I was reading a post in Westword today, that contained some brilliantly well played music via video … presenting the Living Room Sessions – … esp surprising is the soulfulness of Amanda Hawkins, lead voice in the alternative rock band DELLA .. who also is involved with the project “Who is Jane Doed?” … lead me to discover all kinds of good stuff about this lady and her friends 🙂 …
It’s true that a junkie is always trying to recapture that first high … long after the thrill of finding a new sound/a new artist has gone from wearing the vinyl into a translucent sheet of hiss you’re still looking for that rush, that feeling of innocent discovery lost in the mist of fading memories. It’s in our dusk that we rediscover the beauty and meaning in the voice, in the stories, in the aching bending of notes twisting and turning like an ivy covering a well weathered wall holding memories locked in the pits and crevices … a poet’s poet, nature’s singer, simple, joyful, meaningful, beautiful … as much as a part of memory as when a youth dreaming at a marshmallow sky and a heart filled with wonder. We do always seem to return “Back at the Scene of Our Beautiful Crime” where there’s a “Well Worn Welcome Home.” It’s nice of Paul Russell to remind us.
It’s been a pretty incredible year so far for the ladies … not counting instrumental jazz records, I’ve logged 26 records this year alone – and 45 y-t-d going back to the summer of 2010 … and there’s still two months to go until all of this year’s titles are accounted for.
Titles by Colorado women this year to date.
Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes (Feb-11)
Cassie Taylor – Blue (Aug-11)
Danya River – Danya River (Jan-11)
DELLA – Anymore/Not That Simple (Things I Do) [singles] (Mar-11)
The Dirty Lookers – Audio Voyeur (Aug-11)
Driftwood Fire – How to Untangle a Heartache (Sep-11)
Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (Nov-10)
Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (Apr-11) *various cuts feature Erin Youngberg*
Hazel Miller – Come to You Live …. From KUVO (Jun-11)
I’m With Her – I’m With Her [ep] (Jun-11) *features Angie Stevens*
Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds (Jun-11)
Kal Cahoone – Saints and Scars (May-11)
Katey Laurel – From Here (Jan-11)
Kim Jones – Lucky Girl (Jul-11)
The Love Royale – Love Letters (Nov-10)
Mandy Harvey – After You’re Gone (Dec-10)
Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell (Apr-11) *has since moved to Los Angeles*
Natalie Walker – Spark (Jun-11) *not yet added to The Colorado Sound library*
The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco (Jul-11)
Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Apr-11) *has since relocated to Georgia*
The Raven and the Writing Desk – Bonedale [EP] (Sep-11)
Roniit – Roniit (Sep-11)
Tennis – Cape Dory (Jan-11)
Tennis – Is It True? [single] (Jul-11)
Wendy Woo Band – Austerity (Jun-11)
The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (Apr-11) *features Molly Orlando*
Here are three more of the fabulous releases that have come out this past year.
The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco (self) Genre/Style:Â alternative country
Produced by The Patti Fiasco
Production credits:
Colin Bricker and Mario Casilio at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver = 1. Nobody’s Girl, 3. You Break it, You buy it, 4. I should Know, 7. Someone Tell Me
Jason Larson at Backbone Studio, Loveland CO = 6. Wyoming is for Lovers
Darren Radach at Stout Studio, Fort Collins, CO = 2. Bottle of Wine, 5. Pam & Caroline, 8. Electric Smile, 9. Never, 10. Only Goodbye, 11. Hot Blood & Backbone, 12. Plainsong
All tracks mixed and mastered by Colin Bricker at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver
The Patti Fiasco is:
Alysia Kraft (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Niles Mischke (bass)
Ansel Foxley (vocals, electric dobro)
Scott Clabby (vocals, drums)
Dee Tyler (vocals, electric guitar)
Focus Tracks:
1. Nobody’s Girl
2. You Break It, You Buy It
3. Wyoming Is For Lovers
Wendy Woo Band – Austerity (woomusic) Genre/Style:Â contemporary adult
Released/added: June 2011
Produced by: Mitch DeZwarte, Christopher Maestas, Wendy Woo
Recorded by/at: Mitch DeZwarte, Charles Snyder, Wendy Woo at Home Studio
Mixed by/at: Mitch DeZwarte at Home Studio
Mastered by/at: Mitch DeZwarte at Home Studio
Featured musicians:
Wendy Woo (vocals, acoustic, electric, slide and solo guitar, keyboards)
Robin Hoch (vocals, acoustic guitar, viola)
Christopher Maestas (electric guitar, drums)
Mitch DeZwarte (bass, piano)
David Derby (drums)
Focus Tracks:
1. Drunk In Love
2. Walk Along the Water
3. Say Goodbye
Roniit – Roniit (self) Genre/Style:Â electro-pop
Released: 16 June 2011
Produced by: Roniit with the assistance of Eric W. Brown
Mixed by: Eric W. Brown.
Mastered at: The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, TN by Andrija Tokic.
Featured musicians:
Roniit (vocals)
David York (guitar)
Joey Truscelli (guitar on “Home”)
Malcolm Pugh (guitar solo on “You Were Trained”)
Focus Tracks:
1. Now or Never
2. You Were Trained
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