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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, October 2, 2024
WMM presents Alex Kimball Williams aka Bad Alaskan + Ivory Blue + Adria Patterson
Mark will spin more New & MidCoastal tracks from: Making Movies, Krystle Warren & The Faculty, Ivory Blue, Jolson & The Fear of Snakes, Seyko, Bad Alaskan, Redder Moon, Amado Espinoza, and Emmaline Twist.
At 10:30 we talk with special guest Adria Patterson who is a swimmer, a life guard, and instructor teaching adults how to swim, helping people overcome their fear of water and end generational cycles of aquaphobia. She is a Certified Life Coach and Certified Swim Instructor. Through education and passion, Adria has held positions in the financial service industry as well as the educational arena, earning numerous awards and recognitions for product development and sales. She has served on the board of advisors for successful non-profit organizations, a local church body, and the regional and general boards of a large denomination. She is currently the founder of PC Swimming, encouraging communities to develop a healthy and safe relationship with water. Adria is the mother of two prominent young men. She is not only a swim coach but a prayer coach that swims. More information at www.PCSwimming.com.
At 11:00am we’ll talk with Alex Kimball Williams a Lawrence, Kansas based multicultural artist, community organizer, researcher, & educator. Her work includes ethnopolitics, medical activism, & climate justice. Alex provides DEIA+ consulting to businesses, organizations, & local governments with organizational transformation & community engagement. She leads teams in a justice-forward approach toward establishing & strengthening group values & ethics. As a community organizer, Alex cofounded several groups including B.L.A.C.K. Lawrence & Sanctuary Alliance. She has won several awards for her collaborative work in cultural equity including the MLK Dreamer’s award, Community Hero in Best of Lawrence 2021, & the 2023 Juneteenth community award. Bad Alaskan is her ambient synth project combining influences of EDM & Indigenous traditional music. Alex identifies and celebrates her Native Alaskan / Black / Portuguese origins, with the motto: “Music is Medicine,” and released her album, Red & Black on June 19, 2023. It was #5 on WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023.
At 11:30 we welcome IVORY BLUE back to the show. Her single, “Olé!” will be released October 4, 2024. “Olé!” is her sixth single this year including: “Breathing Underwater” (Aug. 9), “Bad Dreams” (June 7), “Batter Up” (April 22), “Flashback” (March 15), and “Howl” (Feb. 16). IVORY BLUE released her second album, STARLIT LOVE CHILD, on November 17, 2023, It was in the top 5 of WMM’s 120 Best Recordings of 2023. At the age of four, IVORY’s birth mother put her up for adoption. IVORY lived with eight different “foster parent” families, before running away at 15. Ivory turned to music to express her pain and personal story. In 2010 Klaartje Van Lue saw IVORY performing in a YouTube video. The Van Lue family adopted IVORY into their family. IVORY BLUE was the grand Prize winner of the nation-wide talent competition Next To Rock in 1017. More info at: https://linktr.ee/ivorybluemusic
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