Thursday at 8:00 pm
The Local Showcase features live or recorded performances of music, poetry, prose, etc. of local and regional artists. This showcase is hosted by a variety of KKFI programmers covering a broad spectrum of musical genres.
Upcoming episodes
An Evening With the Music of The Beatles! May 30, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Artists from the upcoming KKFI Beatles tribute benefit concert will be featured.Read More
Visions of Peace June 6, 2013 | 8:00 pm
The Visions of Peace at the Crossroads Festival happens on First Friday (June 7th). Host Mike Murphy welcomes some of the festival's musical and spoken word artists to perform at The Local ShowcaseRead More
Recent episodes
Live CD Release Party On-Air: Two-Headed Cow, Arm The Poor, and Not A Planet! May 23, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Tune in to this week's Local Showcase, which is set to be a banger, as it's party time at KKFI! We are thrilled to feature THREE local bands who will be performing at our CD Release Party: Two-Headed Cow, Arm The Poor, and Not A Planet.Read More
Band Auction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 18, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Local Showcase8:00pm River Cow Orchestra
8:30pm Whiskey for the Lady
9;00pm Pot Lickers
9:30pm Johnny Green
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Bedlam Boyes: Celtic Roots Improvisation Baroque April 4, 2013 | 8:00 pm
This week's Local Showcase is proud to feature Bedlam Boyes--Celtic Roots Improvisation Baroque to Beatles and Beyond.Read More
LOCAL SHOWCASE with Mark Manning + Nathan Reusch March 21, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Mark plays New & Local Releases from: Dead Girls, Dolls on Fire, Man Bear, Tiny Horse, Beautiful Bodies, The Ned Ludd Band, Margo May, Bloodbirds, The ACB's, In Back of a Black Card, Appropriate Grammar, She's A Keeper, Radkey, and We Are Voices. At 9:00 Mark welcomes Nathan Reusch as our Guest Producer and co-host for the 2nd hour of the show from 9:00 to 10:00. Nathan is the co-founder of The Record Machine and the creator or The Middle of The Map Festival, April 4-6. More info at: therecordmachine.net or middleofthemapfest.com. Nathan will play music from Palace, Soft Reeds, Cowboy Indian Bear, Spirit is the Spirit, and othersRead More
An Evening with The Elders March 7, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Kansas City's hometown favorites, the rockin' and reelin' Elders perform 'unplugged' on the Local Showcase.Read More
LOCAL SHOWCASE presents Electric Needle Room + Urban Culture Project February 21, 2013 | 8:00 pm
If you like Wednesday MidDay Medley then please tune into: LOCAL SHOWCASE, hosted by Mark Manning & Maria Vasquez Boyd. We'll play music from: The Caves, The ACB's, Cowboy Indian Bear, Antennas Up, Hidden Pictures, She's A Keeper, Janet The Planet, The Quivers, Electric Needle Room, The Wires, Root & Stem, Me Like Bees, Lyal Strickland, Kasey Rausch, and Elsa Rae. Matt Beat of the KC based band, Electic Needle Room, will play from his new release, "The Presidents of the United States of America (Volume 3). Patrick Alexander of The Charlotte Street Foundation drops in to share info on the Urban Culture Project's Open Studios.Read More
Tyler Gregory February 7, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Hailing from the rolling hills of Kansas, Tyler Gregory can regularly be found performing with his steam-powered melodies. Gregory's mix of blues and roots music howls with a sense of passion and freedom. This songcrafter takes the cues and lifestyle from WWII-era blues bellowers and drives full force on his guitar/banjo/stomp-box live performance arrangements.Read More
Dean Christopher January 31, 2013 | 8:00 pm
If you have not heard this guy's new CD"Mutton Chops", he's a little Tommy Bolin, a little Eddie Van Halen and a lotta good ...hard rockin' ! Check out his new youtube video under his name, the track "Mutton Chops". This guy at one time was in a re-formed version of "Good Rats" out of NYC before he moved out KC way.Read More
The LOCAL SHOWCASE presents Making Movies January 17, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Mark Manning & Maria Vasquez Boyd co-host The LOCAL SHOWCASE presenting: Making Movies who will play LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios.Read More
The Fierceness of Betse, Sky, Adam and Tyler December 13, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Join this week's Local Music Showcase Host, Diana Linn, for a Tasty Brew of local Americana/Blues/Roots artists including in studio performances by the ferocious Betse Ellis and local songwriters Sky Smeed and Adam Lee, who along with Tyler Gregory will be re-uniting for a special singer/songwriter circle performance at Knuckleheads Saloon's Gospel Lounge on Thursday, December 20, 2012.Read More
A Baroque Tribute to John Lennon and George Harrison December 6, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Darrell Lea joins Gerald Trimble's New Atlantis for a tribute to John Lennon and George Harrison, as well as some unique holiday music. Mike Murphy hosts.Read More
CD Release Party November 29, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Two Headed Cow, and the John McKenna Band are celebrating the release of their respective cds on and off KKFI's airwaves. They'll be performing down the hall as part of a benefit for KKFI (http://www.kkfi.org/ai1ec_event/brother-bagman-and-two-headed-cow-headline-kkfi-holiday-party/?instance_id=3391), and then rotating onto the airwaves.Read More
Rare Jazz and Vintage Gems November 15, 2012 | 8:00 pm
DJ Radionic returns with another stack of Rare Jazz 78 RPM Disc's and other Archived recordings. Many Vintage Gems from the early 1920's to late 1950s. Tune in and hear some Kansas City History.Read More
Brother Bagman November 8, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Brother Bagman returns to the Local Showcase. Their last album, Rise Above, has been a favorite on KKFI. Their next is just around the corner! Mike Murphy hosts.Read More
The Elders – Unplugged October 11, 2012 | 8:00 pm
The Elders join Mike Murphy during the second hour of The Local Showcase for a special unplugged session. Donations to the fall fund drive during this program will be thanked with passes to this weekend's Weston Irish Fest, featuring (you guessed it!), The Elders!Read More
Flannigan’s Right Hook October 4, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Shamrockers, Flannigan's Right Hook returns to KKFI to get jiggy with it.Read More
Local Showcase Features “Our Friend Mott-ly” September 6, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Filmmaker Chris Snipes, director of "My Friend Mott-ly," joins guest host Barry Lee to reminisce and discuss the life and times of the former KKFI 90.1 FM DJ and artist Mott-ly. We'll play his music, excerpts from his KKFI radio show, and try to summon up his spirit.Read More
$3 Band, Tullamore & Kelly August 30, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Mark & Valerie Andruss host $3 Band, Tullamore & Kelly live tonightRead More
Fiat Project August 23, 2012 | 8:00 pm
DJ Radionic will have the"Fiat Project" up for music and an interview.Read More
Local Tribute to Jerry Garcia August 9, 2012 | 8:00 pm
On the 17th anniversary of Jerry Garcia's passing, Lawrence musicians, Darrell Lea, Ken Lovern, Megan Hurt, and Clark Jameson celebrate his music, live in the KKFI studio.Read More
Fiat Returns July 19, 2012 | 8:00 pm
DJ Radionic hosts the band "FIAT" a local experimental Jazz group http://www.fiatmedia.com/ they will be returning for the 4th time to KKFI a show you don't wanna miss!Read More
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