Wednesday MidDay Medley
TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org
90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The 112 Best Recordings of 2012
(Part 1 of 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley presents part-one, of our four-week special: The 112 Best Recordings of 2012. Based on the playlists of Wednesday MidDay Medley we'll feature representative tracks from our favorite recordings. In 2012 we've played hundreds of New & Local Releases, we've presented dozens of LIVE in-studio performances from area performers, and we've interviewed over 150 local and national guests. 70% of the recordings on our list were locally produced. It's all good!
Tune into 90.1 FM, Wednesdays in December, on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. We'll play nearly 8-hours of music that represent: The 112 of Best Recordings of 2012!
This Wednesday, we'll count down #112 through #85 of our list, with music from: The Hillary Watts Riot, La Guerre, Jason Beers, Rumblejetts, The John McKenna Band, O' Giant Man, SoundsGood, The Ned Ludd Band, Sons of Great Dane, The Casket Lottery, Sneaky Creeps, Caul, The Bad Ideas, Jason Vivone & The Billy Bats, Danny McGaw, Grimes, Sarah Jaffe, Dent May, Shearwater, Tina And Her Pony, Himanshu, Dirty Projectors, Gentleman Savage, Ruthie Foster, Daughn Gibson, The Kinsey Sicks, Flying Lotus, and Eternal Summers.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or
STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Wednesday MidDay Medley / Blog
April 10 - Marrion Merritt + Paul & Brandon Draper
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Marion Merritt's Musical Discoveries + Paul Draper & Brandon Draper
Mark welcomes Marion Merritt who joins us to share information from her musically-encyclopedic-brain. Marion Merritt is the co-creator of the blog: a2-m3.com providing information about: Music, Film, Art, Books, Television, Technology, with links, downloads, and articles keeping us current with the latest musical and film news.
On this week's show, Marion will play tracks from: N*Grandjean, Charles Bradley, Phosphorescent, Holydrug Couple, Maumiss, Chrissy Zebby Tembo and the Ngozi Family, Rhye, Molly Drake, Connie Converse, Karen Dalton, Junip, Grouper, and Nosaj Thing. We'll also hear from: The Paul Draper Band.
At 11:15 Mark and Marion talk with Paul Draper & Brandon Draper about their Father and Son Concert, on April 13, 8:30pm, at the historic Blue Room at The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine, Kansas City MO celebrating the release of the new full length recording: "The Paul Draper Band." The April 13 concert will include: Paul Draper on Hammond B3, Rhodes, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, vocals; Brandon Draper on drums, percussion, vocals; Luke Polipnick on Guitars; Ben Leifer on bass; Rich Wheeler on saxophone; and Hermon Mehari on trumpet.
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March 13 - HomeGuard Festival
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Local & New Releases + Tommy Donoho, Christian Hankel & The HomeGuard Festival!
Mark plays more Local & New Releases from: Fourth of July, Metatone, Spirit is the Spirit, The Blackbird Revue, Swimming in Speakers, Paul Draper Band, Bloodbirds, Dollar Fox, Be/Non, Dream Wolf, Molly Picture Club, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Sam Baker, Helen Gillet, David Bowie, Samantha Crain, Pure X, Denison Witmer, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Jeff Black, and Morrissey.
At 10:30 Mark talks with Tommy Donoho and Christian Hankel about, The HomeGuard Festival, a 3-day celebration of KC music and culture, sponsored by Folk Alliance International and The Pitch. HomeGuard brings Sam Baker to town on March 14, features a local music showcase on March 15, and special guests on March 16. More info at homeguardfestival.com.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Feb 6 - Sean Starowitz + Folkicide + New & Local Releases!
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Sean Starowitz & Byproduct: The Laundromat + Folkicide + More Music from the MidCoast Takeover + A Middle of The Map Festival Announcement!
Mark plays more New & Local Releases from: Radkey, The Depth & The Whisper, Cowboy Indian Bear, The Wires, Schwervon!, Cadillac Flambe, The Way Back, Sleepy Kitty, Rev Gusto, The Clementines, Sons of Great Dane, Not A Planet, Folkicide, and Toro Y Moi.
