Category: MMMM (New Music)

The Colorado Playlist S10 EP06

It was a great week for new releases from MILES WIDE, HELLO DOLLFACE, WONDERLIC, SHEL, ADRIENNEO, SAM LEE, and ELEPHANT REVIVAL …. there’s a great version of Enter Sandman, the Metallica classic, on the new SHEL album that I’ll share in next week’s show.

Sometimes I get lost.  If you’ve followed me, you know I’m still in the deepest grief stages of losing my wife to cancer on Feb 2.  Friends and professionals both have told me to be easy on myself … to not worry about getting lost right now.  For that, I’m grateful.  Here’s this week’s playlist and new music shares.

Don’t forget … KUNC is no longer airing the show — it has been moved to 105.5 The Colorado Sound.  It airs at 10AM Sunday morning (hour 2 of show) and it airs at 10PM Sunday nights (both hours of show).

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK

Russ Hopkins is an old friend who is about to release a “career” record .. the best of what he’s produced in his career as artist, engineer and producer. This is one of those songs.

COLORADO PLAYLIST S10 EP06

HOUR 1

Gary Stites “Lonely for You” from Lonely for You (1960)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “Good Times, Rock & Roll” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
(D) Miles Wide “California” from The Kindness of Strangers (2016) 
Reed Foehl “Wolves” from Once An Ocean (2009)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Howling At Nothing” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
(N) Hello Dollface “Say” from Warrior of Light (2016)
Joel Ansett “Kingdom Come” from The Nature of Us (2016)
Andy Palmer “Good Son” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
Grandpa’s Gun “Trucker Mouth” from Back Into Town (2015)
Calder’s Revolvers “Leave Ya Be” from Sunday Morning (2014)
(D) Wonderlic “Your News” from Wunderpus Photogenicus (2016) 
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “keep It Clean” from Saints & Sinners (2010)
Ark Life “Rock & Roll (Take It Easy)” from The Dream of You and Me (2014)
Annie Booth “Queen bee” from WANDERLUST (2014)

HOUR 2

The Astronauts “money” from Everything Is A-OK (1964)
(D) SHEL “You Could Be My Baby” from Just Crazy Enough (2016) 
The Epilouges “Hunting Season” from Cinematics (2012)
Kyle Hollingsworth “Beautiful People” from Speed of Life (2014)
(N) AdrienneO “Awake” from Elevation (2016) 
(D) Sam Lee “Doctor, Devil, Priest” from Doctor, Devil, Priest (2016)
Otis Taylor “The Devil’s Gonna Lie” from Otis Taylor’s Contraband (2012)
Gregory Alan Isakov “John Brown’s Body” from That Sea, The Gambler (2007)
(D) Elephant Revival “Peace Tonight” from Petals (2016)

Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Please Don’t Tell Her” from Beautiful World (1997)
Rapidgrass Quintet “Crooked Road” from Rapidgrass Quintet (2015)
Jeff Jenkins Organization “Braking Bad” from The Arrival (2015)

Colorado Playlist – S10 EP05 FEB 29 2016

Welcome to the first official Colorado Playlist post … I deeply appreciate the past month off from my regular postings. I’m very excited about all the great things taking place this month.

And now I can break the news.  I sold the name “The Colorado Sound” to a new radio station launched by my friends at KUNC — I’m looking forward to hosting Saturday nights Sat 6PM-12AM on Northern Colorado’s newest radio station, 105.5FM The Colorado Sound, beginning this Sat March 5.  My voice will also be on Sunday nights hosting e-town, American Routes, and 9:00 Blues.

Colorado Playlist will air on Sunday mornings from 10AM-11AM (hour 2) and from 10PM-12AM on Sunday nights (both hour 1 + 2)

In hour 2 of this week’s episode I paid tribute to my friends at the Westword who published TEN GREAT FEMALE-FRONTED BANDS IN DENVER YOU NEED TO KNOW — 2016 EDITION.  

