Eight One Sixty

We'll begin the show and pause to talk about and remember the wondrous Ruth Ward, affectionately known as part of the duo of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. News came out today that she recently passed away.

We'll talk about this weekend's 95th annual Plaza Art Fair. In addition to artists lining the streets with their wares, nearly 40 acts will play free concerts on three stages around The Plaza. We'll hear music from three acts playing on the KC Music Stage: Chris Hudson, The Swallowtails, and Jazlyn Epps. The stage is located at Ward Parkway and Pennsylvania and runs all weekend, massive thanks to our friends at Big Dudes Music City and The Capital Grille for helping make this happen!

We'll also jump into a pile of new releases from Making Movies featuring KEVIN MORBY, Ezgi, Jacquelyn Michele, Lee Walter Redding, Lauren Lovelle, and IVORY BLUE - who celebrated a birthday yesterday.

We sit down with special guests, Malek Azrael and Jass to talk about a new event series at Zhou B Art Center. In addition to being a musician, Malek is the marketing coordinator at Zhou B Art Center and he’s working to create a new series called Spirit and Song. The new series kicks off on September 25 with Jass, and we’ll talk about what you can expect that night!

The Spirit and Song series will happen monthly, here’s the lineup, we’ll hear music from all of these acts on the show:
SEPT 25 Jass
OCT 23 Lava Dreams
NOV 7 Rudy Love & The Encore
DEC 18 Kate Cosentino
In addition to that, we’ll talk about the Zhou B Art Center, located in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District:
• What is it?
• How do you pronounce it?
• What happens there?
It should be a good time and it’s always exciting to talk about new happenings in cool spaces in Kansas City. 

We sit down with Bill Sundahl, founder of Crossroads Music Fest/.CMFKC. The fest is celebrating its 22nd year and it’s all happening this Saturday at several venues in The West Bottoms. We’ll chat with him about the fest and hear music from several acts on the lineup including Jamie Searle aka J. Jerome who will also be joining us live in the studio.

Crossroads Music Fest is one of my favorite days of the year and the forecast for this Saturday is about 20 degrees cooler than this past Saturday! It should be a great day for checking out music from noon to 1AM on 7 stages, with a free Day Party, an amazing Cougar Club After Party, and so many good things happening all at once.

Tune into the show today and we’ll hear music from these acts on the lineup:

• Danny McGaw at 4:15PM at The Campground on the Port KC Stage

• Baang at 5:30PM at The Campground on the Port KC Stage

• Zee Underscore at 6:45PM at Lemonade Park on the Community Lending of America, Inc.

• Micaela Young at 6:45PM at The Campground on the Port KC Stage

• Copper Threading at 7PM at Stockyards Brewing on the Kissick Stage

• J. Jerome at 7:30PM Rock Island Bridge

• Of a Feather at 8PM at Stockyards Brewing Co. on the Kissick Stage

• Paris Williams at 9PM Rock Island Bridge

Hopefully we’ll hear from all of those folks, unless we talk too much! Check out the lineup, plan your schedule, grab some tix, be part of something cool and help out the good folks at KKFI 90.1 FM at the same time, all the info is at cmfkc dot com.

This week we have Nathan Reusch aka Bobcat Attack in, as well as electronic producer and visual artist HAUTLLE on the show.

We welcome in special guest Kirstie Lynn! The producer of the Eight One Sixty is Bella, and she’s been working on the show for over two years now, and the ONE musician that she has asked to have on the show is Kirstie!

Kirstie Lynn just put out a new album, Blazing Prairie Star via Manor Records. We’re going to listen to the album, track for track and hear the stories behind the songs.

We’ll also talk about her many upcoming shows, performing with her band The Lucky Strikes, her longtime duo partner Galen Clark, and more. And as it’s her first time on the show, we’ll do a 7 Questions segment, too.

Catch her on the radio program on Tuesday at 6PM and then catch her at a gig:

08/29 - Flew the Coop Fest at Blip Roasters

09/06 - Kirstie Lynn and the Lucky Strikes with Primrose Junction at Replay Lounge

09/09 - Kirstie Lynn and the Lucky Strikes at Boulevard Beer Hall for The Early Show

09/11 - The Whiskey Snug in Weston

09/13 - Kirstie Lynn, Odin Scott Coleman, and Drunken Fiddles at The Greenwood Social Hall

09/18 - Blazing Prairie Star EP Release show at Union Library with Teri Quinn and Lauren Lovelle

09/24 - Kirstie Lynn at J. Rieger & Co.

