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I wasn’t expecting Ink and The Record Machine’s Middle of the Map Fest last weekend to be as draining and taxing as it turned out to be this year. Perhaps I’m just getting older? Or perhaps music festivals and I don’t always cooperate with each other. Back in 2007,...
I made it out to Lawrence this past Friday night for the Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 show at The Granada. With Jason at the wheel, we arrived around 8:30 pm to see what was happening at the venue site and to scope out the crowd. Mass Street was full of stylish sidewalk strollers...
[pictured: Reggie B & Diplo] Even though I recently expressed some concern over the lack of promotion for music concerts and shows in Lawrence, the Diplo/Chiddy Bang/Lunice show last night at Granada drew anything but a sparse crowd. KC funkateer, Reggie B, and I cruised...
![Vital Nerve 5 @ The Newsroom w/ Newsense, Les Paul, Missing Link & More [03.30.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/newsense-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
The latest installment of the "Vital Nerve" event series, Vital Nerve 5, is taking it back to the whole-in-the-wall bar scene. On Friday night at The Newsroom in Midtown KCMO, expect a wild affair of various styles of music with (deep breath) Newsense, Les Paul, Missing Link,...
![Miles Bonny, Reggie B, Joc Max, Brandon Draper @ Kansas City Academy [03.30.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/miles-bonny-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
A tight-knit association of KC-based music icons, singer/producer Miles Bonny, singer/producer Reggie B, DJ/producer Joc Max and drummer/producer Brandon Draper will be putting on what we fully expect to be an outright clinic at the Kansas City Academy on Friday, March 30. ...
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Yesterday afternoon, my sister and I had the privilege of cruising up to Reggie B & The Solution's rehearsal space off Benton. Though it was the first time I'd been East of Prospect in quite a while, it was all good in the hood as the sunshine had everyone in a...
http://youtu.be/vyqhWKVfAuA During my evening video troll, I stumbled across a somewhat newly released earthy soulful gem by Sarah White. With a voice that drips with sultriness she carries her own unique sound but brings back memories of Res, Esthero (and Les Nubians if they...
With the Ink and Midwest Music Foundation-sponsored Midcoast Takeover performances at SXSW in Austin over the past couple of days, it should come as no surprise that bigger media outlets are taking note of homegrown acts like the Beautiful Bodies (pictured) and Hearts of...
[pictured: Shaun Duval] With Brent Tactic being out of town at SXSW (jealous), LC is filling in for him alongside Shaun Duval tonight at Gusto Lounge in Westport KCMO. LC typically messes with mostly house music, whereas Tactic is usually all over the place regarding...
It's that time again… spring break, which also means that it's time for WMC, MMW, and Ultra among the few music conferences taking place in sunny Miami starting next week. SpinSpinNYC / Shakedown Events reached out to us recently to peep us to the jazzy, house, funk,...
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