The founder of the fest, Shaun Crowley, and other fest organizers James Miller and Dorian Allen, will also join us. Musician, Aige Rue, who has brand new music to share and is playing Manor Fest on May 22 will also join us. It should be a good time and the love of KC music will be immense.

During the show, we’ll talk about the fest, logistics, where to go and when, and we’ll hear music from these acts on the lineup:
• Lauren Lovelle, MAY 20 The Greenwood Social Hall at 9PM
• toasterbath, MAY 22 Blip Roasters at 5:45PM
• Hailes, MAY 22 The Black Box at 9PM
•  Aige Rue, MAY 22 The Ship at 10PM
•  Field Daze, MAY 23 at Pitchside Coffee 4:30PM
• Natalie Prauser, MAY 23 Brewery Emperial at 5:45PM    
• Paris Williams, MAY 28 at J. Rieger & Co 9PM  
• Jazlyn Epps MAY 29 at Vine Street Brewing Co. at 10PM
• FlareThaRebel, MAY 30 at Kemper Museum at 2:30PM
• Fritz Hutchison, MAY 30 at Downtown Library 4:25PM
• The Greeting Committee, MAY 30 at Current Landing 9PM

After that, we'll try and squeeze in a couple of new releases from Bobcat Attack, OkCasheyy x BabyKayy, and Savanna Chestnut & Dallas Pryor. 

It's a very full show and it should be a good time.

Everyone in this promo artwork is part of the album or the upcoming album release show on May 1 at recordBar. Eddie Moore and Black Light Animals will open the show and I’m guessing a "who’s who" list of special guests will be on stage that night.
Depending on how much we talk, we’ll hopefully play most of the album, as well as hear music from Eddie Moore and Black Light Animals. And since it’s Flare’s first visit to the show, we’ll do a 7 Questions segment.

 
We’ll hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• The Country Duo, April 17 at MOD Gallery in The Crossroads
• The Shandies, May 15 at The Greenwood Social Hall
• Jack Summers, May 23 for Manor Fest 8  at Brewery Emperial

And we’ll also hear brand new selections from Field Daze, HAOO x BodaciousThang, OLIVIA FOX, Kate Cosentino, Grant Klein, Joshua James and The First Aid Kit, Asia Tsion, and Stik Figa x Heather Gray.

 
We’ll also talk about some other upcoming shows and probably chat about what we saw on the Coachella livestream from this past weekend.

As I was preparing for this show I asked Krystle if she wanted to guest DJ and she said YES! As she was stuck in an airport with delayed flights, I sent her these questions and she made a playlist:
• what are you listening to right now that you love, that might be newer?
• what are your go to songs/albums when you have a moment of free time, and want to listen to again?
• when you need motivation/inspiration, what do you turn to?
• a song from an act that you saw in concert and it was an amazing night
• and maybe flip that, what musicians/bands are still bucket list acts for you to see live?

And of course we’ll play a couple songs from Krystle Warren’s catalog, too!

I’m so excited to see where the radio show goes on Tuesday at 6PM. And I’m also excited to see Krystle back on stage in KC on April 10, 11, and 12 at Union Station.

We'll play music from these acts with upcoming gigs:
• Amanda Hughey - “She Takes The Mic” w/ Chloe Rose, Deann Kinsch, Erica McKenzie, Nicki White, and more at Knuckleheads, March 10
• Sara Bellum and the Brainwaves - with The 58 Overhead at Katie & Michael at The RINO, March 13
• IVORY BLUE - Englewood Arts on March14
• The slide syndikcate - with Jamogi and The Jammers at The Ship on April 17
• Kadesh Flow- with The Phantastics at 420 Music Fest: SESH Fest (near the OG Stroud’s), April 20
• Kemet Coleman - with The Phantastics at 420 Music Fest: SESH Fest (near the OG Stroud’s), April 20

We’ll also hear new music from Dk Diggz, Amanda Fontaineece, and Jessica Paige – who just celebrated the release of her new album, “Oh Mister” on Sunday night.

If you love the station and are in a position to do so, we would love your support during Pledge Week! For those of you that have already given, thank you so much! We couldn’t do it without you and in this current political climate, with the slashing of funds for Public Broadcasting, it takes everyone to make this machine go.

We'll also play music from several acts on the lineup including Doubledrag, Violenteer, Bobcat Attack, RxGhost, Hashtronaut, NITE, Redder Moon, Reviser, Juliette Frost, and Panic Priest.

On the show we'll talk with Shay Lyriq and Malek Azrael about the event and hear new music from both artists. We'll also hear music and talk about other artists on the lineup, Hailes, Broderick Jones, and DJ Skeme.
Shay Lyriq just released an EP in honor of Black History Month called Illa City Queen, we've played some of the songs from it on the show previously, but now we'll get to hear the stories behind the songs. And Malek Azrael just released a brand new single, "You", we'll give it a spin and hear what it's all about.

POP IS BLACK, is happening this Saturday, the final day of Black History Month and it would be an amazing way to wrap up the month. 

“The KC Winter Jazzfest is a musician-run experience that brings together amazing local talent, youth groups, university groups, and seasoned pros. Whether you’re a jazz newbie or a hardcore fan, this fest is all about good music, great company, and togetherness of the KC jazz scene.”

Winter Jazzfest 2026 is an inaugural event that takes place this Sunday, February 22 in the event space above The Ship in The West Bottoms. The fest will kick off at noon and wrap up around 1AM, come when you can, leave when you must. There is an all ages option to attend noon-6PM and an all day pass for 21+ audiences. The fest will happen on two stages and will feature some of KC’s best musicians and also showcase young talent from UMKC, KU, and other institutions.

As for film fests, she’s been to TRIBECA, Miami Film Festival, BRIC Film Festival, Aesthetica FIlm Fest in the UK, the Oaxaca Film Fest in Mexico and many more, and now she’s taking those experiences and bringing them to the Reel Black Film Fest here in Kansas City at The Gem Theater in the Historic 18th and Vine Jazz District on February 20 and 21, a great way for you to celebrate Black History Month.

