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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, May 24, 2017
New & MidCoastal Releases + Barry Lee, Garrett Nordstrom & Maria Cueves + Of Tree + Noah Davis + ASSASSINS
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: Of Tree, Pedaljets, Maria The Mexican, Broken Arrows, Noah Davis, !!!, High Sunn, Adult Mom, Duncan Lloyd, Dent May, and more.
At 10:15 we’ll talk with company members from Spinning Tree Theatre‘s new production of ASSASSINS running May 24 through June 11, at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Penn Valley Drive, KCMO. ASSASSINS originally premiered off-Broadway in 1990 at Playwrights Horizons and won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. ASSASSINS imagines the meeting and interaction of 4 successful and 5 would-be presidential assassins from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald. With Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and Book by John Weidman, this new Spinning Tree Theatre production was directed by Michael Grayman, with music direction by Gary Green. For tickets information: (816) 235-6222,
At 10:35 Barry Lee of the band Broken Arrows, and Garrett Nordstrom & Maria Cueves of the band Maria The Mexican join us to share details about the Signal To Noise benefit for Audio Reader Network, at recordBar, 1520 Grand Avenue, on Saturday, June 3, at 8:00 PM with Maria The Mexican, The Pedaljets, and Broken Arrows.
At 11:00, Laurel Parks and Ben Parks of the band Of Tree join us to share information about their new full length recording, their Kickstarter campaign to release the music on vinyl, and their Of Tree, Friday, June 9 show at The Brick, 1727 McGee Street, with Abandoned Bells and Andrew Ashby & John Bersuch.
At 11:30, Kansas City based musician, Noah Davis will play live in our 90.1 FM KKFI Studios. Inspired by his father’s old gospel and blues albums, Noah grew up as a multiracial kid whose parents loved both Rock and Rhythm & Blues, helping Noah discover that music was not about color, but about heart and soul. Noah also credits Jimi Hendrix’s concept of the “musical church” as an ultimate influence i the healing capabilities of music. The Noah Davis Band play The Jackpot Lounge, 943 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday, June 1, at 9:00 PM, with Broken Arrows.
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