Polls – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

CP S15:EP38 2021

MONDAY September 20 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

I woke up and drove west towards my “office” this morning and saw snow on the upper peaks, as if I needed a reminder that today/tomorrow is officially the start of autumn – oh, and it was 50 degrees outside. Today’s high = maybe 70. Tomorrow’s high = 70. The final live outdoor show of my season was Saturday. Welcome to autumn.

In roughly eight weeks we’ll begin the march towards the annual SOME OF THE BEST OF THE COLORADO PLAYLIST and the LISTENER BEST OF. R U READY?

I’m sure it will come as no surprise that new releases from the Lumineers (out today) and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats will be at or near the top of our Best Of consideration, but new releases from Colorado legends Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller featuring Hazel’s long time keyboardist Dana Marsh and friends, and Leftover Salmon are sure to be contenders based on in-state radio airplay.

2021 may go down as the YEAR of JAZZ in Colorado with several incredible releases … including new releases from long time friend Mer Sal who connected with the legendary Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech) for Adjustments, and one from Colorado drummer / composer Brennen Schedler called Keep Steppin Down – find both in CP JAZZ 2021 on Spotify.

The Colorado Playlist & Colorado Sound Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WEEK END SPT 18 2021

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are pulled from published spins of current releases (twelve months old) at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations. Eleven Colorado radio stations currently utilize Spinitron.

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
CHRIS DANIELS & HAZEL MILLER– What We Did! LP (Jul-21) **
ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Dancin’ Around My Grave SINGLE (Jul-21)
SCOTT WARREN – Shadow Bands LP (Aug-21)
MATTHEW FOWLER – The Grief We Gave Our Mother LP (Sep-21)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Jimmy Buffett – Come Monday (1974)
Stephen Stills – It Doesn’t Matter – Manassas (1970)
(D) Worden Jilson – Desert Lullaby – Worden Jilson EP (2020)

Johnny & The Mongrels – Louisiana Girl – Creole Skies (2020)
The Wood Brothers – Snake Eyes – Paradise (2015)
Dafna – Sweeter (2021)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Unknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Betty Boop – Midnight Rodeo (2006)
The Czars – Killjoy – The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People (2001)
(D) Jaguar Stevens – All the Things He Said – Jaguar Stevens (2021)

Porlolo – I QUIT (2019)
Luna Shade – Brotherhood (2020)
Gabriel Mervine – Sunlight – Say Somethin’ (2021)

HOUR 2

Chuck Pyle – Here Comes the Water – Step by Step (1990)
(D) Morsel – Sandy Cheeks – Morsel (2021)

Cary Morin – Jamie Rae – Dockside Saints (2020)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Goin’ for Broke – City of Love (2019)
Dechen Hawk – Lady Devine (2021)
Kind Hearted Strangers – The Egoist – East/West (2021)
Cassie Taylor – Spare Some Love – Out of My Mind (2013)
The Motet – So High – Totem (2016)
(D) Francis & the Wolf – Hold On Me – Truth Be Told (2021)
The Still Tide – Give Me Time – Run Out (2017)
Bison Bone – Alright – Find Your Way Out (2020)
Ryan A Fourt – Grapple At The Snapple – Big Slick (2015)

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CP S15:EP37 2021

Monday SEPT 13 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

To go or not to go – that may or may not be the question. Looking at filled football stadiums on tv yesterday, you’d think we returned to 2019 when not one of us had a concern about COVID.

On the other side of that is the number of show cancellations we’re seeing and the number of venues that now require we be vaxxed or have a neg-COVID test result within seventy-two hours.

Check your local listings for cancellations and what you need to do in order to attend.

What is the sound of Colorado in 2021?

Look at what non-commercial community/public/college radio here and around the country play from Colorado and you’d want to think the sound is based in Americana roots grooves.

If you’re a long time fan and you look at who is appearing at this year’s Westword Music Showcase September 17 & 18 you’ll be surprised to find mostly Urban Alternative (a radio format that focuses on hip-hop, R&B and dance genres) acts.

Case in point: Roots Music Report (Colorado) has the new album from Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller at #1 for the 6th consecutive week, with Reverend Freakchild, The High Hawks, Leftover Salmon and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, A.J. Fullerton, West Side Joe & the Men of Soul, Eddie Turner, Rodney Rice and Nathaniel Rateliff (solo) filling out the TOP 10…

…while Westword is showcasing Dafna, 2MX2, N3ptune, Roka Hueka, Nay Renee, Brothers of Brass, Zanib, Joseph Lamar, Ramakhandra, Neoma, A Meazy, and YaSi on Saturday with less than a handful of more straight-up rock and alternative rock bands.

What’s missing is the sound of Americana – jazz, blues, bluegrass, folk, country-folk, and acoustic roots music with Bison Bone and LVDY the only “Americana” acts represented in the Westword Music Showcase Spotify playlist.

