MMMM – Sept 5, 2011 – The Ladies Sing, Pt. 1

Happy Labor Day and almost fall. The summer is just about over, and I realized I hadn’t done an MMMM post in some time. That and the fact that we’re just three full months away from picking who we feel are our “best of 2011” I thought I’d better get back in the swing of things.

I’ve been listening to a lot of ladies sing lately – and for damn good reason… there have been some truly excellent recordings that have come out recently from the ladies in the state. Couple those great voices with some of the best top shelf players in the region, and at some of the best studios under the direction of some of the best producers and engineers in the region….and no doubt we’ll see several at the top of “critics” lists year end. Here’s just a handful.

The Dirty Lookers – Audio Voyeur [EP] (self) Genre/Style: rocknroll, punk, garage, rhythm & blues
Executive Producer – Kato Femmenino
Produced by – Kelly Cowan, Bill Thomas
Tracking Engineers– Bill Thomas, Kelly Cowan, Dave Fox
Mixing Engineers – JP Manza, Bill Thomas, Kelly Cowan, (Cry On) Patrick Haight
Mastering Engineer – Patrick Haight
Recorded at Alley Recording
Mixed at Colorado Sound
The Dirty Lookers are:
o Pamela Puente (vocals, guitar)
o Sara Fischer – (guitar, vocals)
o Chris Kieift – (bass, guitar, vocals)
o Gerry Feit – (drums)
Focus Tracks:
1. Whiskey, She’s A Liar
2. Cry On
3. Pretty Baby

Driftwood Fire – How to Untangle a Heartache (self)Genre/style: folk, americana, singer-songwriter, contemporary adult
Produced and engineered by John McVey at Coupe Studios, Boulder
Mastered by Dominick Maita at Air Show Mastering, Boulder
Featured musicians:
o Christian Teele (drums)
o Chris Engleman (upright bass)
o Sally Van Meter (dobro)
o Scott McCormick (accordian, piano)
o Eric Moon (piano, sound design)
o Kailin Yong (violin)
o John McVey (guitars, electric bass)
Driftwood Fire is:
o Lynn Scharf (lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar)
o Charlotte Formichella (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, background vocals)
Focus tracks:
1. Small City Nights
2. Appalachian Hills
3. Paper Bag

Hazel Miller – Coming To You Live…from KUVO [EP] (self)Genre/style: adult contemporary, soul, jazz
Executive producer: Hazel Miller
Produced by Denise Gentilini and Steve Avedis
Chief Engineer @ KUVO – Mike Pappas
Asst. Engineer @ KUVO – Devin Shorb
Mixed at WOM Studios by Steve Avedis and Denise Gentilini
Mastered by Steve Sundberg, FTM Studios Lakwood CO
Featured musicians:
o Hazel Miller (vocals)
o Brian Monroney (guitar)
o Dana Marsh (piano)
o Rich Lamb (bass)
o Chris Stongle (drums)
o Tracy Busby (background vocals)
o Lori Cohen (background vocals)
o Denise Gentilini (background vocals)
Focus Tracks:
1. Time After Time
2. Spider Web
3. Moon Was Right

Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds (awnrygirl records)Genre/Style: Americana, singer/songwriter, contemporary adult
Executive producer: Scotty Anderson
Produced by Eben Grace and Jami Lunde
Recorded by
o John Macy @ Macy Sound Studios, Denver;
o Eben Grace @ North Fork Studios, Lyons;
o Greg McRae @ Coupe Studio, Boulder;
o Chris Funk @ Funk Studio, Portland OR;
o Jeff Lunde @ Elk Creek Ranch, Frasier CO
Mixed by Eben Grace and Jami Lunde @ Coupe Studio, Boulder
Mastered by Jeff Coppage, Nashville TN
Featured musicians:
o Jami Lunde (vocals, guitars)
o Eben Grace (guitars and pedal steel)
o Todd Patrick Livingston (guitars and lap steel)
o Greg McRae (guitars, organ and percussion)
o Jack Leahy (baritone guitar)
Focus tracks:
1. Some Place Tonight
2. A Little Bit Blue
3. Tupelo

