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theSTEADY and Jazz Contributor (Past writer)
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
Several years ago, a couple months into a budding romance, I decided to assemble some mix CDs to impress my new sweetheart. I needed something playful. Something sexy. Alacartoona's slinky and irreverent "Every Saint Needs a Sinner" did the trick.
Tue, Jun 02, 2009
The debut of a new bi-weekly KCM feature that will focus on fringe music genres such as new classical, jazz and cabaret, as well as clowning, alternative dance and performance art.
Tue, Jun 09, 2009
The debut of a new bi-weekly KCM feature that will focus on fringe music genres such as new classical, jazz and cabaret, as well as clowning, alternative dance and performance art.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
You walk into a booze joint in search of certain spirits - but many who showed up for Barclay Martin Ensemble at Firefly Lounge left with their souls afire.
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Little jazz bird sings a new song: I drove through a raging thunderstorm, a torrent of hail and the threat of flood to hear Megan Birdsall sing. But she herself went through much worse just to find her voice again.
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
A short list of folks giggin' around the metropolis over the next few weeks...
Wed, Aug 12, 2009
A list of some of the 'steady' gigs around the metropolis through mid-August.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009
Giggin' on "The Steady" through the end of August. A short list of local talent 'giggin' around the metropolis.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009
One of them is in Blue Man Group. Other bandmates have won awards and received grants. All of them are members of successful, thought-provoking bands. But as members of Mongol Beach Party, they just want to make you dance.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
Giggin' on "The Steady" through mid-September. A short list of local talent 'giggin' around the metropolis.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
Todd Wilkinson returns to the space that his own jazz joint, the Drum Room, used to inhabit and delivers a night of polished, original jazz compositions.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
Jeff Harshbarger was handed a violin at age four and began learning traditional music, but he knew early on that he wouldn’t stop there.
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
A short list of local talent giggin' around the metropolis. Music lovers should have plenty to enjoy this weekend with all that the Crossroads Music Festival has to offer.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
The word is out. Quixotic Fusion doesn't put on shows or give performances, they stage events. So naturally these innovative and daring generative artists, led by artistic directors Anthony Magliano and Mica Thomas, would tackle something like this.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
A short list of local talent giggin' around the metropolis this weekend.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Giggin' on theSTEADY through the end of September. A short list of local talent 'giggin' around the metropolis.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
"It originally had a real violent, revolutionary meaning," Mark Southerland confesses. "Kill the old guard so the free jazz freaks could fly their flag." The evocative, sinister name suits the would-be musical hitmen who make up Snuff Jazz.
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
A short list of local talent 'giggin' around the metropolis through most of October.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Angela Hagenbach sits alone at the bar and leisurely sips her cocktail as her band warms up the audience. There is only a modest crowd in the club but she's unperturbed. It's early. She knows they'll show. It's this quiet confidence-and her velvet voice-that has made her a Kansas City favorite for nearly two decades. Hagenbach is the headliner for the Amercian Jazz Museum's "Vine Street Boogie."
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