Eight One Sixty

This time on the show we'll talk about and hear music from more bands playing Middle of the Map Fest, May 4-7: La Sera, Bassh (Band of Horses side project), Quirk & Ruckus (Katy Guillen and the Girls side project), Gallant, Shadow Rabbits, ZHU, Big Black Delta and probably some more Aimee Mann. Also on the fest, B R O T H E R, we'll hear their new single and a brand new one from The Invisible World.

Station director Jon Hart sits in as co-host this week as we announce this year's lineup and play music from some of the 115+ bands playing INK's Middle of the Map Fest on May 4-7. We'll talk about the HUGE comedian we're bringing in for the IDEAS (formerly The Forum) portion of the fest as well as talk about a band we all love from Japan that's coming back, this time to play the FILM FEST. ALSO, we'll be joined by special guest Steve Tulipana for an announcement about the future of recordBar.

This time on the Eight One Sixty we sit down with special guests, The Grisly Hand and talk about their new record and Kickstarter/pre-order campaign. We also talk about the MidCoast Takeover Fundraiser #2: 2/27 at Tank Room and hear a song from Berwanger. Additionally, we hear new music from bands with upcoming album release shows: Golden Groves (2-26 at The Riot Room) and Be/Non(2-28 Scottish Rite Temple) and from bands with weekend gigs: John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons (2-26 at miniBar), Wrong Kata Trio (2-26 atCoda) and ConductorWilliams (2-26 at The Tank Room).

This time on the show we are joined by special guests, Fullbloods where we'll hear a live set and talk to them about their new record and album release show Feb 26 at The Brick. We'll also hear new music from other bands with upcoming album release shows: Nicholas St. James (2-22 Lawrence Arts Center), Modern Day Fitzgerald (2-26 at The Buffalo Room) and Be/Non (2-28 Scottish Rite Temple) and talk about Folk Alliance International a bit.

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We sit down with special guest, Fally Afani who runs I Heart Local Music and has been covering the area music scene for years. We talk about and play music from the bands playing her upcoming SXSW Bound event, bands like: Toughies, Arc Flash, EBONY TUSKS, Stiff Middle Fingers, Real Adults & Vedettes. We also check out brand new music from The Buhs and BLK FLANL, the project from Barrel Maker & ConductorWilliams, and a track from the late J Dilla.

This week on the show it's all about Folk Alliance!  Thus, we are joined by Blackbird Revue (who will be playing Folk Alliance) for a round of '7 Questions' and really beautiful live music. Plus, we'll hear from some International artists who will also be playing the conference.

This week on the show, we hear a live in studio session and interview from Under The Big Oak Tree as they release their brand new record Local Honey via MudStomp Records. We'll also hear new music from Golden Groves, Your Friend, The Buhs and Rory Fresco.

We're so very excited as Kansas City's own Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear  join us for a greatly anticipated show!!! Madisen and Ruth are the DJs and they've picked some 'steamrollers' as Chris likes to call them, plus, where else are you going to hear stories about Sam Beam, Joni Mitchell and MC Hammer all in one hour?

This time on the EIGHT ONE SIXTY we begin the show with Michelle Bacon and talk about David Bowie. Then we're joined by Mike Alexander of Hipshot Killer to preview their brand new album. 

It's our One Year Anniversary Show and we're celebrating by bringing back favorite tracks from the past. We'll hear songs ten years or older as Chris digs into the Kansas City music scene vault.