MidCoast LIVE! presents IVORY BLUE

MidCoast LIVE! presents IVORY BLUE

Hosted by Mark Manning

Mark welcomes acclaimed singer songwriter and producer, IVORY BLUE who will play a 60-minute Concert LIVE in our 90.1 FM Studios!

IVORY BLUE released their second full length album, STARLIT LOVE CHILD, on November 17, 2023. The 10-track album was in the top five of Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023, and in the “Best of” lists at 90.9 The Bridge and other radio stations around the world. For STARLIT LOVE CHILD, IVORY BLUE served as songwriter, producer, and vocalist. IVORY BLUE lights up the airwaves once again with her latest rock pop song “Howl” set for release on February 16, 2024.

A free-spirited musician with a penchant for crafting tender, often haunting alt-rock anthems, IVORY BLUE has become an expressive multi-genre artist whose music is passionate rock, with a dash of pop hooks and a healthy dose of swagger. Dedicated to breaking down barriers and defying staid conventions with a life cloaked in hardship, her sound has become an honest and wonderfully raw exploration of the struggles and pains that make us.

IVORY BLUE released their full-length debut album COMPOUND LOVE on February 25, 2022. COMPOUND LOVE was in the Top Ten of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2022. IVORY BLUE released the video of their song, “Family Table” directed by Mikal Shapiro, on August 21, 2021. IVORY BLUE’s debut EP, READY GET SET was released in June 2015. While the EP helped spread the word and give IVORY BLUE attention from regional radio and TV stations, a big break would come in 2017 when IVORY was among 1800 artists/bands that competed in neXt2Rock. IVORY won local & regional challenges and advanced to nationals in Los Angeles, California to win the top prize.

IVORY BLUE has played Boulvardia, Kauffman Stadium, Crossroads Music Festival, The Middle of the Map Festival, The Westport Roots Festival, Apocalypse Meow, the KCPT Screening of “Real Boy” at The Kansas City Public Library, The Viper Room (L.A.), ULAH Sessions with You Found Music, Arts In The Park, The Englewood Arts Center, MiniBar, recordBar, Lemonade Park, Davy’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Records With Merritt, The Tank Room, and many others.

IVORY BLUE was born in 1986 in Peoria Illinois, as Devin James Miclettet. At the age of four, IVORY’s birth mother put them up for adoption. Ivory speaks about how it was difficult to find trust in people offering their home to someone denied it for so long. IVORY lived with eight different “foster parent” families, before running away at 15. Ivory turned to music to express their pain and personal story. In 2010 Klaartje Van Lue saw IVORY performing in a YouTube video, captured from an open mike performance. Klaartje had moved to the United States from Belgium to marry her husband and then raise her son and daughter. Klaartje, a pianist and working mom, immediately felt a connection, musically and maternally, and sent a plane ticket for IVORY to fly to Kansas City, Missouri. The Van Lue family adopted IVORY into their family. 10 years ago IVORY came out as “Non-Binary Transgender” helping to educate and helping to clear the pathway for a growing number of trans, queer, and non-binary musical artists who are part of Kansas City’s diverse and collaborative music community.

As a multi-instrumentalist, IVORY began refining their performance style, using digital looping pedals to stack harmonies and guitar parts live on stage, giving their solo shows the feel of a full band. In 2011, Ivory settled in Kansas City, MO and quickly began attracting an intense regional following for their strong vocals and incisive, deeply personal lyrics.

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