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We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians and bands. Also, it’s Pledge Week! If you love the station and are in a position to do so, this is a great time of the year to throw some money in the hat and grab a great thank you gift - cool water bottles, totes, tees, and more.
Tune in at 6PM and hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Megan Luttrell on SEPT 26 at Northside Social (Lawrence)
• Friendly Thieves on SEPT 27 at Replay Lounge
• IVORY BLUE on SEPT 28 in the VIP area at Starlight before Two Door Cinema Club
• Car Microwave on SEPT 29 at recordBar
• Bobcat Attack aka Nathan Reusch on OCT 29 at miniBar
• Blackstarkids (their FINAL show in KC) on NOV 14 at recordBar
• The Canterberries on DEC 6 at Mike Kelly's Westsider
• Me Like Bees on DEC 6 at recordBar
We’ll also hear new releases from Madisen Ward and surf wax. It should be a good show and we’ll share some stories to hopefully motivate you to check out the Donate Page on The Bridge site or app.
It's a show in two parts! The first part, The Creature Comforts have a reunion show coming up on Friday, Sept 27 at recordBar and are releasing their album Teaching Little Fingers To Play for the first time on vinyl. Billy Brimblecom Jr. and Christopher Tolle will stop by, hang out, and tell us some great stories about recording the album with Ed Rose and how you can turn the noise of breaking a beer bottle into percussion.
For the second part of the show, we'll preview some of the acts playing at the Plaza Art Fair this weekend. In addition to 240 artists showcasing their work and 20 restaurants serving up food and drink, 40 bands/singer-songwriters will play on three stages over the weekend. Tune in and hear selections from The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, Erin Eades, The Canterberries , Say That Again, Lorna Kay, Christena Graves, Leah Sproul, and The Village Prairie.
We welcome in special guests, the band Run With It. They’re stopping by to hang out and debut some new music, talk about upcoming shows, and preview a big community fest happening just down the road a bit from KC, Camp Leavenworth on September 20 and 21.
They’ll also be your pre-game entertainment out at Arrowhead this Sunday, playing the Ford Tailgate District in the parking lot before the game. And they’re also on deck to headline the Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest on Friday, Sept 20.
Tune in and hear selections from Run With It’s catalog, as well as the stories behind the songs. Also on the show, we’ll hear from other acts playing Camp Leavenworth including Emma Jo, The Champagne, Starhaven Rounders, and Exit 13. For more info about this free two-day event, check out Camp Leavenworth on social media and their website.
But before we get to all of that on the show today at 6PM, we’ll announce the lineup for Apocalypse Meow. Meow is an annual event for the Midwest Music Foundation and this year marks the 17th year of this live-giving and live-saving fundraiser concert. MMF is a non-profit organization supporting music and empowering musicians. The annual event is on Saturday, November 2 at recordBar.
We sit down with a special guest. Recently the European leg of The Eras Tour wrapped up and two people on that tour were excited to leave Europe and hop on a plane headed towards Kansas City. One of those people is Taylor Swift, and she wasn’t available so we got the other person, and that’s Eric Fain. Eric just wrapped up 48 shows with Taylor Swift and Paramore working production for the biggest tour EVER.
In addition to working in production, he is also an amazing musician. On the show at 6PM today we’ll hear music from his project called Bahroot as well as selections from Taylor Swift, Paramore, Amber DeLaRosa, Poppy, and Doubledrag. And of course we’ll talk about The Eras Tour - things he saw, the things he did, the things that blew his mind, and we’ll find out how many friendship bracelets he was given along the way.
We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians and bands. Tune in and hear new music from Lava Dreams, Asai Tsion, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, Esai, Jo MacKenzie, Vincent Orsolini & Kemet Coleman, Kate Whitefield & Lucy Gray, Quiet Takes, Good Saint Nathanael, Dragon Inn 3 and a collaborative song from The Rainmakers, Kadesh Flow, Betse & Clarke, The Nace Brothers, and more!
We’re broadcasting LIVE from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery. It will be a pre-party for the Kansas City Irish Fest, which is coming up on Labor Day weekend at Crown Center. On the show today will be special guests, The Canterberries and Nick Carswell of the band Carswell & Hope.
You’re invited to come hang out with us today at The Beer Hall! The show will be live at 6PM, followed by a FREE concert at 7PM from The Canterberries. It’s an all-ages and family-friendly night.
On the show, we’ll talk with The Canterberries about the acts they’re excited to see at KCIF and memories from past fests. We’ll also play music from some acts traveling a very long way to play at KCIF for the first time. Then Nick Carswell will join us to talk about the MixTape portion of the fest, it’s one of my favorite parts of the fest.
During the broadcast, you’ll hear music from The Canterberries, Elias Alexander, Corner Boy, Screaming Orphans, Mundy, SÍOMHA, Hermitage Green, and Julia Othmer.
Today on the Eight One Sixty we welcome into our studios the band Hembree.
Hembree’s brand new album, Better Days just came out and we’re going to play the entire album, in order, and talk about each song. Also, we’re live without a net and no clock, if we need more than 60 minutes the show will go long so we can fit in the entire album!
Hembree has two shows this week here in KC, and less than 10 tix remain! They’re playing at Crossroads Hotel on the rooftop on Wednesday and Thursday as part of their Rooftop Concert Series.
If you haven't seen a show up on the rooftop there yet, here's the remaining schedule:
08/14/24 Hembree with Kat King
08/15/24 Hembree with Lauren Lovelle & The Midnight Spliffs
09/04/24 Madisen Ward
09/11/24 OLIVIA FOX with MARCOTTE
09/18/24 The Whips with Friendly Thieves and malekazrael & The Vibes
10/02/24 Making Movies
It should be a fun show as we catch up with our friends in Hembree.
We'll dive into the lineup for the 20th annual KKFI Crossroads Music Fest (CMFKC), it's happening on August 24 and 25 featuring 30+ bands on 7 stages over 2 days. On the broadcast, we'll play music from these acts on the lineup: Flight Attendant, Keo&Them, Jamogi, Brent Windler, FlareThaRebel, Rachel Maxann, Supermassive Black Holes, Zee Underscore, and Talking Backwards. We'll also hear one from Grand Marquis who are celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band and will be playing at The Folly Theater on August 25 as part of CMF.
This Tuesday, July 30 at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we will be celebrating our 500th show! 500 shows, it’s so crazy!
Sarah Bradshaw will join me live in the studio as we look back on some great memories during the broadcast. We’ll share stories, we’ll probably get super emotional, and we’ll also play some special live in-studio recordings from along the way.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been listening to shows from our archive (available to you on The Bridge website/app) and it’s been an amazing ride and privilege to do what we do every Tuesday at 6PM with the show for the past 500 weeks.
I hope you can tune in on Tuesday at 6PM and join us as we stammer over our words and wax poetic for an hour. Find us on your radio dial at 90.9FM, steam us online or via The Bridge app. If you miss the live broadcast, stream it from our archive on The Bridge site or app, or find us on Spotify.
Also, much love to John G. McGrath and Brad Austin for putting this photoshoot together. I brought in stacks of KC vinyl and the station had 8160 buttons made, and they put it all together for this image. Thank you!
We’re almost to 500 and that blows my mind. On Tuesday we’ll dive into a stack of great new releases from a dozen or so KC area acts and most of them have upcoming gigs.
Tune in and hear music from these acts and then make plans to catch them live:
• Land Lion (featuring Ben Wendt), Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Jeremy Nathan
• Jeremy Nathan, Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Land Lion
• Lydia Alem, Friday, July 26 at The Mecca 13
• Eboni Fondren, Tuesday, July 30 at The Greenwood Social Hall
• SHINER, Friday, August 2 at recordBar
• The Creepy Jingles - catch Jocelyn Nixon the front person of The Creepy Jingles solo on Friday, August 9 at The Bottleneck with Oxytoxin, Lyd Low, and Lonnie Fisher
• The Sluts, Saturday, August 24 at Replay Lounge with Nature Boys and Drastic Plastic
We’ll also hear new releases from Jo MacKenzie Music, Callah, Morgan Grote, and Ethan & Charlie G.
And next Tuesday, how did this happen - it's show #500! Also, make sure Tuesday, August 20 is on your calendar, we’ll be doing our show live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with special guests, The Canterberries - Tunesday with 90.9 The Bridge and The Canterberries. We’ll do the broadcast live there from 6-7PM, then a free concert from 7-8PM and the entire night will be a Pre-Party for Kansas City Irish Fest, coming up so fast on Aug 30, 31, and Sept 1 at Crown Center.
We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from several bands and musicians with upcoming shows, gigs, and festival appearances.
Tune in today at 6PM and hear music from these acts and then catch them here:
• Fritz Hutchison, on July 18 at The Greenwood Social Hall
• Dom Chronicles, on July 19 on the rooftop of Corrigan Station
• PURE XTC, this weekend at GRRRL Camp music and arts fest in Omaha, NE at Falconwood Park with Indigo De Souza
• Lorna Kay on July 20 at Nighthawk below Hotel Kansas City
• Lopan Banks a/k/a David Fairbanks, on July 26 at The Truman w/ Lost Wax and Ashton D J Martin
• Making Movies, on July 27 at Ameri'kana Music Fest at Concourse Park
• Hembree, on August 14 and 15, album release shows on the rooftop at Crossroads Hotel
• Adam Larson, on September 7 at Prairie Village Jazz Festival in Harmon Park
• Emma Jo on September 20 at Camp Leavenworth Music and Arts Fest
We’ll also hear new music from these acts AGGA DAGGA, Midwestern, and Hidden Murals.
We’ll also remind you about upcoming events that should be on your radar like Ameri’kana Fest, CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest, Kansas City Irish Fest, Plaza Art Fair, and more.
Several of the acts that we're playing on the show have upcoming gigs that should be on your concert radar:
• Recycled Funk, JULY 11 at Lemonade Park with Marvel Years, Vincent Antone and Nofslinger
• elska, JULY 11, house concert in midtown KC, check her social for more info
• Musicbyskippy, JULY 12 at Westport Bowery (the venue behind Westport Flea Market)
• Truant Kids, JULY 23 at Replay Lounge with Foxpaw
• Zee Underscore, AUG 2 Frequency Fridays - Crossroads KC Street Market at 1901 Wyandotte
• The Greeting Committee, AUG 17 at The Midland with Beach Bunny, Boyish, and Miloe
• Rarish via The Record Machine, a new band with Sammy from Post Sex Nachos, catch PSN with Here Come the Mummies, SEPT 4 at Uptown Theater
We'll also hear new music from The Short Circuits, GRIZZ LEE, Jacob Joseph Berger, and from Manor Records the first single from Charlotte Bumgarner's new EP called Promise, out on July 26.
We look back on our Favorite Songs of 2024 so far! With the calendar turning to July, we just crossed the halfway point of 2024 and we’ve already logged nearly 700 releases (singles/EPs/LPs) by KC musicians and bands. We’ll dive in and share a stack of our favorites.
Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and you’ll hear music from Honeybee, Quiet Takes, Clarkes In Space, Waxahatchee, Kate Cosentino, Lava Dreams, The Highwater, and Monster Planet .
You’ll also hear music from these acts with upcoming shows:
• The Freedom Affair on AUG 23 at Light Up The Lawn at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College
• Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow, and FlareThaRebel, catch Kemet and Kadesh with Brass and Boujee on JULY 12 at The Ship
• Danny McGaw, Tuesdays from 6:30-9PM at TikiTaco
It’ll be a fun show as we look back at the first half of the year.
This show is all about new releases from KC area bands and musicians.
As we’ve been digging through radio shows and programming for Boulevardia and Make Music Day over the last several weeks the new releases have been piling up. We’re excited to dive into a stack of them on the show today. Tune in and you’ll hear new music from Hembree, Quinton Paige & Monster Planet , Dorothy June, Kate Cosentino, Parker, Leah Sproul, Land Lion, Emory Tilghman, Lucy Gray, Savanna Chestnut and Garrett Buster.
We turn our attention to Make Music Day. Every year on June 21 Make Music Day is celebrated in 700+ cities in 120 countries. On Friday, June 21 just here in Kansas City, there are 100+ performances around the KC Metro. Music will be everywhere from downtown to South JOCO, up to the Kansas City International Airport, KCK to the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
On the radio show, we'll hear music from (hopefully) a dozen of the acts that are part of Make Music Day KC:
• The Barton Street Band, playing at 2PM at The Zoo and 6PM Merriam Community Center
• Say That Again, playing at Lemonade Park
• Jass, playing FOUR sets: 11AM at Ilus Davis Park, 12:30 at PH Coffee, 2PM at KCI, 5PM at Town Fork Creek Park
• Lydia Alem, playing at Ilus Davis Park
• JaySol, playing twice, noon at Town Fork Creek Park, 1PM at KCI
• Amanda Hughey, playing at Blind Box BBQ at Village West
• Deanna Ray, playing THREE times, noon at Lakeside Nature Center of KC, 5PM at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church, and 8PM at Bar K
• Carlo Z, playing at 7PM at Crossroads Hotel at the Percheron Rooftop Bar
• Jonah Blu, playing THREE times, 2:15PM at Town Fork Creek Park, 4PM at KCI, 6PM at BarK
• Talking Backwards at noon at KKFI 90.1 FM (livestream only) and 4PM at Union Station at the KC Streetcar stop
• Kierra Rae, playing at 6PM at Kansas City Bier Company
• Les Izmore, playing at 7PM at miniBar
A massive tip of the hat to Heidi Lynn Markle of Kansas City Parks and Recreation on organizing an amazing day of music! For more info head to Make Music Day KC's website or find them on social media. All of the shows listed there are FREE and several are all-ages and family-friendly.
We welcome into our studio one of KC’s busiest musicians, Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow is one of over 60 acts that will be performing on one of the five stages at Boulevardia this weekend in downtown Kansas City around Crown Center (where parking is FREE for this weekend). He’s hustling and working on so many projects that he will actually play on three of the five stages as he’s in a lot of projects.
Armed with his trusty trombone and some tight lyrics, Kadesh Flow’s schedule for Boulevardia 2024 looks like this:
• Friday at 7PM Kadesh Flow on The Holladay Hill Stage
• Saturday at 1:15PM with Tiki Brawlers on The Elevate Stage
• Saturday at 2:25PM with The Phantastics on The Visit Missouri Stage
On the show we’ll hear music from each of this projects, we’ll talk about Boulevardia, we’ll talk about him representing Kansas City at SXSW this past March, we’ll talk about him charting on Billboard, we’ll talk about his recent performance at Kelce Jam with his buddies in Back Alley Brass Band, and we’ll try and figure out how he manages his time between all of these projects. It should be a fun show hanging out with Kadesh in our studio, and Sarah Bradshaw will be along for the ride, producing the show.
Boulevardia 2024 is coming up in two weekends, June 14 and 15 at Crown Center.
On the show, we’ll dive into things BEYOND just the music happening at the fest. We’ll talk about parking, ticketing options, food trucks, the maker village, a roller skating party, and so much more.
Did you know that the bars at Boulevardia are staffed by some of KC’s hardest-working charities? As you walk around the fest you’ll see amazing people from Midwest Music Foundation, WIN for KC, SocialHeart, KC Pet Project, Cultivate KC, Head For The Cure, Lead to Read KC, Missouri Pit Bull Rescue, and more.
We’ll also inform you of a few late additions to the Boulevardia lineup including Bobby Watson, Tiberias, Tiki Brawlers, and Infinity/Paranoid.
Oh yeah, and we’ll play some music too, all NEW music from several acts on the lineup. We’ll hear new music from some of the headliners: Milky Chance, Thundercat, and Paul Cauthen. From KC acts, we’ll play new stuff from Lava Dreams, Jamogi, Kate Cosentino, JINGRAM, Asia Tsion, Kadesh Flow, and Kemet Coleman.
We’ll also hear a new single from Infinity/Paranoid and I’ll tell you a story and probably get sentimental about why I’m so excited to have them on the lineup.
The sixth annual event, Manor Fest 6 begins this Thursday and runs over the next two weeks, running Thursday to Saturday, May 23 to May 25, and then May 30 to June 1. Over those six days, 60 bands will play in 20 venues in six different areas/neighborhoods of Kansas City. A massive tip of the hat to Shaun Crowley and his team and volunteers at Manor Records for pulling this off.
We’ll play music from some of our favorite acts on the lineup, as well as some acts that we know nothing about. We’ll sneak in some of our favorite songs from 2023 and some possible contenders for favorite songs of 2024 as well. During the broadcast, we will play music from Liney Blu, Thimastr, Jolson and the Fear of Snakes, Daniel Gum, Supermoto, EBONY TUSKS, PURE XTC, Fritz Hutchison, Frogpond, Kat King, and Honeybee.
The Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge is broadcasting LIVE from the Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with special guests, Back Alley Brass Band.
We’re a month out from Boulevardia and tonight is a pre-party for the big fest happening on June 14 and 15 at Crown Center featuring over 60 acts, on 5 stages, over the 2-day event.
Back Alley Brass Band has been busy gigging and releasing a brand new EP and we’re going to play the entire album on show tonight and talk about it.
We’ll be up on the 4th floor, for the FREE all-ages show. Doors open at 5PM, we’re on live from 6-7PM and then catch a free concert from Back Alley Brass Band at 7PM. Beers, NA drinks, sodas, great food, and snacks are available in The Beer Hall and the building is surrounded by free parking.
We’ll focus on two upcoming events happening in Kansas City and hear music from acts on those lineups.
First up, we’ll talk about and play music from acts on the annual 2-day event, Lemonade Social, happening this Friday and Saturday at Lemonade Park in The West Bottoms. Friday and Saturday will each feature four acts as well as a day party on Saturday called Sabados. We’ll hear music from EBONY TUSKS, Monta at Odds, Black Light Animals, and a brand new song from Hotel Leo that releases this Friday.
Then we’ll take a look at and dive into the annual 2024 KC Folk Fest, happening on Saturday, May 18 at Washington Square Park in downtown KC. The event features live music, art, a market, poetry, dance performances, and so much more. We’ll hear music from these acts on the lineup: Arquesta Del SolSoul, Madisen Ward, Elexa Dawson of Weda Skirts, and Love, Mae C.
Then we’ll wrap up and hear a song from Arson Class, as featured in the 11th release from the Too Much Rock series of singles. This project is all made possible by the great Sid Crowder as he’s an amazing supporter of KC music and has been curating this series of releases for years.
We will sit down LIVE with The Grisly Hand, play some of our favorites from their catalog, and talk about their FINAL show coming up on May 11 at The Ship. It’s called The Grisly Hand Jubilee: Celebrating 15 Years of Music & Friendship. It should be a good and emotional show, also Sarah Bradshaw will be part of the broadcast.
Today at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge, once again we’re diving into a stack of new releases from Kansas City area musicians and bands.
We’ll hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Kadesh Flow on Saturday, May 4 as part of Hip-Hop & Hot Wings at Vine Street Brewing Co.
• Little Miss Dynamite on Saturday, May 4 at Tall Trellis Brew Co. in Olathe at 25600 W Valley Parkway
• Critterz on Sunday, May 5 at Theis Park (across from The Nelson) along with Papa Huey and The Utilitarians
• Danny McGaw on Friday, June 7 at Blind Box BBQ at Village West
• The Greeting Committee on August 17 at The Midland
We’ll also hear from a couple of non-KC acts playing big shows in KC very soon:
• William Elliott Whitmore on THIS Friday at recordBar - don’t miss this show!
• Paul Cauthen collaborating with Sierra Ferrell and Diplo - catch Paul Cauthen at Boulevardia on June 15 and catch Diplo at Kelce Jam on May 18 at Azura Amphitheater
Also on the roster for today’s show is music from Clearfight, Jo MacKenzie Music, Claire Adams, and Chris Canipe.
We’re diving into a stack of new releases. We’re just over 100 days into 2024 and we’ve already logged 400+ releases from KC musicians and bands and we love that we get to share that music with you on the show.
On the show, we’ll hear new releases from these acts with upcoming shows:
• Monta on Wednesday, April 17 along with AL1CE, Moon17, and DJ Proof at The Bottleneck
• Waxahatchee on Thursday, April 18 at Uptown Theater
• Lonnie Fisher on Friday, April 19 at The Nest on Ninth at The Oread in Lawrence
• Schwem on Saturday, April 20 at Throwback in Westport
• IVORY BLUE on May 10 at Englewood Arts in Independence
We’ll also hear new music from Run With It featuring The Royal Chief, Roxi Jane, Monogram featuring Paris Williams and Ty Faizon of Blackstarkids, and Jeremy Nathan.
We’ll also hear new music from Chase Horseman and their work on creating the score for the film, Head Count. And as the lineup for Kansas City Irish Fest was announced last week, we’ll hear from Elias Alexander, who just won over new fans at Folk Alliance International back in February, and he’ll return in August for this year’s KCIF.
We’ll dive into a stack of new releases by Kansas City musicians and bands. We’ll swim across several genres and play 11 songs during the broadcast.
We’ll hear music from Kate Cosentino, cxrrxnt, Doubledrag, The Highwater, Dizzy Wright and Irv Da Phenom, Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow x Gr3ys0n x Shwabadi, Treanne, Honeybee, Glass Bandit and The Distant Note.
We’ll dive into a stack of new and recent releases from KC area bands. We just wrapped up two weeks of special programs and our inbox was already full of great new releases to share with you!
As Tuesday is Election Day we’ll play one of the best “get out the vote” songs from Bob & Una Walkenhorst - you can catch Bob Walkenhorst at Mike Kelly's Westsider on April 3 and April 17. Then we’ll hear new stuff from these acts: The Greeting Committee, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Les Marmoppes, and Chloe Jacobson.
And we’ll also hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Twinn Flame on April 6 at In The Lowest Fern and at Boulevardia on June 14
• Howard Mahan on April 10 at B.B.'s Lawnside BarB-Q
• Aiming Arrows on April 13 at recordBar with Six Percent, My Escape, and Fox Paw
• Back Alley Brass Band on April 19 playing their album release show at The Ship
• malekazrael on May 3 at Lemonade Park with Jolson and the Fear of Snakes and Field Daze
And we’ll wrap up the show with one from The Kansas City Bear Fighters, you can catch them at a very cool event in North KC on Saturday, April 13 called Pint Path NKC. It’s kind of a pub crawl, meets bicycle ride, meets Comicon, as the theme is Heroes and Villains and you’re encouraged to dress up - check out their Facebook page for more info!
We broadcast live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery for a special TEALTASTIC TUNESDAY - Teal Rising Rally + Tunesday with Katy Guillen & the Drive. Join us live at The Beer Hall from 5-8PM as we celebrate all things KC Current. This all-ages, family-friendly event will have guest appearances by KC Current players, a ticket giveaway contest, special offerings of Boulevard’s new beverage - Teal Rising Proud Pilsner, the Teal Mobile will be on-site, and enjoy a FREE concert from Katy Guillen & The Drive at 7PM.
Katy and Stephanie from Katy Guillen and The Drive will join me for the live broadcast of the Eight One Sixty at 6PM and we’ve asked them to pick the music. We’ll hear selections from their catalog, as well as a song from a brand new collaboration they just did with the front women of The Freedom Affair, also music from Janelle Monáe, Middle Kids, FANNY:, and Heartless Bastards.
It's all about Boulevardia this week! The lineup dropped this morning at 10 a.m. and it features more than 70 acts playing on five stages over two days. On the show we'll talk about the fest, play some music from the headliners and probably tell some silly stories.
Launch day is always an exciting day and the show should be a good time to celebrate!
We’ve got new music from 12 KC area acts to share with you. KC bands and musicians keep filling our inbox, and we’re going to keep sharing those songs with you over the airwaves.
Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and hear new releases from The Forcefields (ft. Julia Othmer), The Canterberries , PURE XTC, Jolson and the Fear of Snakes, IVORY BLUE, Treanne, Golden Groves, Sam Arjes, The Whips, Kat King, and Danny Santell.
We’ll also talk about our upcoming Tunesday at Boulevard Beer Hall, coming up on Tuesday, March 26 from 5-8PM. It’s a TEAL-TASTIC TUESDAY with KC Current! There will be Teal Rising Proud Pilsner specials, the Teal Mobile, player appearances, a chance to win a pair of tickets to a 2024 home game, and a free concert from Katy Guillen & The Drive all happening at the Beer Hall.
We’ve got a stack of new releases to share with you. But before we do that, we’ll dig into the hard drive and play some music from The Grisly Hand. Yesterday they announced, that after 15 years of being a highly celebrated band in Kansas City, they’re going to ride off into the sunset with one final show at The Ship on May 11. This will sell out fast, so go grab your tix now, I just bought four.
After that we’ll hear brand new releases from Danny Santell, The Creepy Jingles, The Phantastics, The Highwater, SiiR TRIP (featuring Love, Mae C.), Craig Smith (featuring Irv Da Phenom), Emiel Cleaver (featuring T. Blaze), cxrrxnt, Foxlin, and Timbers.
We’ll also hear a new one from The Village Prairie as they get ready to celebrate their album release show on Friday, March 15 at The RINO.
We’ll dive into a stack of new releases. Everything we’re playing came out in the last 4 weeks! We’ll also start the show with a brief recap of our time at the Folk Alliance International Conference this past weekend.
Tune in on Tuesday at 6PM via your radio dial or stream us live and hear new music from The Greeting Committee, Jo MacKenzie, IVORY BLUE, Honeybee (a new project with members of Blue False Indigo and Mess), Say That Again, Code Red teaming up with Shun Ann and NoLimit TC, Jeremy Nathan, Bquyet, Wizard Fan Club, yuzboy, Draper Family Band, and Copper Threading.
With special programming over the last two weeks, our pile of new releases is growing and we’re excited to share new music with you. Find us every Tuesday at 6PM on your radio dial at 90.9FM, steam us online, or via The Bridge app. If you miss the live broadcast, stream it from our archive on The Bridge site or app, or find us on Spotify - thanks!
We’ll sit down with Nick Carswell, an area musician that wears many hats. This week he is one of the organizers of a showcase of musicians playing at the Folk Alliance International Conference. This week, WED-SAT, thousands of musicians, music industry folks, and fans alike will visit Kansas City and watch hundreds of musicians from very literally all around the world play music at The Westin at Crown Center. In the evenings from 6-11PM the hotel ballrooms become concert halls and from 11PM-3AM the individual hotel rooms become tiny, intimate venues.
We’ll talk about and play music from some of the acts that are traveling to KC this week like Strange Boy from Ireland, Moneka Arabic Jazz from Toronto, Crys Matthews from Nashville, and Rainbow Girls from Portland. We’ll also hear new and recent releases from some KC area acts that are part of the event, Christena Graves, The Swallowtails featuring Miki P, and Bad Alaskan.
We’ll also hear a brand new song from a musician who visited KC last summer for Crossroads Music Fest, Elizabeth Moen - she’s back in KC this week playing at The Ship on Thursday.
At the start of the show, we’ll turn our attention to the tragedy and huge loss that Kansas City and the Kansas City music community suffered last week, Lisa Lopez-Galvan. We’ll talk about the radio show she co-hosted, A Taste of Tejano on KKFI 90.1 FM. Also, I would encourage you to tune into that show tonight at 8PM on your radio at 90.1FM or stream through their site. From their Facebook page about tonight's show, “we will reflect on the joy that our family member and friend brought to the world.” All of us at The Bridge love our radio friends at KKFI and can’t imagine what you’re going through.
We’re celebrating KC’s back-to-back Super Bowl wins! The show will be a little different than normal, offering up an hour of great music for pre and post-parade gatherings. There will be way less of me talking and we’ll squeeze in music from 25 acts from the KC area and beyond.
Hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Kemet Coleman of The Phantastics + Vine Street Brewing Co. popup at Nighthawk on Thursday, FEB 22 at 9PM
• Hembree on MARCH 8 at The Ship
• Six Percent with The Urge on APRIL 12 at The Madrid Theatre
• The Uncouth on APRIL 27 at miniBar
• Tech N9ne with The Kansas City Symphony on MAY 4 at The The Midland Theatre
We’ll also feature brand new celebratory releases from Broderick Jones and Martay, plus music from about 20 more acts.
We’ll dive into another pile of new and recent releases.
Hear from JK The Kid (a new project from Kate Cosentino), Apatunity, Front Porch, Tanner Agpoon, Ashley Ray, Phoebe Fray, corey dies in the end, M!SFIT, Elexa Dawson, The Whips, and The Highwater.
We’ll be plowing through a pile of new and recent releases from Kansas City area bands and musicians.
Catch the show and hear new music from these acts then go see them live:
• Erin Eades on JAN 31 at Sinclair’s in Blue Springs
• Josephine Eve on FEB 2 at Brick House
• Stüp on FEB 2 at The Rino with The Blast Monkeys and Phase Distorter
• Sisterbot on FEB 9 at The Rino with Amy Elizabeth Queen and Foxlin
• Kadesh Flow on FEB 16 at Replay Lounge with The Royal Chief
• The Sexy Accident on FEB 24 at miniBar with Critterz, Wills Van Doorn
We’ll also hear new stuff from Cheery, Me Like Bees, The Science Of, and City Hall.
And then the following week on Tuesday, February 6 we’ll dive into another pile of new and recent releases.
Next week we’ll hear from JK The Kid (a new project from Kate Cosentino), Apatunity, Front Porch, Tanner Agpoon, Ashley Ray, Phoebe Fray, corey dies in the end, M!SFIT, Elexa Dawson, The Whips, and The Highwater.
We’ll kick things off with music from Quixotic, who is currently back in production every Friday and Saturday with their performance of Whiskey Dynamite - a Nonsensical Western Fantasy at The Grand Theater at Crown Center. Then we’ll dive into a stack of recent and new releases from KC bands and musicians.
We’ll hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Siilk at Westport Bowery (the venue at Westport Flea Market) on JAN 26
• Keelon Vann at Chartreuse Saloon at 1625 Oak Street on JAN 27
• Chris Hudson & the Cruelest Months playing with Gullywasher at recordBar on JAN 31
• Waxahatchee at Uptown Theater on April 18
We’ll also hear new music from NIkka, The State of Everything, lizardgal, June Henry, The Ryan Express, City Hall, and Not Made By Hands with the great Billy Brimblecom Jr. on drums.
We’ll hear music from these acts and talk about their upcoming concerts:
• True Lions - JAN 21 as part of the 3rd Annual Krewe De Cryptic Parade at 1219 Union Ave in The West Bottoms
• Jeune Premier Silambien Jr. with The Salvation Choir - JAN 27 at The Ship for an early all-ages show
• MoonShroom - JAN 31 at recordBar with Supermassive Black Holes, Gullywasher, Kristin & Lucy Gray Hamilton
• Say That Again - album release show on FEB 23 at The Rino
We'll also give new music from these acts a spin: Flight Attendant, Martay, Land Lion (featuring Ben Wendt), Decisive Drama, cxrrxnt, Stik Figa + Leonard Dstroy, and Use Your Atlas.
We’ve got a great program for you. I’m not going to lie, this one took some work.
Music fans and concertgoers, here’s a list that you never knew you needed, but might really enjoy.
As all of the BEST OF music lists came out over the last several weeks I kept going through them to see what acts on those lists were touring through Kansas City in 2024. Tune into the Eight One Sixty radio show on your radio dial at 90.9FM, stream us from The Bridge site or app, and if you miss the live broadcast you can listen from The Bridge archive or subscribe on Spotify and listen there.
On the show we’ll talk about these lists and hear music from several of these celebrated acts that will be touring through Kansas City over the next several months.
From my research, have a look at this massive list below. Please take a moment and share this list with your friends who love music.
