ARTSPEAK RADIO- Word To My Mother

Wednesday May 6, 2020, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd returns with infinite THANKS to Mark Manning for his diligence and commitment to keep ARTSPEAK RADIO on air along with his own program, MidDay Medley during this pandemic!! Listeners, staff, colleagues, community and the entire world are grateful for your superpowers!! ARTSPEAK RADIO invited four musicans/performers/writers and poets to contribute original work for today’s program, “Word To My Mother.” Inspired by Mother’s Day, contributors were asked to share a love letter, a memory, gratitude, or an observation as it relates to Mother and their definition of the term. Often Mother is defined as a woman in relation to her child or children, other definitions may include Mother Earth, mother of invention, Mother Teresa, individuals who identify theirself as Mother/Father, or Mother used as noun or adjective. Today we’ll hear from musician/singer/songwriters Heath Church and Miki P., poet/community activist Miguel Morales, and spoken word artist/author Jessica Ayala. We'll also hear a specially written song or selected music by each contributor following their work. HEATH CHURCH is an American singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri who primarily plays indie-folk music. His…