Eight One Sixty w/ Chris Haghirian

ELEVEN years y'all! Tuesday at 6PM on the 8160 radio show on 90.9 The Bridge will be the first show of our ELEVENTH year! How did this happen? Thank you for listening and for supporting the show and the station.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 TrumanWe'll play music from these acts and run through other shows you should check out.

We sit down with Misti Mundae from Middays and our Content Manager Michelle Bacon to play some favorites.

Could you use a little holiday cheer?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

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We will celebrate one of our favorite holidays, it's Mark Manning Day! We will be joined by Mark Manning for our 10th annual celebration of this glorious day. We'll get a preview of his favorite 120 recordings of 2024.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.

We will dive into a stack of new releases from KC area bands and musicians, including several acts we have never played on the show before.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.

We'll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area bands and musicians.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 7We'll also play new releases from Flight Attendant, angelsigh, J Jerome Searle, Michelle Cohn Levy and Coleen Dieker, and Paul Jesse and Deegan Poores.

We'll celebrate what's happening in KC right now and share music from KC acts that we're turning into Jock Jams and also play songs about the love of the game and our boys in blue. After all, “How can you not be romantic about baseball?”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.

We'll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians and bands. Also, it's Pledge Week! If you love the station and are in a position to do so, this is a great time of the year to throw some money in the hat and grab a great thank you gift - cool water bottles, totes, tees, and more.Tune in at 6PM and hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:• Megan Luttrell on SEPT 26 at Northside Social (Lawrence)• Friendly Thieves on SEPT 27 at Replay Lounge• IVORY BLUE on SEPT 28 in the VIP area at Starlight before Two Door Cinema Club• Car Microwave on SEPT 29 at recordBar• Bobcat Attack aka Nathan Reusch on OCT 29 at miniBar• Blackstarkids (their FINAL show in KC) on NOV 14 at recordBar• The Canterberries on DEC 6 at Mike Kelly's Westsider• Me Like Bees on DEC 6 at recordBarWe'll also hear new releases from Madisen Ward and surf wax. It should be a good show and we'll share some stories to hopefully motivate you to check out the Donate Page on The Bridge site or app.

It's a show in two parts! The first part, The Creature Comforts have a reunion show coming up on Friday, Sept 27 at recordBar and are releasing their album Teaching Little Fingers To Play for the first time on vinyl. Billy Brimblecom Jr. and Christopher Tolle will stop by, hang out, and tell us some great stories about recording the album with Ed Rose and how you can turn the noise of breaking a beer bottle into percussion.For the second part of the show, we'll preview some of the acts playing at the Plaza Art Fair this weekend. In addition to 240 artists showcasing their work and 20 restaurants serving up food and drink, 40 bands/singer-songwriters will play on three stages over the weekend. Tune in and hear selections from The Phantastics, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, Erin Eades, The Canterberries , Say That Again, Lorna Kay, Christena Graves, Leah Sproul, and The Village Prairie. 

We welcome in special guests, the band Run With It. They're stopping by to hang out and debut some new music, talk about upcoming shows, and preview a big community fest happening just down the road a bit from KC, Camp Leavenworth on September 20 and 21.They'll also be your pre-game entertainment out at Arrowhead this Sunday, playing the Ford Tailgate District in the parking lot before the game. And they're also on deck to headline the Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest on Friday, Sept 20.Tune in and hear selections from Run With It's catalog, as well as the stories behind the songs. Also on the show, we'll hear from other acts playing Camp Leavenworth including Emma Jo, The Champagne, Starhaven Rounders, and Exit 13. For more info about this free two-day event, check out Camp Leavenworth on social media and their website.But before we get to all of that on the show today at 6PM, we'll announce the lineup for Apocalypse Meow. Meow is an annual event for the Midwest Music Foundation and this year marks the 17th year of this live-giving and live-saving fundraiser concert. MMF is a non-profit organization supporting music and empowering musicians. The annual event is on Saturday, November 2 at recordBar.

We sit down with a special guest. Recently the European leg of The Eras Tour wrapped up and two people on that tour were excited to leave Europe and hop on a plane headed towards Kansas City. One of those people is Taylor Swift, and she wasn't available so we got the other person, and that's Eric Fain. Eric just wrapped up 48 shows with Taylor Swift and Paramore working production for the biggest tour EVER.In addition to working in production, he is also an amazing musician. On the show at 6PM today we'll hear music from his project called Bahroot as well as selections from Taylor Swift, Paramore, Amber DeLaRosa, Poppy, and Doubledrag. And of course we'll talk about The Eras Tour - things he saw, the things he did, the things that blew his mind, and we'll find out how many friendship bracelets he was given along the way.

