FEB 08 2021 –We’re three months, 1/4 of a year, into the new release year that began in November and already I’m seeing a record number of new releases from here in Colorado. It may be the result of COVID isolation, or simply that there are more ways to produce new records.
I can say I’m fitting new tracks into show outlines four weeks in advance from now. This week I managed to get in new music from David William’s Trickster Carousel, Isadora Eden, Zembu, House Painter Music, and The Barlow.
The big news this past week is that venues will be able to open to 50% capacity, depending on social distancing criteria.
Westword outlined the specifics: “At indoor unseated events, venues can host up to 50 percent capacity — but no more than fifty or a hundred people, depending on the size of the space and using the state’s Social Distancing Space Calculator.
Indoor seated events can have up to a hundred people or 50 percent capacity — whichever is smaller. Outdoor events can have up to 175 people or 50 percent capacity — again, whichever is smaller. Venues operating as indoor restaurants can have 50 percent capacity or fifty people (or even up to 150, based on the state’s calculator).”
The verdict is still out on whether or not we’ll see any type of large outdoor gatherings this season. Major events such as Bohemian Nights at New West Fest in Fort Collins, the Greeley Blues Jam and Greeley Stampede have yet to announce one way or another how they will proceed.
Even with more people being allowed into our smaller venues many of our local musicians are still struggling. Our non-profit, Rocky Mountain Music Relief receives two or three requests a week for help.
Rocky Mountain Music Relief can’t meet all your needs, but we can offer some help. There’s an application at the bottom of the page.
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TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING FEB 06 2021
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1. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Keep On Keepin’ On LP (Apr-20)
1. WELLINGTON BULLINGS – Because I Want To LP (Jul-20)
2. ATOMGA – Which One Are You SINGLE (Nov-20)
3. CITRA – Ocean SINGLE (Feb-20)
3. DAVID LADON – So Inert (or Reflections on a Perpetual Campaign Cycle) SINGLE (Jan-21)
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A REMINDER: Please listen to ALL of the songs and rate them. Thanks🙂
(D) = debut LP/EP or single
(N) = new track from previously debuted LP/EP
(P) = Colorado Playlist premier / not available online
HOUR 1
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Make A Little Magic – Make A Little Magic (1980)
(D) David William’s Trickster Carousel – Cradle to the Grave – Snake Oil (2021)
Michael Trent – The Winner – The Winner (2010)
(D) Isadora Eden – Ghosts – Allnight (2021)
Acoustic Junction – Think About It – Acoustic Junction (1996)
The Subdudes – Sarita – Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Zembu – Overgrown – Recall (2020)
Brent Loveday & the Dirty Dollars – Shut Up and Drive – Hymns for the Hardened (2019)
Adam Bodine – Swamp Stomp – Scenes of Changery (2020)
HOUR 2
Earth Wind & Fire – Devotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
(D) House Painter Music – God Was Born In NYC – Scream Inside Your Heart (2021)
SHEL – You Could Be My Baby – Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Andy Frasco – Love is a Gun – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Antonio Lopez – Roots and Wings – Roots and Wings (2021)
Antonio Lopez – ’42 Ford – Roots and Wings (2021)
(D) The Barlow – Horseshoe Lounge – Horseshoe Lounge (2021)
Churchill – Change – Change EP (2012)
Ryan A Fourt – Grapple At The Snapple – Big Slick (2015)
If you’re missing going out to see live music, you’re not alone. There is live music taking place, however. It’s just not at any of the major venues like the Levitt Pavilion, Red Rocks or the Mission Ballroom. It’s at small places with 20 to 50 people spaced out 6 to 10 feet apart. When will see elbow to elbow audiences? Probably not this year according to several sources I’ve spoken with in the industry.
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