Category: Charts

Most Played 2011 …. so far.

Being in the music business involved with records nearly my entire life now, perhaps the most commonly asked question I get is “what kind of music do you listen to?”  And I always say the same thing:  I have two collections today –  Colorado and Americana, and I rarely ever listen to anything from my Americana collection.  I am very proud of my Colorado collection.  I believe it is either the largest in the state today, or if not it is certainly one of the top three or four I’m sure.

The collection grows daily, and contains well over 3000 tracks from the late 50s to the present – both active and archived.  That doesn’t count the stuff I did not keep .. and it does not include overtly religious (no praise & worship, etc) metal, hardcore, garage punk, or thug-rap … if there’s a definite weakness it’s in titles from the 80s … there just doesn’t seem to be too many, despite my best efforts in locating some.  Anyway … here are the most played titles in my collection so far in 2011 ….

Most played titles in my library since January 2011 … all Colorado

1. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier*
2. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
3. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
4. Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’
5. Ego vs Id – Taste
6. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New*
7. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
8. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
9. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
10. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm*
11. Katey Laurel – From Here
12. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
13. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
14. Take to the Oars – American Volume
15. Churchill – Happy/Sad
15. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
16. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
17. Tennis – Cape Dory
18. Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
19. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
20. David James Band – Street Performer
21. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
22. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
23. Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day
23. Rob Roper – Misfit
23. Rose Hill Drive – Americana
24. The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy
25. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
26. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
27. Whiskey Blanket – No Object*
28. Dave Sonner – the American Campus
29. Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set
30. Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds
30. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
31. John McVey – Unpredictable
32. Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
33. Bob Rea – Ragged Choir
34. FaceMan – FaceMan
35. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
36. Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen
37. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
38. Juno What?! – Shameless
38. Kevin Dooley – Moonlight Highway*
38. Kinetix – Let Me In
38. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
39. The Quiet American – Vol. II
40. Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead*
40. John Mieras – Painted Glass

Here’s the break out by genre/format groupings

ADULT Alternative / Contemporary Adult / Roots Rock / Singer-songwriter
1. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier*
3. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
4. Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’
5. Ego vs Id – Taste
7. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
8. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
11. Katey Laurel – From Here
20. David James Band – Street Performer
23. Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day
23. Rob Roper – Misfit
24. The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy
28. Dave Sonner – the American Campus
31. John McVey – Unpredictable
34. FaceMan – FaceMan
40. Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead*
40. John Mieras – Painted Glass

Jazz / Funk / Soul / R&B / HipHop
2. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
6. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New*
27. Whiskey Blanket – No Object*
29. Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set
30. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
32. Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
35. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
36. Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen
37. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
38. Juno What?! – Shameless

AMERICANA / Blues / Bluegrass / Country / Folk
9. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
10. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm*
12. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
13. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
16. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
18. Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
19. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
21. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
22. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
30. Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds
33. Bob Rea – Ragged Choir
38. Kevin Dooley – Moonlight Highway*
39. The Quiet American – Vol. II

ALTERNATIVE / Indie / Pop
14. Take to the Oars – American Volume
15. Churchill – Happy/Sad
15. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
17. Tennis – Cape Dory
23. Rose Hill Drive – Americana
25. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
26. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
38. Kinetix – Let Me In
38. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere

(* serviced to radio and press by Rocky Mountain Music Network)

News Notes & Spins – June 1, 2011

Welcome to the un-official start to summer.  It’s the end of the Memorial Day weekend. Festivals are beginning to gear up – Denver’s 40th annual CHUN (Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods) People’s Fairis coming up this weekend (June 4-5).  It is the biggest of all the summer “local music” events that I’m aware of, and one of the largest in the nation – if not the largest with an estimated 250,000 in attendance over two days… and appearing – six stages, 110 bands; all of which are from the Denver/Front Range area.   This is an event I’d gone to off and on as far back as ’77; and have had the ultimate pleasure of serving on the entertainment and steering committees, and emceeing over the past 8 years.