We welcome special guests The Elders! They have a brand new album, The Spirits and The Sea, and we’re turning the radio show into a listening party. We’ll play the album track by track and hear the stories behind the songs directly from the band.

The Spirits and The Sea was released digitally on August 7, and you’ll be able to grab a physical copy Labor Day weekend at Kansas City Irish Fest. The Elders headline the fest on September 6, and they’re turning their set into a massive album release show with special guests, dancers, and plenty of surprises. It should be a can’t-miss performance at one of KC’s best annual festivals.

The 24th annual KC Irish Fest is September 4, 5, and 6 around Crown Center and parking at Crown Center is FREE for the fest. You can find the full lineup, schedule, festival info, and tickets at KCIrishFest.com.

We’ll also find out about The Elders’ own KC Irish Fest traditions, their go-to food and drink stops, and who they’re most excited to see on this year’s lineup.
And we’ll talk about and perhaps hear some music from other acts playing the fest, Gaelic Storm, Ally the Piper, Gardiner Brothers, and BIIRD.

Have you heard of BIIRD?

 
It’s a large band of Irish women challenging and reshaping traditional perceptions of women in Irish music, and their road to KC Irish Fest is pretty incredible.

BIIRD recently recorded an album at Ed Sheeran’s personal studio and are currently opening for him in football stadiums. They’ll play MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with Ed Sheeran on September 4 and 5, then hop on a flight the morning of September 6, head to Kansas City, and take the stage at KC Irish Fest that evening, right before The Elders.
So yeah…we’ve got plenty to talk about.

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We’ll dive into a few things. It is Election Day so we’ll kick off the show with the amazing song, "Get On The Bus" from Una and Bob Walkenhorst about getting out and doing your civic duty today. It’s from their 2018 album, For Tomorrow, that was as voted on by Bridge listeners as their favorite album of the year, when it came out back in 2018.

We’ll take a moment to give thanks and look back on the Irish troubadour, Glen Hansard’s tour history through Kansas City with The Frames, The Swell Season, and otherwise. Glen loved this station and he loved Jon Hart, personally giving him accolades from the stage during a show years ago.

After that we’ll see where we are and dive into a stack of new releases. We’ll hear brand new music from Brent Windler, Flora from Kansas, Of a Feather, Markcus Sanders, Jacquelyn Michele, and The DeLazers.

We’ll also hear music from the 10-years in the making, the debut release from Copper Threading who are playing a free show on Wednesday at Boulevard Beer Hall and this Saturday you can see them at Independence Roots Music Fest. We’ll also hear a new one from Danny McGaw who is part of the lineup for Kansas City Irish Fest next month, and has gigs at Buffalo State Pizza in The Crossroads on Aug 21 and Strang Hall on Aug 29. And we’ll hear a remix version of a Kat King song, you can catch her and her band on Thursday at The Greenwood Social Hall.

We’ll dive into a few things. It is Election Day so we’ll kick off the show with the amazing song, "Get On The Bus" from Una and Bob Walkenhorst about getting out and doing your civic duty today. It’s from their 2018 album, For Tomorrow, that was as voted on by Bridge listeners as their favorite album of the year, when it came out back in 2018.

We’ll take a moment to give thanks and look back on the Irish troubadour, Glen Hansard’s tour history through Kansas City with The Frames, The Swell Season, and otherwise. Glen loved this station and he loved Jon Hart, personally giving him accolades from the stage during a show years ago.

After that we’ll see where we are and dive into a stack of new releases. We’ll hear brand new music from Brent Windler, Flora from Kansas, Of a Feather, Markcus Sanders, Jacquelyn Michele, and The DeLazers.

We’ll also hear music from the 10-years in the making, the debut release from Copper Threading who are playing a free show on Wednesday at Boulevard Beer Hall and this Saturday you can see them at Independence Roots Music Fest. We’ll also hear a new one from Danny McGaw who is part of the lineup for Kansas City Irish Fest next month, and has gigs at Buffalo State Pizza in The Crossroads on Aug 21 and Strang Hall on Aug 29. And we’ll hear a remix version of a Kat King song, you can catch her and her band on Thursday at The Greenwood Social Hall.