We'll dive into a stack of new releases from KC area musicians and bands. Tune in and hear new music from Lava Dreams, Asai Tsion, Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark, Esai, Jo MacKenzie, Vincent Orsolini & Kemet Coleman, Kate Whitefield & Lucy Gray, Quiet Takes, Good Saint Nathanael, Dragon Inn 3 and a collaborative song from The Rainmakers, Kadesh Flow, Betse & Clarke, The Nace Brothers, and more!

We're broadcasting LIVE from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery. It will be a pre-party for the Kansas City Irish Fest, which is coming up on Labor Day weekend at Crown Center. On the show today will be special guests, The Canterberries and Nick Carswell of the band Carswell & Hope.You're invited to come hang out with us today at The Beer Hall! The show will be live at 6PM, followed by a FREE concert at 7PM from The Canterberries. It's an all-ages and family-friendly night.On the show, we'll talk with The Canterberries about the acts they're excited to see at KCIF and memories from past fests. We'll also play music from some acts traveling a very long way to play at KCIF for the first time. Then Nick Carswell will join us to talk about the MixTape portion of the fest, it's one of my favorite parts of the fest.During the broadcast, you'll hear music from The Canterberries, Elias Alexander, Corner Boy, Screaming Orphans, Mundy, SÍOMHA, Hermitage Green, and Julia Othmer.

Today on the Eight One Sixty we welcome into our studios the band Hembree. Hembree's brand new album, Better Days just came out and we're going to play the entire album, in order, and talk about each song. Also, we're live without a net and no clock, if we need more than 60 minutes the show will go long so we can fit in the entire album!Hembree has two shows this week here in KC, and less than 10 tix remain! They're playing at Crossroads Hotel on the rooftop on Wednesday and Thursday as part of their Rooftop Concert Series. If you haven't seen a show up on the rooftop there yet, here's the remaining schedule:08/14/24 Hembree with Kat King 08/15/24 Hembree with Lauren Lovelle & The Midnight Spliffs09/04/24 Madisen Ward09/11/24 OLIVIA FOX with MARCOTTE09/18/24 The Whips with Friendly Thieves and malekazrael & The Vibes10/02/24 Making MoviesIt should be a fun show as we catch up with our friends in Hembree.

We'll dive into the lineup for the 20th annual KKFI Crossroads Music Fest (CMFKC), it's happening on August 24 and 25 featuring 30+ bands on 7 stages over 2 days. On the broadcast, we'll play music from these acts on the lineup: Flight Attendant, Keo&Them, Jamogi, Brent Windler, FlareThaRebel, Rachel Maxann, Supermassive Black Holes, Zee Underscore, and Talking Backwards. We'll also hear one from Grand Marquis who are celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band and will be playing at The Folly Theater on August 25 as part of CMF. 

This Tuesday, July 30 at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we will be celebrating our 500th show! 500 shows, it's so crazy!Sarah Bradshaw will join me live in the studio as we look back on some great memories during the broadcast. We'll share stories, we'll probably get super emotional, and we'll also play some special live in-studio recordings from along the way.Over the past few weeks, I've been listening to shows from our archive (available to you on The Bridge website/app) and it's been an amazing ride and privilege to do what we do every Tuesday at 6PM with the show for the past 500 weeks.I hope you can tune in on Tuesday at 6PM and join us as we stammer over our words and wax poetic for an hour. Find us on your radio dial at 90.9FM, steam us online or via The Bridge app. If you miss the live broadcast, stream it from our archive on The Bridge site or app, or find us on Spotify.Also, much love to John G. McGrath and Brad Austin for putting this photoshoot together. I brought in stacks of KC vinyl and the station had 8160 buttons made, and they put it all together for this image. Thank you!

