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Jack Topht with Mikal Shapiro and Terri Quinn
Jack Topht wields his, hilarious, sobering, stream of americana commentary via minimal rap-rock fervor like a radical lazer pistol that can correct 9 zillion interconnected bad habits with one zap. - Abraham Lincoln
Part rapper, part performance artist, part comedian/motivational speaker-Jack Topht mixes Bob Dylan, D. Boon and Kool Keith's lyrical attack styles to focus and bewilder listeners while ultimately making them feel less alone in this strange world.
Like a cross between, Le Tigre, Jonathan Richman, Das Racist and Ween, Jack Toft creates a new free american rock and roll experience where listeners can smile freely in the warmth, unpretentiousness, and head noddability of this gentle practitioner of enthusiasm wrangling.
Jack Toft (Kool Keith meets Crass) has put out 18 tapes in the last 7 years, doing shows with Ami Dang, Jamaican Queens, Jeffrey Lewis, B L A C K I E, Frank Hurricane, Wume and other underground heroes. Jack Toft has played on rad line-ups all over America and he always does a really great job even when totally awesome bands play with him! He did whartscape in 2010, performance art at fields fest last summer, he played sxswendys a bunch of times, He always makes people smile, wince, laugh, scream and cry. The crowd leaves the function feeling very satisfied.
Mikal Shapiro:
Mikal Shapiro was born and mostly raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She received her Masters in Filmmaking from the Art Institute of Chicago after dropping out of art schools most of her adult life.
Her musical influences span popular songs, psych rock, lounge, and old time spirituals as well as classic country, jazz and blues. A third generation storyteller, she draws inspiration from her travels, love life, and the state of the Union.
The Kansas City Star, Deli Magazine and Wednesday MidDay Medley declared her latest album The Musical to be one of the top releases of 2015.
Teri Qunn:
A Northern girl with a Southern heart living in the Mid-West, Teri Quinn writes tunes that are sweet yet savory. With her clawhammer banjo playing and old time hollerin', she mixes an old fashioned sound with a modern grit. Drawing inspiration from moon phases and matters of the heart, her enchanting presence is sure to bewitch you.
A few artists that inspire her songwriting include but are not limited to Gillian Welch, Abigail Washburn, The Tallest Man On Earth, Matt Pond, Fionn Regan, Willie Watson, and Blind Boy Paxton. She is a little girl with a big voice. Her live show will transport you to a creepy moonless night spent in the Smokey Mountains.
Blind Boy Paxton once told her to chill.
Teri is also in a few Kansas City bands. She is a clarinetist in a seven piece indie rock group, Claire and the Crowded Stage and a banjo player and vocalist in a nightmaracana band, Abandoned Bells.
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LocationThe Outburst Performance Gallery (View)
1715 Wyandotte
Kansas City, MO 64108
United States
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