Open Mike Radio

Super fun show with Travis, Stacey and Lisa, AKA The Huckleberries . Plus a wonderful, if brief, visit with John Depew . John is an amazing multi-instrumental singer/songwriter and we got to hear a couple form John live in the studio. Just fantastic.

Fun show with cool tunes from Dream Squeeze . We also had a good talk about music along with your calls. Check out the intro with Memphis Chris on harmonica.

Perhaps the best episode of Open Mike Radio we've done thus far. Just a bunch of amazingly talented people sharing songs and having fun. Featuring Dave Dearnley , Dave Angle , John Randall , Justin Hickerson , Tim Carey and Tony Lotven, along with me and Kurt and Memphis and Clark. 

Very fun show and a big change of pace as we present poetry and spoken word. Ann Wright, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Grace, Don and KancHans recited poems for us and Jim McManus played a couple songs. We also had a real cool visit from Nic Danger and a killer new tune from Bummy. Also great new music from The January Lanterns and the marvelous Rae Fitzgerald. Nic Danger Bummy The January Lanterns Rae F...

Fun show featuring music from artists performing at the 2023 MO Jazz Festival in Columbia, MO. We play some songs from Samantha Fierke, The Bel Airs, Lao Tizer, Dawn Weber and Good Company and The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. Outstanding music from a bunch of amazing artists. MO Jazz Festival Samantha Fierke The Bel Airs Dawn Weber and Good Company The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Lao Tizer Previou...

Blast of a show with Garrett, Ryan, Brent, Dylan and Luke...AKA...Hang Your Hate. Plus a quick visit from the Sticky's Cabana gang and a talk with our good friend, Adeline Moon. HYH on Bandcamp HYH on Instagram

Impressive performance from Max Angle and Cameron Watson, AKA, New Moon. Plus a visit from new band member Andy Liu, Mani-Pedi guitarist, Luke Sabath and a few other friends, along with your calls. New Moon on Instagram

Clayton Hicklin and Kevin Amburgy join us for some absolutely amazing guitar and mandolin picking. Also a visit from Rob Lampe who joined the guys on Dobro for a couple tunes. Plus the usual rundown of events and your calls. CHB on Facebook Clayton on Soundcloud

Awesome fun show with a bunch of friends dropping by to play and chat. Featuring Dave Angle, Adam Wilson, Justin Hickerson and Sammy Flame and the Habaneros. Plus poet Ann Wright and your calls.

Fun show with Jim, Travis and Chris of The Boone Howlers. Lots of great live stuff plus a couple recorded songs. Boone Howlers on Spotify

Our own Kind Kurt shares some of his own songs with us and we have a generally awesome time with the usual suspects. Also a visit from Sticky and the crew from Sticky's Cabana.

Fantastic live music and conversation with The Daves. Plus a visit from The Boone Howlers and a couple live ones in studio from them.

Fantastic live performance from Bad Names. Outstanding. Plus Sticky, owner of Sticky's Cabana, and Bud from Provoke The Colossus stop by to chat.

Awesome live music and a fun conversation with Ally, Alex and Ryan of The Brink Como. We heard a couple debuts and also took a bunch of phone calls from friends and fans.

Outstanding live performance from Shane and Dave of Naked Basement. Plus new music debuts from Cosmosis, a visit from the owner of a new music venue in Randolph County called Sticky's Cabana, and Tony Lotven fills us in on the happenings at the first annual Compassfest Music Festival.

Totally jamming show with live music and a great conversation with Laika. Plus a visit from the guys in Concannon. Laika on Instagram Concannon on Instagram

Great live music and a great talk with the members of The Onions. Plus a phone visit with David Wax of David Wax Museum. Both The Onions and DWM played at The Blue Note that night. The Onions on Bandcamp David Wax Museum

Live music along with some recorded material from Backwater. We visit with John Schneller and Rob Lampe from the band. Also a visit from Ryan of The Brink-Como.

Supercool show with the guys from Lemon Settlement returning to OMR with a new drummer and keyboard/guitarist. They played a bunch of great live stuff throughout the show and we had a fun talk. And we finally had a visit from Bummy after too long. He shared some of his new material with us. Lemon Settlement on Bandcamp Bummy on Instagram

Great show with visits from a bunch of different bands and artists who will be performing next week at the Columbia Earth Day Festival. We had visits from Adam Wilson - Ruby Lane, Estrella, Love Seats and Bad Names, We also raised over $400 for the station's pledge drive. Which means that I get a pie in the face.

Super fun show with Josh, Mike and Justin of Foxteeth. They played a few live songs for us and we had a fun talk. Plus a visit from Kai, Jake and Brody of Concannon who dropped off a copy of their debut CD, Distortion. We played a few tracks and talked with the band a little. Finally a visit from Jolene and a couple of her latest recordings. Foxteeth on Instagram Concannon Jolene

Fantastic live music with bluegrass/folk band, The Rolling Stops. A quick chat and a song from Dave Angle, John Randall and Andy Rehm. Violet Vonder Haar also stopped by and played us an awesome new song.

A short chat with Paul Meyer, bass player for The Rolling Stops, who will be playing live next week. Then a visit with Mason Van Ghost and the debut of 3 songs from his new album, Songs About Feelings. Fantastic. Van Ghost on Bandcamp Van Ghost on Instagram

Rocket Kirchner joins us to listen to and review his new album, The Casebook of Detective Ribak. Plus phone calls from Lucky guitarist, Kris Wilson and Chicago artist, Official Claire. Rocket on Soundclick Official Claire on Bandcamp

A KOPN 50th Anniversary special edition. Super fun show with Kellie, Jess and Ryan of the Goldenrods. Along with visits from close friends John Randall, Paul Weber and Justin Hickerson. The Goldenrods on Bandcamp The Hooten Hallers Paul Weber and the Scrappers on Bandcamp