Pitchfork’s TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2023
35 Veeze, ‘Ganger’ - 03/01/24 at The Granada Theater
27 Water From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The Truman
14 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
PITCHFORK’S 100 BEST SONGS OF 2023
94 Bad Bunny, “Where She Goes” - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile
77 Slowdive, “kisses” - 05/03/24 at The Truman
59 Feist, “Love Who We Are Meant To” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
54 Chappell Roan, “Red Wine Supernova” - 04/08/24 at The Midland Theatre
52 Olivia Rodrigo, “vampire” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
45 Indigo De Souza, “Younger & Dumber” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
43 MIKE / Wiki / The Alchemist, “Mayors a Cop” - MIKE 04/28/24 at recordBar
26 Water From Your Eyes, “Barley” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
05 Olivia Rodrigo, “get him back!” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
02 PinkPantheress / Ice Spice, “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2” - PinkPantheress 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia Rodrigo
PITCHFORK’S 37 BEST ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023
Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
Water From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The Truman
PITCHFORK’S 13 BEST CONCERTS OF 2023 (That Weren’t Taylor Swift or Beyoncé)
Feist at Brooklyn Steel; Brooklyn, NY, May 14 - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
Water From Your Eyes on Boat Cruise Around Manhattan, NY, August 24 - 05/20/24 at The Truman
Paste Magazine’s 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
47 Slow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab
39 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
36 Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
19 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
15 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
PASTE’S BEST DEBUT ALBUMS OF 2023
26 PinkPantheress, ‘Heaven Knows’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia Rodrigo
15 Militarie Gun, “Life Under the Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBar
PASTE’S BEST 30 ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023
Geese, “4D Country” - 05/02/24 at T-Mobile Center with Greta Van Fleet
Slow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab
Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
NPR’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
Margo Cilker, “Valley of Heart's Delight” - 03/13/24 at Knuckleheads
Bob Boilen’s TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2023
13 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
15 Palehound, ‘Eye on the Bat’ - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney
19 Caroline Rose, “The Art of Forgetting” - 04/24/24 at recordBar
24 Samia, “Honey” - 05/23/24 at Grinders with Bleachers
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
75 Palehound, ‘Eye on the Bat’ - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney
64 PinkPantheress, ‘Heaven Knows’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia Rodrigo
60 Hozier, ‘Unreal Unearth’ - 08/09/24 at Azura Amphitheater
51 Militarie Gun, ‘Life Under the Gun’ - 02/25/24 at recordBar
44 Jenny Lewis, ‘Joy’All’ - 03/05/24 at The Truman
43 Megan Moroney, ‘Lucky' - 07/06/24 at Arrowhead with Kenny Chesney
39 Veeze, ‘Ganger’ - 03/01/24 at The Granada
36 Water From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The Truman
35 Drake, ‘For All the Dogs’ - 03/02/24 and 03/03/24 at T-Mobile
32 Bad Bunny, ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’ - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile
25 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
12 Chappell Roan, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ - 04/08/24 at The Midland
10 Zach Bryan, ‘Zach Bryan’ - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
05 Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Guts’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
TIME MAGAZINE’S 10 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
04 Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” - 04/08/24 at The Midland
02 Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
BrooklynVegan’s TOP 55 ALBUMS OF 2023
40 Hot Mulligan, “Why Would I Watch” - 04/30/24 at Uptown Theater
39 Wiki & MIKE, “Faith Is A Rock” - MIKE on 04/28/24 at recordBar
38 Zach Bryan, “Boys Of Faith” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
27 Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
25 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
22 Slowdive, “kisses” - 05/03/24 at The Truman
17 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
14 Militarie Gun, “Life Under the Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBar
BROOKLYN VEGAN’S 13 GREAT COUNTRY ALBUMS OF 2023
Chris Stapleton, “Higher” - 06/12/24 at TMobile
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
Margo Cilker, “Valley of Heart’s Delight” - 03/13/24 at Knuckleheads
Zach Bryan, “Boys Of Faith” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
Entertainment Weekly’s TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2023
04 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
Los Angeles Times 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
03 Megan Moroney, “Lucky” - 07/06/24 at Arrowhead with Kenny Chesney
05 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
19 Jenny Lewis, ‘Joy’All’ - 03/05/24 at The Truman
Stereogum’s 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
48 Palehound, “Eye On The Bat” 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney
33 Veeze, “Ganger” - 03/01/24 at The Granada
29 Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone's Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
25 Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan
24 Slowdive, “everything is alive” - 05/03/24 at The Truman
17 Slow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab
16 Indigo de Souza, “All Of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
07 Militarie Gun, “Life Under The Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBar
02 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
STEREOGUM’S TOP 10 BEST RAP ALBUMS OF 2023
02 Veeze, “Ganger” - 03/01/24 at The Granada
Consequence OF SOUND’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023
35 Water from Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
29 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
28 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
18 Slowdive, “everything is alive” - 05/03/24 at The Truman
08 Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
06 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND’S 200 BEST SONGS OF 2023
198 Veeze, “Not a Drill” - 03/01/24 at The Granada
191 Computerwife, “Lexapro” - 04/13/24 at Bottleneck
161 Mammoth WVH, “I’m Alright” - 02/23/24 at The Truman
147 Olivia Rodrigo, “ballad of a homeschooled girl” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
143 Zach Bryan, “Nine Ball” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
137 Slow Pulp, “Broadview” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab
119 Caroline Rose, “Miami” - 04/24/24 at recordBar
114 Palehound, “Independence Day” - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney
108 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “King of Oklahoma” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
94 Militarie Gun, “Very High” - 02/25/24 at recordBar
85 Indigo De Souza, “You Can Be Mean” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck
83 Bad Bunny, “Monaco” - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile
80 Ruston Kelly feat. Samia, “The Weakness” - Samia 05/23/24 at Grinders with Bleachers
61 Slowdive, “alife” - 05/03/24 at The Truman
52 Geese, “Cowboy Nudes” - 05/02/24 at T-Mobile Center with Greta Van Fleet
45 Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty, “Hey Driver” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
39 Water from Your Eyes, “Barley” - 05/20/24 at The Truman
32 Chappell Roan, “Red Wine Supernova” - 04/08/24 at The Midland
30 Pinkpantheress feat. Ice Spice, “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” - Pinkpantheress 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
20 Joy Oladokun feat. Noah Kahan, “We’re All Gonna Die” - Noah Kahan 06/05/24 at Azura Amphitheater
15 Olivia Rodrigo, “vampire” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center
14 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Death Wish” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall
02 Zach Bryan, “East Side of Sorrow” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile
It is the start of our TENTH year of the show! It’s crazy, thank you for your support and for listening as we take a deep dive every week into what’s happening in the Kansas City music community.
Through half of November and all of December our show was filled with special guests and BEST OF programming, so we’ve got some catching up to do on new and recent releases. Hear music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Chris Hudson & the Cruelest Months on Thursday at The Pairing: Crossroads Wine & Grocer
• Kadesh Flow on Thursday at Nighthawk and on Saturday morning, playing a kids show for MTC Kids Jam in the Polsky Theatre at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College
• The Roseline for their album release show on February 2 at The Bottleneck
• Carswell & Hope at Cider Gallery in Lawrence on February 14
• Quiet Takes for their album release show on February 24 along with Sara Swenson at Knuckleheads (but it’s already sold out!)
We’ll also hear new and recent releases from a collaboration by The Greeting Committee and Post Sex Nachos, a recent release from Hembree, we’ll hear from a new project from Kate Cosentino, and we’ll hear some great jangly pop from Erik Voeks' new and amazing album.
We welcome in special guest, co-founder of Center Cut Records, Patrick Sprehe. We’ll hang out and play through some of his favorite recordings of 2023. Co-host and producer, Sarah Bradshaw will also join us on the show today.
Tune in at 6PM and hear music from DMAD, Les Marmoppes, Jass, Shilow, Say That Again, MilkDrop, collidescope, Kate Cosentino, and Cecilia McDowall and Bach Aria Soloists.
We’ll also hear from these acts with upcoming gigs: Sweeping Promises at Replay Lounge on New Year’s Eve and The Salvation Choir at The Ship on January 27.
I hope you can tune in today and I also wanted to say THANK YOU, this will wrap up our NINTH year of the show and we’re excited to celebrate 10 years of the show with you in 2024.
We sit down with one of our favorite returning guests, Bill Brownlee. He’s an amazing blogger, a contributor to KCUR 89.3, he's the biggest music nerd I know, and he's a great human.
He’s picked out some of his favorite recordings of 2023 and we’ll share them on the show. Also, we’ll talk about some of his favorite shows of the year and discuss his current piece for KCUR about Charlie Parker and his famous plastic saxophone.
Hear music from SleazyWorld Go, Willi Carlisle, Danielle Nicole, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Redman, Jamila Woods, and Militarie Gun who are stopping by recordBar on February 25.
It's our special Holiday Show and you're invited to come be part of it! We'll be live on the 4th floor of The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery. We'll be set up in their Holiday Pop-up with our special guests, The Snow Globes. From 6-7PM The Snow Globes will be guests on the radio show and we'll hear several selections from their catalog and interview them and talk about their big upcoming show this Sunday, Dec. 17 at the Grand Theater at Crown Center, also on that bill is Barnaby Bright.
Then from 7-8PM The Snow Globes will play a FREE concert for you in the Holiday Pop-up. It should be a festive evening in The Beer Hall. Special holiday drinks and snacks are available and a lot of 90.9 The Bridge staff will be on-site and I'm sure there will be some great swag around too!
We continue the celebration of our favorite season of the year, that’s “BEST OF” season. Soon several BEST OF lists will come out showing our favorite singles/EPs/LPs of 2023, so today’s show is a sampling of that. In addition to that, it is also Pledge Week. For those of you in the position to do so, we have some amazing THANK YOU gifts to give you for your donation, and TODAY only, everyone who donates will be entered into a contest to win tickets before you can buy them to The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie: Give Up & Transatlanticism show on May 9, 2024, at T-Mobile Center.
Hear music from Mary & The Matrix, Major Matt Mason USA, Zee Underscore, Christena Graves, The Bitter Lake Association, Paris Williams, IVORY BLUE, M E (myself embodied), and Lovely Burden. So much great music!
Our show is all about new and recent releases from bands and musicians with upcoming gigs. The 2023 calendar is winding down but it’s still stacked with great shows and we’re also catching a glimpse of great shows popping up in 2024.
Tune in and when you like what you hear, make plans to see live shows from these acts:
• Amanda Hughey - Thursday, NOV 30 with KC’s newest Supergroup, Flat Susan at Nighthawk
• Hembree - Sunday, DEC 3 at The Bottleneck along with Mae
• Kadesh Flow - Friday, DEC 8 at Replay Lounge and DEC 31 with The Phantastics at The Ship
• Clearfight on Friday, DEC 8 at The Rino with Wes Hoffman & Friends, Stay The Course, and My Escape
• LYXE- Saturday, DEC 9 at The Bottleneck with Flash Floods, Carswell & Hope, and Liney Blu
• Liney Blu -Saturday, DEC 9 at The Bottleneck with LYXE, Flash Floods, and Carswell & Hope
• Josephine Eve - lots of upcoming gigs including the final show of the year at Colonial Gardens in Blue Springs on Wed, Dec 27
• Seyko - DEC 31 with The Freedom Affair on NYE at recordBar
• The Roseline - Friday, FEB 2 at The Bottleneck with Suzannah Johannes and Empty Moon
• Quiet Takes - Saturday, FEB 24 at Knuckleheads with Sara Swenson
Today we celebrate MARK MANNING DAY!
This is our 9th annual celebration of Mark Manning, our friend from a couple of clicks down the radio dial over at KKFI 90.1 FM. For 19 years now, Mark Manning has hosted the Wednesday MidDay Medley. As the year is winding down, every Wednesday in December from 10AM-noon, he will count down the 120 Best Recordings of 2023. Today on the Eight One Sixty we get a sneak peek of ten songs from his massive list.
Hear music from these acts: Sweeping Promises, Paris Williams, Andrew Connor, Saving Miles Lemon, Keo & Them, Dragon Inn 3, Calvin Arsenia, Bad Alaskan, Heidi Lynne Gluck, and Iris DeMent.
It’s all about new music!
Also, some of the acts we hear music from have upcoming gigs:
• Emma Jo album release show at Knuckleheads tomorrow night, FRI, NOV 10
• Laura Noble at VooDoo Lounge on SAT, NOV 18
• Red Kate album release show at miniBar on WED, NOV 22
• Flanner, Laycock, & Schrock at KC Bier Co on FRI, NOV 24
And we hear recent releases from Maggie Boone, The Critterz, Such Lovely People, The Electric Lungs, The Beholders, The Holdaways, and Dia Jane.
We talk about two big events happening this Saturday, November 11: the inaugural North KC Fall Fest and 20 years of The Record Machine featuring The Noise FM, Monta, Black Light Animals, Soultru, Pala Zolo at recordBar. Also, special guest, Nathan Reusch will be stopping by to talk with us about both events.
Early in the show, we dive into the details of the NKC FALL FEST presented by RiverNorth KC, happening this Saturday from noon to 5PM in North KC on Swift Ave, between 14th and 15th Street’s, here’s your band lineup:
• Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark 12:30PM
• The Matchsellers 1:30PM
• Low Pressure System 2:30PM
• The Phantastics 3:30PM
And then later in the show we talk about the big show happening this Saturday night at recordBar celebrating 20 years of The Record Machine, and here’s that lineup:
• The Noise FM
• Monta
• Black Light Animals
• Soultru
• Pala Zolo
It’s all about new music as we start off with a few spooky, haunting songs and see where things go from there!
Hear music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Kemet Coleman - with The Phantastics at Apocalypse Meow 16 at recordBar on NOV 4 and at The NKC FALL FEST on NOV 11
• Julia Othmer at The Ship on NOV 16
• Emmaline Twist at miniBar on NOV 6
• Danielle Nicole at The Uptown Theater on NOV 24
• RxGhost at Replay Lounge on NOV 24
• The Supermassive Black Holes at Lucia on NOV 10 and at miniBar on NOV 30
• Jessica Paige at The Bottleneck on NOV 24 and at Nighthawk on DEC 22
• The Roseline at The Bottleneck on FEB 2
Also hear new songs from IVORY BLUE, Nikka, Haven Adara, and Cheery.
We will be coming to you live from the BLVD Tours & Rec Center at Boulevard's Beer Hall up on the 4th floor for the opening night of their spooky Halloween Pop-Up! Our special guests will be Freight Train Rabbit Killer, all decked out as they celebrate their 10-year anniversary as a band.
From 6-7PM, catch the live broadcast of the Eight One Sixty where we talk to the band about how they made it to 10 years! We hear music from their catalog and talk about how they're celebrating the 10-year-mark with three shows this week. We also play music from acts they're playing with this week, The Black Mariah Theater and The Peculiar Pretzelmen. And our opening bumper will be from Jason Beers, who has released several Halloween albums, find them on his Bandcamp page.
Then from 7-8PM, catch a FREE concert from Freight Train Rabbit Killer surrounded by special Halloween decor and enjoy a brand new menu of spooky Quirktails, snacks, and Polly Pop Sodas. All ages!
We dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians and bands, and most of them have upcoming gigs.
Tune in and hear music from these acts and then go catch them play a live show:
• INDRA, at Replay Lounge on OCT 17
• Mirrored Edges, at VIVO Live Events with freon cool, Bon Monarchs, and Similar Animal on OCT 20
• Kat King, in STL at The Heavy Anchor on OCT 20
• Kadesh Flow, with Brass & Booojie Halloween at Vine Street Brewing Co. on OCT 20
• Chloe Rose, at Buffalo State Pizza in The Crossroads on OCT 20
• Circle Drive, at Tin Roof on OCT 23 and at Ronald McDonald House for a Trunk or Treat event on OCT 29
• Musicbyskippy, at Missie B's in a variety show hosted by Annie Cherry on OCT 26
• Flooding, at Howdy on NOV 4 for their album release show
• Scores, members of Scores are in The Noise FM at recordBar on NOV 11 and members of Scores are in Hembree at The Bottleneck on DEC 3
We also hear one from a group of veteran KC rockers in Company Retreat and one from a singer-songwriter out of Springfield, Matteson Gregory.
October 10 is World Mental Health Day. To bring awareness to the day 90.9 The Bridge has a full day of programming planned called "Sound Minds: Music and Mental Health." Songs will be played and stories will be shared throughout the day connecting music to stories of people dealing with and coping with mental health.
For the Eight One Sixty radio show, on Tuesday, October 10 at 6PM we're excited to plan a show of music around this idea. On the show we're looking to provide your "Moment of Zen", to borrow a line from The Daily Show. Our programming will be down tempo music from Kansas City musicians, heavily focused on either instrumental or electronic music. We're hoping to take your mind off of things for a few minutes and provide a place for you to catch your breath.
I hope you can tune in on Tuesday, October 10 at 6PM and hear music from these acts: Carlo dell'Aquila, Callah, Hermon Mehari, Alyssa Murray, Redder Moon, Meyadi, MC Rue, Busfoot, Miles Bonny, Jason Beers, Ekho Duo, Semper Viridis, and Carlo Z.
Sound Minds is made possible by Johnson County Mental Health Center and Zero Reasons Why. Help is always available at (913) 268-0156.
We play new music from several acts with upcoming gigs. Tune in and then make plans to see some of these acts play out LIVE:
• Bob Walkenhorst on OCT 4 and OCT 18 at Mike Kelly's Westsider
• Trevor Turla on FRI OCT 6 at The Ship
• Nicole Springer on OCT 14 for an album release show, more info on their FB page
• Jass on OCT 26 at The Ship for Witches vs Werewolves Vs Vampires Hosted by Rachel Christia & Les Izmore: Amira Wangg, True Lions, and Stay 4 Breakfast
• Savanna Chestnut on OCT 27 at Irrigation Ales in Courtland, KS
• Gemini Parks on OCT 28 at Replay Lounge, Gemini Parks // Heat Seeger // Pale Tongue
• Friendly Thieves on NOV 17 at Yeehaw: A Benefit Show for KC Tenants at The Truman with Snail Mail, Waxahatchee, and more
• Ha Ha Tonka on NOV 22 at recordBar for the 13th Annual Tonka's Giving
• Madness and Melody on DEC 08 at Buffalo State Pizza in The Crossroads
Additionally, we hear two new singles from two other acts that are brand new to us, Mary & The Matrix and Scott SK Miller.
We announce the lineup for the 16th annual Apocalypse Meow fundraiser show for Midwest Music Foundation on Saturday, NOV 4 at recordBar. We begin the radio broadcast there, playing music from two acts on the lineup and also talking about the roots of MMF. We share stories about our old friend, the spark that helped create MMF, the great Abigail Henderson. We also share a story from this past weekend at The Plaza Art Fair, even though she’s been gone for 10 years now, she pops up so often and her stories and words still resonate all the time!
After that we dive into the OCT and beyond Concert Calendar and highlight and play music from some shows that we think should be on your radar, shows like:
10/20/23 Nation of Language at recordBar
10/20/23 Nobuntu in the Polsky Theater at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College
10/21/23 Matisyahu at The Folly Theater presented by Knuckleheads
10/24/23 Freight Train Rabbit Killer on 4th floor of The Rec Deck at Boulevard Beer Hall’s Halloween Pop-Up
10/25/23 Moon 17 at Farewell
10/25/23 Wilco at The Midland Theatre
10/30/23 Kate Cosentino at The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
11/1/23 Kristen May at Colonial Gardens in Blue Springs
11/24/23 Amanda Hughey at Buffalo State Pizza Co. in The Crossroads (and in her other projects: 11/16/23 with Kid Sister at Nighthawk at Hotel Kansas City and on 10/13/23 with Flat Susan at Fuego Cantina & Events
11/30/23 The Japanese House at Liberty Hall
We turn our attention to two HUGE events happening this weekend, both are overflowing with great music from KC area bands and musicians.
First on the show, we hear from these acts playing and talk about Plaza Art Fair. There are three stages showcasing music all weekend, we focus on the KC Music Stage, right in front of Gram and Dunn at Ward Parkway and Pennsylvania. We’ll hear music from Friendly Thieves, Danny McGaw, Meyadi, Amber Flutienastiness, Matt Otto, Back Alley Brass Band, and we’ll kick off the show brand a new single from IVORY BLUE.
Then we talk about and play music from acts taking the stage at the 4th annual Camp Leavenworth on this Friday and Saturday night. We’ll hear music from Casi Joy, Darren Denney, and a brand new, unreleased song from Starhaven Rounders.
Also, it’s Pledge Week on the show and we share some stories about how listeners and supporters of The Bridge are the real fuel that push this station. I’ll get a little deep with it as we kick off the show.
It’s all about this weekend’s Lemonade Social, the 2-day event happening at Lemonade Park in The Historic West Bottoms. Nathan Reusch, founder of the KC-based record label, The Record Machine (TRM) curated this event and he joins us for an interview to talk about this event and other TRM things that are brewing this year.
Hear music from several acts on the lineup for this weekend’s event including LYXE, Dress Warm, Surf Wax, Paris Williams, Flora, Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, Black Light Animals, Steddy P, and Miki P.
We also get to hear one from The Noise FM who are reuniting and playing their first show in FIVE years in November for the special 20 years of The Record Machine anniversary celebration at recordBar.
It should be a fun show and we hope you can make it to Lemonade Park this weekend for the 2-day event.
We kick things off with a conversation with Nick Carswell about a great FREE event coming up called MixMaster2023 Music Conference. It's happening in Lawrence, KS on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Downtown Lawrence Public Library. Now in its 10th year, the MixMaster Music Conference is a music community event that brings local artists and music industry professionals from across the region together to share information, learn from each other, and support our music ecosystem. Musicians, save the date for this!
After we talk with Nick we jump into stacks of new music from Jordan MARCOTTE, Sydny August, Saving Miles Lemon, Park (featuring Alicia Solo), Emiel Cleaver, Virga, JNabe, Jo MacKenzie, and An Esperluette.
We also hear a new one from Stranded in the City, from their brand new album called Ridin Around. They’ve got a free show coming up at Nighthawk below Hotel Kansas City on Thursday, September 28.
We will also remind you about Kansas City Irish Fest, happening this weekend at Crown Center - 3 days, 7 stages, featuring over 80 performances!
TODAY at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we are LIVE from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with very special guests, The Elders! Tonight's show is a pre-party for the Kansas City Irish Fest. After the radio broadcast at 7PM tonight, The Elders are going to play a FREE show, an acoustic set from The Beer Hall on the 4th floor.
Come on down, park in the giant parking lot in front of The Beer Hall, or in the shaded parking garage right next to The Beer Hall. Head inside, take the elevator to the 4th floor, enjoy a cold beverage, some snacks, and enjoy a FREE concert and get excited for the upcoming, 21st annual Kansas City Irish Fest, happening Sept 1-3, at Crown Center.
During the broadcast of the radio show we plan to play music from The Elders, Gaelic Storm, Talisk, KIAN BYRNE, and Screaming Orphans - all of these acts are part of this year's Irish Fest.
We hear brand new music from 11 KC bands and musicians on this episode of the Eight One Sixty. Hear new music from Hembree, Michael Tipton, Justus West, OLIVIA FOX, Apatunity, The Black Mariah Theater, Lonnie Fisher, St. Violet, Sundays With Emily, and Zion Isaiah.
It’s all about new music. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s four weeks in a row now - there’s so much new stuff coming out - we’re excited to keep rolling out new music.
Hear music from IVORY BLUE, Caley Rose, Jass, Lava Dreams, Seyko Groves, Community Service, Quinton Paige, and Callah.
Also we hear from these musicians with upcoming gigs:
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Chris Hazelton on August 4 at The Ship
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Friendly Thieves on September 1 at The Ship
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Making Movies on September 23 at Inaugural Missouri Growers Cup
It's our third week in a row of all-new music from Kansas City area bands and musicians!
But before we get to new music, we begin the show with a song from Steamboat Revival and talk about the front person of that band, Christopher Evan Burke, who very sadly passed away yesterday. Since late last night, the Kansas City music community has been filling social media with memories, love, and praise for him. I was lucky and ran into him last week. He ran up to me, gave me a big hug, we got caught up and he told me about the positive changes he was making in his life, and how excited he was to get his 1-month coin from AA. He will be greatly missed by so many.
Later in the show, we’ll hear new music from Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, Duncan Burnett, Kate Cosentino, Clay Clear Band, Wayne Gottstine, Shawn M. Stewart, Alicia Solo, Jerame Gray, Justus West, Modern Day Fitzgerald, and Rougher All Stars.
We continue celebrating new music from KC bands and musicians. Hear new music from 12 acts during a very busy hour of programming!
Music by Martay, Second Hand King, Stik Figa, Jessica Paige, Calvin Arsenia, Paul Jesse and Deegan Poores, Miles Bonny, Clearfight, M!SFIT, and Nick Siegel.
Also, hear from Car Microwave who have a show coming up at The Rino on Thursday, August 3.
We also hear a new one from Kirstie Lynn and Galen Clark who have several shows coming up including:
7-19 Hillsiders
7-21 The Whiskey Snug
7-22 Cinder Block Brewery
It's all about KC bands and musicians with new music coming out who also have dates on the concert calendar.
Hear music from these acts:
• Kemet Coleman of The Phantastics, AUG 16 at Lemonade Park
• LYXE, JULY 15 at Replay Lounge and AUG 26 at The Bottleneck
• The Whips, AUG 17 with Hembree on the roof at Crossroads Hotel and OCT 25 with BabyJake at The Encore at Uptown Theater
• Liney Blu, JULY 28 at Replay Lounge
• Julia Haile, SEPT 6 on the roof at Crossroads Hotel and SEPT 16 at Nighthawk at Hotel Kansas City
• Christena Graves, AUG 11 at Vintage Church in Lawrence
• Katy Guillen & The Drive, SEPT 6 on the rooftop at Crossroads Hotel and as Womanish Girl on AUG 24 at Nighthawk at Hotel Kansas City
• Semper Viridis, JULY 14 at The Ship
• Monta, JULY 14 The Ship and SEPT 20 at The Bottleneck
• Timbers, AUG 17 at Nighthawk at Hotel Kansas City
• Lovely Burden, JULY 26 at The Bottleneck
Hear music from all nine bands on the lineup for Innovation Fest 2023 on this show. The second annual fest is happening at Crown Center on Saturday, August 5. The fest will feature nine acts on two stages, a Brewery Showcase, a pop-up Night Market from The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair, and more!
In addition to that, we are going to play the NEW single from Bears and Company! After a hiatus for a few years, they're back and we're excited to share their new song, "Nagoya" with you!
We're diving into stacks of new music from KC musicians and bands and kick off the show with a recap of Boulevardia. We remind you that June 21 is Make Music Day - a day filled with free concerts celebrated all around the world, and we look ahead to what's next on the summer calendar!
Hear new music from Julia Haile, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Second Hand King, The Holdaways, Clearfight, Krystle Warren, Caley Rose, Lovely Burden, Collidescope, Savanna Chestnut, and corey dies in the end, who is playing a show this Friday at The Brick.
At the top of the show we hear from Kemet Coleman, front person for The Phantastics who are playing a FREE concert for The Bridge on Sunday, July 2 at a new place in JOCO called SERVfun, at 90th and Metcalf, come on down!
We welcome in special guest, DJ Diehard aka Street Beast aka McClain Douglas Johnson. DJ Diehard has a great story to tell and he shares it with us as we countdown the days to Boulevardia and to his set on Friday night at The Silent Disco. We learn about his early days as a DJ in New Orleans, we get to hear about a massive list of musicians that he’s interviewed over the years as a blogger and journalist, and we get to hear a 20-minute mix teaser set of what his set might sound like this Friday at the fest. Do you have your tix yet?
DJ Diehard picked out a few artists he is most excited to see at Boulevardia and we play music from them as well. Hear music from Jason Isbell, Big Freedia, and a brand-new single from Hembree, which actually comes out this Friday.
Also, co-host Sarah Bradshaw is back and will be along for the ride, as we celebrate and look forward to Boulevardia.
It should be a fun show, filled with good music and one-liners from DJ Diehard. He also tells us about the origin of his DJ name, spoiler alert, it’s connected to one of the greatest holiday films of all time.
We dive into new and recent releases from national acts, international acts, and some main stage acts from the lineup for the upcoming Boulevardia Beer and Music Festival, acts like Kat King, The War and Treaty, K.Flay, Madds, Cimafunk, Big Freedia, Surfaces, Jason Isbell, The Beths, Post Sex Nachos, and grandson.
In addition to sharing lots of good music with you, we try and give you some tips and pointers for the festival. We share some knowledge about:
• parking
• how to get tickets
• the newly launched Dash Pass for The Silent Disco
• 19 food trucks will be at the fest
• there are more than 50 makers in the Maker Village
• we let you know that you can drink on the Ferris wheel(!)
• we talk about the beer vendors, and how they’re really all amazing volunteers working hard to help a non-profit organization, like Midwest Music Foundation
We also let you know that we just added a few more acts to the lineup:
• Sass-a-brass Band, playing at 5:45PM on Saturday, June 17, they’ll be leading a parade from the main stage, right as Big Freedia ends, and then march through the crowd into the park toward the Propaganda3 Stage - this will be amazing
• Tre' Mutava, playing at 4:30PM on Saturday, June 17 on the Quirk Stage
• DJ Rico aka Boss Hooligan Soundsystem from 3-5PM in The Silent Disco, Saturday, June 17
The first part of the show will be all about Make Music Day, which happens worldwide annually on June 21. This year over 40 acts will play in over 25 venues/parks in KC. We hear music from some of those acts playing on Make Music Day including Molly Hair, Musicbyskippy, Keelon Vann, SliKc, and Damon Parker of The MGDs. The second half of the show will feature more new releases, this time from Danny McGaw, Ethan and Charlie G, St Violet, Hermon Mehari, Rewound x Calvin Arsenia, and Collier Cash - you may know him as the Foo Fighters kid, as he was on stage with Dave Grohl and was gifted his guitar.
It’s all about new music as we hear brand new releases from a dozen KC area acts including Caley Rose, IVORY BLUE, Zion Isaiah, St. Violet, The Whips, Tre' Mutava, PURE XTC, Dan Jones and the Squids, M E aka Myself Embodied, The Salvation Choir, Darren Denney, and malekazrael.
We are LIVE from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery and you’re invited to come out and be part of the broadcast. The evening is officially a Boulevardia Pre-Party! Back Alley Brass Band will be guests on the live broadcast from 6-7PM and then at 7PM they’ll play a FREE concert in The Beer Hall.
Boulevardia sponsors will be there giving out swag, Monster Energy, Proper Cannabis, and others. Also, the first 30 people to check in at the Boulevardia table in The Beer Hall will get a FREE drink ticket to be used at Boulevardia 2023, June 16 or 17 at Crown Center.
On the radio show, we hear music from and also interview Back Alley Brass Band, a lively bunch of NINE musicians that are winning over new fans with every show, from Boulevardia to their recent performance at the sold-out Kelce Jam during the NFL Draft, where they played in front of 18,000 people.
Also on the show, we hear music from bands that Back Alley Brass Band is most looking forward to seeing at Boulevardia.
And we kick off the show with music from Kemet Coleman, who is headed to The White House TODAY to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris as part of a roundtable discussion focused on entrepreneurship among young men of color, as his brewery, Vine Street Brewing Co. is about to open!
We have two special guests on this show, long time co-host Sarah Bradshaw is back and as it’s time for Manor Fest 5, we welcome festival organizer, Shaun Crowley.
Manor Fest is celebrating its fifth year as an event celebrating KC area music. By the numbers: 51 bands will play on 17 stages, in two cities over six days. It starts in Lawrence on May 19 and 20, and then moves to KC on May 25-28.
On this show we give you helpful fest info and also play music from 10 of the 51 acts on the lineup.
Hear music from these acts:
• PURE XTC - FRI MAY 19 at Replay Lounge
• The Creepy Jingles - FRI MAY 19 at Lucia
• EBONY TUSKS - SAT MAY 20 at White Schoolhouse
• MC Rue - THUR MAY 25 at Mean Mule Distilling Co
• The Swallowtails - THUR MAY 25 at Big Mood Natural Wines
• Catty Cline - FRI MAY 26 at Hillsiders
• Paris Williams - SAT MAY 27 at Blip Roasters
• Daniel Gum - SAT MAY 27 at 9th & State
• Kat King - SAT MAY 27 at The Black Box
• Fritz Hutchison - SAT MAY 27 at The Ship
This week we hear new music from several KC musicians and bands. And as it's now May, we'll have get some dates on your concert calendar and play music from acts with upcoming gigs, including Dragon Inn 3, Red Kate, J. Taylor, Eddie Moore, PmBata and more.
We'll also hear new stuff from Kevin Morby, Danza, Connor Hampton, and a new one from Modern Day Fitzgerald, being release to commemorate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
We start the show with a song from The Bad Ideas. Earlier in the day, we found out that the band's guitarist Britt Adair had unexpectedly passed away. Britt played a huge role in KC's music scene as an inspiration to aspiring punk musicians, her work at Josey Records KC, and putting together a number of shows. She will be missed by many in the KC and punk communities.
Did you know there are 7.5 miles of fence around the footprint of the NFL Draft in downtown KC right now? Did you know there are 10,018 square feet of screens that will be projecting the Draft? We'll get into it on the show today at 6PM, and highlight some events surrounding the Draft as well.
We hear from Maps For Travelers, Tech N9ne, The Uncouth, Hipshot Killer, MAD LiBBY, IVORY BLUE, The Phantastics, Caley Rose, Radkey, Julia Othmer, EBONY TUSKS, and The Sluts.
P.S. I'm already excited to do another KC Jock Jams show in March 2024 when KC Current opens their new stadium and in 2026 when KC welcomes the World Cup!
We’ll be playing brand new music from several KC area musicians and bands, and several of them have upcoming gigs.
