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Musicians with recordings for radio, Poets, Gardeners, Organizers, Writers, Animal Rescuers, Hairstylists, Elected Leaders, Muralists, Environmentalists, Peformance Artists, D.J.s, Teachers, Students, Insiders, Outsider Artists, Environmentalist, Critics, Scientists, Radio Programmers, Mothers, Culinary Artists, Bookstore Employees, Rock and Rollers, Actors, Civil Rights Lawyers, Waitresses, Librarians, Folk Singer Songwriters, Painters, Hip Hop Artists, Theatre People, Comedians, Record Store Owners, National Artists traveling through, Listeners, Deep Voices, Storytellers, Old Friends, Historians, Bass Players, and Activists. Our "Top Friends" (shown below) is a Tribute to the many reasons we exist as a radio show. They include our biggest inspirations, mentors, musicians and friends. They also include special guests and contributing artists of the show. We are grateful for the opportunity to share and connect. Thanks for visiting our page and please help keep Community Radio, College Radio and Independent Media Alive. 90.1 FM KKFI is a delicate, yet storm-resistant, midcoastal flowering native, planted by working people from the local community who had a vision for our ears. We are endeavoring to make our own, home-grown media, for and from, our own collective communities, without commercials and without corporate playlists. The airwaves belong to all of us. Let us all keep them free.
The Velvet Underground, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Simone, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Arcade Fire, Elliot Smith, The Postal Service, The Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, Joni Mitchell, The Go Betweens, 1990s, Holly Golightly, Iris DeMent, Mike Dillon's Go Go Jungle, Konono No. 1, Yo La Tengo, Yo Yo Ma, P.G. Six, Au Revoir Simone, The ACB's, Denge Fever, China Forbes, The Apples in Stereo, Oh Laura, Shelby Lynne, Beach House, The Duke Spirit, Billy Strayhorn, Mum, T-Model Ford, The Postmarks, Vieux Farka Toure, Big Mama Thornton, Mika, Rockhill, Fugiya & Miyagi, Band of Horses, The Cure, Peter Bjorn & John, Cris Williamson, Lacrosse, Triska Viljor, Parlour Steps, Jason Collett, Tift Merritt, Sydney Wayser, Espers, Bright Black Morning Light, The Main Drag, Lightspeed Champion, The Whigs, Howlin' Rain, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Vampire Weekend, Ingrid Michaelson, The Russian Futurists, Daft Punk, Sandy Denny, Utah Carol, Shapes and Sizes, Yusuf Islam, The Dears, Forrest Whitlow, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics, Leela James, Leo Kottke, Ali Farke Toure, Mary Gauthier, Bright Eyes, Stevie Wonder, The Wilders, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Mark Bilyeu, Cindy Woolf, alacartoona, Interpol, M. Ward, El Perro del Mar, Sia, eXIT cLOV, Carbon Leaf, Bob Walkenhorst, Bjork, Devendra Banhart, Midlake, Hot Chip, Beth Scalet, Son Volt, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Holly, Erykah Badu, David Bowie, The Breeders, LaBelle, Johnny Cash, BCR, Fela Ransom Kuti, John Fahey, Olivia Tremor Control, Spoon, Megan Birdsall, The Paper Cuts, Vogado Projects, Quantic, Panda Bear, The Besnard Lakes, Amnesty, Antibalas, Dr. Dog, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Lily Allen, Six Organs of Admittance, Eleni Mandell, Laura Cantrell, Phosphorescent, Smog, Mogwai, Kelly Hunt, Cymande, John Vanderslice, Kinski, Parker & Lily, Death Cab For Cutie, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Prince, Ruben Blades, Marvin Gaye, Los Lobos, Keren Ann, Ry Cooder, The National, Martha Wainwright, Brian Eno, SoundsGood, The White Stripes, Kimya Dawson, Patti Smith, Malachy Papers, Patty Griffin, Mose Allison, Karen Savoca, onemilliontinyjesuses, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Emiliana Torrini, Jackson Browne, Erma Franklin, In The Pines, Sammi Smith, The Pixies, Kasey Rausch, Wendy Carlos, The Rentals, Emerson-Lake-Palmer, Tomita, The Moog Cookbook, The Bobcats, Split Lip Rayfield, The Watermelon Slim Band, the afterparty, Barbara Blue, The Mamas & The Papas, Nirvana, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Muzik, The Hold Steady, Blonde Redhead, The Rosebuds, The Bee Gees, Lez Zeppelin, Enon, Strawfoot, Pinebox Serenade, Mary Lou Williams, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Angie Stone, BCR, Bill Withers, Earl Klugh & Bob James, Ms. Sandra