In radio news, KDNK assistant music director Lynette O’Kane checks in this month.  “KDNK’s website: www.kdnk.org, has a new Music Page that we are very proud of. One can access it on the lower right of the home page.  On the Music page one can go to Current Releases, which documents the new music, spins and charting information.  The New & Notable page lists new music that has caught our ear, prior to and regardless of spins.  We have also have initiated a CD review page, Music Interviews and a Heavy Rotation page.  We look forward to everyone checking it out and giving us some feedback.”

I’ve moved production operations for the Colorado Sound.  Over the past several years, I’ve produced the show weekly at KRFC in Fort Collins.  Thanks to some good friends, some folks in need of money, and Mrs. Goat, I was able to build a studio sufficiently well equipped enough to produce this show and more in house here at the goat den.  It was a financial decision on my part, as gas prices being what they are made making the investment in equipment a good deal on our end.   KRFC will continue to air the show in its regular Saturday 5PM-7PM slot, until further notice.   Thanks to them for that.  I am looking forward to perhaps doing some site-exclusive features in the near future … but for now, it’s about getting out in the sun enjoying the summer concert season.

In chart action … Several BIG TIME debut records at the top including one that some of the jazzers are predicting is Grammy bound (Rene Marie)  and one from a very well established rocknroll hall of famer, who has apparently lived in Colorado right under this old goat’s nose the past twenty plus years (John Oates) and who’s new record is decidedly not rock or pop.  One HUGE surprise this month – KUNC clocked in with the most titles and number of spins of Colorado music I’ve ever seen from them.  And of course the college stations are now gone for the summer.

That’s it … have a great June — please sign up and be a subscriber, and I won’t turn down donations.  The show does have a cost to produce and distribute.  The stations that air this program receive it for free.  Tips are always deeply appreciated.

TOP 40 ALBUM SPINS – May 2011
(124 titles reported / 332 titles listed)
(LM) TM
(D=debut, first time on chart)
(R=re-entered chart)

(3) 1.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (Ruff Shod Records) folk/americana
(1) 2.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers (Anti) adult alternative
(4) 3.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (Ryko) blues
(D) 4.  Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm (Q&B Records) americana/country
(2) 5.  Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (F&Y) bluegrass
(D) 6.  Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema) jazz
(D) 7.  John Oates – Mississippi Mile (PS Records) americana/blues
(D) 8.  The Quiet American – Vol II (self) folk
(17) 9.  Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (self)  americana/country
(7) 10.  Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (Dazzle Recordings)  jazz
(R) 11. FaceMan – FaceMan (self) rock, alternative
(D) 12. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre (self) indie/alternative
(D) 13. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single] (self)  hip-hop/pop
(5) 14.  Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (self) rock
(13) 15. Tennis – Cape Dory (Fat Possum) indie pop
(21) 15. The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (BCB) bluegrass
(13) 16. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird)  blues
(R) 16. Take to the Oars – American Volume (self)  rock/alternative
(R) 17. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (self) rock/alternative
(5) 17.   John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (Free School) rock, adult alternative
(D) 17. The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee (Blank Tape)  americana/folk
(14) 18. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (Remington Road)  americana
(20) 19. Kinetix – Let Me In (self) rock/pop
(17) 20. Justin Roth – Now You Know (Rothirric Music)  folk/singer-songwriter
(21) 21. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (self) rock, adult alternative
(10) 21. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (Dazzle Jazz)  jazz
(7) 21.   Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (Alternative Tentacles)  rock, indie/alternative
(D) 21. Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln with Cuong Vu – Static Line (Dazzle Jazz)  jazz
(R) 22. Kal Cahoone – Saints and Stars (self) folk, indie
(R) 23. Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (AB Creations Co)  jazz
(D  23. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Holy Coming of the Storm (self)  americana/folk
(D) 24. Beth Quist – New Moon (self)  world
(R) 24. Katey Laurel – From Here (Roaring Twenties Records)  pop, adult contemporary
(R) 25. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color (self)  rock/alternative
(D) 26. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere (self)  pop, indie/alternative
(D) 26. Sandra Wong and Dominick Leslie – Sunny Side Up (Sandra Wong)  world
(R) 27. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers)  rock
(R) 27. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (self)  americana
(R) 28. Bobby Walker – Way Back When (BWM)  blues
(D) 29. Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun (self)  rock, indie/alternative

