Sympathetic Vibrations | Avoiding the New Year’s Eve Dud

A band waving goodbye on stage.

Whether you plan months in advance or you try to throw something together at the last minute, the odds are that your New Year’s Eve is going to suck. And that’s not your fault. We unfairly build up the holiday as the remedy to all of our holiday ails. We use it as an opportunity…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | The Goodbye Girls

A band performing on stage.

In September, the Facebook page for local blues rock trio Katy Guillen and the Girls was hit with a torrent of crying emojis from fans – 243 to be exact – in response to a post announcing that the band would be going on “an indefinite hiatus.” The Kansas City band of six years wanted…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Grasping Infinity

An artistic, blue-toned image of two men

Dedric and Delaney Moore grew up in a Kansas City, Kansas, household that nurtured a love of music. Their mother was a classical pianist who gave them lessons on the instrument, and their father had a sprawling record collection the boys were free to explore. The Moore brothers’ band, Monta at Odds, celebrates the vinyl…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Orchestrated Payoff

A crowd of musicians playing orchestral instruments.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall in New York City? Practice, the old joke goes. But not everyone has time for that. As a kid, earning the chance to join an orchestra can be as simple as signing up for music lessons, obtaining access to an instrument and learning sheet music. As an adult,…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Billy’s Thunder

Kansas City natives Billy Brimblecom and Jason Sudeikis will bang the gong again this Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Uptown Theater for the second annual Thundergong! The mixed cocktail of music and comedy will be aimed at fundraising for the Steps of Faith Foundation – a nonprofit helmed by Brimblecom and dedicated to providing financial assistance…

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