Eight One Sixty

It’s all about the Kansas City Irish Fest 2021, happening this Labor Day Weekend, Friday-Sunday at Crown Center.

On the show, we play music from a dozen of the acts playing on FIVE stages over the three days of the fest. We also talk about the special performance on Sunday at 7PM of Mixtape - where several KC acts will hold court and offer up their take on some massive Irish songs, everything from the Cranberries to Van Morrison.

We also tell you set times for several acts playing the fest, but to see the full lineup and to make your own schedule head to KCIrishFest.com.

Hear music from St. Andrews Pipes and Drums, The Elders, Young Dubliners, Carswell & Hope, Kadesh Flow, The Narrowbacks, Scythian, Ashley Davis, KIAN BYRNE, Danny Burns, Cassie and Maggie, and Runa.

Hear music from a dozen KC-area acts including Katy Guillen and The Drive, Clay Hughes (featuring G. Love), Scores, Lazy Projector, Juliette Frost, Videodisk, Riley The Musician + CMTEN, Jairy (featuring. R.I.Peter + Catty Cline), Black Light Animals, namelessnumberheadman, and Travis Marvin.

Hear music from a dozen KC-area acts including Katy Guillen and The Drive, Clay Hughes (featuring G. Love), Scores, Lazy Projector, Juliette Frost, Videodisk, Riley The Musician + CMTEN, Jairy (featuring. R.I.Peter + Catty Cline), Black Light Animals, namelessnumberheadman, and Travis Marvin.

Hear brand new music by 11 Kansas City-area bands and musicians this time on the show. This is our third week in a row featuring all-new music from musicians that call Kansas City home and several of them have gigs coming up.

Check out new releases from Geraldine Glen (featuring musicians from The Freedom Affair), Effie, Melissa Mayhew (produced by Eric from Hembree), J. Taylor, PmBata, Musicbyskippy, and Nicholas St. James.

Also hear from these musicians with upcoming gigs:

- Monta At Odds - playing at recordBar on Friday, celebrating the release of their new album, along with Emmaline Twist

- Lava Dreams - playing at Lemonade Park on Thursday, August 26, as part of "PLAYBACK: Covering 20 Years of Music Discovery" Screening & Concert, for The Bridge

- The Roseline - playing a free show in Lawrence on Thursday, August 26 at South Park

- The Grisly Hand - playing Brew at the Zoo & Wine Too on October 6

At the top of the show, we talk about PLAYBACK, the very cool concert and music video event happening on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Bridge!

Hear brand new music by 11 Kansas City-area bands and musicians this time on the show. This is our third week in a row featuring all-new music from musicians that call Kansas City home and several of them have gigs coming up.

Check out new releases from Geraldine Glen (featuring musicians from The Freedom Affair), Effie, Melissa Mayhew (produced by Eric from Hembree), J. Taylor, PmBata, Musicbyskippy, and Nicholas St. James.

Also hear from these musicians with upcoming gigs:

- Monta At Odds - playing at recordBar on Friday, celebrating the release of their new album, along with Emmaline Twist

- Lava Dreams - playing at Lemonade Park on Thursday, August 26, as part of "PLAYBACK: Covering 20 Years of Music Discovery" Screening & Concert, for The Bridge

- The Roseline - playing a free show in Lawrence on Thursday, August 26 at South Park

- The Grisly Hand - playing Brew at the Zoo & Wine Too on October 6

At the top of the show, we talk about PLAYBACK, the very cool concert and music video event happening on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Bridge!

It's another round of new music this week and ALL of August on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear brand new music from 10 KC area acts.

This week we’ll hear new stuff from Blackstarkids, Brent Windler, Emmaline Twist, FlareThaRebel, Kate Whitefield, Andrew M. Olsen, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Cheery, and Miguel Antonio.

We’ll also unpack this past weekend in live music. We’ll talk about the massive award that The Bridge won over the weekend. And we’ll talk about PLAYBACK, an upcoming event on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Bridge with appearances by Kianna White, Lava Dreams, and Jass - and oh yeah, there will be a screening of an amazingly cool music video project where we partner with several KC bands, it’s going to be a cool night and you’re invited to attend! RSVP at this link!

On the next episode of the Eight One Sixty, it's all about new music! We just finished an amazing four-part series called Sound Minds all July, and during that time we received SO MANY new music submissions. Chris will be sharing that music with you for the next four weeks of August.

This week, we'll hear new stuff from 11 KC area bands/musicians:

• Hipshot Killer, just released “Guns and Gas” EP on July 30
• Hembree just released a new single on July 20
• Sisterbot just released a new album, “Truth House,” on July 10
• Tre Mutava just released a new album, “The Movies,” on July 30
• Kadesh Flow just released a new album, “Room Service 2,” on July 19
• Sunshine Lombré just released a new album, "Fading Away,” in July
• Baby and the Brain just released another new single on July 30
• The Way Way Back just released their new album on July 23
• Use Your Atlas are releasing “Rise and Fall” EP on Aug. 1
• The Life I Love released new singles back in April
• Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type just released “Thank You Stranger” EP on July 23

It's another round of new music this week and ALL of August on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear brand new music from 10 KC area acts.

This week we’ll hear new stuff from Blackstarkids, Brent Windler, Emmaline Twist, FlareThaRebel, Kate Whitefield, Andrew M. Olsen, You Monster You, PURE XTC, Cheery, and Miguel Antonio.

We’ll also unpack this past weekend in live music. We’ll talk about the massive award that The Bridge won over the weekend. And we’ll talk about PLAYBACK, an upcoming event on Thursday, August 26 at Lemonade Park celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Bridge with appearances by Kianna White, Lava Dreams, and Jass - and oh yeah, there will be a screening of an amazingly cool music video project where we partner with several KC bands, it’s going to be a cool night and you’re invited to attend! RSVP at this link!

On the next episode of the Eight One Sixty, it's all about new music! We just finished an amazing four-part series called Sound Minds all July, and during that time we received SO MANY new music submissions. Chris will be sharing that music with you for the next four weeks of August.

This week, we'll hear new stuff from 11 KC area bands/musicians:

• Hipshot Killer, just released “Guns and Gas” EP on July 30
• Hembree just released a new single on July 20
• Sisterbot just released a new album, “Truth House,” on July 10
• Tre Mutava just released a new album, “The Movies,” on July 30
• Kadesh Flow just released a new album, “Room Service 2,” on July 19
• Sunshine Lombré just released a new album, "Fading Away,” in July
• Baby and the Brain just released another new single on July 30
• The Way Way Back just released their new album on July 23
• Use Your Atlas are releasing “Rise and Fall” EP on Aug. 1
• The Life I Love released new singles back in April
• Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type just released “Thank You Stranger” EP on July 23

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we wrap up our four-part series, Sound Minds. Back in March, Michelle Bacon conducted a survey about musicians dealing with mental health issues. Over 160 musicians did the survey and for the past four weeks, Bacon has been co-hosting the show and guiding a conversation about the survey findings. She's also offered up numerous options from organizations and places that provide affordable (and perhaps free) care for people in need.

In addition to Bacon sharing her findings and data, we have also been playing music from musicians and sharing the story behind the song, dealing with mental health. This week on the show we'll hear from Kirsten Paludan, Molly Picture Club, Mac Lethal, and Phoebe Bridgers.

We'll also be hearing music, and the story behind it from these musicians with upcoming gigs:

It's been an amazing month of shows and I feel like, now more than ever, so much of the knowledge that Bacon has shared, as well as guests, Dr. Erin Corriveau and Dr. Katie Jacobs needs to be heard and shared. Check below for a few resources Bacon mentioned on the show.