FELL OUT OF TOP 40 in May
(6)  Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
(7)  Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
(8)  The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
(9)  Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
(11) Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire
(12) Brad Goode – Tight Like This
(14) Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
(15) John McVey – Unpredictable
(16) Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome
(18) Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
(18) Whiskey Blanket – No Object
(19) Juno What?! – Shameless
(21) Selasee – African Gate
(22) Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches
(22) The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea
(22) Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single]
(23) Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen
(23) DELLA – Anymore/Not that Simple (Things I Do) [single]
(23) Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time
(23) Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett – Wailin’ for Justice
(23) The David James Band – Street Performer
(24) John Statz – Ghost Towns
(24) Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade

ADDED – May 2011
Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
American Tomahawk – Contradictions, Generalities, And Future Criminals
Big Gigantic – The World is Yours [single]
Brock Gleeson – Run Like Hell
Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun
Force Publique – Tarnished [single]
Fried Grease – Huevos
Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – Autumn In July
Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
Joe Pfeiffer and… – Loveland
Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See
Kal Cahoone – Saints and Stars
Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner
Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single]
Moon Duo – Mazes
New Ben Franklins – Miserable [ep]
Purpose Found – Blue Flame
Rob Roper – Misfit
Runaway Express – Yeah, Buddy! Anniversary Edition
Signal Path – The Prosaic Fades
The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee
The Holler! – Gratitude
The Quiet American – Vol II
Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln with Cuong Vu – Static Line
Tyson Ailshie – The/Send/Off
Wreckingroom – Stand By [single}

KAFM (Grand Junction)
1.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2.  The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
3.  Jenn Cleary – Back to the Wheel
3.  Bobby Walker – Way Back When
4.  The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound
4.  Runaway Express – Yeah, Buddy! Anniversary Edition
4.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers
4.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
5.  Tennis – Cape Dory
5.  Sweet Sunny South – Carried Off By A Twister

KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
1. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
2. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2. Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun
2. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Grass It Up – Day After Yesterday
3. Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster
3. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Holy Coming of the Storm
3. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
3. Lawn Chair Kings – II
3. Tennis – Cape Dory

KDNK (Carbondale)
1. Beth Quist – New Moon
1. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
2.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2.  Bobby Walker – Way Back When
2.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2.  Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2.  John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
2.  Tequila Mockingbird – Luck And Trouble

KGNU (Boulder)
1.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
4.  Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
4.  Kal Cahoone – Saints and Stars
4.  Veronica – Emerging from Troubled Days
5.  Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome

KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1.  The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee
2.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
3.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3.  Justin Roth – Now You Know
3.  The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound

KRFC (Fort Collins)
1.  Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2.  John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
3.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers
4.  Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm
5.  Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
6.  Clarke Wright – Fiddleride
6.  The Quiet American – Vol II
7.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
7.  Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
7.  Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints

KUNC (Greeley)
1. Eric Forsyth – The Thin of Thick Things
2. Justin Roth – Now You Know
3. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
4. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
5. Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
5. Something Underground – Intention & Release
6. Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between
6. Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking
6. Katey Laurel – From Here

KUVO (Denver)
1. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud
3. Brad Goode – Tight Like This
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
3. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold
3. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
4. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
4. Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open
4. Tyson Ailshie – The/Send/Off

KVNF (Paonia)
1. The Quiet American – Vol II
2. Beth Quist – New Moon
2. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Holy Coming of the Storm
2. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
3. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm
3. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight

The Colorado Sound
1. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm*
1. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New*
4. FaceMan – FaceMan
5. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
5. The Quiet American – Vol. II
6. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
6. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
7. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
* serviced to radio and press by Rocky Mountain Music Network

Currents in Rotation May 15 2011

Tracks from the following albums and eps are in current rotation as of May 15 2011.  I’ve marked those that are singles where appropriate, and annotated the month-year the entry was added.  I’ve also, as best as possible, provided a genre/style

