Eight One Sixty

This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's another show focusing on new and recent releases. We’ll hear nine new songs from Kat King, Maal (featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of Shuttlecock Music Magazine), Shawn M. Stewart featuring They Call Me Sauce and Miki P, Kadesh Flow, Nx Blame, Dangerously Biased, Florian Arbenz featuring Hermon Mehari, Julia Othmer, and a song from the new documentary “The Hidden Pandemic” (now playing on Kansas City PBS) from Sara Swenson featuring Mark Lowrey.

We’ll kick the show off with an old one from Frogpond, celebrating the fact they’re currently BACK in the studio after 20+ years working on new music and I’m so excited about that.

It's another episode all about new music and recent releases on the Eight One Sixty! Hang out with us for an hour and hear new stuff from 11 KC-area musicians. At the top of the show, we’ll also talk about some recently announced concerts and some concert date changes.

We'll hear music from The Slowdown, Charlotte Bumgarner, Chess Club, You Monster You, Eems, Alyssa Murray, Stik Figa, Kadesh Flow featuring Ryan Heinlein, Ethan & Charlie G Music, Lazy Projector and Scores (a project featuring members of Hembree and Cowboy Indian Bear).

This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty continues our celebration of Women's History Month with long-time music promoter and friend of the show, Jacki Becker of Eleven Productions Presents.

Tune in to hear music from and stories about Purity Ring, Zola Jesus, Waxahatchee, CHVRCHES, St. Vincent, Dessa, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Neko Case. If you’ve been missing shows and music conversations, this episode is for you! 

We're celebrating Spring Funding Drive week on The Bridge with longtime friend and collaborator John Kreicbergs of Propaganda3. John K. has been a volunteer during Pledge Week on the show for years, and he’s also been part of teams that have brought you events like Boulevardia, Middle of the Map, Thundergong and more.

We handed over the show to him and let him call all of the shots. He’ll flex his Masters in music and music nerdness on our show and share music and stories from: The Rainmakers, The Young Johnny Carson Story, The Bottle-Rockets, The Urge, Bill McKemy, Krystle Warren, Making Movies, Ted Lasso with Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, and Dream with PmBata.

We're celebrating Spring Funding Drive week on The Bridge with longtime friend and collaborator John Kreicbergs of Propaganda3. John K. has been a volunteer during Pledge Week on the show for years, and he's also been part of teams that have brought you events like Boulevardia, Middle of the Map, Thundergong and more.

We handed over the show to him and let him call all of the shots. He'll flex his Masters in music and music nerdness on our show and share music and stories from: The Rainmakers, The Young Johnny Carson Story, The Bottle-Rockets, The Urge, Bill McKemy, Krystle Warren, Making Movies, Ted Lasso with Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, and Dream with PmBata.

We continue our celebration of Women's History Month on the Eight One Sixty this week, featuring Katy Guillen & the Drive! Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams visit us via Zoom to talk about what they’ve been doing through the pandemic and we’ll hear about their very cool, multi-cam, incredibly mixed, upcoming livestream concert on Saturday, March 27 from recordBar.

Also during the show, we’ll hear music from their catalog, as well as songs they've been listening to during the pandemic. We’ll hear from Lilly Hiatt, Amythyst Kiah, Fanny, Adrianne Lenker and The Sea The Sea.

We're kicking off March with more new music on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear from The Greeting Committee, J Jerome, Collidescope, Quiet Takes, The Black Creatures, Lava Dreams, John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons, Dan Jones and The Squids, Greg LaFollette, and Nan + The One Nite Stands.

We're kicking off March with more new music on the Eight One Sixty! We’ll hear from The Greeting Committee, J Jerome, Collidescope, Quiet Takes, The Black Creatures, Lava Dreams, John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons, Dan Jones and The Squids, Greg LaFollette, and Nan + The One Nite Stands.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we will celebrate Black History Month. During the show we’ll hear music from several great KC area artists including The Freedom Affair, Jelly Rose, They Call Me Sauce, Modern Day, Kemet Coleman, Crystal Rose Music, Kadesh Flow, Ivy Roots, Cuee, Brotha Newz - the Ustadh and Chico Sierra, Stik Figa, ConductorWilliams, Les Izmore, Deep Breath and Jass.

All month long The Bridge has been observing Black History Month in several ways:

• The Bridge has partnered with Black-owned businesses to elevate independent eateries, institutions, agencies and more
• Every week there is a Bridge Artist of the Week, for Black History Month these acts have been recognized: Arlo Parks / Jon Batiste / The Kuti Family - Fela Kuti, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, Made Kuti
• On The Bridge site, there are interviews and articles about/with Cuee, Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow and more
• This Saturday, The Bridge presents a day of programming, including interviews with Eddie Moore, Sam Wells and a documentary from Making Movies
• Also, in the family, Kansas City PBS has great Black History Month programming that includes “The Black Church" and “6 Streets”