Wednesday MidDay Medley presents The Matchsellers + Jen Harris & “Collective: Our Stories of Cancer”

Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

More New & MidCoastal Releases + The Matchsellers + Jen Harris & Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley of “Collective: Our Stories of Cancer”

Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Hembree, Vigil and Thieves, The Roseline, Joy Zimmerman, The People’s Liberation Big Band, Stacy Busch, U.S. Girls, Car Seat Headrest, Sunny War, Screaming Females, and Tom Petty. We will also play from 4 of the 5 songs nominated for Best Original Song at the 90th Annual Oscar Awards, we’ll play: Sufjan Stevens, Mary J. Blige, Andra Day & Common, and Miguel & Natalia Lafourcade.

At 10:30 Andrew Morris and Julie Bates, better known as The Matchsellers, join us to share music from their new album “Bluegrastronauts.” The Matchsellers have traveled the US and Europe developing their brand of off the wall bluegrass & old-time music. In 2017 they began collaborating with two of the Midwest’s finest musicians, Chad Graves a dobro player that has been featured in Rolling Stone and The Bluegrass Situation, and Betsey Beymer a much sought after bassist from Lakin, KS. The Matchsellers Bluegrastronauts Release Show is Thursday, March 15, at 7:00 PM at Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania Ave, KCMO. You can make a reservation by emailing [email protected]

At 11:15 Mark talks with Poet Jen Harris and Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley of Gilda’s Club KC who join us to share information about, Collective: Our Stories of Cancer, a multi-disciplinary production that will provide an insightful experience into life with cancer. The performance features original choreography by Jennifer Owen, music by Stacy Busch, and poetry by Jen Harris, inspired by members of Gilda’s Club who shared their stories of cancer. The work will be performed by Jen Harris, Stacy Busch, soprano Liz Pearse, and five dancers of Owen/Cox Dance Group including: Megan Buckley, Felicia McBride, Emily Mushinski, Logan Pachciarz, and Christopher Page-Sanders. Performances are Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, March 4 at 2:00 PM, at La Esquina Gallery, 1000 W. 25th St in Kansas City’s historic Westside. For more information you can visit: www.owencoxdance.org.

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