  1. Mar-11    “but, Naked!” – Can’t Get Enough [single]  (r&b, blues)
  2. May-10    30db – One Man Show (acoustic rock, jamband, jamgrass)
  3. Apr-11    a. Tom Collins – Oh, NO! (inde/alternative)
  4. Jul-10    Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (jazz)
  5. Aug-10    After Midnight Jazz Band – Midnight in Madison (jazz, trad)
  6. Apr-11    Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single] (r&b, hip hop)
  7. Oct-10    Air Dubai – Wonder Age (r&b, hip hop)
  8. Apr-10    Almost Legends – Eyes (rock)
  9. May-10    Andrea Ball – Dial Tone (indie/alternative)
  10. Jun-10    Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot (jazz)
  11. Apr-10    Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time (pop, indie)
  12. Jul-10    Ash Ganley – Universe Acceptable (adult alternative)
  13. Jul-10    Bailey Stauffer & The Katy Janes – Bend or Break (alternative country-rock)
  14. Jan-10    Barbara Ernst – April Child: Mistura Bela (Beautiful Mixture) (jazz, vocal, Brazilian)
  15. May-11    Big Gigantic – This World is Yours [single] (dance, electronic, funk)
  16. Apr-11    Big Gigantic – A Place Behind the Moon (dance, electronic, funk)
  17. Jan-11    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (blues)
  18. Jun-10    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Rocksteady (adult alternative)
  19. Mar-10    Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen – Back in My Hometown (blues)
  20. Dec-10    Bob Rea – Ragged Choir (americana)
  21. Apr-11    Bobby Doran – Bad Reputation [single] (pop)
  22. May-10    Bobby Walker – Way Back When (r&b, classic soul/rock) *
  23. Feb-11    Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes (country, trad)
  24. Nov-10    Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen (funk)
  25. May-10    Bop Skizzum – Push (funk)
  26. Sep-10    Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster (folk-rock)
  27. Sep-10    Brad Goode – Tight Like This (jazz)
  28. Apr-11    Brock Gleeson – Run Like Hell (country-rock)
  29. Feb-11    Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez (roots rock)
  30. Aug-10    Carbon Choir – Cut from the Cloth (alternative rock)
  31. Mar-10    Carbon Choir – High Beams (alternative rock)
  32. Feb-11    Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (jazz) *
  33. Jan-11    Carrry Me Ohio – Oak & Iron Bound (alternative country-rock)
  34. Apr-10    Chain Gang of 1974 – White Guts (funk, electronic, dance)
  35. Apr-11    Choke the Word – Enjoy the Parade (rock, prog.)
  36. Jun-10    Chris McGarry – And the Weary Eyes Reply (folk)
  37. Nov-10    Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead (roots rock, acoustic rock) *
  38. Feb-10    Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between (folk)
  39. Mar-11    Churchill – Happy/Sad (acoustic rock)
  40. Jul-10    Dan Craig – Alchemy (singer-songwriter, acoustic rock)
  41. Apr-11    Dan Treanor – American Primative (blues)
  42. Jun-10    Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (singer-songwriter)
  43. Jan-11    Danya River – Danya River (singer-songwriter)
  44. Feb-10    Dave LeMieux & The House Of Soul – Jazz Shaped (jazz, r&b)
  45. May-10    David Rynhart – By the Hollow Tree (singer-songwriter)
  46. Dec-10    David Williams – Chocolate Bar (americana, folk)
  47. Jan-10    David Williams & the Wildgrass Band – The Crazy Kind (americana, folk)
  48. Mar-11    DELLA – Anymore [single] (alternative rock)
  49. Mar-11    DELLA – Not That Simple (Things I Do) [single] (alternative rock)
  50. Dec-10    Devotchka – 100 Lovers (adult alternative)
  51. Jan-11    Donny Lama Trio – The Donny Lama Trio (jazz, fusion)
  52. Jun-10    Dovekins – Assemble the Aviary (folk)
  53. Jan-11    Dust on the Breakers – American Reclamation (indie/alternative)
  54. Feb-11    Dustin Edge – Calm (alternative)
  55. Jul-10    Eddie Turner – Miracles And Demons (blues, rock)
  56. Feb-11    Ego vs Id – Taste (alternative rock, roots rock)
  57. Nov-10    Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (folk-rock)
  58. Dec-09    Ellyn Cornelison Rucker & Ross Cornelison – Every Time We Say Goodbye (jazz, vocal)