We kick off the show with a bumper from David Luther and then we hear part of a selection from a performance of the Northland Symphony Youth Orchestra & Sinfonia. Back on November 19, 2022 the student orchestra, along with Ralph Yarl took the stage at Kauffman Performing Arts Center. We were able to dig up a recording of them performing Por Una Cabeza from that night, and as the nation turns its eyes to the shooting of Ralph Yarl, we wanted to highlight him on the show as a Kansas City musician alongside so many other great Kansas City musicians.
We hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Tre' Mutava at Folk Alliance International’s office on Wed., April 19 along with Kat King and Sam Wells
• Kemet Coleman this Friday for his album release show at The Ship
• David Luther this Friday at Old Shawnee Pizza in Lenexa
• Faith Maddox with their band Virga this Friday at The Bottleneck
• Northland Symphony Youth Orchestra has their spring concert on April 30 at the Liberty Performing Arts Center (it’d be cool if this sold out)
Dragon Inn 3 (stripped down set) on Thursday, May 4 at Blip Roasters
Monta on Friday, May 26 at 8 PM at recordBar
We also hear from Rewound and Calvin Arsenia collaborating on a new song, OLIVIA FOX, riddz., Martay, Easy Match, Stretch, and Justus West - he just played two sets at Coachella this past weekend and his music was also featured on a recent episode of Bel-Air (created by Kansas City’s own Morgan Cooper).
We dive head first into the concert calendar, with more and more shows announced every day, we pick out some of our favorites, share music from those acts, and highlight shows in several venues around Kansas City. And at the top of the show, we also talk about some of the events surrounding the upcoming NFL Draft, April 27-29.
We cram more into one hour than should be allowed! Hear music from:
• Drew Six at Colonial Gardens on April 19, kicking off their new free Wednesday night concert series
• Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk, below Hotel Kansas City on April 22
• Eddie Moore at The Hey Hey Club below J. Rieger & Co. Distillery on April 27
• Cut Chemist at The Ship on April 29 with Bill Pile and more DJs
• Amythyst Kiah at Knuckleheads on May 5
• The Sunwrecks, a newer project from Jake Wells, J Taylor, and Blaire Geenens at Lemonade Park on May 6 with The Moose and Vela
• Jason Isbell And the 400 Unit at Boulevardia on June 16 - we play his brand new single and talk about his new documentary
• Alternative Symphony presenting An Orchestral Rendition of Dr. Dre: 2001 at The Truman on July 29
• CAAMP at The Midland Theatre on September 12
• Nation of Language and Miss Grit at recordBar on October 20
We play music from so many genres, it’ll be like you're running up and down the aisles of a record store. We spin new music from Kansas City area musicians, and several of them have upcoming gigs. Also, as today is Election Day we hear one from a couple of years back all about making sure you make it to the polls to cast your ballot.
Hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Bob & Una Walkenhorst - Bob is at Mike Kelly's Westsider on Wednesday night
• Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands at RC McGraw's in Manhattan, KS on Wednesday night
• Major Matt Mason USA is at The Rino on Saturday night
• Sara Morgan is at The Black Box Theatre on Saturday, April 15 with Kelly Hunt
• Emma Jo at Knuckleheads Kansas City on Thursday, June 15
• Caley Rose is at Boulevardia on Friday, June 16 at Crown Center
• Say That Again is at Boulevardia on Saturday, June 17 at Crown Center
Also hear new music from CRRNT, Mac Lethal, Justin John Scheck, How To Make A Bomb, and Tha GoonEz & Southside Dame (featuring AyEI).
This Tuesday on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge, it’s another deep dive into brand new music from Kansas City area musicians and bands. As we dig even deeper into area musicians we’re finding new music from several acts that are new to us.
Hear new and recent releases from:
The Bitter Lake Association (featuring members of The Greeting Committee)
Cardio Party
Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores collaborating with arkko
Kye Colors
NOw Beauty (a new project featuring Hermon Mehari)
The Whiffs
Janelle Monáe collaborating with Sean Kuti and Egypt 80
Heidi Lynne Gluck and Tom Brosseau (from North Dakota)
Apatunity collaborating with Lela, G7NO aka Gìno Visinia, and JNuu
a collaboration project from Sho-Toons, Shilow, and Ess
Emma Bieniewicz (from Grand Rapids, MI) collaborating with Devon Teran of Timbers
We've got a full hour of new releases by KC musicians and bands again here on the Eight One Sixty.
One of our favorite albums from 2019 was by Dragon Inn 3 and they've just released the first single to their follow-up album, Trade Secrets, due out on April 28. We'll kick the show off with their new song, "I Can't Stop.” On the song they get some help from the amazing voices of The Salvation Choir, you can catch them at Boulevardia this summer!
We'll hear new music from Ekho Duo, who are the driving force behind the powerful music of Quixotic. Quixotic just debuted their new show, "Whiskey Dynamite - a nonsensensical neo-western cabaret" at The Grand Theater at Crown Center.
We'll hear new music from Eggs on Mars as they prepare for a big album release show coming up on March 25 at The Rino.
We'll hear the new single from Low Pressure System, they'll celebrate the release this Friday at The Jazzhaus in Lawrence.
Also on the show, new stuff from Shilow (featuring VCMN), Twinn Flame, The Critterz, Amanda Hughey, Timbers, Benjamin Scott (featuring members of Glass Bandit), Via Luna, and Good Lemons.
We play a full hour of brand new music from KC musicians and bands this time on the Eight One Sixty.
Hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
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True Lions playing at Club Sandwich on Wednesday, March 8
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LoTemp playing at Tribal Roots Warehouse in Wichita on Saturday, March 11
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IVORY BLUE playing at ULAH in Westwood on Thursday, March 16
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Tech N9ne playing at The Granada Theater in Lawrence on Friday, March 31
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Andrew M. Olsen playing at 3Halves Brew Pub & BBQ in Liberty on Saturday, June 24
Also, hear new music from Baby B, Sam Arjes, Krizz Kaliko, Jake Wells, DJNOTADJ, and Grammy-winner ConductorWilliams.
It’s time to jump into piles of new releases from KC area bands and musicians!
We hear from a couple of acts, Caley Rose and Zion Isaiah, both were just announced as part of the Boulevardia 2023 lineup, happening June 16 and 17 at Crown Center.
Hear new stuff from a side project of Pierce Turcotte of The Greeting Committee, his new project is called The Bitter Lake Association.
Also on the show will be Paris Williams, Cuee, Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, Ferngazer, Catty Cline (of Manor Records), and Chris Hudson & Jason Beers teaming up on a new song.
Out of Joplin, MO, Bees country, we hear from a new-to-me act that I’ve really been enjoying, The Science Of. And out of Austin, Texas, The Selfless Lovers, who have a couple area gigs coming up, including Nik Parr and The Selfless Lovers (Austin, TX) at Nighthawk on Saturday, March 4 at 9PM.
It’s a big one this week as we reveal the lineup for Boulevardia 2023, Kansas City’s biggest music and beer festival!!! On the show, we dive into the lineup for Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17 and we also play music from a dozen or so of the acts.
This year marks the EIGHTH year for the festival, which started back in 2014. Nearly 300 bands, musicians, and DJs have played at the fest. Once again, this year the fest returns to Crown Center.
We’re really excited to talk about this year’s headliners. We throw around words like “Grammy winner”, name-drop the biggest music fests in the world as these acts are either on those lineups this year or played them in the past, and we talk about our first band to play the fest from New Zealand.
Tune in for Songs From The Heart, a day of music celebrating National Donor Day, that pairs nicely with Valentine’s Day.
On the show, we hear songs on theme from great KC acts and musicians like Hembree, Tech N9ne, The Summer Storms, Dragon Inn 3, The Greeting Committee, and Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee.
We also hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Daniel Gum - Wednesday, Feb 15 at Manor Records Showcase, Daniel Gum & honeybee @ Mean Mule Distilling Co. at 1733 Locust St
• Jessica Paige - Thursday, Feb 23, Jessica Paige & Lucas Parker Band @ The Ship
• Frogpond AND Katy Guillen & The Drive, playing a show together on Saturday, March 4 at Knuckleheads
Also, we have fun with music and dialogue from some films that share great love stories like:
• When Harry Met Sally, from Harry Connick Jr
• She’s The One, from Tom Petty
• Love Actually, some dialogue
• Drive, from Cliff Martinez
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World, some dialogue
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, from Jon Brion
• Rushmore, from Mark Mothersbaugh
We dive into the Concert Calendar. Every day more and more great concerts are announced in KC and we want to talk about and play some music from some upcoming “can’t miss shows.”
In addition to playing some songs from highlighted acts, we run through the concert calendars of several KC venues during the show.
Hear music from:
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two acts playing at The Midland Theatre, Sparks on July 8 and Sylvan Esso along with Indigo De Souza on August 18
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two acts playing at The Folly Theater, Hermon Mehari on February 18 and John Butler on May 3
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the Mountain Goats at Liberty Hall on April 9
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dakhabrakha, Ukranian folk-punk rockers, at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College on February 24
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The New Amsterdams at The Bottleneck on March 2
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The Way Way Back, playing “Valoween” at The Rino, along with You Monster You on February 11
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Kimbra, at recordBar on February 26
And at the top of the show, hear the new song from Mac Lethal about our Kansas City football team and we take a minute and give some love to the Grammys.
We’ve got stacks and stacks of new and recent releases that we're excited to play for you!
Everything from the debut single from Josephine, a 17-year-old KC musician, and her single is being distributed by Sony all the way to Grammy winner, ConductorWilliams and his new collaboration with Jabee.
We also hear from The Greeting Committee, OLIVIA FOX, Chris Canipe, Stik Figa, corey dies in the end, We Are Arya, Kasey Rausch, Lonnie Fisher, and Howard Mahan.
We play NEW stuff from KC musicians. KC bands and musicians keep recording great music and sending it in, so we're going to keep sharing it with you!
We have a little fun at the top of the show, celebrating the Chiefs advancing in the NFL Playoffs and talk about their support of KC music. Then we dive into new releases from CUSPS, Jass, Current, PmBata, Tre' Mutava, Kadesh Flow, and Pamper the Madman.
Then we share three songs that all officially release this Friday, January 27: Honeybee, Monta, and Interstate Run.
New and recent releases from KC area musicians again on this show. Last year ended with a bang, with new releases from so many bands and 2023 is already rolling with so much new music coming out, so fast!
On the show we hear music from Flash Floods, Jillian Riscoe, Soultru, Jake Keegan Band, Brotha Newz, Breeding Brainbow, Jaclyn Bell, The Accidental Project, The Greeting Committee, The Talking Trees, and Rougher All Stars.
We dive in deep on recent and new releases from KC bands and musicians.
We hear stuff from Caley Rose, Lily DeTaeye, Kat King, Such Lovely People, Say That Again, Jass and the Boys, Andrew Foshee, malekazrael, Secular Era, Compati Studio, and Gemini Parks.
We kick off our NINTH year by playing the very first song we ever played on the show, 417 shows ago.
After that, we dive into THREE weeks of new music from 2023 and the end of 2022. Since November we’ve had BEST OF shows, special guests, and live broadcasts at The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery. During those weeks our inbox has filled WAY up!
We’re excited to share so much great new music with you from these musicians and bands over the next three weeks:
This time on the show: Bahroot (Eric Fain), Alicia Solo, Pineapple Wine, The Horse and Locomotive, good guise, MC Rue + CVMEL, Ana Kennedy, You Monster You, and Sundays With Emily.
We wrap up 2022 with special guest Bill Brownlee and look back at the year in music. Bill Brownlee is a prolific blogger at There Stands The Glass, a longtime contributor to The Kansas City Star and KCUR 89.3. Through 2022 he’s logged hundreds of new albums that he’s listened to and he spent 125+ nights of 2022 out at shows seeing live music. He’s the biggest music nerd I know and we’re excited to have him on the show this week!
Sarah Bradshaw also joins us this week and we hear selections from these Kanas City musicians: Mister Water Wet, Flora, LeVellebkc, and Matt Villinger’s All Night Trio (featuring Peter Schlamb and Zach B. Morrow).
We also hear from these national and international acts: Rosalía, Moor Mother, Anna Butterss, and a powerful one from Kae Tempest (featuring Lianne La Havas).
Additionally, this show wraps up our EIGHTH year of the Eight One Sixty, it’s our 417th show! I wanted to say THANK YOU so much to everyone that has tuned in and listened and to everyone at The Bridge for helping make this show happen - cheers everybody!
It's one of our favorite holidays of the year, MARK MANNING DAY! Sarah Bradshaw and I sit down with Mark Manning, our friend, and host of the Wednesday MidDay Medley, a couple clicks down the dial from us, on KKFI 90.1 FM. We look back on 2022 and get a sampling of Mark's favorite releases.
It's one of our favorite holidays of the year, MARK MANNING DAY! Sarah Bradshaw and I sit down with Mark Manning, our friend, and host of the Wednesday MidDay Medley, a couple clicks down the dial from us, on KKFI 90.1 FM. We look back on 2022 and get a sampling of Mark's favorite releases.
It's one of our favorite holidays of the year, MARK MANNING DAY! Sarah Bradshaw and I sit down with Mark Manning, our friend, and host of the Wednesday MidDay Medley, a couple clicks down the dial from us, on KKFI 90.1 FM. We look back on 2022 and get a sampling of Mark's favorite releases.
It's one of our favorite holidays of the year, MARK MANNING DAY! Sarah Bradshaw and I sit down with Mark Manning, our friend, and host of the Wednesday MidDay Medley, a couple clicks down the dial from us, on KKFI 90.1 FM. We look back on 2022 and get a sampling of Mark's favorite releases.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we’ll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we’ve ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
We kick off BEST OF season as we play our favorite SINGLES of 2022. We keep exhaustive lists of releases from KC musicians, and this week we tackle our favorite singles, and then in a few weeks, we'll jump to favorite EPs and then full-length albums.
This was the busiest year for KC music that we've ever known with over 525+ releases logged in our ever-expanding Google doc, thank you so much to our KC music community for filling our inboxes and our airwaves with great music.
On the show we hear selections from Caley Rose, Laura Noble, Kadesh Flow, good guise, Kat King, corey dies in the end, Miki P, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, OLIVIA FOX, Paul Jesse & X-GD, Zion Isaiah, and The Summer Storms.
It's all about new music and many of the musicians that we're featuring have upcoming gigs!
On the show we hear new and recent releases from:
• Lushcrush, a new project from Jillian Riscoe and Emma Jo
• Gullywasher - Friday, Nov 18 Parry/Lonnie Fisher & the Funeral/Gullywasher@ The Black Box
• Friendly Thieves and Zion Isaiah
• FlareThaRebel - Flare Tha Rebel (birthday bash)/Lava Dreams/DJ Skeme at Nighthawk on Friday, Nov 11 at 9PM
• The Roseline who are playing along with The Grisly Hand - Friday, Nov 11 at The Brick
• Brent Windler and Daniel Gum, who are playing on the same bill, along with Lazy Projector on Friday, November 18 at The Brick for a vinyl release show for Brent's amazing new album
• Kadesh Flow, who is part of Deshica Rage, playing Thanksgiving EVE BASH: Deshica Rage (Kadesh+Jessica Paige) at Nighthawk on Wed, Nov 23
We also hear a new single from Emma Jo, who played a single release show Wednesday night at Nighthawk, and a new one from KC's most recent export to Austin, Texas, Glass Bandit.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
This Tunesday is like no other from BLVD Tours & Rec Center! As Halloween is approaching, things get a little weird, as we welcome special guests Freight Train Rabbit Killer (FTRK).
FTRK have been hard at work, hiding in their cave, building new instruments, making new masks, and getting ready for their massive Halloween celebration event at recordBar on Halloween night, Oct 31: Freight Train Rabbit Killer presents The Menagerie of Wonder with Heels and The Ants.
As guests on the show, we try and interview these curious characters, they also play a couple songs LIVE on our show, and we dive into their discography.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone's gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It's an amazing event and it's happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500 releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone’s gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It’s an amazing event and it’s happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500+ releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone's gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It's an amazing event and it's happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500 releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone's gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It's an amazing event and it's happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500 releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone's gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It's an amazing event and it's happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500 releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
Apocalypse Meow is the annual fundraiser event for Midwest Music Foundation (MMF). MMF goes above and beyond to help musicians in times of emergency. From medical needs to recovery and support issues, and through Covid, when everyone's gigs were canceled, they helped keep KC musicians afloat. It's an amazing event and it's happening on Saturday, November 5 at recordBar.
After that, we dive into new music! Our list of 2022 releases (LPs/EPs/etc) has now gone over 500 releases by Kansas City area musicians!
This week on the show hear new and recent releases from Kid Computer, Kristopher Bruders, Caley Rose, Tre' Mutava with Noah Anthony, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Eddie Moore, Plains, and Hermon Mehari.
And we tried to play it last week but ran into a technical glitch, so we play the new single from Black Light Animals again, but for the first time.
We dive head first into new songs from 11 Kansas City area bands and musicians.
On the show, hear new stuff from Kat King, IVORY BLUE, LYXE, Good Lemons, Jeune Premier Silambien (along with The Salvation Choir), and Black Light Animals.
Also, new songs from acts with upcoming gigs:
o Kadesh Flow released a new song last night, and he's part of Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC's Cultural Crossroads on Oct 21 and 22
o Julia Haile, just released two new songs and she's part of Shake, Rattle & Roll | A Celebration of the Folly Theater this Saturday
o The Critterz, just released a new single and they're at VIVO Live Events this Thursday night
o Lizard Brain Trust, who are celebrating their brand new album on Oct 28 with Lizard Brain Trust's "Hell Raising Release Party" at The Bottleneck
o Back Alley Brass Band, have a great new single and will be playing a free show, Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk on Saturday, Nov 19 at 9PM
We dive head first into new songs from 11 Kansas City area bands and musicians.
On the show, hear new stuff from Kat King, IVORY BLUE, LYXE, Good Lemons, Jeune Premier Silambien (along with The Salvation Choir), and Black Light Animals.
Also, new songs from acts with upcoming gigs:
o Kadesh Flow released a new song last night, and he's part of Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC's Cultural Crossroads on Oct 21 and 22
o Julia Haile, just released two new songs and she's part of Shake, Rattle & Roll | A Celebration of the Folly Theater this Saturday
o The Critterz, just released a new single and they're at VIVO Live Events this Thursday night
o Lizard Brain Trust, who are celebrating their brand new album on Oct 28 with Lizard Brain Trust's "Hell Raising Release Party" at The Bottleneck
o Back Alley Brass Band, have a great new single and will be playing a free show, Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk on Saturday, Nov 19 at 9PM
We dive head first into new songs from 11 Kansas City area bands and musicians.
On the show, hear new stuff from Kat King, IVORY BLUE, LYXE, Good Lemons, Jeune Premier Silambien (along with The Salvation Choir), and Black Light Animals.
Also, new songs from acts with upcoming gigs:
o Kadesh Flow released a new song last night, and he's part of Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC's Cultural Crossroads on Oct 21 and 22
o Julia Haile, just released two new songs and she's part of Shake, Rattle & Roll | A Celebration of the Folly Theater this Saturday
o The Critterz, just released a new single and they're at VIVO Live Events this Thursday night
o Lizard Brain Trust, who are celebrating their brand new album on Oct 28 with Lizard Brain Trust's "Hell Raising Release Party" at The Bottleneck
o Back Alley Brass Band, have a great new single and will be playing a free show, Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk on Saturday, Nov 19 at 9PM
We dive head first into new songs from 11 Kansas City area bands and musicians.
On the show, hear new stuff from Kat King, IVORY BLUE, LYXE, Good Lemons, Jeune Premier Silambien (along with The Salvation Choir), and Black Light Animals.
Also, new songs from acts with upcoming gigs:
• Kadesh Flow released a new song last night, and he’s part of Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads on Oct 21 and 22
• Julia Haile, just released two new songs and she’s part of Shake, Rattle & Roll | A Celebration of the Folly Theater this Saturday
• The Critterz, just released a new single and they’re at VIVO Live Events this Thursday night
• Lizard Brain Trust, who are celebrating their brand new album on Oct 28 with Lizard Brain Trust's “Hell Raising Release Party” at The Bottleneck
• Back Alley Brass Band, have a great new single and will be playing a free show, Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk on Saturday, Nov 19 at 9PM
We dive head first into new songs from 11 Kansas City area bands and musicians.
On the show, hear new stuff from Kat King, IVORY BLUE, LYXE, Good Lemons, Jeune Premier Silambien (along with The Salvation Choir), and Black Light Animals.
Also, new songs from acts with upcoming gigs:
o Kadesh Flow released a new song last night, and he's part of Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC's Cultural Crossroads on Oct 21 and 22
o Julia Haile, just released two new songs and she's part of Shake, Rattle & Roll | A Celebration of the Folly Theater this Saturday
o The Critterz, just released a new single and they're at VIVO Live Events this Thursday night
o Lizard Brain Trust, who are celebrating their brand new album on Oct 28 with Lizard Brain Trust's "Hell Raising Release Party" at The Bottleneck
o Back Alley Brass Band, have a great new single and will be playing a free show, Back Alley Brass Band at Nighthawk on Saturday, Nov 19 at 9PM
We talk about upcoming shows, go through our highlights, and play music from some “can’t miss” shows.
We hear music from these great KC acts: The MGDs, The Project H, Frogpond, The Casket Lottery, and a couple brand new songs from The Black Mariah Theater and also the first single from the brand new album from Other Americans.
Then we jump a bit outside of our area code and hear music from these bands coming to the area: Wet Leg, Saxsquatch, Rufus Wainwright, PHOENIX, and Ani DiFranco.
All about new music from bands and musicians from Kansas City and the surrounding areas. And we REALLY mean that this week, the surrounding areas!
From KC, well hear new stuff from Blackstarkids, Six Percent, Clearfight, and Sam Harding.
We’ll hear from folks with KC roots, like Hembree and Crystal Rose.
And then from a couple KC transplants, MellowPhobia and Bolinas.
And then we’ll hit the surrounding area, LYXE from Lawrence, Me Like Bees from Joplin, I.V KING from Springfield, and Ha Ha Tonka from Southern Missouri. Ha Ha Tonka just announced their annual holiday show, Ha Ha Tonka's 12th Tonka's-giving at recordBar on Nov. 23.
The Bridge is coming to you live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewing Company for this Eight One Sixty episode! We welcome special guest Trevor Turla – plus, it's Pledge Week, and Plaza Art Fair Week.
Trevor Turla is an amazing trombonist here in KC and for a long time has played with many great bands and musicians, and recently he released his debut solo album, "And We Continue."
He's got a busy weekend ahead, playing in several sets at the 91st annual Plaza Art Fair – Splatt w/ Kadesh Flow, Trevor Turla, Grand Marquis, and sitting in with The Phantastics.
In addition to playing music from his recent release, we'll also play brand new music from other acts playing at Art Fair including Run With It, OLIVIA FOX and Caley Rose. And in case you missed it, Kristen May is making music again! She's a long-time KC musician and former front person for Vedera, and she is also part of this weekend's Art Fair. We'll hear one from her catalog.
If you love The Bridge, now's a good time to throw a few bucks into the proverbial digital hat and help keep things running smoothly at the station.
It’s all about new music, and we’ve got some great new songs for you. We’ve been heavy into talking about fests and events all while our inbox was overflowing with great new stuff.
We hear new stuff from these bands with upcoming gigs:
Clearfight - Saturday, September 17 at VIVO Live Events
Blackstarkids - Monday, September 26 at recordBar
Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream - Wednesday, September 28 at The Ship
PURE XTC - Friday, September 9 at Crane Brewing Company
Back Alley Brass Band - Saturday, September 10 at 2022 Prairie Village Jazz Festival
Aiming Arrows - Saturday, October 1 at Westport Bowery
And we also hear new music from JIngram, ASPN, Hotel Leo, Adriana Nikole, Stephonne, and You Monster You.
On this show we talk about FOUR upcoming area festivals. Every weekend is filled with fests and we don’t want you to miss these:
• Lemonade Social - The Get Up Kids and more, September 9-10 at Lemonade Park in The Historic West Bottoms, KCMO - 2 days 10 bands, and 9 breweries
• AMERI'KANA Music & Arts Festival, Sept 10 at Grinders KC Event Venue in The Crossroads, KCMO - dozens of musicians and a block party
• Lincoln Calling, September 22-24 in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska - 75+ bands on 8 stages
• Camp Leavenworth, September 23-24 in downtown Leavenworth, KS - 2 days, 12 acts, fireworks, all for FREE
On the show, we’ll play music from bands at each festival, give you some details about each fest, and let you know where to go for more info.
Hear music from Calvin Arsenia, The Get Up Kids, Mr. Golden Sun, EBONY TUSKS, Nikki Lane, Soultru, Making Movies, D Smoke, Travis Marvin, and The Grisly Hand.
Live from the Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewing Company for this Tunesday show, hanging out with Nick Carswell of the band Carswell & Hope. We talk about their brand new album, "Sign of the Times."
We also talk all about Kansas City Irish Fest - it's celebrating 20 YEARS as a fest this weekend, Sept 2-4, at Crown Center. Also, music from several acts on the fest including The Elders, EllaHarp, Kadesh Flow, Jessica Paige, Calvin Arsenia, Shane Hennessy, We Banjo 3 and of course, Carswell & Hope.
We dive head first into CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest! The 18th annual fest is on Saturday, Aug. 27, hosting 25+ bands on six stages in The West Bottoms. Hear music from several acts on the lineup: OLIVIA FOX, Cassie Taylor, The Kansas City Bear Fighters, Arquesta Del SolSoul, Ezmerelda, The Black Creatures, IVORY BLUE, Malek Azrael, and Noah Davis.
Hear new stuff from Jake Wells, Gemini Parks (new project from Berwanger), Lone Stranger (new project from Zach Phillips of The Architects), Mark McGonigle, Pompous Jack, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Elevator Division, Little Little (new project from Drew Little), Julia Reynolds & Michael Johnson, good guise, and JNabe.
Our inbox is FULL and we’re excited to share a bunch of new music with you, THIS week and NEXT week too.
We hear brand new music from Arquesta Del SolSoul, who are part of the 18th annual KKFI Crossroads Music Fest happening on August 27.
We hear a recent release from Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands, who are part of the upcoming Camp Leavenworth festival happening on September 23 and 24 in downtown Leavenworth.
Also, music from three acts that just launched new music videos: FlareThaRebel, PmBata, and LoopStation featuring Julia Reynolds.
Then, we round things out with new releases from Caley Rose, Kasey Rausch, Bolinas, Felix Child, and Synthlad.
…and the show must go on! The inaugural Innovation Festival is next Saturday, August 6 at Crown Center. The fest features 12 bands, on two stages, a silent disco with three DJs and it is now a FREE event!
After canceling festival appearances all over the world (US/Canada/Japan), Black Pumas also canceled their KC date. Hometown music heroes, The Greeting Committee are stepping up and headlining the show. The Regrettes will be direct support and the lineup is filled with seven other great acts: argonaut&wasp, Dreamgirl, The Freedom Affair, MellowPhobia, The Cavves, Whitehall, and Caroline Blu.
Tickets are still available for the Brewery Showcase, they’re $25 and you get to sample six seven-ounce pours from a bunch of breweries from the region and also be treated to music on a second stage featuring The Roseline, Miki P, and Jake Reese.
Then into the evening, a silent disco opens up to everyone from 7-10PM with DJ NE$$, DJ Joe, and Dj MoHeat spinning for you on three channels into your headphones.
It’s going to be a great FREE day of music, from 11AM-10PM. Free parking is available in all Crown Center parking garages. Hope to see you down there, thanks!
Chris Haghirian takes the show to the Boulevard Tours & Rec. Beer Hall the last Tuesday of every month with a special interview and performance from a local artist.
This time on the show, musician Miki P. joins Chris for a special sustainer appreciation night at the beer hall.
It's our third week in a row of a deep dive into new releases from KC bands and musicians.
We hear music from these acts who have upcoming shows:
Clay Hughes with G. Love on August 3 at recordBar
A Light Within on August 6 at Lemonade Park
The Summer Storms on August 20 at Old Shawnee Pizza-Cocktails & Live Music Lenexa
Lazy Projector on August 26 at recordBar
Quite Frankly on August 26 at The Truman
We also hear new stuff from these acts Field Daze, Jo MacKenzie, Kenny Batson, You Monster You, and The Kyle Sexton Band.
It should be a good show, filled with great new music for you to enjoy! Find us on your radio dial at 90.9FM in Kansas City or stream us online or via The Bridge app - Thank you!
We continue to celebrate new music from KC musicians. This week we hear 11 new songs, some from old friends and some from musicians we just discovered last week!
Hear from some of our old friends and favorites like Emmaline Twist, Carswell & Hope, Kat King, Lava Dreams, Jake Wells, and J. Taylor.
Then new stuff from these folks that we don’t know too much about, Amy Ward, ZAVA, Rougher All Stars, My Escape, Shang, and Pineapple Wine.
We kick off a run of ALL NEW MUSIC shows this time on the Eight One Sixty. So much music continues to pour out of KC musicians, we’re excited to continue to share new music with you.
This week we hear new stuff from old friends The Grisly Hand, Kristopher Bruders, Major Matt Mason USA, and Kadesh Flow.
We also hear from several newer acts The Critterz, Callah, Luke Petet, The Royal Firecrackers, Colebroodmusic, and Jacob Cullum. We’ll also hear a brand new single from MellowPhobia, on August 6 they’ll be part of the inaugural Innovation Festival, along with Black Pumas, The Greeting Committee, and more, all happening at Crown Center.
For Tunesdays we broadcast live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewing Company and are joined by two special guests, Kat King and PURE XTC.
We play music from both of their catalogs, learn some of their backstory as musicians, hear about their Boulevardia experience, and also do a “7 Questions” segment and ask them the same questions we’ve asked over 200 other musicians on the show.
Also, as part of the series Boulevard will make a donation to Pride Haven and Our Spot KC.
Over the past several weeks we’ve talked about Music in the Park, Boulevardia, Make Music Day (which is TOMORROW!) and the new releases have been piling up!
On the show tomorrow we’ll plow through a dozen new releases from KC musicians and bands.
• We’ll kick things off with a contender for song of the summer from corey dies in the end.
• We'll hear a new pop song from Caley Rose, who was featured last week on KCUR 89.3 with a great supporter of KC music, Steve Kraske.
• Our old friends from Six Percent have a great new EP coming soon.
• The Way Way Back, slowing things down a bit on a new song and still doing everything right.
• Jo MacKenzie continues to impress us with more and more new music.
• New to us, Jerame Gray pouring out the emotions for those suffering in Ukraine.
• Fresh off the stage from Boulevardia and Juneteenth Fest, a new one from The Black Creatures.
• Some hip hop from Current exploring mental health issues.
• Another new single from one of my favorite (former) KC voices, Danny McGaw.
• Also new to us, music from Quinton Paige and Straight White Teeth, who both went to our show page and submitted music.
It should be a fun show. We’ll throw a little Boulevardia recap in there too, at the top of the show.
Next week, on Tuesday, June 28 we’re back at the Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewing Company with two special guests, Kat King and PURE XTC. In addition to being on the radio show from 6-7PM, they’ll each play a 30-minute set in the Beer Hall from 7-8PM.
We're back with our Boulevardia 2022 artist preview series, this week with Heidi Phillips of Frogpond! Heidi joins Chris live from the Beer Hall at the Boulevard Tours and Rec Center to perform a few stripped-down songs, talk about the return of Frogpond and their first album in over 20 years, "TimeThief."
Frogpond performs at Boulevardia on Saturday, June 18 at 6:15 p.m. on the Fountain Stage.
Eight One Sixty went livefrom the Boulevard Tours and Rec Center to celebrate the lead up to Boulevardia 2022! Today's episode features Miguel Antonio of Run With It, performing live and talking about his podcast, the evolution of the band and his career and more. See Run With It at Boulevardia on Friday, June 17 at 5:45 p.m.
Today on the show we talk an upcoming event, Music in the Park, happening in Westwood Park at 47th and State Line on Saturday, June 11, 10AM-10PM. We get all of the details from one of the event organizers, Daniel Barickman with the West Plaza Neighborhood Association.
The event features a great lineup of KC musicians: The Phantastics, Bob Walkenhorst, Cassie Taylor, and a new project called Shakedown Strings (featuring Rick Willoughby and Clayton DeLong). Also on the bill is MiD, from Alexandria, VA and internationally known, world-renowned DJ, a pioneer of house music, creator of Mushroom Jazz, Mark Farina!
We jump on the phone for an interview with Mark Farina and I’ll do some serious fan-boying. I first heard Mushroom Jazz Vol 1 and Vol. 2 back in 1999 and I’ve been a fan since. Mark Farina will be in KC on Saturday, June 11, playing two gigs, first at Music in the Park at 3PM and then that night at The Ship at 9PM.
We also play music by the other acts on the bill and give you details about the event and let you know that The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair is part of the event too!