We’ll hear music from some of the films and music tangential to the films including: The Freedom Affair, Sunblush (from Wichita), Blood Orange, The Temptations, and Jongnic Bontemps.

We’ll also hear one from KCK’s own, Janelle Monáe, whose non-profit, Fem The Future, is a sponsor of the event. FEM The Future’s mission is to build a female-forward future through creating opportunities for young womxn and girls in music, arts, and education.

• Chris Hudson - FEB 13 at Gaslight Gardens and FEB 14 at OurHouse
• Katie Ziegler - FEB 14 at Buffalo State Pizza Co. OP
• Shay Lyriq - FEB 28, as part of Pop Is Black at Zhou B. Art Center

We’ll also hear new releases from Baby Kayy + OkCasheyy,  Grant Klein, SPACE Jockey, Molly Hair, RICC , Paris Williams + MitchMakeBeat, and Swoovi.
We’ll also hear a brand new one from a KC hip-hop act that was just awarded $100,000 from TIDAL as part of their Upload Headliner competition, congrats to Top Meech.
It should be a fun one, and maybe we’ll throw in some post-Grammy conversation too. 

At "Reclaiming The Canvas" on February 7 guests will experience an immersive showcase featuring live music, spoken word, dance, and visual art all created by artists who are shaping Kansas City’s cultural landscape right now.
On the radio show we’ll be joined by “Reclaiming The Canvas” event organizers Roi Wall, Felicity Lauren, and Kayla Gilmore, to hear how this celebration came together and let you know what you can expect if you come to the event on Saturday, February 7 at Zhou B. Art Center, near 18th & Vine.
We’ll hear music from musicians performing at the event, including Calvin Arsenia, Kadesh Flow, Ti Nicole, and Jamogi - and he’ll join us in the studio as well. 

We’ll also hear some spoken word from Melissa Ferrer Civil.
If you’re looking for a special event to celebrate Black History Month, this is the event! It’s an all day celebration in two parts: Art Exhibition Opening (2–5PM, FREE) and then Performing Artist Showcase (7–10PM. ticketed).

On the new track, the Cincinnati-to-KC transplant shows us how liberating it feels to reclaim one’s sense of self-worth. 

Underscore mentions on Eight One Sixty that “You Don’t Deserve Me” was born out of a situationship from last year. “I completely lost myself, and I found myself giving everything to this man who I thought was the love of my life, and he was actually just sucking the life out of me,” she said.

“You Don’t Deserve Me” is a fiery anthem that shows an artist capable of throwing down acute bars in the same breath as layered lilts over a thick, synthy dancehall groove. There’s plenty of catharsis in the song’s euphoric sonic vibes, with potent affirmations of self-love: “When I am looking in the mirror / I can’t help but think, ‘Girl, you’re so gorgeous’ / I used to question all my power / now I understand you got the forces for anything and everything you wanna do / If you’re curious, just know it starts with you,” the bridge asserts.

You’ll only be able to hear “You Don’t Deserve Me” via this episode until it’s released this Friday, Aug. 8, OR by purchasing it now via this link!

You also have a few chances to catch Zee Underscore live in the KC area soon – this Thursday, Aug. 7 and Aug. 21, she will be hosting the Tiny Shell Sessions Season 2 at Namaste& (formerly Midtown Kava), then Tomato Fest at KC Farm School on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m.

After that part of the show, we’ll dive into some new releases from KC bands and musicians, including Beth and Brandon, The Magi, Kari King, and Monster Planet.

From the first six months of the year we logged 925 releases from KC musicians via singles, EPs, and LPs - it’s been a very busy year.

On the radio show today at 6PM we’ll try and get through a dozen songs, as a small sampling of our favorite releases. Tune in and you’ll hear music from Flora from Kansas, Saving Miles Lemon, Honeybee, Good Saint Nathanael, Waxahatchee, Kemet Coleman, The Royal Chief, Ish1da featuring Les Izmore, Leonard Dstroy featuring Aaron Alexander, The Casket Lottery, June Henry, and Via Luna.

Find us on your radio dial at 90.9FM or stream us from The Bridge site or app. If you miss the live broadcast, stream it from our archive on The Bridge site or app.

Do you love lists? Here are my lists of my favorites of the year, so far. As always, many thanks to our amazing music community for sharing their gift of music with us!

••10 EPs••

Beth Watts Nelson - Tallgrass

Champ - Sampler

Flora From Kansas - Homesick

Honeybee - Midtown Girl

Jass - April Showers

malekazrael & the Vibez - Feels Like...

Saving Miles Lemon - You're A Star

Sisters Of... - Marie Michel

T.A. Rell - Love Pages: Pt. 1

The Royal Chief - Fire

••15 LPs••

David Luther - Who You Are

Eddie Moore - In The Kitchen

J Taylor - Fall Of A Rebel Angel

Jackie Myers - What About The Butterfly

Julie Bennett Hume - The Lorelei

Kemet Coleman - King Kemet

Lnrd Dstroy x Chromadadata - Enter the Scribbleverse

Medici and The Human - It Was A Blur

Samantha Fish - Paper Doll

Stik Figa - A Small Fortune

Stranded in the City - Family Function

The Freedom Affair - The Freedom Affair

The MGDs - Hold On

The Village Prairie - Before The Devil

TheBabeGabe - HONEYPOP

••35 SINGLES••

Bobcat Attack - Bend, Don’t Break

Forever Star - Blade Silver Metallic

Good Saint Nathanael - Glad You Were Made

Hembree - On the Line

Hermon Mehari and Tony Tixier - This Is Our Fantasy

Hidden Murals - Rose Boy (Triptych #2)

Ish1da and Les Izmore - Handmedowns

IVORY BLUE - Rhythm of the Radio

Jamogi - Do It To Me

Jocelyn Nixon - You Ain't Right, You Must Be Wrong

Josh Moncure - Berry Skies

June Henry - Twice

Kadesh Flow - Thesis Statement

Kat King - Somersaults

Kate Cosentino - Throw Myself At The Wall

Kristopher Bruders and Danny McGaw - Frenemies

Lauren Lovelle - Anxiously Attached

Lydia Alem - 3 A.M.

