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Geo Joe is a collaboration between Wichita musicians Georgia Sutton and Joey Lemon. According to Lemon, the pair's differing compositional styles became an asset to the songs on their debut album, Back Home. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin recently spoke with Georgia Sutton and Joey Lemon, plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Half a dozen states have passed legislation in recent years to support rural, independent grocers. Now lawmakers in Iowa and Nebraska are pushing to create their own programs. How grant programs could help grocers and the communities they serve. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

This year has been all about tax cuts for Kansas lawmakers. But despite that, they were unable to reach a deal with Governor Laura Kelly before ending the regular session. Now, the governor is calling lawmakers back to Topeka for a special session to pass tax cuts she’s willing to sign. We have that story, plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Musician A.J. Croce is currently on tour performing concerts billed as Croce Plays Croce during which he pays tribute to his late father, the songwriter Jim Croce. One thing that he has learned in that process, he says, is that his father understood human nature. Jedd Beaudoin speaks with A.J. Croce. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Even before the COVID pandemic, Kansas school districts were doubling down on technology and buying laptops or tablets for every student. But now, concerns about too much screen time have some schools rethinking the value of computers in the classroom. We’ll hear how some Kansas districts are scaling back on technology and what that means for students and teachers. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.

Eric Bibb – Dear America (Provogue)Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado – Groove and Good Times (Pepper Cake)Adam Schultz – Soulful Distancing (Blue Heart)Blind Lemon Pledge – A Satchel Full of Blues (Ofeh)Colin Linden – bLOW (Thirty Tigers)

1. Wee Willie Walker – Not In My Lifetime (Blue Dot) 2. Adam Schultz – Soulful Distancing (Blue Heart) 3. Tito Jackson – Under Your Spell (Gulf Coast) 4. Gerald McClendon – Let’s Have a Party (Delta Roots) 5. Rob Stone – Trio in Tokyo (Blues Heart) ...

Dave Specter – Six String Soul (Delmark)Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado – Groove and Good Times (Pepper Cake)Jason Ricci/Joe Krown – City Country City (Gulf Coast)Seth Lee Jones – Flathead (Horton)Brandon Isaak – Modern Primitive (Brandon Isaak)

Mavis Staples/Levon Helm – Carry Me Home (Anti-) Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Blues from Chicago to Paris (Stony Plain) Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny (Quatro Valley) Steve Howell & the Mighty Men – Been Here and Gone (Out of the Past Music) Kat Riggins – Progeny (Gulf Coast)

Musician Sarah McQuaid is currently on tour, performing a wide range of venues. She says that supporting live music might be more important now than ever before. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.