Eight One Sixty

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we welcome one of the hardest working musicians in KC, Enrique Javier Chi of Making Movies. Making Movies are having an amazing year — they released an album with Rubén Blades, received love from NPR Music, played shows all around the map and so much more. They’re coming home to throw their amazing fifth annual music and arts festival, Carnaval at Knuckleheads Saloon on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The event has two purposes: one is to blow you away with a great show from an impressive lineup of bands: Making Movies, Las Cafeteras, Grand Marquis, ÉSSO and more. We’ll hear music from those acts on the radio show.

And the other function, the fest serves as a fundraiser for the band's music education nonprofit, Art As Mentorship, which helps youth in underserved communities learn about music and even gives them an opportunity to record in a real studio.

We’ll also hear a brand new single by OLIVIA FOX, celebrating the release of their new album on Aug. 24 at Knuckleheads. We’ll alos hear one from Grammy and Oscar winner, Common, who will be stopping by the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Aug. 29.

In July on Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian chatted with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, he's playing some of his favorite picks. Hear from Hipshot Killer, Heartfelt Anarchy, THE ARCHITECTS, Dragon Inn 3, Cowboy Indian Bear, Sara Swenson, Mess, Eems, Me Like Bees, The Greeting Committee and Second Hand King.

All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is musician and 90.9 The Bridge content manager Michelle Bacon. She’ll be sharing her picks of her favorite albums of the decade from KC musicians like Soft Reeds, Marcus Lewis Big Band, Not A Planet, Mikal Shapiro Music, Krystle Warren, Ha Ha Tonka, Schwervon!, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Hembree and The Grisly Hand.

All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is Tim Finn, writer for IN Kansas City and host of Thursdays with Timothy Finn on 90.9 The Bridge. We'll hear songs from: Krystle Warren, Calvin Arsenia, The Grisly Hand, Mikal Shapiro Music, The Conquerors, The Pedaljets, Making Movies, Samantha Fish, The Ants and Marcus Lewis Big Band/Brass & Boujee.

All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week’s special guest is the queen of all things Lawrence, Fally Afani. She runs the blog I Heart Local Music and she also runs Lawrence Field Day Fest 2019, which is happening this week — on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And new this year, it’s all FREE! Over 20 bands will play over the 3 days at The Granada Theater, The Bottleneck, White Schoolhouse and Lucia Beer Garden + Grill.

On the show we’ll hear about Field Day Fest and we’ll also hear music from Fally’s favorite albums of the last decade, including The Sluts, Cowboy Indian Bear, CS Luxem, Psychic Heat, Approach, BUMMER, Tyler Gregory, Gnarly Davidson, Truckstop Honeymoon and Stiff Middle Fingers.

All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, Chris is joined by KKFI 90.1 Wednesday MidDay Medley host Mark Manning. Hear tracks from Krystle Warren, Howard Iceberg & the Titanics, Iris DeMent and more.

All month long on the Eight One Sixty, Chris Haghirian is chatting with local music aficionados about their top area albums of the decade. This week, Chris is joined by The Kansas City Star & KCUR 89.3 contributor Bill Brownlee. Hear tracks from Bobby Watson, Stik Figa, Janelle Monaé and more.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we welcome two guests. First up is Kadesh Flow. We’ll hear about what music he’s working on right now and get a preview of KC RiverFest 2019 — where he is playing in three different bands! The massive event is on July 4 in Berkley Riverfront Park; it’s KC’s best firework show with a bunch of great KC bands, including Marcus Lewis Band/Brass & Boujee, Eems, Barnaby Bright, Deshtet, Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, Jessica Paige, Kansas City DJ Joe, and The Zeros KC. There’s also a pop up Maker Fair from The Strawberry Swing Indie Craft Fair, KC Crew outdoor games, food trucks, kid activities and more.

After that we’ll welcome Chase The Horseman and we’ll hear brand new music from him. He’ll tell us about a big film project he’s working on right now.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, Chris and Sarah are joined by special guest James Carter, AKA Sarge. James is a retired military man who loves music, and studied music at Belmont University in Nashville and at Park University. He runs You Found Music, a musician collective that helps with bookings, marketing and other business dealings. He also does the booking for Old Shawnee Pizza at Repeal 18th. If you haven't been up there lately, North Kansas City, Missouri is booming right now and he's got a very full concert calendar on a great outdoor stage right next to Chicken N Pickle - Kansas City.

We'll also hear from acts that Sarge works with: Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands, Megan Luttrell Music, Zach Pietrini, Josh Del, Ryan Manuel and the Getaway, Daryl Wayne Dasher Music, Leslie Tom and Featherburn.

This week's episode of Eight One Sixty is all about Boulevardia 2019! The sixth annual beer, food and music festival is happening this Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 in the Stockyards District in the Historic West Bottoms — in the areas around Kemper/Hy-Vee Arena. The fest features more than 50 acts on three stages and also hosts a silent disco. On the radio show we'll give you some helpful tips to make your festgoing experience even better.

We’ll hear from fest headliners: Fitz & The Tantrums, Young the Giant,Dashboard Confessional, lovelytheband and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Then we’ll hear from some KC acts playing the fest: The Freedom Affair, Belle & The Vertigo Waves, Brooks Brown, Crystal Rose and Ha Ha Tonka.