The Colorado Playlist is provided free of charge to stations in the network. Your donation helps to defray the cost of maintaining the site and producing the show. Any donation is greatly appreciated.
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 Mishawakais 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)
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 Mishawakais 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)
Monday OCT 26 2020
Spinitron
The Mishawaka
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 