105 Live
Showcasing new and noteworthy music from all 105 counties in Kansas, 105 Live celebrates and promotes music made right here in Kansas. Each show includes an in-studio session recorded in KPR’s Live Performance Studio, plus interviews, live tracks, artist debuts and song premieres are all on the agenda for the hour-long program. Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. Submit your material to be played on 105 Live.
Latest Episodes
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For our last show of 2024, Nick Spacek, music editor of the Kansas City Pitch joins us to recap some of his favorite tracks of 2024.
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This week’s 105 Live features new releases and special holiday singles from KS artists, with a live session from Lawrence’s Kelley Hunt at her LG Desk Concert.
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105 Live is debuting music from three new Kansas counties with Sally Vee (Wabaunsee), The Ghost Racket (Pottawatomie) and Hembree (Ward bros from Bourbon Co). Plus, highlighting new genres and a killer live session recorded from the stage of The Bottleneck with Hembree!
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105 Live features music from Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy, Sky Smeed, Ashley Davis, Benjamin Cartel, Maria The Mexican, Keo & Them, and Spencer & Rains. Our live session comes to us again from the LG Desk Concert series recorded live at the Topeka Statehouse with Son Venezuela, in partnership with the Kansas Arts Commission and KTWU.
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On this week's show, we air our first live performance from the LG Desk Concert series, recorded at the Topeka Statehouse for Kansas Arts Commission and KTWU, with Maria the Mexican. Sharing new releases from Godzillionaire and Jessica Paige plus music from KC, Lawrence and Manhattan, KS.
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On 105 Live this week: looking back at some live tracks recorded from the stage of The Bottleneck this fall with Draper Family Band, Eddie Moore's Electric Group, Christena Graves Band and Swallowtails, plus looking forward to future live sets with a teaser from Ultimate Fakebook's 25th Anniversary show. Plus, tracks from upcoming live shows with Tree Frog, Lucas Parker, Billy Ebeling, Nate Hofer, Kat King and Son Venezuela!
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More new genres on 105 Live this week! Bluegrass from Hays, KS, red dirt country and comedy via Salina, acoustic rock from Kansas City region, and much more. Our live session comes from the stage of The Bottleneck with The Swallowtails, with Miki P and Rachel Lovelace in studio for conversation. Plus music from Izzy Hedges & The Lemon Wedges, Black Light Animals, Jaron Bell, 80 Proof Alice, Virga and Cory Phillips.
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On 105 Live this week, it's all new releases, new demos and an epic live session with The Roseline. New single releases from Benjamin Cartel, The Musical and Jessica Paige, plus demos from Mean Motive and Terry Padduck, music from Bad Alaskan.
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This week's 105 Live features a live session from the Draper Family Band recorded from the stage of The Bottleneck in Lawrence. Plus, news of a new PBS music series from the desk of the Lieutenant Governor for Kansas and featuring Kansas artists. Music from Mellowphobia, Baldwin, Billy Ebeling, The Swallowtails, David Taylor and Freedy Johnston (feat Aimee Mann).
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Music from Wichita, Manhattan, Lawrence, and Kansas City on this show, with special in-studio guest Eddie Moore. Live tracks come from the stage of The Bottleneck and Eddie Moore's Electric Group featuring Isaiah Petrie (vibraphone), Jaylen Ward (drums) and Eddie Moore (keys). Plus music from Kelley Hunt, Lonnie Fisher, Rudy Love & The Encore, Liney Blu, Nirvana Hope and the new single from LYXE.