Mad Joy - Used To It

Me Like Bees - Bless My Bones

Nan + The One Nite Stands - Sick

OLIVIA FOX - My Type

Pheenix leeor and Les Izmore - KC Delectare

PURE XTC - Drive

Ryan Manuel and Kierston White - The Hammer Going Down

Sada K - Space

Savanna Chestnut - Trailer Number 3

Say That Again - New Strokes

Season to Risk - Echo Chamber

Tech N9ne and Kevin Church Johnson - This I Know

The Casket Lottery - Bell Penny

The Greeting Committee - Get Over It

They're Theirs - Midland Empire

Via Luna - Another Paralyzer

Waxahatchee - Mud

Tune into the show and hear music from these acts, and then go catch them live:

• MoonShroom, July 9 for The Early Show , free at 6PM at Boulevard Beer Hall

• Suzannah Johannes, solo on July 19 at Hillsiders, then an album release show on September 11 at The Ship

• Significant Brother, the new project from Alex Ward of Hembree, Hembree's 10th Anniversary show on Aug 16 at Liberty Hall

• Flooding with The Casket Lottery and The Appleseed Cast on August 30 at recordBar

• The Royal Chief, one of 30+ acts playing on September 6 at CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest

• Barnaby Bright, October 4 at Cottonwood Falls Music Fest in Cottonwood, KS

We’ll also be playing new music from Joshua James and The First Aid Kit, Sam & Fiona Arjes, Dorothy June, Asia Tsion & The Royal Chief, and Lee Walter Redding (he has 999 followers, go be his 1000th!).

We’ll hear from a Grammy winner, musicians touring the world, some acts that just played Kansas City Folk Festival, Lawrence Pride & Boulevardia, an act that was just announced on the lineup for CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest on September 6 and from musicians playing out this weekend for Make Music Day and for the FIFA World Cup Kansas City Kickoff Celebration - all the things!

Tune in at 6PM on Tuesday and hear music from The Royal Chief, Pheenix leeor + Les Izmore, ConductorWilliams, Justus West, Tre Mutava, Craig Smith, Chavonna Adams, VCMN, Lydia Alem, Joshua Moncure, Jass, Kemet Coleman, and TheBabeGabe.

MMD invites musicians of all types to be part of the day; some are established and have been playing for years, some are new musicians just getting their start. We’re excited to share some of their music and stories on the show today.

Tune in and hear music from these acts, then plot your agenda for Make Music Day:

• Molly Hair, 1PM @ Brookside Court Park (6300 Brookside Blvd)

• Lizzi Leigh, 12:30PM @ The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures (5235 Oak Street)

• Beth Watts Nelson, 2 performances, 10AM @ Trailside Center (9901 Holmes) & 1PM at Kansas City International Airport

• Kate Whitefield, 10:30AM @ The City Market (20 E. 5th Street)

• Anna-Ray, 2:30PM @ The City Market (20 E. 5th Street)

• Maddie Lai, 2 performances, 10AM @ The City Market (20 E. 5th Street) & 4PM @ PH Coffee (2200 Lexington Ave)

• Les Izmore, 7:30PM @ Lemonade Park (1628 Wyoming St.)

• Jacquelyn Michele, 10AM @ La Placita, (1120 Central Ave KCK)

• Just Angel, 1PM @ 6340 Walnut

• Lydia Alem, 2 performances, 2PM @ Quercus Courtyard (1712 Oak St.) & 4PM @ Manor Records (5540 Troost Ave.)

• Gracie Caggiano, 3 performances, 10AM @ Manor Records (5540 Troost Ave), 1:15PM @ Union Station, 3PM @ Bar K (501 Berkely Pkwy)

One story we’ll share on the show is about a KC musician named Anna-Ray. Anna-Ray is an example of what makes Make Music Day so special. She is a perinatal stroke survivor, has cerebral palsy, is legally blind, has spasticity and hemiparesis, she can’t use her right hand to play the piano, and she is STILL making beautiful music. We’ll hear a piece from her called “I Left It All” that was composed by Ryan Chesser, specially written to be played only with the left hand, and THEN you can catch Anna-Ray perform this Saturday at 2:30PM at The City Market, 20 E. 5th Street.

A special hat tip for Heidi Lynn Markle from Kansas City Parks and Recreation for curating this massive day of music! We’ll also do a brief BLVDIA recap at the top of the show.

On the show, we’ll also hear new music from other acts playing Boulevardia, including Tech N9ne (featuring Kevin Church Johnson), The Greeting Committee, Jackie Myers, and Chalis O'Neal.

We’ll also remind you about logistics for the fest, like that gates open and music starts at noon, there is FREE parking at Crown Center for the fest, there’s a 2-hour Taylor Swift dance party at the Silent Disco with DJ Dawna and Lana Luxx from 1-3PM, that there is a Daisy Buckët Drag Show curated by Musicbyskippy that features a cast and crew of 20 people (!!!) at 4:50PM, and so many more things.

On the show, we’ll hear music from Ben’s catalog, including music from Land Lion and some of his past projects, The Way Way Back and Crystal Baller. We’ll also hear music from some acts he’s excited to see at Boulevardia X , including The Freedom Affair, Kat King, and The Creepy Jingles. Also, we’ll hear from a band that’s headed to The Rino on Saturday, June 7, toasterbath.

We’re also going to try to squeeze in a 7 Questions segment with Ben, since he’s a first-time guest on the show. If we pull off all of this in an hour, it’s going to be magical! 

