone vinyl as well as standard black vinyl in an amazing gatefold jacket with a full color insert. Intelligent Sound will also be offering the album on cassette. Ebony Tusks is Daniel Smith on DJ & Production, Geese Giesecke on vocals & Production, and Marty Hillard on vocals & Production. More info at: ww.highdiverecords.com
Martinez Hillard and Daniel Smith, thanks for being with us on WMM.
You all were last on the show back on February 19, 2020 when we featured the releaseof your single HDF released February 7, 2020. That seems like a lifetime ago.
Originally the album was going to follow the single, with a Spring release, but it is now Fall, can you share some of the challenges of releasing a new album during a pandemic?
Their upcoming album, Heal Thyself will be released soon on High Dive Records on vinyl and Intelligent Sound on cassette.
From Live From The Underground / Vivid Seats recently wrote in a piece published February 7, 2020, saying: "EBONY TUSKS is dynamic underground hip-hop trio focused on the conscious, lyric-heavy side of the genre, EBONY TUSKS appeared with dozens of leading underground acts throughout the 2010s. Now, they're ready to take the next step. With newly released music hitting the web just minutes ago, EBONY TUSKS spoke with Vivid Seats about "HDF," the state of hip-hop and their plans to conquer the new decade.
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
At 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."
Heal Thyself on High Dive Records will be released on Nov. 6, 2020. 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, are getting set to release their debut full length album, Heal Thyself on High Dive Records on November 6, 2020. The album will be available on limited edition oxblood and bone vinyl as well as standard black vinyl in an amazing gatefold jacket with a full color insert. Intelligent Sound will also be offering the album on cassette. Ebony Tusks is Daniel Smith on DJ & Production, Geese Giesecke on vocals & Production, and Marty Hillard on vocals & Production. More info at: ww.highdiverecords.com
13. Ebony Tusks – "Schuyler"
[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 and Daniel Smith two of the members of the Lawrence/Topeka, Kansas based hip hop trio, EBONY TUSKS, who join us live in our 90.1 FM studios to share details about their debut full length album, Heal Thyself to be released on High Dive Records on November 6, 2020. The album will be available on limited edition oxblood and bone vinyl as well as standard black vinyl in an amazing gatefold jacket with a full color insert. Intelligent Sound will also be offering the album on cassette. More info at: ww.highdiverecords.com
Martinez Hillard was part of the popular band Cowboy Indian Bear (2008-2014). Cowboy Indian Bear was formed as a trio in 2008 with Beau Bruns, Martinez Hilliard and CJ Calhoun. They started practicing in Joshua Browning's church/studio in Williamstown, KS. They were three dudes who had just moved from their hometown of Topeka to, what in our eyes, was our very own local music mecca: Lawrence, KS. We were flush with plans and ideas for our music. Over the course of almost six years, the three of us, along with Katlyn Conroy who joined the band in 2010, and Danny Bowersox, who came in to the band in 2013 worked hard and were able to accomplish so much.
Martinez Hillard started Ebony Tusks. Danny Bowersox helped form the band Spirit is the Spirit. Katlyn Conroy has released multiple EPs and Album releases as La Guerre. CJ Calhoun created the musical project Bonzo Madrid.
Fally Afani wrote in the October 14, 2014 edition of I heart Local Music: "Watching CJ Calhoun, Marty Hillard, Katlyn Conroy, and Beau Bruns single-handedly transform the attitude in the scene may have been the biggest gift the (mostly) Topeka transplants brought to Lawrence. At a time when the scene was hostile, frigid, and cliquey, Cowboy Indian Bear put on their best manners and welcomed everyone with open arms. Often times at shows early in their careers, they greeted every single patron who walked through their door. // That attitude was infectious, and you can bet it spread across the Lawrence music scene. // One by one, we saw more bands associated with this act change their behavior. This allowed more music fans to feel at ease, and actually feel drawn to live shows. Once audiences felt a welcoming atmosphere at Cowboy Indian Bear's shows, they eventually shared the sentiment with other bands."
Ebony Tusks is Daniel Smith on DJ & Production, Geese Giesecke on vocals & Production, and Marty Hillard on vocals & Production. A rattling subwoofer is a sonic aberration, a byproduct of high volume that often results in a speaker system's long-term damage. It takes the listening experience from exclusively aural to physical, evoking a range of reactions from listeners. This experience is bonded inextricably with rap music for both its fans and dissenters, a familiar beacon for some and an unwelcome nuisance for others.
Marty was a cashier at Burger King while in high school, spending every Saturday morning working the drive-thru window. One of his best friends pulled up to the menu and filled the speaker with sounds from his 1972 Volkswagen Beetle's cassette adapter. Marty's headset was filled with hot, white noise. He knew it was a rap song but it was mutated to scorched earth. It also happened to come through the main speaker right inside the drive-thru window. His manager was not at all pleased, rushing quickly to turn it off. Marty and his friend laughed it off at the time. EBONY TUSKS is a compilation of moments like these. Daniel, Geese, and Marty are three people from the Midwest who take pleasure in the mutations of sound available in the least expected places
Heal Thyself was tracked and mixed from January 2016 – May 2019 by George Henry Valyer IV at Rundown Studios in Topeka, KS and MalaMUTE Studios in East Lawrence, KS. It was mastered in July 2019 by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering in Portland, OR.
The album cover was created by Justin Bergin and shot by Rachel Lock. The layout was created by Marty Hillard with assistance from Tanner Spreer. Insert photos were shot by LeRoy Pristach and Ailecia Ruscin.
The official video for "Bloodletting" released October 2, 2020 is now available on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter courtesy of Austin Glassco.
Bloodletting written and performed by EBONY TUSKS. Video created by Austin Glassco.
Engineered and mixed by George Henry Valyer IV at Rundown Studios in Topeka, Kansas.
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering, Portland, Oregon.
High Dive Records / Intelligent Sound©. All rights reserved.
"Bloodletting" lyrics:
I'm well acquainted with harbored resentment / the bitter feelings inaudibly rendered / through gritted teeth we've been volatile, indiscreet in our comments / is this release or an audit of weapons? / mother in heaven knows I once kept an arsenal in me / cannon fixed and aimed at those who so often would tempt me / best believe I was a beast with it, awful and petty / bleed for an audience just to feed all this bottomless envy / and I felt it in my core from rock bottom to ceiling / knew when to quit but didn't know just what stopping would mean / a light I withheld when I was supposed to be conscious, a beacon / I was supposed to have conquered these demons / you were supposed to see G-d in this heathen / most days I can't even argue with reason / but a part of me has flown away in departure for kingdom
head down to the feet, right? / head down to the feet, right?
around here, that's what you call that / around here, that's what you call that (repeat)
am I to be a vessel? Am I to lead discussion? / am I to cauterize the wound? am I to leave it ruptured? / am I considered damaged goods not having been discovered / at the bottom of a dream deferred and cavernous in hunger? / am I to plummet farther? am I my father's witness? / am I the courage in his blood, a prophecy delivered? / am I believed to be an author if the script was written / long before the moment I felt chosen for the mission given?
Chris Hagirian of Eight On Sixty on 90.1 The Bridge wrote:
"I've never heard music that has made me feel so many contrasting things at the same time. The music and the sound beneath it are overwhelming on an all-new level. It's like audio vertigo, in the best of ways, with blasts of sound flying at you from every angle. The loudness of the music and resonance of the lyrics truthfully replicates their powerful live performance in a way I could have never predicted. The message in the songs fills you with rage and at the same time overwhelms you nearly to tears.
This is hard-listening music with no apology and like so much great art, Heal Thyself is hard to digest. Ebony Tusks has given us a piece of transposing art, music that we need right now, as hard-working people struggle and fight for what's right and elected officials sit back and let the country burn.
Listen to Bloodletting. In one breath you'll want to burn something down and in another, you'll want to hug everyone you've ever met. Thank you to Martinez, Geese and Daniel for this gift, and cheers to High Dive Records for putting it out. "
14. Ebony Tusks – "Chuck Ds"
15. Page 7 – "Not A Free Country"
from: Rise Up – EP / Page 7 / October 6, 2020
[Page 7. The band was formed in 2014. They are a Lawrence, Kansas based reggae, ska, soul rocksteady band with Joe Sears on lead vocals; Ryan "Rhyno" Hensley on drums; Anthony Case on bass, and backing vocals; Mike MacFarland on guitar & backing vocals; Brad Eldridge on keyboards; Chris Leopold on trumpet, and backing vocals; Dan Pem on saxophone, and backing vocals; and Mike Walker on trombone, and backing vocals. Earlier this year the band released their 7-song EP The Call, on May 26, and the single "Connectivity," on April 10. More info at: https://page7reggae.wixsite.com%5D
Joe Sears of Page 7
11:34 – Interview with Joe Sears
Joe Sears is lead singer of the Lawrence, Kansas reggae, ska, soul rocksteady band, Page 7. The band was formed in 2014 and also includes: Ryan Hensley, Mike McFarland, Mike Walker, Brad Eldridge, Dan Pem Chris Leopold and Anthony Case. Page 7 just released their new 3-song EP Rise Up, on October 6, 2020. Earlier this year the band released their 7-song EP The Call, on May 26, and the single "Connectivity," on April 10. More info at: https://page7reggae.wixsite.com
Joe Sears Thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
"Not A Free Country"
Page 7 was formed in Lawrence, Kansas in 2014
Joe Sears on lead vocals
Ryan "Rhyno" Hensley on drums;
Anthony Case on bass, and backing vocals;
Mike MacFarland on guitar & backing vocals;
Brad Eldridge on keyboards; Chris Leopold on trumpet, and backing vocals;
Dan Pem on saxophone, and backing vocals;
Mike Walker on trombone, and backing vocals.
Earlier this year the band released their 7-song EP The Call, on May 26, and the single "Connectivity," on April 10.
Joe Sears is a Montessori Guide at Raintree Montessori School in Lawrence, Kansas
Joe Sears was a Substitute Teacher at Maplewood Richmond Heights School District in St. Louis, starting in August 6, 1996 until Present
Joe Sears was a Therapist Aide at St. Louis Children's Hospital, starting in August 6, 1995
In reporting about Page 7 performing at Live on Mass for I Heart Local Music, Fally Afani wrote: "Page 7, however, ultimately brought the party thanks to their infectious energy and genre-spanning sound. With Page 7, you get a little soul, a little funk, and everything in between. Though they touch on several genres, it's when they dive into ska that they're at their best, likely because this is one of the finest horn sections in the area. They're subtle, smooth, and simply sublime (a perfect blend for any mid-Summer street party)."
In a few minutes we are gong to play: "Rise Up" and "Right Side"
The Lawrence, Kansas reggae, ska, soul rocksteady band, Page 7 have just released their new 3-song EP Rise Up, on October 6, 2020. More info at: https://page7reggae.wixsite.com
16. Page 7 – "Rise Up"
17. Page 7 – "The Right Side"
[Page 7. The band was formed in 2014. They are a Lawrence, Kansas based reggae, ska, soul rocksteady band with Joe Sears on lead vocals; Ryan "Rhyno" Hensley on drums; Anthony Case on bass, and backing vocals; Mike MacFarland on guitar & backing vocals; Brad Eldridge on keyboards; Chris Leopold on trumpet, and backing vocals; Dan Pem on saxophone, and backing vocals; and Mike Walker on trombone, and backing vocals. Earlier this year the band released their 7-song EP The Call, on May 26, and the single "Connectivity," on April 10. More info at: https://page7reggae.wixsite.com%5D.%5D
Next week on Wednesday, Oct. 14, we talk with Mike McCoy of Cher UK and Mike McCoy's Trompe-l'œil . Mike McCoy will be performing live for a Cher UK 30th Anniversary Show with Dan Jones and the Squids and Schwervon. Friday, October 16 at Lemonade Park. Also next week we welcome Calvin Arsenia who joins us to talk about "Summer in Hindsight" The West 18th Street Fashion Show Film premiering Friday, October 16 at the BLVD Drive In.
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WMM presents Kianna & Jared White + Jocelyn Nixin + Jenna Rae + Max James
Posted on September 29, 2020 by Mark Manning
Kianna White, Jared White & Jocelyn Olivia Nixin
+ Max James & The Sound of Kansas City +
Jenna Rae & Unfit Wives
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Freedom Affair, Shy Boys, Heart Machine, Kianna White, Berwanger, Flutienastiness, Unfit Wives, Lee Walter Redding, The Creepy Jingles, Yes You Are, Calvin Arsenia, Quite Frankly, Tilly and The Wall, Anjimile, and The Shins.
Kianna White
At 10:30 Kianna White, Jared White and Jocelyn Olivia Nixin join us to share details about their upcoming concert, Friday, October 2, at 7:00 PM with Nathan Corsi Band and DJ Stevie Cruz, at Lemonade Park, a limited capacity socially distanced outdoor venue created in partnership between recordBar, Voltaire, and Moxie Catering, 1628 Wyoming (NW corner of Wyoming & 17th St.), behind Voltaire. We'll talk with Jocelyn Olivia Nixin about her band The Creepy Jingles and we'll talk with Kianna & Jared White about their band Yes You Are and Kianna's new solo single, "Homecoming Queen," released last Friday, with a new video that she filmed, edited and conceived and created on iPhone 7, iMovie on MacBook Air with a little help from Snapchat, an oscillating fan and a flashlight.
Unfit Wives: Kahlen Mitchell on upright bass & vocals, Monica Greenwood on mandolin & vocals, Shannon O'Shea on fiddle & vocals, and Jenna Rae on guitar & vocals
At 11:00 Jenna Rae joins us to share details about Unfit Wives who play a Parking Lot Show with Ryan Manuel, and Tyler Gregory, Saturday, October 10, at 7:00 PM, at Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive, Lawrence Kansas, presented by I Heart Local Music and Theatre Lawrence for a socially distanced drive-in concert at the Theatre Lawrence parking lot where Unfit Wives will bring their hard-driving bluegrass originals with hot licks, lyrics, and feisty four-part harmonies. Unfit Wives are: Jenna Rae on guitar & vocals, Shannon O'Shea on fiddle & vocals, Monica Greenwood on mandolin & vocals, and Kahlen Mitchell on upright bass & vocals. More info at http://www.unfitwives.com and http://www.thelostcowgirl.com
At 11:30 Max James talks about The Sound of Kansas City, Sunday, October 18, Noon to 10:00 PM, A Socially Distant Concert, on the SE Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, KCMO, featuring: Calvin Arsenia, Back Alley Brass Band, Larsen, The Way Way Back, What A Wreck, Flutienastiness, Attic Light, and Emma Jo. DJs Ashton Martin, Maxx Grüv, Nick Davis, Danny Maloney, Dawna K, DJ Alex Reed, and DJ Stoww will be spinning tracks between each band set. Sound of KC is a socially-distanced festival, where your ticket gives you and three friends a 10'x10′ space to relax and listen to some of Kansas City's finest performers. More information at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sound-of-kansas-city-tickets-119337159657?aff=ebdssbeac&fbclid=IwAR3vrv-ad1cu77plLb1aTNhPGHkXlWaqgSSLlGZwpR1WwaDOVYEyd1sWCo8
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or
STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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WMM Playlist from Jan. 29, 2020
Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mark Manning
Jairy + New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Spinning Tree Theatre's "Girlfriend"
from: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to All That Jazz / 1980
WMM's theme song]
2. Yes You Are – "Comet Bicycle"
from: Here's To The Great Unknowns / Yes You Are / November 15, 2019
[Kianna Alarid on vocals, Jared White on rhythm guitar, Jacob Temeyer on guitars & keyboards, and Willie Jordan on bass. "We play black pop." says Kianna Alarid, Yes You Are's intense front woman, "It implies that there might be shadows lurking, even in the shiny places." Listening to their upcoming album, it IS essentially pop, but they redefine the genre with each and every song. From gospel choirs to guitar-heavy rock to synth-covered dance rhythms, the mainstay (and mainstream friendly) sing-along hooks are what binds all of their work together. Alarid cut her teeth in the critically-acclaimed indie band Tilly and the Wall, touring through the mid to late aughts with bands such as She and Him, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Of Montreal and CSS, playing venues around the world and hitting major festivals like Coachella, Japan's Summersonic, Iceland Airwaves, Reading, Leeds, Scotland's T In The Park and Australia's Splendor In The Grass as well as performing on Late Night with David Letterman and Sesame Street. You've probably already heard Yes You Are, as their first single debuted on Pepsi's Superbowl 51 commercial, as has played over 15,000 times since, all over the world. The song was also featured in the hit movie Bad Moms, as well as FX's Tyrant and MTV's Scream. Yes You Are has shared the stage with the likes of K. Flay, Moon Taxi, Marion Hill, Lucius and Neon Trees.]
3. Art d'Ecco – "This Flight Tonight"
from: This Flight Tonight – Single / Paper Bag / July 23, 2019
[Written by Joni Mitchell and originally recorded for her 1971 album "Blue." Special thanks to our friend Nico Gray for turning us onto Art D'Ecco. Based in British Columbia, "There's more than a little David Bowie in both the sonic and fashion leanings of Art d'Ecco, a performer who fluidly crosses musical and gender lines, creating highly memorable tracks — and sporting an unforgettable look. Often labelled "neo glam," the music boasts hints of everything from '50s pop to psychedelics, from Velvet Underground-era art rock to Grimes-inspired electronics." – CBC Music Art d'Ecco released the album Trespasser on Paper Bag Records on October 12, 2018. When d'Ecco moved into his grandmother's cottage on one of the islands, he hadn't planned on creating a new project. But, as it often does, circumstance charted his course. His grandmother, living with Alzheimer's, suffered a related phenomenon called 'sundowning,' which triggers increased agitation and anxiety around sunset. "The only way to calm this lady down was to sit down at the piano," says d'Ecco. He would play "Bohemian Rhapsody," passing it off as Beethoven. After she was relocated, d'Ecco remained in the empty house where he had played as a child. Draped in memory, he gravitated toward the piano, spending the long, lonesome, quiet nights on the bench before the instrument. This is where Art d'Ecco was created. He relocated to a new cottage, built a studio and barricaded himself with copies of Deerhunter's Cryptograms, Bowie's Low, and choice krautrock records. In this solitude, d'Ecco would chase tones for hours. The result is a richly-realized confluence of the ferocious spark of those trailblazers and a distinct sadness, with d'Ecco as mad scientist, stitching together these delicious fragments and animating them.]
4. M. Ward – "Unreal City"
from: Migration Stories / Anti / April 3, 2020
[Matthew Stephen Ward was born October 4, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Portland, Oregon. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings; he has released eleven albums since 1999, his first nine through independent label Merge Records, and his last two on Anti Records. In addition to his solo work, he is a member of indie pop duo She & Him and folk-rock supergroup Monsters of Folk, and also participates in recording, producing, and playing with multiple other artists. Ward recorded Migration Stories with Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry, producer/mixer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys etc.), and Teddy Impakt. Of the new album, Ward said in a press release: "Some time went by, the stories wove together and I remember them now closer to characters in a dream of how people could treat each other than any kind of front-page news realism. I think music subconsciously—whether writing or listening—is a filter for me. Helping to process all the bad news into something new to build from. Some records to me are like self-fulfilling prophecies—visualizing change to wish something into being. Those records inspired this one."]
5. Mackenzie Nicole – "Heart of Darkness"
from: Mystic / Strange Music / February 14, 2020
[A rafter-reaching voice, classically trained chops, literate lyricism, and a sassy spark enable Mackenzie Nicole to quietly rewrite the rulebook for pop. Equally inspired by Rihanna, Halsey, Johnny Cash, and The Doors, the 18-year-old impresario who can readily quote The Shining or Wuthering Heights honed her immense vocal talents via singing operas in several different languages since the age of six. Now, she embarks on a mission with focused, albeit far-reaching intentions… "I want to trojan horse some substance and variety into pop," she exclaims. "I'd like to join a tide of valuable artists changing what happens in mainstream culture, art, and writing. That's really important to me." If anybody can do it, it's Mackenzie. She spent her formative years studying piano and voice under the rigorous instruction of a strict and seasoned professional teacher. Between sharpening those abilities, she devoured art of all forms—from reading Heart of Darkness as a high school sophomore to obsessing over the Insidious film series as a teen (and to this day!) "I was formally trained on how to do everything 'right'," she admits. "From a very young age, I knew what was technically correct given theory and according to these rules that I'd learned over and over again. However, I had this realization where I thought, 'Music doesn't have to be proper.' It doesn't need to pass the litmus test of being technically accurate in order to be good or enjoyable. So, I started experimenting at that point." That experimentation led to her debut single "Actin Like You Know." Co-written by the budding artist, she caught the attention of her father Travis O'Guin cofounder and C.E.O. of independent juggernaut Strange Music Inc., proving herself by obsessively nailing the vocal take. Her recording history predates the single as she made her debut on platinum-certified rap icon Tech N9ne's 2009 K.O.D. before lending her voice to tracks on All 6's and 7's [2011] and Something Else [2013]—which both bowed at #4 on the Billboard Top 200. Signing to Strange Music in 2015, she formally unveiled "Actin Like You Know" boasting a cameo from Tech. Early acclaim came as the track racked up over 3.9 million YouTube views and 1.9 million Spotify streams, while the song served as a centerpiece on the Tech N9ne Collabos album Strangeulation Vol. II. 2017 saw her feature on two songs from Strange Reign in addition to guesting at various tour stops. "Deleted" turned up as her next solo hit with over 978K Spotify streams and 599K YouTube views to date. Simultaneously, the songstress assembled what would become her full-length debut and the first release for the Strange Main imprint, The Edge, co-written with and produced by Los Angeles duo The Jam (Lady Gaga, Santana, Jojo). In many ways, that title sums up the expanse of her nuanced and intricate personality. "Personally, and professionally, I'm a very intense and extreme person," she admits. "I take everything as far as possible before breaking. Sometimes, I take things a little too far to the edge and almost fall off. This is an introduction to me and who I am. It talks about a lot of different subjects that are relevant to me. I can be very serious. I tend to gravitate towards the darker and grimier side of things. The Edge is a glimpse into that. This is me in every way on the record." She paved the way for the album with the single "Preview," which begins with orchestral flourishes before building towards a climactic and catchy chorus. "For two years, I was off and on with this guy," she sighs. "'Preview' takes place when we were on again. Even when things are terrible and going horribly, we still end up back with each other. We had to cut things off, dive in, and finally see it through though. 'Preview' was the choice to dive in. This relationship was good for the art, but bad for my mental health," she adds with a laugh. The follow-up "Back to You" illuminates her staggering range over a cinematic musical backdrop. Elsewhere, "Anxious" touts an infectious refrain. "Fix Me" unearths raw emotion in each verse and she admits, "That one is the most authentic to me." Everything culminates on the expansive and entrancing title track. Over a shimmer of piano keys, she delivers the admission, "Sometimes you need to walk to the edge and just let it take over…" In the end, this trojan horse unlocks a big surprise for pop by channeling a timeless sentiment like only Mackenzie can. "I love it when I listen to a track and completely get chills, because the artist said something that speaks directly to me," she leaves off. "In this moment, you now have an anthem for your thought or emotion. It's very individual and intimate. We all go through happiness, love, and anger. I hope listeners can connect on a deeper level. We're experiencing this art together. I'm sharing it; you're hopefully feeling it."]
6. The Anniversary – "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
from: Designing a Nervous Breakdown / Vagrant Records – BMG / January 25, 2000
[The Anniversary were formed in Lawrence, Kansas in 1997 by Josh Berwanger, James David, Christian Jankowski, Adrianne Verhoeven and Justin Roelofs. The Anniversary was the solidification of a line-up that had been in flux for a year. After two years of playing shows across with the Midwest with bands that included The Get Up Kids, Braid and Superchunk, The Anniversary signed to Vagrant Records. Originally perceived as a poppy, keyboard-driven emo band with the release of their debut album Designing a Nervous Breakdown in 2000, they developed a stronger, classic rock-influenced sound with the release of a split CD with Superdrag in 2001 and their second full length, 2002's Your Majesty. After touring heavily throughout 2002 and 2003, The Anniversary began demoing tracks for what would be their third full length. But four years of constant touring and personal strains within the group led to the band's demise in early 2004. Four and a half years after their breakup, Devil on Our Side, a compilation of b-sides and unreleased tracks, was released by Vagrant Records. On March 28, 2016, it was announced that The Anniversary would join headliners Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday at the Taste of Chaos Festival on July 16, 2016, in San Bernardino, CA. On September 8, 2016, the band kicked off its reunion tour in Boston, at The Brighton Music Hall.]
[The Anniversary celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their debut album playing The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS, Saturday, February 1, with Matt Pryor (acoustic) and other Americans.]
7. Free Nationals – "Shibuya (feat. Syd)"
from: Free Nationals / OBE, LLC – Empire / December 13, 2019
[Free Nationals are best known as Anderson . Paak's live band, until now. Band members include: Kelsey Gonzalez on bass, Ron "Tnava" Avant on keyboards & vocoder, Callum Connor on drums, and José Rios on guitar. Free Nationals have graced the stage at Coachella, opened for Beyoncé and completed World Tours alongside J. For this track Free Nationals ecorded with Sydney Loren Bennett was born April 23, 1992. Known professionally as Syd (formerly Syd tha Kyd), Syd is an American singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She is a founding member of the band The Internet, and was a member of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future.]
Jairy photo by Coal Simmons
8. Jairy – "Into The Morning"
from: Into The Morning / Manor Records / January 27, 2020
[Jairy is the pop-focused solo project of Jared Bajkowski, bass player of KC indie outfit Momma's Boy. The music of Jairy explores dissociation, romance, hallucinations, sexuality and the despair of living in a capital-driven world via smooth, sassy and theatrical 70s- and 80s-inspired pop sounds.]
Jared Bajkowski on the January 29, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
10:32 – Interview with Jared Bajkowski
KC based musician & singer songwriter, Jared Bajkowski joins us live in our 90.1 FM Studios to share details about his new project Jairy, and his new single "Into The Morning" released through Manor Records. Jared is a Manor Records team member and also plays bass and sings in the KC based band, Momma's Boy. More info at http://www.manorrecords.com
Jared Bajkowski thanks for being with us on WMM.
Jared Bajkowski's new project Jairy, and his new single "Into The Morning" that is being released through Manor Records.
"Into The Morning" was produced by Ross Brown.
Jairy is a nickname. Jared's mom doesn't like it, she says that she "named him Jared, his name is Jared."
The music of Jairy explores dissociation, romance, hallucinations, sexuality and the despair of living in a capital-driven world via smooth, sassy and theatrical 70s- and 80s-inspired pop sounds.
For the past 4 years Jared has played bass and sand lead on a few songs in the Kansas City based band, Momma's Boy.
Manor Records and Jairy presented an "Into The Morning" Listening Party at Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters, 519 E 18th Street, KCMO on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
More information at http://www.manorrecords.com
Jared Bajkowski is Senior UX Designer at H&R Block
Jared Bajkowski Studied Entrepreneurship at Missouri State University
Jared Bajkowski lives in Kansas City, Missouri
Jared Bajkowski is from Lee's Summit, Missouri
Momma's Boy plays recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Thurs, Jan 30, at 8:00 PM w/ Surf Curse.
Momma's Boy plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Wed, Feb 5, at 9:00 PM w/ Stary, The Creepy Jingles, and Shady Bug.
9. Momma's Boy – "Want Me Back"
from: Want Me Back – Single / Dead Summer Single Series / January 19, 2018
[3rd release of Momma's Boys' Dead Summer Single Series. Written by Jared bajkowski. Lead vocals by Jared Bajkowski. Momma's Boy is an Indie Surf Pop 4-piece band from KCMO, formed December 2015, and made up of former members of Rev Gusto: Peter Beatty on guitar & vocals, Shaun Crowley on guitar & vocals, Quinn Hernandez on drums, and Jared Bajkowski on bass & vocals. Mixed, mastered and recorded by Joel Nanos at Element Recording Studios.Their debut EP Liquid Courage was released Feb. 25, 2017.]
[Momma's Boy plays recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Thurs, Jan 30, at 8:00 PM w/ Surf Curse.]
[Momma's Boy plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Wed, Feb 5, at 9:00 PM w/ Stary, The Creepy Jingles, and Shady Bug.]