We're almost to 500 and that blows my mind. On Tuesday we'll dive into a stack of great new releases from a dozen or so KC area acts and most of them have upcoming gigs.Tune in and hear music from these acts and then make plans to catch them live:• Land Lion (featuring Ben Wendt), Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Jeremy Nathan• Jeremy Nathan, Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Land Lion• Lydia Alem, Friday, July 26 at The Mecca 13• Eboni Fondren, Tuesday, July 30 at The Greenwood Social Hall• SHINER, Friday, August 2 at recordBar• The Creepy Jingles - catch Jocelyn Nixon the front person of The Creepy Jingles solo on Friday, August 9 at The Bottleneck with Oxytoxin, Lyd Low, and Lonnie Fisher• The Sluts, Saturday, August 24 at Replay Lounge with Nature Boys and Drastic PlasticWe'll also hear new releases from Jo MacKenzie Music, Callah, Morgan Grote, and Ethan & Charlie G.And next Tuesday, how did this happen - it's show #500! Also, make sure Tuesday, August 20 is on your calendar, we'll be doing our show live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with special guests, The Canterberries - Tunesday with 90.9 The Bridge and The Canterberries. We'll do the broadcast live there from 6-7PM, then a free concert from 7-8PM and the entire night will be a Pre-Party for Kansas City Irish Fest, coming up so fast on Aug 30, 31, and Sept 1 at Crown Center.

We'll dive into a stack of new releases from several bands and musicians with upcoming shows, gigs, and festival appearances.Tune in today at 6PM and hear music from these acts and then catch them here:• Fritz Hutchison, on July 18 at The Greenwood Social Hall• Dom Chronicles, on July 19 on the rooftop of Corrigan Station• PURE XTC, this weekend at GRRRL Camp music and arts fest in Omaha, NE at Falconwood Park with Indigo De Souza• Lorna Kay on July 20 at Nighthawk below Hotel Kansas City• Lopan Banks a/k/a David Fairbanks, on July 26 at The Truman w/ Lost Wax and Ashton D J Martin• Making Movies, on July 27 at Ameri'kana Music Fest at Concourse Park• Hembree, on August 14 and 15, album release shows on the rooftop at Crossroads Hotel• Adam Larson, on September 7 at Prairie Village Jazz Festival in Harmon Park• Emma Jo on September 20 at Camp Leavenworth Music and Arts FestWe'll also hear new music from these acts AGGA DAGGA, Midwestern, and Hidden Murals.We'll also remind you about upcoming events that should be on your radar like Ameri'kana Fest, CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest, Kansas City Irish Fest, Plaza Art Fair, and more.

Several of the acts that we're playing on the show have upcoming gigs that should be on your concert radar:• Recycled Funk, JULY 11 at Lemonade Park with Marvel Years, Vincent Antone and Nofslinger• elska, JULY 11, house concert in midtown KC, check her social for more info• Musicbyskippy, JULY 12 at Westport Bowery (the venue behind Westport Flea Market)• Truant Kids, JULY 23 at Replay Lounge with Foxpaw• Zee Underscore, AUG 2 Frequency Fridays - Crossroads KC Street Market at 1901 Wyandotte• The Greeting Committee, AUG 17 at The Midland with Beach Bunny, Boyish, and Miloe• Rarish via The Record Machine, a new band with Sammy from Post Sex Nachos, catch PSN with Here Come the Mummies, SEPT 4 at Uptown TheaterWe'll also hear new music from The Short Circuits, GRIZZ LEE, Jacob Joseph Berger, and from Manor Records the first single from Charlotte Bumgarner's new EP called Promise, out on July 26.

We look back on our Favorite Songs of 2024 so far! With the calendar turning to July, we just crossed the halfway point of 2024 and we've already logged nearly 700 releases (singles/EPs/LPs) by KC musicians and bands. We'll dive in and share a stack of our favorites.Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and you'll hear music from Honeybee, Quiet Takes, Clarkes In Space, Waxahatchee, Kate Cosentino, Lava Dreams, The Highwater, and Monster Planet .You'll also hear music from these acts with upcoming shows:• The Freedom Affair on AUG 23 at Light Up The Lawn at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College• Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow, and FlareThaRebel, catch Kemet and Kadesh with Brass and Boujee on JULY 12 at The Ship• Danny McGaw, Tuesdays from 6:30-9PM at TikiTacoIt'll be a fun show as we look back at the first half of the year.

This show is all about new releases from KC area bands and musicians.As we've been digging through radio shows and programming for Boulevardia and Make Music Day over the last several weeks the new releases have been piling up. We're excited to dive into a stack of them on the show today. Tune in and you'll hear new music from Hembree, Quinton Paige & Monster Planet , Dorothy June, Kate Cosentino, Parker, Leah Sproul, Land Lion, Emory Tilghman, Lucy Gray, Savanna Chestnut and Garrett Buster.