Eight One Sixty w/ Chris Haghirian

We’re diving into a stack of new releases. We’re just over 100 days into 2024 and we’ve already logged 400+ releases from KC musicians and bands and we love that we get to share that music with you on the show.On the show, we’ll hear new releases from these acts with upcoming shows:• Monta on Wednesday, April 17 along with AL1CE, Moon17, and DJ Proof at The Bottleneck• Waxahatchee on Thursday, April 18 at Uptown Theater• Lonnie Fisher on Friday, April 19 at The Nest on Ninth at The Oread in Lawrence• Schwem on Saturday, April 20 at Throwback in Westport• IVORY BLUE on May 10 at Englewood Arts in IndependenceWe’ll also hear new music from Run With It featuring The Royal Chief, Roxi Jane, Monogram featuring Paris Williams and Ty Faizon of Blackstarkids, and Jeremy Nathan.We’ll also hear new music from Chase Horseman and their work on creating the score for the film, Head Count. And as the lineup for Kansas City Irish Fest was announced last week, we’ll hear from Elias Alexander, who just won over new fans at Folk Alliance International back in February, and he’ll return in August for this year’s KCIF.

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases by Kansas City musicians and bands. We’ll swim across several genres and play 11 songs during the broadcast.We’ll hear music from Kate Cosentino, cxrrxnt, Doubledrag, The Highwater, Dizzy Wright and Irv Da Phenom, Eddie Moore, Kadesh Flow x Gr3ys0n x Shwabadi, Treanne, Honeybee, Glass Bandit and The Distant Note.

We’ll dive into a stack of new and recent releases from KC area bands. We just wrapped up two weeks of special programs and our inbox was already full of great new releases to share with you!As Tuesday is Election Day we’ll play one of the best “get out the vote” songs from Bob & Una Walkenhorst - you can catch Bob Walkenhorst at Mike Kelly's Westsider on April 3 and April 17. Then we’ll hear new stuff from these acts: The Greeting Committee, Heidi Lynne Gluck, Les Marmoppes, and Chloe Jacobson.And we’ll also hear new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:• Twinn Flame on April 6 at In The Lowest Fern and at Boulevardia on June 14• Howard Mahan on April 10 at B.B.'s Lawnside BarB-Q• Aiming Arrows on April 13 at recordBar with Six Percent, My Escape, and Fox Paw• Back Alley Brass Band on April 19 playing their album release show at The Ship• malekazrael on May 3 at Lemonade Park with Jolson and the Fear of Snakes and Field DazeAnd we’ll wrap up the show with one from The Kansas City Bear Fighters, you can catch them at a very cool event in North KC on Saturday, April 13 called Pint Path NKC. It’s kind of a pub crawl, meets bicycle ride, meets Comicon, as the theme is Heroes and Villains and you’re encouraged to dress up - check out their Facebook page for more info!

We broadcast live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery for a special TEALTASTIC TUNESDAY - Teal Rising Rally + Tunesday with Katy Guillen & the Drive. Join us live at The Beer Hall from 5-8PM as we celebrate all things KC Current. This all-ages, family-friendly event will have guest appearances by KC Current players, a ticket giveaway contest, special offerings of Boulevard’s new beverage - Teal Rising Proud Pilsner, the Teal Mobile will be on-site, and enjoy a FREE concert from Katy Guillen & The Drive at 7PM.Katy and Stephanie from Katy Guillen and The Drive will join me for the live broadcast of the Eight One Sixty at 6PM and we’ve asked them to pick the music. We’ll hear selections from their catalog, as well as a song from a brand new collaboration they just did with the front women of The Freedom Affair, also music from Janelle Monáe, Middle Kids, FANNY:, and Heartless Bastards.

It's all about Boulevardia this week! The lineup dropped this morning at 10 a.m. and it features more than 70 acts playing on five stages over two days. On the show we'll talk about the fest, play some music from the headliners and probably tell some silly stories.Launch day is always an exciting day and the show should be a good time to celebrate!

