The Midtown Lounge on 90.1 FM KKFI

11/25/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Yates McKendree
The Allman Brothers Band
Sunnyland Slim and Hubert Sumlin
Wailin' Walker
Cassie Taylor
Kirk Fletcher
Joe Metzka
The Black Crowes
Sister Lucille
Sam Cooke
Catherine Russell
The Jeff Healey Band
Sean Riley & The Water
Keb' Mo'
Buddy Guy
D.K. Harrell
The Blues Brothers
Aubrey Ghent

11/17/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Catherine Russell
Christopher Wyze & the Tellers
Jerry Reiter
Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo
Brandon Isaak
Ally Venable
Gerald McClendon
Buddaheads
Hudspeth & Taylor
Sonny Gullage
The Jimmy Dawkins Band
Watermelon Slim & The Workers
Crosseyed Cat
Brandon Santini
Mike Farris
Finnigan & Wood
Sonny Treadway
Katy Guillen & the Girls
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

11/11/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Count Basie
Slim Harpo
Ian Moore
Mud Morganfield
Ana Popovic
F***y
Joe Swift's Internationals
Tab Benoit
Shawn Amos
Katie Webster
Regrooved
Spoofy
McKinley James
Tom Jones
Hudspeth & Taylor
Freddie King
Marcia Ball
John Mayall
Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings
The Excellos
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

11/06/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these Halloween-flavored blues, rock, and soul artists:

Big Joe Turner
Ella Fitzgerald
Howlin’ Wolf
Albert Collins
Redbone
Shemekia Copeland
Billy Ebeling
Lightnin’ Slim
Samantha Fish
Albert King
Cream
Willie Mabon
James Brown & The Famous Flames
Ray Charles
Big Mama Thornton
John Lee Ho**er
Blind Willie Johnson
Dinah Washington
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Koko Taylor
Lou Rawls
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Mike Sharpe

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these Halloween-flavored blues, rock, and soul artists: Big Joe Turner Ella Fitzgerald Howlin’ Wolf Albert Collins Redbone Shemekia Copeland Billy Ebeling Lightnin’ Slim Samantha Fish Albert King Cream Willie Mabon James Brown & The Famous ...

10/14/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Grand Marquis
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Little Milton
Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band
Big Shoes
Candice Ivory
Aretha Franklin
Kirk Fletcher
Hudspeth & Taylor
Paul Simon
Beth Hart
Mud Morganfield
Sue Foley
The Vaughan Brothers
Mavis Staples
Cam Cole
Anonymous
Southern Hospitality
Yates McKendree
Gina Coleman
The Reverend Horton Heat
Tom Jones
The Nightmares

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists: Grand Marquis Sonny Boy Williamson II Little Milton Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band Big Shoes Candice Ivory Aretha Franklin Kirk Fletcher Hudspeth & Taylor Paul Simon Beth Hart Mud Morganfield Sue...

10/05/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Roosevelt Sykes
Kim Wilson
Buddy Guy
Yates McKendree
D.K. Harrell
Lachy Doley
Sensational Wonders
Candice Ivory
Sunnyland Slim
Popa Chubby
John Primer
Terry Hanck
The Rolling Stones
Sam & Dave
Andrew Duncanson
Aaron Neville
Humble Pie
Ally Venable
The Derek Trucks Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

10/04/2025

Out listening to Kansas City’s Coyote Bill blues! Just ran into the Lindsay Shannon, blues legend and founder of BBs Lawnside BBQ. He’s looking good and tells all his fans… HI!

09/29/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we held our KKFI Band Auction. We featured the Jessie Glennon Band (blues/rock), AGGA DAGGA (modern rock), and Return To Madness (punk rock). All three bands are from Kansas City!

09/22/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Al Hill
Jackie Venson
DC Bellamy
Chris Duarte Group
Ally Venable
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Marcia Ball
Brody Buster
Tad Robinson
J.J. Cale
Larkin Poe
Yates McKendree
Mary Bridget Davies Group
Mike Farris
D.K. Harrell
Big Joe Turner
Bill Haley & His Comets
Fats Domino
ZZ Top

09/14/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

B.B. King
The Selfless Lovers
Alison Joy Williams
Albert King
Lightnin Hopkins
Betty Davis
Andrew Duncanson
Sister Lucille
Tab Benoit
Candice Ivory
Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings
Southern Hospitality
Hill Country R***e
Cotton Candy and so Many Men
Terry Hanck
Kevin Borich Express
Howard Mahan
Stevie Ray Vaughan

09/06/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Big Mama Thornton
Eric Gales
The Reece Murray Band
Ray Charles
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Joe Metzka
STONEY CURTIS BAND
The Hollywood Fats Band
Stranded in the City
MGDs
Julie Bennett Hume
Kirk Fletcher
Ruthie Foster
Tim Knol
Frank Zappa
Andrew Duncanson
The Hatchlings
Altered Five Blues Band
Dean Zucchero

08/30/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Big Joe Turner
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Eddy Clearwater
Freddie King
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Sunnyland Slim
Carey Bell
Ally Venable
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lonnie Ray Blues Band
Howard Mahan
Billy Ebeling
D.K. Harrell
Jimmie Bratcher
GA-20
John Christopher Morgan
Zydeco Flames
The Jive Turkeys
James Brown

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This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists: Big Joe Turner Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Eddy Clearwater Freddie King Robert Randolph & The Family […]