Brown, Titanium Frame, Asa, Issac Hayes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Duke Ellington, Caribou, Band of Bees, Love, Boards of Canada, ROYKSOPP, Eudora, Lloyd Daniel, Gary Kirkland, Tortoise, Mark Montgomery, Dave Insley, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joe Carr, Hanne Hukkelberg, The Album Leaf, Iron & Wine, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, eels, Duran Duran, The Beatles, Bob and Diana Suckiel, Antony and The Johnsons, The Raindogs, Robot Are Me, Krystle Warren, Ian Dury, Dmitri From Paris, Phoebe Snow, Of Montreal, Louis Armstrong, Kid Koala, The Faint, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Portishead, Charlie Patton, Bardo Pond, Coldplay, British Sea Power, Corey Harris, The Magic Numbers, Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Moby, Pete Seeger, The Clash, The Jackson 5, The Flaming Lips, Joe Roberts, The Jeff & Vida Band, Truckstop Honeymoon, The Too High String Band, Wilco, Junior Brown, Gov't. Mule, Calexico, Neko Case, String Cheese Incident, John Butler Trio, Matisyahu, The North Mississippi All Stars, Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks, Anne Feeney, Talking Heads, Jim White, Aimee Mann, Buggles, Wall of Voodoo, Ramones, REM, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Kristie Stremel, Harry Chapin, Steely Dan, Joe Jackson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, David Byrne, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Horse Stories, Lea Delaria, Freddy Mercury, Queen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Millage Gilbert, Jose Gonzales, Justice, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Stars, Manu Chao, John Cameron Mitchell, Paul Lynde, Noel Coward, Amy Ray, The Pet Shop Boys, Ani Difranco, The Buzzcocks, The B-52's, Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Doris Henson, John Cale, William S. Burroughs, Morrissey, Harvey Milk, Peter Allen, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Elton John, Tegan & Sarah, Air, Lou Harrison, Mouse On Mars, Mary Timony, Sleater-Kinney, Jelly Roll Morton, The Golden Republic, Vladimir Horowitz, Thievery Corporation, Hum, Helium, Manfred Hubler & Ziegfried Schwab, Traffic, Eric Carmen, Matthew Sweet, Taxi Kreol, Mendes Brothers, Martin Denny, Esquivel, St. Germain, Castanets, Wishing Chair, LCD Soundsystem, Weezer, Doves, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Love, Eighteenth Day of May, Curtis Mayfield, Clem Snide, Little Richard, Peggy Lee, Roots Manuva, Rachel Yamagata, Gary Numan, Beck, Bloc Party, John Lennon, The Decemberists, Mavis Staples, Randy Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Reda Carr & The Hotwater Mermaids, Mike Doughty, Jump Rope For Heart, The Faces, Elvis Costello, The Mar-Kays, Muddy Waters, Low, Hem, Quantic, Vogado Projects, Radiohead, Worm is Green, The Kills, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Allman Brothers Band, Morrissey, Ron Sexsmith, Greg Brown, Bob Marley, Mary J. Blige, Big Joe Turner, Kaiser Chiefs, Ani DiFranco, Aretha Franklin, Mercury Rev, Nick Lowe, Lucinda Williams, Femme Fatality, Pixel Panda, Randy Newman, Crosby-Stills-Nash & Young, Dusty Springfield, Flee The Seen, The Staple Singers, Solomon Burke, Gillian Welch, Paul Thorn, Neil Young, Chemical Brothers, Cat Power, Slint, Danny Krause, Frantic Bleep, Tosca, Peace Orchestra, Jim Scott, Brazilian Girls, Devotchka, Enon, The Von Bondies, Eisley, Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Tori Amos, Tabla Rasa, Bobby Carson Band, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Laurie Anderson, The Litigators, Stan Slaughter, Joel Kraft, Kathleen Edwards, Blind Boys of Alabama, Damien Rice, Etta James, Bobby Short, Al Green, Wildwood, Nancy Griffith, Taj Mahal, Pink Floyd, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Danny Cox, Stereo Lab, The Pretenders, The Runaways, U2, The O'Jays, Buddy Guy, Percy Sledge, Bobbie Gentry, Jill Scott, Moot Davis, Dr. John, Norah Jones & Richard Julian, Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys, Mos Def, Thelonius Monk, Archer Prewitt, Secret Machines, Joanna Newsom, Papa M., Sigur-Ros, Bill Staines, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, David Lindley, Frank Black, Bauhaus, Billy Belzer, Betty Everett, The Five Stair Steps, Fruit, Ben Lee, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, James McMurtry, New