We’ve got new music from 12 KC area acts to share with you. KC bands and musicians keep filling our inbox, and we’re going to keep sharing those songs with you over the airwaves.Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and hear new releases from The Forcefields (ft. Julia Othmer), The Canterberries , PURE XTC, Jolson and the Fear of Snakes, IVORY BLUE, Treanne, Golden Groves, Sam Arjes, The Whips, Kat King, and Danny Santell.We’ll also talk about our upcoming Tunesday at Boulevard Beer Hall, coming up on Tuesday, March 26 from 5-8PM. It’s a TEAL-TASTIC TUESDAY with KC Current! There will be Teal Rising Proud Pilsner specials, the Teal Mobile, player appearances, a chance to win a pair of tickets to a 2024 home game, and a free concert from Katy Guillen & The Drive all happening at the Beer Hall.

We’ve got a stack of new releases to share with you. But before we do that, we’ll dig into the hard drive and play some music from The Grisly Hand. Yesterday they announced, that after 15 years of being a highly celebrated band in Kansas City, they’re going to ride off into the sunset with one final show at The Ship on May 11. This will sell out fast, so go grab your tix now, I just bought four.After that we’ll hear brand new releases from Danny Santell, The Creepy Jingles, The Phantastics, The Highwater, SiiR TRIP (featuring Love, Mae C.), Craig Smith (featuring Irv Da Phenom), Emiel Cleaver (featuring T. Blaze), cxrrxnt, Foxlin, and Timbers.We’ll also hear a new one from The Village Prairie as they get ready to celebrate their album release show on Friday, March 15 at The RINO.

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases. Everything we’re playing came out in the last 4 weeks! We’ll also start the show with a brief recap of our time at the Folk Alliance International Conference this past weekend.Tune in on Tuesday at 6PM via your radio dial or stream us live and hear new music from The Greeting Committee, Jo MacKenzie, IVORY BLUE, Honeybee (a new project with members of Blue False Indigo and Mess), Say That Again, Code Red teaming up with Shun Ann and NoLimit TC, Jeremy Nathan, Bquyet, Wizard Fan Club, yuzboy, Draper Family Band, and Copper Threading.With special programming over the last two weeks, our pile of new releases is growing and we’re excited to share new music with you. Find us every Tuesday at 6PM on your radio dial at 90.9FM, steam us online, or via The Bridge app. If you miss the live broadcast, stream it from our archive on The Bridge site or app, or find us on Spotify - thanks!

We’ll sit down with Nick Carswell, an area musician that wears many hats. This week he is one of the organizers of a showcase of musicians playing at the Folk Alliance International Conference. This week, WED-SAT, thousands of musicians, music industry folks, and fans alike will visit Kansas City and watch hundreds of musicians from very literally all around the world play music at The Westin at Crown Center. In the evenings from 6-11PM the hotel ballrooms become concert halls and from 11PM-3AM the individual hotel rooms become tiny, intimate venues.We’ll talk about and play music from some of the acts that are traveling to KC this week like Strange Boy from Ireland, Moneka Arabic Jazz from Toronto, Crys Matthews from Nashville, and Rainbow Girls from Portland. We’ll also hear new and recent releases from some KC area acts that are part of the event, Christena Graves, The Swallowtails featuring Miki P, and Bad Alaskan.We’ll also hear a brand new song from a musician who visited KC last summer for Crossroads Music Fest, Elizabeth Moen - she’s back in KC this week playing at The Ship on Thursday.At the start of the show, we’ll turn our attention to the tragedy and huge loss that Kansas City and the Kansas City music community suffered last week, Lisa Lopez-Galvan. We’ll talk about the radio show she co-hosted, A Taste of Tejano on KKFI 90.1 FM. Also, I would encourage you to tune into that show tonight at 8PM on your radio at 90.1FM or stream through their site. From their Facebook page about tonight's show, “we will reflect on the joy that our family member and friend brought to the world.” All of us at The Bridge love our radio friends at KKFI and can’t imagine what you’re going through.  