10. The War and Treaty – "Hustlin'"
from: Jealousy / Hustlin' – Single / Rounder Records / January 24, 2020
[New music on a new label from The War and Treaty who released their full length debut album, "Healing Tide" on August 10, 2018. Michael Trotter Jr & Tanya Blount-Trotter are from Albion, Michigan. For Michael Trotter Jr., the journey began in 2004, when he arrived in Iraq, an untested soldier stricken by fear and self-doubt. His captain made it his personal mission to see to Trotter's survival. The unit was encamped in one of Saddam Hussein's private palaces, and in a forgotten corner in its basement, they found a black upright piano that once belonged to the dictator himself. When Trotter shared the fact he could sing, he was encouraged to teach himself to play piano on that confiscated keyboard. "I wrote my first song after that captain was killed," Trotter recalls. "I sang it for his memorial in Iraq." Soon after it became his mission to sing at the memorial services for those that had fallen. For the next three years, he sang songs that brought solace and comfort to the members of his unit. His efforts eventually garnered wider recognition as well. He came in first place in "Military Idol," the army's version of "American Idol," during a competition held in Baumholder, Germany. Following his discharge, he was featured on the Hope Channel program "My Story, My Song." Then he met Tanya Blount. Blount's musically influences include Mahalia Jackson, Sister Odette and Aretha Franklin. The two fell in love, got married and used the experiences they had gained to create a new musical collaboration. The couple then secured the services of musicians whose skills add a distinctive sound to The War and Treaty's blend of roots music, blue grass, folk, gospel and soul. Their 2017 EP Down to the River was released July 21, 2017. Recorded in Albion, Michigan, Down to the River boasts a sound that's both stirring and sensual, driven by joy, determination and an unceasing upward gaze. The music is visceral but never morose, flush with emotion but void of despair… a style that touches on a variety of genres, but never finds itself confined to anyone. The arrangements are uncluttered– harmonies, basslines, guitar and mandolin licks, settle drum patterns and keyboards create an immensely moving soundscape — but the sentiments and emotions are fully realized and soar with a steady, chilling assurance. "The recording process wasn't like anything I ever experienced," Tanya recalls. "This EP has allowed me to breathe musically. I feel like all I have wanted to express for the past ten years has come forth with what we've done. The combination of heart, soul and the overwhelming amount of love that Michael and I have for one another comes across in this record." "I was sitting on the banks of the Euphrates River in Baghdad dreaming about one day being able to play and sing professionally for people all around the world," Michael reflects. "As we recorded our music, I constantly had flashbacks of those desert dreams. I thought to myself that this is actually the perfect ending to usher in a new beginning in my life." ] [First Played February 7, 2018]
11. Various Blonde – "Dirty Martini"
from: 3s 1 / The Record Machine / January 10, 2020
[New three song release from Various Blonde. Kansas City based experimental, rock, pop, and funk band originally formed in 2008 and currently served by founder Joshua Allen on guitar, synthesizers, and vocals; and Mark Lomas on drums. The band has been described by Mills Record Company as, "Having all the sex appeal of The Weeknd and all the grit of Rage Against the Machine–the combination makes for a performance that is explosive."]
[Various Blonde play The Brick 1727 Mcgee Street, KCMO on Friday, January 31, at 10:00 PM with Knife Crime, and The Beholders.]
[Various Blonde play Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, on Saturday, February 1, at 10:00 PM with Not A Planet, and The Black Mariah Theatre.]
12. Matthew Sweet – "Girlfriend"
from: Girlfriend / Volcano Entertainment / October 22, 1991
[Sidney Matthew Sweet was born October 6, 1964 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from Southeast High School in Lincoln, in 1983. Upon graduation he moved to Athens, Georgia to attend college and join the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990s. His latest albums, Tomorrow Forever and Tomorrow's Daughter, were followed by 2018's Wicked System of Things. As a high school student in 1980, Sweet wrote songs and recorded them on four-track cassettes. He joined the band The Specs and released his first recording on a battle of bands LP produced by a local radio station, and fronted his own local band called The Dialtones. After graduating, Sweet traveled to Athens, Georgia, to attend college during the vibrant Athens music scene. That same year, Sweet, who had met the band R.E.M. when they played a show in his hometown the previous year, collaborated with frontman Michael Stipe in a duo group under the name Community Trolls, as well as played guitar in Stipe's sister Lynda Stipe's band, Oh-OK. In addition, he formed another duo, The Buzz of Delight, with Oh-OK drummer David Pierce, releasing an EP, Sound Castles, in 1984 on DB Records. On the strength of this 12″ vinyl, Sweet was signed to a solo recording contract with Columbia Records. In 1986, he released Inside, his debut album, to good reviews but little commercial success. In 1989, he released Earth after signing with A&M Records; likewise, it was well-received critically, yet not commercially. This marked a personal and professional low period as his record company lost interest and his marriage failed. In 1990, A&M released Sweet from his contract, and he signed with rival Zoo Entertainment, which evolved into Volcano Entertainment. Sweet formed a new band (which included Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Greg Leisz, Lloyd Cole, and Fred Maher), and together they spent that year assembling his next work, originally titled Nothing Lasts. In 1991, Sweet released Girlfriend, the re-titled pop-rock album which was widely considered an artistic breakthrough. It quickly garnered impressive U.S. sales, spawning a Top 10 single with the title track. The music video for "Girlfriend" (heavily aired on MTV, MuchMusic and Night Tracks) featured clips from the anime film, Space Adventure Cobra, while the video for "I've Been Waiting" used clips of the Urusei Yatsura character, Lum Invader.]
Michael Grayman Parkhurst, Dakotta Hagar, and Jeremy Ragland on the January 29, 2020 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
11:04 – Interview with Michael Grayman-Parkhurst, Jeremy Ragland, and Dakotta Hagar
Spinning Tree Artistic Director Michael Grayman-Parkhurst and actors: Jeremy Ragland and Dakotta Hagar join us to share details about Spinning Tree Theatre's KC premiere of "Girlfriend" based on Matthew Sweet's 1991 album "Girlfriend. Set in 1993 small-town Nebraska during the summer between high school and whatever comes next, college-bound jock Mike and self-assured but aimless Will are romantically brought together. Their rush of first-time love, confusion and passion, is captured by the power-pop precision and frayed guitar emotion of Sweet's alternative rock album performed with an all femme band backing up actors: Jeremy Ragland and Dakotta Hagar, who sing the songs and are both making company debuts.
"Girlfriend" runs January 24 through February 9 at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, 8788 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. More information at http://www.spinningtreetheatre.com
Michael Grayman Parkhurst, Jeremy Ragland, and Dakotta Hagar thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Jeremy Ragland plays college-bound jock Mike
Dakotta Hagar plays self-assured but aimless Will
This musical is similar instill to "Jagged Little Pill" the Alanis Morissette Musical on Broadway where a creative writer takes a preexisiting music album and puts the songs into characters and story lines invented around the music. Not an easy task.
Casting, making the a love story between two young men, have an all femme band.
"Girlfriend," is based on Matthew Sweet's 1991 rock album of the same name, is set in 1993 small-town Nebraska during the summer between high school and whatever comes next. College-bound jock Mike and self-assured but aimless Will find themselves drawn to each other. Their rush of first-time love, full of excitement, confusion and passion, is captured by the power-pop precision and frayed guitar emotion of Sweet's alternative rock album.
Spinning Tree Theatre photo by Richard Fabac
Jeremy Ragland plays Mike and Dakotta Hagar plays Will, both making company debuts. Spinning Tree Artistic Director Michael Grayman-Parkhurst directs, with music direction by Pamela Baskin-Watson (Billy Elliot, Once on this Island). The Girlfriend band is Baskin-Watson (keyboard), Kelly Crane (bass), Caitlyn Henson (drums) and Darcie Hingula (guitar).
The creative and design team also includes Conor Tierney (projections), Eric Palmquist (props), Jeff Eubank (sound), Rachael Carney (lights) and Lydia Krause (stage management).
ASL Shadow Interpreted performances of Girlfriend will be offered January 29 – February 2. Certified interpreters Lisa Lehnen and Juliana Ladd will perform all five performances that week. Shadow interpreting, in which interpreters "shadow" the actors, allows D/deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons the ability to take in both the sign language and the action simultaneously and offers a more seamless experience for the entire audience.
Managing Director Andrew Grayman-Parkhurst: "We're honored to produce the area premiere of Matthew Sweet and Todd Almond's Girlfriend, which offers a relatable love story that happens to be between two young men. Hopefully our production will not only rock the house, but also allow our city's LGBTQ-identifying youth the opportunity to see themselves reflected onstage honestly and tenderly."
Dakotta Hagar and Jeremy Ragland of Spinning Tree Theatre's "Girlfriend." Photo by Richard Fabac
"Girlfriend" runs through February 9 at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, 8788 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. More information at http://www.spinningtreetheatre.com
13. Matthew Sweet – "I've Been Waiting"
from: Girlfriend / Volcano Entertaiment / October 22, 1991
14. SUNU – "Liberation" (on 7" Vinyl)
from: Food, Inc. – Single b/w "Liberation" / Sunflower Soul Records / December 11, 2015
[Rev. Aaron Morris – Trumpet & Lead Vocals; Dan Pem – Tenor Sax; Chris Leopold – Trombone; Mike Hamm – Guitar; Chris Shaw – Bass; Dylan Bassett – Drums & Percussion; Alex Thiessen – Drums & Percussion; Taylor Babb – Drums & Percussion. Recorded, mixed, & produced by Chris Hazelton. Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio.]
[SUNU plays The Ship, Friday, January 31, at 10:00 PM.]
15. Sudan Archives – "Glorious"
from: Athena / Stones Throw Records / November 1, 2019
[LA based violinist Sudan Archives, combines elements of the modern and ancient. The 23 year-old self-taught violinist draws inspiration from Sudanese fiddlers, R&B, West African rhythms, and experimental electronic music. Building records around rhythms and melodies from the strings of her violin and raw vocals, Sudan effortlessly draws the link between traditional African music and contemporary electronic production.]
16. The Phantastics – "Heartbreaker"
from: Life of the Party – EP / Kemet Creative / August 24, 2018
[Eight member band from Kansas City formed in December 0f 2010 made up of: Kemet the Phantom -lead vocals; Kim "Phirst Lady" Newsome on lead vocals; JJ Cantrell on lead guitar & vocals; Danny Florez on electric bass; Ashley Thompson on drums, Ernest Melton on saxophone; Ryan 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 Kansas City Star. Musicianship and diversity are at the core of their success. Rock, Rap, Dance, Funk, Jazz and 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.]
[The Phantistics play the HEMP HOP: The Future of Missouri Hemp and Hip-Hop, Saturday, February 1, at 7:00 PM at The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, KCMO with NuBlvckCity.]
[The Phantastics play the I Heart Local Music Presents: Black Prom with The Phantastics! Saturday, February 8, at 7:00 PM at The Granada Theater, 1020 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS]
17. Misha Roberts – "Glass"
from: Exposed – EP / Misha Roberts / January 2020 (Unreleased)
[Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Misha Roberts has worked extensively in Kansas City as a vocalist for over 10 years. Misha is currently in the studio working on her solo album. She recently released this song as a You Tube video. Misha plays with the band The Freedom Affair.]
18. True Lions – "No Thanks"
from: Cute At Best / True Lions / February 5, 2019
[This is the band's EP debut. It features an early configuration of the band with Alison Hawkins on guitar, piano, synth, vocals; Mikala Petillo on percussion, bass, guitar, vocals; and with Ross Brown serving as producer & engineer; and Nika Winn providing artwork. This EP began as an unrelated, musical dispute between lovers, but triumphantly became the spunky collaboration of two midwestern "woms" whose passion for playing music nearly exceeds their desire to create it. The band released a second EP titled "You're Not Invited" on November 9, 2019 with: 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. Album Artwork by Genevieve Sloan. Special thanks to Calvin Arsenia and Fritz Hutchison .]
[True Lions play a Birthday House Show with Oh Nelly, Saturday, February 1 at 8:00 PM at 1020 W 24th St, KCMO]
19. U.S. Girls – "Overtime"
from: Heavy Light / 4AD / March 6, 2020
[7th studio album from U.S. Girls, the recording moniker of American-Canadian musician Meghan Remy. Formed in the United States in 2007 as a noise-pop project, Remy later moved the band to Toronto after marrying Canadian musician Max "Slim Twig" Turnbull. She released music on a variety of independent labels in both the United States and Canada before signing to 4AD in 2015. Her first record for that label, Half Free, was released the same year. Half Free garnered a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. Heavy Light is a follow up to 2018 "In a Poem Unlimited" and is her third release on 4AD.] [First played on February 28, 2018]
20. Stary – "Rainy"
from: Stary / Stary / June 5, 2019
[Debut EP from alternative, lo-fi, indie rock band formed in Kansas City with Adam Stary on guitar & vocals; Marisa Bee on bass & vocals, and Seth Props on drums. Production by Sean Obrecht and Wallace McCanless.]
[Stary play miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Wed, Feb 5, at 9:00 PM w/ Momma's Boys, The Creepy Jingles, and Shady Bug.]
21. Amy Marcus – "Sweater"
from: Sweater – Single / Independent / January 28, 2019
[Singer songwriter Amy Marcus was born and raised in Kansas City. She has been writing song since she was a child and in May 2016 she released her debut 5-song EP Brave with Kansas City based Serve Productions. In January 2017 she released " I Want More For My Daughters" that was produced by musician Zach Balch at his studios in Dallas. Amy writes music to bring her honest lyrics to life. Amy Marcus studied photography at the Kansas City Art Institute. She is a mother of three and works as a professional photographer and personal chef. Amy is currently working on a new EP and will be our guest on WMM on March 4.]
Next week, on February 5, Belle & The Vertigo Waves share their new single with us. We talk with broadway actor Marty Thomas, and Sondra Freeman of Midwest Music Foundation joins us to shre details about MidCoast Takeover.
Jairy photo by Coal Simmons
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WMM Playlist from Dec. 11, 2019
Posted on December 11, 2019 by Mark Manning
(Part 2 of 4)
The 119 Best Recordings of 2019 are based on playlists of Wednesday MidDay Medley. We've compiled representative tracks from our favorite full-length and EP recordings of 2019 (and a few that came out late in 2018). We realize these "Best of" lists can seem subjective, so we ask that you please accept our list as a celebration of the year in music.
In 2019 we have broadcast nearly 800 musical recordings through our 90.1 FM Community Radio Airwaves, powered by our 100,000 watt transmitter. Over 400 of these tracks were from New & MidCoastal Releases. We played tracks from 145 National Releases, and 183 MidCoastal Releases. 75 of the representative tracks in our "Best of" list are from MidCoastal Releases. In 2019 we conducted 127 interviews, with 209 special guests. 43 of the bands and artists in our "Best of" list have joined us as guests on WMM.
Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley throughout December for our 4-week series: The 119 Best Recordings of 2019, on December 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. We are packing 8-hours of radio with music that represent: The 119 of Best Recordings of 2019!
We count down #90 through #61 on our list with representative tracks from: Kemet The Phantom, Calvin Arsenia, The Nicole Springer Band, The Depth and The Whisper, The Wires, Approach, True Lions, The Butter Band, Sky Smeed, Miki P, Y god Y, Cuee, Chase The Horseman, Deco Auto, Lovergurl, Digital Leather, Blue False Indigo, Wonderfuzz, Billie Eilish, Rina Mushonga, Bill Callahan, Black Pumas, Better Oblivion Community Center, Ibibio Sound Machine, The National, Lambchop, Lee Fields and The Expressions, Amyl and The Sniffers, Lana Del Rey, and Jamila Woods.
2. (90.) Billie Eilish – "bad guy"
from: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? / Darkroom – Interscope / March 29, 2019
[17 year old singer songwriter Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell was born December 18, 2001, and is known professionally as Billie Eilish. She was raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles to actress-musician-screenwriter Maggie Baird & Patrick O'Connell. Billie joined the Los Angeles Children's Chorus at 8. At age 11, she began writing and singing her own songs, following her brother Finneas O'Connell, known as Finneas, an actor, musician, & producer, known for his role as Alistair in the Fox TV series Glee. Finneas was already performing his own songs with his band. In October 2015, when she was 13, Billie recorded the song "Ocean Eyes", initially written by Finneas for his band, and sent it to her dance teacher, who hoped to choreograph a dance to it. Billie Eilish released "Ocean Eyes" on SoundCloud in 2016. A music video was released on (4/24/16), and a video of Eilish performing a dance to the song was released (11/22/16). "Ocean Eyes", racked up over 35 million streams on Spotify. It was rereleased worldwide through Darkroom-Interscope (11/18/16). She released the singles: "Six Feet Under" (2/3/17), "Bellyache" (5/5/17) followed by her debut EP, Don't Smile at Me (8/11/17) followed by more singles and remixes: "Bored," "Watch," "Copycat," "Idontwannabeyouanymore," "My Boy," and "Don't Smile at Me" (8/12/17). Billie collaborated with American rapper Vince Staples for a remix of "Watch" titled "&Burn." For 2018 Record Store Day, Billie will release a 7″ vinyl acoustic version of "Party Favor" & acoustic version of "Hotline Bling" by Drake.]
3. (89.) Rina Mushonga – "In a Galaxy"
from: In a Galaxy / Rina Mushonga / February 15, 2019
[Rina Mushonga was born in India and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She attended college in the Netherlands and eventually moved to Peckham, in London, where her music career ignited. As a child she learned to play guitar and piano and began writing her own songs. She names her influences as Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Nina Simone, and Fleetwood Mac. She started out by playing at open-mike nights in Harare. Her 2014 debut, The Wild, The Wilderness, was recorded while she was living in the Netherlands and released on Sony Music. The album contained a folk/rock-influenced sound in the vein of her early influences, but Mushonga was unsatisfied, feeling she was unable to express her authentic self. It was only after she moved to Peckham, a multiculturally rich neighborhood of London, that she felt more at home and able to explore her African heritage in music. The resulting album took five years, as she juggled making music with working and caring for her young daughter. She made a demo with Frans Verburg in Rotterdam, recorded with Brett Shaw at his studio in Peckham, and eventually released "In a Galaxy" on PIAS in 2019. The album has a rich, kaleidoscopic sound incorporating elements of Afro-pop, indie, and electro into a catchy yet experimental whole. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi]
4. (88.) Bill Callahan – "747"
from: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest / Drag City Records / June 14, 2019
[21st release as Bill Callahan or Smog. Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs often nearly lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars, resulting in the dissonant sounds on his self-released cassettes and debut album Sewn to the Sky. Much of his early output was instrumental, a stark contrast to the lyrical focus of his later work. Apparently, he used lo-fi techniques not primarily because of an aesthetic preference but because he didn't have any other possibility to make music. Once he signed a contract with Drag City, he started to use recording studios and a greater variety of instruments for his records. From 1993 to 2000, Callahan's recordings grew more and more "professional" sounding, with more instruments, and a higher sound quality. In this period he recorded two albums with the influential producer Jim O'Rourke and Tortoise's John McEntire, and collaborated with Neil Hagerty. Callahan also worked closely with his then-girlfriend Cynthia Dall in his early career, and they contributed vocals to each other's albums. After 2000's Dongs of Sevotion, Callahan began moving back to a slightly simpler instrumentation and recording style, while retaining the more consistent songwriting style he had developed over the years. This shift is apparent in albums such as Rain on Lens, Supper, and A River Ain't Too Much to Love. Smog's songs are often based on simple, repetitive structures, consisting of a simple chord progression repeated for the duration of the entire song. His singing is characterized by his baritone voice. Melodically and lyrically he tends to eschew the verse-chorus approach favoured by many contemporary songwriters, preferring instead a more free-form approach relying less on melodic and lyrical repetition. Themes in Callahan's lyrics include relationships, animals, relocation, nature, and more recently, politics. On the subject of voice in his albums, Callahan has said, "It's usually one character per record. So, the character appears in all or most of the songs on one record and then is gone. Though it makes me feel weird to talk about. Because I don't really think in clear terms of characters. My albums as a whole could be seen as one character with many voices." His generally dispassionate delivery of lyrics and dark irony often obfuscate complex emotional and lyrical twists and turns. Critics have generally characterized his music as depressing and intensely introverted, with one critic describing it as "a peep-show view into an insular world of alienation." Cat Power (Chan Marshall) recorded Callahan's song "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think and also covered another Callahan song, "Red Apples", on her Covers Record, released in 2000. In 2007, Callahan released Woke on a Whaleheart, his first solo album released under his own name, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle followed in April, 2009. Both recordings were released through Drag City, worldwide. In 2009, Callahan contributed cover songs on four separate tribute albums to Judee Sill, Kath Bloom, Chris Knox, and Merge Records. In 2010, he released his first live album Rough Travel for a Rare Thing, which was recorded in 2007 at The Toff in Melbourne, Australia. Apocalypse, was released in April 2011 to favorable reviews. Critic Sasha Frere-Jones called it "my favorite of Callahan's albums, not because it has better songs—those are scattered among at least five others — but because it does exactly what he wants it to do: it conveys an album's coherence." A tour film chronicling Callahan's 2011 Apocalypse tour was released in 2012.][Bill Callahan plays the Lawrence Public Library Lawn, Friday, July 5, at 7:00 PM at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS with special guest Heidi Lynne Gluck.]
5. (87.) Black Pumas – "Old Man"
from: Black Pumas / ATO / 2019
[Black Pumas are a funk and soul duo based in Austin, Texas, consisting of singer Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada. Their work also has strong Latin music influences. The duo received their first Grammy nomination ever for Best New Artist at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. The duo formed in 2017 and released their debut album, Black Pumas, on June 21, 2019. They performed at South by Southwest in 2019 and won a best new band trophy at the 2019 Austin Music Awards. On November 20, 2019, they were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Quesada was a member of Latin funk band Grupo Fantasma when it won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album for the 2010 album El Existential, and when it was previously nominated for the same award in 2008 for Sonidos Gold.]
6. (86.) Lovergurl – "The One About Moms"
from: Buzzkill – EP / Lovergurl / September 7, 2019
[Last release from Lovergurl who disbanded in September 2019 after the trio announced that their guitarist and vocalist, Heather Andrews was moving out of Kansas City to pursue her career in animation. KC based 4-piece band, Lovergurl caught our ear with their synth pop sound and lyrics reflecting social and political messages with hip hop and punk elements. The trio released their EP, The President is a Sex Offender on May 19, 2017. Keyboardist and vocalist, Stephanie Bankston was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a graduate of The University of Missouri. She moved abroad in her 20s, and lived in Seoul, Korea, where she played in a mostly female band called BaekMa ("White Horse"). Stephanie returned to Kansas City in the Fall 2015. Brook Worlledge, is a Kansas City native. She is the band's drummer and she sings and writes songs for the band. Brook is a defender of the proletariat. Brook's influences range from The B-52s, The Velvet Underground, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Lovergurl guitarist and vocalist, Heather Andrews was born and raised in Rhode Island. The band released multiple singles and two EPs.]
7. (85.) Deco Auto – "Turnaround"
from: Another Great Decision / Deco Auto / April 5, 2019
[Newest EP from Kansas City based alternative pop-punk / power-pop trio. Guitar/vocals: Steven Garcia on guitar and lead vocals, Tracy Flowers on bass & vocals, and Pat Tomek on drums. Written by Steven Garcia, $tudent Loans For Life Music (ASCAP). Recorded, and mixed and by Pat Tomek at Largely Studios, Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Gabe Fry at Kimura Studios. Produced by Steven Garcia and Pat Tomek. "Deco Auto is the perpetual opener, the also-rans, the nice-guys-finish-last band in the KC rock scene. Songwriter Steve Garcia is to blame, and he knows it. His songs straddle the line between power pop and pop punk — never casual enough for the former, nor saccharine enough for the latter." ~ Too Much Rock]
8. (84.) Blue False Indigo – "Don't Dream It's Over"
from: Around The Fire / Blue False Indigo / October 31, 2019
[This is the follw up recording to their September 7, 2018 release More Light. They call their music "Spooky-Folk." Formed in October 2013, in Springfield, Missouri, by Makayla Scott on vocals & guitar; A.J. Valle on vocals & keys; and Kara LePage on vocals & bass. With Michael Schley on electric guitar. and McQuiston Bowes on drums. "Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by the Australian rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album. The song was written by band frontman Neil Finn, and released in October 1986 as the fourth single from the album.]
[Blue False Indigo play Cover Me, Kansas City, Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 6:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO. This is a benefit for Midwest Music Foundation.]
9. (83.) Better Oblivion Community Center – "Dylan Thomas"
from: Better Oblivion Community Center / Dead Oceans / January 23, 2019
[Better Oblivion Community Center is an American indie rock duo composed of musicians Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers. Oberst and Bridgers first met in 2016 when Bridgers performed at a secret showcase Oberst hosted at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. They collaborated on the duet "Would You Rather" from Bridgers' 2017 debut album Stranger in the Alps. The duo's album received critical acclaim upon release.They performed "Dylan Thomas" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the day before it's release. On January 29, 2019, the band announced their initial concert tour of the United States and Europe along with releasing a music video for their initial single, "Dylan Thomas", directed by Michelle Zauner a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast.]
10. (82.) Lana Del Rey – "Doin' Time"
from: Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Polydor Records – Interscope Records / August 30, 2019
[Elizabeth Woolridge Grant was born June 21, 1985, and she is known professionally as Lana Del Rey, an American singer and songwriter. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality; its themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia; and it's references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana. Born in New York City and raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey returned to New York City in 2005 to begin her music career. Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her debut single "Video Games" in 2011. She signed with Interscope and Polydor later that year. Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved an international success and spawned her only top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness", as well as the internationally successful singles "Blue Jeans", "Born to Die", and "National Anthem". Del Rey released the Grammy-nominated EP, Paradise in 2012. The next year, Del Rey ventured into film as she wrote, directed and starred in the short music film, Tropico, and released "Young and Beautiful" for the film The Great Gatsby (2013). Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major label effort, Ultra violence (2014), to critical success, topping the charts and spawning the single, "West Coast". That same year, Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for Big Eyes, which garnered her both Grammy and Golden Globe nominations. Shortly afterwards, Del Rey released the critically acclaimed Honeymoon (2015) and Lust for Life (2017), the latter of which topped the charts in the U.S. and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Del Rey's sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, was released on August 30, 2019, to widespread acclaim. In 2019, Del Rey also released the commercially successful singles "Doin' Time" and "Don't Call Me Angel", the latter being a trio with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus. As of 2019, Del Rey has sold over 5 million singles in the UK and has sold 5.5 million units in the US. Her YouTube and Vevo pages have combined lifetime views of 3.5 billion.]
11. (81.) Digital Leather – "White Man"
from: FEEET / Digital Leather / January 13, 2018
["Feeet" is an eclectic compilation of mainly tape-only released songs written and recorded between 2008 and 2018. Ranging from catchy synth-pop to colder dark-wave tunes, these tracks represent a dark journey, where sometimes, despair reigns freely. Sometimes hatred is the only food there is. Sometimes love is an extended nightmare. But it goes further than that. This is the 15th album release from Omaha, Nebraska based Synth punk, New Wave, pop, lo-fi, and psychedelic musical project led by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree. Originally from Yuma, Arizona, Foree began calling his project Digital Leather when he moved to Tucson, where he studied American Literature at University of Arizona. He used student loan money to buy equipment. He managed to release his first three albums after recording them in his bedroom on labels such as Tic Tac Totally, Jay Reatard's Shattered Records imprint, and FDH Records. He supported this "bedroom project" with several nationwide and European tours. Sorcerer, released on Goner Records in 2008, is a half-live, half-studio record. In 2009, Foree began working on a collection of songs in a fully operational studio. Released in September 2009 by Fat Possum Records, Warm Brother garnered positive reviews. After relocating to Omaha, Nebraska, a 5-piece band formed. They toured around and as a band with synth-leads courtesy of The Faint's Todd Fink. Digital Leather writes: "We design our shifting realities. One minute, things make sense. The next minute, we are unraveled. We must fight to create ourselves or die." Fueled on desert energy, cheap synthesizers, and 4-track home recorders, Digital Leather began as Shawn Foree's one-man bedroom project in Tucson, Arizona. The music was intended to be shared with a small circle of friends only. Without warning, that circle grew. Digital Leather has since moved in several stylistic directions, but has always adhered to one law: nothing lasts. Shawn Foree writes: "I just keep writing. Usually I feel like my life is passing me by while I'm holed up in my apartment hunched over a synthesizer. It's hard to maintain relationships when you live in your head all the time. Some people will treat you like you're crazy for having an imagination. That's bullshit on their part, but it still sucks to be chastised for having a brain, especially when it's from someone you care about. The payoff is worth it, though, even if you lose that someone in the process. The raw energy of honest art, to express yourself in a real way, connects you to something higher than love. Creation is a unique high and I'm addicted to it. This album spans a long period of time and represents these kind of lows and highs well. The tracks have appeared on various small run releases, but now I understand that they belong together. It feels worth it." The band writes: "We sincerely hope this exceptional collection of dark, outsider pop music feels fresh and alive to you. At least for the time being, before the world blows up." All music invented by Shawn Foree. Human drum sounds provided by Jeff Lambelet, Sean Ruse, and Gregory Elsasser.
12. (80.) Y god Y – "Say"
from: Y god Y – EP / High Dive Records / April 5, 2019
[Y god Y is an electronic duo from Lawrence Kansas that formed in the summer of 2017. The project consists of producer Joel Martin and singer / multi-instrumentalist, Garrett Marsh. The two write, record and produce their music entirely on their own. With only a handful of singles released, they have quickly garnered attention in the Midwest by performing with the likes of Phoenix, and at several Midwest Festivals alongside Grizzly Bear, Spoon, Lion Babe, and Leikeli47. This was also their 4th single and part of their debut 5-song EP released on High Dive Records. Garrett Marsh on vocals & Joel Martin on music, making "experimental R & B" with influences of 80's electro-pop.]
