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Tim Finn Listens to The Beach Boys Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971

Posted by Timothy Finn (For over 20 years Tim was the Music Editor for the Kansas City Star and currently contributes to In Kansas City magazine and 90.9 the Bridge.) on 7th Sep 2021

THE BEACH BOYS || Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions, 1969-1971As the end of the 1960s approached, the Beach Boys were adrif

Tim Finn Listens to Sturgill Simpson The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita

Posted by Timothy Finn (For over 20 years Tim was the Music Editor for the Kansas City Star and currently contributes to In Kansas City magazine and 90.9 the Bridge.) on 7th Sep 2021

STURGILL SIMPSON || The Ballad of Dood & JuanitaYou could call this a bluegrass opera but its libretto would be brief: “Dood & Juan

Tim Finn Listens to Hippo Campus Good Dog, Bad Dream

Posted by Timothy Finn (For over 20 years Tim was the Music Editor for the Kansas City Star and currently contributes to In Kansas City magazine and 90.9 the Bridge.) on 7th Sep 2021

HIPPO CAMPUS || Good Dog, Bad DreamThis five-pack of bright, sweet, catchy, crunchy and slightly-off-kilter electro-/indie-pop tunes from t

Tim Finn Listens to Los Lobos Native Sons

Posted by Timothy Finn (For over 20 years Tim was the Music Editor for the Kansas City Star and currently contributes to In Kansas City magazine and 90.9 the Bridge.) on 7th Sep 2021

LOS LOBOS || Native SonsThis collection of covers is a heartfelt tribute to their native East Los Angeles/Southern Cal. Most of these songs

Labor Day Sale Sept 3 thru Sept 6

2nd Sep 2021

Music for the People! It's Labor Day and that means a weekend long sale, and discounts on just about everything in the store. Starts Friday

Tim Finn Listens to Jem Records Celebrates Brian Wilson

Posted by Timothy Finn (For over 20 years Tim was the Music Editor for the Kansas City Star and currently contributes to In Kansas City magazine and 90.9 the Bridge.) on 25th Aug 2021

VARIOUS ARTISTS || Jem Records Celebrates Brian WilsonThe value of any tribute album is directly proportional to the wealth of the honoree