Radicals, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The O'Jay's, Mazzy Star, Rosa Passos, San Ilya, Loggins and Messina, Miles Davis, Calexico, Lorretta Lynn, Jill Sobule, The Ronettes, X, Chet Baker, The Girl is a Ghost, Squeeze, Felice Taylor, Ray Charles, Tom Tom Club, Konk, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney, Angela McCluskey, Alison Krauss & Union Station, T-Rex, The Stooges, Irma Thomas, Bette Midler, XTC, The Modern Lovers, Nico, Roxy Music, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Cocker, The New York Philharmonic, Vanilla Fudge, Deja Move, Tricky, Madonna, Julian Cope, Charles Mingus, Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Karrin Allyson, G Love & Special Sauce, The Chambers Brothers, The Holmes Brothers, The Neville Brothers, Mahalia Jackson, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Tom Russell, Dolores Keane, Patterson Hood, Minnie Driver, Todd Snider, Stephan Smith, Gil Scott - Heron, Kanye West, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bessie Smith, The Future Heads, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zepplin, Boards of Canada, Massive Attack, Camera Obscura, Rilo Kiley, Ibrahim Ferrer, Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Gotan Project, Ursula 1000, Poe, War, Mott The Hoople, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Parliament, Sweet, Tim Curry, Polyphonic Spree, The Cowsills, Jonathan Kramer, Me'shell NdegeOcello, The Heads, Lurlene, They Might Be Giants, Split Enz, Haircut 100, Chenille Sisters, School Of Fish, Xiu Xiu, Big Mama Thorton, The Rachels, The Grates, Belle & Sebastian, Average White Band, Ohio Players, Tosca, Stephen Malkmus, Pavement, Los Amigos Invisibles, Maximum Joy, Laura Veirs, Shemekia Copeland, Cindy Bullens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Rosie Thomas, M83, Hilary Scott, Billy Joe Shaver, Juliet & The Licks, Hayseed Dixie, Joy Zipper, Joy Division, Dressy Bessy, Josh Ritter, Rosanna Cash, River City Revelators, Joel Kraft, The New Tragedies, Regina Spektor, Joe Good, Piney Gir, The Fiery Furnaces, It's Over, Bruce Springsteen, The Roman Numerals, Gnarls Barkley, Field Music, The M's, Curtis Mayfield, Elvis Costello, The Secret Machines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Keane, Islands, Ben Harper, Muse, Messy Bessy, Paper Airplanes, Joel Kraft, Grandaddy, Monitors, Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy, Gnarls Barkley, Thom Yorke, Drive By Truckers, Bruce Cockburn, The Secret Machines, Tom Livesay, Jens Lekman, Jeff Buckley, The Paper Hearts, The Flying Lizards, The Black Lips, The Black Hollies, Syd Barrett and Juana Molina.
The A Directors: Almodovar, Araki, Anger, Altman, Anders, Allen, Anderson (Both Wes and Paul Thomas), also: Alfred, and Atom. Also: John Waters, Todd Haynes, Paul Morrissey
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, C-Span, Bill Moyers, Walter Mercado on Univision, Weeds, The Colbert Report, Six Feet Under, Mister Rogers, Soul Train, Real Time with Bill Maher, Kansas City Week In Review with Nick Haines, The PTL Club, The Carol Burnet Show, LOGO, Countdown with Kieth Olberman, Starting Over, Oz, The Kathy Griffin Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Public Access, Current, UMKC Television, Absolutely Fabulous, Kansas City Government Channel, The Tony Awards, 30 Rock, Keeping Up Appearances, Def Poetry Jam, Strangers With Candy, This American Life, Brothers and Sisters, South Park, Watching The Big Bang (the fuzz)
By: Michael Pollan, Lucille Clifton, Anne Lamott, Tim Miller, Christopher Bram, Scott Heim, Allen Ginsberg, Suzi Gablik, Paul Monette, Russell Banks, Toni Morrison, Sarah Vowell, William S. Burroughs, Randy Shilts, Tennessee Williams, Bell Hooks, Harvey Fierstein, Jean Cocteau, Augusten Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Coles, Jason Ryberg, Joni Mitchell, Lois Ehlert, Eric Carle, Willa Cather, Charles Dickens, Gertrude Stein, Sophocles
Gandhi, Bayard Rustin, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver, Edna Jacobsen, George Bernard Shaw, Gertrude Stein, Lucille Ball, Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Larry Kramer, Ryan White, John Lennon, David Bowie, Lou Jane Temple, Andy Warhol, Jane Fonda, Lorretta Lynn, Lily Tomlin, Karen Findley, Patti Smith, Tim Miller, Pat Kranau, Karen Carpenter, Ira Glass, Lisa Cordes, Jim "The Blind Guy" Hoschek, Marcia Pomeroy and Michael Tombs, and Caleb Belknap