13. (79.) Calvin Arsenia – "Oh Marie [feat. J. Ashley Miller]"
from: 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, and Calvin Arsenia. Calvin Arsenia who came home to KC in 2014 after living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has released the EPs, Moments, Prose, Caviar, and the full length debut, Catastrophe. Standing at 6 foot 6 inches, Arsenia's powerful vocals span a 3.5 octave range, playing piano, banjo, guitar & harp. Calvin has played Folk Alliance Int., KC Fringe Fest, Apocalypse Meow, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Middle of the Map Fest., The Folly Theatre. Last year he undertook a three month US/European Outlyre Tour playing San Francisco,Vancouver, NYC, Boston, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland and Paris.]
[Calvin Arsenia plays Home for the Holidays with Calvin Arsenia & Friends Friday, December 13, at 7:00 PM, at Second Presbyterian, 318 E 55th St]
[Calvin Arsenia plays Center Cut Records Holiday Party, Wednesday, December 18, at 7:00 recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO with Fritz Hutchison, and The Black Creatures.]
14. (78.) Ibibio Sound Machine – "I Will Run"
from: Doko Mien / Merge Records / March 22, 2019
[Ibibio Sound Machine is an English electronic afro-funk band from London. Formed in 2013, the band currently consists of vocalist Eno Williams, guitarist Alfred Kari Bannerman, percussionist Anselmo Netto, drummer Jose Joyette, bassist John McKenzie, trombonist/keyboardist Tony Hayden, trumpeter/keyboardist Scott Baylis and saxophonist/keyboardist Max Grunhard. The band was formed in London 2010 by producers Max Grunhard, Leon Brichard, and Benji Bouton. The trio were interested in producing music fusing elements from 1980s afrobeat and 90s drum-and-bass. They approached singer Eno Williams to create vocals for the project. After the first sessions had been successfully finished, live musicians were added to create a full band. These included the Ghanaian guitarist Alfred Bannerman from the band KonKoma and Afro-rock band Osibisa, Brazilian percussionist Anselmo Netto, and multi-instrumentalists Tony Hayden and Scott Baylis. The band released their first single in January 2014 on Soundway, entitled Let's Dance. Their self-titled debut album followed in March the same year. In 2016, the band signed to Merge Records to create their follow-up record. Their second album, Uyai, was released in 2017. Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements. The band claims their sound is inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk and disco, modern post-punk, and electro. The name of the band itself finds influence from Eno Williams' mother, whose native tongue was Ibibio. While Williams was born in London, she spent most of her childhood in Nigeria with the rest of her family. Her mother often recounted numerous folk and children's stories from her own heritage and passed them on to her daughter. Williams took this inspiration and crafted lyrics from these sources and married them to modern themes.]
15. (77.) Sky Smeed – "If You're Taught You Learn to Be Mean"
from: Leaving Again / Sky Smeed / February 9, 2019
[Sky Smeed told us that he wrote this song while watching the horrible things that happened in Charlottesville, WV a few weeks ago. It's influenced by a bunch of things for certain. Sky Smeed was born and raised outside of Chanute, Kansas, in an old, one-room schoolhouse his parents bought and turned into a home in the early 1970s. Last year, he sold the country home he built by hand and migrated to Lawrence, Kansas, a place that has provided a non-stop supply of creativity, community and culture, and began settling in to an old fixer-upper on the north side of the Kaw River. To date, Smeed has self-released five full-length albums: Flying High (2002), The Front Steps (2004), Mill River (2006), Sky Smeed (2012) and Drive All Night (2015). His sixth album, Lunker Bass (released February 1, 2017), was recorded and produced at The Ninth Ward Pickin' Parlor in Lawrence by none other than award-winning folk duo Truckstop Honeymoon (Mike & Katie West).]
[Sky Smeed plays The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Friday, December 13 with Opal Agafia.]
16. (76.) Lee Fields & The Expressions – "A Promise is a Promise"
from: It Rains Love / Big Crown Records / April 5, 2019
[With a career spanning 43 years, releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet- tender voice, it's mind-blowing that the music he's making today. Elmer Lee Fields was born in 1951 in Wilson, North Carolina, the son of Emma Jean Fields and John Fields. He was the second child of six children. Fields had an interest in music from an early age. He decided to go to New York, at the age of 17 to pursue a music career. Although his mother (whom he later named an album in honor of) tried to convince him not to go, she ended up giving him her last 20 dollars. With moves and style inspired by James Brown, Fields soon had the nickname "Little JB" because of his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown. He has worked with Kool and the Gang, Hip Huggers, O.V. Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. Fields has also worked with such legends such as B.B. King, Clarence Carter, Dr. John, Tyrone Davis, Johnny Taylor, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Blue Bland, Betty Wright, The Manhattans, Little Milton and Bobby Womack. He recorded his first single in 1969 on the Bedford label, "Bewildered" b/w "Tell Her I Love Her." He recorded "Gonna Make Love" on London Records in 1973. That same year, Fields released the popular 45, "Let's Talk It Over" b/w "She's a Love Maker". Fields dropped "Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away to Somebody (Sometime)" b/w "East Coast Rapper," on SoundPlus in 1975. Most of the second half of the 70's Fields spent cutting singles for Angle 3 Records, including "The Bull Is Coming" b/w "Funky Screw". In 1980 he released a full-length album with Angle 3 called Let's Talk It Over. In the 1980s, disco became increasingly popular, at the expense of soul. Venues that had previously booked Fields now booked DJs. Fields moved into real estate in Newark, New Jersey, in order to provide for his family. In the 1990s, Fields returned singing soul-blues on the Southern circuit. He signed with Mississippi-based Ace Records and debuted Enough Is Enough. On Ace, Fields released Coming to Tear the Roof Down in 1995 and Dreaming Big Time in 1996 in which he played keyboards and synthesizers. Later that year Fields signed to Desco Records founded by Gabriel Roth and Phillip Lehman. Sharon Jones, who was signed to Desco also at that time, sang backup for Fields on an early 45. Fields was featured on the debut album Gimmie the Paw by the label's band The Soul Providers in 1997. He released several singles with in Desco and in 1999, dropped a full-length album Let's Get a Groove On. Desco later split into, Daptone Records and Soul Fire, and Fields eventually recorded for them both. "Give Me a Chance" and "Shot Down" were two 7″ singles he released on Daptone over 2001-2002 and in late 2002, the album Problems, on Soul Fire. In early 2005 he performed on "Stranded In Your Love" included on Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings' Naturally LP. In 2006 French House DJ Martin Solveig approached him to do a dance track. They toured in France and recorded the songs "Jealousy", "Everybody", "I'm a Good Man", and "I Want You". Truth and Soul Records recorded a single with Fields that later became "Honey Dove". Lee Fields & The Expressions released "My World" for Truth and Soul in 2009. In 2011 he followed up with the album titled Treacherous. After releasing Faithful Man in 2012 with Truth and Soul, the singer toured globally. He then released two albums Emma Jean in 2014 and Special Night in 2017 (on Big Crown Records by former Truth and Soul co founder Leon Michels).][Lee Fields & The Expressions play Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester KCMO, Friday, September 20, at 7:00 PM, with Neal Francis.]
17. (75.) Amyl and The Sniffers – "Got You"
from: Amyl and The Sniffers / ATO Records / May 24, 2019
[Debut album from Melbourne, Australia based, 4-piece punk band fronted by singer Amy Taylor who explains of the song, "'Got You' is about that feeling you get when you first start seeing someone and you're excited to see them, no matter what shit they got. You just see them at the pub and it feels like the most exciting thing in the world, like you're so lucky they're even there. It's definitely one of the "sweetest" songs on the album, and less punky. It was kind of inspired by Split Enz."]
18. (74.) Lambchop – "Everything for You"
from: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) / Merge Records / March 22, 2019
[Lambchop, originally from Nashville, was ever a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. AllMusic referred to Lambchop as "arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s". Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music. Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop's music is evoked by Wagner's distinctive songwriting: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated. Not so long ago, Lambchop had a famously sprawling line-up, toting a dozen or so members around the world and into the studio to document elliptical country-soul mutations. But in recent years, the band has become a more personal vehicle for Kurt Wagner. Anchored by him and framed by bassist Matt Swanson and Wagner's incorrigibly grinning foil, the pianist Tony Crow, the Lambchop of this decade has become more pliant and adaptable, opening itself to unexpected collaborators that give Wagner's thoughts and feelings the shape they need for each new album.]
19. (73.) Approach / "Rapper's Delight"
from: Merely Minutes, In A Day / Datura Records / February 4, 2019
[Produced, Sequenced, Recorded, Photography, Mixed & Mastered By: Aikido Bray. Artwork & Design By: The Art My Life Imitates. Sean Hunt aka Approach is a Kansas emcee/producer who's been in the game for almost 20 years. He's released almost a dozen records and traveled the world over the span of his career. He's also the cofounder of Datura Records, a hip hop label started in 2000 that he helps curate the roster for. ]
[Lincoln Marshall play The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, KCMO, Thursday, January 2, at 10:00 PM with Domineko, NuBlvckCity, and Black Radio.]
20. (72.) Cuee – "Broken Memories"
from: Shameless / Cuee / November 23, 2018
[Originating from Chicago, Illinois, Cuee is a 27 year old Lawrence based hip-hop artist emcee, and educator. Cuee who has gained fans over the last three years in Lawrence and Kansas City for their critically acclaimed musical releases and live performances. Cuee recently received their Master's Degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Kansas where Cuee also worked as a graduate assistant. Cuee is also a recently graduate of Artist Inc. and has a passionate drive for everything hip-hop. Drawing major influence from hip-hop artists such as Missy Elliot, J. Cole, and Chance The Rapper.]
21. (71.) The Depth and The Whisper – "Break Me"
from: The Waiting is the Hardest Part / The Depth and The Whisper / January 18, 2019
[Dave Tanner on bass, guitar & vocals; Albert Bickley on guitar & vocals. Albert Bickley, a Kansas City native, who now lives in New York has been writing, recording and performing original music for years. Everything, including other bands he's been in, have led to this moment and this project. Dave Tanner, a Canadian who calls Parkville, MO, home, has played bass in numerous bands through the years from rock and heavy metal to folk and punk. Albert Bickley and Dave Tanner do not believe the world owes them anything, but they know that they have something to give her. The two songwriters and musicians met in 2010 in the music scene of Kansas City, where they both had been active for several years. "When my last band broke up and I wrote new songs again, I immediately thought of Dave," Albert remembers "I wanted his bass. I just told him to come over when you have time. He played the demos, we listened to it and just said, 'That's it! Perfect! '"This feeling is very rare." Dave confirms:" We immediately had great respect and reverence for each other. We are both at the moment. And our music satisfies a deep need in us. We complement each other, we get better. And by that I do not just mean the music. "Because since then an extraordinary friendship has grown between them. "Albert and I started a conversation back then," Dave explains, "and it never ended."]
22. (70.) The Wires – "Uncaged"
from: Wilder / The Wires / May 11, 2019
[2nd album from KC based duo, The Wires who compose and perform original music for violin and cello. Inspired by a myriad of genres and eclectic sounds, The Wires are not your typical strings group. The project encompasses a blend of wide-ranging styles, from tango to gypsy, jazz to rock and infused with the precision of classical form. Created, composed & performed by Laurel Morgan (violin) and Sascha Groschang (cello). Laurel Morgan grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. A classically trained musician, she has been playing the violin for 30 years. Laurel graduated from the UMKC Conservatory of Music in 2005. She has also performed with the Des Moines Symphony, Quixotic Fusion, Musical Theatre Heritage at the Off-Center Theatre, the folk-rock band, 'In the Pines" that won several Pitch Music Awards. And with her husband artist Ben Parks she is ia founder of the band Of Tree As a composer, arranger, and musician Laurel Morgan has traveled to Germany, Austria, and throughout the United States, but is based here in Kansas City. Sascha Groschang graduated from Paseo Academy of Performing Arts in 2000, UMKC Conservatory of Music in 2004, and Mannes College – The New School For Music in 2008. She had her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall's recital hall, Weill Hall in February 2009. Sascha has recorded or performed with Peter Gabriel, Joanna Newsom, Ashanti, Adina Menzel, Clay Walker, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. She has also worked for NBC, Rhino Records, Juniper String Ensemble, Saint Joesph Symphony, and is part of the faculty at Missouri Western State University. She also teaches out of her Midtown KC home studio. You can learn more at: cellolady.com The Wires joined us live on WMM on May 8, 2019.]
[The Wires are playing a series of Solstice concerts at various Mid-Continent Libraries around KC starting Monday, Dec. 16, at 6:30 PM at Mid-Continent Public Library (Riverside Branch), 2700 N.W. Vivion Rd, Riverside, MO. And continuing Thursday, Dec. 19, at 2:00 PM at Mid-Continent Public Library (Boardwalk Branch), 8656 N. Ambassador Drive, KCMO. and Friday, Dec. 20, at 3:30 PM at Mid-Continent Public Library (Parkville Branch), 8815 Tom Watson Pkwy, Parkville, MO.]
23. (69.) Jamila Woods – "FRIDA"
from: LEGACY! LEGACY! / Jagjaguwar / May 10, 2019
[Second album from Jamila Woods who was born October 6, 1989, and is a Chicago-based American singer, songwriter and poet. Woods is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep and Brown University, where she received a BA in Africana Studies and Theater & Performance Studies. Her work focuses on themes of Black ancestry, Black feminism, and Black identity, with recurring emphases on self-love and the City of Chicago. In 2012, Jamila Woods published her first chapbook, entitled The Truth About Dolls. Her work can be found in the anthologies The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (2015), Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls (2014), and The UnCommon Core: Contemporary Poems for Learning & Living (2013). Her influences include Lucille Clifton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, and Frida Kahlo. Woods was also one of three editors of The Breakbeat Poets Volume II, entitled Black Girl Magic. The 2018 publication is an anthology of poetry by contemporary Black women, "exploring themes of beauty, unapologetic blackness, intersectionality, self-definition, and more." Woods is the Associate Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors (YCA), an organization in the Chicago dedicated to uplifting youth voices through arts education and mentorship. Through YCA, Woods helps to organize Louder Than a Bomb, the world's largest youth poetry slam festival. She also facilitates poetry workshops and creates curriculum for Chicago Public Schools. She is widely known for her collaborative works with Chance the Rapper on the hit song "Sunday Candy" from the album Surf as well as "Blessings" from Coloring Book. Woods is also featured on the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song "White Privilege II". In January 2016, Woods signed to Chicago's independent hip-hop label, Closed Sessions. Jamila released her debut album HEAVN on her SoundCloud page on July 11, 2016 to critical acclaim. The album features collaborations with Chance the Rapper, Noname, Saba, Lorine Chia, Kweku Collins and Donnie Trumpet.]
24. (68.) Wonderfuzz – "Get There"
from: Get There / MASKT / April 19, 2019
[Wonderfuzz is a Kansas City based band formed on May 11, 2012 with Natalie Norman on vocals, Jordan Smith on bass & vocals, Sam Hoskins on drums & vocals, Josh Johnson on guitar & vocals, and EvanJohn McIntosh on guitar. The 5-piece band started out working for several years as a cover band, studying multiple styles of rock & roll and rhythm & blues. In 2018 Wonderfuzz began to write and record original material releasing a few singles in 2018. In April of 2019 the band released their debut full length album "Get There" and their first music video, for the title track. On November 7, 2019, Wonderfuzz releases their second full length album this year. Wonderfuzz released a second full length live album "Live With It" Nov. 8, 2019]
25. (67.) Scott Stanton & The Butter Band – "Bicycle"
from: Crag-o-lea / Scott Stanton / February 25, 2019
[Three years in the making, the newest album from Scott Stanton & The Butter Band features the songs of Scott Stanton one of KC's finest songwriters of original, down-to-earth songs weaved with inspiration from songwriters Bob Dylan & John Prine. Recorded at Rob Nold Studio. Mixed & mastered by James Albright. Scott Stanton (songwriter) on vocals & acoustic guitar; Chad Brothers on acoustic guitar & harmonies; Kasey Rausch on upright bass & harmonies & fiddle; Marco Pascolini on pedal steel guitar; Grady Keller on banjo. Scott Stanton is also a host & Producer for River Trade Radio airing Sundays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.]
[Scott Stanton & The Butter Band play Cover Me, Kansas City, Tuesday, December 17, at 6:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO. This is a benefit for Midwest Music Foundation.]
26. (66.) Chase The Horseman – "Disinformation Blues (Radio Edit)"
from: Disinformation Blues EP / Chase The Horseman / July 12, 2019
[Music & lyrics by Chase Horseman. Recorded & Mixed by Joel Nanos & Chase Horseman at Element Recording. Mastered by Joel Nanos. Drums by Ian Dobyns, bass by Skylar Cowdry, guitar/vocals/synthesizers by Chase Horseman. Chase the Horseman is a band, film composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, & producer. He has composed music for over 36 films and as musician has collaborated with Clairaudients, Teri Quinn, Heidi Lynne Gluck, and more. Chase The Horseman released the single "U Martyr U" June 19, 2018, and the single "Modern Ruins" on Oct 4, 2018.]
[Chase the Horseman plays Stockyard Sounds at Stockyards Brewing Co.. 1600 Genessee, KCMO, on Monday, December 16, at 7:00 PM with Lava Dreams.]
[Chase the Horseman plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS. Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 10:00 PM with True Lions and Pala Zolo.]
27. (65.) The Nicole Springer Band – "Willing"
from: Willing / Nicole Springer / November 10, 2019
[Nicole Springer is a singer-songwriter + multi-instrumentalist out of the Kansas City Metro. She was the founder of critically acclaimed + award wining local groups, The Clementines, and The Good Hearts. She's written original music for her bands The Good Hearts, Heart Machine, and her solo projects. Nicole Springer is a 2019 Pitch KC nominee for Best Vocalist, multi-award winning and critically acclaimed singer-songwriter. Nicole has performed at numerous festivals and venues. In 2014 she was the recipient of both a Pitch Music Award and Project Backstage Award. More info at http://www.nicolespringersings.com]
[Nicole Springer plays The Brick, on Saturday, December 14 with True Lions and Teri Quinn.]
28. (64.) Kemet the Phantom – "Electric (feat. Kadesh Flow)"
from: Electric Park / Kemet Creative / August 16, 2019
[Through the lens of the 32-year-old rap artists' upbringing from birth to present day in Kansas City, each song represents eight topics: SEDUCTION, POWER, VICE, DEATH, EUPHORIA, LUST, PRIDE, CHANGE. With songs like "Rollin' Down Paseo", Kemet explores the nostalgia and confusion of emotions that fester as the future of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, formally known as The Paseo, is determined by a vote. Electric Park was co-produced by Kemet and the legendary producer and sound designer, Leonard Dstroy.
Executive Produced by Kyle Dykes. Written by Kemet Coleman. Artwork by Kemet Coleman, Michael Picman and Jon Conway. Kemet Coleman is Kemet the Phantom, a Kansas City based musicians who calls himself a rap Artist, actor, and Urbanist. Kemet is a member of the Hip-Hop duo COA (Center of Attention) and is the lead singer of the 8-member Funk/Rap/Soul band The Phantastics. Kemet, shines as a complete showman embracing a James Brown-esque persona via syncopated vocals, rhythmic dance moves and dapper costume style. Kemet the Phantom is a two time Pitch Music Award nominee for "Best Hip-Hop Act." Kemet created the first ever Kansas City mayoral candidate rap song for the Sly James for Mayor campaign in 2010. A University of Missouri – Kansas City 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. More info at: http://www.kemetthephantom.com.] [Kemet The Phantom plays with Marcus Lewis Big Band presenting his hip hop poetry with, 18-piece jazz ensemble called Brass and Bougee.]
29. (63.) The National – "You Had Your Soul with You [feat. Gail Ann Dorsey]"
from: I Am Easy to Find / 4AD / May 17, 2019
[The National is an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 1999. The band consists of Matt Berninger (vocals), Aaron Dessner (guitar, piano, keyboards), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Scott Devendorf (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). Founded by Berninger, Aaron Dessner, and Scott and Bryan Devendorf, The National released their self-titled debut album, The National (2001), on Brassland Records, an independent record label founded by Dessner and his twin brother, Bryce Dessner. Bryce, who had assisted in recording the album, soon joined the band, participating as a full member in the recording of its follow-up, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003). Leaving behind their day jobs, the National signed with Beggars Banquet Records and released their third studio album, Alligator (2005), to widespread critical acclaim. The band's fourth and fifth studio albums, Boxer (2007) and High Violet (2010), increased their exposure significantly. In 2013, the band released its sixth studio album, Trouble Will Find Me, which was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2017 the band released the album Sleep Well Beast, which won the Grammy award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Their eighth studio album, I Am Easy to Find, was released on May 17, 2019. Four of the band's albums were included on NME's 2013 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Pitchfork writes: "On nearly every song Berninger is accompanied and sometimes silenced by a rotation of featured female vocalists who step in to offer perspective, commentary, and dissent. The National have recruited some of the best singers out, among them Lisa Hannigan, Mina Tindle, Kate Stables, Sharon Van Etten, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, whose spotlight "Dust Swirls in Strange Light" benches Berninger all together. Most revelatory of all is Gail Ann Dorsey, David Bowie's longtime bassist and backing singer, who heralds the album's new direction midway through opener "You Had Your Soul With You." Her extraordinary voice of saffron arrives like a divine intervention, instantly parting a track that had previously been National-by-numbers.]
30. (62.) Miki P – "I Get Lost [Feat. The Swallowtails]"
from: Swallowtail – EP / Miki P/ September 1, 2018
[1st single of new EP from Miki P, with The swallowtails, a follow up to her debut full length album Dome of Swallows from last year. Labeled: "Introspective pop music with lyric-driven folk influences, mixed with collaborative energy & an odd pairing of instruments, Miki P locked in with the Swallowtails create a moment with music written and arranged from the heart." 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. As a teen she played drums for various groups including the band American Slim. She wrote songs for their full-length album Irreplaceable released in 2017, followed by a single "Queen of Hearts" released April 11, 2018. She also plays ukulele & piano, teaching herself how to play both the instruments and using them frequently in all projects she is involved in. She was a featured vocalist with The Band That Fel to Earth – Bowie Tribute in January. She has played Boulevardia, Middle of the Map Fest, Royal's Kaufman Stadium, recordBar, Uptown Theater, Arrowhead Stadium, Nelson Atkins Museum, the Crossroads Music Festival and the SXSW Music Fest.]
31. (61.) True Lions – "Birthday Party"
from: You're Not Invited / True Lions / November 9, 2019
[This is the band's second EP release of this year. They released their EP debut, "Cute at Best," on February 5, 2019. True Lions is: 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. Album Artwork by Genevieve Sloan. Special thanks to Calvin Arsenia and Fritz Hutchison.]
[True Lions plays The Brick, on Sat., Dec. 14 with Nicole Springer and Teri Quinn.]
[True Lions plays The RINO, on Sun., Dec. 29 with Chloe Jacobson, Other Suns, and Pealds.]
[True Lions play Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS. Sat., Jan. 4, 2020 at 10:00 PM with Chase The Horseman and Pala Zolo]
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003
[orig. 1957]
Next week on December 18, we bring you part 3 of our 4-week special, the 119 Best Recordings of 2019. We will count down #60 to #31 with representative tracks from: The Sextet, Violet and the Undercurrents, Other Americans, Yes You Are, Fathers, Akkilles, Volker Brothers, Ensemble Iberica, Simon Fink & The Wires, The Greeting Committee, The UK's, Radar State, Headlight Rivals, OLIVIA FOX, Berwanger, Radkey, Hipshot Killer, Nan Turner, LK Ultra!, Florist, Hadiza., Our Native Daughters (feat. Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell), Brittany Howard, Durand Jones & The Indications, Big Thief, Hand Habits, Cass McCombs, Michael Kiwanuka, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and Yola.
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WMM Playlist from Nov. 20, 2019
Posted on November 24, 2019 by Mark Manning
2019 – The Year in Music
with: Tim Finn, Marion Merritt, Chris Haghirian, and Fally Afani
10:00 – Interview with Tim Finn
Tim Finn is Music Writer for In Kansas City Magazine. Tim is originally from Youngstown, New York. He studied at University of Missouri in Columbia and received his Masters of Arts, in Journalism from the University of Kansas. Tim served as Music Writer of the KC Star, where he worked for 29 years. You can hear Tim Finn Thursday afternoons between 4 and 6 on 90.9 The Bridge with Jon Hart.
Tim Finn's Favorite Musical Releases of 2018
#5. Samantha Fish – Kill or Be Kind / Rounder – Concord / September 20, 2019
2. Samantha Fish – "Bulletproof (Romesh Remix)"
from: Kill of Be Kind / Rounder Records – Concord Music / September 20, 2019
[Samantha Fish, born January 30, 1989, is an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Samantha Fish grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Fish started out playing drums, but when she was 15 she switched to the guitar. Fish frequently went to the Knuckleheads Saloon to hear touring Blues artists. After turning 18, she often joined in with the singers and bands who were performing at Knuckleheads. In 2009, Fish recorded and produced Live Bait. The live album attracted the attention of a talent company, who recommended her to Ruf Records. Ruf Records put together a record with Fish and two other female blues artists, Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde, titled Girls with Guitars. The three guitarists then toured on the Ruf Records 2011 Blues Caravan in the U.S. and Europe. Fish continued touring with the Samantha Fish Band, featuring "Go-Go Ray" Pollard on drums and Chris Alexander on bass, playing in Europe and the United States. In 2011, Fish recorded Runaway with the help of her mentor Mike Zito. The album won the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist. Fish appeared on Devon Allman's 2013 album Turquoise in a duet covering the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks' song "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around". During the summer of 2013, Fish was called up on stage to play with a skeptical Buddy Guy who was so impressed with her playing on the guitar, he declared with a beaming smile to his audience, "When this kind of shit happens, I'll play all night!" In 2013, Fish released her second major studio album, Black Wind Howlin', featuring Mike Zito on guitar, Yonrico Scott on drums, Johnny Sansome on harmonica, and Paul Thorn, vocal duet on one track. The album was recorded in Dockside Studios, in Maurice, Louisiana. Mike Zito's bandmates from his group Royal Southern Brotherhood, Yonrico Scott and Charlie Wooton, were brought in to assist in the session recordings. Also in 2013, Fish appeared on The Healers Live at Knuckleheads Saloon, producing a CD/DVD collaboration with Jimmy Hall, Reese Wynans, Kate Moss, and Danielle and Kris Schnebelen (sister and brother, formerly of the band Trampled Under Foot). Proceeds benefit the Blue Star Connection. The Healers occasionally perform together as their schedule permits. Fish's third studio album, Wild Heart was released on July 10, 2015. The new album is more roots rock than her earlier blues rock. Fish wrote five songs on the record. She co-wrote five other songs with Jim McCormick in Nashville, Tennessee. Luther Dickinson produced the album, as well as played various stringed instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin, lap steel) to flesh out the sound. The album was recorded in four studios, Royal Studios and Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, Zebra Ranch in Coldwater, Mississippi, and Blade Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other musicians on the record are Brady Blade (drums), Lightnin' Malcolm (guitar), Shardé Thomas (drums), Dominic Davis (bass), Shontelle Norman-Beatty (background vocals), and Risse Norman (background vocals). Fish released her fourth solo album, Chills & Fever on March 17, 2017. The album was recorded in Detroit and was recorded with members of the band The Detroit Cobras. Bobby Harlow produced the album. Belle of the West followed in December 2017. Fish released her sixth solo album, Kill or Be Kind, on September 20, 2019, on her new label, Rounder Records. In December Samantha Fish is on a Holiday Tour promoting her new Christmas Album.]
[Samantha Fish plays Knuckleheads Saloon, Sat., Dec. 28, at 8:30 with Jonathon Boogie Long]
#4 Making Movies – ameri'kana / 3/2 Recordings / May 24, 2019
4. Making Movies – "Delilah (ft. Rubén Blades)"
from: ameri'kana / 3/2 Recordings / May 24, 2019
[Produced by Steve Berlin and Ben Yonas. 3rd full length release from KC based 4-piece band and made up of two sets of brothers: Enrique Chi on guitar and lead vocals; Diego Chi on bass & vocals; Juan-Carlos Chaurand on percussion & keyboards; and Andres Chaurand on drums. The band draws their influences from the origins of their families: Santiago, Panama, and Kansas City, Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico. The notes for this album read: "ameri'kana is a canary in a coal mine, the watchman at the tower. It is a desire to remember where we come from and assure that we better ourselves in every step along our journey. Every chapter is an example, a reason to not be silent and not accept corrupt leaders as something inevitable. ameri'kana is based on faith, faith that every person on this continent carries within themselves the ability to grow, to awaken their consciousness and merits the the same rights. We were accomplices to get ourselves to this point so we will have to be accomplices in the solutions." This was their follow up released to their critically acclaimed I Am Another You, released May 26, 2017. The quartet has toured with Arcade Fire, Thievery Corporation, Cold War Kids, Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Tennis, Sergio Mendoza of Calexico, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.]
