Category: Charts

Springtime in the high desert. Courtesy Clear Vistas Photography

June 19, 2023 – We’re halfway through the 2023 release year. So, what’s HOT? What records make my BEST OF SO FAR FOR 2023?

BTTRFLY QUINTET, “Coast,” featuring Grammy-nominated drummer Adam Deitch (Lettuce); Grammy-winning trumpeter Benny Bloom (Lettuce); keyboardist Borahm Lee (Pretty Lights, Break Science); bassist Hunter Roberts (Break Science); and Big Gigantic producer and saxophonist Dominic Lalli.

I grew up in a jazz house in the 60s and played jazz briefly in the Jazz Lab 3 band, while attending Colorado State University in the late 80s. To this day, an end of evening whiskey and jazz are staples of my existence. Best listened to under high quality headphones, for all the nuance displayed by the stellar cast.

One caveat – beware – Drummer Adam Deitch can sometimes be a bit showy and overshadow some of the exceptional solos by Benny Bloom and Dominic Lalli.

The album was released in November, so I’ve had plenty of time to give this one a deep listen, or two …. or …. Favorite track = Good Things Come in 3s.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK ENDING JUNE 18 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 

(1) 1.  KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(5) 2. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(D) 4. LAST CALL ROMANCE – One Step Too Close SP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(D) 5. TIERRO BAND W BRIDGET LAW – Everlasting Dance LP (Dec-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

HOUR 1
The Moonrakers – I Don’t Believe – Baby Please Don’t Go (Side B) (1966)
The Astronauts – Baja (1963)
(D) The Burroughs – Honey Imastar – Honey Imastar (2023)

Jaiel – Sunshine Lovin’ (2022)
Chris Daniels & The Kings with Fred Gowdy – Nobody Knows – Funky to the Bone (2015)
Rebecca Folsom – Mercy – Sanctuary (2023)
The Subdudes – Morning Glory – Miracle Mule (2004)
The Czars – Paint the Moon – Goodbye (2004)
The Desert Furs – Existing Just For Fun (2023)
(D) Subway Lights – The Human Show – The Human Show (2023)

The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Keith Oxman – (I’ve Got) Beginners Luck – East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2
Lannie Garrett & Her Swingin’ Big Band – Oh Babe! – Kick It! (1998)
Lannie Garrett, Chris Daniels – You’re Lookin’ at Me – Comes Love (1995)
(D) Angela Heart – Red (2023)

Erik Lunde – Long Time Overdue – Water From The Stone (2022)
The Still Tide – Give Me Time – Run Out (2017)
Tierro Band with Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) – S/T (2023)
DeVotchKa – Exhaustible – 100 Lovers (2011)
OneRepublic – Mercy – Waking Up (2009)
Last Call Romance – One Step Too Close (2023)
(D) Big Sleeps / Rachel Eisenstadt – Checkmate (One Knight Down) – Big Sleeps (2023)

The Fray – How to Save A Life – How to Save A Life (2005)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Tony Exum Jr – My Name is Tony (2019)

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