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CO Playlist – S12 EP02 2018

Sunday – a snowed in day – NFL playoffs – some hot green tea – and plenty of new Colorado music to get to.

Tragedy once again struck as I lost an entire backup hard drive last week, with no way to recover the data.  The upside is that I had to begin the process of rebuilding a library of music that spans six decades.  This week’s show is filled with “classic cuts” I hadn’t played in a few years now.

On the new music front, new emerging acts Wounded Bird and the Plutinos are featured in this week’s MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting).

Wounded Bird is a new project out of Boulder that features former Whiskey Bottles front-person Molly Orlando along with former college pal Scott Warren. Scott relocated to Evergreen from Los Angeles in 2016 where he composed for film & tv projects, most notably the Miramax opening logo music and the score for the Harry Connick Jr. and Willie Nelson film, “Angels Sing.”

Plutinos is a new solo project by Nate Barnes, known locally as one of the original founding members and drummer for hard rock band Rose Hill Drive.  Nate is also well known as a session and professional touring drummer for the likes of Americana maven Mary Chapin Carpenter as well as Ryan Bingham.

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The Colorado Playlist Present

Leftover Salmon at the Aggie Theater – Feb 2 & 3  

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S12 EP02

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Sweet Water Well “In My Walls” from Watermelon (1996)
(D) Wounded Bird “Medication For My Heart” from Fools & Clowns, Pt. 1 (2018) 


The Lumineers “Angela” from Cleopatra (2016)
SHEL “You Could Be My Baby” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
(D) Slow Caves “Rover” (2018)
A.J. Fullerton “Miles Between Us” from Kalamath (2017)
Rob Drabkin “Don’t Worry About Me” from Little Steps EP (2013)
John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2011)
(D) The Drunken Hearts “Tear My Heart Out” from The Prize (2018)
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Queen of This Mess” from Queen of This Mess (2009)
Trout Steak Revival “They Sang to Us” from Spirit to the Sea (2017)
Paul Mullikin Quintet “Just A Tuesday” from TIME IS NOW (2014)

HOUR 2

Ophan Tears “Firing Line” from Novacaine Kiss (1993)
(D) Plutinos “Hand In Hand” from Plutinos EP (2018) 


The Apples in Stereo “Same Old Drag” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Howling at Nothing” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
(D) Michael Kirkpatrick “Strange Desire” from Little Muse (2017)
Gasoline Lollipops “Montreal” from Soul Mine (2018)
Opie Gone Bad “Monkey Love” from Westword Music Showcase 1999-2000 (2000)
OneRepublic “Marchin On” from Waking Up (2009)
(D) The Host Club “Paper Heart Sympathy” from Flash of Life (2018)
Katey Laurel “Only Human” from Periscope (2014)
MLIMA “Sunshine” from MLIMA (2017)
Paa Kow “How Sweet” from Cookpot (2017)

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP47

AND THE NOMINEES ARE

WEEK 2
COMES DOWN DEC 20

Last year when I put this list out I had 80 titles up for consideration.  This year there are 120.  That’s a 50% increase in the number of titles that made it onto the list of nominations, and over a 50% increase in the number of titles submitted for consideration, which I lost track of.

If you’re unfamiliar with the titles on the list I do encourage you to do a little digging and discover something new.

VIDEO PICKS OF 2017 

I went through all of the videos that I collected from this past year and put together what I consider my top 26 (yeah, I know) picks of the year.  The rest is up to you to decide.  We’ll narrow it all down in our year end Best Of edition.

 MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP47

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 2

Dusty Drapes & the Dusters “Talkin’ Boogie” from The Red Album (1981)
Hillbilly Hellcats “Hillbilly Cat” from Our Brand (1998)
Colony Funk “Coming After You” from CF1 (2017)
Megan Burtt “Fast as I Go” from The Bargain (2015)
Brothers Keeper “Days Go By” from Todd Meadows (2014)
Gasoline Lollipops “Soul Mine” from Soul Mine (2018)
Brent Cowles “9th & Lafayette” from Cold Times (2017)
Otis Taylor “My World Is Gone” from My World Is Gone (2013)
A. Tom Collins “Mambo” from Stick & Poke (2013)
The Lonesome Days “Chasin’ Down the Whiskey” from The Lonesome Days (2017)
The Wood Brothers “American Heartache” from Paradise (2015)
Katey Laurel “Old Man Winter” from This Is Christmas (2016)
GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)

HOUR 2

Soul Survivors “Have It All Your Way” (1966)
The Trolls “I Don’t Recall” (1966)
(D) Navy “Los Angeles” from TRES (2018) 
SHEL “Enter Sandman” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Danny Shafer “Barbeque” from Weddings, Floods and Funerals (2015)
(N) The Burroughs “Solid Gold” from Got To Feel (2018)
Dragondeer “When I See” from Topanga Canyon Sessions – Vol. 1 (2017)
Gregory Alan Isakov “Second Chances” from The Weatherman (2013)
Montropo “Letter to Mary” from Follow Me (2015)
(D) Sunny & the Whiskey Machine “The Ballad of Becky Tait” from New American Dream (2018)
The Yawpers “Burdens” from American Man (2015)
(D) King Cardinal “Winter Waltz” from Winter Waltz (2018)
Dana Landry Trio “Sherry” from Memphis Skyline (2014)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians affected by natural and personal disasters.

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP46

AND THE NOMINEES ARE

Last year when I put this list out I had 80 titles up for consideration.  This year there are 120.  That’s a 50% increase in the number of titles that made it onto the list of nominations, and over a 50% increase in the number of titles submitted for consideration, which I lost track of.

If you’re unfamiliar with the titles on the list I do encourage you to do a little digging and discover something new.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians affected by natural and personal disasters.

NEWS NOTES & THOUGHTS

We’re just a few weeks away from our annual best of show, and the end (more or less) of our 11th year on the air around the state.  WOW!

Don’t forget to vote to KEEP or DELETE this week’s new music.

News broke out of Fort Collins over the past couple of weeks concerning sexual misconduct allegations against Scene magazine publisher Mike Mockler.  An article in the CSU Collegian highlighted the accusations, and provided room for comments – following a FaceBook post by Magic Cyclops (a Fort Collins entertainer) and others.  As of today, I have been unable to ascertain whether a December was distributed.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP46

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Joe Walsh “Mother Says” from Barnstorm (1971)
(N) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Long Coal Train” from New World Arisin’ (2017)
Von Stomper “Ain’t Seen It Yet” from Americado (2015)
Five Iron Frenzy “Into Your Veins” from Engine of a Million Plots (2013)
(D) Jenny Shawhan “On She Goes” (2017)

Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Beautiful & True” from Beautiful and True (2016)
Drew Emmitt “Long Road” from Long Road (2008)
Acoustic Junction “Goodbye World” from Strange Days (2000)
(N) Crowboy “Burn In Hell” from Coming Into View (2018)
Paper Bird “Don’t Want Half” from Paper Bird (2016)
(D) Treehouse Sanctum “O Come O Come Emmanuel” from O Come O Come Emmanuel (2018)
Bill Frisell “Just like a woman” from Have A Little Faith (1993)

HOUR 2

The Moonrakers “Together With Him” from Anthology (2007)
(N) Richard Dean “Eileen” from Vignettes (2017)
Todd Adelman “Cold Mississippi Blues” from Highways & Lowways (2015)
Paul Kimbiris “Dark Side of Pearl” from Dark Side of Pearl (2014)
(N) Dubskin “Just Be Now (feat Lyrics Born)” from Light the Dark (2017)

(N) Paa Kow “Lonely” from Cookpot (2017)
OneRepublic “Counting Stars” from Native (2013)
Devotchka “The Common Good” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(N) The SIR Band “Wading” from So Cold (2017) 

piKziL “Brand New Soul” from Songs from My 3rd Life (2016)
(N) Face “Hallelujah” from Bring On Christmas (2018)
Dave Beegle “Currents” from River of Peace (2017)