![PREVIEW: Les Izmore, Soft Reeds, Diverse & More @ Record Bar (18+) [05.19.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/les-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
This Saturday at Record Bar in Westport, MC Les Izmore and D/Will, The Record Machine's Soft Reeds, Diverse Jazz Trio and Greg Enemy should pack the house with their all-local lineup. Each of these acts have their own built-in fanbases ranging from indie rock to hip hop and...
![REVIEW: Middle of the Map Fest [Chris Mills' Take]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crowd-at-riot-room-saturday-1024x490.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
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,...
![Heartfelt Anarchy Stage @ Middle of the Map Fest, This Friday [Riot Room Patio]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/louiz-rip-pic.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
With STL/KC transplant, Les Izmore citing the phrase "MIDDLE OF THE MAP" in his own music and even his e-mail signatures for years, this weekend's Middle of the Map Fest presented by Ink and the Record Machine now seems more fulfilled. Just yesterday, Les announced a...
A most sought after show coming up this Friday featuring KC's very own Hearts of Darkness opening up for Seun Kuti (son of Fela Kuti) & Egypt 80 at The Granada in Lawrence. I am not sure why this show has been so downplayed...perhaps there is a lack of afrobeat followers in...
![The American Jazz Museum Presents: A Vibe Called Mesh @ The Blue Room [03.14.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/reach-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
[pictured: Reach] The American Jazz Museum, in conjunction with KC-rooted jazz band, Diverse, and local MCs, Les Izmore and Reach are putting on the next jazzed up hip hop event at The Blue Room. This time around, it sounds as though the band will be performing the original...
Grammy-noted jazz composer and producer Roy Hargrove swung through the Foundation on Friday night, which turned out to be a pretty wild night in Kansas City with a lot of events going down. I first went to see Matty G at the Midland Theater downtown, and his minimal,...
KC guys, Hermon Mehari, Brad Williams and Ben Leifer do an instrumental acoustic take on Jay-Z & Kanye West's mega-hit in Paris, France...er, the "Paris of the Plains", perhaps. ...
10. Young Fate - "All Gass" [prod. Mr. Fresh] Ladies and gentlemen, hit play and start your engines. This video player popped up in February and sees Fate spitting game over a real heat-rock from Mr. Fresh. While Young Fate verses are on my brain, his 16 on Ron Ron’s...
Thank you to all who came out and made it a fun...
This latest teaser from Izmore & DWill, and hopefully the last one before their Heartfelt Anarchy album comes out, is a wrap up of a few previously-released tracks they've leaked over the past several months, but including some new jawns that we haven't heard yet. True...
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