- Fri, Nov 22The Listyning RoomNov 22, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USANov 22, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAKelsyn Rooks brings Kansas City's favorite curated listening show, Listyn KC, to our new home in Leawood, The Listyning Room. Come celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" and pay tribute to legendary artist, composer, songwriter, and producer Quincy Jones.
- Multiple DatesSat, Nov 23The Listyning RoomNov 23, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USANov 23, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAEvery month KC record collector and expert David Lombardo takes you Behind the Glass to focus on Producers! David shares stories, anecdotes, trivia, and of course, the RECORDS they help bring to life! For November, David is shining the spotlight on legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr.
- Sat, Nov 30The Listyning RoomNov 30, 2024, 2:00 PM – 8:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USANov 30, 2024, 2:00 PM – 8:00 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin us for a post RSD Black Friday 2024 event. We will give your new records a quick clean and play tracks and sides on a first come first played basis. We are happy to help clean them, or just let you show off! Want to share something else, we'll gladly play your other records or CDs as well.
- Wed, Dec 04The Listyning RoomDec 04, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 04, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin us for Blue Noteables, an evening celebrating Blue Note Records! Teddy Dibble, host of eat.sleep.vinyl, will be sharing stories, anecdotes, and musical tributes. Expect a night filled with laughter, friends, and captivating songs that showcase the spirit of this legendary jazz label.
- Multiple DatesFri, Dec 06The Listyning RoomDec 06, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USA
- Multiple DatesWed, Dec 11The Listyning RoomDec 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin us at The Listyning Room on the 2nd Wednesday of every month as C4RM Crew Chief and Metal connoisseur Alex Paxton will finally get to play the Metal! Each month Alex will focus on classics as well as hidden gems.
- Multiple DatesFri, Dec 13The Listyning RoomDec 13, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 13, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin us on the second Friday evening of each month on a long strange trip through the catalog of the Grateful Dead and adjacent musical acts. Stories, anecdotes, and of course, studio and live recordings to play.
- Multiple DatesSat, Dec 14The Listyning RoomDec 14, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 14, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAThe 2nd Saturday of every month is Omnivore Recordings night. Explore old and new releases each month and discover their magic. We will be playing Vinyl and CDs from a wonderful collection donated to us by Cheryl and Omnivore Recordings!
- Multiple DatesWed, Dec 18The Listyning RoomDec 18, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 18, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin us at The Listyning Room on the 3rd Wednesday of every month as KC record collector and record store personality David Lombardo takes you Behind the Glass to focus on the Producers! David will share stories, anecdotes, trivia, and of course, the RECORDS they have helped bring to life!
- Multiple DatesFri, Dec 20The Listyning RoomDec 20, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USADec 20, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMThe Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th St, Leawood, KS 66206, USAJoin John "Junebug" Stuerke on the 3rd Friday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:30pm as he cooks up some of the best of the best Blues around at the Blues Kitchen Live! A fun, relaxed environment to share some stories, amazing tunes, and maybe a cool beverage or two.
Listyn KC...it started from here
The Center is the home for Listyn KC, Kansas City's premier curated music experience.
Since 2015 "listyners" have gather together while Kelsyn Rooks spins a curated selection of music that inspired or was relevant to the featured LP of the month. Hear some historical anecdotes about the artists and music, along with fun trivia and rare cuts.
Turn off your phones while we turn up the volume and play the featured album, on vinyl, from beginning to end through our legendary hi-fi system .
You won't believe how great music can sound until you...Listyn!
Blues Kitchen Live!
Join John "Junebug" Stuerke, Cory Bryars, and special guest hosts for Blues Kitchen Live! at C4RM, as they spin music and stories about the history of the Blues and the modern musicians carrying on its legacy!
John hosts the Blues Kitchen radio show every Saturday morning on KKFI 90.1 FM from 8:00-11:00 a.m. After 24 years it has grown to become the most popular Blues program in Kansas City. John has either seen, heard, or performed with a veritable who’s who of blues musicians and has great personal stories to match.
Taking "The Fish Fry" Live
For 35 years, Chuck Haddix has been serving up the finest in blues, soul, rhythm & blues, jumpin' jazz and zydeco, at The Fish Fry, Friday and Saturday nights from 8 p.m. to midnight on Kansas City’s Public Radio Station, KCUR, FM 89.3.
Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives, a collection of over 400,000 historic sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Haddix teaches Kansas City jazz history at the Kansas City Art Institute.
His articles have appeared in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine. Haddix is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop published by Oxford University Press and the author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker published by the University of Illinois Press.
Haddix is looking forward to spinning his spicy gumbo of Americana live at the Center.