Eight One Sixty

We celebrate the 2026 AMERI’KANA Music and Arts Festival. We welcome in special guest Enrique Chi or the band Making Movies. Years ago Making Movies created a non-profit organization, Art As Mentorship. From that journey, Kansas City was gifted a new community fest that is a celebration of the myriad backgrounds, cultures, languages, and sounds that have shaped American music.

The annual event is happening this Saturday at Concourse Park, it’s free, all-ages, family-friendly, and features an amazing lineup of bands and musicians. On the show we’ll hear music from several acts on the lineup including Making Movies, Radkey, Gina Chavez, Rosie Flores, The Freedom Threedom, and Teri Quinn.

Enrique will share with us stories of the fest, how this year’s lineup came together, and why you should come out this Saturday and be part of this powerful celebration.
 

We're playing catch up and working our way through stacks of NEW music. This week, half of the songs are from acts that we've just discovered!

Tune in and you'll hear music from these acts that we've never featured on the show before, including Akilliz, Naomi Rose, Woodridge, Citizens of The Earth, Death By Science Fiction, and Jacquelyn Michele.

We'll also hear from these acts returning to our airwaves, Run With It, Saadia Siddiqua, Malek Azrael, Jillian Riscoe, and Paul Jesse.

Also this week on the show, Misti Mundae will join us. We'll talk about the torrent of free concert tickets that she's giving away on The Bridge's site, there are 17 contests up right now!

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from KC acts and beyond. We’ll continue celebrating The World Cup with some international collabs with KC acts, including Jamogi with Cadz from Colombia and Duncan Burnett with Raka Dun from Panama. Also, we’ll hear one from a musician from Perth Australia, who now calls KC home, Tamsyn Crombie.

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

• The Roseline, July 24 at Hillsiders

• Kate Cosentino, August 14 at recordBar

• Lily B Moonflower, with MoonShroom on August 28 at Knuckleheads

• Lucas Parker, playing with Jessica Paige on Sept 26 at Camp Leavenworth in support of Better Than Ezra

And we’ll also hear new selections from IVORY BLUE, BROTHER, oldnothing, and Bahroot.

We sit down with special guests, TheBabeGabe and Paris Williams. They've been busy getting ready to play Kansas City World Cup 2026 FIFA Fan Fest this Saturday, July 11 as TheBabeGabe x Seven Rings.

 
Also, TheBabeGabe just released a new EP, Love Language, we'll talk with her about it and hear songs from it. And Paris Williams recently had a song featured on the massive HBO show, Euphoria, we'll talk about the roller coaster about getting song placement in shows and movies.

 
In addition to music from their catalogs, we'll hear music from their mates: TyFaizon, Monogram, MitchMakeBeat, MuN, The Human, and we'll hear one from Tech N9ne, who they're opening up for at Fan Fest, followed by The All-American Rejects.

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from Kansas City musicians and bands.

Up first we’ll hear music from Elias Abid, he’s French-Algerian and Irish-American living in Lawrence, KS. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Lawrence is hosting the Algerian national football team, The Desert Warriors and the story has been shared countless times around the world. Elias Abid has a brand new single and he’ll be part of a World Cup Watch Party for the Algeria vs Switzerland match on Thursday, July 2 at In The Lowest Ferns in The West Bottoms.

A programming note, this week on 90.9 The Bridge, from Wednesday through Saturday, we’ll be counting down your Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time. To help kick off that fanfare, we’ll hear two brand new cover songs from KC acts: Chris Hazelton's take on a Huey Lewis & The News tune and a surprising take from Honeybee of Puddle of Mudd’s biggest hit.

And then we’ll hear new and recent releases from these folks: Birds of Prey, Heath Church, Dia Jane & Jo MacKenzie, The Royal Firecrackers, and Magentah & OkCasheyy. And we’ll also play a new song from Field$, who is part of the lineup for Dancefestopia in September.

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases. We’ve got piles of new music to share, tune in today and you’ll hear music from Kate Cosentino, The Swallowtails, Elias Alexander, JIngram, A.M. Merker & The Last Call, Paxton Harvey x Eddie Moore And The Outer Circle, Seyko, Sara Bellum and the Brainwaves, corey dies in the end, and Say That Again.

