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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, January 22, 2020
Hadiza. & Les Izmore
+ Scott Hobart of Giants Chair
+ New & MidCoastal Releases
Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: Pedaljets, Una Walkenhorst, Miss Boating, Jametatone and Blastocyst, Ebony Tusks, Adam Scott York, Miki P & The Swallowtails, Hadiza., Arquesta Del SolSoul, The Black Creatures, Giants Chair, Emily King, Anti-Flag, and David Byrne’s American Utopia on Broadway. We’ll also play Kate Bush and David Bowie.
At 10:30 we talk with KC Hip Hop Superstar Les Izmore and singer, songwriter & pianist Hadiza. We’ll play music from Hadiza’s new album, “Shadow Weight,” and from Les Izmore’s KC based collective Arquesta Del SolSoul. Hadiza. and Les play Hadiza’s Shadow Weight Release Ritual at miniBar, 3810 Broadway, KCMO on Sat, January 25, at 9:00 PM with Hadiza., Babydoll, The Black Creatures, and Les Izmore and the GOATs. Hadiza’s band Collidescope play recordBar, 1520 Grand Boulevard, KCMO, Wednesday, February 12, at 7:00 PM with Jametatone and ARQuesta Del SolSoul.
At 11:30 we talk with Scott Hobart of the midwestern post hardcore/emo trio, Giants Chair who joins us live in our 90.1 FM Studios. Giants Chair were part of the mid-90’s KC rock scene, sharing bills with Germbox, Season To Risk, Molly McGuire and Shiner. Giants Chair recorded two full-length albums and toured the U.S. twice before ending in 1997. On December 6, 2019, Giants Chair released their third album on Spartan Records.
Show #821