At 10:15, Artist and Bread KC! co-founder, Sean Starowitz joins us to discuss the launch of Byproduct: The Laundromat, a project he organized and received a Rocket Grant through the Andy Warhol Foundations to produce, that Starowitz hopes will challenge the notion of traditional art spaces. Byproduct: The Laundromat will begin at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 9th at Walnut Place Laundromat (4241 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64111). During the first wash cycle, the series will begin with a screening of Kentucky-based filmmaker Ron Schildknect’s My Porcelain Past, a short documentary about the final hours of an iconic neighborhood restaurant before its closure. During the dry cycle, the programming will continue with KCAI professor and poet Jordan Stempleman, who will host a Common Sense Reading. For more info please email seanstarowitz@gmail.com to rsvp, (seating is limited to the amount of washing/drying machines) and please bring your laundry.
at 11:00 we'll be sharing a special announcement about his year's Middle of the Map Festival and play music from one of this year's featured bands.
At 11:15 Mark talks with Kansas City musical artist, Folkicide who last year released, "The Genocide is Mean," (one of Wednesday MidDay Medley's 112 Best Recordings of 2012). This was the follow up to "Devotional Hymns From the Church of the Darwinian Snuff Film." Folkicide will discuss his vision of constructive pessimism that he hopes in time will be recognized as a new acoustical genre fully devoted to the documentation of the delightful futility of existence. Folkicide also recently released "Folkicide's Night at The Opera," recorded mostly in Folkicide's basement. All songs were originally written by members of the band Queen, and then strategically deconstructed by Folkicide without disrespect or irony because he truly loves Queen (pre-Hot Space) and "Night at The Opera" in particular. We'll play Folkicide's version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and also play from his latest recordings.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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January 30 -
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Michael Grayman & Spinning Tree Theatre + Deanna Hurst & Wildwood Highway + Local & New Releases
Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Dollar Fox, Eyelit, Jorge Arana Trio, My Brothers & Sisters, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Olassa, The Quivers, Maps For Travelers, The Hillary Watts Riot, Six Percent and more.
At 10:30 Michael Grayman of Spinning Tree Theatre joins us to talk about the KC Premiere of "Shipwrecked! An Entertainment – The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As told by Himself)" by Donald Margulies, starring: Charles Fugate, Jennie Greenberry and Bob Linebarger. The show runs, Friday, February 1st, through Sunday, February 17th, at Paul Mesner Puppet Studio, 1006 E. Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, MO. For more information you can visit: spinningtreetheatre.com or call Spinning Tree Theatre at 816-569-5277. At 11:15 Mark talks with Kansas City native Deanna Hurst, who has worked as a professional actor, singer, voice over artist for over 25 years. Deanna moved to LA in 1990 where does her work and where she formed the band Wildwood Highway with her friends Periel, and Bradford Lee Stanfield. We'll play tracks from Wildwood Highway's 2012 self titled release, produced with Bill Payne of Little Feat. More information about wildwoodhighway.us
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Jan. 16 - Remembering MLK
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
"Remembering MLK"
Wednesday MidDay Medley celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born January 15, 1929. Dr. King led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
By the time of his death, Dr. King had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 198I.
Mark plays music from: Nina Simone, Pops Staples, Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, Thelonius Monk Septet, Pete Seeger, Mahalia Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, The Chambers Brothers, The Neville Brothers, The Holmes Brothers, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Tramaine Hawkins, Ella Mitchell, Billy Porter, Solomon Burke, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Odetta, Robert Coleman Trussell, U2, Laura Love, Labelle, Darwin Hobbs & Karen Clark-Sheard.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Jan. 2 - The Rausch Haus Radio Show
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The Rausch Haus Radio Show
Mark welcomes special guest co-hosts: Kasey Rausch and Kim Rausch McLaws, who will share musical recordings and live performances from four generations of the Rausch Family.
Kasey and Kim's uncle, Kent Rausch will join us to talk about the Rausch family. Kent will play live, and share recordings from his band, New Red Onion Jazz Babies. Kent's sons, Collin Rausch and Kyle Rausch, who play in the bands, Abracdabras, The Shy Boys, and The ACB's, will join us.
Kasey Rausch and Kim Rausch McLaws will perform live in our 90.1 FM studios.