It's all about new music and highlighting a bunch of upcoming shows by these acts:
• Katy Guillen & The Drive on Thursday, May 19 at Nighthawk
• Making Movies at Folk Alliance International on May 19 and Boulevardia on June 18
• Doubledrag on Friday, May 20 at The Bottleneck as part of Manor Fest 4
• R.I.Peter on Saturday, May 21 at White Schoolhouse as part of Manor Fest 4
• Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands on Friday, May 27 at Kaw Valley Public House in Lawrence, KS
• Wonderfuzz on Friday, June 1 at Power & Light District
• Freight Train Rabbit Killer on Saturday, June 4 at recordBar
• Trevor Turla at Boulevardia at Crown Center on June 18
• Danny McGaw on Thursday, July 7 at Mike Kelly's Westsider
We also hear a recently released single from Laura Noble that should be the official song for the next FIFA World Cup and a new remix from Grant Klein that will test the bass in your car or headphones.
If you're seeing this, it's likely that you're a music nerd (easy, that's a compliment) and I have to say, this might be might most "Pitchfork" show we've ever done. We play music from 11 acts, I only know three of them. The rest are from an impressive pool of submissions.
If you feel like nerding out with me to some new KC music, hear new music from CUSPS, Rue (featuring TyFaizon of Blackstarkids), Paul Jesse & Deegan Poores, Zion Isaiah, VCMN, Bolinas, Coffee, MiD, Nicole Springer, Derek's Shifting Shadows, and Charity Frauds. It's so Pitchforky, very few of the acts even have Facebook pages!
Also, we kick off the show with a little Local 909 out of St. Joe MO, from a 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. #iykyk
We celebrate MORE new music from Kansas City musicians this time on the show! Our inboxes are spilling over with new music and we’re excited to share more new stuff with you.
We kick off the show with a brand new song from Jessica Paige, who is playing a special rooftop concert at Crossroads Hotel on Wednesday to celebrate her new single, and it sounds like her lineup is stacked with other great KC musicians! More info on that show here: SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: JESSICA PAIGE.
We hear the title track from Kristin Hamilton’s new album, “Touch of Blue”. Her album release show is this Sunday. More info on that show here: Kristin Hamilton Album Release Concert
We also hear new stuff from Making Movies, The Chunk, Claire Adams (remixed by Alyssa Murray) Gee Watts (featuring Kye Colors and Jass), John Long, Scott Jelinek, Ben Schenberg, Current, and Jean Claude & The Eclairs.
Eight One Sixty is back this week with more new music from KC artists!
We're not even halfway through the year and KC musicians have already released more than 200 EPs/LPs/singles. It's amazing.
On the show this week we'll hear new music from 11 KC acts including Kate Cosentino, Caley Rose, Little Little (the new project from Drew Little), Bahroot (a project from Eric Fain), Sidelined Souls, IVORY BLUE, Shawn M. Stewart, Luke Petet, Andrew M. Olsen, MARCOTTE, and a rocker from Belle & The Vertigo Waves.
We'll try and plug upcoming shows by these acts as well, including:
- Local Darling // Belle & The Vertigo Waves // MellowPhobia this Friday at Replay Loung
- Sidelined Souls on April 29 at VIVO Live
- Kate Cosentino's album release show on May 21 at Nighthawk with The Whips and Doobie NM
- Luke Petet with Paris Williams on June 17 at Boulevardia
- IVORY BLUE on June 18 at Boulevardia
- Andrew M. Olsen on June 24 at Buffalo State Pizza Co. & Bar - Crossroads
And we'll make sure you know about Bahroot's dog, who is TikTok famous - Jeff The Mastiff - that dog's got 37k followers and 2 million likes!
It's all about yesterday's brand new festival announcement, Innovation Festival this time on the show. The inaugural fest will happen in KC on Saturday, August 6 at Crown Center and features nine acts including six-time Grammy nominee, Black Pumas!
Also on the bill, they just played a massive show over the weekend at The Uptown, The Greeting Committee will once again take the stage in KC. And the list of festival performers goes on. The Regrettes, who are at Coachella this weekend and next, will be here. Two acts out of the Wichita area are on the lineup, Evann McIntosh and The Cavves. Out of Charleston, SC, Whitehall will bring their dance-y indie rock to Crown Center. And of course, great local representation by The Freedom Affair, Dreamgirl, and recently relocated to KC, MellowPhobia.
We play music from all NINE of these acts on the show and give you more info about Innovation Festival. Also, don't miss the presale happening tomorrow (Wednesday, April 13) at 10AM for 24 hours, your password is BRIDGE at theinnovationfestival.com.
This time it's all about the concert calendar and our CAN’T MISS shows of the 2nd quarter of 2022. The concert calendar is overflowing right now with so many great shows and more are announced every day!
On the show, we hop from venue to venue, and month to month playing music from and talking about so many upcoming shows.
Hear music from these acts with upcoming shows:
04/27/22 Disclosure/DJ Boring at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
04/28/22 Sarah Harmer with special guest Kelly Hunt at Knuckleheads
05/05/22 Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at Uptown Theater
05/07/22 Hovvdy/Molly Parden at The Bottleneck
05/08/22 Bartees Strange with Car Seat Headrest at Grinders KC
05/21/22 Kirsten Paludan and the Ringers/Marah McFadden at The Ship
05/31/22 Phoebe Bridgers at Starlight
06/03/22 Small Black at recordBar
06/13/22 Purity Ring at The Granada
06/15/22 Bon Iver/Bonny Light Horseman at Starlight
06/17 and 06/18 MiD at Boulevardia 2022
And we name-drop dozens and dozens more shows, acts, venues, and more. So many shows! The best way to keep up is to head to bridge909.org/events, check out the concert calendar, and make sure you’re on the email list.
We also give some love to ConductorWilliams and congratulate him on his Grammy and we give some love to the Jayhawks for what they pulled off last night. We also have a new opening bumper from JNabe, full of Kansas City love.
It's somehow our 4th week in a row featuring all-new music from Kansas City musicians. We didn’t intend to do a month’s worth of shows featuring only new stuff, but we’re lucky because new music continues to flow into our inboxes.
Hear new stuff from The Creepy Jingles, Scruffy & the Janitors, The Whips, Lorraine-Dietrich, The Talking Trees, sadface, Jo MacKenzie, JNabee, Kye Colors, and Fritz Hutchison.
Another new one from David Luther, the guy responsible for the opening bumper to this radio show! He’s got a big album release show coming up on Wednesday, March 23 with Timbers at Westport Bowery, the newly remodeled and updated space in the back of Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill.
Also, hear one from Lava Dreams from 2021, that she just released a great new video for, “Simple Magic”. Part of the video was shot in Arches National Park in Utah.
Today on the Eight One Sixty is our third week in a row featuring ALL NEW music by KC musicians.
On the show we hear the brand new song from Making Movies and wish them well as they prepare to head to Austin, Texas for SXSW. We also hear new stuff from Rockababyrock, Brandon Estelle, Miki P, DRAKExTAYLOR, Brotha Newz - the Ustadh, Rue, Fire Beats Plague, Anson the Ornery, You Monster You, and Stick Attack.
Also, the debut single from a young Washington DC band, that’s headed to KC to play Boulevardia, they’re called MiD and most of them are 17 years old!
Also, the opening bumper of our show today is from David Luther and he's got a big album release show coming up next Wednesday, David Luther - Album Release Show at The Westport Bowery - make sure that's on your radar!
It’s another week of us celebrating and playing new and recent releases from Kansas City area musicians. We hear new releases from Jo MacKenzie, Jenna Rae, Molly Hair, Prairie Brigade, Colebroodmusic, and Brian Hurtgen. We also hear new stuff from these acts with upcoming gigs:
David Luther - album release show on Wed., March 23 at Westport Bowery
Back Alley Brass Band - album release show on Sat., March 26 at The Rino
The Burney Sisters - playing at Knuckleheads with Lily B Moonflower on Thursday
And because I love them so much, we kick things off with an old one from The Appleseed Cast, who along with Thursday/Cursive/Nate Bergman are at The Truman tomorrow night.
We hear brand new music from 11 different KC acts this time on the show. Several of these acts are brand new to us and they went to our website and submitted music for us to check out. Well, we liked what they sent in and now we want to share it with you!
On the show today we hear from Rockababyrock, Kid Computer, Kenny Batson, Calvin Haverkamp, Current, Love, Mae C., Amble Haunt, Carol Burgen, Deegan Poores, Static Phantoms, and a collaboration between JNabe and Julia Reynolds.
Also, the opening bumper of the show today is from The David Luther. David Luther has a brand new album coming out this month and to celebrate he’s got an album release show happening on March 23 at Westport Bowery, the newly named, recently updated venue in the back of Westport Flea Market. It should be a great show!
On this show we celebrate Black History Month!
Every Saturday this month on The Bridge we have been collaborating with different Black artists from Kansas City and handing over their airwaves to them, letting them share nine songs from nine acts that changed their life, it's called "Nine From Nine." For the 8160 this week I’m flipping that on its head, and I’m going to play my favorite song from these nine Kansas City acts and then run through the list of acts that changed their lives.
On the show we’ll hear from Reach, Radkey, Brass & Boujee, Sam Wells, FlareThaRebel, Jass, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow, and Paris Williams.
Also, I wanted to plug this Saturday, February 26 three of the acts on the show will talk about and play music from acts that changed their lives:
Eddie Moore 9AM
Kadesh Flow 10AM
Paris Williams 11AM
At the end of the show today I also take a minute to give some love to Kansas City’s own Morgan Cooper. Morgan Cooper is the creator, writer, and director of the new TV series Bel-Air on Peacock TV. It’s a re-imagined, new take on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. A few years ago you could find Morgan Cooper gigging around town at hip hop shows with this project, Barrel Maker and Lion Maker and he also did freelance work at The Bridge, filming different in-studio sessions. Now he’s in LA and he’s changing the game. On Bel-Air he’s playing music from KC acts, he’s showing off KC music as the actors walk through record stores, and he’s showing off artwork on the set of the show from KC artists like Warren 'stylez' Harvey. Much love to Morgan for showing off his hometown!
Another round of new #kcmusic on the Eight One Sixty! Peep new songs from Trevor Turla, The Greeting Committee, Stik Figa, Fritz Hutchison and more.
We dive deeper into the lineup for the 7th annual Boulevardia 2022! This year the fest will feature 70 acts playing on four stages, along with a silent disco all taking place on Grand Blvd around Crown Center. The massive lineup was revealed last Wednesday and on the show today we’ll dig a little deeper, talk about, and play music from some acts on the fest.
Hear music from Saxsquatch, Lauren Sanderson, Kadesh Flow and Jessica Paige (aka Deshica Rage), The Pharcyde, Giovannie & The Hired Guns, Dayglow, and Daisy the Great. Also hear brand new music from Hembree, Paris Williams, Rockababy Rock (aka David Lee), and out of St. Louis, Seashine.
Chris has a flood of new #kcmusic on this week's Eight One Sixty! Tune in to hear from Molly Hair, Radkey, The Talking Trees, The Elders and more!
We kick off the show with a couple celebratory anthems for the Chiefs and then work our way into new releases and recent submissions from great KC musicians!
I’m sure your week will be filled with stories about Sunday night’s amazing victory, so I thought we would take a minute and play a couple songs to celebrate that unbelievable win. After that we jump into new and recent releases from several KC area acts, including Ezmerelda (featuring Kianna White and Cale Parks), Shawn M. Stewart, Galactique Acid, Lonnie Fisher, Cumulostratus, Far Down (we read about them on Shuttlecock Music Magazine’s blog), Hembree, The Creepy Jingles, Kadesh Flow and we hear from Trevor Turla’s forthcoming album.
We dive into new releases from a dozen KC acts on this show. Some of the songs came out in late 2021 and some of the songs come out this Friday. Last year KC musicians put out so much great music, 2022 is off to a good start.
We hear new releases from Hembree, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Dia Jane (of Baby And The Brain), Glass Bandit, Cole Brood, Caley Rose, IVORY BLUE, Say That Again, Christian Eliah, You Monster You, Mensa Deathsquad, and Asterales featuring Royce Diamond and Maria Cuevas (of Maria The Mexican).
For this show we talk about and play music from Kansas City musicians who are on Patreon. Have you heard of Patreon? It’s a cool way to connect with musicians - it gives you a fun way to support them and in turn, receive unique gifts for your support.
On Patreon musicians create different tiers of experiences, often giving you a sneak peek into new music, new videos, sharing exclusive songs, and other offerings with you. It’s a cool way to connect, especially these days when fewer people are connecting in person. For just a few bucks a month you can get cool things sent to your inbox every month.
We play music from about a dozen KC acts who have Patreon pages including:
Bob Walkenhorst https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26558302
Una Walkenhorst https://www.patreon.com/unawalkenhorst
Kadesh Flow https://www.patreon.com/KadeshFlow
The Black Creatures https://www.patreon.com/theblackcreatures
Daniel Gum https://www.patreon.com/danielgum
Charlotte Bumgarner of Manor Records https://www.patreon.com/manorrecords
Kawehi https://www.patreon.com/iamkawehi
Berwanger https://www.patreon.com/joshberwanger
Me Like Bees https://www.patreon.com/melikebees
Also, here are other KC musicians with Patreon pages:
Katy Guillen and The Drive https://www.patreon.com/kgandthedrive
Radkey https://www.patreon.com/radkeyband
Ben Wendt of The Way Way Back https://www.patreon.com/user?u=24604370
Nick Carswell of Carswell & Hope https://www.patreon.com/nickcarswell
Jessica Paige https://www.patreon.com/jesspaigemusic
Elexa Dawson https://www.patreon.com/elexadawson
Wick Thomas of Wick & The Tricks https://www.patreon.com/Wicktrick
Kat King https://www.patreon.com/katkingmusic
Barnaby Bright https://www.patreon.com/barnabybright
Making Movies https://www.patreon.com/makingmovies
Stephonne https://www.patreon.com/Stephonne
On this show we begin our EIGHTH year of programming! EIGHT YEARS!
We turn our attention to the concert calendar and talk about and play music from our can't miss shows of the first quarter of 2022. Obviously, we're living through ever-changing times and concert dates can change any given second, but we wanted to talk about some shows on our radar and make sure that you knew about them.
On the show we talk about and play music from these shows:
01/21/22 Kacey Musgraves/King Princess/MUNA at T-Mobile Center
01/21 and 01/22 6th Annual The Band That Fell To Earth KC David Bowie Tribute shows at recordBar
02/04/22 Hembree/Madisen Ward/ Dreamgirl at The Truman
02/05/22 The Wombats at The Truman
02/17/22 Manchester Orchestra/Michigander at Uptown Theater
02/19/22 Tyler, The Creator/Vince Staples/Kali Uchis/Teezo Touchdown at Cable Dahmer Arena
02/19/22 Lucy Dacus at Liberty Hall
02/22/22 Beach House at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
03/04/22 The Staves at recordBar
03/21/22 Joseph at The Madrid Theatre
03/29/22 Yola with Jac Ross at Uptown
03/29/22 girl in red/Holly Humberstone at The Truman
Thank you for listening to the show for the past EIGHT years and for supporting the station - none of this happens with you!
On this show we sit down with the biggest music nerd we know, Bill Brownlee. He’s a longtime blogger, contributor to The KC Star and KCUR, avid list maker, and so much more. He shares eight of his favorite recordings of 2021 with us, as well as stories from some of his favorite live shows this year.
Hear music from a very wide range of artists on the show, names like Hermon Mehari, Pat Metheny, Samantha Fish teaming up with Tech N9ne all the way to Kanye West and Skrillex.
This is our final show of the year and Sarah Bradshaw and I couldn’t be happier to sit down with Bill for a recap!
This time on the show we attempt the impossible, to wrap up 2021 in 60 minutes! KC musicians and bands have put out so much music this year, we play songs from some of our favorite singles, EPs, and LPs of 2021. We could never fit them all in an hour, but we aim for a dozen or so.
As the year winds to a close, we offer much love and many thanks to the KC music community for constantly keeping us moving, entertained, and engaged with your music - cheers to you!
It's a massive Save The Date episode for Boulevardia 2022. Boulevardia will return on June 17 and 18, 2022 and take place at Crown Center in downtown Kansas City. On the show this week we look back and hear music from bands that have played the fest in the first six years AND we look forward to the upcoming fest in Summer 2022.
Since Boulevardia began in 2014 over 225 acts have played the fest. On this week’s show, we look back and play music from 10 of them and I share some stories about those bands and others too - a bit of a look behind the scenes of the event. It should be a fun look back and look forward at one of KC’s iconic fests!
This show is LIVE in the studio with one of the hardest working musicians in Kansas City, Kadesh Flow! He’s an emcee, a trombonist, a front person, a producer, an amazing collaborator, he just played at The Plaza Lighting Ceremony, and so much more. In 2021 he released about two dozen singles and also a full-length album, “Room Service 2”.
We talk about the past year in music for Kadesh and we also turn our airwaves over to him! He’s picked out a great lineup of music to feature on the show with selections from We The People featuring Eddie Moore, Adrian Truth produced by Dominique S., Jamar Rose, Alyssa Murray, The Black Creatures, Kemet Coleman, The Popper, They Call Me Sauce, and Effie.
We also talk about upcoming live shows on his calendar, including his project, Deshtet playing a free show on Saturday, December 18 at the coolest new spot in town, Nighthawk in the basement of Hotel Kansas City.
On this show we celebrate one of our favorite holidays of the year, it’s Mark Manning Day! Mark Manning is our friend and DJ from KKFI 90.1 FM, a couple clicks down the dial from us.
Every year he hosts an amazing BEST OF list on his radio show, the Wednesday MidDay Medley, where for 17 years he’s been sharing great music from KC musicians and beyond. Every Wednesday in December from 10AM-noon he will host his “120 Favorite Recordings of 2021.”
On our show this week we get a sneak peek of some of the acts that are on his impressive list. On the show we hear from Riley The Musician, True Lions, Claire Adams, Knife Crime, Effie, Cuee, Kadesh Flow, FlareThaRebel, Monta At Odds, and The Roseline.
We also have some great music conversations that every music nerd will enjoy.
It's a big one folks! If you’re a long-time listener to the show you know how much we love Frogpond. This week on the show we sit down with Heidi Phillips of Frogpond to talk about the new album,“TimeThief” out this Friday and their big album release show: Frogpond TimeThief Album Release Party w/ The Creepy Jingles at recordBar on Saturday, November 27.
My love of KC music traces back to Frogpond in the mid-1990s and I’m so excited to sit down with Heidi Phillips and talk for an hour, Sarah Bradshaw will also be on the show! We play music spanning Heidi’s music career. Hear from well-known Frogpond albums, two songs from the brand new album, as well as one song from the very hard-to-find EP, only available on cassette called 2%.
Also hear from projects that Heidi worked on along the way like Abilene, playing under her own name, and also a team-up with Danny Krause. We go from 1994 to 2021 over the course of the hour on this episode of the Eight One Sixty.
We kick off the show talking about a very cool event happening this Thursday on Veterans Day, “Pints With A Purpose” and then jump into some new releases from KC musicians.
This Thursday is Veterans Day and Drexel Hall/The Irish Center of Kansas City is hosting a benefit concert for James Carter aka Sarge, a Marine Veteran, founder of You Found Music, and huge supporter of KC music. Everyone is invited to hear some great music in the beautiful setting of the Irish Center (my wedding reception was there!). Five acts will play from 6-9PM: Timbers, Nicki White, The David Luther, Sam Wells, and Alisa Jefferson - we hear from those last two on this week’s show!
After that, we jump into new releases from The Grisly Hand, A.M. Merker, STEDDY P., Melissa Mayhew, Jaclyn Bell, PURE XTC, and Redder Moon.
It’s all about new music as the calendar turns to November, KC musicians are still stacking new releases high in 2021!
We’re excited to play new and recent releases for you from Wonderfuzz, Nick Siegel, IVORY BLUE, Elexa Dawson, Rob Rice, Clay Hughes, Daisan The Coward, Alien Hellbop, Reach, The Epitome, Antipsychotic Cocktail, and Birdie .
On this episode we talk about some upcoming shows in November and encourage you to SAVE THE DATE and make sure they're on your calendar!There are some great fundraiser shows happening in November, all doing amazing things:Saturday, Nov 6, Apocalypse Meow 14, a fundraiser show for Midwest Music Foundation - a livestream event - hear music from Katy Guillen and The DriveThursday, Nov 11, Pints With A Purpose for James Carter aka Sarge at The Irish Center of Kansas City - a live and in-person event - hear music from Timbers and David LutherSaturday, Nov 20, Thundergong! a fundraiser for Steps Of Faith Foundation hosted by Emmy-winner Jason Sudeikis - a livestream event - hear a song from the great Ted Lasso.We also talk about and hear music from a couple bands with album release shows on the November Concert Calendar, Frogpond and The Roseline. And then we play some music from other acts with upcoming gigs that we’re looking forward to: Hembree, The Casket Lottery, and Effie.
It's all about new music as we hear new and recent releases from a dozen KC-area acts.We criss-cross genres from indie rock to hip hop, from Americana to bedroom pop, and a few in between. New stuff from KEVIN MORBY, Various Blonde, Caley Rose, Second Hand King, Jake Wells, The Greeting Committee, Stik Figa, Tech N9ne, Grant Klein, Brian Fees, Exit 13, and Belle & The Vertigo Waves.
It's a 3-ring circus and we kick off the show by announcing the line-up for one of my favorite events of every year, Apocalypse Meow hosted by Midwest Music Foundation, happening virtually on Saturday, November 6 with 5 bands playing live sets at recordBar. We play music from 4 of those acts on the show.
After that, hear some new releases from Hermon Mehari & Alessandro Lanzoni, Paris Williams, The Nite Owls: Wyatt Brewer & Sarah Lynn, and Lonnie Fisher And The Funeral.
Also, music from 3 of the 35+ bands playing this weekend's Any/all Music and Arts Festival, The Sluts, The Royal Chief, and Jass. The fest takes place in and around Blip Roasters in The West Bottoms.
We dive headfirst into the October Concert Calendar on this episode of the Eight One Sixty. This month is stacked with so many great concerts to catch, it’d be impossible to talk about all of them, but we work our way through 11 upcoming shows that should be on your radar.Hear about these shows and from acts on the bill:10/06/21 The Matchsellers' Wednesday Night Pickin' Party’ hosted by The Matchsellers at The Westport Saloon - EVERY WED IN OCT10/07/21 St. Vincent (moved from The Uptown) at Grinders KC10/07/21 The Reminders at the Polsky Theatre at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College10/08/21 Jake & The Dirty Magicians & J. Taylor at Velo Garage and Tap House presented by The Record Machine 10/09/21 Japanese Breakfast (show moved from Granada) at Liberty Hall10/10/21 Black Box Jazz Series presents Marcus Lewis Big Band at The Black Box in The West Bottoms10/12/21 Erykah Badu at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland10/15/21 Other Americans, Scout, and Belle & The Vertigo Waves at Lemonade Park in The West Bottoms10/23/21 Kawehi at The Granada Theater10/24/21 Bleachers and Claud at Uptown Theater10/27/21 William Elliott Whitmore and The Creek Rocks at recordBar
We dive into new and recent releases from 10 KC area bands on this episode of the Eight One Sixty.
Hear music from Elevator Division and namelessnumberheadman, they’re playing together at the recordBar this Friday night.
Plus, the brand new single from Hembree, they just announced a big Black Friday show at The Truman along with Madisen Ward and Dreamgirl.
Also, hear from Quiet Takes, Jaclyn Bell, Rob Rice, Lee Walter Redding, Khrystal , and Sydny August. Then, hear a new single from Glass Bandit, who made a lot of new friends playing at this past weekend’s Plaza Art Fair.
And because I’m really excited about it, we’ll kick things off with Future Islands who are playing tomorrow night at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS - some tix still available.
For this week's show, we've got special guests, Jeremy Bennett, a passionate Bridge listener and supporter that is in charge of all of the cool events happening at Crossroads Hotel Kansas City and Sarah Bradshaw will be hanging out and producing the show.We talk about and play music from bands that will be on stage this weekend. For Camp Leavenworth we hear music from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Katy Guillen and The Drive, and Quite Frankly. For the Plaza Art Fair, we hear music from OLIVIA FOX, Sam Arjes, They Call Me Sauce, and Hermon Mehari. And a brand new one from Nicole Springer who is pulling a doubleheader and playing BOTH events.
We hear brand new stuff from 12 great KC bands andkick off the show with the first new single from Frogpond in over 20 years (it’s so good)! We also talk about their upcoming album release show. Also, new music from two of my favorite albums of 2021 so far: The Greeting Committee release their brand new album “Dandelion” on Friday, September 24 and Baby And The Brain released their debut album “BrainBaby” on September 3.Hear brand new songs from recent and forthcoming albums from Quiet Takes, David Luther, Daniel Gum, PURE XTC, Shawn Stewart, Kadesh Flow, The Shortest Forever, and we’ll premiere a new single from Catty Cline - they’re releasing a new EP, “Sratch” on September 25 via Manor Records.And new music from an EP called “3 For Jett” from Cash Ramsay. It's an EP he wrote for his newborn son named Jett and it features his wife, Jenny Ramsay on backing vocals.
We celebrate and talk about KKFI Crossroads Music Fest on this episode! The 17th annual fest is happening this Saturday in FOUR outdoor venues and showcasing music from 30+ acts. On the show, we play music from 10 of the acts on the fest, including The Freedom Affair, Kadesh Flow & Jessica Paige, Quite Frankly, Grand Marquis, The Black Creatures, The Life I Love, Sam Wells, Jass, Sara Morgan, and Ginny Mac (Ft. Worth, TX).In addition to that, we talk about the live stream component of the fest. If you love KC music but perhaps aren’t ready to return to show-going, you can fire up Facebook and watch the live stream on CMF’s Facebook page OR you can tune into KKFI 90.1 FM from 7PM-midnight and catch five of the performances happening live at Lemonade Park.And at the top of the show, we tip our hat to our friends at The Kansas City Irish Fest. Their annual fest happened this past weekend and they created some amazing programming with their fest and specifically, the MixTape set giving a massive stage and platform to some great KC musicians. Sunday night I was blown away by performances from Carswell & Hope, Kadesh Flow, Calvin Arsenia, Jessica Paige, Lauren Krum, Maria the Mexican, Danny Cox, and more. As much as I enjoyed it, I loved even more total strangers to KC music falling in love with our great KC musicians - cheers to the folks at O'Neill Events and the amazing KCIF team.
It’s all about the Kansas City Irish Fest 2021, happening this Labor Day Weekend, Friday-Sunday at Crown Center.
On the show, we play music from a dozen of the acts playing on FIVE stages over the three days of the fest. We also talk about the special performance on Sunday at 7PM of Mixtape - where several KC acts will hold court and offer up their take on some massive Irish songs, everything from the Cranberries to Van Morrison.
We also tell you set times for several acts playing the fest, but to see the full lineup and to make your own schedule head to KCIrishFest.com.
Hear music from St. Andrews Pipes and Drums, The Elders, Young Dubliners, Carswell & Hope, Kadesh Flow, The Narrowbacks, Scythian, Ashley Davis, KIAN BYRNE, Danny Burns, Cassie and Maggie, and Runa.
Hear music from a dozen KC-area acts including Katy Guillen and The Drive, Clay Hughes (featuring G. Love), Scores, Lazy Projector, Juliette Frost, Videodisk, Riley The Musician + CMTEN, Jairy (featuring. R.I.Peter + Catty Cline), Black Light Animals, namelessnumberheadman, and Travis Marvin.
Hear brand new music by 11 Kansas City-area bands and musicians this time on the show. This is our third week in a row featuring all-new music from musicians that call Kansas City home and several of them have gigs coming up.
Check out new releases from Geraldine Glen (featuring musicians from The Freedom Affair), Effie, Melissa Mayhew (produced by Eric from Hembree), J. Taylor, PmBata, Musicbyskippy, and Nicholas St. James.
Also hear from these musicians with upcoming gigs:
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Monta At Odds - playing at recordBar on Friday, celebrating the release of their new album, along with Emmaline Twist
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Lava Dreams - playing at Lemonade Park on Thursday, August 26, as part of "PLAYBACK: Covering 20 Years of Music Discovery" Screening & Concert, for The Bridge
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The Roseline - playing a free show in Lawrence on Thursday, August 26 at South Park
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The Grisly Hand - playing Brew at the Zoo & Wine Too on October 6
At the top of the show, we talk about PLAYBACK, the very cool concert and music video event happening on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Bridge!
It's another round of new music this week and ALL of August on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear brand new music from 10 KC area acts.
This week we’ll hear new stuff from Blackstarkids, Brent Windler, Emmaline Twist, FlareThaRebel, Kate Whitefield, Andrew M. Olsen, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Cheery, and Miguel Antonio.
We’ll also unpack this past weekend in live music. We’ll talk about the massive award that The Bridge won over the weekend. And we’ll talk about PLAYBACK, an upcoming event on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Bridge with appearances by Kianna White, Lava Dreams, and Jass - and oh yeah, there will be a screening of an amazingly cool music video project where we partner with several KC bands, it’s going to be a cool night and you’re invited to attend! RSVP at this link!
On the next episode of the Eight One Sixty, it's all about new music! We just finished an amazing four-part series called Sound Minds all July, and during that time we received SO MANY new music submissions. Chris will be sharing that music with you for the next four weeks of August.
This week, we'll hear new stuff from 11 KC area bands/musicians:
- Hipshot Killer, just released “Guns and Gas” EP on July 30
- Hembree just released a new single on July 20
- Sisterbot just released a new album, “Truth House,” on July 10
- Tre Mutava just released a new album, “The Movies,” on July 30
- Kadesh Flow just released a new album, “Room Service 2,” on July 19
- Sunshine Lombré just released a new album, "Fading Away,” in July
- Baby and the Brain just released another new single on July 30
- The Way Way Back just released their new album on July 23
- Use Your Atlas are releasing “Rise and Fall” EP on Aug. 1
- The Life I Love released new singles back in April
- Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type just released “Thank You Stranger” EP on July 23
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we wrap up our four-part series, Sound Minds. Back in March, Michelle Bacon conducted a survey about musicians dealing with mental health issues. Over 160 musicians did the survey and for the past four weeks, Bacon has been co-hosting the show and guiding a conversation about the survey findings. She’s also offered up numerous options from organizations and places that provide affordable (and perhaps free) care for people in need.
In addition to Bacon sharing her findings and data, we have also been playing music from musicians and sharing the story behind the song, dealing with mental health. This week on the show we’ll hear from Kirsten Paludan, Molly Picture Club, Mac Lethal, and Phoebe Bridgers.
We’ll also be hearing music, and the story behind it from these musicians with upcoming gigs:
- Sam Wells, playing Thursday for Folk Alliance International's Finest Folk showcase at Lemonade Park, along with The Matchsellers and Lyal Strickland
- Teri Quinn of True Lions, playing Friday at The Black Box with Sam Wells and Blue False Indigo
- Nate Allen of Good Saint Nathanael, playing at recordBar on Saturday with Mr. Golden Sun, and Blue False Indigo
- Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee, playing Loud & Local at E.H. Young Riverfront Park on Saturday, Aug. 7 along with Jake & The Dirty Magicians
It’s been an amazing month of shows and I feel like, now more than ever, so much of the knowledge that Bacon has shared, as well as guests, Dr. Erin Corriveau and Dr. Katie Jacobs needs to be heard and shared. Check below for a few resources Bacon mentioned on the show.
Local Mental Health Resources* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) * Missouri Crisis Line - 1-888-761-4357 or text “HAND” to 839-863 * Tri-County Mental Health * Johnson County Mental Health + Zero Reasons Why (suicide prevention & mental health resources for teens) * Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center * KC Care Health Center * MOCSA: 24/7 Crisis Line for Sexual Assault Victims/Partners · 816-531-0233 · 913-642-0233 * Mattie Rhodes Center * Swope Health * ReDiscover
Mental Health Resources for Musicians* Midwest Music Foundation * Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund * Tour Support * MusiCares * Backline * SIMS Foundation * ASCAP Wellness Program * Silence the Shame
Our July series, Sound Minds, continues this week on the Eight One Sixty. This week we welcome in special guest Dr. Katie Jacobs via Zoom. Also joining us, Michelle Bacon guiding the conversation, and Sarah Bradshaw producing the show.
Sound Minds is a four-part series of shows all about musicians and mental health. In March 2021, Michelle Bacon conducted a survey and over 160 musicians participated. The conversation will be about the survey findings as well as gaining perspective from our guest, Dr. Katie Jacobs.
In addition to being a PhD and teaching at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, she is also the front person for the rock band Interstate Run - so we’ll get extra insight, as a musician and a doctor. Doc also picked out some songs to share this week on the show, including music from her band, Interstate Run, as well as Sia, Young the Giant, and The All-American Rejects.