[Making Movies are currently on an extensive US Tour with shows all through October and November bringing the band back home to KC for another special New Year's Eve show at The Truman 601 E. Truman Road, KCMO, Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 9:00 PM. More info at: http://www.mkngmvs.com]
#3. Billie Eilish – For Tomorrow / Bat Records / October 12, 2018
5. Billie Eilish – "all the good girls go to hell"
from: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? / Darkroom Interscope / March 29, 2019
#2. Lana Del Ray – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Polydor – Interscope / August 30, 2019
6. Lana Del Ray – "Happiness is a butterfly"
[Elizabeth Woolridge Grant was born June 21, 1985, and she is known professionally as Lana Del Rey, an American singer and songwriter. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality; its themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia; and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana. Born in New York City and raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey returned to New York City in 2005 to begin her music career. Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her debut single "Video Games" in 2011. She signed with Interscope and Polydor later that year. Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved an international success and spawned her only top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness", as well as the internationally successful singles "Blue Jeans", "Born to Die", and "National Anthem". Del Rey released the Grammy-nominated EP, Paradise in 2012. The next year, Del Rey ventured into film as she wrote, directed and starred in the short music film, Tropico, and released "Young and Beautiful" for the film The Great Gatsby (2013). Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major label effort, Ultraviolence (2014), to critical success, topping the charts and spawning the single, "West Coast". That same year, Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for Big Eyes, which garnered her both Grammy and Golden Globe nominations. Shortly afterwards, Del Rey released the critically acclaimed Honeymoon (2015) and Lust for Life (2017), the latter of which topped the charts in the U.S. and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Del Rey's sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, was released on August 30, 2019, to widespread acclaim. In 2019, Del Rey also released the commercially successful singles "Doin' Time" and "Don't Call Me Angel", the latter being a trio with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus. As of 2019, Del Rey has sold over 5 million singles in the UK and has sold 5.5 million units in the US. Her YouTube and Vevo pages have combined lifetime views of 3.5 billion.]
#1. The Highwomen – The Highwomen / Elektra / September 6, 2019
7. The Highwomen – "Crowded Table"
from: The Highwomen / Elektra / September 6, 2019
[The Highwomen is a country music group composed of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires, formed in 2019. The group's self-titled debut album was released on September 6, 2019, by Elektra Records and was produced by Dave Cobb. In 2016, when Shires was finishing her record, My Piece of Land, in music producer Dave Cobb's studio, Shires had an idea to create a girl country supergroup in homage to the legendary Highwaymen country supergroup (consisting of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson). At the same time, the lack of representation of women artists on country music radio and at country music festivals had been publicly discussed by many, influenced by the Me Too movement and journalists like Marissa Moss. While on tour in her van, while listening to country radio, Shires kept a running list of artists and noticed that there were few women. When she called to request they play more women artists, she was directed to a Facebook page lottery system. Cobb recommended Shires call Carlile, whom she didn't know. Carlile thought it would be fun, and would be an interesting creative project. The Highwomen project was widely hinted at by Carlile, Morris and Shires before it was officially announced on April 6, 2019. With the name paying homage to the legendary Highwaymen country supergroup, the Highwomen were originally intended to leave the fourth spot in their line-up vacant to allow other female collaborators to join them, with Chely Wright, Courtney Marie Andrews, Margo Price, Janelle Monae and Sheryl Crow mentioned as potential guests. The band, who jokingly refer to the collaboration as a pirate ship experience, said that they see the project as an incubator project that highlights mentorship and support of fellow women artists. Maren hadn't worked with Cobb before, and remarked on how much she liked tracking live. The band recorded live vocals, live band, harmonies in unison, where the musicians were recording together live in an organic environment at historic RCA Studio A, which Cobb now owns. As part of the experience, some of the members got matching Highwomen tattoos. The group made their live debut on April 1, 2019 at Loretta Lynn's 87th birthday concert held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. There, Natalie Hemby was officially revealed as the final member and the quartet performed "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". Their debut single, "Redesigning Women", and its associated music video featuring female artists including Tanya Tucker, Cam, Lauren Alaina, Cassadee Pope and Wynonna Judd was released on 19 July 2019, with their self-titled debut album (set for release on September 6) becoming available for pre-order on the same day. The song was promoted by country singer Dierks Bentley who released a comedic reading of the lyrics to his YouTube Channel which received praise from Carlile and Morris. Their second single, "Crowded Table", written by band member Hemby and Lori McKenna, was released on July 26, 2019. In July 2019, the Highwomen performed their first ever full live set at the 60th annual Newport Folk Festival, previewing songs from their upcoming album including "If She Ever Leaves Me", written by Shires, her husband Jason Isbell and Chris Thompkins. With Carlile on lead vocals, Isbell described it as "the first gay country song" which elicited applause from the audience. Other songs performed included "My Only Child", an ode to "suburban moms" performed by Hemby who wrote the track with Shires and Miranda Lambert, "Loose Change", a nod to 70s country written by Morris, Daniel Layus of Augustana, and Maggie Chapman, featuring Morris on lead vocals and "Cocktail and a Song" which was written solely by Shires in honor of her father. Carlile later invited the rest of the Highwomen to join her during her headlining set where, as they originally intended, the group performed alongside other female artists including Amy Ray, Courtney Marie Andrews, Dolly Parton, Jade Bird, Judy Collins, Linda Perry, Lucy Dacus, Our Native Daughters, Sheryl Crow, The First Ladies of Bluegrass, and Yola Carter. Shires said the plan was always to debut their music at Newport with Dolly Parton. The band wore custom suits by Manuel. Their cover of "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac from the soundtrack of the movie The Kitchen debuted during the film's first trailer and was officially released on August 2, 2019. The title track of their self-titled debut album was released on August 13, 2019. Written by Carlile and Shires with Jimmy Webb, the original writer of "Highwayman", the track that originally inspired the Highwomen's formation, it tells the story of various women throughout history and features guest vocals from British country soul singer Yola Carter and backing vocals from Sheryl Crow. The song is a classic answer song. The band recorded 15 songs, but only 12 tracks made it on the album. Songwriters included the aforementioned Jimmy Webb, Rodney Clawson, Maggie Chapman, Lori McKenna, Jason Isbell, Peter Levin, Miranda Lambert, Ray LaMontagne, among many others. Many of the songs flip gender roles, with additions of characters like refugee, preacher, Freedom Rider, and a healer, compared to the characters drawn by the Highwaymen songs.]
Tim Finn, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Tim Finn, Marion Merritt, and Chris Haghirian on the November 20, 2019 edition Wednesday MidDay Medley on 90.1 FM KKFI.
10:32 – Interview with Marion Merritt
For more than 15 years Marion Merritt has been sharing her musical discoveries and information from her musically encyclopedic brain with the listeners of Wednesday MidDay Medley. With her partner Ann Stewart, Marion is the proprietor of Records With Merritt a small, independent, minority owned business, at 1614 Westport Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri.
Marion Merritt's Favorite Musical Releases of 2019
#5 – Moon Duo – Stars Are the Light / Sacred Bones / September 27, 2019
8. Moon Duo – "Fever Night"
from: Stars Are the Light / Sacred Bones / September 27, 2019
[Moon Duo is a psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California formed in 2009 by Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada. Their debut album Mazes was released on Sacred Bones Records in 2011. The band's style is inspired by psychedelic rock, combining repetitive rhythms and saturated guitars. Their influences include Alan Vega of Suicide, Spacemen 3 and Silver Apples. The band's seventh full-length album, Stars Are the Light, was released on September 27, 2019.]
#4. Lucy Rose – No Words Left / Arts & Crafts / March 22, 2019
9. Lucy Rose – "The Confines of This World"
from: No Words Left / Arts & Crafts / March 22, 2019
[Lucy Rose was born June 20, 1989, She is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album, Like I Used To was released in 2012. Rose released her second album, Work It Out, in 2015 on Columbia Records. Her third album, Something's Changing, was released in 2017 on Communion Records. Born in Camberley, Surrey, England. Rose's musical origins began with her playing drums in her school orchestra; her songwriting started with her writing tunes on her family home's piano. She is the youngest of three sisters. She later bought a guitar from a shop she passed on the way to school, taught herself and began writing material at around the age of sixteen. Rose never played her material for anyone until she left home after completing her A-levels. At eighteen, she moved to London; instead of taking her place at University College London to study geography, she began experimenting and performing with other musicians. It was at this time when she met Jack Steadman, the frontman of Bombay Bicycle Club. After becoming friends, Steadman asked if she would like to perform vocals on a song he had written and was recording. The acoustic album Flaws came out with Steadman on lead vocals, and Rose performing backing vocals, most notably on the title track "Flaws", as well as others on the album. She also performs some backing vocal duties on Bombay Bicycle Club's third album, A Different Kind of Fix, and features in their fourth, So Long, See You Tomorrow. Rose also performs some backing vocal duties on the track This Sullen Welsh Heart by the Manic Street Preachers on their album Rewind the Film. A fan of tea, Rose began selling her own blend named 'Builder Grey' (two part English Breakfast and one part Earl Grey) at her shows as a substitute for merchandise or CDs.]
#3. J.S. Ondara – Tales of America / Verve / February 1, 2019
10. J.S. Ondara – "Saying Goodbye"
from: Tales of America / Verve / February 1, 2019
[27 year old J.S. Ondara is a Kenyan singer-songwriter whose debut album, Tales of America, was released on February 15, 2019 via Verve Label Group. J.S. Ondara was born in August 1992 in Nairobi, Kenya. As a child, he wrote poems and stories as well as songs despite not having an instrument to play them on because his family couldn't afford one. He was inspired by Radiohead, Nirvana, Death Cab For Cutie, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, and Bob Dylan. He grew up listening to rock songs on his older sisters' battery-powered radio. Having discovered The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan following a dispute with a friend over whether Knockin' on Heaven's Door was a Guns N' Roses song, Ondara resolved to travel to the United States to pursue a career in music. In February 2013, after winning in the green card lottery, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota at the age of 20. He taught himself to play guitar and perform during open mic nights. Eventually, he decided to study music therapy in college, but dropped out of school to return to playing small shows at coffee houses after attending a concert. After moving to Minnesota, Ondara tried his hand at making music and performing in small venues. His big break came when Minneapolis radio station KCMP 89.3 The Current played one of his songs on air by pulling audio from his YouTube channel, where he had been uploading covers of his favorite songs. At the time, he was going by the name Jay Smart. Ondara's debut album, Tales of America, was released in February 2019 by Verve Label Group. Despite only 11 tracks making the final tracklist, Ondara wrote more than 100 songs for the album, all based on an immigrant's life in America. The album was produced by Mike Viola of the Candy Butchers. In support of the album, Ondara embarked on his first headlining tour in March 2019. After the release of the album, Ondara debuted on Billboard's Emerging Artist chart at No. 37 in March 2019. The album also landed on the Billboard Heatseekers Album, Americana/Folk Album Sales, and Rock Album Sales charts. He was nominated for Best Emerging Act at the 2019 Americana Music Honors & Awards. Ondara cites Bob Dylan as his musical hero, which is why he chose to live in Minnesota and why he wears his signature fedora. He has toured with the Milk Carton Kids, Lindsey Buckingham and in 2019, he opened for select dates on tour with Neil Young.]
#2. Ibibio Sound Machine – Doko Mien / Merge Records / March 22, 2019
11. Ibibio Sound Machine – "Wanna Come Down"
#1. Black Belt Eagle Scout – At the Party With My Brown Friends / Saddle Creek / 8/23/19
12. Black Belt Eagle Scout – "At The Party"
from: At the Party With My Brown Friends / Saddle Creek / August 23, 2019
[Released in September of 2018, Mother of My Children was the debut album from Black Belt Eagle Scout, the recording project of Katherine Paul. Heralded as a favorite new musician of 2018 by the likes of NPR Music, Stereogum, and Paste, the album was also named as a "Best Rock Album of 2018" by Pitchfork, and garnered further end-of-year praise from FADER, Under The Radar and more. // Arriving just a year after that debut record, At the Party With My Brown Friends is a brand new full-length recording from Black Belt Eagle Scout. Where that first record was a snapshot of loss and landscape and of KP's standing as a radical indigenous queer feminist, this new chapter finds its power in love, desire and friendship. // At the Party With My Brown Friends is a profound and understated forward step. The squalling guitar anthems that shaped its predecessor are replaced by delicate vocals and soft keys, sentiments spoken and unspoken, presenting something shadowy and unsettling; a stirring of the waters. // The end result presents a captivating about-face that redefines KP's beautifully singular artistic vision. At the Party With My Brown Friends is introduced in greater detail here via a new statement by the artist. // ARTIST'S STATEMENT: My name is Katherine Paul and I am Black Belt Eagle Scout. // I grew up on the Swinomish Indian Reservation in NW Washington state, learning to play piano, guitar and drums in my adolescent years. The very first form of music that I can remember experiencing was the sound of my dad singing native chants to coo me to sleep as a baby. I grew up around powwows and the songs my grandfather and grandmother sang with my family in their drum group. This is what shapes how I create music: with passion and from the heart. // After the release of Mother of My Children, I felt awake and desperately wanted to put new music out into the world. I had no real intent behind At the Party With My Brown Friends except creating songs around what was going on in my life. In the past few years, the reciprocal love I experienced within friendships is what has been keeping me going. A lot of what is in this album deals with love, desire and friendship. // The lead single, "At the Party," starts off with a quintessential BBES guitar lick, heading into booming and abundant drums and vocals. The lines 'How is it real? We will always sing' came out of me one evening when I was crafting the song in my bedroom. Within my conscious self, there is always a sense of questioning the legitimacy of the world when you grow up on an Indian reservation. We are all at the party (the world), trying to navigate ourselves within a good or bad situation. I happen to be at the party with my brown friends- Indigenous, Black, POC who always have my back while we walk throughout this event called life. // I started writing "My Heart Dreams" the summer after I initially put out MOMC, writing the guitar chords in a friend's apartment on Ohlone land. I had been in a transitional part of my life, leaving one love and wanting to find another so much so that I felt like my heart was dreaming about it along with my brain at night. I have an obsession with dreams, mainly because I cannot remember most of mine and often times that leaves me frustrated not knowing that part of myself. I would wake up and be overcome with anxiety about not knowing what had gone down in my brain so much so that I started feeling like my heart dreamt more than my mind, thus becoming the line, my heart dreams. // I wrote "Going To The Beach With Haley" one day when I was out on a coastal trip with my friend Haley Heynderickx. We loaded up her car with our blankets and instruments and drove straight to a beach where we sat and listened to the waves and young families with their babies on the beach. I had brought my mini casio keyboard that had an array of beats I used when writing songs. The beat that's on the song just stuck there along with the main guitar part. Initially written on an old acoustic guitar my mom bought me, the song really transformed in the studio where I added drums and other melodies to create the song. // Throughout the course of my writing and playing around this record, most of these songs deal with relationships I have either with loved ones or friends. I think it low key has to do with my anthropology degree, but also the fact that writing and playing guitar in my bedroom just makes everything feel better for me. For the longest time, I wanted to convey my feelings around coming out to my family. It had been a good experience for me and while I know it is not always that way when kids decide to tell their family, I think that we can open our hearts more for that. I would watch youtube videos of moms being proud of their kids surrounding their sexuality and gender identity and I really wanted to raise my voice to say, 'my family too!' What started with trying to sound so literal in this song ended up turning into a song about how much I love my mom and how our connection is eternal. "You're Me and I'm You" is about being one with your mother, since we all were a part of their bodies at one point. It's me trying to explore who she is and who I am with my love for people.]
[Black Belt Eagle Scout played White Schoolhouse, 1510 North 3rd Street, Lawrence, KS. on November 7 with Hikes, and Bad Alaskan.]
Marion Merritt, Thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Marion Merritt, Fally Afani. and Chris Haghirian on the November 20, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
11:00 – Interview with Chris Haghirian
Chris Haghirian has worked for The KC Star for 20 years and helped launch INK in April of 2008 where he puts together music promotions, and organizes music for Boulevardia, The Plaza Art Fair, and concerts at Kauffman Stadium. Chris hosts Kansas City Star Sessions Live every Monday at Noon on the Kansas City Star Facebook Live. With Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine, Chris makes The Middle of The Map Fest happen each year, and Chris gets to share his amazing passion for the Kansas City music scene as host, with Sarah Bradshaw, of Eight One Sixty, heard Tuesday nights at 6:00 pm, on 90.9 The Bridge.
Chris Haghirian's Favorite Musical Releases of 2019
#5. Stary /- Stary EP / Stary / June 5, 2019
[Stary played Middle of The Map, October 5, at The Brick, with Heartfelt Anarchy, NublvckCity, Heartfelt Anarchy, The Fey, and Second Hand King.]
#4. Yes You Are – Here's To The Great Unknowns / Yes You Are / November 15, 2019
14. Yes You Are – "Ur The 1"
[Yes You Are play Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Nov 25, with OLIVIA FOX, in a concert for members of the Kauffman Center. ]
#3. Hembree – House on Fire / OREAD Records / April 26, 2019
15. Hembree – "Continents"
from: House on Fire / OREAD Records / April 26, 2019
[This Kansas City based band was formed in November of 2015. Hembree is an indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. Hembree consists of Isaac Flynn on guitar, & lead vocals, Garrett Childers on bass & vocals, Eric Davis on keys & synth, Alex Ward on guitar, and Austin Ward on drums. Hembree is signed to Thirty Tigers of Nashville, TN. The band was founded by original members Isaac Flynn, Garrett Childers, and Eric Davis. Brothers Alex and Austin Ward later joined in 2018. Hembree quickly garnered national attention after their single "Holy Water" was placed in an Apple commercial that aired during Super Bowl LII. The band's music has been featured in a variety of other national placements, including Monday Night Football (NFL) and Bose. Hembree has notably supported Elvis Costello, Phoenix, Cold War Kids, Vance Joy, JR JR, and Joywave, among others. The band first toured Europe in Fall 2018. In 2018, Hembree signed with Thirty Tigers (The Avett Brothers, Lupe Fiasco) to release their first full-length album House on Fire, released 4/26/2019. In 2019, Hembree performed at Hangout Music Festival. They will also appear on the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3 with the song "Culture". Hembree was named one of NPR's Slingshot 2018 Artists to Watch. Rolling Stone named Hembree as one of the thirty best artists at SXSW 2018. "Had It All" debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 on January 19, 2017. Lowe described the song as "absolutely fantastic." "Holy Water" was featured in Apple's HomePod "Distortion" TV spot, which ran during Super Bowl LII, the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, and the 2018 Winter Olympics.]
[Hembree play Midland Theatre December 1.]
[Hembree play The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, December 31, with Mess.]
#2. Quixotic – Goddess – EP / Quixotic / May 17, 2019
16. Quixotic – "Goddess [feat. Calvin Arsenia]"
from: Goddess – EP / Quixotic / May 17, 2019
[Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection #mapping and 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 and emotion. Quixotic fuses all these elements in to what the New York Times branded an "innovative circus performance," and Men's Journal declared "one of the best contemporary [cirque] acts." They have performed for audiences worldwide and have helped launch brand products for companies such as BVLGARI, Faena Hotels, Garmin, HP, Smithsonian and Toyota. Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion.]
[Quixotic presents Sensatia, Cirque Cabaret, through Dec. 28 at 2450 Grand Blvd, 301 Kansas City]
[Calvin Arsenia plays Center Cut Records Holiday Party, Wednesday, December 18, at 7:00 recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO with Fritz Hutchison, The Black Creatures and Calvin Arsenia.]
#1. The Freedom Affair – "Rise Up" – Single / Colemine Records / 06/21/19 [7″ Vinyl]
17. The Freedom Affair – "Rise Up"
from: "Rise Up" – Single / Colemine Records / June 21, 2019 [7″ Vinyl Release]
[The Freedom Affair is a project of Chris Hazelton of Sunflower Soul Records and Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7. The band includes members of the Boogaloo 7 with members of Instant Karma and three of the KC area's leading vocalists. The Freedom Affair is: Misha Roberts on vocals, Seyko Groves on vocals, Paula Saunders on vocals, Cole Bales on guitar, Branden Moser on guitar, Chris Hazelton on bass, Dave Brick on drums, Pete Carroll on trumpet, and Brett Jackson on saxophone. The Freedom Affair and their track "Rise Up" were selected to be part of Colemine Records 3xLP box set, "Soul Slabs Vol. 2" a Record Store Day Exclusive, released April 13, 2019. Colemine Records writes: "The Freedom Affair is a freight train of Kansas City soul! Dirty, funky drums, gritty horns, and the combined vocals of Misha Roberts, Seyko Groves, and Paula Saunders to put this band over the top. Politically charged soul music for the dancefloor!"]
[The Freedom Affair + The Grisly Hand play recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, on Saturday, December 28, at 8:00 PM.]
Chris Haghirian thanks for being with us on WMM.
10:31 – Interview with Fally Afani
Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 18 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. She has received several Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards as well as an Edward R. Murrow award for her online work in journalism. Fally lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where she reports on local & touring musicians and is the editor & founder of, I Heart Local Music a comprehensive website providing info and place for music lovers in Lawrence to gather. It was started out of a deep love & appreciation for the local music scene. And has grown to produce a quarterly printed magazine. In 2019, Fally Afani also coordinated and produced Lawrence Field Day Fest, July 18 thru July 20, with "all ages" shows for the entire festival. More information at: http://www.iheartlocalmusic.com
11:33 – Fally Afani's Favorite Musical Releases of 2019
#5. Approach – Merely Minutes, In A Day / Datura Records / February 4, 2019
18. Approach / "Rapper's Delight"
[Produced, Sequenced, Recorded, Photography, Mixed & Mastered By: Aikido Bray
Artwork & Design By: The Art My Life Imitates. Sean Hunt aka Approach is a Kansas emcee/producer who's been in the game for almost 20 years. He's released almost a dozen records and traveled the world over the span of his career. He's also the cofounder of Datura Records, a hip hop label started in 2000 that he helps curate the roster for. ]
[Approach with They Call Me Sauce & VP3 (of Nublvckcity!), and The Black Creatures! play Black Friday!-Friday, November 29, at 10:00 PM, at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS.]
#4. Bad Alaskan – "Strange Fruit" – Single / Bad Alaskan / August 17, 2019
19. Bad Alaskan – "Strange Fruit"
from: "Strange Fruit" – Single / Bad Alaskan / August 17, 2019
[Bad Alaskan in Lawrence, Kansas based musician, scientist, researcher, speaker, activist, teacher, Alex Kimball Williams who also plays in the band UltraVivid. Bad Alaskan writes: "This cover of 'Strange Fruit' is the perfect blend of old school & new school; direct reference & innovation; the blues & electronic. I've always loved the song & wanted to put my own indigenous spin on it. My classical & jazz training leaks through with solos & alterations to the lead melody. The 1939 recording featuring Billie Holiday's vocals is my favorite cut of this classic. My variation alters the melody to fit a minor blues scale. The key is raised just slightly to stimulate discomfort, the tempo is more upbeat. Originally when she sang the song, it was always the end of her set, staff in the venue was instructed not to make any transactions. She would sing the song with eyes closed. Due to that devotional, prayer-like feel, I begin my sets with this song if I'm going to include it. I read somewhere that this song reminded her of her father. It lines up with my thoughts on my own ancestors, from what would have been his time. Instruments used are Korg Minilogue, Microkorg (vocoding) & Novation circuit. I always record all my parts at once (no over-dubbing), so please enjoy the "fruits" of my labor! Audio engineer: Ross Williams.]
#3. The Creepy Jingles – The Creepy Jingles EP / High Dive Records / May 3, 2019
20. The Creepy Jingles – "Atom & Evolution"
from: The Creepy Jingles EP / High Dive Records / May 3, 2019
[Debut EP Release from The Creepy Jingles: Jocelyn Olivia Nixon on lead vocals, Rhythm Guitar, & Keyboards; Travis McKenzie on lead guitars, Nick Robertson on drums; and Adam York on bass. From High Dive Records website: "The brainchild of singer/ songwriter, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon acts to guide the listener thru a self-actualized Mono-myth of forging identity thru Bizarre arcane cosmic poetry coupled with the wordplay of a wry smile and eccentric wit. Drummer Nick Robertson charges the group forward with a fiery fueled obsidian backbeat. Adam York delivers pulsing bass lines that the compliment the songs and his partner in the rhythm section. Rounding out the band is Guitarist Travis McKenzie who generously spins a holographic spectrum of color that lift the catchy Brit pop melodies that effortlessly dance about the rapidly changing landscapes of New York Garage Rock and 60s/70s folk music. Beware The Creepy Jingles, their siren call is coming from inside the house."]
#4. Serene Fiend – "Unto Myself" – Single / Vitality Records / July 10, 2019
21. Serene Fiend – "Unto Myself"
from: Unto Myself – Single / Vitality Records / July 10, 2019
[Industrial pop-rock project from Lawrence, Kansas based Joel Bonner. All instruments programmed and performed by Joel Bonner. Synth solo programmed and performed by Daniel Glascock. Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joel Bonner.]
[Serene Fiend plays Fiendstivus, Friday, December 20, at 7:00 PM at Cider Gallery Fine Art, 810 Pennsylvania St, Lawrence, KS]
#1. Vedettes – EPHEMERAL / Vedettes / March 1, 2019
22. Vedettes – "Sick Of"
from: EPHEMERAL / Vedettes / March 1, 2019
[Five studio-recorded and mastered tunes, recorded and mixed by Paul Malinowski from May to December 2018 at Massive Sound in Shawnee, Kansas.This Lawrence, Kansas based 4-piece band was formed in 2015 with Heather Lofflin on lead vocals & guitar; Lizz Weiler on bass, & backup vocals; Ben White on lead guitar & backup vocals. More informatin at: http://www.vedettes.com]
[Vedettes play plays Lawrence Field Day Fest, sponsored by I Heart Local Music, Saturday, July 20, at 7:30 at The Granada Theatre, Lawrence, Kansas.]
Fally Afani's Honorable Mentions:
The Sluts
Spencer Raymond
JC and the Nuns
Elliot Fox
Pala Zolo
Drugs & Attics
Fally Afani, thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
23. Drugs & Attics – "Drug Party"
from: Clean Their Room / High Dive Records / April 19, 2019
[High Dive Records debut from Kansas City based 3-piece premiere party drug rock band.]
[Drugs & Attics play The Whiffs Tour Kickoff December 1, at 9:00 PM, at Minibar, 3810 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, with The Whiffs and Platinum Boys.]
Next week on Wednesday, November 27, Michelle Bacon joins us to share her Favorite Releases of 2019. Also next week in the first hour, Wednesday MidDay Medley spins our Top Singles of 2019! (These are stand alone single releases of 2019 that are not included on any EPs or full length album releases.)
Tune into Wednesday MidDay Medley throughout December as we present our 4-week special series: The 119 Best Recordings of 2019, on December 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. This is our celebration of the year in music based on the playlists of this little ole radio show.
In 2019 we've played from nearly 400 New & MidCoastal Releases. 134 were National Releases. 252 were MidCoastal Releases. 181 were from MidCoastal Full-length or EP Releases. 69 were MidCoastal Single Releases. We also conducted over 127 interviews with 209 special guests.
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WMM presents: Tim Finn, Marion Merritt, Chris Haghirian, Fally Afani and Favorite Releases of 2019
with: Tim Finn, Marion Merritt, Chris Haghirian, & Fally Afani
Mark welcomes four special guests who share their Favorite Musical Releases of 2019. Guests include: Tim Finn – Music Writer for In Kansas City Magazine, Marion Merritt – owner of Records With Merritt, Chris Haghirian – of The Kansas City Star and Host of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, and Fally Afani – Founder & Editor of I Heart Local Music.
We'll hear representative tracks from: Samantha Fish, Making Movies, Approach, The Creepy Jingles, The Freedom Affair, Stary, Yes You Are, Vedettes, Hembree, Serene Fiend, Quixotic, Bad Alaskan, Drugs & Attics, Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Highwomen, Moon Duo, Billie Eilish, Lucy Rose, J.S. Ondara, Lana Del Rey, and Ibibio Sound Machine.
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Una Walkenhorst & Chase The Horseman
+ OLIVIA FOX + Hadiza.