The Westword Music Showcase has certainly changed a lot over the past thirty years, but does Denver really sound that much different from the rest of the state??

The Colorado Playlist & Colorado Sound Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WEEK END SPT 11 2021

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
CHRIS DANIELS & HAZEL MILLER– What We Did! LP (Jul-21) **
2b3 – Jimi LP (Jul-21)
MATTHEW FOWLER – The Grief We Gave Our Mother LP (Sep-21)
COVENHOVEN – “IV” LP (Aug-21)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Tim Goodman – New Romeo (1981)
(D) Covenhoven – Everything In Between – IV (2021)

Mojomama – We Are One – The Corona Tapes (2020)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Modern Outlaw Country – Shovel Full Of Coal (2017)
Reno Divorce – Hopeless and Dopeless ( 2021)
Jay Silence – Whiskey Breath – Grandma’s 45s (2021)
ELLSWORTH – Growing Pains – ELLSWORTH (2021)
DeVotchKa – Curse Your Little Heart – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Born In The Flood – Another Night, Another Place – If this thing should spill (2007)
(D) Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Dancin’ Around My Grave (2021)

Lizzy Plotkin – Deep Woods Blues – We Will Sing (2019)
Rodney Rice – Don’t Look Back – Same Shirt, Different Day (2020)
Ron Miles – Binder – Rainbow Sign (2020)

HOUR 2

REO Speedwagon – Ridin’ the Storm Out – Ridin’ the Storm Out (1973)
(D) Scott Warren – Left Out On The Joke – Shadow Bands (2021)

Kyle Emerson – Better – Only Coming Down (2020)
The Motet – Damn! – Totem (2016)
Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller – Born Under A Bad Sign (feat. Fred Gowdy and Todd Park Mohr) – What We Did! (2021)
Dragondeer – Patient Boy (2021)
Liz Barnez – Mind Slippin’ – Inkmarks On Pages (1996)
The String Cheese Incident – Stay Through – Song In My Head (2014)
(D) Matthew Fowler – I’m Still Trying – The Grief We Gave Our Mother (2021)

Slopeside – Prove Me Wrong – Shoot the Moon (2018)
Daniel Rodriguez – Colorado – Sojurn of a Burning Sun (2020)
2b3 – Purple Haze – Jimi (2021)

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CP S15:EP36 2021

Tuesday SEPT 07 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend and didn’t have to work all of it. Thanks to KAFM Grand Junction for inviting me to emcee their annual Radio Daze Event at Edgewater Brewery. One of Colorado’s TOP Americana-country artists, Hugh Phillips, is scheduled to play the Radio Room at KAFM on September 10.

PS .. this blogpost is a day later than usual because I decided to take yesterday off to hit the Frying Pan River for some late summer fly fishing. 😉

105.5 The Colorado Sound & The Colorado Playlist Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WK END SPT 04 2021

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
THE BURROUGHS – Zero Sum Game SINGLE (Apr-21)
EDDIE TURNER – Change In Me LP (Jun-21)
(TIE) ERIK LUNDE – Steel Militia SINGLE (Aug-21)**
(TIE) GRAYSON ERHARD – Elevation SINGLE (Aug-21)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Townes Van Zandt – My Proud Mountains – Our Mother The Mountain (1969)
(D) Lowfive – All Good Things (2021)

The 89s – Apple Of My Eye – Wash Away (2020)
Wildermiss – Carry Your Heart – Lost With You (2017)
Flobots – Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
Jenny Shawhan – Do You Still Love Me – Don’t Be Afraid (2021)
Andy Monley – somewhere – Triplight (2006)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Viceroy Filter King – Always Say Please And Thank You (2000)
(D) Pamela Machala – Something Simple – Something Simple (2021)

Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Dragondeer – All Day (2020)
Dana Landry Trio – Bassically Simple – Memphis Skyline (2014)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Make A Little Magic – Make A Little Magic (1980)
(D) Carolyn Hunter – Goodbye In the Rain (2021)

Finn O’Sullivan – Lipstick Kisses – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
Head for the Hills – Say Your Mind – Say Your Mind EP (2019)
Musketeer Gripweed – Rich Man’s Child – More Than Ever (2021)
Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller – Takin’ It To the Streets – What We Did! (2021)
The Fluid On My Feet – Purplemetalflakemusic (1992)
Love.45 – Release Me – Into The Ether (2009)
(D) Bison Bone – Tell All Our Friends (2021)

Strange Americans – Big Black Car – Borrow You, Brother (2017)
White Rose Motor Oil – Whole Heart – You Can’t Kill Ghosts (2020)
(D) 2b3 – Fire – Jimi (2021)

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CP S15:EP35 2021

MONDAY Aug 30 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise by now that Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats would debut at #1 with a new single, Survivor, in its first week out in advance of the the November release of their new album “The Future.” It also debuts at #5 in the August monthly TOP 30 due out in a couple of days. Don’t expect to see that album fall out of the top spot running into 2022.

