Music Stories

Here's a spread of songs and personal stories about love, loss and the in-between, including tales from Up to Date host Steve Kraske and KC Currents co-host Sylvia Maria Gross.

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Bill Anderson, programming director: "Nether Lands" by Dan Fogelberg

Central Standard and Walt Bodine Show producer Andrea Silenzi revisits some of the best works by legendary singer Etta James.

"When Etta James passed away I decided it would be a good thing to sit down and listen to a lot of her best songs," Silenzi says. "She's probably best known for her song, 'At Last.' "

Silenzi sing-talks the lyrics to the song, "Her love has come along, her lonely days are over, and life is like a song."

KC Currents' Sylvia Maria Gross tells us about a Brazilian anthem for unrequited love.

"She says 'my heart, I don't know why, beats happily when I see you,' " Gross translates the Portuguese lyrics of the song "Carinhoso" to English.

She continues alongside the singer's voice, " 'And my eyes will smile and follow you down the road, but still, you run away from me.' "

"So that's the beginning part of it, and it's so sad and beautiful," Gross says with a smile and dramatic sigh. "This is the song that occurred to me because I find myself singing it in my head a lot. It's a Brazilian song called 'Carinhoso,' which means affectionate."

Reporter Dan Verbeck talks about a romantic theme from the 1955 movie "Picnic."

"The movie was filmed mostly in Kansas in 1955," Verbeck said.

"The 'Moonglow' theme has a special tingly quality to it. There are two people dancing in a small park beside a stream at a Labor Day picnic," he said. "My wife grew up in a rural town about ten miles from where the picnic scene was filmed."

"They have some towns in central Kansas where not a lot goes on, so when a Hollywood movie crew comes in and neighbors and friends become extras it's going to be very popular and have popular theme music," Verbeck said.