Westword’s list included:
10. Chella and the Charm
09. Church Fire
08. Death in Space
07. Dessy Bessy
06. The Milk Blossoms
05. Plume Varia
04. The Raven & The Writing Desk
03. Sleepers
02. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake
01. Wheelchair Sportscamp

Now, if you’ve never heard of any of these, that’s okay — there were a few in there I had to look up myself.  Read the Westword article – it comes with YouTube videos.   I agree with Westword that these TEN are worth checking out … however …

While I have NOTHING against any one of their picks I thought it would be fun to do 12 GREAT FEMALE VOICES IN COLORADO YOU NEED TO BE LISTENING FOR IN 2016 …if your tastes do not run to the underground side of life you might want to look elsewhere for your musical inspiration this year.  I hope you’ll find inspiration in my picks below.

COLORADO PLAYLIST S10 EP05 

HOUR 1

Acoustic Junction “Strange days” from Strange Days (2000)
Devotchka “along the Way” from A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
(D) Soundrabbit “September” from Dont Forget to Remember (2012) 
Wendy Woo “ghost” from Wide Awake and Dreaming (1999)
Keller Williams “Freeker By the Speaker” from Laugh (2002)
String Cheese Incident “sirens” from Untying the Not (2003)
Jeff Finlin “I Killed Myself Last Night” from My Moby Dick (2013)
You Me and Apollo “ghosts” from Sweet Honey (2014)
The Lumineers “Ophelia” from Cleopatra (2016)
Zephyr “Sierra Cowgirl” from Sunset Ride (2000)
Pandas & People “Watch it Burn” from SpokesBUZZ Vol VI: Band Together (2015)
Ben Markley “5-20” from Second Introduction (2009)

HOUR 2 – 12 Great Female Voices in Colorado to Listen for in 2016

Liz Barnez “Welcome Back” from Welcome Back (2015)
Megan Burtt “In a Minute” from The Bargain (2015)
(D) Hello Dollface “Warrior of Light” from Warrior of Light (2016) 
Grim & Darling “Quicksand” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
(D) AdrienneO “Barcelona” from Elevation (2016)
SHEL “When the Dragon Came Down” from SHEL (2012)
Edison “Be Someone” from Ghosts (2015)
(D) Mama Lenny and the Remedy “Desire” from Rain Fire (2016)
Dressy Bessy “Lady Liberty” from Kingsized (2016)
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Give It On Back” from Queen of This Mess (2009)
Bonnie and The Clydes “The Storm” from Music For People (2014)
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “Let’s Do This Thing!” from Let’s Do This Thing! (2015)
Ryan Fourt “Grapple at the Stapple” from BIG SLICK (2016)

 

Season 10 | EP03 JAN 25 2016

 The Broncos are going to the Super Bowl!  Yeah, I can’t help it.  Second to my love of music in Colorado I love Broncos football.  And yes, <sheepish grin>, I fell asleep for 10 mins during the 4th quarter and my daughter-in-law took a picture of that and posted it.  LOL.

I’m very excited for some of the events and opportunities focused on music and musicians and music industry support coming up here over the next several months regionally.

One of the biggest events, if not THE biggest event, of the year that’s focused on locally produced music is FoCoMX, held annually in April in Fort Collins.  The date for this year’s event – the 8th Annual – is April 22-23.

The unofficial kick off to the spring-fall festival season, FoCoMX features over 200 acts, spread across the city of Fort Collins.  The focus is on bands from Fort Collins / Loveland / Greeley, but over the past few years has expanded to include other regional acts.  Bands have until Feb 1 to get in an application, here.

Applications for the SpokesBUZZ Class of 2017 are now OPEN. The deadline for application submission isFebruary 26, 2016, at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.  Current and former SpokesBUZZ bands include The Yawpers, Grant Farm, Grim & Darling, Gasoline Lollipops, and many many others …

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THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENTS RICHIE FURAY  A special intimate acoustic show with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Colorado Music Hall of Fame member Richie Furay and some local members of his band.  Friday, February 5at 6:30 PM Broomfield Auditorium.  Show info and tickets

My girl!
My girl!