[WMM's theme song]
2. Wilco – "Everybody Hides"
from: Ode to Joy / dBpm Records / October 4, 2019
[Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently during its first decade, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation. Since early 2004, the lineup has been unchanged, consisting of Tweedy, Stirratt, guitarist Nels Cline, multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, keyboard player Mikael Jorgensen, and drummer Glenn Kotche. Wilco has released eleven studio albums, a live double album, and four collaborations: three with Billy Bragg and one with The Minus 5. Wilco's music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including Bill Fay, The Beatles and Television, and has in turn influenced music by a number of modern alternative rock acts. The band continued in the alternative country style of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album A.M. (1995), but has since introduced more experimental aspects to their music, including elements of alternative rock and classic pop. Wilco's musical style has evolved from a 1990s country rock sound to a current "eclectic indie rock collective that touches on many eras and genres."[Wilco garnered media attention for their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001), and the controversy surrounding it. After the recording sessions were complete, Reprise Records rejected the album and dismissed Wilco from the label. As part of a buy-out deal, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to the album for free. After streaming Foxtrot on its website, Wilco sold the album to Nonesuch Records in 2002. Both record labels are subsidiaries of Warner Music Group, leading one critic to say the album showed "how screwed up the music business is in the early twenty-first century." Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Wilco's most successful release to date, selling over 670,000 copies. Wilco won two Grammy Awards for their fifth studio album, 2004's A Ghost Is Born, including Best Alternative Music Album. Wilco released their ninth studio album, Star Wars, in July 2015, and in September 2016 released their tenth studio album, Schmilco, followed finally by their eleventh studio album, Ode to Joy, in October 2019.]
[Wilco plays their Ode To Joy Tour Show at The Midland, 1228 Main St., KCMO on Sunday, November 17, at 7:30 PM with Yuomo & Markus.]
3. Akkilles- "By Myself"
from: By Myself – Single / David Bennett / November 1, 2019
[Akkilles is the music project of David Bennett. I make music under Akkilles. He also helps other people make music. For this recording: David Bennett on guitars, David Bennett & Ian Thompson on keyboards, David Bennetton bass, David Bennett on synthesizer, David Bennett on vocals, Bryan Koehler on drums. Mixed and edited by David Bennett. Mastered by Dedric Moore. Artwork by Matt Schmitz. Recorded at: Aorist Studios in Kansas City. This one of three single Akkilles has released this year. "Meet in the Middle" was released October 25, 2019. "Feelin' My Self" was released February 1, 2019. Akkilles released the critically acclaimed debut record "Something You'd Say" on July 2, 2013.]
[Akkilles plays Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club, 3402 Main, KCMO, on Saturday, December 14, at 8:00 PM with Gods Unwanted Children, sMallTaves, and RUBEO.]
4. The Moose – "Through The Rainbow"
from: Through the Rainbow / Bell-Bottom Trees – Single / The Moose / November 10, 2019
The Moose is an alternative band from Lee's Summit, formed in 2016 by Jake Hilger, Alex Huffman, and Tyler Frey with Emma Klein and Parker Tozier joining in 2016. The Moose released their debut full length album, The First Real Encounter, on Dec. 21, 2018. The Moose joined us LIVE on WMM on July 10, 2019.]
[The Moose play a Singles Release Show at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Friday, November 15, at 7:00 PM with Hannah Norris and the Band, and Miki P and the Swallowtails.]
5. Dan Jones and The Squids – "I've Got Time For You"
from: We Live In A World That Is Out Of This World / DJ&tS / December 6, 2019
[Recorded at Temple Sounds in KCMO, 2018-2019. Engineered. by JB Moreland. Produced by Dan Jones and The Squids and JB Moreland. Mastered by Tom Nunes at Atomic Disc. With Dan Jones on acoustic & electric guitars, keyboard, lead vocals + drums/bass on "Love/Life"; Matt Ronan on drums, percussion, vocals; Alex Alexander on electric guitar, vocals; Steve Tulipana on bass, vocals; Joey Slab on poem and spiel on "Beach, Please"; Scot Sperry on electric slide guitar on "Love/Life"; Donna Jones on lyrics to "The Violet Man."]
[Reception and gathering for Heart Rays: Graphics and Paintings by Dan Jones is Saturday, November 16, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, at FM Music Vintage Sounds, 206 E. 18th Ave, NKC. Dan will play some acoustic songs and FM Sounds will play Squids new album "We Live In A World That Is Out Of This World."]
6. True Lions – "Birthday Party"
[True Lions play an EP Release Show for "Your Not Invited," at Minibar, 3810 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, Saturday, November 30, at 9:00 PM with The Black Creatures, Dream Girl, and Hadiza.]
7. The Black Creatures – "D'umm"
from: "Wild Echoes / The Black Creatures / September 30, 2019
[Darkpop hip-hop musical pulling elements from sci-fi to tell an inter-dimensional story. Xavier Martin and Jade Green have made an impression of the KC music community with their videos and songs, live shows in clubs, art galleries, record stores, area music festivals and shows in surrounding areas. They've released an EP, an album, several singles.]
[The Black Creatures play the True Lions EP Release Show for "Your Not Invited," at Minibar, 3810 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, Saturday, November 30, at 9:00 PM with Dream Girl, and Hadiza.]
Hadiza. on the November 13, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
8. Hadiza. – "Cousins"
from: Shadow Weight / Hadiza. / November 22, 2019
[Hadiza released her Ep "Gone" on December 29, 2018 with Madi Mclaughlin on bass & guitar, JL Bolinger on drums, and Hadiza Sa-Aadu on keyboards & vocals. Recording & Engineering: JL Bolinger & Madi Mclaughlin. Mixing & Mastering: Madi Mclaughlin. Hadiza. is a singer-songwriter who wants you to know SHE IS NOW BASED IN KANSAS CITY. Previously based in her hometown of Iowa City, she has spent the past year slowly but surely carving out her place in the Kansas City scene both as a solo performer (as Hadiza.) and as lead vocalist and songwriter of experimental electronic group Collidescope. Blessed to have had parents who are very much NOT students of music, but recognized the importance of music education, Hadiza spent her childhood and adolescence in part as a student of piano. Vocally, Hadiza takes her cues from American artists including Fiona Apple, Tracey Chapman, and Billie Holiday and African artists including Angelique Kidjo. Her sound/genre is best described as an eclectic blend of blues, soul, folk, jazz and classical. Her songwriting is a process of release and acceptance of life events navigating an often brutal bleak and harsh world and is a form of therapy. If you don't relate to the content, you just don't relate. Oh well. The most amazing experience however is when a stranger in the audience connects with a song in their own way and is courageous enough to share that with her. Aside from the therapeutic aspect of creating music, this is why she continues to write and perform.]
[Hadiza. plays the True Lions EP Release Show for "Your Not Invited," at Minibar, 3810 Broadway Blvd, KCMO, Sat, November 30, at 9:00 PM with Dream Girl, and The Black Creatures.]
Hadiza. photo Captured by Meanz Chan / Lighting by John Hennessey Baker
10:34 – Interview with Hadiza.
Last December 29, 2018, Hadiza. released her EP Gone, and now she is back with a new 10 song, full-length album called, Shadow Weight, which continues to showcase her deeply moving voice and piano, that she considers her primary "tools" that she uses to get through…to herself. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, she has lived in Bushwick, and Atlanta. Hadiza. worked in for corporate America in the New York Finance District. For many years she studied the piano, while keeping her singing voice private. Eventually as she writes, she made the jump into her new life of composing, singing, writing, collaborating and presenting what she calls a blend of soul, classical, blues and folk. Since relocating to Kansas City from her hometown of Iowa City, she has been slowly carving out her place in the scene as a solo artist and as lead vocalist and lyricist for the experimental electronic duo Collidescope a band formed with Madi Mclaughlin.
Hadiza. plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway KCMO, Saturday, November 30, at 9:00 PM with Dreamgirl, True Lions, and The Black Creatures.
Hadiza. plays Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, Friday, December 6 at 6:00 PM, with Katie Sin (from Iowa), and The Black Mariah Theater.
More info is at: http://www.hadizaisnothere.bandcamp.com
Hadiza, thanks for being with us on WMM.
Hadiza. writes:
"It is possible to change the past. Not through false or omitted histories and not with time machines to put you there (at least not in 3d). No, you must jump."
"Piano, voice, composition and melody, these are the primary tools she wields to get through to…herself. Tools summoning words to assist in the recursively unfolding Undertaking; to confront and embrace hers and her family's shadows. She angles lenses available to her; neo-colonialism, romantic rejection, overbearing anxiety, and the maddening oscillations (often overlaps) of invisibility and hyper-visibility, directing the sun's rays to illuminate."
"Jumping timelines in Bushwick, Atlanta, Iowa City (birthplace) and now Kansas City as a keyboardist, background singer, lead vocalist and band leader, this is a journey of many entry points. What was first a coping mechanism to maintain sanity in the distinctly other-izing world of the New York Finance District version of Corporate America soon sparked the drive to study the complexities of her voice; building upon a foundation formed from middle school choir, a private love for singing, and years of training in piano."
"When this all started, Hadiza's timeline was one within which she acted as an element to other projects and was more than content labeling any pursuit of music a 'hobby'. Time did what it does best in presenting more and more opportunities to jump, with each jump higher than the last. That first jump though? It was rough. Now, she composes, sings, writes, plays, refines, collaborates, shares, repeat in no particular order. The result has been an eclectic blend of soul, classical, jazz, blues and folk. Hadiza writes songs for herself first. She doesn't expect you to relate or embrace her, but when a stranger takes something from her words, her singing, her melodies and is compelled to share, it is confirmation to keep jumping and to never look back."
Official track list: Shadow Weight
1. Cousins
2. Narcissus
3. Abort
4. Reactions!
5. Lazy Eyes
6. Dear…(Family Song)
7. Cotton
8. Airport Funeral/Babylon Dreams
9. Sleep Paralysis
10. Elmina
Hadiza released her EP "Gone" on December 29, 2018 with Madi Mclaughlin on bass & guitar, JL Bolinger on drums, and Hadiza Sa-Aadu on keyboards & vocals. Recording & Engineering: JL Bolinger & Madi Mclaughlin. Mixing & Mastering: Madi Monroe.
Hadiza. is a singer-songwriter who wants you to know SHE IS NOW BASED IN KANSAS CITY. Previously based in her hometown of Iowa City, she has spent the past year slowly but surely carving out her place in the Kansas City scene both as a solo performer (as Hadiza.) and as lead vocalist and songwriter of experimental electronic group Collidescope. Blessed to have had parents who are very much NOT students of music, but recognized the importance of music education, Hadiza spent her childhood and adolescence in part as a student of piano.
Vocally, Hadiza takes her cues from American artists including Fiona Apple, Tracey Chapman, and Billie Holiday and African artists including Angelique Kidjo,. Her sound/genre is best described as an eclectic blend of blues, soul, folk, jazz and classical. Her songwriting is a process of release and acceptance of life events navigating an often brutal bleak and harsh world and is a form of therapy.
If you don't relate to the content, you just don't relate. Oh well. The most amazing experience however is when a stranger in the audience connects with a song in their own way and is courageous enough to share that with her. Aside from the therapeutic aspect of creating music, this is why she continues to write and perform.
9. Hadiza. – "Reactions!"
10. Olivia Fox – "Carbon"
from: Carbon / OLIVIA FOX / August 23, 2019
[The Kansas City based band, OLIVIA FOX is Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith. The trio recently released their full length album "Carbon" on August 23, 2019. The band has previously released multiple singles and two EPs. OLIVIA FOX create music that is a unique marriage between classic folk instrumentation, vocals, and harmonies to modern programmed beats and synth pads.]
Aubrey Callahan, Hadiza., Tiffany Smith, and Lauren Flynn on the November 13, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
11. Hadiza. – "Dear…(Family Song)"
11:08 – Interview with Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith
The Kansas City based band, OLIVIA FOX is Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith. The trio recently released their full length album "Carbon" on August 23, 2019. The band has previously released multiple singles and two EPs.
OLIVIA FOX create music that is a unique marriage between classic folk instrumentation, vocals, and harmonies to modern programmed beats and synth pads.
OLIVIA FOX play Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Mon, Nov. 25, at 7:00 PM with Yes You Are, in a concert for members of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
OLIVIA FOX play recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Wednesday, November 27, at 7:00 PM opening for HA HA TONKA's Thanksgiving Eve show w/ The Spring Standards.
Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith thanks for being with us on WMM.
More info at http://www.weareoliviafox.com
Aubrey Callahan, Tiffany Smith, and Lauren Flynn on the November 13, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
OLIVIA FOX were last on WMM on April 4, 2018
OLIVIA FOX were all brought together through their manager David "DJ" Lee.
This year Lauren had a baby boy, Aubrey got married, and Tiffany adopted a new doggie
Carbon was Produced by Tyler Banks. Co-Produced by David "DJ" Lee. All Songs written by Lauren Flynn, BMI, Except "Blame" written by Lauren Flynn and David "DJ" Lee. All Vocals by OVFX. Additional vocals on "Not Going Down" by Kianna Alarid, Jessica Paige, Jo Mackenzie, Kat King, Nicki White, Natalie Norman, and Crystal Rose.
All drums, synths and programming by Tyler Banks. All Violin by Tiffany Smith and Acoustic guitars by Lauren Flynn. Acoustic guitars on "Across the Water" and "Carbon" by Katy Guillen. Acoustic guitars on "Easy" and "Utah" by Josh Johnson. Piano on "Little Bird" and "Elevator Doors" by Jess Hughes. Album artwork: Chet Flynn.
Copyright and Production 2019. OLIVIA FOX Records. All rights reserved.
12. Olivia Fox – "Across The Water"
We are talking to Kansas City musicians: Lauren Flynn, Aubrey Callahan and Tiffany Smith who make up the Kansas City band, OLIVIA FOX.
Lauren Flynn plays piano, guitar, mandolin, bass. Lauren grew in Independence, Missouri and prior to Olivia Fox had been performing solo artist playing as L.A. Price.
Aubrey Callahan sings, plays keyboards, synthesizers, guitar in Olivia Fox and is also an award winning Kansas City based wedding photographer with Aubrey Erin Photography. She studied photography at University of Central Missouri and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Aubrey You grew up in Liberty, Missouri. More information at:
http://www.aubreyerinphoto.com http://www.kcvintagewedding.com
Tiffany Smith sings, plays violin and guitar, and creates many of the band's string arrangements. Tiffany is also a Registered Nurse at Outpatient Mental Health. She grew up in the Blue Springs area.
13. Olivia Fox – "Empty"
[OLIVIA FOX play Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway Blvd, Mon, Nov. 25, at 7:00 PM with Yes You Are, in a concert for members of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.]
[OLIVIA FOX play recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Wednesday, November 27, at 7:00 PM opening for HA HA TONKA's Thanksgiving Eve show w/ The Spring Standards.]
Una Walkenhorst, Chase Horseman, Tiffany Smith, Lauren Flynn, and Aubrey Callahan on the November 13, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
14. Bob & Una Walkenhorst – "For Tomorrow"
from: For Tomorrow / BAT Records / October 12, 2018
[25 year old Una Walkenhorst is a singer/songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. Following the release of her debut album "Scars" in 2014, Una immediately had "new fans. . . coming out of the proverbial woodwork" (AXS). Paired with refreshingly raw vocals, Una's heartfelt lyrics "will stop you in your tracks (at once beautiful and chilling)," wrote Gilded Palace Radio, as she weaves stories of genuine human experience. Una told KCUR FM that her father was one of the people who made her love music. But having a famous father can be challenging: "I knew that if I started my music career here I would have a lot of opportunities, but not all of them would be because of my music. They would be because I am someone's daughter," Walkenhorst says. Loading up her 97 Honda Civic, Una then spent a year traveling across North America promoting her music and connecting with listeners one-on-one. She ended up living in New Orleans. Una Walkenhorst is the youngest daughter of Bob Walkenhorst, a founding member of The Rainmakers, which had national and international hits in the 1980s and 90s, and continue to this day touring and recording new music. In January of 2018 Una Walkenhorst returned home to Kansas City from New Orleans. Over the past several years, Una and Bob had performed together at selected events, including Folk Alliance International. This year the father and daughter duo decided to record an album together, where they split the difference, taking turns as songwriters for the album's songs, written individually, and recorded together, in clear beautiful harmonies, with that extra special shared musical DNA, that can be heard in the harmonies of The Carter Family, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, or Shy Boys.]
11:35 – Interview with Una Walkenhorst & Chase The Horseman
Following the release of her debut album "Scars" in 2014, Una Walkenhorst loading up her 97 Honda Civic, and spent a year traveling across North America playing bars and open mics, and booking her own gigs. In January of 2018 Una Walkenhorst returned home to Kansas City from New Orleans. In the last 23 months, 26 year old,, Una has played The Folly, Boulevardia, Crossroads Music Fest, Middle of The Map Fest, opened for Soccer Mommy, The Wild Reeds, Bela Fleck; played NPR's "Best of Kansas City" concert for her 2018 Tiny Desk Contest;, and has helped to produce shows to benefit The Innocence Project, and MOCSA. Last year In Una released the album "For Tomorrow" with her father Bob Walkenhorst, taking turns as songwriters with 5 from Una, interwoven with 5 from Bob, written individually, and recorded together, in shared musical DNA harmonies, that can be heard in family bands like The Carter Family, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, or Shy Boys.
Una Walkenhorst thank you for beibg with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Chase The Horseman
Also with us is our friend, Chase the Horseman, who is one of the hardest working guys in the music business. Chase The Horseman is a band, a film composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, and producer. He has composed music for over nearly 40 films and has released multiple singles and recordings a solo artist. As a musician and producer Chase has collaborated with Clairaudients, Teri Quinn, Heidi Lynne Gluck, KD Kuro, Nan Turner, and many more. Recently Chase released his latest EP "Disinformation Blues."
Chase Horseman thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Una Walkenhorst and Chase the Horseman join us to share music and news of their upcoming show with Whoa Dakota at the Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO on Thursday November 21, at 8:00 PM.
Una Walkenhorst presents a Music Video Release with Brent Windler & Sex Ed, Saturday, December 7, at 7:00 PM, at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, NKC. More info at wwwunawalkenhorst.com or http://www.chasethehorseman.bandcamp.com
Una Walkenhorst is the youngest daughter of Bob Walkenhorst, a founding member of The Rainmakers, which had national and international hits in the 1980s and 90s, and continue to this day touring and recording new music.
Una toured Norway promoting her critically acclaimed album with Bob & Una Walkenhorst "For Tomorrow."
Una Walkenhorst recently played The Folly Theatre for 90.1 FM KKFI's 30th Anniversary
Una Walkenhorst has lived in New Orleans, and Brooklyn, New York. After her 2014 debut release "Scars" Una Walkenhorst quit her job, got in her two-door Honda Civic and traveled across North America for a year and a half. Una wanted to make it as a musician, on her own terms without help from her father. Una told KCUR FM that her father was one of the people who made her love music. But having a famous father can be challenging: "I knew that if I started my music career here I would have a lot of opportunities, but not all of them would be because of my music. They would be because I am someone's daughter," Walkenhorst says. More info at: http://www.unawalkenhorst.bandcamp.com
Whoa Dakota is Jesse Ott.
On her first full length album, Patterns, Whoa Dakota (Jesse Ott) spins a web of lush indie pop, graceful melodies and ardent lyrics. Building on 2015's debut EP, I'm a Liar, the Nashville-based artist expands the sonic landscape on her new LP to an amalgam of electro pop and R&B. Rife with raw lyrical honesty and enchanting textures, Whoa Dakota's sophomore effort, August 17, 2018, is destined to captivate listeners everywhere.
Patterns bounces from 80s-influenced-pop reminiscent of HAIM to indie folk- Jenny Lewis while artfully maintaining consistency. The debut single "Patterns" serves as a thesis for the entire album: a brazen examination of "self" that grapples with toxic cycles and emotional accountability through layers of pop melodies and powerhouse vocals. The record is as much about self-discovery as it is about creation of self.
15. Whoa Dakota – "Patterns"
from: Patterns / Whoa Dakota / September 15, 2017
[Debut length album, Patterns, from Whoa Dakota (Jesse Ott) spins a web of lush indie pop, graceful melodies and ardent lyrics. Building on 2015's debut EP, I'm a Liar, the Nashville-based artist expands the sonic landscape on her new LP to an amalgam of electropop and R&B. Rife with raw lyrical honesty and enchanting textures, Whoa Dakota's sophomore effort, August 17, 2018, is destined to captivate listeners everywhere. Patterns bounces from 80s-influenced-pop reminiscent of HAIM to indie folk ala Jenny Lewis while artfully maintaining consistency. The debut single "Patterns" serves as a thesis for the entire album: a brazen examination of "self" that grapples with toxic cycles and emotional accountability through layers of pop melodies and powerhouse vocals. The record is as much about self-discovery as it is about creation of self.]
[Whoa Dakota plays The Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO on Thursday November 21, at 8:00 PM with Una Walkenhorst and Chase the Horseman.]
Una Walkenhorst and Chase Horseman on the November 13, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
We are talking with Una Walkenhorst and Chase the Horseman about their upcoming show with Whoa Dakota at the Brick, 1727 McGee, KCMO on Thurs. Nov. 21, at 8:00 PM.
Una Walkenhorst presents a Music Video Release with Brent Windler & Sex Ed, Saturday, December 7, at 7:00 PM, at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, NKC.
Una Walkenhorst is currently working on her new EP due to be released soon. She is also getting set to release the first single and video from the EP, "People in The Paper."
Una Walkenhorst and Chase Horseman, Thanks for being with us on WMM
More info at wwwunawalkenhorst.com or http://www.chasethehorseman.bandcamp.com
16. Chase The Horseman – "Disinformation Blues (Radio Edit)"
[music and lyrics by Chase Horseman. Recorded and Mixed by Joel Nanos and Chase Horseman at Element Recording. Mastered by Joel Nanos. Drums by Ian Dobyns, bass by Skylar Cowdry, guitar/vocals/synthesizers by Chase Horseman. Chase the Horseman is a band, film composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, & producer. He has composed music for over 36 films and as musician has collaborated with Clairaudients, Teri Quinn, Heidi Lynne Gluck, and many more. Chase The Horsemn released the single "U Martyr U" June 19, 2018, and the single "Modern Ruins" on Oct 4, 2018.]
Next week on Wednesday, November 20, we welcome Tim Finn – Music writer for IN Kansas City, Marion Merritt – owner of Records With Merritt, Chris Haghirian – from Ink and KC Star and host of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, and Fally Afani – founder of I Heart Local Music who all join us to share their favorite releases of 2019.
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WMM Playlist from October 9, 2019
Julia Othmer + Jocelyn Olivia Nixin of The Creepy Jingles
+ Music from Outer Reaches with Brenton Cook & Steve Tulipana
2. Angel Olsen – "All Mirrors"
from: All Mirrors / Jagjaguwar / October 4, 2019
[4th album from Angel Olsen who was born January 22, 1987. She is an American singer-songwriter and musician from St. Louis, Missouri who currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina. At age three, Olsen was adopted by a foster family that had cared for her since shortly after her birth. The difference in years between her and her parents left an impression. "Because there are so many decades of difference between us, I became more interested in what their childhood was like," she says of her parents, both of whom still live in St. Louis. "I fantasized about what it was like to be young in the '30s and '50s, more so than other kids my age." Olsen explained that "my mother just has this capacity for children." Despite early adolescent aspirations to be a "pop star", her interests later shifted in high school. Olsen became more introverted, regularly attending punk rock and noise music shows at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center and the Creepy Crawl as well as Christian rock shows throughout the city. She began learning the piano and guitar and writing her own music. Two years after graduating from Tower Grove Christian High School, Olsen moved to Chicago.After releasing her first EP, Strange Cacti, and a debut album, Half Way Home, on Bathetic Records, Olsen signed with Jagjaguwar, ahead of her first full-band record, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, which was released on February 17, 2014. Olsen's third full-length album, My Woman, was released on September 2, 2016. In addition to her work with Bonnie "Prince" Billy and The Cairo Gang, Olsen has collaborated with a number of other notable figures of American indie rock, including Tim Kinsella of Cap'n Jazz, LeRoy Bach of Wilco and Cass McCombs. Her collaboration with Kinsella and Bach, as well as with Chicago poet Marvin Tate, resulted in the album Tim Kinsella Sings the Songs of Marvin Tate by Leroy Bach Featuring Angel Olsen which the group released on Indianapolis label Joyful Noise Recordings on December 3, 2013. Her song "Windows" was featured in the final episode of the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.]
3. Pretend Friend – "I Do"
from: Unnatural Currents / Pretend Friend / May 17, 2019
[Pretend Friend is a string-band dynamo out of Wichita, Kansas. Their songs meld traditional bluegrass and folk with fiery rock and roll zest, and their performances are distinguished by high-energy picking and three-part vocal harmonies. Pretend Friend is: Grant Boesen as songwriter, and on guitar & lead vocals; Jason Snavely on drums & vocals; Brody Wellman on bass & vocals; and Evan Ogborn on mandolin & vocals. Unnatural Currents" is Pretend Friend's second full-length LP. This album is the first to be acoustically arranged and foreshadows Pretend Friend's stylistic direction since Brody Wellman and Evan Ogborn have joined the ranks as upright bassist and mandolinist, respectively. "The writing of this album acknowledges the futility in pursuing supernatural absolutes, but it also validates respect of the unknown. It relishes the uncertainty of existence, spirituality, and morality, and it celebrates expressions of enthusiasm, infatuation and skepticism." More info at http://www.pretendfriendmusic.com]
[Pretend Friend play Porch Fest KC Saturday, October 12, at 12:00 Noon, at 3022 Oak Street during The Original PorchFestKC, this Saturday, October 12, 12 Noon to 6:00 PM in Roanoke, Union Hill and Longfellow Neighborhoods, now in its 5th year this music celebration brings music from 152 local & regional bands on 68 porch stages including music in Union Hill Cemetary. The map (and parking suggestions) are available at: PorchFestKC.com ]
4. Julia Othmer – "Frickin Awesome"
from: Sound / Julia Othmer & James Lundie / June 30, 2016
[One several new songs from Julia Othmer's upcoming full length release of "Sound," her second album, that took 3 years to complete, and was produced with James Lundie, who also married Julia in January of 2016, during the completion of the record. Julia Othmer, is a graduate of Park Hill High School. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her 1st full-length album, "Oasis Motel.".]
[Julia Othmer plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO Sat, Oct. 12, at 8:00 PM, with Amado Espinoza.]
Julia Othmer
10:14 – Interview with Julia Othmer
We are happy to welcome back to the radio show our friend, singer songwriter Julia Othmer. Julia Othmer joins us to talk about her newest album "Sound," released on April 12, 2019 on Frikin' Awesome Records. who went to Park Hill High and studied at Columbia University in New York City. Julia now lives in Los Angeles, California and she is back in her hometown to play recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO Sat, Oct. 12, at 8:00 PM, with Amado Espinoza.
Julia Othmer, thanks for being with us on WMM
Julia Othmer was born August 13, 1975. She is from Kansas City, Missouri. She went to Park Hill High and studied at Columbia University in New York City. Julia Othmer lives in Los Angeles, California.
Julia has lived in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and in Colorado
Julia Othmer on the October 9, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
Julia moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to record her first full-length album, "Oasis Motel."
Julia's mother Sieglinde Othmer is from Hamburg, Germany, and is an artist who studied at Sorbonne in Paris. She is the author of several award winning books. Julia recently lost her father Arthur Othmer
Julia first started playing piano in first grade.
This year Julia released "Sound," her second full-length album, produced with James Lundie, who married Julia in January of 2016 during the completion of the record.
James Lundie is from London, United Kingdom.
Last year Julia Othmer toured with and opened for The Alarm in US show and shows in the United Kingdom.
Out of Print Magazine says: "This Thursday evening in the quaint little village of NYC, Julia Othmer, the mesmerizingly sultry singer/songwriter will be riding into town tucked under the wings of a Southwest jet. She will be performing at Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St. New York, NY) at 7PM sharp. If you haven't heard of her, it may be because she has been diligently working on her new album for the last few years on the sunny and less immediate coast. Formerly a Kansas City native, Julia has put her pillow in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, some gondola in Colorado and finally Los Angeles, the city of lights and traffic, where she currently lives with her little white piano, her rock star and her cat Cosmo. Julia's musical musings are so diverse that they become quite elusive to the simple description. Perhaps the best way to explain it would be if Nora Jones, Tom Waits, Billy Holiday and Lyle Lovett had a musical orgy and let you watch behind a curtain of burning lace and a whiskey waterfall. I'll bring the unfiltered cigarettes, you bring your soul."
Last time Julia Othmer was in Kansas City she played Knuckleheads, on February 28, with Johnny Hamil on bass, Chris Tady on guitar, John Floyd Whitaker on drums. All three will join Julia on stage at recordBar. Julia will welcome special guest: Julia Reynolds.
Who will be on stage with her on Saturday?
Julia Othmer plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, Sat. Oct. 12, at 8PM, w/ Amado Espinoza.
Julia 's newest album "Sound," was released on April 12, 2019 on Frikin' Awesome Records. Produced with James Lundie.
Tim Finn describes "Sound" as a "self-made record with a big-label sound… rich in space and soaring dynamics and rife with layers and textures and melodies and grooves."
Julia Othmer is a graduate of Park Hill High School and moved to Los Angeles in 2006. While she lives in LA, she will always call KC her hometown.
Julia Othmer plays recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO Saturday, October 12, at 8:00 PM, with Amado Espinoza. More info at http://www.juliaothmer.com.
