Heavy Metal

As temperatures fall and outdoor performers take the show inside, these aural options offer the most bang for your buck. Whether it’s bluegrass, Bach, or sludge rock that you get down to, Kansas City’s live music scene has something to offer.

Kansas City's summer concert offerings include artists from the West Coast, down south and across the pond. KCUR has curated this list of concerts to help maximize your musical enjoyment this month.

It’s almost Halloween. For some professors at the University of Kansas, that meant getting into character on Wednesday and taking over the catacombs-like…

Segment 1: Meet the city's expert on illegal dumping.Cleaning up other people's messes can be a thankless task. But KCMO's illegal dumping investigator is…

Kansas City's music scene has a long tradition of hardworking artists who turn out great, original songs. Last year was no different. Today,…

Meet the creative forces behind some of the exciting art stuff going on in September. We talk to the director of a play where ten manly explorers are…

Story of a Song is a monthly segment on KCUR'sCentral Standard in which local musicians tell the story behind a song they have written or are…

From the outside, Westend Recording Studio is an unassuming building in a quiet neighborhood just across State Line Road in Kansas City, Kansas. But…

You may not know it, especially if you're listening to this program, but Kansas City has a heavy metal scene. In February, local producer Justin Mantooth…

Dee Snider’s career has defied the stereotypical rock’n’roll life.Front man for Twisted Sister, radio personality, contestant on "Celebrity Apprentice,"…