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CP S14 EP40 2020

Monday OCT 26 2020 – If only this were really the end of 2020.  In roughly eight weeks I will post up “Some of the Best of 2020.”  The 2021 new release year begins mid-November, in order to allow time for end of year polls.

Next week I’ll be posting up the TOP 30 most played titles for October at over a dozen CO radio stations.  As way of review see what made the TOP 30 in September. 

This is also the season for fall membership drives at non-commercial public radio around the region.  Please contribute as you’re able.  Approximately 90% of the operating revenue at public radio comes from listener members.

TOP 10 SPINS – WK ENDING OCT 24 2020

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations utilize Spinitron.

195 titles  / 13 stations tracked

CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
GHOST TAPES – FIG EP (Sep-20)
THE MAZLOWS – Community Locker LP (Aug-20)
JAMES LEE BAKER – 100 Summers LP (Aug-20)
NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
PSYCHOLOGIC & KID ASTRONAUT – Kenopsia EP (Aug-20)
PARKER – Care Not Carry EP (Sep-20)
GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Sep-20)
BISON BONE – Find Your Way Out LP (Jul-20)
MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – More Than Ever LP (Oct-20)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

The Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. NOW OPEN for food, music and movies.

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

Cory Harris – Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning – Between Midnight and Day (1995)
Cory Harris – Fish Ain’t Bitin’ – Fish Ain’t Bitin’ (1997)
(D) Jammy Man – Tumbly Tumbler – Tumbly Tumbler (2019)

Foxfeather – Not Coming Back (2019)
The Still Tide – High Wire – Run Out (2017)
(D) Musketeer Gripweed – Rich Man’s Child – More Than Ever (2021)

Cary Morin – Valley of the Chiefs – Dockside Saints (2020)
Freddi Henchi Band – Get Up Off the Funk – Freddi Henchi Band (1981)
Alpha Centauri – Love Only You – Alpha Centauri (1977)
(D) Tyler Stanfield – Whiskey Heart (2020)

Jenny Shawhan – Trouble Finds Me (2018)
The Yawpers – Dancing on My Knees – Human Question (2019)
Tia Fuller – Soul Eyes – Diamond Cut (2018)

HOUR 2

Laura Veirs – Bedroom Eyes – Troubled By Fire (2003)
Laura Veirs – Another Space and Time – My Echo (2020)
(D) Selina Albright – Holding On (2020)

DeVotchKa – Angels – This Night Falls Forever (2018)
(D) Barbershop Uncut – I Can’t Breathe (Again) (2020)

The Beeves – Playing Bingo (with people who are angry and somewhat dangerous) (2020)
The Rainy Daze – That Acapulco Gold (1967)
The Soul Survivors – Can’t Stand To Be In Love With You (1965)
The Livin’ Ends – I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know (1969)
(D) Brianna Straut – Steady As She Goes (2020)

Railbenders – Bourbon County – The Medicine Show (2018)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Goin’ for Broke – City of Love (2019)
Steve Denny Trio – Wig’s Ears – Life in New York (2020)

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CP S14 EP39 2020

Monday OCT 19 2020 – UGH! I begin this week by paying tribute to an old friend in my radio career, Stu Haskell.  You very very likely don’t know him.  He wasn’t on the air.  He was the guy who made sure that stations made enough money to pay staffs and stay on the air profitably.  He was the guy who gave others chances. 

Stu was around forever.  He started his radio career as an ad salesman in the 70s at 93.3 KTCL before becoming the general manager, when that station was in Fort Collins.  It was he and program director John Hayes who launched what is now known as the Alternative Rock radio format in Colorado in the mid 80s.    I learned last night that he passed away this weekend.  Causes unknown. RIP Mr. Haskell.

It was announced last Thursday that Governor Jared Polis has named Stephen Brackett Colorado’s new Music Ambassador. Brackett is the co-founder and emcee of Flobots as well as a co-founder of the nonprofit Youth on Record. As Music Ambassador, Brackett will serve as the state’s lead advocate for Colorado’s diverse music scene and Colorado’s talented musicians.  

As the new Music Ambassador, Stephen will focus on two initiatives. The first will include assessing the needs of emerging and seasoned artists in the areas of professional and business development training, trauma support, and artistic tools in order to begin rebuilding Colorado’s music ecosystem, which has been deeply impacted by the global pandemic. 

Today is Todd Park Mohr’s (Big Head Todd & the Monsters) birthday.  He’s 55.

TOP SPINS – 2 WKS ENDING OCT 17 2020

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations utilize Spinitron.

