High Fashion Ahead: Your Best of KC 2024 picks are here! We are excited to present you with our Best of KC 2024 issue, now in stands and online! Thank you for nominating (in record-breaking numbers!) and then voting (by the hundreds of thousands!) for what makes your life delicious, enriched and simply better in KC. Click here (or on...

Oct 11, 2024 · Sixpence None The Richer. // photo credit Ben Pearson While not quite reaching the heights of fellow crossover artists DC Talk, alternative music act Sixpence None the Richer came out of the Christian music scene to secular success. Thanks to the still imminently popular single “Kiss Me,” alongside covers of The La’s “There She Goes” and “Don’t Dream it’s Over”...

Dec 13, 2023 · Simon Price. // Courtesy Price Out this week from Dey Street Books is Curepedia: The A-Z of the Cure by music journalist Simon Price. It’s a massive tome, checking in at over 400 pages, covering every aspect of the long-running English band. Within its pages, you’ll find “a full-scale look at the long list of band members, current and past,...

Jan 23, 2024 · CAKE. // Courtesy band Since 1991, Sacramento’s CAKE has being making a genre of rock music all their own. Formed as a sort of reaction to how loud and stupid 90s rock radio sounded to lead singer John McCrea, the band has carved out an incredible niche. Between hit songs like “Going the Distance” and “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”, they’ve equally...

Dec 16, 2024 · The Allman Betts Family Revival is nothing short of an amazing conglomeration of wildly talented musicians paying homage to all-time great rock and rollers, The Allman Brothers Band.. On Sunday, Dec. 15, The Allman Betts Band—consisting of Gregg Allman’s and Dickie Betts’ sons Devon Allman and Duane Betts, along with drummers John Lum and Alex Orbison, bassist Justin Corgan, guitarist ...

Dec 21, 2024 · The House . In Westwood, The House is where to go if you’re craving a night out at a cooky (in a cool way) midwestern aunt’s house. The small home next to Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop is full-on-festive with inflatables, vintage Christmas records spinning, firepits for roasting smores, and on-theme cocktails.

Aug 28, 2024 · The Pitch: Last year, Extreme released their first album in 15 years, Six.I imagine there’s been a lot going on in between those two albums. What keeps the band going after so many years? Nuno Bettencourt: It’s that brotherly love-hate that we have for each other.No, we’ve obviously been doing shows and doing performances and stuff through those years together.

Jan 5, 2025 · The Substance. // Courtesy MUBI On January 4th, members of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) voted on 16 categories to decide the winners of the 59th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards. Categories included the Robert Altman Award for Best Director, the Vince Koehler Award For Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Horror Film, …

Sep 11, 2024 · As one half of the legendary vocal duo The Righteous Brothers, singer Bill Medley has been making music for over six decades. Be it his work on Righteous Brothers’ classics “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” and “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” or his smash duet “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” with Jennifer Warnes, along …

Nov 19, 2024 · Cortadito owners Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez // Photo by Tiffany Watts This Saturday, Kansas City’s newest Cuban cafe, Cortadito, opened its doors, inviting the community to experience the warmth, flavor, and spirit of Cuba right in the heart of the city. Owners Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez, both deeply connected to their Cuban heritage, aim to make Cortadito more...