Author: goat

No party today folks; this is a day for introspective musings and lyrical phrases, both vocal and instrumental.  This is a set inspired by not only what I received in my in-box this week, but the sound of a gurgling backyard water pump and chirping birds in the cotton woods … and a desire to really just be quiet for a change.

Add date for all these releases is Saturday May 29, 2010

David Rynhart – By The Hollow Tree (David Rynhart)Genre/Style – folk
Website – http://www.davidrynhart.com/
Notes: David references the blues in a way I’ve never seen or even heard done before.  The album notes refer to Van Gogh, Son House, and Henry Miller.  His lyrics refer to life as it is.

Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking (Richland Plains Records)Genre/Style – new age, fingerstyle guitar
Website – http://jerrypalmerguitar.com/
Notes: more than an exercise in guitar histrionics, this allstar cast includes Kailin Yong (violin), Christian Teele (drums, percussion), Chris Engleman (bass), Eric Moon (accordian & piano), Grant Gordy (guitar, mandolin), John McVey (producer, electric guitar), Steve Stumbo (soprano sax), and Russ Hopkins and Keegan (voices).  Recorded at Coupe Studios, Boulder and mastered by Dominick Maita at Airshow Mastering in Boulder.  This is Jerry’s 7th record … and it’s his masterpiece.  He’s always been one of the finest fingerstyle guitarists in Colorado, specializing in the tapping technique.  This record affirms that stature and gives him a level of professionalism in a recording he’s always deserved.

Jeff Jenkins – The Healing (Jeff Jenkins)Genre/Style – acoustic piano, jazz, new age
Website – http://www.myspace.com/jazziestjeff
Notes: It’s pretty unusual to hear a straight up piano record.  Jeff is among the best in the state, so it’s especially nice to hear him alone – with no accompaniment.  Recorded at Mile High Music studios – this is the top room in the region for jazz records and it shows in how beautiful the piano sounds, not only in my home stereo, but in my car (JBL system) and in my desktop speakers … this is a lustrous recording, impeccably performed by one of the state’s best.

The Motet “Nachez” from Breathe (1999)
Yo, Flaco! “Skeptamistic” from Skeptamistic (2001)
Carbon Choir “Measure of Your Madness” from High Beams (2010)
Andrea Ball “Dial Tone” from Dial Tone (2010)
The Knew “Still On Fire” from The Knew’s Pulperia (2010)
Head for The Hills “Unchain My Heart” from Head for the Hills (2009)
Finders & Youngberg “Same Old Me, Same Old You” from Keep Your Suitcase Packed (2008)
Hello Kavita “Midnight Sound” from And Then We Turned Sideways (2008)
The Jurassicasters “Sultans of Swing” from The Jurassicasters (2010)
Bop Skizzum “Little Black Book” from Push (2010)
8Trac “This n’ That” from Fallin’ Up (2006)
Dave LeMieux & The House Of Soul “Finding the Groove” from Jazz Shaped (2010)

ADD – Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Beautiful” from Rocksteady (2010)
Acoustic Junction “Goodbye World” from Strange Days (2000)
30db “Always Up” from One Man Show (2010)
ADD – Kinetix “Let Me In” from Let Me In (2010)
John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2009)
Romano Paoletti “Story of a Lifetime” from Story of a Lifetime (2009)
The Samples “Close to the Fires” from Samples (1990)
Buckskin Stallion “New Town” from Blue Ribbon Buzz (2004)
Otis Taylor “Hands On Your Stomach” from Clovis People, Vol. 3 (2010)
Greg Harris Vibe Quintet “Northside Hunter” from Glass Gold (2010)
Nathaniel Rateliff “Brakeman” from In Memory of Loss (2010)
String Cheese Incident “Brand New Start” from One Step Closer (2005)
Al Hood & Dave Hanson “It’s Only Everything” from Just A Litte Taste: Al Hood Plays The Writing Of Dave Hanson (2008)

It’s May 22.  We’re nearly 5 full months into 2010.  I can’t figure out how to find out what album tracks and/or singles other stations in Colorado are playing, but fortunately KRFC has a great playlist generator that the djs there are very good at maintaining.  Here’s the most played locally produced tracks over the past five months at KRFC Fort Collins.

1. Everything Is Alright – Fierce Bad Rabbit
2. Soup – Euforquestra
3. Salvation – The Informants
3. Standing Water – The Subdudes
4. Slip Baby Slip – Boulder Acoustic Society
4. Money – Matt Morris
4. Sweet Release – Other Side of Clearview
5. Sorry – Todd Adelman & the Love Handles
5. Preacher’s Daughter – Clint Clymer
5. In My Neighborhood – John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light
5.  Love Makes Us Tough – Fierce Bad Rabbit
5.  Who Took the Jukebox – Honey Don’t
5.  Hello – SHEL
5.  Try to Scream – SHEL
6. The Weeds Will Prosper – Allegaeon
6. Ticking Time Bomb – Clobber Jaw
6.  Love is A Shark – John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light
6.  Bribes – Danielle Ate the Sandwich
6.  Called You – Euforquestra
6.  Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t
6.  Animals – The Piggies
6.  Drive Away – The Railbenders
6.  Stuff that Works – Runaway Express
6.  Town Square – The Subdudes
6.  Blaze Away – The Varmints