5. The Creepy Jingles – "Atom & Evolution"
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin and Julia Othmer on the October 9, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
10:33 – Interview with Jocelyn Olivia Nixin of The Creepy Jingles
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin, is lead singer, songwriter, keyboardist & guitar player for the KC based band, The Creepy Jingles which include: Travis McKenzie on guitar, Nick Robertson on drums, and Adam York on bass. The Creepy Jingles released their self titled debut EP on May 3, 2019 on High Dive Records.
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin, thank you for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Congratulations on the new EP Release on High Dive Records.
Ross Brown of (Shy Boys and Full Bloods) recorded and mixed the EP at escape Pod Audio.
Mike Nolte Mastered the recordings at Eureka Mastering.
EP credits give special thanks to: Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch of Shy Boys
The Creepy Jingles photo by: Orange Blossom Photography
From High Dive Records http://www.highdivekc.com:
"The brainchild of singer/ songwriter, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon acts to guide the listener thru a self-actualized Mono-myth of forging identity thru Bizarre arcane cosmic poetry coupled with the wordplay of a wry smile and eccentric wit."
"Drummer Nick Robertson charges the group forward with a fiery fueled obsidian backbeat. Adam York delivers pulsing Bass lines that the compliment the songs and his partner in the rhythm section. Rounding out the band is Guitarist Travis McKenzie who generously spins a holographic spectrum of color that lift the catchy Brit pop melodies that effortlessly dance about the rapidly changing landscapes of New York Garage Rock and 60s/70s folk music. "
From FALLY AFANI, I Heart Local Music.com (JUNE 22, 2019):
"The Creepy Jingles are really throwing us for a loop. Like, we know garage rock is supposed to sound raw and a little loose. But The Creepy Jingles are so on point with their craft, we're not entirely comfortable with picturing them as some laid back group of rockers. Every. Single. Note. Is. Perfect. When The Creepy Jingles play, it sounds like they practice every single day. They don't miss a single thing! Every note in every song is spot on, we haven't heard a group of rockers this tight with their performance in ages. When they hit the Replay for their album release show Thursday night, it was hard to look away. Jocelyn Olivia Nixon runs a tight ship with this group. They began the set with her pounding away at the keys, leaving a throbbing urge for more of their exciting rock noise. Then, when they fully dove into their impeccable guitar work, the audience was also treated to her gnarly-as-hell vocals. The growls, the screams, the RAWNESS of it all brings out our most primal emotions."
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin on the October 9, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin is Community Organizer at Bandwaggn Kansas City
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin is Singer/ Songwriter/ Guitar/ Keys at The Creepy Jingles
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin is Singer-songwriter at English Major
Jocelyn Nixin Studied Filming/Directing/Acting/writing at The Art Institute of Austin
Jocelyn Nixin Studied Studied Broadcasting & Film at University of Central Missouri
Jocelyn Nixin Studied Studied Creative Writing in English at Missouri State University
Jocelyn Nixin went to Blue Springs South High School and Jocelyn Nixin lives in Overland Park, Kansas
From The Pitch KC June 19, 2019 Nick Spacek:
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin was part of the band Abracadabras, that was active around Kansas City from 2006 to 2009 or so. Nixon fronted the band, which also included brothers Collin and Kyle Rausch, who now play in the pop act Shy Boys.
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin told Nick Spacek i nan article published in The Pitch KC on June 19, 2019, "That was, like, the first band," Nixon says. "I'd been writing songs since I was probably about 22, and that was our first band together. So it was like we all grew up together … Once I went to Austin, I felt like it was time for me to stand on my own."
"I'd left [Kansas City] to work on my marriage," Nixon continues. "My wife at the time was offered a job and I figured, Yeah, Austin, great music city. I should see what happens. A music city like Austin was the silver lining in moving away from my band."
The marriage hit the skids a few years in, but Nixon continued writing music. She released a solo project called English Major, a divorce record of sorts. Five years in, though, everything finally seemed to come to a head.
"The traffic, the cost of living — our rent went up $750," Nixon says. "It was almost impossible to stay. I was like, Why am I killing myself to do this? I was also starting to come to terms with my own personal identity, and it blew into this existential crisis, where I was like, I can't keep this bottled up anymore."
Being "bottled up" was Nixon acknowledging her recent transition into life as a woman, a process she'd started early during her time in Austin.
"Tweezing my eyebrows, laser hair removal, therapy, going out more in femme," she says — but largely abandoned after her marriage fell apart and she stepped into a new relationship. But the desire to transition hadn't gone away; Nixon was just burying it.
"I was depressed to the point where I kind of — there's that line in 'Yer Blues,' where John Lennon's like, Feel so suicidal/ Even hate my rock and roll.' I was like, 'Oh, I get that line,'"
Nixon says. "I didn't ever feel like I was going to commit suicide, but I had this fantasy of faking my death and becoming a new person, which was all sort of leading me to transition, but I was just miserable and I just didn't want to be around it."
She decided to leave Austin and return to KC, though moving back home as she transitioned wasn't something Nixon was initially eager to do. "I thought it was scarier to move back," she says. But then she realized that, as she says, "I needed to do this in front of the people I grew up with, and have those tough conversations, and tell them who I really am and how I really feel. It felt like the most honest way to do things, and it felt like the most authentic way to bridge my past to my present."
Nixon started hormones and came out as a woman after she moved back home to KC. She says everyone's been cool about it — tons of support.
"When I came out, I felt stupid, because I was like, 'I should've done this sooner,'" she says. "An immediate weight lifted off of me, just from carrying the weight of that consuming all my mental faculties at all times. It just shot my nervous system."
Nixon had quit playing music toward the end of her time in Austin, and she gave herself a few years during her transition to "get my head right and heal from a breakup, and also, approaching this new phase in my life," as she puts it. But she kept writing songs.
She started jamming with Nick Robertson, a drummer. Then they brought in Travis McKenzie, a former Abracadabras guitarist, and the Creepy Jingles were born. They played around for a few years and then, last year, began recording what would become their debut self-titled EP.
"We took it slow, doing it like, once a week, and then once fall rolled around, we were like, 'Let's record some things,'" Nixon says. They took the music to Ross Brown, another Shy Boy, who recorded and mixed the EP in his basement. Collin Rausch ended up playing bass on it (Adam York has since joined the group as the full-time bass player).
"It was kind of like a little family reunion," Nixon says of reuniting with old bandmates.
Nick Spacek wrote: The EP was released on High Dive Records at the beginning of May. It's confident and exuberant, a Kinksy mishmash of Britpop garage rock".
She says. I felt like I had to adopt a mask or a character to protect myself a little bit onstage. Now it feels very me, and I'm very comfortable."
The Creepy Jingles
photo by: Orange Blossom Photography
The Creepy Jingles play Josey Records, 1814 Oak , KCMO, Saturday, October 12, for the Eggs On Mars Album Release Show.
The Creepy Jingles play Kirby's Beer Store, 3227 E 17th St N, Wichita, KS, on Sunday, October 13, at 9:00 PM, with Shivery Shakes.
The Creepy Jingles play ArtsTech, 1522 Holmes, KCMO, on Halloween, Thursday, October 31
The Creepy Jingles play First Friday at Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, KCMO, Friday November 1, at 6:30 PM with Videodisk, Xmas Anhedonia, and Fox Hat.
The Creepy Jingles play Colonial Club, 322 6th Street, KCK, on Friday, November 29, at 10:00 PM, with Thighmaster, and Blanky.
6. The Creepy Jingles – "Prodigal Sun Tzu"
10:47 – More Interview with Jocelyn Olivia Nixin of The Creepy Jingles
We are talking with Jocelyn Olivia Nixin, is lead singer, songwriter, keyboardist & guitar player for the KC based band, The Creepy Jingles which include: Travis McKenzie on guitar, Nick Robertson on drums, and Adam York on bass. The Creepy Jingles released their self titled debut EP on May 3, 2019 on High Dive Records.
This has been a very busy year for you and for the band. You just finished playing Middle of The Map Festival. Before that you played Crossroads Music Festival.
The Creepy Jingles have played all over Kansas City, Lawrence and surrounding areas.
Abracadabras laid the ground work for the path Jocelyn is following for The Creepy Jingles.
The songs on the EP are incredibly poetic, and you are having somuch fun with word and wordplay. The lyrics fly by so fast while making all kinds of modern references to microchips, memes, Reddit, Twitter, Fake News, Samsung, Big Brother while also seeming to be auto biographical and personal first person narratives and calls to action about Coming Out, leaving your past behind, "turning straight people bi-focal", our currently political reality, and personal break ups and break outs.
Collin & Kyle Rausch and Ross Brown of Shy Boys are suppoters of The Creepy Jingles.
Mark: "One of my favorite aspects of the KC music community is the mix of genre and culture. Musical artists in Kansas City have felt comfortable to come out as Gay Lesbianm non-binary, transgender, ad the music community's response seems to be okay, that's great, what do you sound like? I don't see transgender artist being shoved into a separate sub category where they only play gay bars." "As an openly gay man I have often felt more accepted in the KC Music Community than in the Kansas City LGBTQIA Community."
High Dive Records has released some of our most played music on WMM. The ACBs, Shy Boys, Fullbloods, The Conquerors, Psychic Heat, The Whiffs, The Fog, Y God Y have been some of our most played bands on the show. More info at: http://www.highdiverecords.bandcamp.com
7. The Creepy Jingles – "Circadian Rhythm Guitar"
[Debut EP Release from The Creepy Jingles: Jocelyn Olivia Nixon on lead vocals, Rhythm Guitar, & Keyboards; Travis McKenzie on lead guitars, Nick Robertson on drums; and Adam York on bass. Ross Bown recorded and mixed the EP at escape Pod Audio. Mike Nolte Mastered the recordings at Eureka Mastering.]
Jocelyn Olivia Nixin and Brenton Cook on the October 9, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
11:00 – Music from Outer Reaches Fest at recordBar Saturday October, 19
8. Lumerians – "Silver Trash"
from: Call Of The Void / Fuzz Club Records / June 22, 2018
[Lumerians is a San Francisco Bay Area-based quartet which has a psychedelic "mindbender" space rock sound. The group is notable for performances characterized by "transcendent live video projections" and having "incredible visuals", according to one music critic. One critic described the band as "Oakland's prize pony in the Bay Area gloom-folk horse race". The sound has been compared to Krautrock with overtones of 1960s music. The band was founded by Tyler Green, Marc Melzer, Jason Miller and Chris Musgrave in 2006. Multi-instrumentalist Luis Vasquez joined in 2008. Early rehearsals and recordings were produced in San Francisco, but the group has since relocated to Oakland. They have their own recording studio in a converted church in Oakland, California. The band's sound was influenced by groups such as Sonic Youth, Krautrock groups such as Can and Neu!, and African and South American Psych music from the 1960s and 1970s. In mid-2011 Vasquez left the group to focus on his project The Soft Moon The Lumerians have worked with vocalist Rebecca Coseboom. Coseboom and the Lumerians did the track Separate Half on the EP entitled The Answer EP by Unkle. They performed in 2010 in Brooklyn with the Butthole Surfers. Lumerians released their first full length LP, Transmalinnia in March 2011. In July 2012, Lumerians released their second LP, a collection of instrumental spontaneous compositions titled "Transmissions from Telos Vol. IV." "Transmissions" was released as a limited 300 edition transparent vinyl by French label Hands in the Dark in Europe and an edition of 500 (150 transparent sea blue and 350 Bone) on Permanent Records in the US. In late November and early December 2012, Lumerians completed their first European tour, ending the year with the release of the Horizon Structures EP on Knitting Factory Records. A limited 500 edition vinyl of Horizon Structures is packaged with "4D Trans-dimensional portal viewing glasses" for viewing the video for "The Bloom," shot in ChromaDepth. Lumerians released LP The High Frontier in May 2013 in the UK and Europe, supported by performances in UK, France, Netherlands and Belgium. The album was released August 2013 in the US, coinciding with a series of dates supporting My Bloody Valentine on the second half of their US tour, followed by a series of UK and European dates in 2014, culminating with them closing out the Roadburn Festival's Afterburner in Tilburg, Netherlands. ]
Steve Tulipana and Brenton Cook on the October 9, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
11:06 – Interview with Brenton Cook & Steve Tulipana
Originally called KC Psych Fest, Outer Reaches started in 2012 to bring together outsider musical acts and celebrate experimental music in Kansas City. While still very psychedelic, the Outer Reaches Fest has grown to emphasize musical acts pushing boundaries.
Dedric Moore launched this festival in 2012. The idea grew out of the music he was creating with his Brother Delaney Moore at the HQ Artspace in KCK. Dedric is a member of the bands Monta At Odds, Mysterious Clouds, and Gemini Revolution. He has also produced recordings for the Philistines and HMPH, and others.
Brenton Cook studied Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, Missouri, where he also had his own college radio show. Brenton has produced extensive compilations of area music for the Midwest Music Foundation. He formed the Kansas City independent music label, Haymaker Records in January 2014. The label has released multiple full length albums, for Monta At Odds, HMPH!, Be/Non, Jorge Arana Trio, Riala, Mysterious Clouds, Sie Lieben Maschinen, Schwervon!, and others on vinyl, cassette, CD, and 7 ". He has also produced two Haymaker compilation releases, called Fairgrounds. For the last 7 years, Brenton has been a co-curator of the Outer Reaches Fest.
Steve Tulipana is the co-owner of recordBar. Steve studied video, fine arts & painting at UMKC, where he graduated in 1991. Steve is a founding member of influential KC bands: Season To Risk, Roman Numerals, Thee Water MoccaSins, Sie Lieben Maschinen, and Unknown Pleasures. With Shawn Sherrill, he is co-owner of recordBar and miniBar. Along with Outer Reaches, and a full calendar of shows, Steve Tulipana also performs with The Band That Fell To Earth – in Tribute to David Bowie.
Brenton Cook & Steve Tulipana share music & news about OUTER REACHES, Saturday, October 19, at 7:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO. This boundary-pushing music festival returns for it's 8th year with seven amazing bands: Lumerians (from Oakland, California), Thunder Jackson (from Oklahoma and Wales), and KC based bands: Be/Non, BCR (Black Crack Revue), Monta At Odds, FACEFACE, and Unicorns in the Snow (the project of multimedia performance artist Julia Vering). Accompanying the music will be live video projections provided by XO Blackwater. Outer Reaches 2019 is a partnership between Outer Reaches and Midwest Music Foundation. The show is 18+ (Under 18 with a guardian) More information at: http://www.therecordbar.com. or http://www.outerreachesfest.com
Brenton Cook and Steve Tulipana thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Congratulations on 8 years.
Bands playing Out Reaches Fest 2019:
Lumerians (from Oakland, California),
Thunder Jackson (from Oklahoma and Wales),
KC based bands:
Be/Non,
BCR (Black Crack Revue),
Monta At Odds,
FACEFACE, and
Unicorns in the Snow (the project of multimedia performance artist Julia Vering).
Accompanying the music will be live video projections provided by XO Blackwater.
Outer Reaches 2019 is a partnership between Outer Reaches and Midwest Music Foundation. The show is 18+ (Under 18 with a guardian)
From http://www.unicornsinthesnow.com:
Julia Vering (Unicorns in the Snow) is a performance artist, musician, animator and licensed clinical social worker. She began her involvement with the Kansas City DIY/punk scene as a teenager taking photographs and creating zines about obsolete local amusement parks and punk bands. She attended Evergreen State College where she earned a B.A. in liberal arts studying electronic music, experimental animation and social work. While in Washington state, she formed and toured with the all female conceptual art band Muñeca Chueca, volunteered at a senior center, recorded oral histories, and facilitated music recording workshops for incarcerated youth. After graduation, she moved back to Kansas City and began working at a nursing home where she facilitated art and music therapy and began an experimental drama program. She studied electro-acoustical composition and gerontology at the University of Missouri Kansas City. In 2008, she earned a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas. She designed a recreational therapy program for the inpatient geriatric psychiatric unit at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and worked as a licensed social worker at Kansas City Presbyterian Manor facilitating a drama club, harmonica band and talent shows. She currently works as a hospice social worker and leads an experimental therapeutic drama group for people with dementia.
Vering balances her client-centered social work with the need to create intensely personal, introspective performances to share with the public. Her work explores mortality, loneliness, absurdity and empathy, seeking to monumentalize the mundane and forgotten through sound, performance and visual art. Vering received a Rocket Grant in 2011 to produce You Live Here Too, a multimedia performance utilizing video, stop-motion animation, an original score, and local senior citizens as actors and oral historians. After a hiatus from taking work after having children she created Motherhood, a psychedelic multimedia performance piece about perception, which utilizes processed accordion, field recordings of her children, stop motion animation of mink stoles and cameos from her own mother. She toured this project in June 2018 with former collaborator Angela Saylor of Mint Hill. Her current project, The Understudy, is an evolving multimedia performance piece featuring cameos from participants of the drama she leads for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The piece was inspired by a delusion a nursing home resident shared with her 17 years ago that "every rock in here is from a different place, and if you pick it up, you can see where it's from." Vering continues to work within the DIY ethos recording her own music, filming, editing her own videos and writing her own scripts at her home studio in Overland Park, Kansas.
11:13 – Music from Outer Reaches
9. Unicorns in the Snow – "We Started a Rock Company"
rom: The Understudy / Julia Vering / May 9, 2019
[Julia Vering (unicorns in the snow) is a Kansas City-based performance artist, musician, animator and licensed clinical social worker. She earned a BA from The Evergreen State College studying electronic music, experimental animation and social work, and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas. She currently works as a licensed hospice social worker, and conducts bi-monthly experimental video-based drama therapy with individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias at Jeanne's Place day program. Her solo multimedia performance work has continued to evolve, utilizing large format interactive projections, processed accordion, field recordings of her children and cameos from her mother, culminating in 2018's Motherhood. She is currently creating and performing, The Understudy, a multi-part performance series featuring adults with dementia.]
[Unicorns in the Snow play Outer Reaches, Saturday, October 19 at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]
10. Be/Non – "Aahs Come From The Skies-Oohs Come From The Ground"
from: Mystic Sunrise / Sunset Magic / Haymaker Records / February 25, 2016
[Brodie Rush is a songwriter, musician, singer, organizer, artist, film maker, music video creator. Over 20 years ago KC native, Brodie Rush formed the experimental, psychedelic, prog-pop band. In 1996, Be/Non recorded two sets of songs in a small home studio in Lawrence, Kansas, that would become their first two EPs released on cassette. Be/Non, The band has had more members than Spinal Tap, but Brodie has remained the only consistent member, songwriter and producer. Be/Non personnel: 2007, Brodie Rush – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Percussion, Drums; Ben Ruth – Bass, Upright Bass, Vocals; Adam Stotts – Guitar, Vocals; John Huff – Keyboards, Synths, Vocals; Adam Phillips – Drums (although Ryan Shank – played Drums on this track.) All songs written by: Brodie Rush, except Freedom Palace with music: John Huff & lyrics: Brodie Rush. Produced by Brodie Rush. Recorded at Westend Recording (Kansas City, Kansas) 2007 (Basic tracks, some overdubs); The Gold Room (Kansas City, Missouri) 2007 (Overdubs); Studio G (Brooklyn New York) 2007 (Mixing, Overdubs); The Map Room (Lawrence, Kansas) 2003 (Overdubs). Engineeres: Paul Malinowski Recorded at Westend Recording (Kansas City, Kansas) 2007 ; Brodie Rush The Gold Room (Kansas City, Missouri) 2007; Joel Hamilton Studio G (Brooklyn New York) 2007 ; Peter Buxton The Map Room (Lawrence, Kansas) 2003, (Saxophone overdubs imported from "Do The Heat" off the record, "Esperanto At The Pantheon, Incognito"). Mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G (Brooklyn New York) 2007. Mastered by Brodie Rush. Thanks John Hulston, Anodyne Records, Brenton Cook, Haymaker Records, Paul Malinowski, Tony Maimone, Justin Warring, Adam Phillips, Brandon Phillips, Steve Neuenburg, Mike Miller, Shawna Sowersby-Booth, David Hanson, Billy Brimblecom, Steve Tulipana, Jason Cantu, David Gaume, Robert Moczydlowsky, Laurel Birdsong Sears, Kid Millions, Cypher Sound, The Record Bar. Dedicated to: Failed marriages throughout time and space. The troubled "Freedom Palace" LP was recorded over 10 years ago in the summer of 2007 by Paul Malinowski and Brodie Rush in Kansas City, Missouri. Anodyne Records had commissioned Be/Non to re-record songs from, "RAN" and "Esperanto At The Pantheon, Incognito" along with other unreleased material. The music from the title track "Freedom Palace" was written by John Huff and had the album been released, would have been the first Be/Non composition not penned by Brodie Rush. Be/Non was a 5 piece before recording negotiations began in 2007. Directly before preproduction, the band had lost its drummer of 3 years and Be/Non was actively searching for a replacement. Between Brodie filling in on drums for two songs and Billy Brimblecom playing drums on another track, Be/Non asked Adam Phillips of The Architects to drum on the album's remaining songs. The album was mostly recorded at Westend Studios in Kansas City and at Brodie's home studio The Gold Room. After tracking 97% of the album, the project was taken to Studio G in Brooklyn New York for mixing by Joel Hamilton. 10 days later, the album was mixed and ready for duplication. No formal album covers had been decided on. John Huff had an idea of a Unipegadong by a nebula in space, while Brodie was thinking a castle floating in mid air. The first cover idea was mostly just pointing arrows going in all directions. Emotionally that was probably the closest to the mindset of that recording. The album "Freedom Palace" was never pressed or released. Because a contractual arrangement could not be agreed upon between Anodyne Records and Be/Non, the band would not see an album released until 2009, "A Mountain Of Yeses", 11 years after it's last release in 1998. "Freedom Palace" is dismissed by the band as a complete failure. Ultimately not having rights to the recordings, the inability to reach a contractual agreement with Anodyne Records and unhappiness with the final mix led to the disbanding of the "Freedom Palace" line up in early 2008. Reclusive, secluded and freshly divorced, a depressed Brodie Rush stopped all live performances for the next two years. Spending time to construct the concept record "A Mountain Of Yeses" as a solo endeavor under the Be/Non band moniker. Then, six years later in 2014, John Hulston of Anodyne Records graciously gave Brodie Rush full rights to the "Freedom Palace" recordings and masters. Be/Non has since tried numerous times to re-record the material for a proper release, but never could fully accomplish this task. Finally, for the entire world, for better or for worse, Be/Non and Haymaker Records would like to present the final mix of "Freedom Palace" the way it was originally intended. Be/Non adamantly renounces the production, mix and performances on these recordings, with few exceptions. The album was mixed and recorded during a dizzying haze of drug and alcohol abuse. The lyrics, the tone and the feel of the record is very unfocused, angry and misguided. This record does not reflect the proper sonic soundscape or performances Brodie Rush and Be/Non had intended whatsoever. "Freedom Palace" was full of rehashed versions of songs better left to their previous incarnations. "Moi Ou Toi" from the 7″ is a remake from "Freedom Palace" but the "FP" version is a remake of the original "Ran" version. Complicated. In fact ALL of the recordings on "FP" are remakes from "Ran" and "Esperanto." "Do the Heat" and "Lucy" are again remakes of the "Ran" and "Esperanto" versions. The version of "Ice Fight" on "FP" I think… is different than the B-Side to "Moi Ou Toi". A different remix with other instruments. We had two different versions from 2015. The Kraftwerk reference was unintentional. John Huff started playing that back in 2006 but hadn't heard the Kraftwerk song until I played it for him in 2015. He just did that and thought he was cool. I hadn't heard that tune until 2010 or so. It was an accident. There is an unreleased, unfinished song called "No God Of Mine" I recorded in 2002 on my 8 track that when I tried to remake it in 2007 with Mike Cochran on drums, John heard it and played me a song from the band YWKMBT Trail Of Dead from 2005 that was almost identical even the timing on the changes. The vocal melody was different tho. I got so disturbed by it that I stop working on the song altogether. "Garlic", "In The Nighttime" "More Than Enough" and "Current And The Rind" were all part of an unreleased collection called "Enhance The Smoky" from 2000. Same year "Tenderfoot" was written.]
[Be/Non play Outer Reaches, Saturday, October 19 at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]
We're talking with Brenton Cook & Steve Tulipana about OUTER REACHES, Saturday, October 19, at 7:00 PM, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO.
This boundary-pushing music festival returns for it's 8th year with seven amazing bands: Lumerians (from Oakland, California), Thunder Jackson (from Oklahoma and Wales), and KC based bands: Be/Non, BCR (Black Crack Revue), Monta At Odds, FACEFACE, and Unicorns in the Snow (the project of multimedia performance artist Julia Vering).
The show is 18+ (Under 18 with a guardian) More information at: http://www.therecordbar.com.
We just heard Be/Non from: Mystic Sunrise | Sunset Magic / Haymaker Records / 2/25/16
Be/Non will be joining Outer Reaches this year to perform a special set of music with video accompaniment. This will be their first live appearance in 3 years.
Last year Outer Reaches is part of Open Spaces KC. This year Outer Reaches is again collaborating with Midwest Music Foundation. Outer Reaches 2019 is made possible from the help of a grant through the KC Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
Sponsors for this year's fest include Records with Merritt, 7th Heaven, It's a Beautiful Day, recordBar, Seen Merch, XO Blackwater, Haymaker Records, Kosmic City, Crush Media, Boulevard Brewing Co., and Print Time. Info: http://www.outerreachesfest.com
11. Thunder Jackson – "Colours"
from: Colours – Single / Thunder Jackson / March 7, 2018
[Thunder Jackson is the meeting of an Oklahoma's singer-songwriter and a British producer. After meeting in a taxi cab in Los Angeles, the freshly born duo started to work in basement studio on the west side of the city.Nov 26, 2017.]
[Thunder Jackson play Outer Reaches Fest, Saturday, October 19 at recordbar.]
12. BCR – "Love In Outer Space"
from: Speck of Dust / Sparkling Beatnik / December 31, 2004
[BCR is Black Crack Revue, formed 37 years ago in KC. Called "groovy polyphonic jazz/dance" band.]
[BCR play Outer Reaches Fest, Saturday, October 19 at recordbar.]
We're talking with Brenton Cook, and Steve Tulipana about OUTER REACHES VIII on two stages on Saturday, Oct. 19th at recordBar.
Brenton Cook and Steve Tulipana thanks for being with us on WMM.
More info: http://www.outerreachesfest.com/
The music festival Outer Reaches, in its eighth year, emphasizes musical acts experimenting and pushing boundaries. The fest aims to showcase the 'out there,' left-of-center, under-the-radar musical acts performing captivating live music. The shows are 18+ and feature acts from a variety of musical genres with accompanying video projection.
13. FACEFACE – "Meat Me"
from: MMmm / FACEFACE / February 15, 2018
[KC based experimental electronic hiphop musical collaboration with Paul S. Nyakatura, is a Kansas City based award winning voiceover artist, stand up comedian, commercial producer, and rapper and hip hop artist.and Ryan Lee Toms is a Kansas City based multi-instumentalist, composer and artist who has recorded original experimental dance electronic music as RLT with John Bersuch. Ryan also plays guitar with the math rock band HMPH! and he plays drums for the KC based, 5-piece post-punk deathrock band Beelzebabes..]
[FACEFACE plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, October 19]
14. Monta At Odds – "Perimeter Dancer"
from: New Unreleased track from band with Mikal Shapiro on vocals
[KCK based band formed by brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore. ]
[Monta At Odds plays Outer Reaches Fest, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Blvd, KCMO, Sat, October 19]
15. Lumerians – "C – Rock"
from: Yellowcake – Single / Fuzz Club Records / June 22, 2018
[Lumerians is a San Francisco Bay Area-based quartet which has a psychedelic "mindbender" space rock sound. The group is notable for performances characterized by "transcendent live video projections" and having "incredible visuals", according to one music critic. One critic described the band as "Oakland's prize pony in the Bay Area gloom-folk horse race". The sound has been compared to Krautrock with overtones of 1960s music. The band was founded by Tyler Green, Marc Melzer, Jason Miller and Chris Musgrave in 2006. Multi-instrumentalist Luis Vasquez joined in 2008. Early rehearsals and recordings were produced in San Francisco, but the group has since relocated to Oakland.
Next week on October 16 – we welcome Krystle Warren with Brad Cox and Jen Owen of Owen/Cox Dance Group who present "Love Songs" at Polsky Theatre Saturday, October 19 at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, October 20 at 3:30 PM. We'll feature music from Krystle Warren's critically acclaimed 2012 double album release of 24 original songs, recorded in Brooklyn with a 27-piece band. Also next week special co-hosts Betse Ellis and Marion Merritt join us for our Fall Fund Drive Show encouraging you our beautiful listeners to call us and show your support for the most original radio station you've ever listened to, 90.1 FM KKFI where over 85 locally produced radio shows air each week.