We’ll hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:

• Kate Cosentino with Comet Tide on Percheron on Wed., May 28 on the rooftop of Crossroads Hotel

• The Village Prairie on Wed., May 28 at The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery for The Early Show

• Nan Turner on Friday, May 30, “Sequins Before Noon Noon” musical at Charlotte Street (3333 Wyoming)

• Say That Again on Sat., May 31 at The Ship with Doglava and Flash Floods

• Jamogi on Friday, June 6 at KC Pride and on Saturday, June 14 at BLVDIA

• Zion Isaiah on June 10 at Manor Records

• Paris Williams on Saturday, June 14 at Boulevardia

• Ryan Manuel on Friday, June 20 at Blind Box BBQ at Village West

After that, we’ll hear from some more musicians who have also been busy in the studio: Sunvale, Mad Joy, The Beatrix Project, The Human (Medici + Ty Faizon featuring Paris Williams), and Mark Vick.

At the top of the show we’ll hear about a special performance happening this Friday called “Sequins Before Noon”, it’s a musical written and directed by Nan Turner. Our very own producer, Bella is part of the production and she’ll give us some insight about the big, FREE performance happening this Friday at the Charlotte Street Foundation.

We'll also preview their special EP Release Show, happening on Friday, June 6 at The Ship, HONEYBEE EP RELEASE SHOW! With Chloe Jacobson & Dunes Day. We'll play music from Chloe Jacobson and Dune's Day.

To kick off the show, our opening bumper is from David Luther, "Home To Kansas City." David Luther has an album release show on Thursday at the recordBar for his brand new album Who You Are, along with Lauren Lovell & the Midnight Spliffs and Teri Quinn.

Manor Fest 7 takes place over two weeks: May 21 to 24 and May 28 to 31. For the full lineup, schedule, and more info, go to: https://www.manorrecords.com/manorfest7

On the show, we'll be playing music from several acts on the lineup, including (depending on time): Jamogi, Big Fat Cow, Liney Blu, Natalie Prauser, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon of The Creepy Jingles, Fritz Hutchison, PURE XTC, Shay Lyriq, Kadesh Flow, ALBER, Lava Dreams, and Paris Williams with Saving Miles Lemon.

On the show, we'll talk about the fest with Mikal and hear music from some of the acts on the lineup, including Sunny War, Dalima Kapten, Jamogi and the Jammers, Pheenix leeor, and Beth Watts Nelson. It should be a good conversation with great music, and we'll give you the ins and outs of KC Folk Fest.

After that, we'll see where we are on time and talk about other upcoming free shows around KC.

Michael Tipton and Kristopher Bruders (as part of Copper Threading) are part of a brand new concert series called "The Early Show", happening at Boulevard Beer Hall/BLVD Tours & Rec Center every Wednesday from May 14 to July 31. It's a free, all-ages concert from 6-8PM. Catch Michael B. Tipton & The Scoundrels there on Wednesday, May 14 and Copper Threading on Wednesday, May 21.

We'll hear music from Danny McGaw, he is part of a new, free, live music series at Char Bar in Westport, kicking off this Thursday with Alicia Stockman. Catch Danny McGaw there on Thursday, June 19.

And then we'll hear what would've been one of my favorite songs of 2023, but I missed it, music from Kari King. She's part of a free concert series at Blind Box BBQ (at Legends) on Friday, May 30.

We’ll highlight three album release shows, Star Wars Day aka May The Fourth, International Jazz Day (April 30), a 30th anniversary repressing, eight brand new songs, and 10 of the acts you’ll hear music from have an upcoming gig, including these:

• Stranded in the City, April 29 at The Ship, May 16 at B.B.'s Lawnside BarB-Q

• Julie Bennett Hume, May 1 at The RINO for her album release show

• Drew Six, May 1 at City Market Park for a new concert series, River Market Melodies

• Les Izmore, May 2 at The Ship for KCulture Building Jaylen Ward, Collidescope, & more

• Kat King, May 2 at Lemonade Park for Lemonade Social: Husbands, JW Francis

• Ernest Melton, May 4 at Manor Records for a Songbird Session

• Kadesh Flow, MAY THE 4TH (be with you) at The Ship with Professor Shyguy, and Ohm-I

• SHE SAID, May 10 at recordBar for their album release show

• The Greeting Committee, June 14 at Boulevardia

Several of the acts on this week’s show have upcoming gigs:

• St. George & The Dragons, April 23 at Knuckleheads with David Luther

• Bobcat Attack, April 23 at miniBar with Minka, FACEFACE, and Lake Love

• OLIVIA FOX, April 30 on The Rooftop of Crossroads Hotel, along with DJ and EJ (David & EvanJohn)

• Kemet Coleman, King Kemet album release show on April 25 at The Ship with DJ SKEME, DJ Maxx Gruv, and Emily Moore

• The Soul Activators, May 17 at Lemonade Park with Carlton Rashad and the Guys

• Radkey, May 24 at Lemonade Park for Radfest 3: with Frogpond, The Creepy Jingles, and GASCAN

We’ll also hear music from these musicians who have been busy in the studio, PURE XTC, Honeybee, Kuribroh, Kangaroo Knife Fight, and TaRon Graham.

Tune in at 6PM and we’ll talk about the upcoming Season to Risk tour, play a new S2R song, and talk about their Record Store Day release. We’ll talk about the movie, Sounds Of The City, which Steve was just featured in. Steve (and his amazing teams) run three venues in Kansas City - recordBar, miniBar, and Lemonade Park which will open for its 6th season next month. We’ll run through the Lemonade Park calendar and hear music from some acts on its lineup, including The String & Return, Company Retreat, Keo&Them, The Soul Activators, Brother Moses, and maybe more.