  • *This is the first “weekly” spins report for OCTOBER 2020*
  • 185 Titles Tracked / 12 public, community and college stations

1. CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
2. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Sep-20)
2. AUGUSTUS – Color Tv and Tall Tales LP (May-20)
2. PARKER – Care Not Carry EP (Sep-20)
2. RODNEY RICE – Same Shirt, Different Day LP (Aug-20)
3. GHOST TAPES – FIG EP (Sep-20)
4. JOSH DILLARD – The Natural World LP (Nov-20)
5. PSYCHOLOGIC & KID ASTRONAUT – Kenopsia EP (Aug-20)

The Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. NOW OPEN for food, music and movies.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Every week I share some or all of the new music played on the show with you, here in the MMMM.  Your rating gets factored into my decision in what to maintain in the show’s “for airplay” library.

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

Philip Bailey – Walking on the Chinese Wall – Chinese Wall (1985)
Earth Wind & Fire – Reasons – That’s the Way of the World (1975)
(N) Ghost Tapes – Good News – FIG (2020)

The String Cheese Incident – Otherside (W. Ruby Chase) – SCI Sound Lab Radio EP (2019)
(D) Eric Straumanis – You Are Going to Hear Me (2020)

James Lee Baker – 100 Summers – 100 Summers (2020)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Runaway Train – Riviera (2002)
Acoustic Junction – Every Heart – Strange Days (2000)
(D) The Wyatts – Home – Forgive Me (2020)

Steve Skinner Band– Self Made Woman (feat. Erica Brown) (2019)
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Little Rig – Hard Core Broken Heart (2018)
(D) Ron Miles – Queen Of The South – Rainbow Sign (2020)

HOUR 2

Buffalo Springfield – Kind Woman (1969)
Richie Furay – We Were The Dreamers – Hand in Hand (2015)
(D) Mama Lenny and the Remedy – Party Girl (2020)

The Born Readies – Mean Genes (2019)
(P) New Ben Franklins – Sometimes I Don’t Like You Very Much (2020)
Jeremy Facknitz – Watch This Bird Fly – From Those Sweet Ashes (2020)
Rajdulari – Journey of A Woman – Journey of a Woman (2014)
Pretty Lights – Around The Block feat. Talib Kweli – A Color Map of the Sun (2013)
(D) Tenth Mountain Division – 9 to 5 (2020)

Eldren – Hazy Days (2019)
Retrofette – Lover in Japan (2018)
Walter Gorra – ’till Next Time – In Due Time (2018)

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CP S14 EP37 2020

Monday SEPT 21 2020 – Expressly and explicitly Colorado from the 60’s to today; from the biggest hit-makers and award winners in Colorado music history to some of the freshest new music emerging from the Centennial state.

Cary Morin, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Lumineers share TOP 5 postings this week in both the in-state chart and the Roots Music Report chart.  The outliers include Gasoline Lollipops, Gabrielle Louise, Reverend Freakchild and the Subdudes.

I will not be publishing a post next Monday SPT 28th, or the following Monday, OCT 5.  I’ll be on vacation, fishing in Montana.  

Dial up a 50+ year retrospective at the CP from the 60s to Today on Spotify or check out a playlist of tracks from 2020 at CP2020.  CP Best of the Decade 2010-2019 and CP Caribou Ranch Collection.  PLS be sure to follow.

You can also find every playlist I’ve ever made on my YouTube channel, dating back to 2012.  PLS be sure to subscribe.

TOP 5 WK ENDING SEPT 19 2020

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations utilize Spinitron.

COLORADO RADIO (15 stations / 165 titles tracked)

    1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Aug-20)
    2. CARY MORIN– Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
    4. THE LUMINEERS – III LP (Sep-19)
    5. GABRIELLE LOUISE – The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart LP (May-20)

ROOTS MUSIC REPORT (includes international, national and Internet radio stations regardless of date / year of release)

    1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF– And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
    2. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – The Bodhisattva Blues LP (Mar-20)
    3. THE LUMINEERS – III LP (Sep-19)
    4. CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    5. THE SUBDUDES – Lickskillet LP (May-18)

The Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. NOW OPEN for food, music and movies.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Every week I share some or all of the new music played on the show with you, here in the MMMM.  Your rating gets factored into my decision in what to maintain in the show’s “for airplay” library.

