Lullabies Till Dawn Interview
Kimmy sat down with Simon Fink and Ben Parks at PT Coffee to talk about Lullabies Till Dawn, an album and book set that is to release on June 8 with The Wires at St. Mark Hope and Peace. The Illustrated book is a beautiful piece with additional writing. The 12 song album paired with the book tells the story of early fatherhood, sleep deprivation, and song making in the midst of it all. (Pardon the background noise in the interview.) This video gives a short summary of the pr
Interview with Kianna of Yes You Are
Kianna with some adoring fans after the Plaza Art Fair. Photo by Kimmy DeVries Yes You Are is a band with a pop feel that is surrounded in mystery. They took about a year and half off to figure themselves out and do some recording. They've been back at it again and wowthey sound great. Earlier this year they released a single, "Come Back Home" and they've got another single on the way. They've been playing stripped down acoustic sets and as their full band. Friday night t
Interview with The Philistines
The Philistines (Kansas City) will being rocking out at the recordBar on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. They will be playing with Wonderfuzz and Brandon Phillips and The Condition at a fundraiser for the Midwest Innocence Project. Kimmy sat down with Kimmie, Cody, Steve, and Barry (and special guests, Kimmie and Cody's dogs) to get the inside details of what makes them tick. This was recorded at the "Casbah," the practice space of the Philistines. Before doing this interview I di
Under the Big Oak Tree Interview
On a beautiful August night Under the Big Oak Tree released their latest album, The Ark into the world. Kimmy sat down with the band moments before the show started, we sat on the back patio of Mike Kelly's Westsider. We talked about the band and the new album to the soundtrack of summer night insects. The first band started playing so we headed into the venue for a night music. I still had a few burning questions and we were out of time so they sent me the rest of the questi
Heartbroken: A Tribute To Tom Petty &The Heartbreakers
On Friday March 2nd, 2018 if you head over to the recordBar you'll yourself at the Heartbroken: A Tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert. The Cody Wyoming Deal along with several of KC's finest performers are celebrating the music of Tom Petty. The Deal is a semi revolving Lineup of some of the best musicians Kansas City has to offer. In the past, The Deal has served as a backing band for Alejandro Escovedo, and thrown an all star tribute to The Rolling Stones "Ex