Monday DEC 28, 2020 – HAPPY HOLLY DAZE for the last time in 2020. The Listener Poll was fun; thank you. It was the first time I ran a silent poll where you didn’t get to see the results as they were taking place. Where I can see it made a difference was in the mad rush of fans of bands to crush the results.
Except for one, it was a balanced result – with only 4 of the TOP 50 not receiving any votes and none receiving only one. Your TOP 12 +1 (my jazz pick) is in Hour 2 below.
Hour 1 took some doing. There is a lot of airplay worthy music in Colorado. There has been more airplay worthy music in our state for several years than what can reasonably be played on any show, or radio station. I picked thirteen I thought had good stories to tell you about.
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TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING DEC 26 2020
13 stations / 130 titles surveyed.
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- NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
- KRIS DRICKEY – State Change EP (Nov-20)
- BLAKK MANTRA – Welcome to El Rey Blvd EP (Sep-20)
- ALRIGHT ALRIGHT – Crucible LP (Oct-20)
- SARAH SLATON – Get Up SINGLE (Nov-20)
BEST OF 2020
HOUR 1 – SOME OF THE BEST OF – RANDOM ORDER
David Starr & John Oates (ft. Jim Lauderdale) – Road to Jubilee – Beauty and Ruin (2020)
Gabrielle Louise – Big Unbreakable Heart – The Unending Alteration Of The Human Heart (2020)
Trevor Hall – Put Down What You Are Carrying (feat. Brett Dennen) (2020)
Rodney Rice – Don’t Look Back – Same Shirt, Different Day (2020)
Tennis – Runner – Swimmer (2020)
Esmé Patterson – All Mine – There Will Come Soft Rains (2020)
Down Time – Not A Complicated Person – Hurts Being Alive (2020)
Thomas Hine – Abandon – Ledgers and Stones (2020)
Reverend Freakchild – I know You Rider (Grateful Dead) – The Bodhisattva Blues (2020)
Kayla Marque – Mercy – Brain Chemistry (Right Brain) (2020)
Illenium – Nightlight (2020)
Big Gigantic – You’re The One (feat. Nevve) – Free Your Mind (2020)
Ron Miles – Queen Of The South – Rainbow Sign (2020)
HOUR 2 – BEST OF 2020 LISTENER POLL – RANDOM ORDER
The Wood Brothers – Little Bit Sweet – Kingdom in My Mind (2020)
Caitlin Cannon – Barbers and Bartenders – The TrashCannon Album (2020)
Claire Heywood – Python – I Won’t Resign My Love For That Old Dream (2020)
Dragondeer – All Day (2020)
Bison Bone – Pack It Up – Find Your Way Out (2020)
Alexa Wildish – Magic Hours – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Gasoline Lollipops – All the Misery Money Can Buy – All The Misery Money Can Buy (2020)
Kayla Ruby – I Wish I Was Crazy (2020)
Whitewater Ramble – 3 Minutes 2 Spare – Pseudonymous (2020)
Cary Morin – Jamie Rae – Dockside Saints (2020)
Nathaniel Rateliff – Time Stands – And It’s Still Alright (2020)
Ingrid Andress – More Hearts Than Mine – Lady Like (2020)
Steve Denny Trio – Standard Steve – Life in New York (2020)
BEST OF 2020 ON YOUTUBE
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Monday DEC 07, 2020 – As I sat down this morning to polish up this week’s post, news hit my social media feed that Denver’s most famous jazz club,
