Eight One Sixty

On this Christmas Eve episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris will be providing your guide to local shows on New Year's Eve. The show will kick off with special guest Will Gregory, who will be talking about Crossroads Hotel's New Year's Eve party with Quixotic and Calvin Arsenia.

Upcoming New Year's Eve shows:

- Making Movies, Wick & The Tricks, Radkey andDJ Thundercutz at The Truman

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, host Chris Haghirian will be sharing a few of his favorite tracks from 2019! Tune in to hear from KC-based artists Other Americans, Hipshot Killer, Me Like Bees, Hot Suede, Claire Adams, Middlechild, Wonderfuzz, Kadesh Flow, LyMerrick, Good Saint Nathanael, Sky Smeed and OLIVIA FOX!

This week on the Eight One Sixty, we celebrate The Bridge's Winter Funding Drive and have a special guest appearance from Bill Brownlee, who joins Chris to talk about his favorite music of 2019. He writes for The Kansas City Star, he's a master blogger, he contributes to KCUR 89.3 and so much more. He'll sit down with us and we'll play some of his favorite recordings of 2019. We'll hear music from Reggie B and the Popper, Brody Buster's One Man Band, Matt Villinger, Keaton Conrad, Jamila Woods and more.

Nicole Springer will appear on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty. The Kansas City singer-songwriter is playing the entirety of her new album, "Willing," and sharing the stories behind the songs. Nicole is performing on Saturday, Dec. 14 at The Brick with Teri Quinn.

This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's Mark Manning Day! Mark hosts Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM. Before he begins his four weeks of countdown shows, we'll get a preview of some of his favorite recordings of 2019, his favorite 119 Recordings of 2019 and some of his favorite concerts of 2019.

This week on the Eight One Sixty, it's Mark Manning Day! Mark hosts Wednesday MidDay Medley on KKFI 90.1 FM. Before he begins his four weeks of countdown shows, we'll get a preview of some of his favorite recordings of 2019, his favorite 119 Recordings of 2019 and some of his favorite concerts of 2019.

On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, we welcome musicians Una Walkenhorst and Chase The Horseman. They’re playing a big show on Thursday, Nov. 21 at The Brick, alongside Whoa Dakota from Nashville. We’ll talk about the big show and hear music from all three of their catalogs. We’ll also debut two brand new songs from each songwriter — one from Chase and one from Una Walkenhorst and Brent Windler of Sons Of Great Dane.

This week on the Eight One Sixty, we welcome Yes You Are into the studio. On Friday, Nov. 15, they are releasing their debut album, "Here's To The Great Unknowns." We're going to take the hour to preview the new album and to hear the stories behind the songs. Their music has been featured in a Super Bowl commercial, huge Hollywood films and they've been in rotation on The Bridge for a long time, but this proper debut release is an amazing collection of songs and is one of Chris's favorite albums of 2019.

In addition to the new album, Yes You Are and OLIVIA FOX will take the stage at the Kauffman Center For the Performing Arts for a special Hometown Concert & Holiday Reception for Members on Monday, Nov. 25.

On this episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris is joined by Aaron Rhodes — one of the youngest music journalists in KC and one of the most involved in #kcmusic. He runs Shuttlecock Music Magazine & Podcast, works for Do816, is a contributing writer for The Bridge and The Pitch. He's a promoter, and we'll be talking about his upcoming show, The Big Gig #2 ft. TisaKorean and Judiciary at recordBar, on Thursday, Nov. 21, with TisaKorean, Amira Melanin Wang and Solomon.

We'll also hear some of his favorite songs from 2019 and talk about some of his favorite concerts too. We'll kick the show off with a friendly reminder from Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear that Jason Sudeikis & Friends present Thundergong! 2019 is this Saturday at Uptown Theater.

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, Chris highlights two big fundraiser events coming up in Kansas City. First up, Billy Brimblecom Jr. will join us live in our studio to talk about Thundergong! 2019, happening at the Uptown Theater on Saturday, Nov. 9. The 3rd annual event features Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Wynonna Judd, The Get Up Kids, Summer Breeze: a tribute to Yacht Rock, Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear and more. It's a benefit concert for Steps Of Faith Foundation. We'll also get the details about the upcoming 90.9 The Bridge Thundergong! Takeover LIVE from the KC Streetcar, coming up on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Later in the show we'll hear music from two bands playing the annual Apocalypse Meow 12 fundraiser event, happening this Friday, Nov. 1 at Mills Record Company and this Saturday, Nov. 2 at Drexel Hall at The Irish Center of Kansas City. That event will feature several bands including Chris Meck & The Second Sons, The Sluts, Slights, Jesus Loves the Atom Bomb, Shy Boys, Nublvckcity, AP (spoken word), Kristie Stremel and Anna Cole and the Other Lovers.

We'll also squeeze in a brand new song from Wonderfuzz, who have their new album release show coming up next Thursday at The Riot Room.