We’re celebrating KC’s back-to-back Super Bowl wins! The show will be a little different than normal, offering up an hour of great music for pre and post-parade gatherings. There will be way less of me talking and we’ll squeeze in music from 25 acts from the KC area and beyond.Hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:• Kemet Coleman of The Phantastics + Vine Street Brewing Co. popup at Nighthawk on Thursday, FEB 22 at 9PM• Hembree on MARCH 8 at The Ship• Six Percent with The Urge on APRIL 12 at The Madrid Theatre• The Uncouth on APRIL 27 at miniBar• Tech N9ne with The Kansas City Symphony on MAY 4 at The The Midland TheatreWe’ll also feature brand new celebratory releases from Broderick Jones and Martay, plus music from about 20 more acts.

We’ll dive into another pile of new and recent releases.Hear from JK The Kid (a new project from Kate Cosentino), Apatunity, Front Porch, Tanner Agpoon, Ashley Ray, Phoebe Fray, corey dies in the end, M!SFIT, Elexa Dawson, The Whips, and The Highwater.

We’ll be plowing through a pile of new and recent releases from Kansas City area bands and musicians.Catch the show and hear new music from these acts then go see them live:• Erin Eades on JAN 31 at Sinclair’s in Blue Springs• Josephine Eve on FEB 2 at Brick House• Stüp on FEB 2 at The Rino with The Blast Monkeys and Phase Distorter• Sisterbot on FEB 9 at The Rino with Amy Elizabeth Queen and Foxlin• Kadesh Flow on FEB 16 at Replay Lounge with The Royal Chief• The Sexy Accident on FEB 24 at miniBar with Critterz, Wills Van DoornWe’ll also hear new stuff from Cheery, Me Like Bees, The Science Of, and City Hall.And then the following week on Tuesday, February 6 we’ll dive into another pile of new and recent releases.Next week we’ll hear from JK The Kid (a new project from Kate Cosentino), Apatunity, Front Porch, Tanner Agpoon, Ashley Ray, Phoebe Fray, corey dies in the end, M!SFIT, Elexa Dawson, The Whips, and The Highwater.

We’ll kick things off with music from Quixotic, who is currently back in production every Friday and Saturday with their performance of Whiskey Dynamite - a Nonsensical Western Fantasy at The Grand Theater at Crown Center. Then we’ll dive into a stack of recent and new releases from KC bands and musicians.We’ll hear from these acts with upcoming gigs:• Siilk at Westport Bowery (the venue at Westport Flea Market) on JAN 26• Keelon Vann at Chartreuse Saloon at 1625 Oak Street on JAN 27• Chris Hudson & the Cruelest Months playing with Gullywasher at recordBar on JAN 31• Waxahatchee at Uptown Theater on April 18We’ll also hear new music from NIkka, The State of Everything, lizardgal, June Henry, The Ryan Express, City Hall, and Not Made By Hands with the great Billy Brimblecom Jr. on drums.

We’ll hear music from these acts and talk about their upcoming concerts:• True Lions - JAN 21 as part of the 3rd Annual Krewe De Cryptic Parade at 1219 Union Ave in The West Bottoms• Jeune Premier Silambien Jr. with The Salvation Choir - JAN 27 at The Ship for an early all-ages show• MoonShroom - JAN 31 at recordBar with Supermassive Black Holes, Gullywasher, Kristin & Lucy Gray Hamilton• Say That Again - album release show on FEB 23 at The RinoWe'll also give new music from these acts a spin: Flight Attendant, Martay, Land Lion (featuring Ben Wendt), Decisive Drama, cxrrxnt, Stik Figa + Leonard Dstroy, and Use Your Atlas. 

