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CP S17 EP11 2023

Happy equinox from the desert – Chris K and Claire Mannato.

Monday March 20, 2023. Yep. Claire and I are on vacation in Death Valley. No spins chart this week, but I did get the MMMM done before we left.

We’re only in March and two songs are now in my short list for best song of the year. This week’s entry is from Rebecca Folsom. “Mercy” is an autobiographical tale of her and her sister. Homeless as children, and left behind, Rebecca eventually made it out, her sister didn’t. She would live her life and die in Boulder shelters. It’s a heart wrenchingly emotional performance on what in my opinion is the best song of Rebecca’s career as a songwriter.

Bridget Law has been splitting time between Tierro and Elephant Revival. Expect a new ER album soon.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Elton John – The Bitch Is Back – Caribou (1974)
Chicago – Darlin’ Dear – Chicago VI (1973)
(D) Rebecca Folsom – Mercy – Sanctuary (2023)

Gasoline Lollipops – All the Misery Money Can Buy – All The Misery Money Can Buy (2020)
Darcy Nelson – Bad (2022)
The Motet – Like We Own It – The Motet (2014)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Spanish Highway – All The Love You Need (2007)
Johnny & the Mongrels – My Only Friend – Magnolia and Pine (2023)
(D) Tierro Band w/Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) (2023)

Wildermiss – Keep It Simple – Lost With You EP (2017)
The River Arkansas – Tall Grass – Waiting On the Rain (2022)
Annie Booth Sextet – Butterscotch – Alpenglow (2022)

Stephen Stills – Buyin’ Time – Illegal Stills (1975)
Rick Derringer – Cheap Tequila – All American Boy (1973)
(D) Daniel Rodriguez – I’m Yours – Vast Nothing (2023)

Elektric Animals – Come Clean – Channels EP (2022)
OneRepublic – Didn’t I – Human (2020)
Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck – Learn to Let the Light In – Learn to Let the Light In (2023)
Blue Canyon Boys – Wake Up, The Party’s Over – Blue Canyon Boys (2016)
The Burroughs – Solid Gold – Got To Feel (2018)
Roger Green – Enter As You Leave – Enter As You Leave (2023)
(D) Float Like A Buffalo – Big Easy (2023)

Chris Daniels & The Kings – Fried Food/Hard Liquor – Blues, With Horns Vol. 1 (2017)
Sweet Virginia – Leaving Again – Leaving Again (2022)
Gabriel Mervine – Our Man – GM5 (2023)

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CP S17 EP10 2023

Barr Lake, Brighton, CO – Winter 2022 courtesy of ClearVistasPhotography

MONDAY MARCH 13, 2023. Claire and I are off to Death Valley this week. Looking forward to some desert warmth and spring flowers. So, if there’s no post next Monday, you know why.

The word is out that I’m “retiring.” Not entirely. I’m leaving Northern Colorado radio & music after a forty-five year run and moving to Grand Junction. I will continue to produce the Colorado Playlist. And who knows what else I can do in “retirement.”

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK ENDING 3/11

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

*The Wood Brothers are not, specifically speaking, a locally based band, but as it custom on the Colorado Playlist I also include Colorado expats living elsewhere – so long as they were born and raised here, or got started here .. so the new Wood Brothers tracks (one due out in April) get included.*

(2) 1. THE WOOD BROTHERS – Pilgrim SINGLE (Feb-23)
(4) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(D) 2. DANI JAY – Nice 2 Meet Me EP (Dec-22)
(1) 2. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(D) 3. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Chris Daniels & The Kings – All For The Love Of Lill – Louie Louie (1997)
Boa and the Constrictors – Me & My Baby Got Somethin Goin On – Snake Eyes (1998)
(D) The Desert Furs – Existing Just For Fun (2023)

Mojomama – Point of View – We Are One (2022)
Volores – All That We Could Need – Ages (2023)
DeVotchKa – 100 Other Lovers – 100 Lovers (2011)
Leftover Salmon – Places – Something Higher (2018)
Head for the Hills – Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)
(D) Down Time – Just Because – Spirit (2023)

Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Dancin’ Around My Grave ( 2021)
Lines of Drift – Big Breaks – Big Breaks (2022)
Blumer Haus – Ode To Brubeck – Boy Meets Groove (2021)

David Booker – Good Evenin’ Everybody – OH Brother, I’m Here (2001)
David Booker – It’s Your Voodoo Workin’ – OH Brother, I’m Here (2001)
(D) Dayton Stone & the Undertones – Pretender (2023)

Bevin Luna – Masquerade – Madison and Angelus (2022)
Brent Cowles – Keep Moving – How To Be Okay Alone (2018)
The Motet – False Prophets – All Day (2023)
The Lumineers – Ophelia – Cleopatra (2016)
Otis Taylor – Red Meat – Hey Joe – Opus Red Meat (2015)
Emily Scott Robinson – Double Double – Built On Bones (2023)
(D) Grace Devine, Ronan Andrews – Holy (2023)

Claire Heywood – Crushed Lemons (2021)
The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Keith Oxman – The Gojon Jazz Messengers – This One’s For Joey (2022)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles included)

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CP S17 EP09 2023

Monday FEB 27, 2023 – This week’s picture is a view of Grand Junction, Colorado from the Colorado National Monument, which is where I’m sitting this morning … looking up at the red rocks of the monument.

Happy 7th Birthday 105.5 The Colorado Sound. Seven years ago I entered what is now the final stage in my six decade long career in music and radio in Northern Colorado (1978-2023). On February 28, 2016, my show went from being called the Colorado Sound (2006-2016) to being renamed Chris K’s Colorado Playlist, when I became part of the on-air staff at KJAC FM (Greeley) henceforth known as 105.5 The Colorado Sound.

I have had the tremendous pleasure of working with some of the best in Northern Colorado radio history – none more than my friends and colleagues over the past seven years – Benji (now a program director in Dallas, TX), Margot (mid-days, program director), Stacy (afternoons, music director), Ron (evenings, promotion director), Ben (mornings), Dawn (weekends) and Kurt (website and social media director).

Thank you all for being a part of the success. It’s been the ride of my life.

Here’s what’s happening in #COMUSIC for the week! No weekly TOP 5 sorry to say. I’ll post up the monthly TOP 30 in a few days. In the meantime, pls let us know what you think of this week’s new music shares.

Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM)

www.starrsguitars.com

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

The Astronauts – Diddy Wah Diddy – Competition Coupe/Astronauts Orbit Kampus (1964)
The Astronauts – Movin‘ – Surf Series: With the Astronauts (1965)
(D) Vatican Vamps – Salford Love Psalm (2023)

Wildermiss – W.I.F.I. (2022)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – You Worry Me – Tearing At The Seams (2018)
Travis McNamara – So Far Gone – Moon Calendar (2023)
Gregory Alan Isakov – John Brown’s Body – That Sea, The Gambler (2007)
Cody Qualls – Colorado – Cody Qualls (2023)
(D) Meghan Clarisse Cave – Monster – Songs from the Sofa (2023)

Elektric Animals – Reckless (2020)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Keith Oxman – Afreaka – Glimpses (2018)

John Denver – Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)
The Serendipity Singers – Let Me Fly – The Many Sides Of The Serendipity Singers (1964)
(D) Jeremy Facknitz – There’s No Going Home Again (Feat. Serenity Holloway) – Smilin’ At the Future (2023)
Alysia Kraft – Cold Mountain – First Light (2022)
Jill Sobule – Where Do I Begin – Nostalgia Kills (2018)
Brothers Keeper – He Left You (f. John Popper) (2023)
Gabrielle Louise – House Of Cards – The Unending Alteration Of The Human Heart (2020)
The Subdudes – Poor Man’s Paradise – Street Symphony (2007)
Vince Herman – Lost Lovers Eyes – Enjoy the Ride (2023)
(D) Duke Justice – Radio Silence (2023)

Dressy Bessy – Fearless – Fast Faster Disaster (2019)
CITRA – Never Gonna Win – Never Gonna Win (2022)
Tia Fuller – Fury of Da’mond – Diamond Cut (2018)

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