Join KPR’s 105 Live on Wednesday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library for the 780 Songwriters Circle.
Featuring local artists Colin Halliburton of The Roseline, Suzannah Johannes, and Jeff Stolz. Hosted by Chris Molla of Camper Van Beethoven. Come hear firsthand about each artist’s unique creative process and how they craft the songs we love.
Presented by the Lawrence Public Library, Kansas Public Radio, and Lawrence Music Alliance.
The Roseline
The Roseline (pronounced ‘rose’ like the flower, ‘line’ like a straight line) is a band from Lawrence, Kansas USA. Eight albums into their career, they have crafted a songbook that is at once familiar and singular. Founder and principal songwriter, Colin Halliburton, began the project as an acoustic folk trio, and it has since evolved into the five-piece heartland rock band of its current form.
Kind foreign press and high charting on the Euro Americana Chart (‘Lust for Luster’, ‘Blood’, ‘GOOD/GRIEF’, and ‘Constancy’ all charted in the top ten), led to a deal in the Benelux with Dutch label, King Forward Records. The band also released one album, ‘Vast as Sky’ (2012), with the Bay Area label Ninth Street Opus. With those exceptions aside, the project has largely existed as a truly DIY independent venture.
Suzannah Johannes
Courtesy of Suzannah Johannes
In 2008, Suzannah Johannes was an up-and-coming singer-songwriter with a debut EP – ‘S/T’ – from Range Life Records. Then life happened: she got married, became a mother, dedicated her time to responsibilities outside of music. A few times a year, Johannes would play out in local clubs, but in ways too many women will recognize, her music career felt stuck on pause. Seventeen years later, it’s time to press play—Suzannah Johannes returns with two brilliant full albums: ‘Kansas City: Hanz Bronze Boulevard’ and ‘Los Angeles: The Missing Album’.
Jeff Stolz
Jeff Stolz is a singer, songwriter, playwright, and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed in an array of local musical projects in the past thirty years including the smashingly popular indie-folk cult favorites Drakkar Sauna, the psych-rock band The Hips, and currently the Frightened Stag and 95sweetbird.
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