We’ve got a great program for you. I’m not going to lie, this one took some work.Music fans and concertgoers, here’s a list that you never knew you needed, but might really enjoy.As all of the BEST OF music lists came out over the last several weeks I kept going through them to see what acts on those lists were touring through Kansas City in 2024. Tune into the Eight One Sixty radio show on your radio dial at 90.9FM, stream us from The Bridge site or app, and if you miss the live broadcast you can listen from The Bridge archive or subscribe on Spotify and listen there.On the show we’ll talk about these lists and hear music from several of these celebrated acts that will be touring through Kansas City over the next several months.From my research, have a look at this massive list below. Please take a moment and share this list with your friends who love music.Pitchfork’s TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 202335 Veeze, ‘Ganger’ - 03/01/24 at The Granada Theater27 Water From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The Truman14 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterPITCHFORK’S 100 BEST SONGS OF 202394 Bad Bunny, “Where She Goes” - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile77 Slowdive, “kisses” - 05/03/24 at The Truman59 Feist, “Love Who We Are Meant To” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan54 Chappell Roan, “Red Wine Supernova” - 04/08/24 at The Midland Theatre52 Olivia Rodrigo, “vampire” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center45 Indigo De Souza, “Younger & Dumber” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck43 MIKE / Wiki / The Alchemist, “Mayors a Cop” - MIKE 04/28/24 at recordBar26 Water From Your Eyes, “Barley” - 05/20/24 at The Truman05 Olivia Rodrigo, “get him back!” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center02 PinkPantheress / Ice Spice, “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2” - PinkPantheress 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia RodrigoPITCHFORK’S 37 BEST ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlanWater From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The TrumanPITCHFORK’S 13 BEST CONCERTS OF 2023 (That Weren’t Taylor Swift or Beyoncé)Feist at Brooklyn Steel; Brooklyn, NY, May 14 - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlanWater From Your Eyes on Boat Cruise Around Manhattan, NY, August 24 - 05/20/24 at The TrumanPaste Magazine’s 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 202347 Slow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab39 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall36 Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman19 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck15 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterPASTE’S BEST DEBUT ALBUMS OF 202326 PinkPantheress, ‘Heaven Knows’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia Rodrigo15 Militarie Gun, “Life Under the Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBarPASTE’S BEST 30 ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023Geese, “4D Country” - 05/02/24 at T-Mobile Center with Greta Van FleetSlow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death CabWater From Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The TrumanNPR’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlanOlivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterMargo Cilker, “Valley of Heart's Delight” - 03/13/24 at KnuckleheadsBob Boilen’s TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 202313 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck15 Palehound, ‘Eye on the Bat’ - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney19 Caroline Rose, “The Art of Forgetting” - 04/24/24 at recordBar24 Samia, “Honey” - 05/23/24 at Grinders with BleachersRolling Stone Magazine’s 100 BEST ALBUMS OF 202375 Palehound, ‘Eye on the Bat’ - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney64 PinkPantheress, ‘Heaven Knows’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center with Olivia Rodrigo60 Hozier, ‘Unreal Unearth’ - 08/09/24 at Azura Amphitheater51 Militarie Gun, ‘Life Under the Gun’ - 02/25/24 at recordBar44 Jenny Lewis, ‘Joy’All’ - 03/05/24 at The Truman43 Megan Moroney, ‘Lucky' - 07/06/24 at Arrowhead with Kenny Chesney39 Veeze, ‘Ganger’ - 03/01/24 at The Granada36 Water From Your Eyes, ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ - 05/20/24 at The Truman35 Drake, ‘For All the Dogs’ - 03/02/24 and 03/03/24 at T-Mobile32 Bad Bunny, ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’ - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile25 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall12 Chappell Roan, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ - 04/08/24 at The Midland10 Zach