In addition to Season To Risk having a KC tour stop on the books, April 23 at recordBar, many of Steve’s other bands have upcoming gigs, we’ll talk about those gigs and hear music from some of them:

• 04/20/25 Dan Jones and The Squids with mssv, Mike Bagetta & Stephen Hodges, and Mike Watt at recordBar

• 05/13/25 Roman Numerals with Gang Of Four at Knuckleheads Kansas

• 05/16/25 MEN of MEN (Take On Bowie) at The Ship

• 06/05/25 Drop A Grand with Peelander-Z at recordBar

Tune in at 6PM on Tuesday for a great conversation about KC music and for a great selection of music. It should be a good one.

Tune in and you’ll hear the new single from Samantha Fish. Her new album “Paper Doll” comes out on April 25 and then you can see her on tour at The Truman on Saturday, May 10.

We’ll also hear new music from Eddie Moore, Saving Miles Lemon, Chu-Cho and Schwem, Talking Backwards, Champ, Nan + The One Nite Stands, Via Luna, Stephonne, Shelby Floyd, and Jared Bond.

Kicking off the show, we’ll debut the brand new single from Hembree, “Don’t Look Down” - then catch them on Saturday at Warehouse On Broadway with Post Sex Nachos and Paris Williams.

Then we’ll hear music from Me Like Bees (at The Bottleneck on 4/12), Danielle Ate the Sandwich, Honeybee, David Luther (at Lucia on 4/18), IVORY BLUE, Car Microwave (at miniBar on 5/2), Mad Joy, and Angie Fights Crime.

We’ll also hear Kansas City’s Theme for The FIFA World Cup from Tech N9ne (at Boulevardia on 6/14). In case you missed it, The World Cup is happening in June/July 2026 and KC is one of 16 host cities. Each city was given a base track to use, dress up, and make their own.

Did you know Kansas City is the smallest of the 16 host cities in North America? With that, what city’s World Cup Theme do you think has the most spins on Spotify? We’ll talk about it on the show today at 6PM.

We’ll wrap up the show with a (politely) persistent musician from Des Moines, Dan Tedesco. He’s emailed me six times and asked us to check out his music, we’ll share one of his songs, and if you like what you hear you can catch him at Knuckleheads this Saturday.

Tune in and you’ll hear music from The Freedom Affair, The Burney Sisters, Samantha Fish, Flight Attendant, Flora from Kansas, Edith Santiago, BRK, June Henry, Mina Stone, Birdie, and Brittany Davis.

You know how we have lots of lists and keep logs about Kansas City music? So far in 2025 we’ve logged 327 new releases from KC musicians and only 46 have been from women or non-binary artists - that’s only 14%. We need more and it’s important to celebrate them!

Did you realize with Daylight Savings, women were robbed of an hour, as our clocks jumped forward, stealing an hour?!?

Tuesday at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we’re giving that hour back and we’ll be celebrating Women’s History Month via the lineup for Boulevardia 2025.

This year marks the 10th year of the fest and we’ll dive into the lineup and play music from 11 acts including Kat King, The Creepy Jingles, The Greeting Committee, Dalima Kapten, Jessica Paige, Little Miss Dynamite String Band, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Lorna Kay, Shay Lyriq, TheBabeGabe, and Flora from Kansas.

One of my favorite Instagram accounts to follow is Book More Women. They look at festival lineups and track gender inclusivity.

Looking at some big fests:

When We Were Young: 3.0% Women

Bonnaroo: 17.7% Women

Coachella: 23.9% Women

Governors Ball: 30.1% Women

Boulevardia has 63% gender inclusivity for WOMEN on stage.

We'll preview and hear music from several acts that will be playing at Warehouse On Broadway over the next few months. Way back in our 3rd season of the 8160 we did a series called "Life Of A Promoter," for this week's show, we'll revisit that list of questions to paint a picture of the crazy life of a promoter.

Tune in and you'll hear music from Big Freedia, Har Mar Superstar, HEALTH, Post Sex Nachos, The Casket Lottery, Idle Heirs, Urban Heat, The Faint, and Grand Marquis.

Tune in and hear music from Flora from Kansas, Kadesh Flow, Parker, LYXE, David Luther, Savanna Chestnut, Early Atlas, Duncan Burnett, Sada K., They’re Theirs, and Stik Figa. We’re going to do our best to get through songs from all of these acts.

Also, one of these acts was just offered an official showcase at SXSW, we’ll tell you who during the show!

Several acts on this week’s radio show have upcoming gigs including:

• Kristopher Bruders and Danny McGaw, FEB 20 at The Ship

• Ty-Clef, FEB 21 at Gaels, FEB 22 at Fuego, and FEB 28 at Sidekicks Saloon

• Leah Sproul, FEB 22, she is part of Killith Faire at recordBar along with Al Hawkins, Mikal Shapiro, Breaka Dawn, Tracy Flowers, and more

• Chris Hudson, FEB 25 at Mike Kelly's Westsider and FEB 28 with Gullywasher at Chartreuse Saloon

• Jamogi, FEB 28 at Zhou B Art Center with malekazrael, Frankie Shorez, and Stephonne

• Hembree, APRIL 5 at Warehouse On Broadway with Post Sex Nachos and Paris Williams

We’ll also hear new music from Ty Faizon + TheBabeGabe, Waxahatchee, The Warmups, RXCH Deezy, Solace, Banks Pack, and a song from Flora from Kansas that was just featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered and she’s only 17 years old.

We’ll also hear music from other musicians with upcoming shows:

• Eboni Fondren, FEB 17 at The Blue Room, free show

• SUNU, FEB 22 at The Ship with Back Alley Brass Band, Grand Marquis, and Ernest James Zydeco

• Paris Williams, APRIL 5 at Warehouse On Broadway (new venue opening soon) with Hembree and Post Sex Nachos.

Tune in and you’ll hear music from Zee Underscore, Mega Ran, Leo Miyagee, RHEA MELVIN, Jamogi, malekazrael, The Royal Chief, Paris Williams, and Kemet Coleman.

We’re excited to celebrate Black History Month on the 8160 this week with Kadesh Flow, and we’ll do it again next week with special guests Malek Azrael and Frankie Shorez.

