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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, August 29, 2018
Amy Farrand + Ivory Blue + Lisa Mckenzie + Barry Lee with Concert For Caroline
Mark plays New & MidCoastal Releases from: Shy Boys, Amy Farrand & The Like, Broken Arrows, Under The Big Oak Tree, Marcus Lewis Big Band with Kadesh Flow, Kian Byrne, Ivory Blue, Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers, Y god Y, and Fullbloods.
At 10:15 Musician Amy Farrand joins us on the day she opens for Melissa Etheridge at Crossroads KC, August 29 at 7:00 pm. Amy Farrand has been a member of the bands: American Catastrophe, Experimental Instrument Orchestra, Shotgun Idols, Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Atlantic Fadeout, The Silver Maggies. One reviewer wrote, “Amy Farrand is a tough-as-nails vocalist making her an invaluable asset to any live act.” Amy’s new band Amy Farrand & The Like released an 11-song debut album in April and are also nominated for a Pitch “Best of Kansas City” Award.
At 10:35 Mark talks with Kansas City based drummer Lisa Mckenzie, who has played in the bands, Cher UK, Grand Marquis, and Alex Abramovitz and His Swing’n Kansas City Jazz Band. Lisa Mckenzie is also a gardener, educator, and mom, and she joins us to talk about an adolescent program she coordinates at Clay Platte Montessori, a farm based school. The students have been selling their produce at the KCK Farmers Market.
At 11:00 Ivory Blue, joins us in our 90.1 FM Studios. Ivory Blue started writing music at the age of 14. An Indiana native, Ivory was given up for adoption at the age of 4, into a family that later caused them to run away at the age of 15. IVORY played coffee houses and small venues before landing in Kansas City in 2010. Ivory was one of the first artists to come-out as Non Binary Transgender, and gained respect from radio, television, and international magazines. In 2017 Ivory was among 1800 bands that competed in neXt2Rock. Ivory won local and regional challenges and advanced to the nationals in Los Angeles, where the top five bands played The Viper Room before judges that included: Scott Borchetta President & CEO of Big Machine Label Records; fashion designer John Varvatos; songwriter & producer Desmond Child; engineer Chris Lord-Alge; Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols; and Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Ivory won the entire competition and the opportunity to record “Ready Get Set” for Big Machine Records / John Varvatos Records, released June 15, 2018. More info at: http://www.ivorybluemusic.com
At 11:30, Barry Lee joins us to share details about Concert for Caroline, featuring Kansas City and Lawrence artists gathering together to remember the life of Caroline Lee, on Thursday, August 30, at 7:30 PM, at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester St, KCMO, with: Maria Anthony, Megan Hurt & Darrell Lea; Howard Iceberg & Chad Brothers; Betse & Clarke; Jason Vivone & Sam Platt; The Starhaven Rounders, and Broken Arrows with special guest, D. Clinton Thompson. This is a benefit for KKFI.
Show #749
