Tag - kcmusic

Mark and Val’s Rainy Day Mailbag

Today's rainy day mailbag  journey takes you on a folk music tour across the pond and back again with new (to us) music from England, Ireland, Scotland, Romania, Estonia, the Balkans and Turkey, Sweden, around the US, and from Kansas City (Howard Iceberg and the Titanics, Kelly Hunt). The show will...

I Love KC Music – Inauguration Day Benefit Concerts

On Inauguration Day musicians played at two different benefit shows in Kansas City.  At Mills Record Company, a benefit show (Rock the Twat) was played for Rose Brooks Center.  Rock the Twat was a feminine product drive to help those at the Center.   The center provides refuge for domestic...

I Love KC Music – Blackbird Revue Farewell Show

The Blackbird Revue (Kansas City, for now) is moving soon and had their farewell show. It was a sweet and intimate show. They started out with a duet on stage and moved down onto the floor right around the crowd where Calvin Arsenia joined them with the hard for a few songs....

I Love KC Music – Interview with Jake Wells

Kimmy of I Love KC Music and KKFI sat down with Jake Wells.  Jake Wells was I Love KC Music's new male artist of the year.  Jake comes from a family of musicians and has recently started his journey of his music career as Jake Wells.  Jake's music paints pictures...

I Love KC Music – Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners and more

On January 13 2017, the weather forecast was bleak with an impending ice storm, but that did not keep excellent music from happening!  At The Westport Saloon, The Ready Brothers and Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners entertained those of us willing to brave the weather.  It was a fun night of quality...

I Love KC Music – Five Phantastic Years

The Phantastics, a funk, soul, hip hop, and jazz band from Kansas City, is celebrating their five year anniversary. On January 6, 2017, they played a celebration show at the Riot Room. Their energy on stage was on phire! The crowd was singing along, dancing, and rocking along.  The energy...