Eight One Sixty

We celebrate new releases from KC area musicians and several acts that we’ve never shared music from before. Hear music from PmBata, Phoebe Fray, Carlo dell'Aquila, Heath Church, Ashley Gilland, Heads or Heads, Kasey Rausch, Eddie Moore, Redder Moon, Eli Elliott, and Busfoot.

It’s all about this weekend’s Lemonade Social, the 2-day event happening at Lemonade Park in The Historic West Bottoms. Nathan Reusch, founder of the KC-based record label, The Record Machine (TRM) curated this event and he joins us for an interview to talk about this event and other TRM things that are brewing this year.

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.

We kick things off with a conversation with Nick Carswell about a great FREE event coming up called MixMaster2023 Music Conference. It's happening in Lawrence, KS on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Downtown Lawrence Public Library. Now in its 10th year, the MixMaster Music Conference is a music community event that brings local artists and music industry professionals from across the region together to share information, learn from each other, and support our music ecosystem. Musicians, save the date for this!

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!

TODAY at 6PM on the Eight One Sixty radio show on 90.9 The Bridge we are LIVE from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with very special guests, The Elders! Tonight's show is a pre-party for the Kansas City Irish Fest. After the radio broadcast at 7PM tonight, The Elders are going to play a FREE show, an acoustic set from The Beer Hall on the 4th floor.

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.

It’s all about the 19th annual Crossroads Music Fest (CMFKC) happening on Saturday, August 26, it’s an all-day affair in The Historic West Bottoms. On the radio show we have special guests, CMF mastermind Bill Sundahl and also the great Sarah Bradshaw. We dive into some CMF details and talk about some great memories from past CMFs.

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.

We hear brand new music from 11 KC bands and musicians on this episode of the Eight One Sixty. Hear new music from Hembree, Michael Tipton, Justus West, OLIVIA FOX, Apatunity, The Black Mariah Theater, Lonnie Fisher, St. Violet, Sundays With Emily, and Zion Isaiah.

It’s all about new music. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s four weeks in a row now - there’s so much new stuff coming out - we’re excited to keep rolling out new music.

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

It's our third week in a row of all-new music from Kansas City area bands and musicians!

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.

We continue celebrating new music from KC bands and musicians. Hear new music from 12 acts during a very busy hour of programming!

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