We’ll also hear from two KC area musicians that shared their music with us, as well as the story behind the song, in connection to mental health: Kirsten Paludan, who is playing on Thursday at Replay Lounge, and Quiet Takes who is playing at Velo Garage and Tap House in North KC on Saturday, August 14.
Additionally, Dr. Jacobs listed a number of resources during the show which can be found below:
National Suicide Lifeline:
800-273-8255
MOCSA Sexual Assault 24/7 Crisis Line:
Missouri 816-531-0233
Kansas 913-642-0233
Missouri Crisis Line:
888-761-4357 or text HAND to 839863
Our Sound Minds series continues, as we welcome in special guest Dr. Erin Corriveau. Dr. Corriveau is a medical doctor at University of Kansas Medical Center, deputy medical officer at Wyandotte County Health Center and she’s on the Midwest Music Foundation board.
This is part 2 of our four-part series on musicians and mental health, based on a survey and findings put together by Bridge content manager Michelle Bacon. Leading the conversation this week is Dr. Corriveau. In addition to providing important insight and knowledge, she also shares with us her amazing taste in music. Listen for songs from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bonny Light Horseman (featuring Justin Vernon), Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Sharon Van Etten, Arve Henriksen, Justin Townes Earle, and her good friend Howard Iceberg.
On this episode we kick off a 4-part series of shows called SOUND MINDS. Every year on the show we dedicate the month of July to a series of shows, and this year as our lives adjust to a new normal, and as our musician community was hit so hard during the pandemic, this might be our most important series yet! Every Tuesday this month The Bridge's Content Manager Michelle Bacon joins the show. Back in March she researched and developed a survey dealing with musicians and mental health. Over 165 musicians replied and with this data and other research and we discuss her findings on the show.
Also, this week we reached out to some KC Musicians with upcoming gigs and asked if they had a song in their catalog dealing with this topic that we could play AND we asked them for a few sentences about the back story of the song. We hear from Katy Guillen and The Drive, Miguel Antonio, Crystal Rose, Kadesh Flow, and Nicole Springer and share the story behind each song we play.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris catches up with Madisen of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Last week they were added to the already amazing lineup of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Lucinda Williams on Thursday, Aug. 3 at Azura Amphitheater. They made the lineup even better!
And in September, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear are part of another great lineup, this time at a fest in Leavenworth. It’s called Camp Leavenworth and features Melissa Etheridge, returning to her hometown for a big show.
On the show we’ll talk about those events and musicians, and so much more. Do you remember seeing Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2015? Do you recall that Coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots was also a guest? Madisen tells us a story about nearly getting arrested in an Uber moments after leaving the Ed Sullivan Theater.
We’ll hear about the podcast they started during quarantine, “Mad Mama Half Happy Hour Podcast.” They’ve already had massive guests like Will Forte, Heidi Gardner, and Joseph Gordon Levitt. We'll talk about so many things, and maybe we'll even play a little music.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris catches up with Madisen of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Last week they were added to the already amazing lineup of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Lucinda Williams on Thursday, Aug. 3 at Azura Amphitheater. They made the lineup even better!
And in September, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear are part of another great lineup, this time at a fest in Leavenworth. It's called Camp Leavenworth and features Melissa Etheridge, returning to her hometown for a big show.
On the show we'll talk about those events and musicians, and so much more. Do you remember seeing Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2015? Do you recall that Coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots was also a guest? Madisen tells us a story about nearly getting arrested in an Uber moments after leaving the Ed Sullivan Theater.
We'll hear about the podcast they started during quarantine, "Mad Mama Half Happy Hour Podcast." They've already had massive guests like Will Forte, Heidi Gardner, and Joseph Gordon Levitt. We'll talk about so many things, and maybe we'll even play a little music.
KC area musicians continue to release so much new music and we’re happy to share it with you on our show.
Hear a new single from The Greeting Committee who have a big show coming up on Saturday, August 7, THE GREETING COMMITTEE w/ JAKE WELLS @ LOUD & LOCAL. Also, hear one from Alyssa Murray’s brand new EP and you can catch her this Friday, Alyssa Murray & Miki P at FMK Social Gallery.
Then music from Mac Lethal, Bob Walkenhorst and Una Walkenhorst, Sam Arjes, The Popper and They Call Me Sauce, Streetlevel Uprising, babybrainband - a new band from Jo MacKenzie, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, Redder Moon, and Deadspectres with Josh Hazeslip featuring Eddie Furlong - you may remember him as John Connor from Terminator 2.
There’s a lot of great music packed into our hour-long show!
This time on the show we’re going to hear from 11 musicians performing on Make Music Day, Monday, June 21. Make Music Day started in France in 1982 and is now celebrated in 1000+ cities in 120 countries across the globe. This year, for the first time, Kansas City is part of the celebration. The event is a day of FREE music, concerts, and events that stretch from Lemonade Park in The West Bottoms to Knuckleheads in The East Bottoms, and from Kansas City International Airport to 18th & Vine. Hundreds of musicians, of all backgrounds will perform, from classically trained musicians in the The Kansas City Symphony to 16 year old singer/songwriters like Kate Whitefield and the students from School of Rock.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we'll celebrate Record Store Day: Drop #1 happening this Saturday, June 12.
Are you familiar with Record Store Day? It’s been happening around the world since 2007 and it’s a day to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. Here in KC, we are blessed with so many great record stores.
Have you seen the list of Record Store Day exclusives for this drop? It’s massive and filled with great stuff. We'll run through some highlights from the list and play music from them. We’ll hear from Conor Oberst, Ben Howard, HAIM, Lupe Fiasco, Beck, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Chemical Brothers.
We’ll also hear from two acts that just announced massive tours with KC dates - Garbage, at T-Mobile Center on Sunday, Sept. 19 with Alanis Morissette and Liz Phair. Record Store Day this year is in two parts, and part two is on July 17. It will feature a duet from Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Willie Nelson, who just announced a tour stop here on Sunday, Aug. 8 at Azura Amphitheater, with ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
And we’ll hear a recently released song from Quite Frankly, who is playing a FREE show at Josey Records.
We encourage you to get out there every day and support local records stores but make sure you don’t miss Record Store Day this Saturday, June 12. Also, thank you so much to Mills Record Company, Vinyl Renaissance & Audio, Josey Records Kansas City (new location), The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, and Vinyl Heaven (new location) for supporting 90.9 The Bridge!
Today is all about the Concert Calendar, music fans wondered throughout the pandemic, when would all of the concerts come back... well, they’re back! More and more shows are being announced every day and just this morning two more massive concerts were announced:
Foo Fighters with Radkey at Azura Credit Union Amphitheater on August 5 and Alanis Morissette with Garbage and Liz Phair on September 19 at T-Mobile Center.
On the show today we’ll play music from 10 acts and run through highlights from KC venues, and more.
New Music May continues on the Eight One Sixty! For the third week in a row, Chris plays new and recently released music from 10+ KC area musicians.
We’ll jump in first with one from 2020 from Blackstarkids, as they’re having the best week ever! They’re going out on tour with GROUPLOVE, including a stop at Liberty Hall in Lawrence on Sept. 22, and they also just got added to the lineup (along with Radkey) for the massive Riot Fest in Chicago.
Then we'll move onto some heavy hitters, with new stuff from Making Movies and Kemet Coleman. We’ll play music from several younger KC musicians: Tre Mutava, Brooklynn, Paris Williams, Rachel Cion, Riley The Musician, and Hannah Norris & The Band. After that, we’ll turn it up a bit with some rock from Alisa Jefferson and Noah Davis and Heavy Electric. At the end, we'll cool down with a new release from Asterales featuring Royce Diamond.
It should be a good time and it will wrap up THREE weeks in a row of us playing new releases from KC musicians. Next week, we’ll dive into the June Concert Calendar and let you know what’s on the radar.
Just like last week, we’re going to keep playing new music for you on the Eight One Sixty! This week we’ll play through and talk about new music from 11 more KC area acts all putting out great stuff.
We’ll hear from Wyndsrfr, Dreamgirl, Noah Spencer (featuring Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee), Quite Frankly, Quinn’s Laundry Hearse, Darcie A. Hingula, Passerine Dream, The Black Creatures, Jazlyn, Cuee, and Scores.
That’s some indie pop, some hip hop, some shoegaze, and a little indie rock for you!
We’re 129 days into 2021 and KC musicians have already released about 175 albums, EPs, and singles - and that's just the ones we know about.
We hear new music, some recent releases, and some stuff that hasn’t even been released yet. Hear from Riley The Musician, Alyssa Murray, Olympic Size, CompanyNoCompany, The Grisly Hand, Eddie Moore, Kat King, Lava Dreams, Sara Morgan, KIAN BYRNE, and Danny McGaw.
This Tuesday at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge is another week of celebrating new music from KC area musicians and bands. We’re only four months into the year and KC-area musicians have already released over 150 albums/EPs/singles.
We’ll kick off the show by debuting brand new music from Kianna White, who is playing a show outside at Lemonade Park on Friday, May 7 along with The Creepy Jingles, Monta At Odds, and DJ Thundercutz. Then we’ll play a brand new one from Danny McGaw, once a professional footballer in the UK, then moved to KC and Lawrence for a while and now calls California home. He’s back in town this weekend playing at Mayday! Celebration Of Love And Life! Outdoor Show! at Mike Kelly's Westsider on Saturday, along with Brothers Barclay, Damon Parker of The MGDs, The Supermassive Black Holes, and more.
Then we’ll continue with a bigger stack of new music from The Roseline, Such Lovely People (a new project from Josh Dorrell), Pala Zolo (Eric Davis of Hembree), Nick Siegel, a sister/brother duo who are 14 and 15 years old-Ethan & Charlie G, Middlechild, and we’ll hear Greg LaFollette’s treatment of one of my favorite songs of all time.
Also, we’ve said his name more on our show than anyone else this year, Kadesh Flow. He’s put out a dozen new singles so far in 2021, we’ll play the latest from him and let you know you can catch him at The Ship on May 21, along with Jessica Paige.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's another show focusing on new and recent releases. We’ll hear nine new songs from Kat King, Maal (featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of Shuttlecock Music Magazine), Shawn M. Stewart featuring They Call Me Sauce and Miki P, Kadesh Flow, Nx Blame, Dangerously Biased, Florian Arbenz featuring Hermon Mehari, Julia Othmer, and a song from the new documentary “The Hidden Pandemic” (now playing on Kansas City PBS) from Sara Swenson featuring Mark Lowrey.
We’ll kick the show off with an old one from Frogpond, celebrating the fact they’re currently BACK in the studio after 20+ years working on new music and I’m so excited about that.
It's another episode all about new music and recent releases on the Eight One Sixty! Hang out with us for an hour and hear new stuff from 11 KC-area musicians. At the top of the show, we’ll also talk about some recently announced concerts and some concert date changes.
We'll hear music from The Slowdown, Charlotte Bumgarner, Chess Club, You Monster You, Eems, Alyssa Murray, Stik Figa, Kadesh Flow featuring Ryan Heinlein, Ethan & Charlie G Music, Lazy Projector and Scores (a project featuring members of Hembree and Cowboy Indian Bear).
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty continues our celebration of Women's History Month with long-time music promoter and friend of the show, Jacki Becker of Eleven Productions Presents.
Tune in to hear music from and stories about Purity Ring, Zola Jesus, Waxahatchee, CHVRCHES, St. Vincent, Dessa, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Neko Case. If you’ve been missing shows and music conversations, this episode is for you!
We're celebrating Spring Funding Drive week on The Bridge with longtime friend and collaborator John Kreicbergs of Propaganda3. John K. has been a volunteer during Pledge Week on the show for years, and he’s also been part of teams that have brought you events like Boulevardia, Middle of the Map, Thundergong and more.
We handed over the show to him and let him call all of the shots. He’ll flex his Masters in music and music nerdness on our show and share music and stories from: The Rainmakers, The Young Johnny Carson Story, The Bottle-Rockets, The Urge, Bill McKemy, Krystle Warren, Making Movies, Ted Lasso with Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, and Dream with PmBata.
We're celebrating Spring Funding Drive week on The Bridge with longtime friend and collaborator John Kreicbergs of Propaganda3. John K. has been a volunteer during Pledge Week on the show for years, and he's also been part of teams that have brought you events like Boulevardia, Middle of the Map, Thundergong and more.
We handed over the show to him and let him call all of the shots. He'll flex his Masters in music and music nerdness on our show and share music and stories from: The Rainmakers, The Young Johnny Carson Story, The Bottle-Rockets, The Urge, Bill McKemy, Krystle Warren, Making Movies, Ted Lasso with Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, and Dream with PmBata.
We continue our celebration of Women's History Month on the Eight One Sixty this week, featuring Katy Guillen & the Drive! Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams visit us via Zoom to talk about what they’ve been doing through the pandemic and we’ll hear about their very cool, multi-cam, incredibly mixed, upcoming livestream concert on Saturday, March 27 from recordBar.
Also during the show, we’ll hear music from their catalog, as well as songs they've been listening to during the pandemic. We’ll hear from Lilly Hiatt, Amythyst Kiah, Fanny, Adrianne Lenker and The Sea The Sea.
We're kicking off March with more new music on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear from The Greeting Committee, J Jerome, Collidescope, Quiet Takes, The Black Creatures, Lava Dreams, John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons, Dan Jones and The Squids, Greg LaFollette, and Nan + The One Nite Stands.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we will celebrate Black History Month. During the show we’ll hear music from several great KC area artists including The Freedom Affair, Jelly Rose, They Call Me Sauce, Modern Day, Kemet Coleman, Crystal Rose Music, Kadesh Flow, Ivy Roots, Cuee, Brotha Newz - the Ustadh and Chico Sierra, Stik Figa, ConductorWilliams, Les Izmore, Deep Breath and Jass.
All month long The Bridge has been observing Black History Month in several ways:
- The Bridge has partnered with Black-owned businesses to elevate independent eateries, institutions, agencies and more
- Every week there is a Bridge Artist of the Week, for Black History Month these acts have been recognized: Arlo Parks / Jon Batiste / The Kuti Family - Fela Kuti, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, Made Kuti
- On The Bridge site, there are interviews and articles about/with Cuee, Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow and more
- This Saturday, The Bridge presents a day of programming, including interviews with Eddie Moore, Sam Wells and a documentary from Making Movies
- Also, in the family, Kansas City PBS has great Black History Month programming that includes “The Black Church" and “6 Streets”
It's another New Music Tuesday on the Eight One Sixty this week! We’ve been saying it for nearly a year now, but despite the pandemic, it’s amazing how so many musicians are finding ways to put out new music during these crazy times.
We’ll start the show with music from a young KC musician named PmBata, who blew up this month on Spotify and Tik Tok. Their song Roadtrip debuted in the top 5 on Spotify, where it’s already racked up more than 13 million spins since Feb. 5 — that’s over a million spins a day!
We’ll also hear brand new music from Edison Lights, Mensa Deathsquad, Quiet Takes, Alisa Jefferson, J Jerome, Christena Graves, David Luther, Blue False Indigo, Nan + The One Nite Stands, and we’ll hear a little Fat Tuesday music from the Back Alley Brass Band.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris takes a deep dive into the Folk Unlocked Virtual Conference. This year would've marked the return of the Folk Alliance International Conference to Kansas City, after spending the last two years in Canada and New Orleans.
The physical return to KC will have to wait till 2022, but the good people at Folk Alliance are NOT taking the year off. Instead, they've curated and created an amazing virtual conference from Feb. 22 through 25. Like the in-person conference, the virtual event will feature musicians from countries all over the world. If you've ever been to the Folk Alliance Conference, you know they're amazing curators of talent.
On the radio show this week we'll hear music from several of the acts on the lineup, including Steve Poltz (from Canada, now U.S.), Kelly Hunt (KC), Elana Dara (Brazil), Élage Diouf (Senegal in West Africa, now Canada), Lanita Smith (Memphis, now Los Angeles), XANI (Melbourne, Australia), Idris Lawal (Nigerian born, now based in Toronto), Beny Es Guerra and New Tradition Music (from Bogotá, Colombia, now based in Canada), Oscar Blue (Ireland) and Keb' Mo' (Compton, Los Angeles).
Another amazing thing — watching performances by these acts and so many others is available to you for a donation of whatever you see fit. The money raised from donations by viewers will be turned into grants and given to musicians in need during these crazy times.
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about new music! But first, we'll celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs and their effort to RUN IT BACK. We'll kick off the show with Chiefs anthems from Yes You Are (Kianna White) and a brand new one from Blane Howard.
Then we'll dive into several new songs from Other Americans, Making Movies, Redder Moon, Lily B Moonflower Band, Blue False Indigo, Charlotte Bumgarner, Everett The Grey, and we'll hear a lively one from a massive collaboration of artists called the Marcus Lewis Virtual Big Band — featuring Kadesh Flow, Ryan Heinlein, Eddie Moore, Clint Ashlock, Jeff Harshbarger, Rich Wheeler, Brett Jackson and many, many more.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we take a moment to look back 10 years — all the way to 2011! We’ve had a lot of fun playing brand new music for you the past two weeks, but we’re going to dive deep into our external hard drives and put together a fun show for you.
We’ll start with the very first band Chris ever played on our very first show seven years ago, The Appleseed Cast. We’ll hear from some projects that don’t exist anymore, some projects that continue to make new music, others that have changed things up and started new projects, and some bands that have grown up right in front of us like Radkey.
On the show we’ll hear music from Cadillac Flambé, The Republic Tigers, Les Izmore & ConductorWilliams, Hipshot Killer, Spirit is the Spirit, Baby Teardrops, The Wilders, Howard Iceberg, and Atlantic Fadeout.
It's another all new music show this week on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear new music from 11 KC-area acts, including Kadesh Flow, Brat Pitt, Sam Wells, Kid Computer, Leah Watts, Ashley Ray, Lily B Moonflower, Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices, Wayne Gottstine, Club Sinister and Shadow Figures.
There’s some indie rock, some alt-country, some bluegrass, some hip hop, and some industrial goth electronica — we’ll touch on each genre!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we're kicking off 2021 with an all-new music show! Also, the new year marks our show’s seventh anniversary and the 20th anniversary of 90.9 The Bridge! On the show, we’ll hear brand new music from 11 different KC bands and musicians, including Redder Moon, Christena Graves, Wallace Loyal, Radial Red, Brotha Newz, Joshua T. Merello, Use Your Atlas, Grand Marquis, Scabb, X.WILSON, and Ivy Roots.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we're wrapping up Best Of 2020 season with Chris's favorite albums of the year. It was a crazy and weird year, but Kansas City musicians still hustled hard to put out great music.
On the show we’ll hear selections from 10 of Chris's favorite albums of the year, from EBONY TUSKS, Blackstarkids, The Freedom Affair, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, The Way Way Back, Radkey, The Casket Lottery, SHINER, The MGDs and Hermon Mehari, plus music from a new KC resident and amazing musician, Waxahatchee.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, our Best Of season continues with a Zoom visit from special guest Bill Brownlee. He's a long-time contributing writer for The Kansas City, a prolific blogger at There Stands the Glass and Plastic Sax, a virtual opera aficionado, KCUR 89.3 contributor, and a long-time guest on this show.
We’ll take a look back at music from 2020 and he’ll walk us through his favorite releases from Kansas City musicians, as well as national/international musicians.
We’ll hear music from Blackstarkids, Ashley Ray, Flutienastiness, Mike Dillon, Jo MacKenzie Music, 070 Shake, Gil Scott Heron and Makaya McCraven, ZSELA, Beatrice Dillon and Jyoti AKA Georgia Anne Muldrow.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, Chris runs down his favorite EPs of 2020 — including music from Una Walkenhorst, Katy Guillen and the Drive, Silver Girl, Jake Wells, Jo MacKenzie, Amy Marcus, Kadesh Flow ft. They Call Me Sauce, Lava Dreams, Sam Wells, Nick Siegel and Christine & the Queens.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we celebrate Pledge Week by playing all new music from great KC musicians! The Bridge is a listener-supported radio station, which means we get by with a lot of help from our friends — good people like you.
And because of people like you, we can dedicate an entire show to KC musicians — young ones, vetted ones, ones that have toured the world and more. This week's show is a fine hour-long representation of what makes The Bridge special.
We’ll hear brand new releases from Radkey, Christena Graves, IVORY BLUE, Emma Evans (she’s only 11 years old!), Doubledrag, Charlotte Bumgarner of Manor Records, Howard Iceberg, Ken Moran, Kadesh Flow and Lazy Projector.
Also on the show will be special guests, Sarah Bradshaw and John Kreicbergs, via Zoom (of course)!
We realize a lot of folks are going through tough times right now, but if you love The Bridge and are in a position to make a pledge, we would love your support.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we're celebrating The Riot Room! For 13 years, The Riot Room has been hosting shows here in KC, and owners Tim and Dallas Gutschenritter have worked hard to run a great venue. They recently launched a GoFundMe to stay afloat.
This week on the show, we’ll do a deep dive into The Riot Room, as well as talk about some of our favorite shows and stories from our many (many) nights at the venue over the last decade.
We’ll hear music from and stories about Lord Huron, Hooray For Earth, Phantogram, Sharon Van Etten, A Lull, Adia Victoria, The Joy Formidable. and Fucked Up. We'll also have some honorable mentions from names like Donnie Matthews “The Beer Guy”, Neill Smith, David George, The Lumineers, RL Brooks and Sisters Of, The Appleseed Cast, The Casket Lottery, Jason F. Harper, Strand of Oaks, Radar State, Hermon Mehari and Heartfelt Anarchy, Thom Yorke, Shabazz Palaces, Nathan Reusch, Middle of the Map Fest, EBONY TUSKS, Russian Circles, El Ten Eleven, Jacki Becker, Mammoth and so much more.
If you’re missing shows and the conversations you have with people between sets, this will be a fun show for you. I’m hoping if you were at any of these shows, or have similar stories of seeing great bands at Riot and how they’ve left a lasting impression on you, you’ll consider throwing a few bucks in the hat for their GoFundMe page.
Hat tip to Dallas, Timmy, and their crew over the years for giving KC a great space to see live music, and hopefully we’ll get back to doing that soon.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s one of our favorite days of the year — Mark Manning Day! Mark is an amazing human and long-time host of the Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM, a couple clicks down the dial. Each year he hosts a massive four-show, eight-hour presentation of his favorite recordings of the year. Over four weeks he’ll run through his favorite 120 recordings of 2020. On our show, we’ll get a preview of his massive list and share songs from his favorite recordings of the year.
Also, co-host Sarah Bradshaw will be joining us on the show, for the first time since March! If COVID has depleted your music nerd conversations, have we got a show for you. We’ll turn it all the way up to 11!
We'll talk about and hear music from Miss Boating, Quiet Takes, Betse & Clarke, Shy Boys, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, Una Walkenhorst, Blackstarkids, and The Freedom Affair.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we're going to have an early Thanksgiving celebration by stopping to give thanks to several KC-area musicians who go above and beyond to share their gifts with so many people.
Two weeks ago was Apocalypse Meow, a massive fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, plus Thundergong over the weekend — a massive fundraiser for Steps Of Faith Foundation. Both of these events run deep through our KC music community and do amazing things, but it'd be fun to do a deep dive into some other amazing things happening around us.
On the show we'll hear music from these acts and talk about the good that they do right here in the KC area:
- Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling of Victor & Penny
- Shaun Crowley of Momma's Boy and Manor Records
- Una Walkenhorst
- Justin Gillespie AKA Info Gates (Rest In Peace)
- Kemet Coleman
- Mac Lethal
- Martinez Hillard of EBONY TUSKS
- Michelle Bacon of Other Americans, The Band That Fell To Earth KC & much more
- Mark Lowrey
- Nicole Springer
- Jonny Wooddell of Use Your Atlas
These artists have raised awareness and thousands of dollars for charities like Midwest Music Foundation, The Greenline Initiative, MOCSA, Midwest Innocence Project, Beat Academy of Kansas City, Black creatives in Kansas City, GIFT, a 2 year old girl fighting leukemia that they found on GoFundMe, NOISE, Culxr House, Vote the Change: Voter Empowerment Event, United Way of Greater Topeka - the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Work Group, Kansas City Anti-Violence Project, Water.org, Community Kitchen, The HALO Foundation, Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors, NAACP, KC Black Community Scholarship Fund, No Shame: A Period Product Project for Our Houseless Community, National Orange Popsicle Week and more!
I know several KC musicians do amazing things and the show could be FIVE hours, but this hour will be an amazing sample of how — even during such a difficult year — these musicians have gone the extra mile. Cheers to them and everyone else working hard!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about Thundergong 2020! This is the 4th annual event and it is a massive fundraiser for a great KC-based charity called Steps Of Faith Foundation. We’ll be joined via Zoom by Billy Brimblecom, Jr., the executive director of Steps of Faith and along with Jason Sudeikis, a co-founder of Thundergong. The charity works with people who are uninsured or underinsured to help them get prosthetics and they work with people to get back to living a more full life.
Since 2017, Thundergong has raised nearly $850,000 for Steps of Faith, helping provide prosthetics to more than 400 individuals. Each year the event hosts an A-List roster of guests, musicians and comedians, but this year they have knocked it out of the park — they even landed a 007!
Thundergong is happening this Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. streaming for FREE at Thundergong.org! There are also amazing raffles, great merch, and so many surprises.
We'll talk all about the event and hear about the performers and guest appearances. Including two brand new guests we can’t even announce yet, one of which sold out Sandstone in the past.
Here’s the massive lineup, we’ll hear music or musings from some of these guests:
Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Wynonna & Cactus Moser, Brandi Carlile, Blake Shelton, Ben Harper, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello, Camila Cabello, Seth Meyers of Late Night With Seth Meyers, Ted Lasso, Fastball, The Get Up Kids, Quixotic, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Pierce Brosnan, Kay Cannon and Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about new music. We’ll celebrate Election Day with 10 new songs from 10 KC-area bands. We’ll also remind you that this Saturday is the very special livestream broadcast of Apocalypse Meow 13, the 13th annual fundraiser for the amazing KC-based charity, Midwest Music Foundation.
We’ll hear new music from The Way Way Back, Connor Hampton, EBONY TUSKS, Bahroot, Daniel Gum, Jenna Rae, The Casket Lottery, The Widow's Ride, The Sexy Accident and Porchlight Mamas.
With just ONE week to go before the election, we’ll be playing Protest Songs from projects fronted by WOMXN. We’ll hear from some powerful acts from right here in the KC, like Hi-Lux, The Freedom Affair, Maria Cuevas/Maria The Mexican, LK Ultra, Julia Othmer, Krystle Warren, Una Walkenhorst and Janelle Monáe. We’ll also hear new music from a new KC project called No Germ Candy via Too Much Rock Records. We’ll hear from some national acts too, including The Chicks, Rapsody, and the great Dolly Parton.
For the past several weeks, we’ve been kicking off the show with protest songs, songs about voting, and with a countdown to the election. Now with just one week left, it felt right to celebrate protest songs with a full show.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to upcoming virtual events. KC is knocking it out of the park right now on virtual happenings. Save the dates on these events and get ready to fire up your computer or fancy TVs to watch:
- Ameri'kana with Making Movies — 4 nights, from this Wednesday, Oct. 21 through Saturday, Oct. 24
- Troostival Social & Virtual Experience — this Friday, Oct. 23 from 3 to 10 p.m.
- Apocalypse Meow 13 — Saturday, Nov. 7
- Jason Sudeikis & Friends present Thundergong! 2020 - Streaming Worldwide — Saturday, Nov. 14
At the top of the show, we'll announce this year's lineup for the 13th annual Apocalypse Meow - the amazing annual fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, who work hard all year long to help musicians when they need emergency medical care. Then we'll talk about Troostival, Ameri'kana and Thundergong.
We'll play music from acts that are playing each of those events, including The Freedom Affair, Kadesh Flow, Making Movies, Sensational Barnes Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff and Brandi Carlile. We'll also hear a brand new single from KC's own Dreamgirl. Do you follow them on Spotify? They have over 240,000 monthly listeners and over 40 million spins there.
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about new music! We've got new and recent releases from several acts, including Jo MacKenzie, Heart Machine, Dandelions, Shadow Figures, Monta At Odds, Daniel Gum, X.WILSON, Paris Williams and a recent release from Silver Girl.
We’ll also play one from Larsen, who is performing at The Sound of Kansas City — a massive outdoor, socially distanced event happening at Liberty Memorial this Sunday, Oct. 18. The event features about 20 acts, with DJs and bands playing all day, and we'll be broadcasting live from there!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about safe and socially distanced shows happening in October. Before we get into that, we’ll take a moment to remember long-time KC musician Steve Phillips. Steve passed away last week, and was a force in the Kansas City music community and beyond — having been in projects like The Rainmakers and The Elders. We’ll play some music from The Elders and share a couple stories to honor Steve.
After that, we’ll talk about upcoming shows and hear music from these bands:
- Calvin Arsenia at The Sound of Kansas City · Sunday, Oct. 18 at Liberty Memorial
- The Get Up Kids at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 10
The Republic Tigers at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 24
Dreamgirl at Lemonade Park · Friday, Oct. 23
They Call Me Sauce of Nublvckcity at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 17
True Lions at Lemonade Park · Friday, Oct. 9
Miguel Antonio at Old Shawnee Pizza & Craft Cocktails - Lenexa patio · Saturday, October 10
Heartfelt Anarchy featuring Les Izmore of Arquesta Del SolSoul at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 17
Hembree featuring Garrett Childers, at Buffalo State Pizza Co. & Bar · Friday, Oct. 9
The Way Way Back, playing as part of Save the Rino Fundraiser and Telethon — a 12-hour livestream all day Saturday, Oct. 10
On the show, we’ll remind you that cooler weather is coming, and if you don’t make it to a show before the weather turns, it could be a very long time before your next outdoor show - so consider checking out one of these socially distanced concerts.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about new and recent releases. Also, as today marks five weeks till the election, we’ll start the show with some words of wisdom from KC’s own Janelle Monáe, and Chris will share his absentee voting story — it’s so easy and you (KCMO residents) can vote right now at Union Station.
We’re going to hear two songs from each of these acts, from their new releases: Crystal Rose, Miki P & the Swallowtails, and The Freedom Affair — did you know they were just featured in an Apple Watch commercial?
We’ll also hear a brand new one from Ebony Tusks that doesn’t come out until Nov. 6. It’s so good you’re going to want to preorder the album. We’ll hear a recently released single from Kerosene Culture and from St. Louis, we’ll hear from Slow Dress.
We’ll also pause and share some music from celebrated KC vocalist Molly Hammer, as so many of us are thinking about her these days and remind you about the Visitors For Molly GoFundMe fundraising page.
It’s Pledge Week at 90.9 The Bridge, and we need your help! On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, we’re going to celebrate Pledge Week by playing several new and recent releases by great KC musicians. I know these are very difficult times for lots of folks, but if you love the station and are in a position to support it, that would be amazing!
On the show we’ll hear music from Julia Othmer, Berwanger, Nick Siegel, Jake Wells, The Crew featuring Krystle Warren, IVORY BLUE, Brent Windler, DJ and EvanJohn, and Kianna White. Several of these are brand new and we’re excited to share them with you!
If you make a pledge today, we have some cool swag for you, for as little as $5 a month:
- Bridge face mask (you know you need more)
- Bridge cooler (it’s cute and can hold your lunch if you still go to an office)
- Bridge portable utensil set w/ case (You might ask yourself but aren’t all utensils quite portable? Yes, but these have our logo on them)
- Bridge full zip hoodie (‘cuz non-zip hoodies are lame)
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about recordBar and its 15th anniversary!
To sum up the importance of recordBar to the KC music scene on a local and national level would be impossible. What co-owners Steve Tulipana and Shawn Sherrill created 15 years ago has left a lasting impression on this city as well as touring bands all around the globe.
Like so many things right now, the venue is going through difficult times and they've created a Kickstarter campaign with amazing ways to celebrate the venue. They've got face masks, 15th anniversary tees, 15th anniversary posters and more! Even the autographed records that once lined the walls are up for grabs. Their special edition tees and posters have hundreds of band names on them that have played at the venue — perhaps your favorite band is on there!
Chris will play music from some of his favorite concerts at the venue — including one national act that really got everything started for the venue, a band that Jacki Becker booked there way back on Oct. 30, 2005. Also, he'll play music from a couple shows he regrets missing. Did you know that in the same week, Billie Eilish (April 14, 2018) and Phoebe Bridgers (April 19, 2018) both played recordBar?
You'll also hear from Roman Numerals, St. Vincent, Phoenix, The Raveonettes, Kishi Bashi, The Low Anthem, The Breeders, William Elliott Whitmore and more.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to Crossroads Music Fest. This year for the 16th annual event, like so many things, it's a little different. This Saturday, Sept. 12, from 4 to 10 p.m., visit CMFKC's Facebook page to watch a LIVESTREAM of the event featuring eight different acts — a very diverse lineup of acts and genres. Cheers to Bill Sundahl, our friend at KKFI 90.1 FM, for continuing to push so many great KC musicians.
