The B'Dinas

In the summer of 2009, five friends who met at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, finding themselves in various stages of completion and/or fed-up-ness with college, wondered what on Earth to do with themselves. Realizing--perhaps belatedly and absolutely under the influence of summer party season--that the serendipitous union of both a talent for and a love of music had been the fast-acting crazy glue of their friendship in the first place, a band was formed.

The B'Dinas--Peter, Katy, Meredith, Katelyn, and Tess--spent that first summer honing their skills at house parties, playing some brand-new originals as well as an eclectic mix of covers: The Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down," MIA's "Paper Planes," Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks," and the Ting Tings' "That's Not My Name," to name a few. Opportunities grew with their arsenal of original songs, and soon they were making appearances all over Kansas City, at places like CODA, The Riot Room, The Recordbar, and Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club.

The musicianship evident in the band's songs doesn't dull the laid back, come-to-our-party vibe of its performance. The B'Dinas take turns singing and composing the songs, and don't leave anything out when tapping into their vast reserves of musical interests and influences, ensuring that each song and even each instrument contributes its own personality to the band's diverse sound.