Wednesday MidDay Medley’s 15 Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2019 … so far

Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

15 Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2019…so far
+ Simon Fink + Jennifer Owen of Owen Cox Dance Group
Betse Ellis + Marion Merritt

Mark plays from 15 of our Favorite MidCoastal Releases of 2019…so far. We’ll spin tracks from: Black Stacey, The Freedom Affair, Hembree, Hipshot Killer, Cuee featuring SHAH, Brandon Phillips and The Condition, Mess, Kevin Morby, Short Round Stringband, Shy Boys, LK Ultra, Kadesh Flow featuring Jessica Paige, Nicole Springer, Simon Fink & The Wires, and The Creepy Jingles.

We also welcome: Betse Ellis, critically acclaimed fiddler, singer, and songwriter, and one half of Betse & Clarke who joins us for the entire show as our special guest co-host. Wr also welcome Marion Merritt, longtime contributor to Wednesday MidDay Medley, and proprietor of Records With Merritt, who also joins us as co-host. Betse & Marion will help to encourage our diverse and loyal listeners to call 888-931-0901, to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Spring Fund Drive Show.

At 10:30, Jennifer Owen of Owen/Cox Dance Group joins us to share details about, Strung Through Time, a journey through three centuries of music brought to life by Jennifer Owen’s contemporary choreography and performed by a string quartet featuring violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane. This program includes J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 3, Maurice Ravel’s Sonata for Violin & Cello, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8. This beautiful collaboration showcases a stellar ensemble of dancers and musicians on Saturday, June 8 at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, June 9 at 2:00 PM, at 4220 Mercier Street, Kansas City, Missouri. For more info you can contact: www.owencoxdance.org

At 11:15 we’ll talk with Simon Fink, of Under The Big Oak Tree, about his new solo release, “Lullabies Till Dawn” an illustrated songbook with art by Benjamin Parks. The CD features the lullabies by Simon Fink with The Wires (Laurel Morgan Parks & Sascha Groschang) and harmony vocals by Cheyenne Dorrell. The book/CD/art release is Saturday, June 8 at 8:00 PM, at the Mark Music Showcase 3.5, Saturday, June 8, at 8:00 PM at St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran, 3800 Troost Ave, Kansas City.

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