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WMM Playlist from August 7, 2019
Posted on August 11, 2019 by Mark Manning
New & MidCoastal Releases + Giants Chair
+ Fally Afani & RAICES Benefit
from: Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack All That Jazz / Casablanca / Dec 20, 1979
[WMM's opening theme]
2. Mavis Staples – "Change"
from: We Get By / Anti / May 10, 2019
[14th studio solo album from rhythm & blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist, born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. The album's cover features the photograph "Outside Looking In" by Gordon Parks from his 1956 photo essay The Restraints: Open and Hidden. The album was produced and written by Ben Harper. Staples & Harper had previously collaborated on "Love and Trust", a song from Staples' 2016 album, Livin' on a High Note. In a statement, Staples said, "These songs are delivering such a strong message. We truly need to make a change if we want this world to be better." Mavis Staples has recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers. She began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches, appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with "Uncloudy Day" for the Vee-Jay label. When Mavis graduated from what is now Paul Robeson High School in 1957, The Staple Singers took their music on the road. Led by family patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples on guitar and including the voices of Mavis and her siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, and Purvis, the Staples were called "God's Greatest Hitmakers." With Mavis' voice and Pops' songs, singing, and guitar playing, the Staples evolved from enormously popular gospel singers (with recordings on United and Riverside as well as Vee-Jay) to become the most spectacular and influential spirituality-based group in America. By the mid-1960s The Staple Singers, inspired by Pops' close friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., became the spiritual and musical voices of the civil rights movement. They covered contemporary pop hits with positive messages, including Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and a version of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth." Staples was briefly married to Spencer Leak in 1964; they divorced when Staples would not end her music career to stay home. She has no children. In the 2015 documentary Mavis! she reveals that Bob Dylan once proposed to her, and she turned him down.]
Enrique Chi
[Enrique Chi plays the Kansas City Songwriter Series curated by Hermon Mehari, Thursday, August 8, at 5:00 – 7:00 PM, at The Kemper Museum of Modern Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., KCMO.]
[Making Movies play A Fundraiser For RAICES on Friday, August 16, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS with Maria The Mexican, and Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge and Meghan Heriford).]
4. The Philistines – "Further"
from: Further – Single / The Philistines / March 15, 2019
[New music from The Philistines, that will be part of the upcoming album Dysnomia. Produced and engineered by paul Malinowski at Massive Sound Studios. The Philistines are a Kansas City based rock band with a psychedelic bent, made up of: Kimmie Queen on lead vocals; Cody Wyoming on lead guitar & vocals; Rod Peal on guitar; Josh Mobley on keyboard, Steve Gardels on drums, and Barry Kidd on bass.]
[The Philistines play The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS., Wednesday, August 7, at 8:00 PM, with You Bred Raptors?, and HMPH!]
5. Berwanger – "Friday Night"
from: Watching A Garden Die / Wiretap Records / June 28, 2019
[4th full length album from Berwanger the band fronted by rock & roll singer songwriter Josh Berwanger. Josh Berwanger was in The Anniversary, a Kansas band that released, 2000's Designing a Nervous Breakdown & 2002's Your Majesty and sold over 100,000 records before breaking up on tour in Japan. The band recently reunited for new shows and a tour this year. Berwanger was also in the band, The Only Children, and released, 2004's Change of Living & 2007's Keeper of Youth. When Keeper of Touth ended Josh Berwanger took a break and became a high school basketball coach. In the 2012 Josh formed the Josh Berwanger band. Berwanger released Dtrange Stains in April 2014, the EP Demonios November 11, 2016, Exorcism Rock in October 2017, and The Star Invaders October 2017. Josh Berwanger also plays in the band Radar State.]
[Berwanger plays recordBar, 1520 Grand, Sat, Aug 10, 8:PM, w/ Beau Jennings & The Tigers, Blue False Indigo]
6. Ivy Roots – "Appreciate (feat. Eddie Moore)"
from: Love Art Growth – EP / Ivy Roots Music / June 5, 2019
[New EP release from natie KC singer songwriter, who plays piano & guitar, and produces beats. This is a follow up to her 2016 full-length debut "Bad Intuition" released April 14, 2016. Ivy Roots has a style that ranges from R & B, Neo Soul, Hip Hop, Acoustic, & Pop. She has performed at Lincoln Center in NYC, Crossroads Music Fest, and with film & performance. Written & produced by Ivy. Info: http://www.itsjustivy.com]
[Ivy Roots plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO, Tonight, Aug. 7, at 9:00 PM w/ Sister Ivy, Ant Lab]
[Ivy Roots plays Art Class Jam, an all ages benefit concert/exhibition at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central Street, Tomorrow, Thurs, Aug. 8, at 7:00 PM w/ Khrystal., Mae C, Jooby Truth, presented by Tribe U, Shuttlecock Music Magazine and Just Off Broadway Theatre to raise funds to send as many local young adults and teens as possible to see 30 Americans at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.]
7. NuBlvckCity – "Alive"
from: All Night / Alive – Single / NuBlvckCity / July 12, 2019
[NuBlvckCity is a KC-based music collective with Kartez Marcel (Addison), a native of Kansas City, Missouri, a Hip-Hop artist, and community program developer, sound engineer, entrepreneur, recording artist, musician, and songwriter. He provides resources to artists and assists with bringing their artistic visions to life, he also serves as the Director of A/V at a large faith-based organization. With Royce "Sauce" Handy he founded We Are Rap a hip hop program for youth. VP3 (Vernon Percy Howard III) is a Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer, Pianist, & Saxophonist. He recently graduated from the University of Central Missouri where he studied digital media production. Mae C is a singer/songwriter who's one of KC's go-to voices and performer's. Mae C is a KC based singer songwriter who we've played several times on the show. Her single "Anxious" was preceded by her EP, Warning Sign of True Love. Influenced by Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz, Soul & R&B, Mae C is making her mark as an artist in the KC music scene. Royce "Sauce" Handy is a rapper, a songwriter, a beat maker, a designer, a teacher, an MC, a business owner, a social media manager, a husband, a father., a community organizer. He has worked with the AdHoc Group Against Crime, Teens in Transition, Storytellers Inc., Arts Tech, Mid-America Regional Council, UMKC, Representative Brandon Ellington, Mayor Sly James. He is co-owner of The Rap Asylum, We are RAP, and owner of Melanin Connoisseur.]
[Mae C plays Art Class Jam, an all ages benefit concert/exhibition at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central Street, Tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7:00 PM w/ Khrystal., Ivy Roots, Jooby Truth, presented by Tribe U, Shuttlecock Music Magazine and Just Off Broadway Theatre to raise funds to send as many local young adults and teens as possible to see 30 Americans at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.]
8. Khrystal. – "Alchemist (featuring Duncan Burnett)"
from: The Awkward Muva / Khrystal. / July 13, 2018
[Khrystal Coppage is 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. You can hear her debut album at; http://mixtapemonkey.com/2073/khrystal-q-u-a-r-t-e-r-c-e-n-t-u-r-y-l-i-v-i-n-g. Khrystal also released the three song EP, The Glow Up produced by Duncan Burnett on Novembr 7, 2017.]
[Khyrstal. plays Art Class Jam, an all ages benefit concert/exhibition at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central Street, Tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7:00 PM w/ Ivy Roots, Mae C, Jooby Truth, presented by Tribe U, Shuttlecock Music Magazine and Just Off Broadway Theatre to raise funds to send as many local young adults and teens as possible to see 30 Americans at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.]
9. The Creighton Organization featuring: Jimmy Dykes – "Goin To New Orleans"
from: I Heard It On 18th Street II: No Foolin' We Schoolin' / (David Ford) / 2009
[The Creighton Organization is a Jazz band from Kansas City, Missouri with Dave Creighton on keys]
[The Creighton Organization plays The Ship, 1217 Union, KCMO – TONIGHT, Aug. 7, at 8:00 PM]
Short Round Stringband
10. Short Round Stringband – "Shine Hallelujah Shine"
from: Ain't No Part of Nuthin' / Short Round Stringband / July 19, 2019
[Debut album from the pan-Missouri band with a refreshing approach to old time music: Short Round Stringband is the coming together of two musical couples and a bassist with Kansas roots. The band members are Kelly Wells and Ryan Spearman (The Aching Hearts, St. Louis), Betse Ellis and Clarke Wyatt (Betse & Clarke, Kansas City), and Chris DeVictor (Konza Swamp and more). With deep connections to old-time, country and Ozark tunes and songs, Short Round Stringband takes you on a moving journey through the sounds and stories of the American experience. Their hard driving fiddle tunes will get you out of your seat. Their vocal duets will bring a tear to your eye, and their original songs and inventive new compositions showcase a passion for the depth of tradition and a look to new creative paths. And in between all of that, you'll laugh at their madcap humor.]
[Short Round Stringband play The Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO, Sunday, August 11, at 7:00 PM, with The Tillers, and Lauren Morrow]
[Short Round Stringband play Olathe Public Library, 201 E Park, Olathe, KS., Tues, Aug. 13, at 7 PM]
11. Calvin Arsenia – "Back To You"
from: L.A. Sessions / Center Cut Records / September 20, 2019
[1st single from L.A. Sessions to be released August 16. Produced by Tony Braunagel (he also delivers exquisite percussion on LA Sessions) with Paul Brown on guitar, Mike Finnigan on keyboards, Freddie Washington on bass, and David Garfield on piano. Between them, the five musicians have worked with some of music's most iconic names, including Jimi Hendrix, George Benson, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Leonard Cohen, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Loeb, Rickie Lee Jones, Buddy Guy, The Neville Brothers From Center Cut Record Press Release: "It was a thrill for me to work with such legendary players," says Calvin. "Not only were they incredibly talented, but I got off a plane straight from Australia, hit the studio, and they were more than ready to get to that place where you honor the songs, leaving their egos at the door and honoring what the muses tell them. It was one of the best recording experiences I ever had." Calvin's production M.O. on previous recordings was to piece together songs "like pieces of a puzzle" and "layer them over several sessions." He believes the immediacy of the LA Sessions, and having the instrumentation all happening in the "same emotional space together as a band," powerfully served the intimacy of the album, particularly on the reflective "Back To You." "It's one of the most vulnerable songs on the album, and it always plays that way in my live set, and the guys were able to help me capture that," he says. "The song is a very heartfelt admission of guilt, I think. But it's done in a way people usually don't want to talk about. Breakup songs are usually angry and lashing out and this is a very sober-minded take on it. It's not something we usually want to admit, surrendering or admitting defeat in a relationship, because everyone thinks you're always going to make it through, and this is saying 'no we didn't…but it's OK.'" Born in Orlando, Florida, his creative journey really began when he moved to the KC suburb of Olathe, teaching himself the guitar, and eventually the harp. He learned his signature instrument at the age of 20 after he couldn't find a harpist as determined as him to meld folk, rock, classical, rap and R&B into the irresistible fusion which has become his calling card in the Kansas City music scene and beyond. His passion for stretching the boundaries of musical expression saw him transform a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland's Fringe Festival early in his career into a life-changing music mission, with an Edinburgh church offering him a role as musical liaison between the church and the city that would change his life. Two years and 300 shows later, Calvin returned to Kansas City reborn as a humanistic songwriter/performer whose impassioned and conceptual stage shows (regularly sold-out in Kansas City, currently catching fire on the West Coast with a diverse following across Europe), are collaborative, costumed-culture-bridging spectacles which In KC Magazine has hailed as 'equal parts opera, symphony, musical theatre, rock show, all built around its creator: a charismatic 6-foot-7-inch harpist with a natural stage command and knack for gilding gold and painting lilies.' 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. Most recently, Calvin performed live at L.A.'s The Mint, showcasing the songs on LA Sessions with the musicians who collaborated with him 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." On September 15, 2018 Calvin released Cantaloupe on Center Cut Records. Calvin released Honeydew on June 28, an EP including a remix of three of the songs from Cantaloupe. Patrick Sprehe of Center Cut Records tells us that Calvin has been in California and the West Coast for much the past month. Calvin attended the Pride Parade in San Francisca and had a successful show at Hotel Utah. Center Cut reunited the musicians fromLA Sessions for a big show at The Mint in Los Angeles, Starline Social Club in Oakland, and a couple of events in Healdsburg. Calvin also played Oregon Country Fair with Quixotic and as a solo artist. alvin also played SoFar Sounds/xFinity radio show at the Tonga Room in San Francisco and is attending the first Billboard Pride Summit in LA on Thursday. Then he is off to Boulder for a couple of nights before returning to KC to finish the video for Back To You.]
[Calvin Arsenia plays Bad in Bed LIVE Aug 22 – Aug 24, 8:00 PM at recordBar 1520 Grand, KCMO]
[Calvin Arsenia plays The Sextet Album Release for Among Friends, Sun, Sept 15, 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]
[Calvin Arsenia plays The LA Sessions EP Release, Sept 19, 8:PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand, KCMO]
12. Ada Lea – "Wild Heart"
from: What We Say In Private / Saddle Creek / July 19, 2019
[Montreal, Quebec-based musician Ada Lea is also a painter and visual artist, and traces of her many creative abilities run throughout her debut album. To her, music and visual art are different vessels for communicating similar ideas. Ada Lea's appreciation of female artists — including the writer Sylvia Plath, visual artists Frida Kahlo and Eva Hesse, and musicians Karen Dalton and Nina Simone — provides inspiration and guidance, informing her use of multiple artforms as tools for self-expression. Whether it's creating music or art, "It's a world that I can build around me and sit inside," she says. Through all her work, Ada Lea explores the concept of womanhood as it feels and looks to her, as well as love and how it transforms over time. She doesn't shy away from exploring uncomfortable and painful emotions, either. With the brightness of love, strength, and hope contrasted with the darkness of loss, suffering, isolation, and abandonment, what we say in private is a varied and vivid record that constantly seems to shift in the light, bringing together all the intricate influences she's collected over the years.]
13. Florist – "As Alone"
from: Emily Alone / Double Double Whammy / July 26, 2019
[Florist is an American indie pop band from Brooklyn, New Yorkformed in 2013 with the release of a six-track EP titled We Have Been This Way Forever. Florist recorded another six-song EP, titled 6 days of songs, in May 2014, after lead vocalist Emily Sprague was severely injured in a hit-and-run while riding her bicycle. In October 2015, Florist released another EP titled Holdly on Double Double Whammy. Also in 2015, the band was listed on Stereogum's "50 Best New Bands Of 2015" list. The band was also featured as one of Stereogum's "Band To Watch" in 2015. In January 2016, Florist released their debut studio album titled The Birds Outside Sang on Double Double Whammy. The album was listed at number 34 on Noisey's "100 Best Albums of 2016" list. Band members include: Emily Sprague, Rick Spataro, Jonnie Baker, and Felix Walworth. Sprague is an avid modular synthesizer collector and has made a number of YouTube videos showcasing her equipment. She self-released her debut solo album Water Memory, an ambient album composed with these instruments, in December 2017 with a follow-up album "Mount Vision" released in September 2018. In 2019, Beyonce used an instrumental portion of Florist track "Thank You" from their 2016 release The Birds Outside Sang in her Netflix concert movie Homecoming. Florist's latest album, Emily Alone, was released was granted "Best New Music" by Pitchfork.]
14. Jay Som – "Super Bike"
from: Anak Ko / Polyvinyl Records / August 23, 2019
[9 song releaze and follow up to her debut. from http://www.jaysom.bandcamp.com: Everybody Works released by Polyvinyl Records on March 10, 2017 was the first proper album as Jay Som, Melina Duterte, 22, solidifies her rep as a self-made force of sonic splendor and emotional might. If last year's aptly named Turn Into compilation showcased a fuzz-loving artist in flux—chronicling her mission to master bedroom recording—then the rising Oakland star's latest, Everybody Works, is the LP equivalent of mission accomplished. Duterte is as DIY as ever—writing, recording, playing, and producing every sound beyond a few backing vocals—but she takes us places we never could have imagined, wedding lo-fi rock to hi-fi home orchestration, and weaving evocative autobiographical poetry into energetic punk, electrified folk, and dreamy alt-funk. And while Duterte's early stuff found her bucking against life's lows, Everybody Works is about turning that angst into fuel for forging ahead. "Last time I was angry at the world," she says. "This is a note to myself: everybody's trying their best on their own set of problems and goals. We're all working for something." Everybody Works was made in three furious, caffeinated weeks in October. She came home from the road, moved into a new apartment, set up her bedroom studio (with room for a bed this time) and dove in. Duterte even ditched most of her demos, writing half the LP on the spot and making lushly composed pieces like "Lipstick Stains" all the more impressive. While the guitar-grinding Jay Som we first fell in love with still reigns on shoegazey shredders like "1 Billion Dogs" and in the melodic distortions of "Take It," we also get the sublimely spacious synth-pop beauty of "Remain," and the luxe, proggy funk of "One More Time, Please." Duterte's production approach was inspired by the complexity of Tame Impala, the simplicity of Yo La Tengo, and the messiness of Pixies. "Also, I was listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen to be quite honest," she says. "Her E•MO•TION album actually inspired a lot of the sounds on Everybody Works." There's story in the sounds—even in the fact that Duterte's voice is more present than before. As for the lyrics, our host leaves the meaning to us. So if we can interpret, there's a bit about the aspirational and fleeting nature of love in the opener, and the oddity of turning your art into job on the titular track. There's even one tune, "The Bus Song," that seems to be written as a dialog between two kids, although it plays like vintage Broken Social Scene and likely has more to do with yearning for things out of reach. While there's no obvious politics here, Duterte says witnessing the challenges facing women, people of color, and the queer community lit a fire. And when you reach the end of Everybody Works, "For Light," you'll find a mantra suitable for anyone trying, as Duterte says, "to find your peace even if it's not perfect." As her trusty trumpet blows, she sings: "I'll be right on time, open blinds for light, won't forget to climb."]
[Jay Som plays The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence KS., Tuesday, October 15, at 7:00 PM with Gia Margaret, and Boy Scouts. All Ages.]
15. Giants Chair – "Ghost Love"
from: Prefabylon / Giants Chair / To be released later this year
[Scott Hobart on lead vocals & guitar, Byron Collum on bass, and Paul Ackerman on drums. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab, KCMO. Scott and Byron met at the KC Art Institute in 1989. After college they moved to Collum's hometown of Green Bay, and formed Giant's Chair in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City became part of the burgeoning, mid-90's KC rock scene, sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. Shiner even named one of their songs after the band. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, Giant's Chair recorded two full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. Giant's Chair ended in 1997 but have recently been working on new music. In 2017 they releases the singles "The Streets" and "Featureless Horizon" and have a third studio album the works.]
[Giant's Chair play Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, with Truth Cult (DC), and Devil's Den, on Friday, August 9, at 8:00 PM presented by Shuttlecock Magazine Music & Kansas City Hardcore.]
Giants Chair
11:04 – Interview with Scott Hobart
Singer-songwriter / guitarist Scott Hobart is a multi-talented artist. Known for his acclaimed honky-tonk country band, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records). Scott also works as the Coterie Theatre's Resident Technical Director. He has also composed music and performed in the Coterie's "Night of The Living Dead." Scott met his friend Byron Collum at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. Eventually, they moved to Collum's hometown of Green Bay, WI and formed the 'post-hardcore power-trio' GIANTS CHAIR in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City became part of the burgeoning, mid-90's KC rock scene – sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, GIANTS CHAIR recorded 2 critically-acclaimed full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. GIANTS CHAIR sorted ended things in 1997 but have gotten back together here and there. In 2017 the band released two new songs and are working on material for their 3rd studio album. Giant's Chair play Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, with Truth Cult (DC), and Devil's Den, on Friday, August 9, at 8:00 PM presented by Shuttlecock Magazine Music & Kansas City Hardcore.
Scott Hobart thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
16. Giants Chair – "Kids Running"
[Scott Hobart on lead vocals & guitar, Byron Collum on bass, and Paul Ackerman on drums. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures Soundlab, KCMO. Scott and Byron met at the KC Art Institute in 1989. After college they moved to Collum's hometown of Green Bay, and formed Giant's Chair in 1993. The band moved back to Kansas City became part of the burgeoning, mid-90's KC rock scene, sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. Shiner even named one of their songs after the band. After being signed to Caulfield Records out of Lincoln NE. on the strength of their debut 7″ single, Giant's Chair recorded two full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice. Giant's Chair ended in 1997 but have recently been working on new music. In 2017 they releases the singles "The Streets" and "Featureless Horizon" and have a third studio album the works. ]
11:17 – More Interview with Scott Hobart
We are talking with Singer-songwriter / guitarist Scott Hobart is a multi-talented artist.
Scott's Notes:
GIANTS CHAIR started in fall of 1993 when the bassist, Byron Collum and I, Scott Hobart, moved from KC to Green Bay, WI to play with drummer Paul Ackerman who Byron had gone to high school with. As this trio, we started writing and made a 7" that winter that was picked up by now-legendary mid-west indie label, CAULFIELD RECORDS of Lincoln, NE.
We made two full-length LP albums and another 7" for CAULFIELD and toured the U.S. twice – once with fellow KC indie band, BOYS LIFE – before going on "unofficial hiatus" in 1997 when we each went off to pursue other projects, including my own focus on straight-forward, hard country / honky-Tonk with Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Bloodshot Records).
In the last 20-plus years, we had done a handful of reunion shows and were then approached by Duane Trower with whom we had recorded the 2nd album with back in '96. He offered to remake that record start-to-finish now as a more-seasoned engineer with his own studio. We thought about it, and decided we'd rather try to write a new album than re-learn an old one – so we got to work in November of 2016 and finally had 10 new songs by November 2018.
We recorded the album with Duane at his new studio (WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SOUND LAB) this past winter – and here it is! It's currently available everywhere digitally but we're also currently working on the real, official, vinyl release as we speak.
Why this album now? At first it was kind of a "Why not? We're still all here." And "Can we make up some new songs that we like?" – and I feel like the music actually came pretty naturally – we've never talked too much about the music. We just get together and get loud. I bring some guitar parts and scratch vocal things and we see how it all falls. But I will say that, as a lyricist, it was an interesting "journey" to write and sing this kind of stuff after having now spent the last couple of decades writing very straightforward country story-songs. We can talk about that and how, ultimately, I think I found this side of me again – possibly by trying to come to terms with the uncertainty of so many things in the world and America right now.
Giant's Chair play Revolution Records, 1830 Locust St, with Truth Cult (DC), and Devil's Den, on Friday, August 9, at 8:00 PM presented by Shuttlecock Magazine Music & Kansas City Hardcore.
17. Giants Chair – "Time Lapse Shadows"
Fally Afani
Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 18 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. She has received several Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards as well as an Edward R. Murrow award for her online work in journalism. Fally lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where she reports on local & touring musicians and is the editor & founder of, I Heart Local Music a comprehensive website providing info and place for music lovers in Lawrence to gather. It was started out of a deep love & appreciation for the local music scene.
Fally Afani joins us to share details about A Fundraiser For RAICES on Friday, August 16, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS with Making Movies, Maria The Mexican, and Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge and Meghan Heriford).
RAICES is a nonprofit agency that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families, and refugees. Ticket sales will go towards providing legal aid via the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.
I Heart Local Music believes in equality and human rights, and is therefore appalled at the treatment of immigrants in the concentration camps at the border. More information at: http://www.iheartlocalmusic.com
On Friday, August 16th, the community of Lawrence, Kansas, will gather at the largest venue in Lawrence to stand in solidarity with immigrants.
I Heart Local Music, a music publication based out of Lawrence, is throwing a fundraiser on Friday, August 16th, for RAICES, a nonprofit agency that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families, and refugees.
Sales from the tickets ($10) will go towards providing legal aid via the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. They can be purchased at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, or here.
The night will feature musical performances by: • Making Movies • Maria The Mexican • Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge and Meghan Heriford)
There will also have a raffle to help benefit RAICES, with prizes donated by: KANbucha ACME Lawrence High Dive Records Eleven Productions Presents Mammoth The Granada Theater Vinland Valley Nursery
For all media inquiries, please contact:
I HEART LOCAL MUSIC Fally Afani | contact@iheartlocalmusic.com
MAKING MOVIES Ben Yonas | ben@yonasmedia.com
Last year Latinx rock'n'rollers and activists, Making Movies, partnered with RAICES to bring awareness to the family separation and detention crisis at the US border, creating a #ReuniteEveryChild T-shirt and hosting "Rally For RAICES" concerts in Chicago and New York that raised funds toward the cause. The band was last seen in Lawrence, KS, during Live on Mass alongside homegrown favorites The Get Up Kids.
In 2019 Making Movies released their third album ameri'kana and its apparent why Rolling Stone says, "this band is breaking down walls in the United States." Collaborating with legends Los Lobos, Rubén Blades, and the late Lou Reed has NPR Music placing ameri'kana on its Best Music of 2019.
Rubén Blades joined forces with the Making Movies to release three singles on ameri'kana: No Te Calles, Cómo Perdonar (ft. Flor De Toloache) and Delilah a song co-written by Blades and Lou Reed. Grammy.com called Delilah an "epic musical collaboration brought together by the topic of immigration" and NPR Music placed "No Te Calles: on its Best Music of 2019 (so far).
The band has toured extensively, appearing with the likes of Arcade Fire, Los Lobos, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Bomba Estereo, Galactic, Jesse & Joy, Flor De Toloache, Thievery Corporation and will be joining Rubén Blades for some tour dates fall 2019.
A Fundraiser For RAICES on Friday, August 16, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS with Making Movies, Maria The Mexican, and Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge and Meghan Heriford).
18. Making Movies – "No Te Calles (ft. Rubén Blades)"
[Making Movies play A Fundraiser for RAICES, Friday, August 16, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, w/ Maria The Mexican, and Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge & Meghan Heriford).]
19. Maria The Mexican – "Carried Away"
rom: South Of The Border Moonlight / Independent / March 11, 2016
[Follow up to their Oct. 2013 debut full length, Moon Colored Jade. Influenced by traditional Mariachi music, Maria The Mexican is a hybrid of Mexican folklore and Rock. For over ten years, Teresa and Maria Elena Cuevas have performed with Marachi Estrella founded by their grandmother Teresa Cuevas in 1970. As one of the first all female mariachi bands in the country, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas is a pioneer in the Hispanic musical community. Her band flourished in the 80s but was struck by tragedy when four of the seven members were killed in the Hyatt Skywalk collapse in 1981. Once Teresa recovered she began teaching her grandchildren Mariachi music. In 2000, Teresa and Maria began exploring other genres of music while simultaneously co-directing Mariachi Estrella. Today the fusion of Maria The Mexican is mixed with a touch of blues, soul, funk, and rock n' roll enhanced by the musical knowledge and sounds of Garrett Nordstrom]
[Maria The Mexican play A Fundraiser for RAICES, Friday, Aug 16, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, w/ Making Movies, Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge & Meghan Heriford).]
20. Slights – "Higher Than Stoned"
from: Flow State / Slights / November 30, 2018
[Slights is a collaboration band between Ben Parks & Matthew Dunehoo. In late January, 2017 they recorded an album at Ghost Cat Studios in San Francisco w/ Ryan Kleeman and their friend Andrew Skikne on bass. Ben Parks is also visual artist & painter as well as part of the band, Of Tree. Matthew Dunehoo is also a filmmaker & actor, and has been a member of the bands: Loose Park, Baby Teardrops, Doris Henson. On Nov, 7, we interviewed Ben Parks & Matthew Dunehoo who joined us to talk about the debut release of their new band Slights. The new 11-song album was created over the past year. Matt is the founder of Elk's Pride Pictures, based in KCMO More information at http://www.slightsband.com]
[Slights play plays miniBar, 3810 Broadway, Monday, Aug. 12 w/ Voodoo Gearshift and Joy Subtraction]
21. Cate Le Bon – "Daylight Matters"
from: Reward / Mexican Summer / May 24, 2019
[From the upcoming 5th solo album from Cate Le Bon who was born Cate Timothy on March 4, 1983. She is a musician and producer. She sings in both English and Welsh. She has released four solo albums, three EPs and a number of singles. Le Bon has toured with artists such as St. Vincent, Perfume Genius and John Grant. In 2018, she joined John Cale on stage at The Barbican with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Le Bon was born in Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and first gained public attention when she supported Gruff Rhys (of the Super Furry Animals) on his 2007 solo UK tour. She appeared as a guest vocalist on Neon Neon's 2008 single "I Lust U" from their album Stainless Style. Under her original name she provided backing vocals on Richard James's debut solo album The Seven Sleepers Den in 2006. She also appeared on his second solo album, We Went Riding, from 2010. Her first official release was a Welsh language EP, Edrych yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg ("Looking in the Eyes of a Borrowed Horse", similar to the English expression "to look a gift horse in the mouth"), on Peski Records in 2008. She also self-released the double A-side debut single "No One Can Drag Me Down" / "Disappear" (described by Gruff Rhys as "Bobbie Gentry and Nico fight over a Casio keyboard; melody wins!") on her website. Le Bon worked alongside Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's Megan Childs, who contributed violin, and Super Furry Animals and Thrills collaborator John Thomas, who added pedal steel. Her debut album, Me Oh My was released in 2009, followed by Cyrk and the Cyrk II EP in 2012. In January 2013, Le Bon moved to L A to further her career in the US. Her third album, Mug Museum, was released November 2013. It was produced by Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick in Los Angeles, and featured Stephen Black (bass) & Huw Evans (guitar). She provided guest vocals on the track "Slow Train" from Kevin Morby's debut album Harlem River. In 2015, Le Bon collaborated with Tim Presley as DRINKS and released the album Hermits on Holiday in August 2015. DRINKS released their second album Hippo Lite in April 2018. Le Bon released her fourth studio album, Crab Day, on April 15, 2016 on Drag City to generally favourable reviews. The album was produced by Josiah Steinbrick and Noah Georgeson, and again featured Stephen Black (bass) & Huw Evans (guitar), w/ Stella Mozgawa (drums). She noted how the collaboration with Presley had made her realise "that I make music because I love to, not because I have to". On tour she was supported by Black and Evans and on occasion by Steinbrick and Josh Klinghoffer, a five-piece that also performs instrument improvisations under the name BANANA. In January 2017, Le Bon released the four-track EP Rock Pool via Drag City. It includes her version of the track "I Just Want to Be Good" featuring Perfume Genius, which she wrote for Sweet Baboo's 2015 album The Boombox Ballads. In the same month Leaving Records released Live by BANANA, recorded live during the band's 2016 tour and Le Bon remixed Eleanor Friedberger's 'Are We Good?' In 2018, Le Bon signed with Brooklyn based record label Mexican Summer (Ariel Pink, Jessica Pratt, Connan Mockasin). Le Bon will release her fifth studio album, Reward via Mexican Summer on May 24, 2019.]
