Bill Brownlee
Music WriterKCUR contributor Bill Brownlee blogs about Kansas City's jazz scene at plasticsax.com.
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The Conquerors, a Kansas City band, has a 1967 flavor that works well in these days of throwback sound. KCUR music reviewer Bill Brownlee feels that after… -
Blue Springs-based David Cook became a hometown hero when he won the 2008 season of “American Idol.” His latest album features sincere, melodic rock with… -
Maria the Mexican is a roots-rock band fronted by sisters Maria Elena and Tess Cuevas, who combine vocal harmonies as part of the band’s blend of rock and… -
Logan RichardsonShift (Blue Note)The booklet that accompanies Logan Richardson’s monumental new album Shift contains four pages of manga-style graphic… -
The members of Fullbloods weren’t born when soft rock groups like Pablo Cruise were in radio rotation in the 70s, but this Kansas City band revives the… -
This week’s Local Listen zeros in on a recent addition to Kansas City’s music scene, the Greeting Committee. The region’s indie-rock community has… -
David Basse and Joe CartwrightLive at Pilgrim Chapel (Lafayette Music)Live at Pilgrim Chapel, a duet album from two mainstays of Kansas City’s jazz scene,… -
The band name selected by the members of Organized Crimes may recall the nefarious activities that transpired in Kansas City in the first half of the last… -
Mike Alexander is an entrenched Kansas Citian, but he expertly evokes the vintage punk sound of Southern California with his trio Hipshot Killer. “They… -
Jay McShann was occasionally called the “Man From Muskogee,” but Kansas City was the longtime home of the fondly remembered musician who died in 2006. The…
