Archives: February 2014
SHEL’s ‘Lost at Sea’ is your Folk Alliance International Song of the Day
The International Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp comes to KC February 19-23. To get you geared up for the folk blowout, every day we’re posting a song we like by one of the event’s showcase artists. Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza Holbrook are four sisters from Colorado who together make up the folk band SHEL. They’re all close…
Royals vs. Red Sox Tickets Won’t Come Cheap This Year
We are getting closer to baseball’s opening day and the Kansas City Royals fans are already gearing up for the season in which high expectations are set. The Royals struggled out of the gate last year, but righted the ship and eventually were competitive for the entire season. They came up short for the playoffs, but hopefully that will change…
Carma
Carmen’s Café in Leawood finds a second life as Carma. Charles Ferruzza reviews it in this week’s issue (click here). See photos by Pitch photographer Angela C. Bond.
Styx, Foreigner and Don Felder coming to Starlight Theatre in June
Here’s something to cheer you up on this terrible snowstorm day: Styx, Foreigner and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder have recorded a new version of “Hotel California” and will be releasing a compilation album when the three co-headliners tour together this summer. They stop at Starlight Theatre on Sunday, June 8. The tour is called “Soundtrack of Summer.” I’m not…
MLB Opening Day Looms
As we enter February, we are now just a mere two weeks from pitchers and catchers reporting, signaling the 2014 MLB season is just over two months away. There is nothing quite like Opening Day in baseball. It marks the changing of the seasons from a cold dreary winter into the bright and sun filled spring. Opening Day for the…
Whiskey Shivers’ Andrew VanVoorhees on the band’s evolving sound
As part of our International Folk Alliance Conference preview series, we’re rounding up a bunch of notable acts that are coming to town and chatting about what’s happening in their world. The International Folk Alliance Conference takes place from February 19-23. Details here. Austin’s Whiskey Shivers is a force with which to be reckoned. The group plays bluegrass at breakneck…
Former Grandview Mayor Steve Dennis’ story shows parallels to the Karen Pletz case
News out of Grandview is looking grim for Steve Dennis, the city’s mayor who suddenly resigned last month without explanation, as the FBI began asking questions about a charity that he ran. KSHB Channel 41, which has been light-years ahead of the story, dropped another report Monday night that appears to come closer to explaining why Dennis needed to be far…
WWE star Ryback dominates Super Bowl halftime wing-eating contest in Kansas City
WWE stopped at the Sprint Center for a matinee wrestling show on Sunday. Among the pro wrestlers in attendance was Ryback, a baldheaded, muscled-up monster whose catchphrase is “feed me more.” Apparently, the Ryback was really hungry after the show because Ryback made a stop at a Buffalo Wild Wings and took part in a Super Bowl halftime wing-eating contest. No…
Are some Missouri senators violating the law by denying video access at public hearings?
Attempts to close off public hearings to the public in Jeff City. At a public hearing of the Missouri Senate’s General Laws Committee last week, Brian Nieves, a Republican state senator from the St. Louis area who sends weird, angry e-mails and has been accused of threatening people with guns, booted out a camera crew from KOMU in Columbia (video…
James Taylor is coming to Starlight Theatre in June
Sweet Baby James, along with his All-Star Band, will be stopping by Starlight Theatre on Monday, June 23. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will be bringing fire, rain and tender melodies to KC as part of a lengthy summer tour. Taylor won his first Grammy in 1971 for his song “You’ve Got a Friend.” He has collected four…
Jasper’s Restaurant named to NRN’s Dining Hall of Fame
Last month, the restaurant industry’s best-known trade publication, Nation’s Restaurant News, named the 60-year-old Jasper’s Restaurant to its “Fine Dining Hall of Fame,” along with Momofuku Ko in New York City, Incanto in San Francisco, and the Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The current incarnation of Jasper’s is hardly a casual restaurant, but it’s not as glamorous…
Boulevard’s Chocolate Ale hits taps today, in stores Wednesday
Boulevard founder John McDonald glides up the stairs to the second-floor tasting room. The local craft brewery’s Obi-Wan Kenobi notices a few new faces and then spots a bottle of a much-anticipated Smokestack Series beer on one of the long wooden tables. “Trying Chocolate Ale?” he asks. “I’m excited to taste it,” I tell him. “Remember,” McDonald says, “it’s just…
The Stray Birds’ ‘Time in Squares’ is your Folk Alliance International Song of the Day
The International Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp comes to KC February 19-23. To get you geared up for the folk blowout, every day we’re posting a song we like by one of the event’s showcase artists. Maya de Vitry has one of those wonderfully soothing voices that could probably do anything. Fortunately, she’s found a very appropriate application…
Justin Timberlake Tickets Remain Available for Sprint Center Shows From FrontRowTickets.com
Over the past decade Justin Timberlake has completely transformed himself from former Mickey Mouse Club and lead singer of N’Sync into a Hollywood Renaissance man who can sing, dance and act. Last year, Timberlake made his return to music after taking some time off to focus on his acting career when he released his two part album the 20/20 Experience….
Kansas City finds a way to win the Super Bowl: sitting on the couch and watching it
Kansas City was the best in the country on Sunday for relaxing on the La-Z-Boy with cold longnecks and guacamole dip while taking in some football. Undaunted by a Chiefs playoff disappointment last month, Kansas City scored the highest market television ratings for last night’s Super Bowl. Fox last night broadcast former Chiefs division rival the Seattle Seahawks whipping the…
Blitzen Trapper is coming to Riot the Room in March
Portland folk-rock band Blitzen Trapper is touring in support of its latest album, the October-released VII. They’ve just announced they’ll be visiting the Riot Room on Sunday, March 30. VII is Blitzen Trapper’s seventh full-length album. The band first emerged with its characteristic Americana and folk-rock blend back in 2003 with a self-titled debut. After more than a decade, it…
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