[WMM's closing theme]
Next week on Wednesday, August 14, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt returns as Guest Producer with musical discoveries and information from her musically encyclopedic brain. Also next week, Ivory Blue joins us live in our 90.1 FM Studios.
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WMM Playlist from July 31, 2019
Shaun Crowley & Peter Beatty Manor Fest 3 +
William & Doris Martin on George Washington Carver
and Dr. Carmaletta M. Williams of The Black Archives of Mid-America
+ New & MidCoastal Releases
2. Tituss Burgess – "45 (feat. Daniel J. Watts)"
from: Saint Tituss – EP / Tituss Ink / July 26, 2019
[Tituss Burgess was born February 21, 1979. He is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in numerous Broadway musicals. He is best known for starring as Titus Andromedon on the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2019), for which he has received four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations. Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, he attended Cedar Shoals High School where he was active in the theatre program. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in music. He is openly gay. Burgess made his Broadway debut in the musical Good Vibrations as Eddie in 2005, and then appeared in Jersey Boys in 2005 as Hal Miller. He originated the role of "Sebastian the Crab" in the musical The Little Mermaid in 2007 and went on to the role of Nicely-Nicely Johnson, traditionally played by a white actor, in the revival of Guys and Dolls in 2009. He has also performed in several regional theater productions, including The Wiz and Jesus Christ Superstar. Burgess performed at the "Broadway for Obama" benefit concert held at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Easton, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2008. He appeared in Season 5 of 30 Rock as D'Fwan, a member of Tracy Jordan's wife's entourage. He reprised the role in Season 6. "45" is the first track off Burgess' first album in seven years, Saint Tituss. Described by the artist as his "deepest and most soul-searching" work to date. He told them.us "… given the political climate, I think it's time to speak out. I fear for our country. I fear for how our country treats its citizens and I fear for how our citizens treat each other. It's a larger problem than just legislation. I didn't know how to respond, so I just started with art."]
2. Nan Turner – "Double Heartbreak"
from: For Champs and Losers, Version 2 / Nan Turner / July 12, 2019
[All songs by Nan Turner. Recorded, Mixed, and Co-Produced at Winky World in Kansas City, by Chase Horseman. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY. Ian Dobyns plays drums and Chase Horseman plays bass. Nan Turner is one half of the critically acclaimed band Schwervon! Nan has been called the "Lucy Ricardo of Indie Rock." She also performs as Nan & The One Night Stands. Nan wrote on Facebook about her new EP: "This whole thing started out as an experiment, but I have to say I'm proud as hell with how it turned out. I was just going to record one or maybe two songs. HA HA Welcome to my FIVE SONGER!!! Some songs were written out of heartbreak and some just made me laugh. Just doing this was transformative…stuff was moving around, it was cathartic. I allowed myself to "write bad songs". I highly recommend doing that because there's bound to be a gold nugget somewhere in the bunch if you give yourself permission. Me and my guitar got reacquainted. We were "dancing in the dark." I've never quoted Bruce Springsteen before,. but also I didn't know I was going to record this EP, so you know. I'm rolling with shit. I had the luxury of working with Chase Horseman every week or two…giving myself ample time to add/rework stuff. I took the slow road and enjoyed the process. Chase has great ears and is uber talented in his own right. He & Ian Dobyns (Dreamgirl, Chase The Horseman) were my rhythm section on a few of these tracks." More Info at: http://www.nanturner.bandcamp.com]
[Nan Turner & The One Nite Stands play Revolution Records 1830 Locust, KCMO, 4th Anniversary and 1st Friday Benefit for Wayside Waifs w/ JC & The Nuns, Approach, and Major Matt Mason USA]
3. John Moreland – "Lies I Chose To Believe"
from: Big Bad Luv / 4AD / May 5, 2017
[Tulsa, Oklahoma based singer-songwriter John Moreland was born June 22, 1985 in Longview, Texas. The son of Robert Lloyd Moreland and Connie May, Moreland's father worked for Sunoco as an electrical engineer, and because of this job the family moved a lot. When he was a baby they moved to Northern Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio. Moreland credits his love for Cincinnati Reds to this time in Kentucky. When Moreland was 10 years old Moreland's family moved from Boone County, Kentucky to Tulsa, Oklahoma and with the help of his father, started playing the guitar. When he was 12 he played with a kid he went to church with who wrote songs and inspired him to start writing songs "that made sense." John grew up in a conservative Southern Baptist family. "From the time I was born up until about age 16, my entire worldview and all my opinions were pretty much solely influenced by the evangelical church. All the years since then have sort of been this slow process of figuring out where I stand now that I'm not an impressionable kid anymore. I feel like I'm done with that at this point, but it keeps showing up in songs. I guess that stuff stays in your psyche forever." His "High on Tulsa Heat" was in our 115 Best Recordings of 2015.]
[John Moreland plays Knuckleheads Saloon 2715 Rochester St, KCMO, Friday, August 2, at 8:30 PM with special guest Caroline Spence.]
4. No Such Beast – "Drifter"
from: Drifter – Single / No Such Beast / June 17, 2019
[No Such Beast is a KC based Indie Folk 5-piece band with strings of bass, violin, banjo, guitar, & cello from: Abby Atwood, Adriana Williamson, Colton Pittman, and Olivia Atwood, and lead vocals from Issac Walker.]
[A few weeks ago I participated in an LGBTQ Storytelling Night at InterUrban ArtHouse in OP. Along with the stories was music from The Black Creatures, Hadiza., and Isaac Walker of No Such Beast.]
5. Miki P & The Swallowtails – "I Get Lost"
from: Swallowtail – EP / Miki P / August 2, 2019
[Miki P & The Swallowtails play and EP Release Show on Friday, August 2, at 7:00 PM, at The Rino, 314 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, with Teri Quinn, and Ivy Roots]
6. Stephonne Singleton – "Want Me"
from: "Want Me" – Single / Glory Blue Music / April 26, 2019
[Co-produced by, Justin Mantooth, and recorded at Westend Recording Studios. Johnny Hamil on bass, Ben Byard on guitar and Adam McKee on drums. Stephonne grew up in KCK. He released his debut album, "Caged Bird Sings Songs About Red Beard." The album was one of WMM's 118 Best Recordings of 2018. Stephonnewas born and raised in Wyandotte County, Kansas. He has performed in mutiple shows for Late Night Theatre. Stephonne told John Long of Camp Magazine "I was surrounded by records, and my parents always had music on." He expects to move more toward releasing singles rather than entire albums.]
[Stephonne Singleton plays The Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO, on Saturday, August 3, at 8:00 PM with Dan Jones and the Squids at 10:00 PM, and Taylor Smith Trio at Midnight.]
7. The War and Treaty – "Healing Tide"
from: Healing Tide / Strong World Entertainment / August 10, 2018
[Full Length album debut from Michael Trotter Jr & Tanya Blount-Trotter are from Albion, Michigan. For Michael Trotter Jr., the journey began in 2004, when he arrived in Iraq, an untested soldier stricken by fear and self-doubt. His captain made it his personal mission to see to Trotter's survival. The unit was encamped in one of Saddam Hussein's private palaces, and in a forgotten corner in its basement, they found a black upright piano that once belonged to the dictator himself. When Trotter shared the fact he could sing, he was encouraged to teach himself to play piano on that confiscated keyboard. "I wrote my first song after that captain was killed," Trotter recalls. "I sang it for his memorial in Iraq." Soon after it became his mission to sing at the memorial services for those that had fallen. For the next three years, he sang songs that brought solace and comfort to the members of his unit. His efforts eventually garnered wider recognition as well. He came in first place in "Military Idol," the army's version of "American Idol," during a competition held in Baumholder, Germany. Following his discharge, he was featured on the Hope Channel program "My Story, My Song." Then he met Tanya Blount. Blount's musically influences include Mahalia Jackson, Sister Odette and Aretha Franklin. The two fell in love, got married and used the experiences they had gained to create a new musical collaboration. The couple then secured the services of musicians whose skills add a distinctive sound to The War and Treaty's blend of roots music, blue grass, folk, gospel and soul. The band's 2017 EP Down to the River was released July 21, 2017. Recorded in Albion, Michigan, Down to the River boasts a sound that's both stirring and sensual, driven by joy, determination and an unceasing upward gaze. The music is visceral but never morose, flush with emotion but void of despair… a style that touches on a variety of genres, but never finds itself confined to anyone. The arrangements are uncluttered– harmonies, basslines, guitar and mandolin licks, settle drum patterns and keyboards create an immensely moving soundscape — but the sentiments and emotions are fully realized and soar with a steady, chilling assurance. "The recording process wasn't like anything I ever experienced," Tanya recalls. "This EP has allowed me to breathe musically. I feel like all I have wanted to express for the past ten years has come forth with what we've done. The combination of heart, soul and the overwhelming amount of love that Michael and I have for one another comes across in this record." "I was sitting on the banks of the Euphrates River in Baghdad dreaming about one day being able to play and sing professionally for people all around the world," Michael reflects. "As we recorded our music, I constantly had flashbacks of those desert dreams. I thought to myself that this is actually the perfect ending to usher in a new beginning in my life." ] [First Played February 7, 2018]
[Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit & Brandi Carlile with special guest The War and Treaty play the Providence Amphitheater, 633 N 130th St, Bonner Springs, KS. this Friday, August 2.]
William & Dori Martin and Dr. Carmaletta Williams on the July 31, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
10:33 – Interview with William & Doris Martin and Carmaletta M. Williams, Ph. D.
William & Doris Martin from Joplin, Missouri who have have created a George Washington Carver Kansas City Spirit Exhibit consisting of 30 giant storyboards detailing Carver's life when he lived in Kansas City around 1885. William and Doris will have their exhibit at the The Black Archives of Mid-America, opening August 1.
William & Doris Martin thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley.
Carmaletta M. Williams, Ph. D., Executive Director of the Black Archives of Mid America
Also joining us is Carmaletta M. Williams, Ph. D., Executive Director of the Black Archives of Mid America, 1722 E. 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO. She is an author and publisher and received her PhD in English at The University of Kansas. She also studied at UMKC and went to Southeast High School, in Kansas City, MO. Manages Williams Publishing Group,LLC
Dr. Carmaletta M. Williams thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
The Black Archives recently celebrated 45 years!
The Black Archives of Mid America, Horace M. Peterson III Building, 1722 E. 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO. Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturdays 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. http://www.blackarchives.org
The mission of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, Inc. is to collect, preserve and make available to the public materials documenting the social, economic, political and cultural histories of persons of African American descent in the central United States, with particular emphasis in the Kansas City, Missouri region. Black Archives of Mid-America is an educational resource and provides access to its collections for research, exhibition and publication to honor our community heritage and to catalyze public awareness.
History & Founder of the Black Archives
The Black Archives of Mid America, Inc. was founded May 8th, 1974 by Horace M. Peterson III and initially located at 1821 Paseo in the old Paseo Y.M.C.A. building. In 1976, the Black Archives moved to 2033 Vine, old Firehouse No.11. The firehouse, located in Kansas City's Historic 18th and Vine District, itself is representative of African American history in this region as it was home to the first Black fire company in Kansas City. It was built in 1931 as part of the Work's Progress Administration period under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Black Archives is a non-profit organization that serves the community by offering itself as an educational resource as well as a repository of every facet in African American culture; music, art , theater, education, military, medicine, sports, religion and community affairs. The Black Archives was expressly created to collect and preserve the history of African Americans in the Midwest. Beyond our original emphasis of research and critical examination, the Archives' traveling exhibits personify the roles of African Americans and their plight to dispel negative images. Our interpretive and educational programs, research services and special projects have received overwhelming community support.
It was Peterson's dream to see an invigorated 18th & Vine District that showcased the contributions of African Americans. His efforts became reality with the anticipated move of the Black Archives to a larger facility located in the heart of this Historic District. Other projects envisioned by Peterson include the KC Jazz Museum, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Gem Theater; all landmarks in the 18th & Vine District.
Events at Black Archives: Law 101 – Legal classes sponsored by Jackson County Bar Association and taught by judges & licensed attorneys. Classes are open to the public with light refreshments.
Wednesday, August 14 – 6:00pm – Jury Selection Process
Wednesday, September 11 – 6:00pm – Education Law
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – 6:00pm – Family Law
William & Doris Martin live in Joplin, MO. They wrote a book called Dreams and Adventures The Edwin Hubble Story.
William & Doris Martin show ing some of the sections of their George Washington Carver Kansas City Spirit Exhibit consisting of 30 giant storyboards detailing Carver's life when he lived in Kansas City around 1885.
They have created a George Washington Carver Kansas City Spirit Exhibit consisting of 30 giant storyboards detailing Carver's life when he lived in Kansas City around 1885.
(Mark Manning Full Disclosure: "For 20 years I have served as the coordinator of the KCK Organic Teaching Gardens, a program completely grant funded that serves 1500 students in 4 elementary schools and 3 middle schools in the KCK school district. Included in the exhibit are many many photographs from our KCK Organic Teaching Gardens Doris and William have asked permission to include. With the Teaching Gardens program we conduct over 400 workshops each school year in 24 different classrooms. We are attempting to continue the teaching and legacy of George Washington Carver in our curriculum and workshops.")
William and Doris discovered our program and our connections to Carver. I was thrilled to see how much of our program is featured in their wonderful and educational exhibit, which will be on display at the George Washington Carver National Monument. This exhibit will also be on display at the Black Archives of Mid America, in August of 2019.
George Washington Carver (1860s – January 5, 1943), was an agricultural scientist & inventor. He promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, as a source of their own food and to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts. Although he spent years developing and promoting numerous products made from peanuts, none became commercially successful.
Apart from his work to improve the lives of farmers, Carver was also a leader in promoting environmentalism. He received numerous honors for his work, including the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP. In an era of very high racial polarization, his fame reached beyond the black community. He was widely praised in the white community for his achievements & talents. In 1941, Time magazine dubbed Carver a "[b]lack Leonardo".
In 1896, Booker T. Washington, the first principal and president of the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), invited Carver to head its Agriculture Department. Carver taught there for 47 years, developing the department into a strong research center and working with two additional college presidents during his tenure. He taught methods of crop rotation, introduced several alternative cash crops for farmers that would also improve the soil of areas heavily cultivated in cotton, initiated research into crop products, and taught generations of black students farming techniques for self-sufficiency.
Carver designed a mobile classroom to take education out to farmers. He called it a "Jesup wagon" after the New York financier and philanthropist Morris Ketchum Jesup, who provided funding to support the program.
To recruit Carver to Tuskegee, Washington gave him an above average salary and two rooms for his personal use, although both concessions were resented by some other faculty. Because he had earned a master's in a scientific field from a "white" institution, some faculty perceived him as arrogant. Unmarried faculty members normally had to share rooms, with two to a room, in the spartan early days of the institute.
From 1915 to 1923, Carver concentrated on researching and experimenting with new uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, pecans, and other crops, as well as having his assistants research and compile existing uses. This work, and especially his speaking to a national conference of the Peanut Growers Association in 1920 and in testimony before Congress in 1921 to support passage of a tariff on imported peanuts, brought him wide publicity and increasing renown. In these years, he became one of the most well-known African Americans of his time.
George Washington Carver Kansas City Spirit Exhibit consisting of 30 giant storyboards detailing Carver's life when he lived in KV around 1885. opens tomorrow, August 1.
3. Ivory Blue – "Midas Touch"
from: Ready Get Set EP / Independent / June 23, 2015
[Singer, songwriter, rock & roller, 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 of it for so long, Ivory had lived with eight different families, before running away at 15, moving from Indiana to Oklahoma and eventually ending up in Seattle. In 2011, after a friend sent a plane ticket, Ivory landed in the Kansas City area, and became a part of new family where they were able to have solid ground and over the past several years has been performing in singer-songwriter showcases and in June 2015 Ivory released their debut EP, Ready Get Set.]
[Ivory Blue plays Behind The Gate With Ivory Blue plays the "Behind the Gate" patio concert series to benefit "WestiNd Connection" Saturday at 6:30 PM, at 11100 E Winner Rd. Independence, MO.]
Shaun Crowley and Peter Beatty on the July 31, 2019 edition of Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI.
11:00 – Interview with Shaun Crowley and Peter Beatty
Shaun Crowley is a classically trained guitarist, and has studied at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. Shaun is part of the band Momma's Boy and is a 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.
Peter Beatty is Shaun's bandmate in Momma's Boy. They have been playing together since they were in Rev Gusto with Quinn Hernandez and Jerry & Sam Frederick. All were friends while they were in high school at Saint James Academy. Peter studied at University of Kansas and along with Momma's Boy Peter has also recently recently release his solo project R.I.Peter.
Shaun Crowley and Peter Beatty join us today to share music from Manor Fest 3 this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, featuring 33 bands, on 9 stages, split between 3 nights, Thursday, August 1 in Westport, Friday, August 2 is in the West Bottoms, and Saturday, August 3 in The Crossroads, More information at http://www.manorrecords.com
Shaun Crowley and Peter Beatty thanks for being with us on Wednesday MidDay Medley
Bands playing Manor Fest 3 include: Paul Cherry, Mouton, Shy Boys, Dreamgirl, Momma's Boy, Drugs & Attics, The Phlegms, Shady Bug, The Golden Fleece, The Sluts, Pale Tongue, The Cavves, The Wild Type, LK Ultra, Buckle Up Baby, Toughies, Chloe Jacobson, Scruffy & The Janitors, Chase The Horseman, Bambis, Mild Cats, FaceFace, R.I.Peter, Big Water, Mason Blaize, Forest Porridge, Khrystal., No Magic, Charlotte Bumgarner, BigFatCat, and Dylan Pyles
Day 1 – Westport – Thursday, August 1
Stage 1 – Mills Record Co (All Ages / will call station)
Sponsor : Struggle Pretty Productions
5:00 – 5:30 : Mason Blaize
5:45 – 6:15 : bigfatcat
6:30 – 7:00 : LK Ultra (LFK)
Stage 2 – Riot Room Patio (21 & up)
Sponsor : Melted Magazine (DC)
7:00 – 7:25 : Khrystal.
7:35 – 7:50 : The Cavves (Wichita)
8:00 – 8:25 : Shady Bug (STL)
8:35 – 9:00 : The Wild Type
Stage 3 – miniBar (21 & Up)
Sponsor : Oddities Prints
9:00 – 9:30 : Prude Boys (Detroit)
9:40 – 10:10 : Mouton (Fayetteville)
10:20 – 10:50 : Fullbloods
11:00 – 11:45 : Paul Cherry (Chicago)
*10:00 – 3:00 : DJ Strange Magic – downstairs*
10. Mouton – "Other Minds"
from: 7″ Split with Prahnas / Mouton / November 12, 2017
[Written by Pete Mouton, with Calvin Todd on lead guitar, Seth Goodwin on piano and Calvin Todd & Loren Leamy on background vocals. Recorded and Mixed by Pete Mouton. Mastered by Jason Kearbey. Remastered by Kalim Choudhury.]
[Mouton plays Manor Fest 3 August 1, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway with Prude Boys, Fullbloods, and Paul Cherry]
11. LK Ultra – "Two Spirit"
from: Demos For Bengal / LK Ultra / March 19, 2019
[Lawrence, Kansas based 4-piece indigenous-fronted, queer music, straight from the birthplace of emo. Formed by Lily Pryor, Inez Robinson, Aoife Conway, and August Hyde. Their EP release was mixed and recorded by Mitchell Hewlett in The Coop.]
[LK Ultra plays Manor Fest 3 August 1, at Mills Record Co 4045 Broadway, with Mason Blaize, and bigfatcat]
12. Paul Cherry – "This High"
from: Flavour / Feeltrip Records / March 31, 2018
[Paul Cherewick, aka Paul Cherry, came up during Chicago's garage rock golden age in 2014. Despite being in the thick of the DIY scene with bands such as Twin Peaks and The Lemons, Paul has abandoned the all too familiar lo-fi rock sound of his first EP, "On Top". The Cherry has completely reinvented himself and spent the last 2 years returning to his jazz roots on this upcoming LP, "Flavour". Paul Cherry crafts melodies on Flavour that sit at the intersection of 1970s yacht rock and Ariel Pink's lo-fi dream pop. Lyrically, Paul touches on millennial culture with references to texting and social media, giving a modern light-hearted twist to age old old themes of love lost, missed connections and polar political climates.]
[Paul Cherry plays Manor Fest 3 Thursday, Aug 1, at miniBar, 3810 Broadway w/ Prude Boys, Fullbloods, and Mouton]
Shaun Crowley
We are talking with Shaun Crowley and Peter Beatty about Manor Fest 3 this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, featuring 33 bands, on 9 stages, split between 3 nights, Thursday, August 1 in Westport, Friday, August 2 is in the West Bottoms, and Saturday, August 3 in The Crossroads, More information at http://www.manorrecords.com
Day 2 – West Bottoms – Friday, August 2
Stage 1 – Blip Roasters (all ages stage / will call station)
Sponsor : Fine Dining Productions
5:00 – 5:30 : Faceface
5:45 – 6:15 : Buckle Up Baby (Springfield)
6:30 – 7:00 : Mild Cats
Stage 2 – Hickory Union Moto (21 & up)
Sponsor : I Heart Local Music
7:00 – 7:35 : Scruffy & the Janitors (St. Joe)
7:45 – 8:20 : The Golden Fleece (Peoria, IL)
8:30 – 9:05 : Drugs & Attics
9:15 – 9:50 : The Sluts (LFK)
Stage 3 – Colonial Club (21 & Up)
Sponsor : Tape Dad (Ark)
10:00 – 10:20 : Bambi's (Fayetteville)
10:30 – 10:50 : Pale Tongue (LFK)
11:00 – 11:20 : The Phlegms (Fayetteville)
11:30 – 12:00 : Bigwater
13. Pale Tongue – "Fever Dreams"
from: Pale Tongue / Manor Records – Indigo Sun Records / October 5, 2018
[Pale Tongue began as the pet project of Carlos Calderon and Nick Fredrickson of The Appleseed Cast. Joined later by bassist James Thomblinson of Arc Flash, and Psychic Heat, and Evan Herd of Psychic Heat."Pale Tongue" is eponymous band's self-titled debut EP. Written and recorded at different times and places, this 6-track album is the culmination of Pale Tongue's early processes, including a few newer additions in a sonic attempt to emulate their live experience for audiences. All songs written and performed by Pale Tongue. For this recording: Carlos Calderon on guitar, keyboards, & vocals; Nick Fredrickson on drums; and Tanner Spreer of Psychic Heat on bass. Engineered by Andy Fredrickson & Mitch Hewlett. Mixed & Mastered by Joel Coon.]
[Pale Tongue play Manor Fest 3, day 2, Friday, August 2, at Colonial Club, 322 6th Street, KCK, in the West Bottoms with Bambi's, The Phlegms, and Bigwater.]
14. The Phlegms – "rigid"
from: smile / The Phlegms / June 1, 2018
[Fayetteville, Arkansas based band The Phlegms is one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the local punk scene in the last few years. The band (Avery Lee, Grant Williams, Ethan Nash, and Peter McKitrick) is everything you want a punk band to be: sonically dynamic, lyrically powerful, and impossible to ignore. They've been the band to see at Backspace for a while now, and have shared the stage with heavyweights Protomartyr, and Shame. The band recently released a 6-song EP called Smile – available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and on cassette via Tape Dad. They were also awarded free recording time at East Hall Recording as part of the studio's 15th Anniversary celebration.]
[The Phlegms play Manor Fest 3, day 2, Friday, August 2, at Colonial Club, 322 6th Street, KCK, in the West Bottoms with Bambi's, Pale Tongue, and Bigwater.]
15. Buckle Up Baby – "Dog"
from: Buckle Up Baby / Push Pull / March 27, 2019
[Springfield, Missouri based band with Bass & Vocals – Addie McKenzie on vocals and bass, Cole Simmons on guitar, Joe Wilson on drums, and Anna Redmond on keyboards. All songs written by Addie McKenzie. Recorded, mixed, and filled w/ magic by Joe Misterovich]
[Buckle Up Baby play Manor Fest 3, day 2, Friday, August 2, at Blip Roasters, 1101 Mulberry, KCMO, in the West Bottoms with FaceFace, and Mild Cats.]
Day 3 – Crossroads – Saturday, August 3
Stage 1 – Stray Cat Film Center (all ages / will call station)
Sponsor : Hear Queer
3:00 – 3:20 : Charlotte Bumgarner (Tulsa)
3:30 – 3:50 : R.I.Peter
4:00 – 4:25 : Forest Porridge (Denver)
4:35 – 5:00 : Chloe Jacobson
Stage 2 – Brewery Emperial ($5 donations, free all ages stage)
Sponsor : French Exit Records
5:00 – 5:30 : Chase the Horseman
5:40 – 6:10 : Toughies (LFK)
6:20 – 6:50 : No Magic (LFK)
7:00 – 7:30 : Dylan Pyles
Stage 3 – recordbar ($15 cover, 18 & Up)
Sponsor : Petri Productions / Shuttlecock Magazine
7:00 pm doors
8:00 – 8:45 : Momma's Boy
9:00 – 9:45 : Dreamgirl
10:00 – 10:50 : Shy Boys
*after party at Brewery Emperial ft. DJ Tito Fuego*
16. R.I.Peter – "Lord of the Mountain"
from: R.I.Peter / Manor Records / July 5, 2019
[It's like if you took video game music and mashed it with fleet foxes or something. All songs written by Peter Beatty . Additional songwriting and production by Jared Bajkowski. Mastered by Ross Brown. electronic pop ambient america folk mystic Kansas City.]
[R.I.Peter plays Manor Fest 3, Saturday, August 3, in the Crossroads at Stray Cat Film Center, 1662 Broadway, with Charlotte Bumgarner (Tulsa), Forest Porridge (Denver), and Chloe Jacobson]
17. Shy Boys – "Dim The Light"
from: Dim The Light / Brick By Brick – Single / Polyvinyl Record Co. / February 15, 2019
[New single release and follow up to the band's second 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. 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 3, Saturday, August 3, in the Crossroads at recordBar at 7:00 PM with Momma's Boy and Dreamgirl]
18. Momma's Boy – "Love That Way (Demo)"
from: "Love That Way (Demo)" – Single / Manor Records / June 26, 2018
[Momma's Boy, is an Indie Surf Pop 4-piece band from KCMO, formed December 2015, and made up of former members of Rev Gusto: Peter Beatty on guitar & vocals, Shaun Crowley on guitar & vocals, Quinn Hernandez on drums, and Jared Bajkowski on bass & vocals. Their debut EP Liquid Courage was released February 25, 2017. Self-recorded in the Momma's Boy band practice attic. Mixed by Jared Bajkowski, and mastered by Ross Brown. This track was released as part of a series of singles the band has put out over the year. including "Want Me Back" released January 19, 2018 (part of Dead Summer Single Series), and "Asleep On The Floor" on October 12, 2018 (part of Demo Singles Series).]
[Momma's Boy play Manor Fest 3, Saturday, August 3, in the Crossroads at recordBar at 7:00 PM with Shy Boys and Dreamgirl]
Next week on Wednesday, August 7, we talk with Scott Hobart of Giants Chair, and Fally Afani calls in to share details about I Heart Local Music's benefit for RAICES with, Making Movies, Maria the Mexican, Mr. & Mrs. Dodge (Arthur Dodge and Meghan Heriford), Friday, August 16, at 6 PM at Liberty Hall 644 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS
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