Jedd Beaudoin

Radio Host, Strange Currency at KMUW-FM (Wichita, KS)

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Nothing like the sun

4 days ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Monday, April 21Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams is the first solo album from Drive-By Truckers founder Patterson Hood in more than a decade. We’ll hear selections from that release, which finds him collaborating with Waxahatchie, Lydia Loveless, and the band Wednesday on this episode as well as new music from Samantha Crain, Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Canada’s Born Ruffians. Tuesday, April 22Released in 1971, L.A. Woman was the sixth studio release from The Doors.
Acoustic guitar master Andy McKee headlines Salina’s Stiefel Theatre Friday

4 days ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Topeka’s Andy McKee will perform a headlining concert at Salina’s Stiefel Theatre on Friday, April 25. McKee had already had a few albums and garnered acclaim in guitar circles by the time he became one of the earliest YouTube sensations on the then-new platform circa 2005 with his video for the song “Drifting” racking up 60 million views.
Yasmin Nur’s sensitivity, rage on display with debut LP ‘Slaughter’

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Yasmin Nur performs at The Brickyard, Friday, April 18, to celebrate the release of her debut album “Slaughter.” She and her band, which features Aiden Rogge and Braden Pruitt, will be joined by second guitarist Max Abood for the evening. The Travel Guide and Silk will round out the bill.
Into Music: Kim House

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Kim House is a founding member of the Seattle, Washington band Fotoform. The group’s latest LP is Grief is a Garden (Forever in Bloom). In this conversation, House discusses how grief inspired material on the album, how being diagnosed with a chronic illness and a shakeup in her professional life led her to significant personal changes and how her thoughts on creativity have changed over time.
Benmont Tench reflects on ‘The Melancholy Season’

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Benmont Tench, in addition to being a founding member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, has amassed innumerable credits as a session player and written hit songs for other artists. His work has become an often subtle but always transformative element of whatever music he plays. Throughout the spring, he’s focusing on performing live dates behind his new album “The Melancholy Season,” including a performance Tuesday, May 20, at The Church Studio in Tulsa.
Into Music: Peter Holsapple

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Peter Holsapple’s new album, The Face of 68 is a formidable entry into his already impressive discography, a collection of songs that finds him reflecting on aging, friendship, love and loss with equal measures of ferocity and humor. Produced by Don Dixon, the record finds Holsapple joined by Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five) on bass and Rob Ladd (The Connells) on drums.
Von Hansen’s certainties: Life, death … and Frank Zappa

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Topeka-based composer and musician Von Hansen will present an evening of his music at Fisch Haus on Saturday, April 19. Titled “Music Is The Best or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust Frank Zappa,” the presentation spotlights Hansen’s compositional vision, imagination and sense of humor. It’s one of several dates he’s mounted in support of his debut album, “Mortal Coil,” which is named after a piece inspired by his father’s final days.
Into Music: Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill’s new album, Long After The Fire, is a collection of songs written by John’s late brothers Bill and Barry Cowsill. Both Vicki and John come from musical families with John cutting his teeth in The Cowsills in his pre-teen years and Vicki and her sister Debbi founding The Bangles. Vicki and John have been married for over two decades and joke that they’ve spent only roughly two of those years playing music together.
Sharp pins, exploding trees

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Monday, April 14Atlanta, Georgia trio Dropsonic recently announced its first album in 15 years. We’ll hear the first single from that recording, featuring William DuVall of Alice In Chains, as well as music from the group’s 2010 release, VI. We’ll also get to selections from Thalia Zedek Band, Drunken Prayer, Buick Audra, and more. Tuesday, April 15 Sharp Pins is the solo project from Lifeguard's Kai Slater.
Jim Henson’s 'Labyrinth': In Concert” arrives at The Cotillion this Sunday

2 weeks ago | kmuw.org | Jedd Beaudoin

Released in 1986, Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth” didn’t perform well at the U.S. box office despite featuring fantastical imagery from Henson, original songs from David Bowie, and a funny and heartfelt script from Monty Python’s Terry Jones. But the then-burgeoning home video market saw the picture find firm footing in the living rooms of homes across the country, sparking interest from viewers young and old that has endured well into present day.