Posts Tagged ‘Sympathetic Vibrations’
Sympathetic Vibrations | Making Movements
“In lak’ech ala k’in.” No, that’s not a typo caused by an errant elbow. It’s a single phrase – a greeting – in the Mayan language which has been lovingly adopted by local latin rock band Making Movies. The phrase roughly translates into “I am another you, and you are another me,” and the ethos…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | The Death of the Album
Could shifting industry trends lead to the death of the traditional format? The ground beneath the music industry has not stopped shifting since Napster peer-shared its way across college dorm rooms with broadband speed in the late 90s. And as we have seen before, the value of music may have permanently changed as a result.…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | Find Your Story at FAI
Next week, Kansas City welcomes ambassadors of an entire genre of music to the Folk Alliance International Conference. Over the past five years, the conference has become one of the biggest arts-related draws to the area and something of a revenue boon for the city in general. But for the music-loving community based in our…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | Foshee’s Process
This weekend will cap the end of a remarkable journey for one of Kansas City’s independent solo artists when Andrew Foshee celebrates the release of his first full-length LP, “Strange Relations,” Friday at the recordBar. Foshee’s album is every bit a local release success. The limited physical pressing sold out and the record made a…
Read MoreSympathetic Vibrations | Voice of a Forgotten Art
If you turn on commercial radio or check the pop Billboard charts, you’ll see any number of performers who represent themselves as hip-hop artists. But many of them offer only a carefully-crafted street image and a few stanzas mumbled over (usually poorly produced) beats. If you look a bit closer, you may find that the…
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