  59. Nov-10    Eolian – Egg (rock)
  60. Jun-10    Eric Shiveley – Eden’s Light (americana, rock)
  61. Jan-11    FaceMan – FaceMan (adult alternative)
  62. Sep-10    Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (alternative rock)
  63. Apr-11    Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun (folk-rock)
  64. Apr-11    Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (bluegrass, americana)
  65. Apr-11    Flashlights – Hidden Behind Trees (electronic)
  66. Feb-10    Flobots – Survival Story (rock, hip hop)
  67. Jan-11    Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (rock, jam band, r&b)
  68. Mar-11    Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open (jazz)
  69. Jan-11    Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk:  The Last Set (soul, funk)
  70. May-11    Fried Grease – Huevos (rock, jamband)
  71. Jul-10    Fuzzy Killing Machine – Enjoy & Destroy (rock, alternative)
  72. Aug-10    Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches (folk)
  73. Mar-11    Galaxies – Like a Lion (electronic)
  74. Apr-11    Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm (americana, country, humor)  *
  75. Apr-10    Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy (neo-acoustic)
  76. Mar-11    Gravity – Fire Sermon (electronic)
  77. Feb-10    Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (rock, roots rock, jamband)
  78. Mar-11    Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome (jazz)
  79. May-10    Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold (jazz)
  80. Nov-10    Gritch – Arrivals & Departures (alternative rock/pop)
  81. Aug-10    Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (alternative country)
  82. Apr-10    Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (alternative country)
  83. Jan-11    Houses – Your Ghost (folk-rock)
  84. Jul-10    Jeff Brinkman – To the Bones (singer-songwriter)
  85. Jul-10    Jeff Finlin – The Tao of Motor Oil (singer-songwriter, americana, rock)
  86. May-11    Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – Autumn in July (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  87. May-10    Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking (neo-acoustic)
  88. Oct-10    Jessica Sonner – Keep On Dreamin’ [single] (singer-songwriter)
  89. Apr-11    Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre (indie/alternative)
  90. Feb-11    Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  91. Jan-10    Joel Decatur – Seeking the House-Builder (alternative rock)
  92. Apr-11    John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (adult alternative)
  93. Aug-10    John McVey – Unpredictable (singer-songwriter)
  94. Mar-11    John Mieras – Painted Glass (singer-songwriter)
  95. Apr-11    John Oates – Mississippi Mile (singer-songwriter, roots, americana)
  96. Apr-11    John Statz – Ghost Town (americana)
  97. Apr-11    John Statz – The Bupapest Sessions (americana)
  98. Jan-11    John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (blues)
  99. Apr-10    Johnny O. – A Volta (jazz)
  100. Apr-11    Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See (rock/pop)
  101. Oct-10    Joshua Novak – Dead Letters (singer-songwriter)
  102. Jan-11    Juno What?! – Shameless (funk)
  103. Mar-11    Justin Roth – Now You Know (singer-songwriter)
  104. May-11    Kal Cahoone – Saints and Scars (alternative folk)
  105. Jul-10    Kal Cahoone – Build the Fire (alternative folk)
  106. Jan-11    Katey Laurel – From Here (americana, singer-songwriter)
  107. Nov-10    Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (americana, roots rock, r&b) *
  108. Apr-11    Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner (alternative country-rock)
  109. May-10    Kinetix – Let Me In (rock/pop)
  110. May-10    King for a Day – The light is on and shining brightly for the masses (adult alternative)
  111. Jan-10    Kosmos – Skeptics In Love (alternative rock)
  112. Jun-10    Kyle Hollingsworth – Let’s Go Outside (adult alternative)
  113. Jan-11    Lawn Chair Kings – II (alternative country-rock)
  114. Jul-10    Lonesome Traveler – Looking for a Way (bluegrass)
  115. Feb-10    Long Road Home – Live from eTown Hall (bluegrass, americana)
