Colorado Playlist – S11 EP38

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

A RARE REVIEW

A disclaimer:  One of the many things I do is service Colorado records to Colorado media, and municipal agencies that put on seasonal (summer) concerts and festivals, and I also book a few here and there.

I’ve known Andy Sydow for several years now. He enlisted my help to get his debut EP out a few years ago.  Recently he advanced me his upcoming new album, Reasons for Departure, due out early in 2018 that I’ve spent many hours listening on my car stereo the past couple of weeks.

Andy has been among the region’s most respected up and coming young musicians; a multi-instrumentalist, who excels as much on slide guitar as his boogie-woogie blues piano chops.  He’s played in support of the likes of Tab Benoit, Delbert McClinton, Chris Duarte, Tinsley Ellis and others …and appeared at esteemed events and venues such as Jazz Aspen Snowmass.

Andy and I have spent many wonderful hours together discussing music – his as well as that of some of his favorite songwriters. Andy’s favorite artists are guys like Jackie Green and Anders Osborne, who he’s opening for on New Year’s Eve at the Caribou Room in Nederland (congrats Andy!)

Some of my favorite singer-songwriters from my generation are guys like Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, and Dan Fogelberg.  Add in elements of what I hear as Cat Stevens, and you begin to catch a bit of what I hear in Andy’s new album.

Reasons for Departure is absolutely beautifully produced by Chris Daniels, whose home studio is where a great deal of Andy’s album was recorded. Chris spent considerable time honing Andy’s vocal performances on this record – which along with the splendid songwriting is what really stands out.

Songs like Reasons for Departure, Lonely Love, Hearts Go On and Who I Want To Be showcase a songwriter, and singer, ready and able to share airtime with his – and my – favorites from across the generations.

I can’t share it with you yet, but I will say that when people do get it in their ears it will open up tremendous opportunities in Andy’s career and grow his fanbase considerably.

Much love my friend – I can’t wait to share this one with my listeners throughout Colorado.

 VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Sometimes it’s hard to define “Colorado” music .. is a band or artist who once lived here a part of what has defined our sound?  Is a band made up of members from around the country, but where at least one of them is from Colorado a “Colorado band?”  What if a record is made here?  Does that make it Colorado?  Hmmmm…. ponders goat.

Strawberry Fields came about in Denver in 2013, forged out of the pop-punk band Mega Gem.  In 2016, the band appeared at Red Rocks and the Underground Music Showcase in Denver.

Since forming S.R.  principle artist Emi Night has moved to the Eastern Seaboard.  The new EP was recorded in Evergreen, but mixed and mastered elsewhere, as so many Colorado records are.

I’m adding this one to the Colorado Playlist collection ….

I often wonder who’s paying attention – ya know?  I’m curious, how old are you?  How often do you go out to a show NOT at Red Rocks or the Pepsi Center?

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP38

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Super Band “Acid Indigestion” from Psychedelic States: Colorado in the Sixties (2007)
The Trolls “That’s the Way My Love Is”  (1969)
(D) Anitra Carr “She Ain’t Me” from 2017 (2017)


Shaley Scott “Style” from Rescue Me (2015)
My Body Sings Electric “Oceancrest” from Part 1: the Night Ends (2014)
(D) Gasoline Lollipops “Soul Mine” from Soul Mine (2017)
Retrofette “Skeletons” (2017)
Sixteen Horsepower “Outlaw Song” from Folklore (2002)
Devotchka “100 Other Lovers” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(D) Monocle Band “Medicine” from The Clearing (2017)


Young Ancients “Going Back to Tulsa (Tulsa)” from Fishstory (2015)
John Weeks Band “Closer to Home” from Dark Angel (2017)
(N) Paa Kow “Pete Pete” from Cookpot (2017)

HOUR 2

The Astronauts “Movin’” from Surf Series: With the Astronauts (1964)
The Chandells “We Are the Ones” from We Are the Ones (1967)
(D) Vincent Colbert “Dark Days” from Dark Days EP (2017) 


Grim & Darling “Congratulations World” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
Selasee and the Fafa Family “Time for Peace” from Time for Peace (2015)
(D) The Sparrow and the Fall “Light In the Darkness” from Close At Hand (2017)
High Fiction “Dynamite (feat Ron Miles)” from To Whom It May Concern (2017)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “All the Love You Need” from All the Love You Need (2008)
Otis Taylor “Hands On Your Stomach” from Respect The Dead (2001)
(N) Richard Dean “Killin’ Boots” from Vignettes (2017)


Rose Quartz “medicine” from Axis of Love (2015)
James Egbert & Nina Storey “Sound System” from Friction (2017)
Space Orphan “Meeting Spot” from Shut Up About The Sun (2016)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)

 

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP37

So much going on.  I took some much needed vacation time last week, and visited Durango/Mesa Verde with my girlfriend.  While there we attended the 3rd annual iammusicfest which also hosted the Colorado Music Summit put on by the Music District and Colorado Creative Industries.

Much love to the incredible musicians who took part, including Foxfeather, Chimney Choir, Euforquestra, Hello Dollface, Paa Kow and others.

“…musicians work several jobs to make ends meet. If we can help them increase their quality of life, that’s a good thing for everybody.”— Margaret Hunt, CCI

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

That statement from Margaret at Colorado Creative Industries carries considerable meaning for me, and is very much a part of the underlying mission of Rocky Mountain Music Relief.

Since launching, following the hurricane that affected Houston, and from which our mission originated, many legacy Colorado musicians and venues have contributed to the cause, with much more to come.