Bryan, ‘Zach Bryan’ - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile05 Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Guts’ - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterTIME MAGAZINE’S 10 BEST ALBUMS OF 202304 Chappell Roan, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” - 04/08/24 at The Midland02 Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-MobileBrooklynVegan’s TOP 55 ALBUMS OF 202340 Hot Mulligan, “Why Would I Watch” - 04/30/24 at Uptown Theater39 Wiki & MIKE, “Faith Is A Rock” - MIKE on 04/28/24 at recordBar38 Zach Bryan, “Boys Of Faith” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile27 Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan25 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center22 Slowdive, “kisses” - 05/03/24 at The Truman17 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall14 Militarie Gun, “Life Under the Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBarBROOKLYN VEGAN’S 13 GREAT COUNTRY ALBUMS OF 2023Chris Stapleton, “Higher” - 06/12/24 at TMobileJason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty HallMargo Cilker, “Valley of Heart’s Delight” - 03/13/24 at KnuckleheadsZach Bryan, “Boys Of Faith” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-MobileEntertainment Weekly’s TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 202304 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterLos Angeles Times 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 202303 Megan Moroney, “Lucky” - 07/06/24 at Arrowhead with Kenny Chesney05 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center19 Jenny Lewis, ‘Joy’All’ - 03/05/24 at The TrumanStereogum’s 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 202348 Palehound, “Eye On The Bat” 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney33 Veeze, “Ganger” - 03/01/24 at The Granada29 Water From Your Eyes, “Everyone's Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman25 Feist, “Multitudes” - 06/09/24 at Starlight w/ Sarah McLachlan24 Slowdive, “everything is alive” - 05/03/24 at The Truman17 Slow Pulp, “Yard” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab16 Indigo de Souza, “All Of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck07 Militarie Gun, “Life Under The Gun” - 02/25/24 at recordBar02 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile CenterSTEREOGUM’S TOP 10 BEST RAP ALBUMS OF 202302 Veeze, “Ganger” - 03/01/24 at The GranadaConsequence OF SOUND’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 202335 Water from Your Eyes, “Everyone’s Crushed” - 05/20/24 at The Truman29 Indigo De Souza, “All of This Will End” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck28 Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center18 Slowdive, “everything is alive” - 05/03/24 at The Truman08 Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile06 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Weathervanes” - 01/17/24 at Liberty HallCONSEQUENCE OF SOUND’S 200 BEST SONGS OF 2023198 Veeze, “Not a Drill” - 03/01/24 at The Granada191 Computerwife, “Lexapro” - 04/13/24 at Bottleneck161 Mammoth WVH, “I’m Alright” - 02/23/24 at The Truman147 Olivia Rodrigo, “ballad of a homeschooled girl” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center143 Zach Bryan, “Nine Ball” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile137 Slow Pulp, “Broadview” - 05/09/24 at T-Mobile Center with The Postal Service & Death Cab119 Caroline Rose, “Miami” - 04/24/24 at recordBar114 Palehound, “Independence Day” - 03/25/24 at The Truman with Sleater-Kinney108 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “King of Oklahoma” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall94 Militarie Gun, “Very High” - 02/25/24 at recordBar85 Indigo De Souza, “You Can Be Mean” - 02/12/24 at The Bottleneck83 Bad Bunny, “Monaco” - 03/26/24 at T-Mobile80 Ruston Kelly feat. Samia, “The Weakness” - Samia 05/23/24 at Grinders with Bleachers61 Slowdive, “alife” - 05/03/24 at The Truman52 Geese, “Cowboy Nudes” - 05/02/24 at T-Mobile Center with Greta Van Fleet45 Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty, “Hey Driver” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile39 Water from Your Eyes, “Barley” - 05/20/24 at The Truman32 Chappell Roan, “Red Wine Supernova” - 04/08/24 at The Midland30 Pinkpantheress feat. Ice Spice, “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” - Pinkpantheress 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center20 Joy Oladokun feat. Noah Kahan, “We’re All Gonna Die” - Noah Kahan 06/05/24 at Azura Amphitheater15 Olivia Rodrigo, “vampire” - 07/26/24 at T-Mobile Center14 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Death Wish” - 01/17/24 at Liberty Hall02 Zach Bryan, “East Side of Sorrow” - 08/20/24 and 08/21/24 at T-Mobile

