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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, February 28, 2024
New & MidCoastal Releases + True Lions + Malek Azrael + Marion Merritt + Betse Ellis
Mark plays more New & MidCoastal Releases from: The Phantastics, The Creepy Jingles, Monta, pure xtc, Malek Azrael, SEYKO, Stik Figa, True Lions, Danielle Nicole, Timbers, The Whips and James Brown.
At 11:00 Malek Azrael returns to WMM to talk about his new single, “in ur mind” that is being released on Friday. Malek Azrael grew up in Kansas City. Malek Azrael was part of Making Movies non-profit organization Art As Mentorship, and sometimes plays with Making Movies. Makek Azrael released his 10-track debut album on October 15, 2021. Malek Azrael released the singles “22” on January 13, 2023, and “Anxiety” on April 30, 2023. Malek is the lead singer and songwriter of his band, Malek & The Vibez. Malek recently played the Folk Alliance International Conference, and has played the Ameri-Kana Fest, KKFI’s Crossroads Music Fest, Boulevardia Festival, and The Greenwood Social Hall. Malek Azrael’s new single will be officially released on Friday, March 1, 2024. More info at: www.mavband.us
At 11:30 Mark welcomes Alisön “Al” Hawkins, a queer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, and leader of True Lions, and Fritz Hutchison, a drummer, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer. For their newest True Lions release, Al & Fritz explored playing old-time tunes with amplified fiddle, synth, and drums. Their noise art creation, COLD GRAVY BOWL is scheduled for cassette release on Friday, March 1, 2024 through Manor Records. True Lions play a COLD GRAVY BOWL, Release Show on Saturday, March 2, 2024, with 7:00pm doors, 8:00pm showtime, at The Emerald, 1717 W. 9th Street, KCMO in the West Bottoms. This theatrical, punk, drag, rock and roll, folk event also features The Matchsellers, Scary Cherry, Ezra Prince, and Nora Demented. More info at www.truelions.bandcamp.com
AND, Marion Merritt of Records With Merritt, a minority owned business in KCMO, and Betse Ellis, critically acclaimed fiddler, singer, songwriter, and one half of Betse & Clarke join us flor the entire show as special Guest Co-Hosts to encourage our beautiful listeners to call 888-931-0901, or visit www.kkfi.org to support 90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio during our Winter Fund Drive Show.
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