On the radio show today, we'll talk about and play music from all eight acts performing at CMF: Soul Servers, Ezgi Karakus & John Livingston, Reptil, Laura Noble, Julia Othmer, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, The Royal Chief and Calvin Arsenia.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about Kansas City Irish Fest — happening this Saturday, Sept. 5, virtually on your computer and in communal watch parties around KC as the Fest Where You Are benefit concert. Chris sits down (via Zoom) with KCIF music director David Shaughnessy (A.K.A. Shocko) to get all the info about this year's pivoted festival.
Traditionally, KCIF brings tens of thousands of people to Crown Center, gathering musicians from across the globe. This year, they've had to adjust.
This Saturday night, from 7 to 9 p.m., some of KC's best musicians create an Irish mixtape, of sorts. Each act will perform one song by celebrated Irish acts (it will only stream once): Calvin Arsenia, Ashley Davis, Eddie Delahunt, Maria The Mexican, Enrique Chi of Making Movies, Ian & Kian Byrne of The Elders, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Victor & Penny, Katy Guillen of Katy Guillen and The Drive, and Carswell & Hope, who is the backing band for the evening. In addition to the above KC acts playing, several acts from across the pond will join it too, including Aoife Scott, Byrne and Kelly, Corner Boy, Gaelic Storm, Oscar Blue, Shane Hennessy and We Banjo 3.
On the show, we’ll talk about other ways to join in the celebration and we’ll also play music from several of the acts listed above.
This week's Eight One Sixty celebrates the 100th birthday of Charlie "Bird" Parker! Chris reached out to several Kansas City-based jazz musicians, including Hermon Mehari, Eddie Moore, Jackie Myers, Logan Richardson, Kadesh Flow, Ernest Melton and maybe more. We'll share thoughts and music from their catalogs inspired by the legendary musician.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty highlights Greenline Grows KC: A Benefit for The Greenline Initiative, a livestream benefit concert coming up on Friday, Aug. 28. On the show we’ll sit down with one of the founders of The Greenline Initiative, Ajia Morris, and musician Khrystal.
The virtual concert event will feature music from Radkey, The Greeting Committee, Khrystal., Danny Cox + Bob Walkenhorst, Cuee, Enrique Chi of Making Movies + Las Hermanas Altoro, Stephonne, Krystle Warren, They Call Me Sauce and The Phantastics. We'll play music from several of these acts on the show.
All money raised from the virtual event will benefit The Greenline Initiative, which is a Black family-owned organization in Kansas City that uses crowdsourced funding to help historically marginalized and low-income populations in our city buy and renovate the houses they rent.
Chris is back with a load of new #kcmusic for this episode of Eight One Sixty! Even as we find ourselves months into a pandemic, bands and musicians are finding creative ways to safely record and release new music and we’re happy to share a lot of that new music with you.
We’ll hear new tunes from Second Hand King, Sam Arjes, Kemet Coleman, The Noise FM, They Call Me Sauce (our Bridge Artist of the Week!), Nisee Amore, Bahroot (a project from Eric Fain), W,TR, The Nicole Springer Band, The Moose, Harrisonics and Danza. A dozen news songs, across several genres — all neatly packaged in one hour of programming!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we wrap up the Concerts That Changed Your Life series with a deep dive from host and concert enthusiast Chris Haghirian!
The shows stretch from 1996 to 2005, from Lawrence to KC, over to Seattle, up to Minneapolis, and an insanely muddy weekend at Bonnaroo.
The show is so full of name drops and mentions. Here are some teases: Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Josh Ritter, Brandi Carlile, Mudhoney, Kurt Cobain, Coldplay, Peter Buck of R.E.M., William Elliott Whitmore, Beth Orton, Dave Matthews Band, John Butler Trio, Imogen Heap, Zoe Keating, The Frames, Tori Amos, Jónsi, The Chemical Brothers and probably some more too.
From Chris:
As I was recording this show it felt like I was reading from a diary or that it was a session with a therapist. It was a lot of fun and perhaps it explains a lot of things. I hope you can tune in today at 6 p.m. as I share stories from some of the concerts that changed my life.
Every July on the Eight One Sixty, we do a deep dive into a month-long series of shows, and we're doing it again this year. Chris has been sitting down with four different musicians (via Zoom) who have been telling us about the concerts that changed their lives!
This week Chris sits down with Isaac Flynn of the band Hembree. This is the third week in a series of shows where people are sharing with us five concerts that changed their life and telling us the stories behind those shows.
Isaac has picked some good ones! Tune in for music from Wilco, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Cowboy Indian Bear and perhaps the highlight of the show — music from his parents John and Jami Flynn. He’ll tell us about their concert at Worlds of Fun back in 1996.
If you missed the previous two shows, we had a great time with Amy Farrand of Amy Farrand and The Like and Marty Hilliard of EBONY TUSKS, as they shared with us the concerts that changed their lives. Next week we’ll welcome Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee to the series.
Every July on the Eight One Sixty, we do a deep dive into a month-long series of shows, and we're doing it again this year. Over the next four weeks, Chris will sit down with four different musicians (via Zoom) and they'll tell us about the concerts that changed their lives!
This week we’re joined by an amazing human, and longtime KC area musician, Marty Hillard. He’s been in a lot of projects over the years, and is currently blowing minds with EBONY TUSKS.
Marty joins us to talk about the concerts that changed his life, as part 2 of our month-long series. He’s got quite the list to share and he picked out the music that we’ll play too:
Feb. 4, 2003 — Coldplay at Memorial Hall
Sept. 12, 2003 — The Appleseed Cast at The Bottleneck
Dec. 6, 2011 — White Rabbits at recordBar
Aug. 21, 2017 — Downtown Boys at The White Schoolhouse
Nov. 16, 2018 — Young Fathers at Showbox Presents in Seattle
Every July on the Eight One Sixty, we do a deep dive into a month-long series of shows, and we're doing it again this year. Over the next four weeks, Chris will sit down with four different musicians (via Zoom) and they'll tell us about the concerts that changed their lives!
This week, we caught up with longtime KC musician Amy Farrand of Amy Farrand and The Like and so many different bands over the years. She was recently quarantined in Italy for several months and has just returned home to KC. We’ll hear a little about her time in Italy, and then we’ll jump into her list of five concerts that changed her life. She’s picked a song from each act to spin on the show.
Here are the dates of the shows from her list:
July 6, 1984 — Michael Jackson at Arrowhead Stadium
Sept. 13, 1991 — Paul Simon at Sandstone
Aug. 4, 2006 — Tom Waits at The Orpheum Theatre (Memphis)
Nov. 9, 2009 — Leonard Cohen at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
June 7, 2018 — David Byrne at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Over the next few weeks we’ll sit down with Marty Hilliard of EBONY TUSKS, Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee and Isaac Flynn of Hembree and ask them the same question we asked Amy — what concerts changed your life?
Chris has more new music from Kansas City musicians on this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty! Despite all the changes to our lives that COVID has thrown at us, great music continues to come out and we’re happy to celebrate it!
We’ll hear brand new offerings from They Call Me Sauce, X.WILSON, We The People (featuring Eddie Moore, Zach B. Morrow and Jason Emmond), Black Light Animals, Brandon Phillips and The Condition, Logan Richardson and Kadesh Flow, Howard Iceberg & the Titanics and My Brothers & Sisters playing their treatment of a powerful song from Rage Against The Machine.
We’ve got hip hop, jazz, indie pop, folk, rock and electronica for you on today’s show, all conveniently shoved into one hour of programming.
Also at the end of the show, we’ll introduce our upcoming July series of shows. Every July here on the show we do a themed month of shows. We’ve had bloggers, podcasters, promoters and more. This year our theme is Concerts That Changed My Life! We’ll sit down (via Zoom) with Addie of The Greeting Committee, Marty of EBONY TUSKS, Amy of Amy Farrand and The Like and Isaac of Hembree. They’ll share stories and music from the concerts that changed their lives with us. Make sure you tune in every Tuesday in July at 6 p.m.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we'll talk about and play music from some of our favorite albums and EPs of 2020 so far. As we’re halfway through this insane year, we’ll take a moment to celebrate what these great Kansas City musicians have created in 2020.
We’ll hear selections from Una Walkenhorst, The Sluts, Bijuu, The MGDs, Clay Hughes, Amy Marcus, The Pedaljets, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Tiny Spys (Dominique Sanders), and The Roseline. And last week on the show we heard from three other acts that made Chris's list: Hermon Mehari, Lava Dreams and Blackstarkids.
It should be a good time as we take a second and give some songs a victory lap as we’re halfway through 2020.
It's all about new music on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty! Even in quarantine and as things slowly begin to reopen, several musicians have been hard at work putting out new music.
Wwe'll hear new singles from these acts: Jo MacKenzie Music, Black Stacey, Brent Windler, KLOV aka Keisha Frazier, Kadesh Flow and we'll hear two singles from KC record label, Manor Records: Brat Pitt and Scabb and Strings.
We'll hear music from these acts with brand new EPs: Lava Dreams and OH DEAR OH MY.
And we'll hear selections from new full-lengths by Hermon Mehari and The Republic Tigers via The Record Machine.
And this is exciting, Blackstarkids, a young band from KC, recently caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy. They're now signed to The 1975's management company, Dirty Hit Records, and were just featured in Clash Magazine. We'll hear the opening track off of their great album, "Surf."
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we dive into KC hip hop. We’ll hear brand new and recent releases from these acts: STEDDY P., Kadesh Flow, Duncan Burnett, They Call Me Sauce, Heartfelt Anarchy, Kemet Coleman, Eems, BLKFLANL and some new jazz from the one of the best horn guys around, Hermon Mehari. Chris also sits down with Steddy P, who has been part of KC's hip hop scene for nearly two decades. In addition to creating his own impressive catalog, in 2006 he started the IndyGround record label and has released music for acts from KC and beyond.
As these are historic times, Steddy P. will talk to us about the ongoing protests here in KC and in Columbia, MO. He’ll also talk with us about what white allies and supporters can do to help — what we can sign or donate to help make a difference.
Chris asked each musician to send a song from their catalog that fit into the mission of this week's show, and a few sentence on the story behind the song.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we celebrate KC music from the '90s. This show was a lot of fun to put together — digging through hard drives, looking up old articles and blog posts, and scouring through YouTube and Discogs. Things are weird right now, but maybe we can give you a brief moment of escape, to sit back and enjoy some KC music from a couple decades ago.
We'll hear from these bands:
- The Appleseed Cast — still active and making beautiful noises
- Frogpond — lead singer Heidi Phillips is still making music
- Mates of State — they now call Connecticut home
- The Get Up Kids — still active and put out a great album, "Problems," last year
- The Gadjits — featuring the Phillips brothers from The Architects, Brandon Phillips and The Condition and Other Americans
- Mongol Beach Party — featuring musicians now active in bands like Victor & Penny, The Band That Fell To Earth KC, Miss Boating and more
- Shiner — still active and just released an amazing new album, "Schadenfreude"
- Season to Risk — check out Bryan Truta's new interview with Steve Tulipana of S2R at this link
- Dirtnap — featuring the musical wonderings of Billy Smith, Wade Williamson and Pete LaPorte, who went on to form Olympic Size
- Pamper the Madman — they had a reunion show late last year and maybe they will again someday
- Sin City Disciples — Patrick Sprehe of Center Cut Records suggested this one, and it comes with a special intro from the great and late John Peel of BBC Radio 1
On this episode of Eight One Sixty, it's another show dedicated to new and recent releases from KC-area musicians! Even though we’re in the middle of a pandemic, musicians are getting creative on how they create, produce and distribute their art. We’ll hear brand new music almost a decade in the making from The Republic Tigers, who are releasing "Mind Over Matter" on June 5 via The Record Machine. We'll also hear from Saint Sé (featuring Allison Gliesman of Mess), Nan + The One Nite Stands, Andrew R Morris (of The Matchsellers), Jordana, Duncan Burnett, Sam Arjes Music, a remix by BODYE (aka Marty Hilliard of EBONY TUSKS and Cowboy Indian Bear) of a song from HEALTH, David Burchfield & the Fire Guild and we’ll wrap up with a new tune from DJ Lee, AKA Rockababyrock.
We'll begin the show by announcing the grand total raised by KC Bands Together for Midwest Music Foundation! The two-night event, with 6 hours of live-streamed music (and an hour-long highlight reel on KCPT Kansas City PBS) has been viewed by more than 34,000 people online.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, Chris is playing new music and giving a quick shout-out to those who helped with the KC Bands Together livestream over the weekend. He'll also provide info about how you can watch an hour-long recap of the event this Friday at 8 p.m. on KCPT Kansas City PBS and on The Bridge's Facebook page (as well as Midwest Music Foundation and You Found Music.
After that, we’ll dive into new music from KC musicians and bands. We’ll hear a beautiful, brand new song that debuted during KC Bands Together from The Elders, called “We Are Same.” Then we’ll hear new ones from Sam Arjes, Good Saint Nathanael, Chase The Horseman, They Call Me Sauce, Hotel Leo, SHINER, The Jinxed, Timbers and Jo MacKenzie Music.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention back to a special Facebook livestream event happening this Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 — KC Bands Together • A Livestream Concert Event! It’s happening both nights at 8:30PM, featuring 10 acts each night. The event is a fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, but bigger than that, it’s a celebration of Kansas City by great musicians that either live here now or are from here, playing for you in comfort of your home. You can watch the Facebook livestream on these Facebook pages: 90.9 The Bridge, MMF and You Found Music.
We'll play music from several of the acts, including — recently added to the lineup — Samantha Fish, and we’ll also have an interview with Enrique Chi of Making Movies. We’ll talk to Enrique about his nonprofit organization, Art As Mentorship, and the work he’s doing to change the lives of kids. We'll also talk about Making Movies playing a 10,000-capacity room in Mexico City opening up for their hero, Rubén Blades, and an inspirational story about his band being touched by Midwest Music Foundation.
We’ll hear music from Samantha Fish, Danielle Nicole Band, The Greeting Committee, Fritz Hutchison, Making Movies, and we’ll kick of the show with a new project from David George. It’s a song called “When We All Come Together," featuring 100+ KC musicians playing and singing a song that he wrote.
Also, how long has it been since you bought a new band tee? Maybe it’s time! And do you have a face mask yet? Head over to KCbandstogether.com and to snag some great merch courtesy of Seen Merch, with all proceeds going to Midwest Music Foundation.
Tonight's episode of the Eight One Sixty includes a very special announcement! KC Bands Together is an upcoming livestream concert that will take place via The Bridge's Facebook page on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. It'll include 20 Kansas City-based acts positioned all over the world, and benefits Midwest Music Foundation, a KC-based nonprofit that provides emergency health care grants to musicians and music workers in the area. We'll hear some tunes from a few of the artists performing, including Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, Krystle Warren and many more!
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we’re going to Quarantine and Chill. We'll slow things down a bit and play some calm downtempo, electronic and instrumental music. Also, as we’re several days into quarantine, we’re going to play some music created during isolation.
We’ll hear brand new stuff from Tiny Spys, a new project from Dominique Sanders; Shadow Figures, a new project from Jadethelibra and Dallas Gutschenritter; Pala Zolo a side project from Eric Guy Davis of Hembree; plus Bijuu, Jaclyn Bell, Trevor Turla & Reginald Chapman, and Kadesh Flow.
We’ll also hear music from Olympic Size, an excerpt from a 2010 film soundtrack from "We Will Make You Whole Again" (directed by Justin Gardner). We’ll hear the new single from Jónsi of Sigur Rós, an older one from Hermon Mehari — a KC musician who currently calls Paris home — and an amazing spoken word piece from Kate Tempest.
Then we’ll wrap up with music from Barclay Martin. He calls KC home, but is currently living in Barcelona. On Sunday, May 3, he’s hosting a livestream fundraiser concert: Barclay Live In Barcelona-The Wash Project Covid-19 Fundraiser.
It’s a fun and chill show. Hopefully you can tune in and hide with me for a bit, away from all the craziness.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we're joined by special [virtual] guest, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear! Madisen is a great singer-songwriter, film geek, pop-culture fan, a talented showman and a bit of a comedian. He's taken all of these traits and turned them into a series of recordings that he calls "Quarantunes." On the show we'll play several of his Quarantunes and enjoy his storytelling during these weird times.
Also on the show, we'll play brand-new music from The Sluts, Kerosene Culture, Lava Dreams, Una Walkenhorst, Quiet Takes, Sam Wells and Ivy Roots. Some of the music came out recently, some comes out this week and some is a preview of music coming out soon. Despite the current state of things, there is so much great music coming out and we're happy to share it with you!
Another New Music Tuesday ahead!
Despite all of us being at home and practicing social distancing, there is still so much new music coming out from KC musicians. We’ll play brand new music from 10 acts on the show and we’ll talk about some upcoming live-streaming shows that you can catch at home.
As most of us aren’t in our cars too much right now, you can also stream the show live from The Bridge site or better yet, go download The Bridge app right now — it was created by the good people at Propaganda3.
On the show we’ll hear new stuff from The MGDs, Una Walkenhorst, Use Your Atlas, Khrystal., Lava Dreams, Amy Marcus, Grant Klein, SHINER, Belle & The Vertigo Waves and Ready Astronaut. We’ll criss cross several genres and have a good time.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to new music and upcoming livestream concerts! Just because we are all in our homes doesn’t mean that concerts must stop and that new music can’t still fill the airwaves. We’ll hear brand new music from They Call Me Sauce, Fullbloods, R.I.Peter, Nick Siegel, and The MGDs.
We’ll also hear new music from a very cool compilation put together by our friends at Manor Records, called "Keep The Change." The album features 12 musicians covering a wide array of songs, and comes out digitally on April 13. Money raised from it will help out KC's service industry.
We’ll let you know about and play music from these upcoming livestream gigs:
Friday at 7 p.m. — Nick Siegel plays his new album, “For You Dear, Anything” live
Friday at 8 p.m. — Jordan Smith of Wonderfuzz and the Supernauts; we’ll hear one from the Supernauts catalog
Saturday at 7 p.m. — True Lions Quarantine live stream
Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. — Nicole Springer Band throws a virtual release party for their new video, “Come Clean”
And lastly, it’s PLEDGE WEEK! Obviously these are weird times, however if you turn to music to find relief when world events feel overwhelming and are in a position to do so OR if you just want a really cool new tee and a cool tumbler, we would love your pledge. For more info and to pledge, please visit this link.
On this week's epipsode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to the HUGE amount of live-streaming gigs happening every day now. We’ll play music from several acts and let you know when you can tune in and catch a live-streaming concert from them!
We’ll hear from these acts on the show:
Quixotic - Saturday nights at 7:30 pm Facebook live - check their FB page
Calvin Arsenia - Monday nights at 8PM, Weds at 11AM, Fridays at 9PM - check their FB page
Samantha Fish - Fish Fridays, every Friday at noon - check their FB page
IVORY BLUE - Home Studio Show, Thursday at 7PM - check their FB page
Mark Lowrey - Jazz & Plants shows, Monday-Saturday from 6-8PM - check his personal FB page
Tyler Gregory - at least twice a week, live from a unique settings - check their FB page
Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys - Live From His Basement, Tuesday, April 7 at 7 PM - check their FB page
David Burchfield & the Fire Guild - Jammy Jams concerts, every Monday at 9PM - check their FB page
The Black Creatures - Saturday, April 4 at 7PM - hosted on InterUrban ArtHouse FB page
Josh Ritter - The Silo Sessions, Tuesday, March 31 at 7PM - check their FB page
Becca Stevens - part of an online fest with 28 acts, April 1-7, go to livefromourlivingrooms.com for more info
Megan Luttrell Music - she hosts an online Open Mic, Mondays at 8PM - check their FB page
We’ll kick off the show with a little John Prine & Iris DeMent too. I
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, it’s another NEW MUSIC show. We’re going to play a bunch of new music from several KC musicians! On the show we’ll hear from Blackstarkids, Westside Royal, Hi-Lux, Amy Marcus, The Roseline, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Jillian Riscoe, Grant Klein, and Jelly Rose Music.
We’ll kick off the show with a song from They Call Me Sauce called “Kansas City Food,” as a reminder that you can still support so many great KC restaurants by ordering carry-out meals right now. Also, check out your favorite KC musician’s social media pages to see if they’re streaming live concerts online that you can watch from the comfort of your own home and throw a few bucks in the hat to help them navigate these uncertain times. We’re all in this together!
The Bridge has been celebrating Women's History Month by playing great music and sharing stories from so many amazing women in music. On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we'll do a deep dive into historic women in KC music, and to do so we brought in Bill Brownlee.
Bill Brownlee is a long time concert reviewer and music writer for The Kansas City Star, contributor to KCUR 89.3, he’s been blogging since before the word “blog” was a word, he’s worked for music labels/distributors but most importantly for this show, he knows his stuff when it comes to KC music history.
Here’s a couple teasers for you: in 1985, Tears for Fears were playing in KC and stayed at the hotel that is now the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza. While staying there, a woman was in the lounge singing and they loved her voice. Two years down the road, they reached out to her and had her sing on a massive song of theirs, which also featured Phil Collins on drums. After that her solo career launched and she’s gone on to massive success... and she still has a house here!
Another: Remember Johnny Carson? Did you know that the No. 1 most visited musical guest to his show is 91 years old and she still calls KC home? She was a guest on his show 26 times!
On the show we’ll hear from these powerful women: Marva Whitney, Deborah Brown, Oleta Adams, Myra Taylor, Mary Lou Williams, Marilyn Maye, Melba Liston, Priscilla Brown, Julie Lee and a little Janelle Monáe.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we’ll be hanging out with Jake Wells and his band, who just released a brand new EP called “Sunday Morning.” We’re going to play the album track for track, and have Jake and his bandmates share the stories behind the songs.
If you’re not familiar with Jake Wells, he’s a great singer-songwriter, he has nearly 3 million spins on Spotify and recently was on the TV show, “The Voice.”
This Saturday, March 13, Jake Wells will be playing an album release show at recordBar. Also on the bill: Westside Royal (also releasing an EP) and The Philistines.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about new and recent releases... again! There’s so much good music coming out of Kansas City right now — this is already our fourth new music show of 2020.
We’ll hear from Una Walkenhorst, Fritz Hutchison, Ivory Blue, Kerosene Culture, The Widow's Ride, The Black Mariah Theater, Same Empathy, sMallWaves, Teri Quinn and the curiously named Jesus Loves the Atom Bomb.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we're handing the show over to guests Les Izmore (Heartfelt Anarchy/Arquesta Del SolSoul) and Kemet Coleman (The Phantastics/Kemet the Phantom) as we celebrate Black History Month on the show.
One of them picked some historic KC musicians and the other picked current and upcoming acts. It’s going to be a good show as we share music picked by two of my favorite voices, acts and storytellers in KC music, Les and Kemet.
We’ll hear from Nublvckcity, Bobby Watson, The Black Creatures, Bennie Moten’s KC Orchestra, Hi-Lux, Tech N9ne, Joe Turner, and Tonina (STL).
Up next you can catch Les and Kemet at these gigs:
Kemet The Phantom on March 5 at The Ship along with The Deshtet (Kadesh Flow)
Les Izmore in ARQuesta Del SolSoul on Friday, March 13 at miniBar along with The Fey and Various Blonde
On the Eight One Sixty, it’s another week of celebrating new and recent releases from KC bands. There’s so much new music coming out of our region, we want to make sure it’s on your radar and share it with you.
This week on the show we’ll hear new stuff from Ultimate Fakebook, You Monster You, Kian Byrne, Knife Crime, DeMaur, Miki P & the Swallowtails, The Moose, Haunted Dolls, Brotha Newz, City Pets, Grant Klein and Mackenzie Nicole.
We’re barely two months into 2020 and this is already our third show of new and recent music! Keep it up, KC!
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge it’s all about new music, again! We did an all new music show two weeks ago and we’ll do another one next week too. There’s so much new KC music coming out right now.
This week we’ll hear new music from:
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Joy Camp: catch them at recordBar with Fathers and Brother Moses on Feb 14
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The Roseline: new album out on April 3, "Good/Grief"
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Clay Hughes featuring Stik Figa, G. Love & Special Sauce and Auni Saxton: new EP, “Color & Sound” out on Feb 14
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Dan Jones and The Squids: new album release show, “We Live In A World That Is Out Of This World”, on March 14 at The Brick
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Kerosene Culture: new album coming soon
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Crystal Rose Music: just released a new single
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Heath Church: playing in St. Joe on Feb 15 at River Bluff Brewing
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Jo MacKenzie Music: just released a new single
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Brent Isom: featuring Stephanie Gummelt, recently released an EP, “Eternity”
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Kadesh Flow featuring They Call Me Sauce: just released a new EP, “Motivation”
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Jillian Riscoe : catch her at Femme Fatale at Aftershocklive Musicvenue on Feb 15
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we’re throwing a lovefest! We’re getting an early start on Valentine’s Day and digging back in our KC music catalog to do so. We’ll play a variety of love songs — some happy ones, sad ones, feel good ones and angry ones too.
For this week’s show, we’ve got music that’s between seven and 20+ years old! In addition to playing the songs, we’ve reached out to the musicians for a little back story on these love songs.
We’ll hear music from Cowboy Indian Bear, Frogpond, Kristen May of Vedera, The New Amsterdams, The Appleseed Cast, Elevator Division, It’s Over, capybara, The Gaslights and The Get Up Kids. It should be a fun and entertaining show, and maybe you’ll learn something about one of your old favorite bands or favorite songs.
On the next Eight One Sixty, it’s all about NEW music! Every year in KC hundreds of musicians put out new music and they’re off to a great start in 2020.
On the show we’ll play brand new music from almost a dozen KC acts. We’ll hear from Mac Lethal, Mackenzie Nicole, EBONY TUSKS, The MGDs, Misha Music, The Pedaljets, Noah Davis and Heavy Electric, Here On Mars, Same Empathy, Amy Marcus and Jairy.
It’s all about David Bowie on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty! We're talking about this weekend’s two tribute shows: the 5th Annual The Band That Fell To Earth KC Tribute To David Bowie at recordBar on Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25. For the fifth year now, 13 of the city’s most prominent rock, blues, jazz and folk musicians will come together to celebrate the great David Bowie.
Every year the shows sell out, so get your tickets now! On the radio show we’ll be joined by band leader, Michelle Bacon, and she’ll tell us about this year’s events, guest musicians and charities involved.
On the show we’ll listen to some David Bowie, we’ll hear The Band That Fell To Earth KC’s treatment of Bowie’s “Boys Keep Swinging,” and we’ll also hear music from one of this year’s special guest collaborators, Heidi Phillips, formerly of Frogpond and currently performing with Danny Krause.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about new music! First up, Various Blonde will stop by to talk about their brand new EP, curiously titled "3S 1.” We’ll also talk about their upcoming shows and a special benefit show happening on March 8 at recordBar, with a reunited Elevator Division and money raised from the show benefitting The Eshelman family.
We’ll also hear new music from these KC musicians and bands: Yes You Are (our opening bumper), Knife Crime, Eems, Lauryn VonAhnen, Katy Guillen and The Drive and Miki P & the Swallowtails. We’ll hear a recent release from Jaenki and we’ll hear a brand new one from electronic music producer shallou, who will be at recordBar on Wednesday, May 20.
Eight One Sixty is kicking off 2020 with two special guests stopping by The Bridge studios!
First up is photographer, event organizer and activist Anna Selle, who will talk about the Bandwaggn Winter Formal happening this Saturday, Jan. 11, at The Mulberry Room. Bandwaggn Kansas City's mission is to empower girls and trans youth to build community through authentic relationships, and lead a movement toward collective liberation. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the cause.
Then we'll sit down with Claire Adams and she's going to share some brand new songs with us! She's got a big show coming up this Saturday, Jan. 11 at recordBar and she's collaborating with Rewound, a contemporary string trio and together they'll perform an amazing night of music.
On this Christmas Eve episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris will be providing your guide to local shows on New Year's Eve. The show will kick off with special guest Will Gregory, who will be talking about Crossroads Hotel's New Year's Eve party with Quixotic and Calvin Arsenia.
Upcoming New Year's Eve shows:
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Making Movies, Wick & The Tricks, Radkey andDJ Thundercutz at The Truman
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Hembree and Mess at The Bottleneck
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Momma's Boy, Heidi Lynne Gluck, BUMMER,Thighmaster and Approach at Replay Lounge
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Lucas Parker Band, 3 Son Green and Cory Phillips at The Granada Theater
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Nublvckcity at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center
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Dave Stephens with The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock at Union Station Kansas City Inc.
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The Zeros KC, Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams, Heather Newman Band and more at Knuckleheads Saloon
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Hi-Lux, Sheppa and more at J. Rieger & Co.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, host Chris Haghirian will be sharing a few of his favorite tracks from 2019! Tune in to hear from KC-based artists Other Americans, Hipshot Killer, Me Like Bees, Hot Suede, Claire Adams, Middlechild, Wonderfuzz, Kadesh Flow, LyMerrick, Good Saint Nathanael, Sky Smeed and OLIVIA FOX!
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we celebrate The Bridge's Winter Funding Drive and have a special guest appearance from Bill Brownlee, who joins Chris to talk about his favorite music of 2019. He writes for The Kansas City Star, he's a master blogger, he contributes to KCUR 89.3 and so much more. He'll sit down with us and we'll play some of his favorite recordings of 2019. We'll hear music from Reggie B and the Popper, Brody Buster's One Man Band, Matt Villinger, Keaton Conrad, Jamila Woods and more.
Nicole Springer will appear on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty. The Kansas City singer-songwriter is playing the entirety of her new album, "Willing," and sharing the stories behind the songs. Nicole is performing on Saturday, Dec. 14 at The Brick with Teri Quinn.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's Mark Manning Day! Mark hosts Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM. Before he begins his four weeks of countdown shows, we'll get a preview of some of his favorite recordings of 2019, his favorite 119 Recordings of 2019 and some of his favorite concerts of 2019.
On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, we welcome musicians Una Walkenhorst and Chase The Horseman. They’re playing a big show on Thursday, Nov. 21 at The Brick, alongside Whoa Dakota from Nashville. We’ll talk about the big show and hear music from all three of their catalogs. We’ll also debut two brand new songs from each songwriter — one from Chase and one from Una Walkenhorst and Brent Windler of Sons Of Great Dane.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we welcome Yes You Are into the studio. On Friday, Nov. 15, they are releasing their debut album, "Here's To The Great Unknowns." We're going to take the hour to preview the new album and to hear the stories behind the songs. Their music has been featured in a Super Bowl commercial, huge Hollywood films and they've been in rotation on The Bridge for a long time, but this proper debut release is an amazing collection of songs and is one of Chris's favorite albums of 2019.
In addition to the new album, Yes You Are and OLIVIA FOX will take the stage at the Kauffman Center For the Performing Arts for a special Hometown Concert & Holiday Reception for Members on Monday, Nov. 25.
On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris is joined by Aaron Rhodes — one of the youngest music journalists in KC and one of the most involved in #kcmusic. He runs Shuttlecock Music Magazine & Podcast, works for Do816, is a contributing writer for The Bridge and The Pitch. He's a promoter, and we'll be talking about his upcoming show, The Big Gig #2 ft. TisaKorean and Judiciary at recordBar, on Thursday, Nov. 21, with TisaKorean, Amira Melanin Wang and Solomon.
We'll also hear some of his favorite songs from 2019 and talk about some of his favorite concerts too. We'll kick the show off with a friendly reminder from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear that Jason Sudeikis & Friends present Thundergong! 2019 is this Saturday at Uptown Theater.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, Chris highlights two big fundraiser events coming up in Kansas City. First up, Billy Brimblecom Jr. will join us live in our studio to talk about Thundergong! 2019, happening at the Uptown Theater on Saturday, Nov. 9. The 3rd annual event features Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Wynonna Judd, The Get Up Kids, Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear and more. It's a benefit concert for Steps Of Faith Foundation. We'll also get the details about the upcoming 90.9 The Bridge Thundergong! Takeover LIVE from the KC Streetcar, coming up on Thursday, Nov. 7.
Later in the show we'll hear music from two bands playing the annual Apocalypse Meow 12 fundraiser event, happening this Friday, Nov. 1 at Mills Record Company and this Saturday, Nov. 2 at Drexel Hall at The Irish Center of Kansas City. That event will feature several bands including Chris Meck & The Second Sons, The Sluts, Slights, Jesus Loves the Atom Bomb, Shy Boys, Nublvckcity, AP (spoken word), Kristie Stremel and Anna Cole and the Other Lovers.
We'll also squeeze in a brand new song from Wonderfuzz, who have their new album release show coming up next Thursday at The Riot Room.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about new music!
