Eight One Sixty

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about Thundergong 2020! This is the 4th annual event and it is a massive fundraiser for a great KC-based charity called Steps Of Faith Foundation. We’ll be joined via Zoom by Billy Brimblecom, Jr., the executive director of Steps of Faith and along with Jason Sudeikis, a co-founder of Thundergong. The charity works with people who are uninsured or underinsured to help them get prosthetics and they work with people to get back to living a more full life.

Since 2017, Thundergong has raised nearly $850,000 for Steps of Faith, helping provide prosthetics to more than 400 individuals. Each year the event hosts an A-List roster of guests, musicians and comedians, but this year they have knocked it out of the park — they even landed a 007!

Thundergong is happening this Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. streaming for FREE at Thundergong.org! There are also amazing raffles, great merch, and so many surprises.

We'll talk all about the event and hear about the performers and guest appearances. Including two brand new guests we can’t even announce yet, one of which sold out Sandstone in the past.

Here’s the massive lineup, we’ll hear music or musings from some of these guests:

Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Wynonna & Cactus Moser, Brandi Carlile, Blake Shelton, Ben Harper, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello, Camila Cabello, Seth Meyers of Late Night With Seth Meyers, Ted Lasso, Fastball, The Get Up Kids, Quixotic, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Pierce Brosnan, Kay Cannon and Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock!

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about new music. We’ll celebrate Election Day with 10 new songs from 10 KC-area bands. We’ll also remind you that this Saturday is the very special livestream broadcast of Apocalypse Meow 13, the 13th annual fundraiser for the amazing KC-based charity, Midwest Music Foundation.

We’ll hear new music from The Way Way Back, Connor Hampton, EBONY TUSKS, Bahroot, Daniel Gum, Jenna Rae, The Casket Lottery, The Widow's Ride, The Sexy Accident and Porchlight Mamas.

With just ONE week to go before the election, we’ll be playing Protest Songs from projects fronted by WOMXN. We’ll hear from some powerful acts from right here in the KC, like Hi-Lux, The Freedom Affair, Maria Cuevas/Maria The Mexican, LK Ultra, Julia Othmer, Krystle Warren, Una Walkenhorst and Janelle Monáe. We’ll also hear new music from a new KC project called No Germ Candy via Too Much Rock Records. We’ll hear from some national acts too, including The Chicks, Rapsody, and the great Dolly Parton.

For the past several weeks, we’ve been kicking off the show with protest songs, songs about voting, and with a countdown to the election. Now with just one week left, it felt right to celebrate protest songs with a full show.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to upcoming virtual events. KC is knocking it out of the park right now on virtual happenings. Save the dates on these events and get ready to fire up your computer or fancy TVs to watch:

At the top of the show, we'll announce this year's lineup for the 13th annual Apocalypse Meow - the amazing annual fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, who work hard all year long to help musicians when they need emergency medical care. Then we'll talk about Troostival, Ameri'kana and Thundergong.

We'll play music from acts that are playing each of those events, including The Freedom Affair, Kadesh Flow, Making Movies, Sensational Barnes Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff and Brandi Carlile. We'll also hear a brand new single from KC's own Dreamgirl. Do you follow them on Spotify? They have over 240,000 monthly listeners and over 40 million spins there.

This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about new music! We've got new and recent releases from several acts, including Jo MacKenzie, Heart Machine, Dandelions, Shadow Figures, Monta At Odds, Daniel Gum, X.WILSON, Paris Williams and a recent release from Silver Girl.

We’ll also play one from Larsen, who is performing at The Sound of Kansas City — a massive outdoor, socially distanced event happening at Liberty Memorial this Sunday, Oct. 18. The event features about 20 acts, with DJs and bands playing all day, and we'll be broadcasting live from there!

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about safe and socially distanced shows happening in October. Before we get into that, we’ll take a moment to remember long-time KC musician Steve Phillips. Steve passed away last week, and was a force in the Kansas City music community and beyond — having been in projects like The Rainmakers and The Elders. We’ll play some music from The Elders and share a couple stories to honor Steve.