  116. Jan-10    Loose Cannon Bluegrass – Loose Cannon Bluegrass (bluegrass)
  117. Sep-10    Lynn Baker Quartet – Azure Intention (jazz)
  118. Dec-10    Mandy Harvey – After You’re Gone (jazz, vocal)
  119. Jun-10    Mandy Harvey – Smile (jazz, vocal)
  120. Jan-10    Matt Morris – When Everything Breaks Open (singer-songwriter, pop)
  121. Jul-10    Mechanical Dan – Mechanical Dan (rock, southern)
  122. Jan-10    Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love (singer-songwriter)
  123. May-11    Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere (indie)
  124. Apr-11    Mesita – Living/Breathing (indie)
  125. Nov-10    Mixed Breed – Mixed Breed (rock)
  126. Sep-10    Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire (world, African)
  127. Jan-11    Molina – Fam Biz [single] (hip hop)
  128. Mar-10    Molina Solina & Aju w/ DJ Icewater – SoulAju (hip hop)
  129. Jul-10    Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (americana, folk-rock)
  130. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  131. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single] (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  132. Dec-10    Monroe Monroe – Pure Desmond (alternative rock)
  133. May-11    Moon Duo – Mazes [single] (indie)
  134. Feb-11    Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  135. Sep-10    Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (rock, jamband)
  136. Jan-11    My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color (alternative rock)
  137. Mar-10    Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss (singer-songwriter)
  138. May-11    New Ben Franklins – Miserable [ep] (adult alternative)
  139. Jan-10    New Ben Franklins – New Ben Franklins (adult alternative)
  140. Feb-11    Nina Storey – Love Me Enough [single] (pop)
  141. May-11    Ninth and Lincoln w/Cuong Vu – Static Line (jazz)
  142. May-10    Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (blues)
  143. Jul-10    Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (americana, folk-rock)
  144. Dec-10    Pete Kartsounes – The Only Way I Know (singer-songwriter)
  145. Mar-11    Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (jazz)
  146. Jul-10    Post Paradise – The Ghost in the Airwaves (alternative rock)
  147. Jan-11    Pretty Lights –  Making Up a Changing Mind (electronic)
  148. Mar-11    Pura Fe Trio – Live! A Blues Night In North Carolina (blues)
  149. May-11    Purpose Found – Blue Flame (hip hop/rap)
  150. Jan-10    Quillion – To the Hilt (adult alternative)
  151. Mar-11    Randy Ricks – Charlie Sheen [single] (adult alternative)
  152. Oct-10    Rebecca Folsom – Smoke and Tears (singer-songwriter)
  153. Jan-11    Regret Night – Living the Night EP (alternative rock/pop)
  154. Apr-11    Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (jazz, blues, roots)
  155. Mar-11    Righfully Accused – Western Air Part 1 – Classy, Chic, Sophisticated (alternative rock/pop)
  156. Oct-10    Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett w/the Wailers – Wailin’ for Justice (reggae)
  157. Feb-10    Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime (americana, country) *
  158. Dec-10    Rorey Carroll – Roadside Lullabies (americana, singer-songwriter)
  159. Dec-10    Rose Hill Drive – Setting Sun [single] (rock)
  160. Feb-11    Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk (funk)
  161. Feb-11    Rubber Planet – Wish I Could (alternative rock)
  162. Jan-10    Runaway Express – Howlin’ At the Moon (folk-rock)
  163. Nov-10    Sean Hunting Morse – Lines from Somplace (americana)
  164. Aug-10    Selasee – African Gate (world, african)
  165. Mar-11    Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (alternative)
  166. Mar-11    Slopeside – Road to Oblivion (acoustic rock)
  167. Aug-10    Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Snake Rattle Rattle Snake (alternative rock)
  168. Feb-11    Something Underground – You Would Never Know This (radio edit) [single] (adult contemporary)
  169. May-10    Something Underground – Intention & Release (adult contemporary)
  170. Feb-11    Soul Daddy & Blackfyre – Sweet Nothings (the Yeah Song) [single] (soul)
