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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, July 17, 2024
Favorite Releases of 2024 + SOUND MANDALA + Epitome + Marion Merritt & Betse Ellis
Mark plays WMM’s Favorite Releases of 2024…So Far (Part 1 of 3) from: The Freedom Affair, ALBER, Little Miss Dynamite, Zee Underscore, Monta At Odds, Daniel Gum, RxGhost, The Creepy Jingles, St. George & The Dragons, The Forcefields, Eddie Moore, Miss Boating, Epitome, musicbyskippy, and Leyla McCalla and Valerie June.
At 11:00 we’ll talk with Tom Mardikes, Professor of Sound Design at UMKC’s Conservatory. Tom has worked on over 250 professional productions as Sound Designer for KC Repertory Theatre, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and many others nationally. Mardikes has been head of graduate sound design training since 1986 and chair of UMKC Theatre since 2001. He co-founded Kansas City Actors Theatre in 2004, an artist-led, artist-driven professional theatre company performing in Kansas City’s Union Station. Tom shares details about SOUND MANDALA an immersive audio system that distributes sound to dozens of independent loudspeakers and moves sounds through space in ways never heard before. Sound Mandala premieres at The 20 annual KC Fringe Festival, in the Olsen Performing Arts Center at UMKC, 4949 Cherry St, KCMO., with 36 continual performances Friday, July 19 at 6:00pm, through Saturday, July 21 at 10:30pm. More info at www.soundmandala.org or www.kcfringe.org
At 11:30 Mark welcomes Kansas City based rapper Glenn Robinson who is known as Epitome. Epitome released his newest 10 track album, BOUJIE TYPE BEAT on February 19, 2024. Since then has released the new single, “Way Up (feat. Ayron Alexander)” on July 12, 2024. A protest of sorts, “WAY UP” is also a celebration of life and all its struggles. The raucous anthem delves into E’s mantra of “once you reach the bottom, the only way is UP!” Featuring the silky, smooth sounds of Ayron Alexander, the layered vocals transform this gritty griot into an alternative pop confection. Since 2016, Epitome has released 3 albums, 4 EPs. and nearly 20 singles, collaborating with artists including: The Royal Chief, Domineko, Regina Del Carmen, Amira Wang, VCMN, Scotty Wu, Lex Lingo and others. More info at: soundcloud.com/theepitomekc
AND, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt, a minority owned business in KCMO, and Betse Ellis, critically acclaimed fiddler, singer, songwriter, of Betse & Clarke, Starhaven Rounders, and Little Miss Dynamite join us as special Guest Co-Hosts to encourage listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit www.kkfi.org to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Summer Fund Drive Show.
Show #1055