If you’d like to contribute to helping professional working musicians affected by natural disasters in the US, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico please reach out via the website.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Many of our friends do not know about VuHaus, and the efforts that they and a handful of Colorado radio stations have made to elevate Colorado music to an international audience.
From VuHaus.org:  “VuHaus is a non-profit, non-commercial organization comprised of public media’s leading Music Discovery stations… that introduces emerging and established artists to new audiences.

Through a website and mobile app, VuHaus aggregates performance videos and interviews from leading “Music Discovery” public radio stations from markets across the U.S.

Unique video channels will include nationally curated playlists, local market playlists, and custom playlists from artists and others. VuHaus will also live video stream concerts and events through our partner stations.By creating exposure for these acts, VuHaus provides a unique window into the country’s most vibrant music scenes.”

Here’s a link to some videos curated by Colorado radio stations, including 105.5 The Colorado Sound, 88.9 KRFC (Fort Collins), KSUT (Ignacio/Durango), KVNF (Paonia), KSJD (Mancos) and KRCC (Colorado Springs).

Thanks to the Mishawaka Amphitheatre and KindDub for including my band GOATZ! in the offerings this month.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP37

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Dan Fogelberg “Face the Fire” from Phoenix (1980)
(D) Paa Kow “African Lady” from Cookpot (2017)
Leftover Salmon “High Country” from High Country (2015)
SHEL “The Latest And Greatest Blueberry Rubberband” from SHEL (2012)
(D) Richard Dean “Wild Night On the Bayou” from Vignettes (2017)


Brent Cowles “9th & Lafayette” from Cold Times (2017)
O’Brien Party Of 7 “King of the Road” from Reincarnation: The Songs of Roger Miller (2012)
Darryl Purpose “Dreams of Life” from Next Time Around (2012)
(N) Tracksuit Wedding “Now or Never” from Now Or Never (2017)
Liz Barnez “Simple Song” from Welcome Back (2015)
Pandas & People “Watch it Burn” from SpokesBUZZ Vol VI: Band Together (2015)
Annie Booth “Tiger Dance” from WANDERLUST (2014)

HOUR 2

The Samples “Nothing Lasts for Long” from No Room (1992)
(D) Sofie Reed & Russell Jackson “Glitter Girl” from Rocky Road (2017)
The Yawpers “American Man” from American Man (2015)
Calder’s Revolvers “See to Believe” from Sunday Morning (2014)
Francis and the Wolf “Call of the Wild” from Ladies & Gentlemen (2017)
The Still Tide “High Wire” from Run Out EP (2017)
The Apples in Stereo “No One in the World” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Children of the Lord” from Cipher (2008)
(N) Ryan Dart “Ain’t Quite Heaven” from Pain, Love and Drought (2017)
Andy Hackbarth “Mountains” from Panorama Motel (2015)
Cary Morin “Laid back” from Cradle to the Grave (2017)
Jon Wirtz “Watching the World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP35

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

The new website is http://www.rockymountainmusicrelief.org.  You’ll find up to date events, a blog annotating where we’re at and what we’re doing, and an about section with brief bios on the founders – all of whom I am deeply indebted to.

This past weekend, we were directly involved in the planning and execution of two events – one at the Oriental Theater in Denver on Friday, and one on Sunday at Dazzle Jazz in Denver.  Both events were well attended.

We raised over $700 for the cause.  Additionally, other musicians / bands have stepped up to do their own charity events, and to date they’ve raised over $1500 .. all of which will eventually find it’s way via MusiCares to professional working musicians in need in the affected hurricane ravaged communities.

IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY 

CANNED HEAT – Before moving to Los Angeles with his family, Canned Heat lead singer Bob the Bear Hite was raised in Denver.  What happened on SATURDAY, OCT 21 1967 that lead to the song My Crime?

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

I’m not always out in front with new music .. and this new cut from OneRepublic actually came out this past June.  It is perhaps one of their most noteworthy songs – written w/ T-Bone Burnett for the movie “an inconvenient sequel – Truth to Power.”  There are not a lot of lyric videos I’d post – this one is an exception.  It speaks to our love of our planet – Earth.

 

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP34

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

The Subdudes “All the Time In the World” from Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Dharma Krewe “1st of July” from 7th Floor (2017)
Hello Dollface “Face it” from Warrior of Light (2016)
Grim & Darling “Congratulations World” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
(D) OneRepublic “Truth to Power” (2017)


Steve Law Band “Dancer” from Dancer (2017)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “My Last Black Scarf” from Unentitled (2011)
Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013)
(N) Rusty Young “Heaven Tonight” from Waitin’ For the Sun (2017)


Paper Bird “Sunday” from Paper Bird (2016)
King Cardinal “Metronome” from Great Lakes (2017)
Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)

Leftover Salmon “Up On the Hill Where We Do the Boogie” from The Nashville Sessions (1999)
(D) Eamon Alger “Open Receiver” from Small Fish (2017)


Ivory Circle “And I Try” from Isoceles (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Hey Delila” from Black Beehive (2014)
The Guestlist “Lonely” from Racing, Chasing (2017)
Dearling “Blood and Water” from Inheritance (2017)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “The spark” from The Spark (2005)
Reed Foehl “Wolves” from Once An Ocean (2009)
Jonny Barber & the Rhythm Razors “Racing to a Red Light” from Western Riot (2017)
String Cheese Incident “Get Tight” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)
The Holler! “Monique” from Wildwood (2017)
Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade “Rudy-Go-Round” from Quiver (2012)

OCT 7 = Acoustic GOATZ the Roost (Longmont)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)