It is the start of our TENTH year of the show! It’s crazy, thank you for your support and for listening as we take a deep dive every week into what’s happening in the Kansas City music community.Through half of November and all of December our show was filled with special guests and BEST OF programming, so we’ve got some catching up to do on new and recent releases. Hear music from these acts with upcoming gigs:• Chris Hudson & the Cruelest Months on Thursday at The Pairing: Crossroads Wine & Grocer• Kadesh Flow on Thursday at Nighthawk and on Saturday morning, playing a kids show for MTC Kids Jam in the Polsky Theatre at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College• The Roseline for their album release show on February 2 at The Bottleneck• Carswell & Hope at Cider Gallery in Lawrence on February 14• Quiet Takes for their album release show on February 24 along with Sara Swenson at Knuckleheads (but it’s already sold out!)We’ll also hear new and recent releases from a collaboration by The Greeting Committee and Post Sex Nachos, a recent release from Hembree, we’ll hear from a new project from Kate Cosentino, and we’ll hear some great jangly pop from Erik Voeks' new and amazing album.

We welcome in special guest, co-founder of Center Cut Records, Patrick Sprehe. We’ll hang out and play through some of his favorite recordings of 2023. Co-host and producer, Sarah Bradshaw will also join us on the show today.Tune in at 6PM and hear music from DMAD, Les Marmoppes, Jass, Shilow, Say That Again, MilkDrop, collidescope, Kate Cosentino, and Cecilia McDowall and Bach Aria Soloists.We’ll also hear from these acts with upcoming gigs: Sweeping Promises at Replay Lounge on New Year’s Eve and The Salvation Choir at The Ship on January 27.I hope you can tune in today and I also wanted to say THANK YOU, this will wrap up our NINTH year of the show and we’re excited to celebrate 10 years of the show with you in 2024.

We sit down with one of our favorite returning guests, Bill Brownlee. He’s an amazing blogger, a contributor to KCUR 89.3, he's the biggest music nerd I know, and he's a great human.He’s picked out some of his favorite recordings of 2023 and we’ll share them on the show. Also, we’ll talk about some of his favorite shows of the year and discuss his current piece for KCUR about Charlie Parker and his famous plastic saxophone.Hear music from SleazyWorld Go, Willi Carlisle, Danielle Nicole, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Redman, Jamila Woods, and Militarie Gun who are stopping by recordBar on February 25.

It's our special Holiday Show and you're invited to come be part of it! We'll be live on the 4th floor of The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery. We'll be set up in their Holiday Pop-up with our special guests, The Snow Globes. From 6-7PM The Snow Globes will be guests on the radio show and we'll hear several selections from their catalog and interview them and talk about their big upcoming show this Sunday, Dec. 17 at the Grand Theater at Crown Center, also on that bill is Barnaby Bright.Then from 7-8PM The Snow Globes will play a FREE concert for you in the Holiday Pop-up. It should be a festive evening in The Beer Hall. Special holiday drinks and snacks are available and a lot of 90.9 The Bridge staff will be on-site and I'm sure there will be some great swag around too!

We continue the celebration of our favorite season of the year, that’s “BEST OF” season. Soon several BEST OF lists will come out showing our favorite singles/EPs/LPs of 2023, so today’s show is a sampling of that. In addition to that, it is also Pledge Week. For those of you in the position to do so, we have some amazing THANK YOU gifts to give you for your donation, and TODAY only, everyone who donates will be entered into a contest to win tickets before you can buy them to The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie: Give Up & Transatlanticism show on May 9, 2024, at T-Mobile Center.Hear music from Mary & The Matrix, Major Matt Mason USA, Zee Underscore, Christena Graves, The Bitter Lake Association, Paris Williams, IVORY BLUE, M E (myself embodied), and Lovely Burden. So much great music!