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Great show with visits from a bunch of different bands and artists who will be performing next week at the Columbia Earth Day Festival. We had visits from Adam Wilson - Ruby Lane, Estrella, Love Seats and Bad Names, We also raised over $400 for the station's pledge drive. Which means that I get a pie in the face.

Super fun show with Josh, Mike and Justin of Foxteeth. They played a few live songs for us and we had a fun talk. Plus a visit from Kai, Jake and Brody of Concannon who dropped off a copy of their debut CD, Distortion. We played a few tracks and talked with the band a little. Finally a visit from Jolene and a couple of her latest recordings.Foxteeth on InstagramConcannonJolene

Fantastic live music with bluegrass/folk band, The Rolling Stops. A quick chat and a song from Dave Angle, John Randall and Andy Rehm. Violet Vonder Haar also stopped by and played us an awesome new song.

A short chat with Paul Meyer, bass player for The Rolling Stops, who will be playing live next week. Then a visit with Mason Van Ghost and the debut of 3 songs from his new album, Songs About Feelings. Fantastic.Van Ghost on BandcampVan Ghost on Instagram

Rocket Kirchner joins us to listen to and review his new album, The Casebook of Detective Ribak. Plus phone calls from Lucky guitarist, Kris Wilson and Chicago artist, Official Claire.Rocket on SoundclickOfficial Claire on Bandcamp

A KOPN 50th Anniversary special edition. Super fun show with Kellie, Jess and Ryan of the Goldenrods. Along with visits from close friends John Randall, Paul Weber and Justin Hickerson.The Goldenrods on BandcampThe Hooten HallersPaul Weber and the Scrappers on Bandcamp

Packed show with live music and a fun talk with COMO rockers, Mani Pedi - Including the debut of their newest single, Crazy. Plus a visit from Rob Lampe and John Schneller remembering our friend, Mike Robertson. And finally a visit with Brian Craig (BC of Don't Mind Dying) about their benefit show at the Blue Note. https://www.instagram.com/manipediband/Mani Pedi on SpotifyDon't Mind Dying on SpotifyBC/Suzi House Fire GoFundMe

The talented Derrick and Sara Enyard join us for some nice guitar playing and wonderful vocals. Plus a visit from The Hooten Hallers' John Randall and the usual host of untouchables.https://www.facebook.com/DerrickMusicPage/

Nationally touring artists Lynne Hanson and Anya Hinkle stopped by and visited with me prior to their performance at The Compass Listening Room in Columbia. Both of them played a couple songs for us in the studio. Absolutely wonderful.https://www.lynnehanson.com/https://anyahinkle.com/

Josh Wrong and Justin Hickerson join Kurt and I in the studio for some chat about the local music scene and we get a call from local legend, Banastre Tarleton. Music from Banastre, The Royal Furs, Blights and Sissy Paycheck.http://www.banastre.com/https://theroyalfurs.bandcamp.com/

Hilarious show with Ruby Lane. Missing drummer Mike, so no live music, but a bunch of recorded songs, phone calls and fun stuff.Ruby Lane on Instagram

Great performance from Jefferson City three piece, Love-Seats. Plus a fun visit from some old friends.https://love-seats.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/loveseatstheband/

Really fun New Years Eve show with live music from Aimee Marie McGoveran and Kyren Penrose. Plus a visit from BC and the members of Don't Mind Dying and some phone calls.https://www.instagram.com/songwriteraimee/https://www.instagram.com/kyren_penrose/https://www.instagram.com/bcdmd/

Fantastic show with an amazing live performance from Chaz Prymek on guitar. Chaz performs in a number of projects including Lake Mary and Fuubutsushi. Also a visit from Violet Vonder Haar and a funny call from Justin Hickerson.https://lakemary.bandcamp.com/https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/album/natsukashii

Singer, songwriter and amazing guitarist, John Galbraith joins us in the studio to play a few songs from the new JG3 album, Another. Also a visit from Eli and Tyler of Elephant Foot. Awesome.https://johngalbraith.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/johnraygalbraith/John's previous appearances on OMR:November 5, 2022 with Wil ReevesNovember 22, 2019November 9, 2018

Crazy fun show with live metal from Provoke the Colossus. https://www.instagram.com/provokethecolossus/