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

Crawler – Sail On – Snake Rattle & Roll (1978) **Caribou Ranch Collection**
(D) Brent Cowles – Shine – It’s Coals. (2020)

Cup-A-Jo – Can’t You See – Crazy Comes Easy (2019)
The Wood Brothers – Sparkling Wine – One Drop of Truth (2018)
Gabrielle Louise – See In The Dark – The Unending Alteration Of The Human Heart (2020)
Andy Frasco – I’ve Got a Long Way to Go – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Acoustic Junction – Think About It – Acoustic Junction (1996)
The Samples – Here And Somewhere Else – Here And Somewhere Else (1998)
(P) Dango Rose – Ring Out! (2020)
Kelly Augustine – Thunder on the Mountain – Light in the Lowlands (2019)
OneRepublic – Future Looks Good – Oh My My (2016)
Keith Oxman – Afreaka – Glimpses (2018)

HOUR 2

Trillion – Hold Out – Trillion (1978) **Caribou Ranch Collection**
(D) Blakk Mantra – Perhaps We’ll Live – Welcome to El Rey Blvd (2020)

The Motet – What You Gonna Bring – Death Or Devotion (2019)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Fried Food/Hard Liquor – Blues, With Horns Vol. 1 (2017)
(D) Valdez – Saint Munchausen (2020)

Finn O’Sullivan – When The Power Comes Back On – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
Blue Canyon Boys – I Want You to Want Me – House Full Of Sorrow (2009)
SHEL – The Battle of Evermore – SHEL (2012)
(D) 2MX2 – Elevator (feat. Aja Black of the Reminders) (2020)

The Blue Rider – Rattlesnake – Year of the Horse (2016)
DeVotchKa – Straight Shot – This Night Falls Forever (2018)
La Cocodrila – Bop Bop Bop Bop – La Cocodrila (2019)

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VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

CP S14 EP36 2020

Monday SEPT 14 2020 – Expressly and explicitly Colorado from the 60’s to today; from the biggest hit-makers and award winners in Colorado music history to some of the freshest new music emerging from the Centennial state.

Dial up a 50+ year retrospective at the CP from the 60s to Today on Spotify or check out a playlist of tracks from 2020 at CP2020.  CP Best of the Decade 2010-2019 and CP Caribou Ranch Collection.  PLS be sure to follow.

CP2020 UPDATES REGULARLY.  New music from Blakk Mantra, Bowregard, Jayme Stone, Keith Oxman, Monica Marie, Tejon Street Corner Thieves, Tennis, Trevor Hall.

You can also find every playlist I’ve ever made on my YouTube channel, dating back to 2012.  PLS be sure to subscribe.

DULCETTERRA, AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL, CONFERENCE AND SONGWRITING CAMP. Watch live on Monday, September 21st, 2020, from 12PM until 12AM Mountain Standard Time.

TOP 5 WK ENDING SEPT 12 2020

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations use Spinitron.

COLORADO RADIO (15 stations / 165 titles tracked)

    1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Aug-20)
    2. CARY MORIN– Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    3. CITRA – Ocean SINGLE (Feb-20)
    4. LOGAN FARMER – Still No Mother LP (Aug-20)
    5. THE WOOD BROTHERS – Kingdom In My Mind LP (Jan-20)

ROOTS MUSIC REPORT (includes international, national and Internet radio stations regardless of date / year of release)

    1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF– And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
    2. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – The Bodhisattva Blues LP (Mar-20)
    3. CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    4. THE SUBDUDES – Lickskillet LP (May-18)
    5. LEE SIMS – A Few More Miles to Go LP (Dec-19)

The Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. NOW OPEN for food, music and movies.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Every week I share some or all of the new music played on the show with you, here in the MMMM.  Your rating gets factored into my decision in what to maintain in the show’s “for airplay” library.

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

James Vincent – Space Traveler – Space Traveler (1975) **CARIBOU RANCH COLLECTION**
(D) Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) (2020)

The String Cheese Incident – Vertigo – SCI Sound Lab Radio EP (2019)
Leftover Salmon – Show Me Something Higher – Something Higher (2018)
Alexa Wildish – Magic Hours – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Nathaniel Rateliff – All Or Nothing – And It’s Still Alright (2020)
Yonder Mountain String Band – Complicated – The Show (2009)
Sherri Jackson – Maple Tree – Sherri Jackson (1997)
(D) Estin & the 86’d – Half A Bottle – Long Live the River (2020)

Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Soon To Be Titans – Seven Sirens – Voyager EP (2019)
The Motet – Nachez – Breathe (1999)

HOUR 2

Freddi Henchi Band – I Love You Baby (f. Larry Wilkens) – Freddi Henchi Band (1981) **CARIBOU RANCH COLLECTION**
(D) Face Vocal Band – Colorado Moon (2020)