Wednesday February 10 2016 – A Special Night for the Kresges with appearances by Chris K, Danny Shafer, Chris Daniels, Megan Burtt, Erica Brown (Afrosippi Band), “MJ” Merrian Johnson (Afrosippi Band) and The Subdudes – Tommy Malone, John Magnie, Steve Amedee and Tim Cook.  I cannot begin to express how humbled and honored I am that my friends are doing this for my family.  TICKETS

RDP_1330 BWFriday February 12 4:30-6:30pm – GOATZ! Chris K, Chris Jackowski and Richard Hartrick at Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel.  No Cover.  Our first public performance without Miss Pattie.  We’ll be playing songs by Merle Haggard, Rodney Crowell, John Fogerty, Dave Alvin, Steve Goodman and originals by Chris & Pattie.

February 19 – 21, 2016, Breckenridge Creative Arts, orBreckCreate, and SpokesBUZZ will launch the Colorado Music Convergence, a weekend gathering and showcase for independent artists, bands and industry professionals from around the state.

SpokesBuzz Fort Collins logoSpokesBUZZ Fort Collins is seeking an energetic executive director for our evolving nonprofit organization. This is a part-time position with room to grow, ideal for a community-minded candidate with a passion for local music.  INFO

Required: enthusiasm and effectiveness * strong leadership skills and likability * compelling communication skills, public speaking experience * organizational skills * desire to move beyond ideas into execution * ability to develop and manage annual budget.

Preferred: background in the music industry * nonprofit experience with fundraising focus * Quickbooks/accounting experience * business marketing experience * entrepreneurial focus

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/ofc/5393776197.html

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/med/5393776203.html

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/bus/5393776208.html

Mish Logo JPGThe Colorado Sound is supported by The Historic Mishawaka Amphitheatre – Northern Colorado’s Musical Playground – Celebrating 100 Years in 2016.   Come celebrate the Mishawaka’s 100th anniversary with a series of events, specials, community-minded collaborations and concerts, kicking off in January with festivities extending through September 2016.

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VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

PLAYLIST S10|EP03 

HOUR 1

Corey Harris “Basehead” from Greens From the Garden (1999)
Otis Taylor “I Can See You’re Lying” from Otis Taylor’s Contraband (2012)
Stephen Stills “Down the Road” from Down The Road (1972)
Poco “Calico Lady” from Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969)
Firefall “it Doesn’t Matter” from Firefall (1976)
Plum “Light Years, Dark Years” from Light Years, Dark Years (2016)
The Fluid “On My Feet” from purplemetalflakemusic (1993)
Ivory Circle “Walk With Me” from Equilateral (2014)
Grim & Darling “Congratulations World” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
Slow Caves “Rover” from SpokesBUZZ Band Together Volume VI (2015)
Red Fox Run “Love Isn’t Love” from Red Fox Run (2015)
The Swayback “Double Four Time” from Double Four Time (2012)
Matt Skellenger “Momentum” from New Radio (2014)

HOUR 2

Tinkers Punishment “June Cleaver” from If This Can’t Last Forever (2000)
Shovels & Rope “Birmingham” from O’ Be Joyful (2012)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Look It Here” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
The Yawpers “Burdens” from American Man (2015)
The Moonrakers “I Don’t Believe” from Anthology (2007)
(D) Dressy Bessy “Lady Liberty” from Kingsized (2016)

Jill Sobule “Supermodel” from Jill Sobule (1995)
Joel Ansett “Kingdom Come” from The Nature of Us (2016)
The Burroughs “Cut You Down” from Spokesbuzz Volume 6 Band Together (2016)
(D) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Fortune Teller” from Live at Red Rocks 2015 (2015)

(D) The Epilogues “Loser Denial” from Loser Denial (2016) 
(D) Blue Canyon Boys “Time” from Blue Canyon Boys (2016)
Tom Gershwin “Stompin’ at the Savoy” from Sweet Pastimes (2013)