We had Mackenzie, Matilda and Luke with us, 75% of the Columbia band, Estrella. Really fun show with some great acoustic songs and a bunch of phone calls. Estrella on Instagram

Super jamming show with Ruby Lane, along with a visit from Wil Reeves and John Galbraith playing some of the new Penny Marvel songs. This is the first time we've had a fully electric band in the new KOPN facility and Ruby Lane rocked it, appropriately. Ruby Lane on InstagramPenny Marvel on Bandcamp

Great show with a visit from Sam D'Agostino who had a few Halloween songs for us and then Bummy stopped by to toss a few new ones at us. A couple of fun phone calls too.Sam on YoutubeBummy on Instagram

Columbia's The Brink join us in the studio for a great talk and a ton of awesome live music. Plus a visit from the grassmaster himself, Justin Hickerson.The Brink Online

A visit with hip-hop/rap artist, Obsouleet, and a couple of his poppin' songs.Then Matthew Crook of Dismal Niche joins us for a cool talk about the upcoming Columbia Experimental Music Festival. We feature a bunch of artists who will be performing at the festival. This year it will be held November 2th through November 6th.Obsouleet on YoutubeDismal Niche

The wonderfully talented Kristen Ford stopped by and visited with me prior to her performance at The Compass Listening Room in Columbia. She played a few for us in the studio. Absolutely fantastic.https://www.kristenfordmusic.com/

Fun show with Eli, Tyler and Drew from Elephant Foot. Played a bunch of their songs, including a debut, and talked about all kinds of stuff musical. Had a short cool visit with Mason Van Ghost about IndieFest.Previous Appearance on OMR:Elephant Foot 12/24/2021

Young rock & rollers, Concannon join me for the show along with visits from the wonderful Aina Cook Band and my good friend Bartholomew Bean. Fantastic live music in studio from all of them.ConcannonAina Cook

Real fun show with live music from both Sam D'Agostino and Dave Angle. Sam stayed the whole show while Dave had to scoot out for a show at Cooper's Landing. Also a visit from Clark Leyshock and a couple other friends.https://thedavesmojo.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/delta_blues_daves/

Just me and Kind Kurt for the show. He plays some awesome original songs and we showcase some of our favorite local artists.

Great time and fantastic live music with Columbia based indie rockers, Drona. Plus visits from Dave Dearnley, Bummy and Justin Hickerson.Here's some great video recordings of Drona in the KOPN studio:When I Rest For A MomentLotus (Thin Finger)The Leaves Will ChangeKill TimeTrading FoursGuest Links:DronaDave DearnleyBummyJustin Hickerson

Fantastic show featuring in studio performances by Samantha Fierke, accompanied by Bassist Mickey Jamieson. We also had the pleasure of visiting with Violet Vonder Haar about the new Compass Music Room and she played a couple great new songs for us.Here's some great video from the show:Samantha Fierke Live at KOPNViolet Vonder Haar Live at KOPNhttps://samdoesjazz.com/https://violetvonderhaar.com/https://compasscolumbia.org/

My friend Justin Hickerson joins me in the first OMR broadcast from KOPN's new location on Bernadette Drive in Columbia. We had a blast and Justin played some songs as we visited with a bunch of friends who stopped in to say hello...Supercool to broadcast from the new facility, with only a few technical hiccups...lol...Check out Justin out and about. He performs with a number of different projects around Columbia including Paul Weber and the Scrappers, The Ridgerunners, The Daves and Foxteeth.Here's a great video of Justin in the studio performing Scared...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBvJ6oHg08https://soulmama.bandcamp.com/https://thedavesmojo.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://paulweberandthescrappers.bandcamp.com/releases

Super fun show with all kinds of new music. St. Louis singer/songwriter/producer Andrew Ryan joins us along with Lou Nevins and Andy Rehm (Fumes) and John Randall and Andy Rehm, again (The Hooten Hallers). All of them have new music and we are delighted that they debuted a couple songs on the show.Also talked with Brandon Hofherr, Director of Marketing at St. James Winery and Public House Brewery about their wine and beer and involvement in support of music.Check the archives for previous appearances.https://linktr.ee/andrewryanmusichttps://thefumes.bandcamp.com/https://www.thehootenhallers.com/https://www.stjameswinery.com/

