Ghost Notes

Calvin Arsenia is a vocalist, multi instrumentalist, music teacher, and performance artist based in Kansas City. He has performed internationally and lived and made music in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Jeff Harshbarger is a bassist, composer, and staple of the Kansas City music scene. Along with playing bass all over the globe in a variety of bands, he co-founded an artist run record label named Tzigane Music, and hosts Wednesday’s Jazz in the Afternoon on KKFI.

The Buhs is an eleven piece pop group from Kansas City that fuses elements of hip-hop and soul. I spoke to lead vocalist Julia Haile and trumpeter Hermon Mehari.

Taryn Miller is a musician from Winfield, Kansas who plays under the moniker Your Friend. She was signed to Domino Records, home of Animal Collective and Neutral Milk Hotel, in 2014. After the release of her first self-produced EP called Jekyl/Hyde. Since then, she's toured internationally, and put-out a full length album Gumption via Domino Records.

Vocalist Kianna Alarid and guitarist/songwriter Jared White lead the Kansas City Band Yes You Are. Kianna discuss the transition from the indie rock band Tilly and The Wall to the pop rock group, Yes You Are; and they both talk about how faith has shaped their music.

Mogan Cooper, also known as Barrel Maker is a Kansas City hip-hop emcee and filmmaker. A man of many talents and names, he usually goes by his last name, Cooper. He released his second full length album with producer Conductor Williams this year. It’s called "Blk Flan II: For The Imperfect. For The Diligent". Right now, he’s making music with LiON, a DJ based in Lawrence, Kansas.

Marty Hillard is a Topeka, Kansas native and founder of Ebony Tusks, a three piece hip hop group he formed in 2010. DJ Daniel Smith joined the group two years later. And Marty met his supporting vocalist Nathan Giesecke while "Geese" was running lights for the Lawrence Band Thieves. Marty joins us on Ghost Notes today at KCUR 89.3 studios.

Cody Wyoming and Kimmie Queen have been creating music as a couple in Kansas City for 12 years. They have carefully selected four Kansas City musicians to join their heavy psychedelic infused rock group, The Philistines. Cody writes most of the group’s songs on guitar and sings. Kimmie is the group’s lead singer, and unofficial lead dancer on stage as well.

Mr. Amado Espinoza is a Kansas City based composer and musician from Cochabamba, Bolivia. We’re joined today by Espinoza and his wife Karen Lisondra, who will jump in and help us translate.

Mikal Shapiro is a Kansas City singer-songwriter-musician who grew up in suburban Johnson county and remembers never quite fitting in. Her mom studied occult science by mail, and her dad was known for telling extravagant tales. Mikal released her fourth full length album The Musical in April 2015. We’ll dive into her past and how it’s shaped her 20-year musical career.