Pleased to've met Brooke Kakfa as we sat down for Episode No. 111.

Brooke is a daughter, a sibling, a friend to many, a lifelong musician, and a member of many bands. Find either her personal or her professional page on Facebook, give her a follow on Instagram, and be sure to check out her primary outfit's Web page, which -- if you happen to be reading this on the day it drops -- includes a Dames of the Dead show tonight at Mike Kelly's Westsider, here in Kansas City, from 7:00-10:00 p.m., CDT.

Not to worry, though, if you catch this late; the Dames have a number of gigs listed through early June, the most recently announced being a spot at ...