105.5 The Colorado Sound & The Colorado Playlist Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at two locations in the Cherry Creek Mall and the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WK END AUG 28 2021

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
BLAKK MANTRA – Dressed In Dynamite SINGLE (Jul-21)
YASI – Coexist with Chaos EP (Mar-21)
AUGUSTUS – Daisies SINGLE (Aug 21) **
(TIE) HEAVY DIAMOND RING – The Brightest Light EP (Dec-20)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

The Astronauts – Baja (1963)
Boenzee Cryque – Ashbury Wednesday (1968)
(D) Erik Lunde – Steel Militia – Water from a Stone (2021)

Tejon Street Corner Thieves – Demons – Demons (2020)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Hey Delila – Black Beehive (2014)
The Burroughs – Zero Sum Game (2021)
The Burroughs – Baby Get Down (2021)
The Apples In Stereo – Same Old Drag – New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
OneRepublic – Won’t Stop – Dreaming Out Loud (2007)
(D) Dragondeer – Patient Boy (2021)

Ingrid Andress – More Hearts Than Mine – Lady Like (2020)
The Still Tide – High Wire – Run Out (2017)
Gabriel Mervine – Sunlight – Say Somethin’ (2021)

HOUR 2

Judy Roderick – Country Girl Blues – Women Blue (1965)
60,000,000 Buffalo – Country Girl Again – Nevada Jukebox (1972)
(D) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats – Survivor (2021)

The River Arkansas – Lady Luck – Any Kind of Weather (2019)
Jill Sobule – Where Do I Begin – Nostalgia Kills (2018)
South of France – Comme Ca – Remember That Cool Thing We Did (2021)
Eddie Turner – Dignify Me – Change In Me (2021)
Acoustic Junction – Every Heart – Strange Days (2000)
Sherri Jackson – Maple Tree – Sherri Jackson (1997)
(D) Grayson Erhard – Elevation (2021)

Rose Hill Drive – Broken by the Storm – Mania (2017)
Zoe Berman – Edit Delete and Save (2020)
The Motet – Nachez – Breathe (1999)

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CP S15:EP34 2021

MONDAY Aug 23 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

A new project hit the stage this weekend in Fort Collins – currently known only as “MA,” the band is made up of John Magnie & Steve Amadee from the Subdudes and Del Shamen + Eric Thorin (bass) and Lionel Young (vocals, violin and guitar).

In the meantime, the Colorado supergroup Del Shamen that features John, Steve and Eric along with Nick Forster (E-Town) and Jock Bartley (Firefall) appears to have played its final show as part of the Bohemian Light Livestream that took place last weekend.

Two of the most esteemed elder statesmen of our music scene are Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller, whose latest What We Did! is currently trending to be in the TOP 10 for 2021. They hit #1 again this week here and at Roots Music Report TOP 50 Colorado.

Other trending titles include the debut of the High Hawks, along with the latest from Leftover Salmon and A.J. Fullerton

105.5 The Colorado Sound & The Colorado Playlist Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at two locations in the Cherry Creek Mall and the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WK END AUG 21 2021

CHRIS DANIELS & HAZEL MILLER– What We Did! LP (Jul-21) **
GLASS CASES – Chemicals SINGLE (Jul-21)
THE GRAND ALLIANCE – The Grand Alliance EP (Jan-21)
ADAM BODINE – Scenes of Changery LP (Nov-20)
A-MAC & THE HEIGHT – Shelter SINGLE (May-21)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Chuck Pyle – Moonlight on the Colorado – Higher Ground…Songs of Colorado (2007)
(D) Foxfeather – End of My Rope – Nature of Things (2021)
Bowregard – High on a Mountain – Arrows (2020)
Leftover Salmon – Show Me Something Higher – Something Higher (2018)
South of France – Hideaway (2021)
Giant Zero – Good Ol’ Days – Shakes Me (2021)
The Subdudes – All The Time In The World – Primitive Streak (1996)
Zuba – Planet Of Love – South Of Eden (1998)
(D) The Centennial – Buried Gold – Buried Gold (2021)

Achille Lauro – Lightning – Flight or Flight (2012)
Lucy Daydream – No Perfect Love (2020)
Wayne Wilkinson Trio – Chophouse Blues – Proceed to Route (2019)

HOUR 2

Chris Daniels & The Kings – Roadhouse Music – When You’re Cool (1987)
(D) Augustus – Daisies – Ragtime World (2021)

Kyle Emerson – Are You Lonely – Only Coming Down (2020)
iZCalli – Silverspoon – Casa De Papel (2019)
LVDY – Gold – Gold (2021)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Already Gone – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The Czars – Killjoy – The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People (2001)
The Christines – Hollow – The Christines (1994)
(D) Blakk Mantra – Dressed in Dynamite (2021)
Don Chicharrón – Sábado Gigante – Don Chicharrón (2019)
CITRA – Ocean (2020)
Walter Gorra – ’till Next Time – In Due Time (2018)

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