Lawrence, Kansas
- October 7, 2025
Fally Afani
http://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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Lincoln Marshall release dizzying new music video
There are a million and one reasons to love local hip hop. It’s a scene you can connect with, feel hometown pride with, and it’s
Psychic Heat premieres new single
It seems that Replay Records is up and running again. There have been recent rumblings of the locally-based record label, and we’re finally starting to
Vivid Zebra collective raising strong crop of local electronic, hip hop acts
alccalh / Photo by Fally Afani Electronic music and independent hip hop have been making small rumblings in Lawrence, and they're likely to start making
Watch: KD Kuro at the Taproom
We can’t help but have a good chuckle when KD Kuro’s around. The Kansas City rapper has such a dry humor about him, it inevitably
Photo Gallery: Snoop Dogg / Wiz Khalifa / The High Road Tour
Snoop Dogg / Photo by Fally Afani Under a full moon in Bonner Springs, Kansas, an amphitheater was lit (both figuratively and literally). We've never
Photo Gallery: Heart / Cheap Trick
Editor's Note: Heart and Cheap Trick traveled through Kansas City as part of the "Rock Hall Three For All" tour on Monday and played to
Ask An Adult are really, really weird
Ask An Adult is a really, really weird band, you guys. But boy, are they fantastic entertainment. The frontman in Ask An Adult has no
Photo Gallery: The People’s Punk Band / Iron Guts Kelly / The Bad Ideas
The People's Punk Band / Photo by Fally Afani In case you were wondering where The People's Punk Band's politics stand, Saturday night's show provided
Party Animals: Drugs and Attics bring the party to Lawrence
Right now, there is no Kansas City-area band more deserving to be on Burger Records than Drugs and Attics. The guys make party music that
Five Questions with Buzz Osborne of The Melvins
Just one year after The Melvins tore through the Bottleneck, they’re returning to Lawrence for what we anticipate as another ear-shattering performance. We caught up