Wonderful singer/songwriter, Daniel Lutz joins us in the studio to showcase some of his new recordings and share some of his thoughts on music. Daniel will be touring with Luke Winslow-King May/June 2022.https://daniellutzmusic.bandcamp.com/

Real fun show with Brad Snyder, (Blackwater, Blue Hearts Club) and Chris Burke of Steamboat Revival. They played a bunch of songs and we had a cool talk. https://steamboatrevival.com/

Bummy returns to OMR to perform some new material. We're joined by Blake Gardner (Blake Gardner and the Farmers) and Brock Johnson (Mercer and Johnson) to talk about some upcoming events. Fun show.https://www.instagram.com/bummymusic/https://owngrownproductions.com/bgatfhttp://www.mercerandjohnsonmusic.com/

Fun show with Rochara Knight and her band, The Honey Doves. Special guests Adeline and Sailer give us a KOPN kids report on Spring Break 2022.https://rkhdband.bandcamp.com/releases

Fun show with Kristin and Andrew...The January Lanterns...we play a bunch of their songs, talk about life and love and their new record...https://www.thejanuarylanterns.com/

An unconventional Christmas show with Bummy. Hip-hop and punk rock from this talented young artist. Plus KOPN Kids with Adeline and a fun Christmas intro from Kind Kurt.https://instagram.com/bummymusic

Really fun show with singer/songwriter, Kyren Penrose. We were joined for the second half of the show by the talented Olivia Burney. Kyren and Olivia are collaborating on an upcoming project.Wonderful music, including a couple of new, unreleased songs...That and a cool conversation.

Supercool show with Tyler, Eli, Drew and Drew of Elephant Foot. We talked about the band and the members and they played some nice acoustic versions of some of their songs. We also had the honor of debuting 3 sweet new Elephant Foot songs that will be released in the next few weeks. https://www.instagram.com/elephantfoot_official/https://www.facebook.com/ElephantFootMusic/https://open.spotify.com/artist/1jM8nmOZcQ9FuhA4hnJ8fn

Real interesting conversation with Jaeson, Kyle, Devin and Noel...otherwise known as OK Samaritan. Played a bunch of their songs and talked about all things musical. https://www.facebook.com/0KSamaritanhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/2Kg4mtfJnButGRcjG9gtiu

A bunch of great songs and hilarious conversation with Johnny, Jordan and Justin...AKA Fox Deluxe.

Cool show with Rachel, Zach and Brendan from Self Hug.

Fun show with St. Louis singer/songwriter/producer Andrew Ryan. We talk about what's new with Andrew and he played a bunch of great songs. We were joined by his wife Krista and a few friends of the show.Previous OMR appearance: 3/13/2020Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Nush2HzDNmkYhZoQs6wo1https://andrewryan-music.bandcamp.com/https://linktr.ee/andrewryanmusic

Super cool conversation with Matthew Crook of Dismal Niche. Dismal Niche produces and presents the annual Columbia Experimental Music Festival. This year it will be held November 4th through November 7th.https://cargocollective.com/dismalniche

Conversation and some live songs with Luna Halcon. Luna was joined by her friend and musical collaborator, Trey.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8sRSeEMGjIgnL0yBIaGm0Q

Had a cool conversation and spun some tunes with JT Schnakenberg of The Cosmic Riders, The Barroom Billies and owner/operator of MPF Studios in Columbia, MO.https://mpfstudioscomo.wixsite.com/website

Fun conversation and a bunch of cool songs played live by the Reverend Freakchild.http://www.www-reverendfreakchild.org/

My friend Justin Hickerson joins me in the first OMR in some time live in the studio with a guest. It was a pleasure to be back and Justin and I had a great time. Justin is a wonderful singer/songwriter and a brilliant drummer. He performs with a number of different projects around Columbia including Paul Weber and the Scrappers, The Ridgerunners, The Daves and Foxteeth.https://soulmama.bandcamp.com/https://thedavesmojo.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://paulweberandthescrappers.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://www.facebook.com/pwandthescrappers/

Cool talk and music with Dave Angle, Dave Dearnley and Dave (Justin) Hickerson of The Daves.https://thedavesmojo.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/DogPoundJangle/

Fun conversation and music with Rob Lampe. Part 2 of 2.

Fun conversation and music with Rob Lampe. Part 1 of 2.