Kemet has been part of the KC music community for more than two decades and recently opened the first Black-owned brewery in Missouri, Vine Street Brewing Co. He’s gained a lot of knowledge over the years and met a lot of influential people, and now he’s putting it out there, his ideas on what should be done to push Kansas City music to the next level.

On the show, we’ll discuss his plea, ideas, and action items to help turn these bullet points into a checklist.

While Kemet sits down with us, we’ll play music from his catalog including a brand new song called “Born in the Middle” as well as songs from FlareThaRebel, Kadesh Flow, Vincent Orsolini, The Phantastics, Dominique Sanders, and Eddie Moore.

We’ll also hear one from Amber Flutienastiness & The Soul Patrol, they’ll be playing at Vine Street Brewery on Friday, January 31 as part of their ongoing jazz series.

Tune in and hear new music from IVORY BLUE, corey dies in the end, Saving Miles Lemon, Sorry To Hear That, Martay, TheBabeGabe, Car Microwave, Banks Pack + RENZO.L, Jeremy Nathan, Claire Adams, and Aiming Arrows.

After you hear these acts on the show, catch them at a live show:

• Car Microwave, JAN 24 at The RINO with Shotgun Wedding Singer and LVNDLOCKED_band

• Ivory Blue, JAN 25 at recordBar, as a special guest of The Band That Fell To Earth 2025 celebrating David Bowie

• Aiming Arrows, JAN 31 at miniBar with Public Figure, Arcade Riot, and Clearfight

• Claire Adams, MARCH 20 in STL, playing bass with Lilly Hiatt on her 30-date national Spring Tour

Also, looking ahead to future radio shows, Kemet Coleman will join us on JAN 28 and Kadesh Flow will stop by on FEB 4.

Tune in or stream us tomorrow at 6PM and you'll hear music from David Luther, Krystle Warren, Daniel Gum, Molly Hair, Joshua James and The First Aid Kit, Cherry Death, Shay Lyriq + The Royal Chief, Brittany Davis, Rxch Deezy Bobcat Attack, Bolinas, and surf wax. We'll try and plow through all of that as we knock out the second show of our ELEVENTH year of the radio show.

For this week’s show, we’ll explore the upcoming concert calendar and highlight shows we think should be on your radar. We’ll hop across genres, and mention several bands and musicians, playing at great KC venues.

Tune in and you’ll hear music from:

• The MGDs, playing their album release show on JAN 11 at recordBar with The Swallowtails

• Amanda Hughey of Flat Susan, playing on JAN 18 at Knuckleheads with Stranded in the City and The Cowardly Lions

• Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, playing on MARCH 2 at Knuckleheads

• The Get Up Kids, playing on FEB 23 at The Truman with The Anniversary

• Ella Langley, playing on JAN 30 at The Truman

• toasterbath, playing on JAN 18 at The RINO with Sara Bellum and the Brainwaves, and Sentimental Creatures

• Hurray for the Riff Raff, playing on MARCH 21 with Bright Eyes at The Uptown Theater

• Lauren Mayberry (of the band CHVRCHES), playing on FEB 2 at The Granada Theater

• Alisa Amador (NPR Tiny Desk winner), playing on FEB 22 at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College

• Winona Fighter, playing on MARCH 7 at Encore at Uptown Theater

• The Tallest Man On Earth, playing on APRIL 18 at The Truman

We’ll play music from these acts and run through other shows you should check out.

Hang out with us for the Eight One Sixty radio show Holiday Music Special!

We're going to dive into a stack of holiday songs from a dozen or so KC bands and musicians. We'll hear from David Luther, The Canterberries , Kate Cosentino, Jo MacKenzie, Leonard Dstroy, Broderick Jones, MoonShroom, Danny McGaw, Caley Rose, The Burney Sisters, Deco Auto, Jelly Rose, and The Snow Globes. We're hoping to squeeze a lot of festive tunes into our hour-long show. C

From my 20 Favorite LPs and my 10 Favorite EPs of 2024, we'll try and squeeze 10 songs from those records into the show. Also, this week is Pledge Week at the station and we would love your support if you are in a position to give!

Tune in and hear selections from these acts with upcoming gigs:

• Honeybee - DEC 13 at Hillsiders with Liney Blu and Big Fat Cow

• Back Alley Brass Band - DEC 20 at The Ship

• The Roseline - DEC 28 at Replay Lounge with LYXE and Liney Blu

We'll also hear great music from Little Miss Dynamite String Band, Vincent Orsolini + Kemet Coleman, Paris Williams + TheBabeGabe, Waxahatchee, Elexa Dawson, Hembree, and Flight Attendant.

In December you can follow along on Mark Manning’s countdown on his radio show, Wednesday MidDay Medley a couple of clicks down the dial, on KKFI 90.1 FM. Each Wednesday from 10AM to noon, he’ll work through 30 songs each week. It’s a massive undertaking and he’s been doing it for two decades now!

When he sits down in our studios here at The Bridge, Sarah Bradshaw will join us and we’ll recap 2024 in music with Mark. It’s always an amazing show on Mark Manning Day! Tune in and you’ll hear music from Krystle Warren & The Faculty, The Swallowtails, Kat King, Zee Underscore, The Creepy Jingles, Flamy Grant, Miss Boating, Just Angel, and Eddie Moore.

Tune in and hear new releases from Kadesh Flow, Daniel Gum, Krystle Warren & The Faculty, Joey Crofoot, Sorry To Hear That, Roxy Jane, Liney Blu, The Blast Monkeys, Field Daze, Scorpio SZN, and The Highwater.

As the year winds down we have logged over 1200 releases from KC area acts (singles/EPs/LPs)! We have loved sharing so much new music with you on the Eight One Sixty. Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and maybe you’ll hear your next favorite song.

Tune in at 6PM and hear new music from Joliet4, Waxahatchee, Kate Cosentino, PURE XTC, Haven Adara + Jamogi, Ivy Roots, Day Shepherd + Tirzah, Nicole Springer, ConductorWilliams, and Baldwin.

