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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 13, 2020
New & MidCoastal Releases
+ Chris Haghirian + Sarah Magill +
Enrique Chi + Sam Wells
Mark plays New & MidCostal Releases from: Radkey, Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, Calvin Arsenia, The Get Up Kids, Krystle Warren, Making Movies, The Greeting Committee, Hermon Mehari, Quiet Takes, Sam Wells, Jo MacKenzie, Foolish Sad Robot, and Betty Davis.
At 10:15 Chris Haghirian talks about KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert on Friday, May 15, 8:30-11:00 PM, & Saturday, May 16, 8:30-11:00 PM, celebrating KC musicians in the area and around the world! This will benefit Midwest Music Foundation, an organization providing health care assistance, education & resources to the area music community. This event features: Kevin Morby, Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee, Addie & Brandon of The Greeting Committee, The Elders, Krystle Warren, Quixotic, Radkey, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, Danielle Nicole Band, Hembree, Calvin Arsenia, Enrique Chi of Making Movies, Kawehi, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Victor & Penny, Hermon Mehari, Samantha Fish, and Fritz Hutchison. Livestream locations: fb.com/MidwestMusicFoundation/live and fb.com/909thebridge/live and www.kcbandstogether.com.
At 10:30 Mark talks with KC, based musician Sarah Magill about her new sonic adventure, Quiet Takes, an on-going collaborative project with a rotating cast of friends. Quiet Takes was most recently called MYRY. During these stay-at-home days of COVID-19 Sarah is creating solo works. In Kansas City, she is known for hosting house shows and co-founding Rubix, a performance art collective. The first EP, MYRY’s “AHEM.” was release in 2018. Quiet Takes has just released the new single, “Wanted” with vocals & keyboard by Sarah Magill and produced by David Bennett. More info at www.quiettakes.com
At 11:00 Mark talks with Enrique Chi of Making Movies an international band known for its Latinx activism formed in KC in 2009. Making Movies include elements of rock, cumbia, psychedelia, American roots, son cubano, and spoken word in their sound. The band was nominated for a 2019 Latin Grammy for their collaboration with Ruben Blades on “No Te Calles”, featured on their new album, ameri’kana. We will talk with Enrique about the band’s new single, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” and their music education non-profit, Art As Mentorship. Enrique is wrapping up a six-week online songwriting series, The Rebel Song Academy, featuring members of Los Lobos, Chicano Batman and Flor De Toloache. Enrique Chi will be part of KC Bands Together – A Livestream Concert May 15 & 16. More info at: www.mkngmvs.com
At 11:30 Folk Americana singer and songwriter Sam Wells joins us to talk about her first two singles, “Lesson Learned” (her debut) and “Sugar” (her latest) that is “full of energy and funk.” These two tracks are leading up to the release of Sam’s first EP, “Not Too Broken”, that is planned be released in August, 2020. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sam Wells is now based in Lawrence, Kansas where she is brining her music to the greater Kansa City area, in many venues, and now in live stream shows. More information at: www.whoissamwells.com
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