We'll hear from Blue False Indigo, Carswell & Hope, The UK's, The Sexy Accident, Shawn Stewart and Jocelyn Nixin of The Creepy Jingles, The Lover’s Knot (a side project for Tammy of Violent Bear), LyMerrick, Middlechild, Wills Van Doorn, Mr. Golden Sun, The Greeting Committee and Lion AKA Brian Rogers. We’ll criss-cross genres and tell you about any upcoming shows these bands have on the radar as well.
This episode of Eight One Sixty welcomes the musicians from Quixotic's brand new production, Sensatia Cirque Cabaret. We're joined by Shane Borth, En Vee and Ben Muñoz, who will talk about the amazing new show and music. The show is happening every weekend at Crown Center, from now through November.
After that we'll hear some music from Krystle Warren who is back in KC from France for two special performances this weekend, at Polsky Theater in Johnson County Community College's Yardley Hall. Krystle will perform her double album, "Love Songs," with a 12-piece band, and the Owen/Cox Dance Group has choreographed dance pieces to every song.
Also, this Saturday is the eighth annual OUTER REACHES VIII Fest at recordBar. A half dozen bands are part of the event, and we'll hear from a mysterious duo called Thunder Jackson, one originally from Oklahoma and the other from the south coast of Wales.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we're doing a deep dive into The Original PorchFestKC. It’s all happening this Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. in three different neighborhoods: Roanoke, Union Hill and Longfellow. PorchFestKC event organizer Kathryn Golden will join us and give us all the details about the fifth annual event. If you aren’t familiar, it’s very much how it sounds — it’s a music festival that happens on people's porches. Bring your lawn chairs, comfortable shoes and cash for tips for the bands and for the many food trucks at the event. It’s a great way to spend your Saturday.
The fest features 150+ KC and regional acts playing on 50+ porches, and we'll hear from several acts playing: Nicole Springer, The Center State, Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival, Kat King, Deanna Ray, Classical Revolution KC, Pretend Friend and Courtney Krause.
After that, we’ll hear some brand new music from two great KC bands, Other Americans and Yes You Are.
Tune into the Eight One Sixty as we celebrate the ninth annual Middle of the Map Fest happening in KC on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5. We’ll talk about the bands playing the fest, the venues, how to get tix and so much more.
We’ll hear from several acts playing the fest as well: Clairo, Snail Mail, beabadoobee, Golden Groves, The Arsonists LFK, Michigander, Claire Adams and Use Your Atlas. For a full lineup of bands and a schedule of the fest go to motmkc.com.
Also, at the beginning of the show we’ll have a special announcement of the lineup for Apocalypse Meow 12. The event takes place on Nov. 1 and 2. Apocalypse Meow was established in 2008 to raise medical funds for local musician Abigail Henderson, who had been diagnosed with cancer. Compelled to give back to the community, she co-founded Midwest Music Foundation to connect musicians to health care resources. Though she passed away in 2013, Abigail’s mission continues — MMF provides financial resources, educational programs, health clinics and events throughout the year. Abby’s Fund dispenses emergency health care grants to KC-area musicians, contributing more than $190,000 since its inception.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris will be talking about this weekend's 2019 Plaza Art Fair. In addition to the 240 artists showcasing their art and 20 restaurant booths there are three stages hosting nearly 50 acts of live music. One of those acts is Miguel Antonio, and he’ll be joining us on the show — he's playing the Main Stage on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. We’ll hear a couple new songs from him, talk about other acts playing the event and go over some art fair logistics as well.
We’ll hear from these acts playing on Ink Magazine’s Stage at Ward Parkway and Pennsylvania: LA Jones, DeMaur, OLIVIA FOX, Nicole Springer, Oh Nelly featuring Colin Blunt & Fritz Hutchison, Caroline Blubaugh, and from KKFI 90.1 FM’s stage, The Rebel Song Academy. We’ll also hear one from Calvin Arsenia’s new EP, "The LA Sessions," which is being celebrated on Thursday, Sept. 19 at recordBar with a big album release show.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty features members of The Sextet, a Kansas City groove jazz collective that just released a new album, "Among Friends," featuring Calvin Arsenia, Eddie Moore, Poet Jen Harris, Miki P and so many other guests. On the radio show we’ll play some songs from the massive double album and hear the stories behind the songs and hear about the recording process.
They’re celebrating the release of the new album this Sunday — The Sextet Album Release | Among Friends at recordBar. Nearly 20 artists will perform with the band through the evening, including J Ashley Miller and his project, Jametatone. We’ll play some music from him on the show as well.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about Crossroads Music Fest 2019, happening this Saturday, Sept. 7 in the Crossroads Arts District. The fest features 30+ acts in six venues, with CrossroadsKC hosting the headliners, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. The fest is run by KKFI 90.1 FM and organized by Bill Sundahl. Sundahl joins us for the show and we’ll play music from several acts at the fest, including: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, The Fey (from Lincoln, NE), The Freedom Affair, Amy Farrand and The Like, Crystal Rose Music, True Lions, My Brothers and Sisters, Violet and the Undercurrents, The Creepy Jingles and Kirsten Paludan. Tune in to get the scoop and all the logistics about the event.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris will be playing songs featured in movies at the Middle of the Map Film Fest. The fest runs from this Wednesday, Aug. 28 through Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Screenland Armour, and will screen 20+ films from around the world: feature films, independent flicks, award-winning movies, rockumentaries, documentaries, along with with a mini music fest, and short films.
On the show we'll hear music and trailers from the films, plussome of the bands playing at The Rino and Old Shawnee Pizza at Repeal 18th - NKC as part of the fest. Acts like The National, JAY-Z, Pedro The Lion/David Bazan, Queen, Arrested Development, Nublvckcity, Soultru, Good Saint Nathanael, and Jim Gaffigan and his take on Hot Pockets.
Nathan Reusch, who curated the Film Fest with Adam Roberts at Screenland, will join us on the show and we'll talk about all of the can't miss films at the fest.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we welcome one of the hardest working musicians in KC, Enrique Javier Chi of Making Movies. Making Movies are having an amazing year — they released an album with Rubén Blades, received love from NPR Music, played shows all around the map and so much more. They’re coming home to throw their amazing fifth annual music and arts festival, Carnaval at Knuckleheads Saloon on Saturday, Sept. 7.
The event has two purposes: one is to blow you away with a great show from an impressive lineup of bands: Making Movies, Las Cafeteras, Grand Marquis, ÉSSO and more. We’ll hear music from those acts on the radio show.
And the other function, the fest serves as a fundraiser for the band's music education nonprofit, Art As Mentorship, which helps youth in underserved communities learn about music and even gives them an opportunity to record in a real studio.
We’ll also hear a brand new single by OLIVIA FOX, celebrating the release of their new album on Aug. 24 at Knuckleheads. We’ll alos hear one from Grammy and Oscar winner, Common, who will be stopping by the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Aug. 29.
In July on Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian chatted with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, he's playing some of his favorite picks. Hear from Hipshot Killer, Heartfelt Anarchy, THE ARCHITECTS, Dragon Inn 3, Cowboy Indian Bear, Sara Swenson, Mess, Eems, Me Like Bees, The Greeting Committee and Second Hand King.
All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is musician and 90.9 The Bridge content manager Michelle Bacon. She’ll be sharing her picks of her favorite albums of the decade from KC musicians like Soft Reeds, Marcus Lewis Big Band, Not A Planet, Mikal Shapiro Music, Krystle Warren, Ha Ha Tonka, Schwervon!, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Hembree and The Grisly Hand.
All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is Tim Finn, writer for IN Kansas City and host of Thursdays with Timothy Finn on 90.9 The Bridge. We'll hear songs from: Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, The Grisly Hand, Mikal Shapiro Music, The Conquerors, The Pedaljets, Making Movies, Samantha Fish, The Ants and Marcus Lewis Big Band/Brass & Boujee.
All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is the queen of all things Lawrence, Fally Afani. She runs the blog I Heart Local Music and she also runs Lawrence Field Day Fest 2019, which is happening this week — on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And new this year, it’s all FREE! Over 20 bands will play over the 3 days at The Granada Theater, The Bottleneck, White Schoolhouse and Lucia Beer Garden + Grill.
On the show we’ll hear about Field Day Fest and we’ll also hear music from Fally’s favorite albums of the last decade, including The Sluts, Cowboy Indian Bear, CS Luxem, Psychic Heat, Approach, BUMMER, Tyler Gregory, Gnarly Davidson, Truckstop Honeymoon and Stiff Middle Fingers.
All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, Chris is joined by KKFI 90.1 Wednesday MidDay Medley host Mark Manning. Hear tracks from Krystle Warren, Howard Iceberg & the Titanics, Iris DeMent and more.
All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, Chris is joined by The Kansas City Star & KCUR 89.3 contributor Bill Brownlee. Hear tracks from Bobby Watson, Stik Figa, Janelle Monaé and more.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we welcome two guests. First up is Kadesh Flow. We’ll hear about what music he’s working on right now and get a preview of KC RiverFest 2019 — where he is playing in three different bands! The massive event is on July 4 in Berkley Riverfront Park; it’s KC’s best firework show with a bunch of great KC bands, including Marcus Lewis Band/Brass & Boujee, Eems, Barnaby Bright, Deshtet, Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, Jessica Paige, Kansas City DJ Joe, and The Zeros KC. There’s also a pop up Maker Fair from The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair, KC Crew outdoor games, food trucks, kid activities and more.
After that we’ll welcome Chase The Horseman and we’ll hear brand new music from him. He’ll tell us about a big film project he’s working on right now.
On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris and Sarah are joined by special guest James Carter, AKA Sarge. James is a retired military man who loves music, and studied music at Belmont University in Nashville and at Park University. He runs You Found Music, a musician collective that helps with bookings, marketing and other business dealings. He also does the booking for Old Shawnee Pizza at Repeal 18th. If you haven't been up there lately, North Kansas City, Missouri is booming right now and he's got a very full concert calendar on a great outdoor stage right next to Chicken N Pickle - Kansas City.
We'll also hear from acts that Sarge works with: Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands, Megan Luttrell Music, Zach Pietrini, Josh Del, Ryan Manuel and the Getaway, Daryl Wayne Dasher Music, Leslie Tom and Featherburn.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about Boulevardia 2019! The sixth annual beer, food and music festival is happening this Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 in the Stockyards District in the Historic West Bottoms — in the areas around Kemper/Hy-Vee Arena. The fest features more than 50 acts on three stages and also hosts a silent disco. On the radio show we'll give you some helpful tips to make your festgoing experience even better.
We’ll hear from fest headliners: Fitz & The Tantrums, Young the Giant,Dashboard Confessional, lovelytheband and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Then we’ll hear from some KC acts playing the fest: The Freedom Affair, Belle & The Vertigo Waves, Brooks Brown, Crystal Rose and Ha Ha Tonka.
This week on the Eight One Sixty, we’re talking about the Jane Doe Revue: Female Rock Orchestra - A Benefit for Abby's Fund, happening at recordBar on this Saturday, June 8. The Jane Doe Revue is a female rock orchestra formed in the spring of 2017. The mission of this project is to bring together women of any age, culture, affiliation and label to honor women in every shape and form and make music together. We’ll hear music from some of the women playing at this fundraiser and get details about the event from special guest and The Bridge's Content Manager, Michelle Bacon. We’ll play music from Amy Farrand and The Like, Other Americans, Blue False Indigo and Violet and the Undercurrents.
After that we’re going to dive into some brand new music and hear from KC/Lawrence acts: Mene Mene, Volker Brothers, Jason Buice and Kemet the Phantom, plus Young Dubliners, who are performing at the KC Irish Center this Friday.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty will bring a bunch of friends in, joining us to celebrate Chris Mowry's Big Birthday Show. The concert is happening at recordBar this Saturday, June 1 with three bands: Dreamgirl, Fullbloods and Dylan Guthrie & The Good Time Guys. Mowry is the production manager at recordBar and he’s calling the shots on the show this week. He’s bringing with him members of and music from all three bands playing his birthday gig and has also picked out some music from Y god Y and In The Pines to play on our show. We'll also do a 7 Questions segment with Mowry and all of his guests — hilarity will ensue.
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about new music and upcoming gigs.
We’ve got a bunch of brand new music from:
Use Your Atlas (no gigs right now)
Momma's Boy (TONIGHT at Encore at Uptown Theater: Omni and The Whiffs)
Yes You Are (Monday, June 3 at Kansas City Bier Company with Nublvckcity)
Pala Zolo (no gigs right now)
The Wires Alternative String Duo (Sunday, May 26 at InterUrban ArtHouse)
Heavy Grams (Saturday, May 25 at Mike Kelly's Westsider: Broken Arrows and The Heavy Figs)
Le Grand (Saturday, June 1 at The Bottleneck:Ttng and Via Luna)
Johnnysupercolossal (no gigs right now)
And a couple recent releases from:
Mess (Wed, May 29 at The Rino: Macseal, worlds greatest dad, I'm Glad It's You)
Jaenki (TONIGHT at The Riot Room with LUTHI)
For the first part of the show we’re joined by the fellas from Larsen. They just released a brand new EP and we get to hear the stories behind each song as we play the EP for you.
After that we hear new music from Quixotic, whose new EP comes out on Friday and they’re part of a massive celebration called Reflecting Motion: A spectacular outdoor art experience at Union Station Kansas City on Saturday. We hear the brand new single from Jake Wells Music, maybe you saw him on The Voice last season - and we hear new music from Jaclyn Bell, from her new EP that came out a few weeks ago.
On this episode of the Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we welcome back Sarah Bradshaw! She’s been out since February, when she and her husband had a lovely baby girl. It’ll be great to have her back on the air!
We're going to talk about a massive craft and maker faire happening in KC on Saturday, May 11 called The 5th Annual Spring Swing!, part of The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair series of craft shows. Three bands will be part of the event and we’ll hear from all of them: Betse & Clarke, a new project from Chris Hudson & Chad Brothers, and brand new music from Grand Marquis.
We’re also going to hear brand new singles from Me Like Bees, Berwanger, The Creepy Jingles, Lily B Moonflower Music, Wills Van Doorn and Simon Fink & The Wires Alternative String Duo.
And ICYMI, local musician/filmmaker Morgan Cooper has been receiving massive praise a video he created of his take of a reimagined and updated Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Last week he was interviewed by none other than Will Smith himself. We’ll hear some music from him and ConductorWilliams’s project called BLKFLANL.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty will feature Merle Zuel, founder of the MerleJam Transplant Fund & Concert. Merle was a long-time door guy at Knuckleheads, and back in 2007 he had a heart transplant. Over the past decade, Merle became a registered nurse and formed this event to raise money for transplant recipients and to raise awareness for organ donation. The concert is this Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at Knuckleheads.
This week's episode of Eight One Sixty will feature TWO guests. Cowboy Indian Bear is one of Chris's all-time favorite KC-area bands, and they’re performing a reunion show this Saturday, April 27 at The Bottleneck. It’s part of the big album release show for Hembree. The show is nearly sold out and should be an amazing night.
Then, we’ll be joined by one of the founders of a new organization in KC called Women on the Rise. Leah Watts joins us to talk about the nonprofit organization and their mission to educate, empower and elevate women in all aspects of music and the music industry. They’re hosting a special event on Saturday, May 11, and we’ll get the full story about the event and what they’re working to accomplish. In this segment, we’ll hear music from Leah Watts and Erin Eades.
We’ll wrap up with a song from a band on a great lineup playing a fundraiser show at miniBar on Saturday, April 27 for Speak Up KC, a local suicide prevention group. The show has been organized by Manor Records in honor of their friend Bennet Jones, and the lineup is Drugs & Attics, The Rubs, Mild Cats, Mouton, Golden Fleece and Momma's Boy.
This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about new music, and we’ve got a lot of it! Several of the bands have upcoming gigs to talk about too.
We’re going to hear brand new music from:
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Wonderfuzz - album release show on Thursday, April 18 at The Riot Room
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Nicole Springer - Thursday, April 25 at Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club
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Deco Auto - Saturday, April 20 at The Rino
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Kid Computer - Saturday, April 20 at VooDoo Lounge
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Hot Suede - Brand new album comes out on May 17
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Kartez Marcel as part of Nublvckcity - Friday, April 26 at 800 Broadway
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Tiki Brawlers - Friday, May 24 at Davey’s
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True Lions - Saturday, May 4 at The Brick
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Familiar - Saturday, April 20 at Connection Point Church
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Gee Watts - New EP came out on April 6
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The Sluts - 1 of 20+ bands playing Lawrence Field Day Fest 2019 on July 18, 19, 20
This Saturday, April 13, is Record Store Day, and this episode of Eight One Sixty will talk about all the festivities happening around KC. It's one of the best days of the year for music fans and audiophiles as special limited-edition records are released, stores reveal tons of new inventory and a bunch of bands play FREE gigs from noon to night. Have a look below for a schedule of bands playing this Saturday.
On this show, we're playing music from several bands gigging on Saturday. We'll hear brand new stuff from Brandon Phillips and The Condition, just released as part of the 7" Too Much Rock series - you can catch them at Mills Record Company on Saturday. Also playing at Mills, we’ll hear from The Freedom Affair and The Greeting Committee (lead singer Addie Sartino will be playing a special set). We’ll hear from Hembree, who is about to release its debut album on Thirty Tigers Records; they’re playing at Vinyl Renaissance & Audio. We’ll hear from Instant Karma, who is playing at Revolution Records Kansas City and also Les Izmore, who is playing at Records with Merritt. So much music and so many bands playing.
And beyond RSD, we’ll hear from They Call Me Sauce, part of Nublvckcity, playing on friday at Replay Lounge and a brand new one by a brand new act named LyMerrick. Also, it’s PLEDGE WEEK and we hope you’ll consider pledging to the station.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 - Record Store Day schedules:
Mills Record Company - 2 stages!
Courtyard Stage
2 p.m. - Iris Elke
4 p.m. - sex ed
6 p.m. - Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee
Mills Stage
3 p.m. - The Freedom Affair
5 p.m. - Brandon Phillips and The Condition
7 p.m. - Bill McKay
Records With Merritt - music starts at noon
OH DEAR OH MY
The Black Creatures
Iain Blair
Les Izmore & the Goats
Jake
Extra PullDestrian
DisTanT from City Beatbox Crew
Revolution Records
7 p.m. - Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival
8 p.m. - Lovergurl
9 p.m. - Wick & The Tricks
10 p.m. - Major Matt Mason USA
11 p.m. - Instant Karma!
Josey Records
DJ Thundercutz
Da Hill Da DJ
DJ Kiko De Gallo
False Brother
The Black Creatures
Vinyl Renaissance
1:30PM Hembree
these stores will have great RSD offerings but no live music:
The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, Brothers Music KC, Love Garden Sounds and FM Music Vintage Sounds.
Two special guests are stopping by this week's episode of Eight One Sixty! Erin McGrane of Victor & Penny stops by to talk about their big show this Saturday, April 6 at Californos, with Kyle Reid and the Low Swingin' Chariots. Then, Aaron Shinn of Lazy Projector will preview four songs from the band's brand-new EP, "Evoco," as they get ready for their album release show, next Saturday, April 13 at The Brick.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris chats with Mike Alexander and Chris Wagner of Hipshot Killer. The band just released a brand-new album entitled "All This Time Is Ours." They'll be playing all the tracks on the album and share a few stories behind the songs. This week, the band is celebrating the album release with a show at miniBar on Saturday, March 30, with Arson Class and Midlife.
On this week's Eight One Sixty, Chris chats with the band Mess, as they get ready to celebrate the release of their full-length debut, "Learning How To Talk." They'll talk about their big show on Saturday, March 30 at The Rino, preview some music from the new album and hear some stories about it.
After that, we hear from two musicians who used to call KC home and are coming back for gigs — Supa Flowa tonight at The Encore at Uptown Theater and Payge Turner on Thursday at The Rino. We hear a new song from DeMaur, who is playing tonight at The Rino. We also hear the new single from Berwanger — it's so catch you'll be humming the chorus all night after you hear it. And if we have time, we'll throw in a little Metric as Emily Haines brings her band to The Truman on Thursday.
This week's Eight One Sixty kicks off with a big announcement about the Boulevardia 2019 lineup, along with music from some of the headliners! After that, Chris will chat with Sky Smeed, who is gearing up to release his new album, "Leaving Again."
Members of the band Fathers join us to talk about the release of their brand-new EP, "High Horses," and a special release show this Saturday, March 9 at 2016 Main Event Space. Also on that bill will be Eems, Belle & the Vertigo Waves and a children's choir that will be backing up Fathers. We'll play the entire new EP and talk about it with the band, along with our 7 Questions segment.
After that, we'll hear music from some KC-area bands that have inspired them — The Appleseed Cast, The Anniversary and The Casket Lottery.
Una Walkenhorst and Erin McGrane join us for this episode of Eight One Sixty. The two are co-organizing the Survivors' Stories: Stand Against Sexual Violence event this Thursday night at The Rino — an evening of songs, poetry and performance art that touches on the experience of sexual violence or harassment. You may know Una from her solo music as well as the amazing album she put out last year with her father, Bob Walkenhorst; the title track of the album, "For Tomorrow," was voted the No. 1 song of the year by Bridge listeners. Erin has been in a variety of projects over the years and is also currently known as Penny of the antique pop act, Victor & Penny.
During the show we’ll hear from different musicians who are sharing their stories at the show including: Una Walkenhorst, Victor and Penny, Madison Mae Parker, Shoebox Money with Hannah Norris, Kat King and one of her projects, The Typing Pool, and more.
Special guest Claire Adams joins us for this week's episode of Eight One Sixty. On Friday night, Feb. 22, she’s collaborating with Rewound for a special concert at The Rino. Rewound is a 3-piece string band featuring Carmen Dieker on violin, Alyssa Bell on viola and Ezgi Karakus on cello. We’ll talk with Claire about that show and we’ll listen to music from three of her albums: "Claire and the Classical Revolution," "Waiting For The Winds To Change" and "Kamikaze." After that, we’ll hear two new singles from two other KC acts, The Dear Misses and Kat King.
On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we're joined by film critic and blogger Eric Melin of Scene Stealers Movie Reviews to talk about the Kansas City Oscars watch party on Sunday, Feb. 24. Eric and Chris look back on times the Oscars got it wrong — and a few times they got it right.
Our very own Sarah Bradshaw is having a baby next week and she’s going to be away from the show for a few months so we wanted to do something special for her on this show. We play music about being a mom and celebrate Sarah and her baby. We hear from some great KC mama musicians like Heidi Lynne Gluck, Kristie Stremel, Havilah Bruders, Kasey Rausch and a great song about becoming a parent from The Grisly Hand. We add in some songs from other Bridge acts that talk about being a parent too. It's a great time and we’re so excited for Sarah and her family!
This week’s EIGHT ONE SIXTY is a special one. William Elliott Whitmore is stopping by the show and then he’s playing at recordBar after. In addition to hanging out with Will it’s also PLEDGE WEEK and Chris had a huge stack of tix to giveaway to say THANKS for your pledges.
If you don’t know Will, he’s an amazing singer-songwriter with whiskey and gravel soaked vocals, he’s from Southern Iowa, he’s signed to Bloodshot Records, he’s played Middle of the Map Fest three times, he played Folk Alliance International and he’s an all around great guy.
We welcome special guests, The Snow Globes into the studio! We squeeze an upright bass and some guitars into our studios and they play a couple songs for us live on the air. We talk about their FREE concert on Thursday night at Village Presbyterian Church. We also talk about The Wash Project, the amazing charity that The Snow Globes support with their music, live shows and CD purchases.
After that we turn things up a bit and play some new music from SUCH LUCK- from an EP that comes out in Spring 2019. We play a new one from Radkey- you can catch them at recordBar on December 21. We also hear one from Hipshot Killer who are one of seven bands playing the 4th annual How The Punks Stole Xmas Toy Drive for Hope House
on Friday, December 7 at Revolution Records Kansas City. And we wrap up the show with music from the great, William Elliott Whitmore from South Lee County Iowa - you can catch him at recordBar next Tuesday, December 11.
We sit down with Bill Brownlee and talk about his BEST OF 2018. Brownlee freelances for The Star, he has blogs about music and jazz and he goes to more concerts than almost anyone we know. We hear music and talk about these musicians with KC connections: Logan Richardson, Kelly Hunt, Tech N9ne, Peter Schlamb and Stephonne.
We also talk about some non-KC acts as well and hear about some of Bill's favorite concerts of 2018.
It’s a holiday for us at the EIGHT ONE SIXTY as we celebrate Mark Manning Day! Do you know Mark Manning? He’s an amazing person, a radio show host on KKFI 90.1 FM, a philanthropist, a teacher, an amazing community leader and several other things as well. Every year he counts down his 100+ favorite songs of the year on his radio show the Wednesday MidDay Medley, every wednesday from 10AM-noon on 90.1 KKFI.
We get a sneak peek at some of his favorite songs of 2018 and we look back at 2018 to talk about the year in music. It’s always a great time when he’s in our studio! Also, Jon Hart will be joining us to co-host the show!
We’ve got a full house of special guests this time on the show. First up, Sons Of Great Dane stop by and play live in our studio and we talk about their big gig this Friday, opening up for the great Lucero at The Madrid Theatre - that’s going to to be a great show. After that Shaun Crowley of Manor Records will stop by to talk about a fundraiser for MOCSA happening on Friday evening at Blip Roasters featuring Chloe Jacobson (we play brand new music from her), Mason Blaize and Rachel Cion.
Also, hear an insane track from darsombra, their spaceship is descending on KC tomorrow and they’re playing at recordBar with The Philistines.
We play some new music as well as music from bands with upcoming gigs that you should check out. Hear new music from a brand new project called MYRY. Also, new music from Yes You Are, Erin Eades and Wallace Loyal. Then, hear recent releases from Second Hand King, Mess and Dragon Inn 3. Plus, an old one from The Get Up Kids and one from Duncan Burnett with a little help from Marilyn Manson.
Here’s some shows to catch from these acts:
11/07 Turnover/Movements/Mess at The Bottleneck
11/08 The Get Up Kids/Remember Sports at recordBar
11/09 Second Hand King & The Lovers/Various Blonde/The Fey/Larsen at recordBar
11/21 Duncan Burnett/Mason Blaize/Westside Royal/RUBEO at The Riot Room
12/16 Erin Eades at Mockingbird Lounge in KCK
We celebrate our 200th show! Thank YOU for tuning in and listening!
We kick off the show with Billy Brimblecom Jr. to talk about Thundergong, happening this Saturday in KC at Uptown Theater featuring special guests Chance The Rapper, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte and more. All money raised from the event benefits Steps Of Faith Foundation. There are still some tix left!
We also hear music from some musicians that are playing Apocalypse Meow 11 this weekend, Friday at Mills Record Company and Saturday at recordBar, Chase The Horseman and Chris Meck.
Also, check out a brand new track from OLIVIA FOX, it’s an impressive treatment of Zombie by The Cranberries, just in time for Halloween.
Then we are joined by special guest Robert Castillo of the band The Sextet as we talk about a new FREE concert series happening at a great non-profit here in KC called Cross-Lines Community Outreach, Inc at 736 Shawnee Ave in KCK. The first FREE concert is this Sunday at 4PM featuring Enrique Chi of Making Movies and Miki P - hear music from those musicians too.
It's a great show and as a special treat Jon Hart co-hosts!!!
We turn our attention to a 2-day fest happening in KC this weekend at recordBar called Outer Reaches. The fest showcases the ‘out there’, left-of-center, under-the-radar artists experimenting within and pushing boundaries in their respective genre. The fest features nearly 20 acts, some from right here in KC and some from as far away as Australia. Joining us on the show will be two of the fest organizers, Brenton Cook of Haymaker Records and Steve Tulipana of several music projects and co-owner of recordBar. We hear music from Sound of Ceres, Mysterious Clouds, Lava Dreams, Death Bells, Abandoned Bells and J Fernandez, all are playing the fest.
After that, ICYMI, election day is coming up on Tuesday, November 6. We play a brand new song by Bob & Una Walkenhorst about that (it’s so good) and you can catch Una Walkenhorst at Bier Station on November 7 and then a song from Amy Farrand and The Like who are playing a fundraiser show for Sharice Davids this Thursday at recordBar.
Two musicians playing at Groovefest this saturday at Knuckleheads join us on this show! Damon Parker of The MGDs and Sean McDonnell of Stone Cutters Union are in the studio and we talk to them about the event and play music from their bands as well as other bands on the bill: Andy Frasco, The Band That Saved The World, and The Kris Lager Band.
Also, hear music from other bands with upcoming gigs:
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P.O.S and EBONY TUSKS on Wednesday at The Riot Room (also on the bill is Astronautalis) / Angel Davanport / Sheven Kc )
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Emmaline Twist on Saturday at Voltaire (also on the bill is Knife Crime)
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Jake Wells Music and Duncan Burnett on Monday at recordBar (also on the bill is Calvin Arsenia)
Tonight's show is about TWO great events! First up, we announce the lineup for the annual Apocalypse Meow 11, it’s the huge fundraiser concert for Midwest Music Foundation. We talk about the event and play music from some of the acts on the bill. and the second great event is this weekend, it’s the mega-huge weekend of Open Spaces KC at Starlight Theatre this weekend featuring so many great acts, we talk about it and play music from several of them.
Friday: The Roots, The Soul Rebels, Red Baraat
Saturday: Janelle Monáe, Marcus Lewis Big Band, The McFadden Brothers, Sankofa Danza y Percusión Africana
Sunday: Vijay Iyer Sextet, Hermon Mehari Quartet, dakhabrakha, Innov Gnawa
It's a fun show and we also throw some more in there too, kicking things off with The Appleseed Cast who are playing the huge 25th anniversary weekend at Replay Lounge on October 26.
On this show it’s all about new music! Our inbox was full and we share new music from several different acts with you. Hear music from Y God Y, Wyndsrfr (the new project from Jacob and Danielle of Blackbird Revue), Lazy Projector, MaDDi, Lauryn VonAhnen, Kala, Kowala, The UK’s and Broken Arrows. We also throw in some music from The National and Alvvays, they’re in KC this weekend playing out at Starlight on Sunday night.
For our special pledge edition of the Eight One Sixty we are joined by Second Hand King to talk about his new album and upcoming show at The Riot Room. You can also hear some music from bands performing at NKC Music Fest like Berwanger and Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival!
We welcome back to KC, special guest Danny McGaw! He lived and played music around KC and Lawrence for years but currently calls California home. He's in town this week for some gigs and to be part of the 87th Annual Plaza Art Fair. Danny brought his guitar and plays for us live in our studio. He’s one of 23 musicians that will play on Ink Magazine’s Stage at The Art Fair, Sept. 21-23.
We also hear from other acts playing INK’s Stage, located at Ward Parkway and Pennsylvania Ave: Barnaby Bright, Timbers, Sara Morgan and Chase The Horseman. Art Fair features 3 stages of bands, for a full schedule go here: https://www.plazaartfair.com/live-music/
It's a long awaited show as we sit down with one of our favorite musicians, Calvin Arsenia. This is a HUGE week for Calvin as he’s celebrating the release of his new album, Cantaloupe (Calvin Arsenia Cantaloupe Album Release Show) with a massive release show on Saturday, September 15. He along with a dozen+ other musicians will host an amazing evening at The Gem Theater in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. We preview his brand new album as well as play music from a couple of the musicians joining him on stage, Krystle Warren and J Ashley Miller (Jametatone). If you don’t have tickets for this spectacular night of music yet, you can grab yours here: https://goo.gl/aet6HH
It’s all about this Saturday’s 14th Annual KKFI Crossroads Music Fest 2018 presented by Lead Bank this time on the Eight One Sixty. CMFKC founder, Bill Sundahl will join us to talk about the fest and to play music from several bands playing the event this Saturday, September 8, featuring 30 bands across 8 stages in the KC Crossroads Arts District. We hear music from Hembree, Hi-Lux, Instant Karma, Brandon Phillips and The Condition, Cadillac Flambé, Jo MacKenzie Music, They Call Me Sauce, Volker Brothers and maybe more. You can learn more about CMF at www.CMFKC.com.
We sit down with special guests Radkey this time on the show! These guys have gigged all over the world and they were recently featured in a huge tv commercial that led to them opening up for Jack White on his most recent tour. We hear brand new music from them and talk about what else is happening in Radkey’s world. Also, make sure you make plans to catch Radkey as they collaborate with Quixotic on Saturday, September 8th at recordBar as part of the 14th Annual KKFI Crossroads Music Fest 2018. Also, hear music from other bands with upcoming gigs: Me Like Bees, Black Stacey, Jessica Paige and Destroy Nate Allen.
It’s a double-header this time on the Eight One Sixty! First up Emmaline Twist will be in the studio with us, hanging out and previewing their brand new album, "Dissimulation". The album comes out this Friday, August 24 and that night they’re celebrating with a big show at recordBar along with Sona and Ghost Bones.