After that, we’ll talk about upcoming shows and hear music from these bands:

The Republic Tigers at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 24

Dreamgirl at Lemonade Park · Friday, Oct. 23

They Call Me Sauce of Nublvckcity at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 17

True Lions at Lemonade Park · Friday, Oct. 9

Miguel Antonio at Old Shawnee Pizza & Craft Cocktails - Lenexa patio · Saturday, October 10

Heartfelt Anarchy featuring Les Izmore of Arquesta Del SolSoul at Lemonade Park · Saturday, Oct. 17

Hembree featuring Garrett Childers, at Buffalo State Pizza Co. & Bar · Friday, Oct. 9

The Way Way Back, playing as part of Save the Rino Fundraiser and Telethon — a 12-hour livestream all day Saturday, Oct. 10

On the show, we’ll remind you that cooler weather is coming, and if you don’t make it to a show before the weather turns, it could be a very long time before your next outdoor show - so consider checking out one of these socially distanced concerts.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, it’s all about new and recent releases. Also, as today marks five weeks till the election, we’ll start the show with some words of wisdom from KC’s own Janelle Monáe, and Chris will share his absentee voting story — it’s so easy and you (KCMO residents) can vote right now at Union Station.

We’re going to hear two songs from each of these acts, from their new releases: Crystal Rose, Miki P & the Swallowtails, and The Freedom Affair — did you know they were just featured in an Apple Watch commercial? 

We’ll also hear a brand new one from Ebony Tusks that doesn’t come out until Nov. 6. It’s so good you’re going to want to preorder the album. We’ll hear a recently released single from Kerosene Culture and from St. Louis, we’ll hear from Slow Dress. 

We’ll also pause and share some music from celebrated KC vocalist Molly Hammer, as so many of us are thinking about her these days and remind you about the Visitors For Molly GoFundMe fundraising page.

It’s Pledge Week at 90.9 The Bridge, and we need your help! On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, we’re going to celebrate Pledge Week by playing several new and recent releases by great KC musicians. I know these are very difficult times for lots of folks, but if you love the station and are in a position to support it, that would be amazing!

On the show we’ll hear music from Julia Othmer, Berwanger, Nick Siegel, Jake Wells, The Crew featuring Krystle Warren, IVORY BLUE, Brent Windler, DJ and EvanJohn, and Kianna White. Several of these are brand new and we’re excited to share them with you!

If you make a pledge today, we have some cool swag for you, for as little as $5 a month:

This week's episode of the Eight One Sixty is all about recordBar and its 15th anniversary!

To sum up the importance of recordBar to the KC music scene on a local and national level would be impossible. What co-owners Steve Tulipana and Shawn Sherrill created 15 years ago has left a lasting impression on this city as well as touring bands all around the globe.

Like so many things right now, the venue is going through difficult times and they've created a Kickstarter campaign with amazing ways to celebrate the venue. They've got face masks, 15th anniversary tees, 15th anniversary posters and more! Even the autographed records that once lined the walls are up for grabs. Their special edition tees and posters have hundreds of band names on them that have played at the venue — perhaps your favorite band is on there!

Chris will play music from some of his favorite concerts at the venue — including one national act that really got everything started for the venue, a band that Jacki Becker booked there way back on Oct. 30, 2005. Also, he'll play music from a couple shows he regrets missing. Did you know that in the same week, Billie Eilish (April 14, 2018) and Phoebe Bridgers (April 19, 2018) both played recordBar?

You'll also hear from Roman Numerals, St. Vincent, Phoenix, The Raveonettes, Kishi Bashi, The Low Anthem, The Breeders, William Elliott Whitmore and more.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention to Crossroads Music Fest. This year for the 16th annual event, like so many things, it's a little different. This Saturday, Sept. 12, from 4 to 10 p.m., visit CMFKC's Facebook page to watch a LIVESTREAM of the event featuring eight different acts — a very diverse lineup of acts and genres. Cheers to Bill Sundahl, our friend at KKFI 90.1 FM, for continuing to push so many great KC musicians.

On the radio show today, we'll talk about and play music from all eight acts performing at CMF: Soul Servers, Ezgi Karakus & John Livingston, Reptil, Laura Noble, Julia Othmer, We The People featuring Eddie Moore, The Royal Chief and Calvin Arsenia.