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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 8, 2019
Nick Carswell “Changing Shades” + Laurel Morgan Parks & Sascha Groschang of The Wires + Molly McLaughlin and Turlach Boylan
Mark spins New & MidCoastal Releases from: Le Grand, The Wires, Pamper The Madman, Jean Claude and the Eclairs, Danielle Nicole, Nick Carswell, Carswell & Hope, The Sextet with Calvin Arsenia, Marvin Gaye, Stereolab, MorMor, and Mattiel and more.
At 10:30 Nick Carswell shares details about Changing Shades – Stories of Migration, Confusion & Belonging told in Image & Song from Nick Carswell in a solo performance of 10 songs, accompanied by lighting, projection and stage design, creating a unique visual canvas to the music, Friday, May 10, at 7:00 PM, at The Irish Center of KC, 19 West Linwood Blvd. AND Saturday, May 11, at 7:00 at Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS. Each night features guest performances by Amado Espinoza (in KC) and María Elena Cuevas (in Lawrence). The project was supported by an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant. More info at: www.changingshadesproject.com
At 11:00 Mark talks with The Wires Alternative String Duo – Laurel Morgan Parks on violin, and Sascha Groschang on cello. The Wires compose and perform original music inspired by a myriad of genres and eclectic sounds, and blend wide-ranging styles, from tango to gypsy, jazz to rock, infused with the precision of classical form. Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groschang will share details about The Wires 2nd Album Release – Wilder, Saturday, May 18, at 7:00 PM at recordBar, 1520 Grand BLVD. More info at: www.thewires.info
At 11:30 Molly McLaughlin and Turlach Boylan play live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Together they will share music that they have been working together for the past six months. Molly McLaughlin and Turlach Boylan will be in concert on Saturday, May 18, at 4:00 pm at Diastole Scholars’ Center, 2501 Holmes, Kansas City Missouri. This is the culmination of their work together though the MO Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, a grant they received last year. Suggested donation is $10 half of all proceeds will benefit Harmony Project KC.
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