Wednesday MidDay Medley plays The MidCoast Sound + Shaun Crowley + Jesse Kates + Marion Merritt + Nico Gray

Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

“The MidCoast Sound”
Hunky-Dory MidCoastal Releases of 2016…So Far
+ Shaun Crowley + Jesse Kates + Marion Merritt + Nico Gray

Wednesday MidDay Medley plays from some of our favorite MidCoastal full-length or EP or single releases of 2016 – so far. This is part 2 of a two-week special. We’ll play representative tracks from: Katy Guillen & The Girls, The Philistines, The Quivers, BLKFLANL, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds, Your Friend, Red Kate, Teri Quinn, Andrew Foshee, Hipshot Killer, The UK’s, Mat Shoare, Nicholas St. James, Under The Big Oak Tree, The Ovaries-eez, YUNGUNKL, and Rae Fitzgerald.

At 10:30 we’ll talk with Shaun Crowley about Manor Fest 2, a local music festival in a basement of The Shawnee Manor, in Shawnee, Kansas, June 17 and June 18. NIGHT 1 features: No Magic, Arc Flash, BLKFLNL, The Noise FM, Toughies, Fullbloods, Shy Boys, and Momma’s Boy. NIGHT 2 features: YUNGUNKL, One of You, Rachel Mallin & the Wild Type, Scabb, Westerners, Spirit is the Spirit, Your Friend, Dreamgirl, Real Adults, and Scruffy & the Janitors. The festival in a basement also includes: a raffle to win a “merch prize pack” each night, local business booths to get in touch with the community, and beer & burgers.

At 11:00, Jesse Kates of The Sexy Accident, joins us to talk about his band’s sixth album, Champagne Babycakes, that will be released as a card game! The new record includes 12 songs, produced by Seattle legend Steven Henry Fisk, and a game deck of 45 cards being designed by Gavin Snider. The Sexy Accident is a pop band from Kansas City. The current line up consist of: Jesse Kates on guitar and vocals, Ramone Hall on drums, and Jamie Lin on vocals. The Sexy Accident have released over 60 songs on five albums and three EPs. You can help them make Champagne Babycakes a reality by contributing to their IndieGoGo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/champagne-babycakes#/

Marion Merritt, of Records With Merritt, and Nico Gray, of Union Station join Mark for the entire show to encourage our diverse and loyal listeners to call 888-931-0901, to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City COMMUNITY Radio.

If you donate to 90.1 FM KKFI’s Summer Fund Drive Show we’ll share with you some very fine “Thank You Gifts.”

$90.00 donation – a 90.1 FM KKFI T-shirt
$150.00 donation – a “Guest DJ” for a 1-hour music show
$200.00 donation you can receive both!

If you donate $50.00 or more, on MC/Visa/Discover/AMEX only during Wednesday MidDay Medley, you can choose one of our fabulous “Thank You Gifts” :

a.) Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear “Skeleton Crew”
b.) Ivory Black’s “Ready Get Set”
c.) Iris DeMent’s “The Trackless Woods”
d.) Ltd. Edition, WMM Prayer Candle, from Kitschup Creations

The first 12 people to donate receive a pair of tickets to either:
Maker Faire at Union Station June 25 – 26
or Body Worlds at Union Station, (Now Open)

Show #634


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