We'll also meet their cousin, Ethan Ridings, who according to Kasey is "a heck-of-a picker at 16 years old." We'll also hear a very special recording of Kasey's Grandpa Rausch playing "Amazing Grace" on the cedar flute and singing it in English and Navajo.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Dec. 26 - The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (Part 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (Part 4 of 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley presents part-4, of our 4-week special: The 112 Best Recordings of 2012. Based on the playlists of Wednesday MidDay Medley we'll feature representative tracks from our favorite recordings. In 2012 we've played hundreds of New & Local Releases, we've presented dozens of LIVE in-studio performances from area performers, and we've interviewed over 150 local and national guests. 70% of the recordings on our list were locally produced. It's all good!
This Wednesday, we'll count down #28 to #1, spinning music from: The Grisly Hand, Amy Farrand, Iris DeMent, Ghosty, Schwervon!, The Hearts of Darkness, John Velghe & The Prodigal Sons, Hidden Pictures, The Caves, Molly Picture Club, The Latenight Callers, Thee Water MoccaSins, Grand Marquis, The B'Dinas, The Cave Girls, The Brannock Device, Making Movies, Dream Wolf, Tame Impala, Alejandro Escovedo, First Aid Kit, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen, MeShell Ndegeocello, Best Coast, Laetitia Sadier, and Sharon van Etten.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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12-12-12 The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (Part 2)
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (Part 2 of 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley presents part-2, of our 4-week special: The 112 Best Recordings of 2012. Based on the playlists of Wednesday MidDay Medley we'll feature representative tracks from our favorite recordings. In 2012 we've played hundreds of New & Local Releases, we've presented dozens of LIVE in-studio performances from area performers, and we've interviewed over 150 local and national guests. 70% of the recordings on our list were locally produced. It's all good!
Tune into 90.1 FM, Wednesdays in December, on the 12th, 19th, and 26th. We'll play nearly 8-hours of music that represent: The 112 of Best Recordings of 2012!
This Wednesday, we'll count down #84 through #57 of our list, with music from: Organic Proof, Eric Voeks, Dolls On Fire, Alacartoona, Thom Hoskins, Eyelit, Cher UK, The Sleazebeats, She's A Keeper, Antennas Up, White Girl, Power and Light, Forrest Whitlow, Katy & Go Go, Helen Gillet, The Clementines, Folkicide, Alt-J, Gemini Revolution, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Gossip, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Spiegel, Bobby Womack, Eleni Mandell, The xx, Regina Spektor, and The Magnetic Fields.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
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Dec. 5 - The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (part 1 of 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays - Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI - Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The 112 Best Recordings of 2012 (Part 1 of 4)
Wednesday MidDay Medley presents part-one, of our four-week special: The 112 Best Recordings of 2012. Based on the playlists of Wednesday MidDay Medley we'll feature representative tracks from our favorite recordings. In 2012 we've played hundreds of New & Local Releases, we've presented dozens of LIVE in-studio performances from area performers, and we've interviewed over 150 local and national guests. 70% of the recordings on our list were locally produced. It's all good!
Tune into 90.1 FM, Wednesdays in December, on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. We'll play nearly 8-hours of music that represent: The 112 of Best Recordings of 2012!
This Wednesday, we'll count down #112 through #85 of our list, with music from: The Hillary Watts Riot, La Guerre, Jason Beers, Rumblejetts, The John McKenna Band, O' Giant Man, SoundsGood, The Ned Ludd Band, Sons of Great Dane, The Casket Lottery, Sneaky Creeps, Caul, The Bad Ideas, Jason Vivone & The Billy Bats, Danny McGaw, Grimes, Sarah Jaffe, Dent May, Shearwater, Tina And Her Pony, Himanshu, Dirty Projectors, Gentleman Savage, Ruthie Foster, Daughn Gibson, The Kinsey Sicks, Flying Lotus, and Eternal Summers.
On your local radio dial 90.1 FM or STREAMING LIVE at: kkfi.org
Show #450
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2012 in Music w/ Tim Finn, Marion Merritt, Chris Haghirian & Michelle Bacon
Wednesday MidDay Medley TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
2012: The Year in Music with: Tim Finn, Michelle Bacon, Chris Haghirian, and Marion Merritt
Mark welcomes four special guests who'll share their favorite musical releases of 2012. Guests include: Tim Finn, Music Editor of The KC Star, and creator of the influential music blog: Back to Rockville; Marion Merritt, of Barnes & Noble Music Dept. and creator of the music blog: a2-m3.com; Chris Haghirian from Ink, and KC Star; and Michelle Bacon, Editor of The Deli KC.
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Show #449
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