CP S13 EP36 2019

MONDAY SEPT 16 2019 -I didn’t realize it until I was thick into producing the show this week that all but two of the featured (D) debuts are by women in Colorado music.  #COwomeninmusic

The Still Tide, Whippoorwill, Kerry Pastine, Kayla Marque, and Liptruce all have new releases out that will almost certainly be considered for BEST of the CP 2019. Add the new video from Cass Clayton the group of wonderful new music from #COwomeninmusic. 

I was able to catch Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene at their album release show with Cass Clayton on Friday the 13th at Dazzle, in Denver.    It was great to see some wonderful friends in attendance, including legendary Denver artist Lannie Garrett, who informed me she’s now retired from performing and recording.  We agreed it’s time for her to sit down for an interview.  Also in attendance, Angie Stevens, who unless my ears were ringing so loud I misunderstood, told me she’s playing the Bluebird on January 23, 2020.  

Lannie also informed me that she’s been in the process of digitizing some old cassettes from her days in Forecast, which dates back to the late 70s, which is when I first heard her at Bentley’s at the BBC on Cap Hill in Denver.  I’d love to share some of that with you.

GOATZ! is back to playing at some of our favorite indoor venues, and a couple of new ones.  In particular, we’ve very happy to be playing at the new Broadway Roxy and Nissi’s Entertainment Venue & Event Center (Lafayette) in October.  Make sure to check our concert listings at www.goatzmusic.com/shows

COLORADO PLAYLIST / SPOTIFY

UPDATED 50 tracks – 130 songs from 130 artists/bands dating back to 1960.

COLORADO PLAYLIST 2019

If you missed out on some of the new music I played this year, here are 99%  of the tracks that were (D) (N) or (P) in 2019

Did you miss this week’s or LAST week’s show? You can now stream them on demand! 105.5 The Colorado Sound archives two weeks worth that you can stream at your leisure. They typically update their archives every Monday afternoon. You can also stream the show in real time wherever the show is aired around the state. See the stations and times page for that info.

105.5 The Colorado Sound & the Colorado Playlist Present:

  • Brent Cowles – Bluebird Theater, Denver – Oct 12
  • Dragondeer’s Dance Party 1983 at Cervantes Other Side – Thursday, October 31
  • Gasoline Lollipops at Washington’s FoCo Fort Collins Friday, October 4
  • Gasoline Lollipops “Unleaded” (all acoustic) at Swallow Hill Music Denver Saturday, November 9

FOR MORE SHOWS SEE COLORADOSOUND.ORG

At Bohemian Foundation, our focus is on building community …by coming together to create and enjoy music.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Cass Clayton is a friend.  Full disclosure, she serves on the board of directors for the non-profit I started a few years ago.  I msg’d her recently to compliment her on her new video.  What I learned is that it’s both about where she grew up, and she shot the entire video on her iPhone, due to lack of a video production budget.  WTG Cass … one of the tremendous women in music in Colorado!

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

(D) = debut LP/EP or single
(N) = new track from previously debuted LP/EP
(P) = Colorado Playlist exclusive premier

Let me know if there’s something you think I should play. Email coloradoplaylist@gmail.com

SELECTED TRACKS

Looks like we got lucky this week.  Only two new tracks not found in Youtube, the premier of the new Liptruce, and the Nelson Hinds cut at the end of the show.  Enjoy.

HOUR 1

Lothar & The Hand People – Machines – Presenting… (1968)
Malcolm Mitchell – Sightseer – Colorado Rocks 1965-1969 (2004/1969)
(D) Whippoorwill – Cold Sound – The Nature of Storms (2019)

Ethyl & the Regulars – I Didn’t Want to Fall – Honest Work (2018)
Otis Taylor – Red Meat – Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015)
(D) The Still Tide – Change of Address (2019)

The String Cheese Incident – Otherside (W. Ruby Chase) – SCI Sound Lab Radio EP (2019)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Spanish Highway – All The Love You Need (2007)
Gordon Gano & The Ryans – Man In The Sand – Under The Sun (2009)
Kelly Augustine – Second Chances – Light in the Lowlands (2019)
(P) Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Leanin’ In – City of Love (2019)