We’ll also play the new single from Mikal Shapiro and her project, The Musical. They have a release show this Friday at Grand Avenue Temple.

The entire show will be about the importance of inclusivity in music and beyond! She helped us pick the playlist as well. Tune in and you’ll hear new music from Kate Cosentino and Indra. Then we’ll jump into the catalogs of Una Walkenhorst, Julia Othmer, Katy Guillen & The Drive, Julia Haile, Caley Rose, and maybe more amazing WOMXN artists from KC and beyond.

We’ll serve as your countdown to the Election Polls closing, as we’re on live from 6-7PM. Find us on your radio dial at 90.9FM, or stream us via The Bridge app or website. If you miss the show, stream it from The Bridge archive or find us on Spotify - thank you!

During the show we’ll be joined by two special guests and great musicians, Jocelyn Olivia Nixon of The Creepy Jingles and Kasey Rausch. Jocelyn and her band, The Creepy Jingles are one of four bands on the lineup for the event, along with Julia Haile, FlareThaRebel, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream. We will play music from all four acts.

Kasey Rausch is joining us to tell her story of how Midwest Music Foundation assisted her, as they have assisted hundreds of KC area musicians over the last 17 years.

This broadcast, Tuesday at 6PM is going to be a good one, filled with silliness and storytelling all happening in the name of Apocalypse Meow, Midwest Music Foundation, and we’ll shine a light on the amazing Abigail Henderson - the person who started it all and now her torch has carried this event to its 17th year.

After that, we’ll chat with Nathan about new releases from his record label, The Record Machine. We’ll hear from Rarish, Bobcat Attack, Black Light Animals, Runi Salem, and Eyelid Kid.

And then we’ll wrap things up with the new single from Chase The Horseman, “Silver Liner.”

Hear new music from these acts with upcoming shows:

• Lorna Kay at The Ship on OCT 15 and OCT 29

• Gullywasher at Northside Social on OCT 18 and at Buffalo State Pizza on OCT 25

• Kadesh Flow with Brass and Boujee at Vine Street Brewing Co. on OCT 25

• Ramona Clay at Englewood Arts on OCT 26

• Gascan (Michael Payne & Kristopher Bruders) at Sk8bar on NOV 2

• Aiming Arrows at Westport Bowery on DEC 7

We’ll also play new releases from Flight Attendant, angelsigh, J Jerome Searle, Michelle Cohn Levy and Coleen Dieker, and Paul Jesse and Deegan Poores.

On the show we’ll hear music from Sam Billen and DanBillenMusic, MAD LiBBY, Laura Noble, Tech N9ne, Mac Lethal, IVORY BLUE, Sara Swenson, Run With It, The Royal Chief, Bob Walkenhorst with a children’s choir, and brand new music from a brand new KC band called Baldwin. We’ll also drop in a few other things along the way giving love to our national pastime.

After we catch up with Enrique we'll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians. Tune in and hear new releases from Jamogi, Flight Attendant, Matteson Gregory, Monster Planet , Baby Augi, and from a new project called Comet Tide, it's a trio of musicians that have been making great music in KC for a long time - Josh Johnson, Jordan Smith, and Sam Hoskins.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After the Mark Manning love, we’ll jump into a pile of new releases from KC bands and musicians. We’ve got some great stuff planned for you, including two contenders for TOP TEN songs of the year from The Freedom Affair and Clarks in Space (featuring Clarke Wyatt and Betse Ellis).

We’ll also hear great new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:

• Danny McGaw - Friday, June 7 at Blind Box BBQ at Village West

• Amble Haunt - Saturday, June 8 at Howdy

• IVORY BLUE - Saturday, June 15 at Boulevardia

• ASPN - Saturday, June 22 at The RINO

• MellowPhobia - June 24 at The Bottleneck and June 25 at recordBar

• The Greeting Committee - Saturday, August 17 at The Midland

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.

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.

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’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.

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 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.

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!

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.

Launch day is always an exciting day and the show should be a good time to celebrate!

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.

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.

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 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. 

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.

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.

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 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.

• 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

• 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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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 feature music from eight of the 25+ acts that are part of the fest including:

• Jass and The Boys, 7-8PM on the outdoor stage on Union, in front of The Ship

• Jamogi, 6:15-7PM in The Ship on the OG stage

• Mireya Ramos, 9-10PM on the outdoor stage on Union, in front of The Ship

• Carswell & Hope, 3-4PM on the outdoor stage on Union, in front of The Ship (part of the FREE day party, noon-5PM with The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair)

• Zee Underscore, 10:30-11:30PM in The Ship on the OG stage

• Julia Othmer, 8-9PM in the new room at The Ship

• Black Light Animals, 5-6PM on the outdoor stage on Union, in front of The Ship

• Trevor Turla, midnight-1:30AM in the new room at The Ship

• Elizabeth Moen, 10-11PM in the new room at The Ship

We also remind you to join us NEXT Tuesday, August 22 at The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery for a live broadcast of the Eight One Sixty at 6PM with The Elders. And then at 7PM The Elders are playing a FREE acoustic show. It's a giant pre-party for the Kansas City Irish Fest, which is coming up on Sept 1-3 at Crown Center.

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:

- Chris Hazelton on August 4 at The Ship

- Friendly Thieves on September 1 at The Ship

- Making Movies on September 23 at Inaugural Missouri Growers Cup

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.

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

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

On the show you'll hear music from and stories about The Appleseed Cast, Cowboy Indian Bear, Bears and Company, Maps For Travelers, Radkey, Cadillac Flambe, Stik Figa, She's A Keeper, Heartfelt Anarchy, Berwanger, Not A Planet, and The Grisly Hand.

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!

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!

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.

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

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!

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

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 so many in the KC and punk communities.

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 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 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

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).

For those of you that have not become a member yet and are considering making a pledge, here's a great opportunity to do so, and it comes with a chance to win an amazing prize package!