  171. Apr-11    SPIV – “85” [single] (rock)
  172. May-11    Statewide Emergency – Carnivorous Carnival (rock)
  173. Mar-11    Stray Grass – Written in the Stars (bluegrass)
  174. Apr-11    Stringray Jones & the Mad Men – Stingray Jones & the Mad Men (rock)
  175. Feb-11    Sunshine House – The Sunshine House EP (folk-rock)
  176. Apr-11    SuperCollider – SuperCollider (r&b, jazz)
  177. Jul-10    SuperSeed – SuperSeed (rock)
  178. Apr-11    Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade (americana)
  179. Apr-10    Sweet Sunny South – Carried Off By A Twister (bluegrass)
  180. Mar-10    Tage Plantell – Words and Music (singer-songwriter)
  181. Feb-11    Take to the Oars – American Volume (alternative rock/pop)
  182. Jan-11    Tennis – Cape Dory (indie)
  183. Mar-10    Tequila Mockingbird – Luck And Trouble (adult alternative)
  184. Aug-10    Teresa Lynne – Tear Drop Collector (blues)
  185. Feb-10    The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea (indie/alternative)
  186. Dec-09    The Beautiful Loser Society – The Long Slow Decline (alternative country-rock)
  187. Apr-11    The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy (rock)
  188. Feb-10    The Big Motif – Big Motif (rock)
  189. Jul-10    The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (bluegrass)
  190. Dec-10    The Centennial – Second Spring EP (indie/alternative)
  191. Dec-09    The Congress – The Congress (rock, roots)
  192. Mar-11    The David James Band – Street Performer (rock/pop)
  193. Mar-10    The Dominant 7 & The Jazz Arts Messengers – 14 Channels (jazz)
  194. Jul-10    The Dualistics – Crimson (alternative rock)
  195. Jan-11    The Epilogues – The Fallout (alternative rock)
  196. May-10    The Gromet – Colorado Captain (rock, jamband)
  197. May-11    The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee (americana, folk-rock)
  198. Apr-10    The Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine (americana, folk-rock)
  199. Oct-10    The Heyday – Till We See the Sun (alternative rock)
  200. May-11    The Holler – Gratitude (folk-rock)
  201. Apr-10    The Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (americana, country)
  202. Mar-10    The Intervention Band – Homey (jazz)
  203. Feb-10    The Jurassicasters – The Jurassicasters (classic rock)
  204. Jul-10    The Knew – Before It Ends (rock)
  205. Mar-10    The Knew – The Knew’s Pulperia (rock)
  206. Nov-10    The Love Royale – Love Letters (funk)
  207. May-10    The Lovely & Talented – The New American Fable (alternative rock)
  208. Jun-10    The Mile Markers – Take to the Road (americana, folk-rock)
  209. Mar-11    The Outfit – Broken West Wishbone Test (rock)
  210. Jan-10    The Pattie Fiasco – No Bridges (alternative country-rock)
  211. May-11    The Quiet American – Vol. II (folk)
  212. Oct-10    The Raven and the Writing Desk – Recidivist (indie/alternative)
  213. Feb-11    The Sunshine House – The Sunshine House (folk-rock)
  214. Apr-11    The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (alternative country-rock)
  215. May-10    Tin Horn Prayer – Get Busy Dying (alternative)
  216. Mar-10    Tommy Metz – The Blossom Frontier (electronic)
  217. Mar-11    Trout Steak Revival – Trout Steak Revival (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  218. Apr-11    Veronica – Emerging from Troubled Days (adult alternative)
  219. Oct-10    Weather Maps – Places (rock)
  220. Jul-10    Weekend Weather – Sunny With A Chance of Tube Tops (retro rock)
  221. Apr-10    Wentworth Kersey – ((O)) (folk)
  222. Dec-10    Whiskey Blanket – No Object (hip hop) *
  223. Jul-10    White Water Ramble – All Night Drive (bluegrass, jamgrass) *
  224. Feb-11    Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single] (soul)
  225. Jun-10    Wovenhand – The Threshingfloor (alternative)
  226. Apr-11    Wreckingroom – Stand By [single} (hard rock)
  227. Jan-11    Wreckingroom – Pushing and Pulling [single] (hard rock)
  228. May-10    Xiren – Gateway Drug [single] (alternative rock)
  229. Oct-10    Young Cities – Young Cities (alternative rock)

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