Eldren – We Just Want the World  (2018)
Pan Astral – Seaside (2018)
(D) Invisible Bird – Keep Digging – Flutter to Fuzz (2019)

HOUR 2

Poco – Kind Woman (Live) – The Essential Poco (2005/1971)
(D) Kayla Marque – Love Should Be – Brain Chemistry (2019)

Velveteers – Eyes Tell Lies – The Velveteers (2018)
OneRepublic – Wherever I Go – Oh My My (2016)
(D) The Catcalls – My Stand – The Catcalls EP (2019)

Thom Chacon – The American Way – American Way EP (2019)
Jon Snodgrass – Remember My Name – Visitor’s Band (2009)
Drag The River – Beautiful & Damned – It’s Crazy (2006)
Wolf Van Elfmand – Not Pretty (2019)
(P) Liptruce – You Think You’re Hollywood – Liptruce (2019)
Rubedo – Sungazer – Vaca (2017)
Kid Reverie – Run – Kid Reverie (2018)
(D) Nelson Hinds – Pastor Flash – 20th Century Limited (2019)

CP S13 EP35 2019

MONDAY SEPT 09, 2019 – Twenty years ago a very special woman in my life created the “picky grumpy old goat” after I returned from a tour of England/Scotland with my band and quit.  That idea blossomed into “goat” as I’ve been known ever since.  Miss Pattie, aka Mrs. Goat, passed away in 2016.  

Over the past few years I’ve asked a handful of graphic artists to refresh the old logo that Miss Pattie did for me.  I’m very happy and honored that My Blue Sky drummer Jamie McGregor (Zamar Screen Printing Inc.) caught the essence of the original and provided the perfect update …and a new banner to go with it.  Thank you Jamie! 

Speaking of My Blue Sky.  Original founding member and bassist, David Brandt, has announced he’s leaving the band to focus on family and other personal goals.  Good luck to David and the band.

Congratulations are in order for one of Colorado’s BEST – SUCH – whose new album Wide Nose, Full Lips landed in the national Billboard charts.  The album hit #25 in the national R&B/Soul Album chart and #5 in the national Heatseekers chart, across all genres.  The album debuted at #9 on the iTunes R&B/Soul charts.  Check out the latest single from her album in this week’s MMMM below.

I’m also very happy to premier the new release from Sean Kelly of the Samples aka the Samples called Indian Summer.  The Samples are a Colorado legacy band that formed after Sean moved here from New England in 1987 and formed the band, then based in Boulder.

Add to those fantastic new releases one from Jurassic Mark, aka Mark Bliesener, aka Band Guru.  Mark Bliesener is one of Colorado’s unsung music industry legacies. Among other things, he is credited with coining the band name Dead Kennedys. He has been the manager for both Lyle Lovett and Big Head Todd & the Monsters. At age 70 he just dropped his solo debut. It’s a rock n roll record with plenty of old school garage and punk. It’s not yet available online.  When it is, I’ll share it.  In the meantime, if you missed this week’s show you can stream it in the archive section at www.coloradosound.org

Now that the summer outdoor concert season is over, my band GOATZ! is back to playing at some of our favorite indoor venues, and a couple of new ones.  In particular, we’ve very happy to be playing at the new Broadway Roxy and Nissi’s Entertainment Venue & Event Center (Lafayette) in October.  Make sure to check our concert listings at www.goatzmusic.com/shows

COLORADO PLAYLIST / SPOTIFY

129 songs from 129 artists dating back to 1960 & 53 current followers.  I’d LOVE to hit 100.

Did you miss this week’s or LAST week’s show? You can now stream them on demand! 105.5 The Colorado Sound archives two weeks worth that you can stream at your leisure. They typically update their archives every Monday afternoon. You can also stream the show in real time wherever the show is aired around the state. See the stations and times page for that info.

