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 Truman

We’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

We continue sharing selections from our Favorite Recordings of 2024.

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.

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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.

Hang out with us on your radio dial or stream us as we dive into a stack of new music from KC area artists. We’ll also recap THUNDERGONG!, which featured Jason Sudeikis, Flavor Flav, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Brendan Hunt, Will Forte, Cristo Fernández, Summer Breeze and more! We’ll also take a look at the Grammy nominees from KC (and the surrounds), which were announced last week.

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.

Super Tuesday at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we welcome in singer-songwriter and special guest co-host Jessica Paige. Jessica Paige joins us as she prepares to release a new single this week, “Move Along," we’ll hear the song and the story behind it.

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!