Lawrence, Kansas
- October 27, 2026
Fally Afani
https://www.iheartlocalmusic.com
Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 20 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and more.
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KSDB-FM is doing everything right with local music
We need to talk about KSDB. The student-run radio station should be considered one of local music’s greatest assets right now— and it’s based out
Photo Gallery: Leggy / T-Rextasy / Westerners
You’d have to be an awfully special band for the Replay to push back karaoke night. Leggy is that special band. The Ohio rockers served
Lawrence celebrates Bob Marley’s birthday with Soul Rebel and the Beast, Zack Mufasa
The first thing you noticed when you walked into the Granada on Saturday night was the smell. It hit you like a delicious ton of
Photo Gallery: La Guerre / Pale Tongue / Rae Fitzgerald / Garrett Marsh
The Replay's infamous Three-Headed-Thursdays became a Four-Headed-Thursday when indie crooners and rockers took the stage this week. The event celebrated a tour kickoff for one
Now you can download local music while donating to the ACLU
If you heart local music and activism, here are a couple of ways you can contribute. Tomorrow, rowdy rockabilly roughhouser Joel Bonner will be releasing
A bunch of Lawrence musicians came together to cover Bowie, Prince, and more
It might’ve been the most concentrated amount of local collaboration in one setting this year. Musicians spanning several genres— including indie, experimental, bluegrass, jazz, and
Photo Gallery: The Conquerors / Shy Boys / Fullbloods
If you want to know some of the best music Kansas City has to offer, look to High Dive Records. In addition to a few
Truckstop Honeymoon tore it up at Frank’s over the weekend
There wasn’t much room for dancing, but that didn’t stop dozens of fans from cutting a rug at Frank’s on Friday night. That’s where Truckstop
Photo Gallery: Deerhunter / Migrainz
Migrainz / Photo by Fally Afani You could say the night was full of experiments. Experiments in sound, experiments in temperaments, and experiments with a
Truckstop Honeymoon wrote a song about the Governor of Kansas
There is no band in the area more adored than Truckstop Honeymoon, and no one person more loathed than Kansas Governor Sam Brownback. So when