105.5 The Colorado Sound & the Colorado Playlist Present:

  • Brent Cowles – Bluebird Theater, Denver – Oct 12
  • Dragondeer’s Dance Party 1983 at Cervantes Other Side – Thursday, October 31
  • Gasoline Lollipops at Washington’s FoCo Fort Collins Friday, October 4
  • Gasoline Lollipops “Unleaded” (all acoustic) at Swallow Hill Music Denver Saturday, November 9

FOR MORE SHOWS SEE COLORADOSOUND.ORG

At Bohemian Foundation, our focus is on building community …by coming together to create and enjoy music.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

One of the very intriguing artists to emerge from Denver the past few years, Kayla Marque almost didn’t get here.  A couple of years ago, she suffered from vocal problems, along with other personal issues, that prompted the title of her upcoming album Brain Chemistry (Left Brain / Right Brain) on which she deals not only with matters of the heart, but mental health issues as well.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

(D) = debut LP/EP or single
(N) = new track from previously debuted LP/EP
(P) = Colorado Playlist exclusive premier

Let me know if there’s something you think I should play. Email coloradoplaylist@gmail.com

SELECTED TRACKs

As sometimes happens, even YouTube doesn’t have all the songs I have in the CP collection.

HOUR 1

Rare Silk – Sugar – New Weave (1983)
(D) Kyle Donovan – If This Is Love – Then and Now (2019)
Andy Ard – Come Over Here – Like That EP (2018)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Modern Outlaw Country – Shovel Full Of Coal (2017)
(N) SUCH – The Real Thing – Wide Nose, Full Lips (2019)


Wendy Woo – The Weather – The Immigrant (2019)
Drew Emmitt – Take The Long Way Home – Long Road (2008)
Great American Taxi – Appalachian Soul – Streets of Gold (2007)
(D) The Samples – Cry Cry Cry – Indian Summer (2019)


Sarah Snead – All I’ve Got – Wake Tomorrow (2018)
The String Cheese Incident – Can’t Wait Another Day – Song In My Head (2014)
(N) La Cocodrilla – Bop Bop Bop Bop – La Cocodrilla (2019)

HOUR 2

Electric Swingset – Inebriated Witch Doctor – Inebriated Witch Doctor (1996)
Hillbilly Hellcats – Rockabilly Rebel – Our Brand (1998)
(D) Jurassic Mark – Young Man’s Mind – Jurassic Mark (2019)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Better Move It On Home – I Make My Own Luck (2018)
Francis & the Wolf – What Is Left – Ladies & Gentlemen (2017)
(N) My Body Sings Electric – Change – Part 2: What It Means to Be Afraid (2019)


Shannon Ogden – In the Car – Live at Swallow Hill (2019)
Braddigan – Fallin’ – Watchfires (2005)
Katie Herzig – Best Day Of Your Life – The Waking Sleep (2011)
Lizzy Plotkin – Deep Woods Blues – We Will Sing (2019)
(D) Collusion – Busted – City of Angels (2019)


John Statz – Strong Enough – Darkness On the San Juans (2018)
Tiffany Christopher – Somewhere Behind the Sun – Tremendous Heart (2016)
Sunsquabi – Land Sloth – Instinct (2019)

Kyle Donovan – Then and Now

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Kyle Donovan is a rare and beautiful talent … with a voice that lifts, he sings notes that feel like fire flies on a moist summer evening alongside a deep and slow moving river … this isn’t mundane … it’s invigorating. Few voices are as pure and unwavering in tone and pitch, or as sweet and sensitive in emotion.

Kyle’s quietly expressive stories of life are reminiscent of the best storytellers … none less than Paul Simon, Kyle’s strongest and most obvious muse. “Then and Now” is a love album – the best kind; it’s inspirational. That the album is self produced, self recorded, self mixed and mastered is testament to Kyle’s unrelenting faith and courage in his immense talent. It simply sounds fabulous.

This is an album for the end of the night – at the quietest possible time of day, and mind and body. It ends with the sweetest lullaby, “No Matter the Distance,” a “honey dipped melody” to the love of his parents, knowing “we will always be here, in your heart.”

Kyle spent three years engineering what really is a masterpiece of a solo debut .. and a strong contender for ALBUM of the YEAR on the Colorado Playlist.

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