Check this out, ANYONE who makes a Pledge during the Spring Drive will get entered into a contest to win the ULTIMATE prize package from Boulevardia:

- 2 VIP Tickets for Friday, June 16

- 2 VIP Tickets for Saturday, June 17

- 2 Early Entry tickets for Taps and Tastes on Saturday, June 17

- 2 Night Stay at The Sheraton during the fest (Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17)

To celebrate this massive pledge giveaway for Boulevardia we'll be doing a deep dive into this year's festival lineup!

On the show we hear music from these acts playing the festival on June 16 and 17: malekazrael and the Vibes, Zion Isaiah, PmBata, Quite Frankly the Band, Hembree, Friendly Thieves, Jass and the Boys, LYXE, FlareThaRebel, Post Sex Nachos, and some Big Freedia.

It's a fun show, and if you're in the position to make a pledge to the station, that would be amazing.

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

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.

Hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:

- True Lions playing at Club Sandwich on Wednesday, March 8

- LoTemp playing at Tribal Roots Warehouse in Wichita on Saturday, March 11

- IVORY BLUE playing at ULAH in Westwood on Thursday, March 16

- Tech N9ne playing at The Granada Theater in Lawrence on Friday, March 31

- 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.

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.

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.

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

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:

- two acts playing at The Midland Theatre, Sparks on July 8 and Sylvan Esso along with Indigo De Souza on August 18

- two acts playing at The Folly Theater, Hermon Mehari on February 18 and John Butler on May 3

- the Mountain Goats at Liberty Hall on April 9

- dakhabrakha, Ukranian folk-punk rockers, at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College on February 24

- The New Amsterdams at The Bottleneck on March 2

- The Way Way Back, playing “Valoween” at The Rino, along with You Monster You on February 11

- 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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!

Tune in and you’ll hear music from:

• Blackstarkids, who had an amazing year and played a sold-out show last Thursday at Cable Dahmer Arena opening up for The 1975
• Hermon Mehari who is currently gigging all over Europe, receiving praise from international media, and will be back in KC at The Folly Theater on Sat., Feb 18
• Hembree who also had an amazing year, just wrapped up yet another national tour and also won over a lot of new fans with their amazing contributions to Thundergong last month
• The Grisly Hand, who yet again have put together an amazing album and just played a big show at Knux last weekend
• Katy Guillen & The Drive, who had a great year, criss-crossing the country on tour and put out another powerful album and they have a gig at The Bottleneck this Saturday night
• Back Alley Brass Band who had a great year playing great community events like the Prairie Village Jazz Festival, Boulevardia, and The Plaza Art Fair
• Arquesta Del SolSoul, who after a long wait released an album of cosmic proportions - blessings!
• Eddie Moore who once again takes us on a great journey with his new album and he’ll be at The Majestic on Wednesday and Thursday this week
• IVORY BLUE who put out yet another great album and just released another new single and video that already has 80k+ views
• Musicbyskippy who hustled hard all year and put out TWO full-length albums, one EP, and a single that’s sure to set any party off - Get Wild!
• The Creepy Jingles, the master wordsmiths, psychedelic indie rockers
• Marty Bush, who has had so many different music projects, from indie rock to post-punk to metal to electronica, and is now blowing us away with his Americana and folk music, he’s got a gig at Nighthawk on January 19

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.

Tonight 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.

To start we hear Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte doing their best Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper as they cover the Oscar-winning song “Shallow.” Jason and Will will be joined by a cast of other hilarious people as well as great musicians this Saturday night at Uptown for Thundergong, an amazing fundraiser for Steps Of Faith Foundation, you should go.

After that, we hear several brand new and recent releases from these acts: Julia Haile, Deadspectres, Sam Arjes, Jerame Gray, Good Lemons, Natalie Prauser, corey dies in the end + Angel Rose, and Say That Again.

We also hear a new one from Tara Dente, out of Nashville, she has a gig in KC on Black Friday, Happy Hour Concert at The Ambassador with Tara Dente (Nashville), Friday, Nov 25 3-6PM. And then one from Murphy Smith out of Minneapolis collaborating with Glass Bandit, originally from KC.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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!

This time on the show, musician Miki P. joins Chris for a special sustainer appreciation night at the beer hall.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Frogpond performs at Boulevardia on Saturday, June 18 at 6:15 p.m. on the Fountain Stage.

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!

• 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 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 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.

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!

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.

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.

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. 

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!

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.

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!

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.

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 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).

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

We hear new music from Katy Guillen and The Drive, Jo MacKenzie, Riley The Musician, Mensa Deathsquad, Kate Cosentino, The Magi, Noah Spencer, Zion Isaiah, and All Blood.

But before we get to all of that, to celebrate his long-overdue induction into MLB’s Hall Of Fame, we play an amazing song crafted by Bob Walkenhorst and performed by students at Primitivo Garcia elementary school celebrating the one and only, great Buck O’Neil.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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 Drive

Thursday, 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 Luther

Saturday, 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.

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.

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.

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:

- Monta At Odds - playing at recordBar on Friday, celebrating the release of their new album, along with Emmaline Twist

- 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

- The Roseline - playing a free show in Lawrence on Thursday, August 26 at South Park

- 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!

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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! 

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.

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. 

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 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.

We also talk about all of the venue name changes that have happened in KC during the pandemic - lots of changes! Five area venues have changed names, including one that just changed names this morning. The large amphitheater in Bonner Springs is excited to team up with their new partner Azura Credit Union and is now called Azura Amphitheater.

It’s a show that could last FOUR hours, but we squeeze it all into ONE. Hear music from acts with upcoming shows including Calvin Arsenia with Quixotic, Blue False Indigo, Waxahatchee, Fitz and the Tantrums, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sleater-Kinney, The Sluts, Japanese Breakfast, They Call Me Sauce, Run The Jewels, and Dinosaur Jr.

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.

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.

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).

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 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.

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.

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”

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.

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.

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.

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.