The Lumineers – Life In The City – III (2019)
John Grant – He’s Got His Mother’s Hips – Love Is Magic (2018)
John March – Sweet Lorraine (f. Mark Oblinger) – For Once In My Life, a Tribute to Ted Green (2020)
Fifty Dollar Friend – Not Thinking About You – In Black and White (2020)
Katie Herzig – I Hurt Too – Apple Tree (2008)
Devotchka – Along The Way – A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
(D) Jackson Emmer – Turn Up the Jukebox – Alpine Coda (2020)

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Train Home – Love Runner (2014)
The Reminders – Dust and Bones – Unstoppable (2019)
Ben Haugland – Second Sight – A Million Dreams (2015)

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VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

CP S14 EP35 2020

Monday SEPT 7 2020 – Expressly and explicitly Colorado from the 60’s to today; from the biggest hit-makers and award winners in Colorado music history to some of the freshest new music emerging from the Centennial state.

Colorado legend Jello Biafra has the VIDEO PICK of the WEEK!

Dial up a 50+ year retrospective at the Colorado Playlist on Spotify or check out a playlist of tracks from 2020 at CP2020.  CP Best of the Decade 2010-2019 and CP Caribou Ranch Collection.  PLS be sure to follow.

CP2020 UPDATES REGULARLY.  New music from Don Chicharron, Inaiah Lujan, 2mx2 feat Aja Black (the Reminders), Big Head Todd & the Monsters, VALDEZ.

You can also find every playlist I’ve ever made on my YouTube channel, dating back to 2012.  PLS be sure to subscribe.

DULCETTERRA, AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL, CONFERENCE AND SONGWRITING CAMP. Watch live on Monday, September 21st, 2020, from 12PM until 12AM Mountain Standard Time.

TOP 5 WK ENDING SEPT 5 2020

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations use Spinitron.

COLORADO RADIO (14 stations / 150 titles tracked)

    1. CARY MORIN– Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    2. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Aug-20)
    3. JON SNODGRASS – Don’t Break Her Heart Single (Aug-20)
    4. ESME PATTERSON – There Will Come Soft Rains LP (Mar-20)
    5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)

ROOTS MUSIC REPORT (includes international, national and Internet radio stations regardless of date / year of release)

    1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF– And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
    2. CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
    3. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – The Bodhisattva Blues LP (Mar-20)
    4. THE SUBDUDES – Lickskillet LP (May-18)
    5. THE LUMINEERS  – III (Sept-19)

The Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. NOW OPEN for food, music and movies.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Every week I share some or all of the new music played on the show with you, here in the MMMM.  Your rating gets factored into my decision in what to maintain in the show’s “for airplay” library.

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

Elton John – Someone Saved My Life Tonight – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
(D) Rodney Rice – Ain’t Got a Dollar – Same Shirt, Different Day (2020)


The Movers & Shakers – She Treats Me Right – Live at Sun Studios (2019)
Reno Divorce – She’s In Love With the Avenue – Ship of Fools EP (2016)
Lady Gang – City Night – Full Throttle (2020)
Pink Hawks – Elote! (2020)
Rare Silk – Red Clay – New Weave (1983)
Dusty Drapes & the Dusters – Cielito Lindo – The Red Album (1981)
(D) James Lee Baker – 100 Summers – 100 Summers (2020)

Clandestine Amigo – Unsatisfied (2019)
AJ Fullerton – She’s So Cold – Kalamath (2017)
Jason Klobnak – Through Her Eyes – Friends and Family (2018)

HOUR 2

Freddi Henchi Band – Celebration (f. Larry Wilkens) – Freddi Henchi Band (1981)
(D) Logan Farmer – River Black – Still No Mother (2020)

The Subdudes – Lost Religion Blues – Lickskillet (2019)
Tennis – My Emotions Are Blinding – Yours Conditionally (2017)
(D) Envy Alo – Tell Me (2020)

CITRA – Ocean (2020)
Joe Walsh – Mother Says – Barnstorm (1972)
Beast – I Am – Higher and Higher (1969)
(D) Ryan Dart – Colorado Girl – Grow Toward the Light (2020)

The Patti Fiasco – Saved By Rock And Roll – Saved By Rock And Roll (2016)
Grant Farm – Morning Train – Broke In Two (2019)
Peter Sommer – Looks Like This – Tremolo Canteen (2010)

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As if often the case, there may be some titles that are not on YouTube …

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