We’ll also highlight some events surrounding The World Cup that these musicians are part of as Kansas City is packed with events celebrating this Summer of Soccer., Elias Alexander, JIngram, A.M. Merker & The Last Call, Paxton Harvey x Eddie Moore And The Outer Circle, Seyko, Sara Bellum and the Brainwaves, corey dies in the end, and Say That Again.

We’ll also highlight some events surrounding The World Cup that these musicians are part of as Kansas City is packed with events celebrating this Summer of Soccer.

We welcome in two special guests, Jamogi and Streetcar Donna! After three years of hard work and determination, Jamogi’s new album “J’Day” was just released on June 12. We’ll hear some music from the album and the stories behind the songs.

Streetcar Donna is the Communications Director for KC Streetcar. She’s been busy with the opening of the streetcar expansion to the south to UMKC, and now to the north to KC Current's CPKC Stadium. She’ll stop by to talk about a new concert series collaboration with Manor Records called Streetcar Sounds. The series runs June 17 to July 8. The very first act to play the series will be Jamogi on June 17 at the Riverfront stop near CPKC Stadium/Current Landing.

It should be a fun show. Hopefully we’ll hear music from these folks featured on Jamogi’s album or acts playing the Streetcar Sounds Concert Series on the show: Les Izmore, FlareThaRebel, The Swallowtails, Jazlyn Epps, The Royal Chief, and Broderick Jones.

We’re talking all about The World Cup. It’s finally here, and with all of the excitement comes a massive, free, 18-day FIFA Fan Fest at Liberty Memorial Park. The lineup features 70+ acts playing more than 80 sets from June 11 to July 11.

Fan Fest is free, but you do need to register at www.kc2026.com. So far, people from all 50 states and 120+ countries have registered to celebrate The World Cup in Kansas City.
On the show, we’ll play music from some of the acts representing KC, including Laura Noble, Ernest Melton, Hailes, Deshica Rage, and Missouri native and 9-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow.

We’ll also hear brand-new music from TheBabeGabe, whose new EP comes out Friday. Plus, we’ll play a new one from Kadesh Flow x Kemet Coleman called “Messy,” which just might include a reference to the great one, Messi, from defending World Cup champions Argentina.

We’ll also hear music from acts traveling a long way to be part of Fan Fest, including JEA from Amsterdam, Cimafunk from Cuba, RAEY from Curaçao, and Mireya Ramos from Puerto Rico.

We’ll sit down with the organizers of a new KC event called Americana and Ales Fest. The fest is on Saturday, June 20 in Downtown Shawnee with a full day of music, craft beer, food, and community celebration. We’ll talk with Eddie Crane, Travis Fields, and Andrew Morris to learn more about the event and the bands on the lineup.

 
The festival will host 10 bands on two stages, one outdoor and the other inside, utilizing the venue, Aztec Shawnee Theater in Downtown Shawnee. Tune into the radio show and you might hear music from these acts on the lineup:  Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Making Movies, Special Consensus, The HillBenders, Calvin Arsenia, Dusty Rust, Of a Feather, The Lost Keys, Konza Swamp Band, and Dimension Bill Edwards.

In addition to free live music, Americana and Ales features a ticketed Craft Beer Festival showcasing a variety of craft breweries, specialty beers, and local favorites.

We dive into a stack of new releases from KC musicians and bands and make our way through 10 songs and seven of those acts have upcoming gigs, including:

• Jazlyn Epps (TODAY is her birthday) on May 29 at Vine Street Brewing Co., as part of Manor Fest 8  
• Car Microwave on May 29 at The RINO
• KEVIN MORBY on May 29 at Uptown Theater
• The Creepy Jingles May 29 at Replay Lounge, then June 6 at The Greenwood Social Hall
• Danielle Nicole Band on June 20 at Knuckleheads
• Radkey on June 20 at The Rino
• Lily B Moonflower with her band, MoonShroom on Aug 28 at Knuckleheads

We’ll also hear new releases from BodaciousThang, PURE XTC, and Miles Bonny.