After that Shaun Crowley of Manor Records will stop by and talk about the bands playing this Saturday, August 25 at Californos as part of the Manor Records Summer Showcase #2. We hear music from Toughies, PLANET WHAT and Scruffy & the Janitors.
For this show we are joined by special guest, Duncan Burnett! He’s playing a great show at The Bottleneck on Friday night, August 17 with the mighty and soulful Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. We sit down with Duncan Burnett and hear some of his music, as well as some projects he helped record and produce along the way. In addition to that, we play brand new music from: Making Movies, Me Like Bees, RUBEO, and Sona.
This show is all about new music! The inbox was full and we wanted to share new music with you so we hear from:
• Dragon Inn 3 - AUG 21 listening party at Up-Down Kansas City
• Lion Maker (LION/Barrel Maker)
• Heidi Lynne Gluck
• Blue False Indigo - AUG 20 at recordBar
• Radkey - AUG 9 at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
• Broderick Jones
• The Sexy Accident - AUG 7 at Just Off Broadway Theatre
• Wade D. Brown - AUG 25 at The Brick
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• Berwanger
We also hear from Grand Marquis - you can catch them Monday at noon doing a Star Session, a live show hosted on The Kansas City Star’s Facebook page. Then they get to open up for The Kansas City Royals on Wednesday as part of Ink Magazine's Student Night at The K. The concert is at 6PM and first pitch against the Chicago Cubs is at 7:15PM. It's a FULL SHOW!!!
We are joined for the last time this month by Michelle Bacon to continue talking about her special series, “Turning The Tables KC.” Turning The Tables KC is a feature about Kansas City women in music and it tries to capture their experiences of working in the music industry. Today on the show we hear from Hi-Lux and Katy Guillen and The Girls, they’re playing a FREE show tomorrow at 6PM at Mills Record Company as the finale to the "Turning The Tables" series. We also hear from other women in KC music: Amy Farrand and The Like, Samantha Fish, Krystle Warren, The Philistines with Kimmie Queen, The Greeting Committee, Lily DeTaeye Music and Trampled Under Foot.
Michelle Bacon returns as we continue our special 4-part series, “Turning The Tables KC.” Turning The Tables KC is a feature on The Bridge’s website about Kansas City women in music and it tries to capture their experiences of working in a traditionally male-dominated industry. We hear brand new music from young musicians: Jo Music, Miki P, Gracie Schramm and Maddi. We also hear from some of our favorites including Mess, Payge Turner and Rachel Mallin. Also, a brand new one from Vigil and Thieves, who are playing this weekend at the 7th Annual Lawrence Field Day Fest. Plus, music from KCK native Janelle Monae, who was recently announced as headliner of Open Spaces in October at Starlight. Then we jump into the vault for an old one from Kianna of Yes You Are from her previous project, Tilly and the Wall.
“Turning The Tables KC” wraps up with a concert on July 25 at Mills Records with music from Katy Guillen and Hi-Lux and with a conversation by a panel of musicians as well.
We have 2 sets of special guests joining us for this show. First up, to celebrate the release of their new EP, we hear a live session from Sons Of Great Dane and then Michelle Bacon will drop by as we continue our special 4-part series, “Turning The Tables KC.”
Sons of Great Dane have been making music together for years and recently came off of a hiatus for their new EP release show this Friday, July 13 at The Brick. The new EP is called “A Bit Before The Dawn".
Then, Michelle Bacon returns as we highlight the contributions of Kansas City women in music and capture their experiences of working in a traditionally male-dominated industry. We hear music from some powerful KC women musicians. This week we’re diving into the vault and play music from: Alacartoona with Erin McGrane, Vedera with Kristen May, Anvil Chorus with Anna Cole, The Wilders with Betse Ellis and American Catastrophe with Amy Farrand.
On this show we kick off a special 4-part/week series created by Michelle Bacon called “Turning The Tables KC.” Michelle Bacon will be joining us as co-host throughout the month of July! Based on NPR’s "Turning the Tables" series, we will highlight the contributions of Kansas City women in music and capture their experiences working in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Hear music from a lot of powerful KC women musicians all month. This week we play music from new and old projects, alike: Hi-Lux, Other Americans, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Jessica Paige and Schwervon!. Then, we jump into the vault and hear from old acts like The Gaslights, Tiny Horse (one small horse), Molly Picture Club, The Latenight Callers and The Good Foot.
It's all about Middle of the Map Fest again this time on the show! The 8th annual event is happening THIS WEEKEND, Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30 at several venues with the main stage at Crossroads KC featuring acts like Grizzly Bear, Spoon, Greta Van Fleet, Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Built to Spill and 60+ more acts. We talk about logistics for the fest, where to pick up your wristbands, how to get tickets and much more. We also hear music from several bands playing the fest including new music from: Wonderfuzz, Other Americans, and The Fey. Plus, music from Heartfelt Anarchy, X.WILSON, The Sluts, Jade Jackson and Golden Groves. It’s a packed show as we celebrate Middle of the Map Fest!
We’re joined by special guests, Michelle Bacon and Emily Miller of Planned Parenthood Great Plains to preview PinkOut with JANE DOE REVUE at recordBar, coming up this Saturday. Bacon is part of a supergroup playing a very cool set of music as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. After that we jump head first into Middle of the Map Fest! It’s happening NEXT Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30, 60+ bands, with the main stage at Crossroads KC. We talk logistics, venues and play music from several acts on the lineup. Plus, hear from Chase The Horseman, LION, listener, Emmaline Twist, They Call Me Sauce featuring Les Izmore of Heartfelt Anarchy, Greta Van Fleet, Nikki Lane and Built to Spill.
It’s Boulevardia week, so naturally we’re doing a Boulevardia show! We give you all the info you need to know, how to get tix, where to park, where the stages are, we remind you to download the app and other good bits of knowledge. The fest features 60+ acts on three stages and also a silent disco. Today on the show we hear music from Hembree, Radkey, Lily DeTaeye Music, Clay Hughes, Hi-Lux, Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival, a brand new single from Me Like Bees, Tech N9ne and more.
We’re hanging out with Alicia Solo on this show. In addition to playing Boulevardia next weekend here in Kansas City, she also just released a very cool video. During her travels around the world she turned the camera on the people and asked them “What Makes You Happy?” People from all around the world, of all ages, and a few familiar faces are in there too: Christian Soriano, Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio and producer John Feldmann. In addition to that we play music from Cuee and Yanna the supa flowa, both are playing I Heart Local Music Presents: PRIDE for the Masses on Friday at the Jackpot Music Hall. Then, Second Hand King, who has his album release show on Saturday at recordBar and new music from Tim Stop. Plus, we might throw in a couple songs from headliners of Boulevardia and Middle of the Map Fest - make sure you've got tix to both events! Watch Alicia’s video here:
We’re doing an entire show on new releases from KC musicians! They’ve got new albums, new EPs and new singles out. Lots of them are playing gigs soon, some at Boulevardia (June 15 & 16), some at Middle of the Map Fest (June 29 & 30), they’re playing at Kansas City Royals games, they’re playing album release shows and more cool things. It should be a fun show as we play music from: Second Hand King, Alicia Solo, Amy Farrand and The Like, Eddie Moore And The Outer Circle featuring Duncan Burnett, Kadesh Flow, Mikal Shapiro Music, Jake Wells Music, Sons Of Great Dane, Mess and Jessica Paige. Also for the show, KC music extraordinaire, Michelle Bacon will be joining us! She recently wrote a piece for The Bridge all about new releases, have a look at it here: https://bridge909.org/news/icyhh-spring-2018/.
We have TWO sets of special guests on the show this time! To start, Carswell & Hope are stopping by to preview their brand new album, "Exit Plan". After they visit with us they’re headed to play recordBar with Cat Dail Music. Then we’re joined by Travis Fields of Westport Roots Festival which takes place this weekend! It’s the 5th annual fest, happening May 25-27 with over 60 bands and it’s always a good time. We hear music from a few acts playing the fest: The Dead South, The Underhill Family Orchestra, Kelly Hunt and Dusty Rust.
This time on the show we are hanging out with some special guests! First up is Nathan Reusch of The Record Machine and Middle of the Map Fest, he put together a free event that’s happening this Saturday called What's Next Fest. We talk about it and hear music from some bands on the bill. After that we're joined by Dedric Moore to talk about his band Mysterious Clouds as we preview music from their brand new EP and talk about their upcoming show on May 24 at recordBar.
Tuesday at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we are joined by several special guests. First up, Kate Redding, one of the founders of a new fest called Workers Revival Festival - May 11 & 12 at Recordbar featuring an eclectic line up, from soul to hip hop, punk and Americana. We hear music from some acts playing the 2-day event:Ebony Tusks, Rev. Sekou, Red Kate, Scruffy & the Janitors and Austin Lucas. After that we are joined by the band Instant Karma, preview their brand new new 7” and talk about their upcoming gigs at recordBar on 05/26 and at The K as part of Ink Magazine’s pre-game concert series before The Kansas City Royals game on 05/30.
This time on the show special guests, Grassfed join us! We preview their brand new album and talk about their upcoming gig at the 2-day 2nd Annual Bluegrass In The Bottoms, happening outside of Knuckleheads Saloon on May 18 & 19. We also hear from a couple bands playing Middle of the Map Fest on June 29 & 30 - single day tickets went on sale today! Hear from a couple bands with upcoming gigs, The Sluts on Friday at The Riot Room and Y god Y on Saturday at The Rino. Then something old from The Decemberists, they’re at Uptown Theater on May 23.
We hang out with one of the most fun acts to see on stage in KC, the Grand Marquis on this episode of the Eight One Sixty. Their new album, Brighter Days comes out this Saturday, April 28 and to celebrate it they’ve got a big album release show at Knuckleheads Saloon with Victor & Penny and Brandon Phillips and The Condition. We preview the new album and hear about the stories behind the songs from the band. Also, hear music from Katy Guillen and The Girls as we get ready for a pre-game concert at The K this Wednesday, before The Kansas City Royals play the Brewers, as part of Ink Magazine’s Student Night at The K. We also hear brand new music from one of my favorite KC producers, LION and new music from a new project fronted by Eric Cornwell called The Lonely Apparitions.
This time on the show we are joined by two special guests. First up, Judy Mills of Mills Record Company, Saturday, April 21 is Record Store Day (RSD) and we talk about some of the special releases and hear some music from The National, Led Zeppelin, KEVIN MORBY and The Casket Lottery. Also, Casket Lottery is playing at Mills on that day and will have vinyl re-issues of their catalog and a box set available. After that, Jonny Wooddell of the charity National Orange Popsicle Week and also the band Use Your Atlas joins us. He talks about a cool fundraiser event happening on Saturday, April 28th, Restring for Rehab - Fundraiser for Stroke Survivors at Springfield Music KC in Shawnee, KS. Got an acoustic or electric guitar? For $20 you can get a full set of new strings from D'Addario and Co. and 100% of that $20 will go back to NOPW, directly impacting the lives of young stroke survivors and their recovery at Ability KC. We also remind you about the lineup for Middle of the Map Fest 2018 and hear from Grizzly Bear and Greta Van Fleet.
HAPPY Middle of the Map Fest ANNOUNCEMENT Day! It's a special TWO hour PLEDGE WEEK edition of the EIGHT ONE SIXTY!!! We're joined by special guests Hermon Mehari and Peter Schlamb who are playing a pre-game concert at The K Wednesday, 4/11 at Noon, before The Kansas City Royals day game at 1:15PM. Then John Kreicbergs of Propaganda 3 joins us for pledge as we announce the lineup for Middle of the Map Fest where we talk about and play music from several of the headliners playing the 8th annual music festival happening in KC on Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30.
It's all about Kansas City Royals!!! We play music from bands playing pre-game concerts this season, as part of Ink Magazine's Student Night at The K. The first Wednesday concert is next week and features Hermon Mehari, visiting KC all the way from Paris, he'll play at noon before The Royals take the field at 1:15 against the Seattle Mariners. We hear from as many of the bands that we can squeeze in during the hour: Katy Guillen and The Girls, American Slim, Instant Karma, Hembree, The Grisly Hand, Hi-Lux, Run With It, Grand Marquis, Jessica Paige and Yes You Are (and also a special little intro song from Sam Billen). There are 12 pre-game concerts this season, it'd be great to see you out there! You can grab $10 tickets with a valid student ID online or at the gates and there's an $8 happy hour special for a beer and hot dog at the concessions by the stage.
The Project H is in our studio this time on the show with a preview of their brand new album, “Everyday, Forever”. They talk about their upcoming album release show on April 4 in the theater at Westport Coffee House. Also on that bill is Mark Lettieri Music, that guy’s got 3 Grammys! Also on the show, hear music from Radar State. Radar State (Outfield Experience Stage) along with New Jazz Order (GATE B) are both playing at The K on Thursday as part of The Royals home opener, as part of Ink Magazine’s pre-game concert series. Both bands will play around 1PM. Also hear new music from Belle & The Vertigo Waves and a brand new song inspired by the marches this past weekend from Barclay Martin.
On this show it's brand new music from Violent Bear, Carswell & Hope, Grand Marquis, Jake Wells Music, Lauren Anderson, Kid Computer, Smitty the Kid and The Sextet featuring Calvin Arsenia. Also hear from a couple albums that were recently re-released: Be/Non and The Casket Lottery. Most of these bands have upcoming gigs and we tell you about those too.
It's a HUGE show for us here on the Eight One Sixty. FIRST, we share the full lineup for Boulevardia 2018 with you. SECOND, we've got a special guest hanging out in the studio with us, Madisen of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear joins us to talk about their brand new track"Childhood Goodbye," their brand new video and what's next. Hear the single, PLUS music from some bands playing the fest, including Manchester Orchestra, Tech N9ne, Sir Sly, Guster, Lee Fields and Yes You Are.
The band Timbers joins us on this show to preview their new album AND play a live track. Their new album comes out this month and they’ve got an album release show coming up on Saturday, March 24 at The Westport Saloon. After that we hear music from some bands with upcoming gigs, like RUBEO and Violent Bear. They’re at The Rino on Saturday, March 10. We also hear from Sinple, who is opening up for Grammy winner, Anna Wise on Friday at The Riot Room. Plus, music from Nicholas St. James, he’s part of a big St. Pat’s day party at Replay Lounge on Saturday, March 17.
It's a new music show where we play ALL brand new music from TWELVE bands! Most of the songs we’re playing aren’t even available online yet! Hear brand new music from Hembree, Me Like Bees, Timbers, Darren Denney, Jametatone (J Ashley Miller), Justin Klaas, The Kid Nicky Halt, Pala Zolo (new project from a member of Hembree), Lesserhasbeens, The UK's, The Bluegrastronauts (new project from The Matchsellers & The Breakfast Sides) and Scruffy & the Janitors.
We kick off the show with a special announcement about Middle of the Map Fest 2018!!! After that we hang out with Jerad Tomasino who has been making music in KC for a long time. He’s had a record label, thrown events like Crossroads Flock Party and this coming Sunday he’s playing at recordBar with The Academic, a band from Ireland that’s making waves on both sides of the pond. Hear brand new music from his album, "Music From the Hit Television Show". After that hear more new music from Golden Groves, Red Kate, OLIVIA FOX and Duncan Burnett.
This time on the show we focus on Kansas City Folk Festival, coming up this Sunday, February 18 at the Westin Crown Center. Americana/Roots/Folk musician Kelly Hunt (Kelly without the e) joins us in-studio and we hear three gorgeous studio tracks and a live performance. Plus, hear music from others playing the fest, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Crystal Rose, Olivia Fox, Grassfed and more!
On this show we sit down with special guest David George and preview his brand new album, "Lesson of Love". The album comes out on Friday, February 23 and he’s playing an album release show at recordBar that night. We talk about his new album, touring with John Fogerty, going on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Bruce Willis, Michael Jackson, Barbara Walters and more. It should be a good time. Also, hear new music from The MGDs, Y God Y, and Lily DeTaeye Music.
It is that time of year again!!! This show is all about Folk Alliance International. The event is FEBRUARY 14-18 and brings 3000 people from all around the world to see musicians from all around the world, and it all happens right in downtown KC at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center. This is the 5th year the event has been hosted in KC and ask anyone that’s been, they’ll give you 5-star glowing reviews about their experience. It’s called FOLK but that’s a broad term and will be a topic for the show as we feature hip hop, electronica, world music, experimental guitar, soul music, Australian Aboriginal music and for good measure we play a couple “folk” songs too. We also talk logistics, give study tips and talk about our past experiences at the event. Hear music from these acts from all over the globe: Radio Free Honduras, Delhi 2 Dublin, Steve Poltz, Ali Holder, Yirrmal, Boogát, The War and Treaty, Disraeli, Daniel Champagne and Jeremy Dutcher.
Hear music from several bands with upcoming gigs: The Grisly Hand, Foshee,Westside Royal, Payge Turner Music and The Kemps. Also hear brand new music from these bands who have upcoming gigs: Hi-Lux, Dusty Rust, Dreamgirl and Club Beverly. Folk Alliance International is Feb 14-17 and the Kansas City Folk Festival is Feb 18. We’ll hear from two acts playing that week: a 13-year-old from Nashville and a young man from Canada: EmiSunshine and Dylan Menzie.
It’s all about new music on this episode of the Eight One Sixty! Sara Morgan will be stopping by with her with her guitar in hand and brand new album, “Average Jane”. We get a sneak peek of her brand new album that comes out this Friday at her album release show at Knuckleheads Saloon. We also hear brand new music from Momma's Boy (at The Riot Room on Friday), Mene Mene (at The Brick on Saturday) and Electric Orchids (at Uptown Arts Bar on Feb 17).
This time on the show we sit down with our special guest, RUBEO. Rubeo’s a KC based electronic music producer and he’ll share some new music with us. Hear some new music from X.WILSON, Dogteeth, Yanna and Sheven - who are part of a very cool show, My Posse In Effect: Beastie Boys Tribute live in KC 1/26/18 at VooDoo Lounge. We also play one of Chris' favorite electronic songs of 2017 from shallou.
For our first show of 2018 we sit down with special guest and band leader, Michelle Bacon to talk about the third annual David Bowie tribute show, by The Band That Fell To Earth. The big show is this Saturday night at recordBar and tickets are moving quickly. After the Bowie segment, we hear new music from Making Movies, The Phantastics, OLIVIA FOX, FACEFACE, Larsen, The Country Duo and Hot Suede.
We’ve invited three guests onto the show that Chris always see at concerts and who are great fans of The Bridge too! We sit down with Amber, who won volunteer of the year for The Bridge and KCPT – Kansas City PBS. We talk to Jen, who is a big concert goer and volunteer around town, and also Scott “front row Joe” Rohr, who is constantly leaning on the stage, right up front at SO many concerts. Our guests are picking the playlist AND answering our 7 QUESTIONS!
Chris' wraps up his "Best Of 2017" as we talk more amazing shows and music! Hear songs from Hembree, Katy Guillen and the Girls, Eems, Hermon Mehari, Berwanger, Momma's Boy, Making Movies, The Sluts, Alicia Solo, KD Kuro , Mess and Olivia Fox.
"Best of 2017" season continues this week on the EIGHT ONE SIXTY (Tuesday's at 6PM on 90.9 The Bridge). Chris plays some of his favorite songs of 2017 over the next two shows. Also, we’ll work our way back through the calendar and talk about our favorite shows of 2017 - maybe your favorite show is on our list too. It was a great year in music, hope you can tune in and catch the show. This week we’ll hear music from:Lennon Bone, Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival, Golden Groves, Second Hand King, Fathers, Adam Scott York, Krystle Warren, Chase The Horseman, Emmaline Twist, Black Stacey and Run With It.
Our "best of" continues as we sit down with the always interesting and forever insightful Bill Brownlee. Bill's a contributing writer to Ink Magazine, The Kansas City Star, KCUR 89.3 and a very active blogger. We wrangle with him in the friendliest of ways, hear his favorite songs and talk about his favorite shows of the year. Chris wanted to point out in December 2015 he introduced him to a 22-year-old hip-hop act out of Chicago named Chance The Rapper with the track Sunday Candy. And back in 2013, he introduced Chris to Stik Figa of Topeka, with music from his amazing album Blind Tiger. Who knows what he’ll introduce us to this week. It’ll be fun!
It's the show we look forward to every year!!! Mark is going to preview his top 117 songs of 2017 with us for the hour. We’ll hear from bands like: Of Tree, Jametatone, Krystle Warren, The 238s, Ramy Essam, Making Movies, Mysterious Clouds, Calvin Arsenia and maybe more. Mark Manning hosts the Wednesday MidDay Medley every Wednesday from 10AM-Noon on KKFI 90.1 FM, a couple clicks down the dial from us. We’ll also talk about some of his favorite shows of the year. It should be a great time!
Tonight on the show it's NEW(er) music from a lot of KC bands and our last week of shows before we dive into the holidays, the BEST OF SEASON and Mark Manning Day. Hear music from: Berwanger, Emmaline Twist, Barrel Maker/Morgan Cooper, Khrystal., Brooks Brown, Wyndsrfr, The Atlantic, Bad Dreamer, Clowder, GAS FOOD LODGING, and Use Your Atlas.
Some more special guests joining us on the show as we celebrate our 150th show! First up, Run With It will be stopping by to talk about a special gig they’re playing, A Benefit Concert for War Child on Friday, Nov. 17 at The Rino - also on that bill Duncan Burnett and Jake Wells. Hear music from all 3 of those acts. After that, Chase the Horseman will be joining us to talk about and share some new music. Plus, music from Truck Stop Love who have three reunion shows next week and they’ve got a new vinyl comp, "Can't Hear It: 1991-1994". Their first KC show in 13 years is Friday, Nov. 17 at recordBar. Also, hear new music from Victor & Penny as they are releasing the first album on the new KC imprint, EAT. HEAR. RECORDS and they’ll be playing at recordBar on Wed., Nov. 15 to celebrate that.
Learn all about Jason Sudeikis & Friends Present Thundergong!- A Benefit Concert, happening in KC this Sunday night at The Uptown Theater. We're joined by Billy Brimblecom Jr. and Madisen of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear to talk all about that event. Also on the show, we sit down with Katy Guillen and The Girls and hear some music from their brand new album, "Remember What You Knew Before" and talk about their big album release show, happening Saturday at the Foundation Event Space.
We celebrate Halloween by hanging out with Hembree live in our studio. Their brand new EP, Had It All comes out on Friday, November 3 and we’re going to play the album track for track for you...then you can grab a copy on iTunes on Friday! We talk to Isaac in Hembree about their recent tour with JR JR, what’s next for the band, the importance of songwriting, how crucial editing is to finding the right songs for an album, their November 25 gig with Joywave at The Truman and many more things. Also, we kick the show off with special guest Michelle Bacon and talk about Apocalypse Meow 10, happening next weekend in KC, November 3-5. This is the TENTH annual event and fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation. We play a track from Brandon Phillips and The Condition, who is playing on November 4 at recordBar for the event. Go here for more info: http://midwestmusicfoundation.org/apocalypsemeow/
We're hanging out with the guys from Momma's Boy, hear a new single from them. Also, they’re busy guys, one of them recently announced he’s starting a record label called Manor Records and another is currently interning at Ink Magazine. We also hear brand new music from Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, The MGDs, Hot Suede, Rubeo, Hembree and Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival.
For our 146th show we dig through the concert calendar and play music from several bands with upcoming gigs: • Brand new music from Wick & The Tricks, they’re at The Bottleneck on Friday • Music from Aaron James of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, he’s at The Rino on Thursday • A reunion show of sorts with Roman Numerals and Olympic Size at recordBar this Saturday • Music from Katy Guillen and The Girls who are playing at Crossroads KC Beerfest on Saturday at CrossroadsKC at Grinder's • Brand new music from Famous For A Day, who have a gig on Sunday in Raytown • New music from Tim York, he’s playing on Monday, October 23 at The Riot Room • Brand new music from a brand new band, Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival playing November 4 at Californos • Music from two upcoming shows at The Truman, Slowdive(band) on November 3 and Our Lady Peace on November 7 Lots of good music this week!
At the start of the show we announce the lineup for the 10th annual Apocalypse Meow 10 fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation coming up the first weekend of November. After that we’ll do a deep dive into the 4th annual PorchFestKC happening in Midtown KC on Saturday, October 14. The fest turns porches on homes in three neighborhoods into a stage for 150+ acts. it returns to Valentine, and has grown to Roanoke, and the eastern edge of the Volker neighborhoods in Midtown KC. We will sit down with fest organizer Kathryn Golden and talk about the event, logistics, where to park and of course play music from several of the acts on the fest. Hear from Cameron Johnson Music, Pearl Allure, The Matchsellers, Noah Davis Music, Black Stacey, CUDO, Eems, Amanda Hughey Music and Streetlevel Uprising.
Tonight on the show it’s all about new music and new releases! Our inbox was full of music that’s been released over the last few months and we wanted to share it with you. We hear brand new music from The Roseline, Fathers, CANDYASS, Momma's Boy, They Call Me Sauce, KD Kuro, Andrew Foshee, Khrystal. and recent releases from The Old Son and The Dear Misses. and then NEXT Tuesday, October 10 is all about Porchfest KC!
This time on the show we turn our attention to the 86th annual 2017 Plaza Art Fair, happening Friday-Sunday, September 22-24, 2017. In addition to featuring artwork from 240 artists and food from 25 restaurants, there are 3 stages featuring 50+ KC area bands and it’s all FREE. Take a deep dive into the lineup on Ink Magazine’s stage; this is the 7th year for INK magazine's Stage at Country Club Plaza Art Fair at the corner of Ward Parkway and Pennsylvania right by Gram & Dun. Hear music from some of the 23 acts; from Friday: Hembree, Smokey James & the Avalanche and Emmaline Twist. Then Brandon Phillips and The Condition, Golden Groves, Barclay Martin Ensemble (his final gig before he moves to Spain!), Claire Adams and Nick Siegel, who play on Saturday, September 23. Finally hear music from Run With It playing on Sunday, September 24.
It's another two-hour special Pledge edition this week! Our friends from Pink Royal stop by to talk about their brand new EP and big album release show coming up on Friday, Sept 22 at recordBar. Then we hear from a lot of BIG acts and KC bands too that have upcoming gigs; names like Ben Harper, The Mountain Goats, Angel Olsen, Tech N9ne, and BANKS, as well as Violent Bear, The Center State, Yes You Are and a bunch more!
This show is all about KKFI Crossroads Music Fest 2017, which is happening on Saturday, Sept 9. Bill Sundahl, the man with the plan from KKFI 90.1 FM will join us and tell us about the great lineup featuring 40+ bands in venues all around the KC Crossroads Arts District. We give you all the info and logistics about CMFKC and of course, hear a lot of music from acts playing the fest. Music included from The Phantastics/Kemet the Phantom, Various Blonde, Making Movies, Crystal Rose Music, Eems, Pageant Boys, The MGDs, Duncan Burnett and Brad Cunningham Band.
We wrap up Promoter Month with long time KC/Lawrence promoter Brett Mosiman of Pipeline Productions. This will be our fifth week sitting down with a promoter and they have been some of our FAVORITE SHOWS!!! Brett, books CrossroadsKC at Grinder's, The Bottleneck, other area venues and back in 2004 he created Wakarusa. He also helped pick the music for this week’s show, we’ll hear from: David Byrne & St. Vincent, Sylvan Esso, John Butler Trio, The Indigo Girls, Lake Street Dive, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise and the great Levon Helm.
We’re joined by special guest and longtime KC/LFK promoter Jacki Becker of Eleven Productions Presents. This is our 4th week of hanging out with the biggest promoters in the KC are that book your favorite bands in your favorite venues. Jacki’s answers to Chris' interview questions helped picked the songs for this week’s show: Neutral Milk Hotel, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Murder By Death, Thundercat, Angel Olsen, Pinegrove, Noname and The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - yeah, it’s a great show!
It's our 3rd week of Promoter Month and this week we’re joined by Pat Fielder from Mammoth. He books shows all over the KC and Lawrence, from The Granada Theater to Providence Amphitheater, he works on Middle of the Map Fest, Boulevardia and just did Flyover KC a couple weeks ago. His answers to Chris' questions have picked the music for this week’s show. We’ll hear from: Hot Water Music, Jason Isbell, Jawbreaker, The Menzingers, Descendents, Iron And Wine, Six Percent, Duncan Burnett and SZA .
On this show we sit down with the person behind one of the most active venues in KC, Frank Hicks of Knuckleheads Saloon. We talk about how he turned a motorcycle shop into an amazing venue with four stages hosting dozens of bands weekly. His answers to Chris' questions make up the playlist, hear music from: Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Jason Eady. Maybe some stories about Merle, Johnny and Leon Russell too..? Then, for the last segment of the show we are joined by members of the band Mess, as they celebrate the release of their new EP this Saturday, August 12 at The Rino.
All through August on the EIGHT ONE SIXTY it’s “Promoter Month”. Every week we’ll sit down with the people that book your favorite bands in your favorite venues all across KC & Lawrence. between the FIVE of them they have well over 100 years in the music business. We kick off “Promoter Month” with Mike DuCharme of AEG Presents and Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland and as an added bonus, Jon Hart will be joining us for the show too. Hear from huge acts like: Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Chance The Rapper, Fleet Foxes (here next Tuesday!) and The Chemical Brothers. Also hear from some up and coming acts too, like Petit Biscuit and Middle Kids (here on Sept 9).
Of all the people to surface in the KC music community lately, one of the most intriguing is 20 year old, Aaron Rhodes of Shuttlecock Music Magazine and Podcast. He lives in your favorite venues and also in DIY spaces that you maybe never have heard of. Listen as we talk to him about his podcast, then check out his last podcast where he sat down for 80+ minutes with Bill Brownlee of Ink Magazine, The Kansas City Star & KCUR 89.3. In addition to hanging out with podcaster, Aaron Rhodes of Shuttlecock Music Magazine & Podcast, we’re also planning to play some brand new releases from these KC artists with upcoming debut and album release gigs: Pink Royal - Pink Royal EP Release Show! w/ Hi Lux, Evolfo at Darlingside at recordBar on Friday, September 22. Fathers - Fathers' debut performance at Silver Screen Salon on First Friday, August 4. Adam Scott York - Adam Scott York, J. Taylor, Teri Quinn at The Rino on Saturday, August 5. Nick Siegel - album release show at The Rino on September 1.
Podcast Month continues as we sit down with the guys behind The Chalkboard Podcast to kick off the show! Then we hang out with the guys in Instant Karma as they get ready for their big EP release show on Saturday night, Instant Karma! Trying to Find My Mind EP Release Free Show. The Chalkboard guys have picked out music to share from Salar Rajabnik, Ben Kweller, Styrofoam and maybe some others too. Also, we get a sneak peak/listen at some tracks from Instant Karma's new EP.
It’s halfway through the year let's focus on some of our favorite releases and shows of the year so far! We could never fit ALL of our favorites into a one hour show but if you listen you will hear some great songs from Krystle Warren, Smokey James & the Avalanche, Radar State, Momma's Boy, The Sluts, Black Stacey, Second Hand King, Olivia Fox, Lennon Bone and one non-KC act, Slowdive(band). In between the songs, Chris will also run through his top ten shows of the year so far. We hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!
We are joined by three special guests on this show! Bill Sundahl of KKFI 90.1 FM will hang out and talk about KKFI Collaborations Live! at Folly Theater this Friday which features unique collaborations between some great KC musicians like Calvin Arsenia with Quixotic, Enrique Chi of Making Movies teaming up with students, Barclay Martin with Julia Haile and the list goes on. Then Anna Selle and Kevin Briody will join us to talk about a new publication, HearQueer. It’s an online and print publication that amplifies queer voices in music. The HearQueer Issue 001 Launch event is at Mills Record Company on Friday and Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type and Erica Joy Music will perform.
We told Chris to do whatever he wanted since it's his birthday week, so you can hear some of Chris' FAVORITE things! Music from Aphex Twin, El Ten Eleven, Beth Orton, The National, Beirut, Bon Iver - plus some his new favorites like Pinegrove and Christine and the Queens w/ Perfume Genius. He will also talk about his TOP 2 shows of all time and even play a live recording from one of them.
It's all about Boulevardia // June 16th & 17th, 2017!!! This huge fest is celebrating it’s fourth year, featuring 3 stages with over 40 bands, $20 gets you in the door. On the show we’ll talk logistics, tell you where to park, walk you through the process of how to download UBER to your smart phone. Hear music from: The Joy Formidable, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic and The Strumbellas - those are the main stage headliners on Friday. Also, hear from Local Natives, The Struts, Hembree, Danny McGaw, David Burchfield Music, My Brothers & Sisters and Olivia Fox. More info on the fest here: www.boulevardia.com.