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Wednesday MidDay Medley
Wednesday MidDay Medley plays with themes and special events. The show features new releases, local artists, glam, indie, punk, funk, folk, hip hop, classic country, jazz, lo-fi, electronic, soul, latin, broadway, cuban, african, ambient, and live in-studio performances from area musicians, performers, and writers.
Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Grand Marquis + Cris Williamson + John Keck + Patrick Alonzo Conway & Gamelan Genta Kasturi + Purple Skunk Funk Band
Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Grand Marquis, John Keck, Gamelan Genta Kasturi, Cris Williamson, and Yuno.
At 10:05 John Keck joins us to share music from his new EP, Out In The Cold – 12th Street Singles. This is John’s first release since his 2013 Jack Moon Sessions, which was recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis. John Keck will be in concert with John Statz on Friday, April 27 at Replay Lounge in Lawrence. John Keck will be in concert with John Statz, and Kelly Hunt, Saturday, April 28, at 7:00 pm at Pilgrim Chapel, 3801 Gilliam Rd, KCMO. More info at: www.johnlkeck.com
At 10:25 Patrick Alonzo Conway shares information about KC’s Gamelan Genta Kasturi – 15th Anniversary performance at The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Sunday, April 29 at 2:00 PM. The performance will feature guest Balinese artists: I Ketút Gedé Asnawa, Putu Oka Mardiani, Ni Made Nias Yunirika and Ni Nyoman Nias Yonitika; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gamelan Students: Putu Tangkas Hiranmayena, Ika Putri and Fedelia Trivianti; and The Indonesian Community of KC Dancers; plus special guest Shawn Hansen on electronics. This concert of will demonstrate traditional and modern Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance. This event is free, but requires a ticket to enter. To reserve tickets: https://nelson-atkins.org/events/performance-gamelan-genta-kasturi-15th-anniversary-concert/
At 10:45 Joe Athon and friends share stories about their 1990’s group, the Purple Skunk Funk Band who had their official last show on March 15, 1997 at Bodies Flip City. The band got back together 22 years later in 2016 and had so much fun that they’ve decided to have another special reunion show this Saturday, April 28, at Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester Street, KCMO, with Beam & Eads.
At 11:00 members of Grand Marquis join us to share music from their new album, Brighter Days. Grand Marquis are Bryan Redmond on lead vocals & saxophones, Chad Boydston on trumpet, Trevor Turla on trombone, Ryan Wurtz on guitar, Ben Ruth on upright bass & sousaphone, and Fritz Hutchison on drums. Brighter days is the band’s 7th release. Grand Marquis play a Brighter Days – Release Party on Saturday, April 28, at 8:30 at Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester Street, KCMO, on with Victor & Penny, and Brandon Phillips and The Condition. More info at: www.grandmarquis.net
At 11:30 Mark talks with legendary singer songwriter Cris Williamson who has just released her 31st album, Motherland. Cris Williamson’s groundbreaking album, The Changer and the Changed, released in 1975, became one of the best-selling independent releases of all time. As William Ruhlmann of AllMusic writes: “The Changer and the Changed was to women’s music what Michael Jackson’s Thriller was to the music industry in general in the mid-’80s, an album that sold far beyond the perceived size of the market, more than 100,000 copies in its first year of release. Eventually, it reportedly sold more than 500,000 copies. Cris Williamson will be in KC for the first time in 10 years, at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO, Saturday, April 28, at 7:00 pm. More information at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3368089
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