Kim Jones – Lucky Girl (self)Genre/style: Singer-songwriter, contemporary adult pop, folk-rock, americana
Serviced to radio/press by Chris K. dba Rocky Mountain Music Network
Produced by Kim Jones & Colin Bricker
Recorded & mixed by Colin Bricker at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver
Mastered by Tom Capek at Colorado Sound, Denver
Featured musicians:
o Kim Jones (vocals, guitar)
o Jim Duffus (guitars, mandolin)
o Ron Bland (bass)
o Brian Mikulich (drums, percussion)
o Eric Moon (keyboards, accordion, string/horn arrangements)
o Wendy Woo (harmonies)
o Melanie Susuras (harmonies)
o Megan Burtt (harmonies)
o Glenn Taylor (pedal steel)
o Tom Hagerman (violin)
o Takanori Sugishita (violin)
o Lora Stevens (viola)
o Evan Orman (cello)
o Mark Harris (saxophones)
o Gabe Mervine (trumpet)
Focus Tracks:
1. Saying Something
2. Everything’s Frozen
3. People Are Tired

The Colorado Sound – Vol. 3, Episode 33 2011

NEWS & NOTES:

Big Head Todd & The Monsters “It’s Alright” from E-Town Live (1997)
Townes Van Zandt “Snowin’ on Raton” from E-Town Live Two (1999)
Hot Rize “Blue Night” from Bluegrass Roots frong E-Town (2003)
Jami Lunde “Tupelo” from Big Black Birds (2011)
Kenny Perkins “Last Goodbye” from Wild Frontier (2011)
Air Dubai “Soul & Body”[single] (2011)
No Fair Fights “Kiss From A Rose” from The Sound of Burning Bridges (2011)
Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) “Aquariums” from The Great Collapse (2009)
Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man “Don’t Count Me Out” from Joie De Vivre (2011)
Haunted Windchimes “Wanderin’ Heart” from Live at the Western Jubilee (2011)
Whiskey Blanket “Where We Go” from No Object (2010)
The Little League “Zoo Song” from Magic Words (2009)
Peter Sommer “Looks Like This” from Tremolo Canteen (2010)
Acoustic Junction “Strange Days” from Strange Days (2000)
Churchill “Miles” from Happy/Sad (2011)
(D) The Raven and the Writing Desk “Tiny Terrors” from Bonedale (2011)
FaceMan “BigHead” from FaceMan (2010)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Move It Along” from Spools of Thread (2010)
Jill Sobule “I Kissed A Girl” from Jill Sobule (1995)
Hickman Dalton Gang “Mr. Wrong” from Hickman Dalton Gang Vol 2 (2011)
(NT) Cassie Taylor “Keys” from Blue (2011)
(NT) Lionel Young Band “Blues & Boogie Woogie” from On Our Way to Memphis (2011)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Tear It Down” from Sinners & Saints (2010)
Treehouse “21 Hammers” from Blend (1999)
Yonder Mountain String Band “A Father’s Arms” from Town by Town (2001)
Jim Stranahan “I’ve Got No Rhythm In My Feet” from Free For All (2011)

The Colorado Sound – Most Heard Titles Jan-Aug 2011

These are the most heard titles on the Colorado Sound month by month from Jan thru August 2011.  Each hour of the show is aired differently around the state – so some hours and therefore some titles are HEARD more / or less frequently than others … here’s how it shakes out for the year so far.

Jan 2011
1.  Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk:  The Last Set
2.  Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’
2.  John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
2.  Katey Laurel – From Here
2.  Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier
2.  Tennis – Cape Dory
3.  Bob Rea – Ragged Choir
3.  Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead
3.  Churchill – Happy/Sad
3.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers
3.  Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
3.  Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
3.  Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett w/the Wailers – Wailin’ for Justice

February
1. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
1. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
1. Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
2. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier
3. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
4. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
4. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
4. Churchill – Happy/Sad
4. Ego vs Id – Taste
4. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
4. Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’
4. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
4. The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy
5. Tennis – Cape Dory

March
1. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
1. Ego vs Id – Taste
1. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
2. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
2. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
2. David James Band – Street Performer
2. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier
3. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
3. John Mieras – Painted Glass
3. Katey Laurel – From Here
3. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
3. The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy

April
1. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
2. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
2. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
3. David James Band – Street Performer
3. John McVey – Unpredictable
4. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
4. John Statz – Ghost Town
5. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
5. Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’
5. The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime

May
1. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm
1. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
4. FaceMan – FaceMan
5. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
5. The Quiet American – Vol. II
6. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
6. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
7. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
7. Take to the Oars – American Volume

June
1. Rob Roper – Misfit
2. Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm
3. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
3. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
3. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
3. Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
3. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
3. Rose Hill Drive – Americana
4. Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen
4. Kevin Dooley – Moonlight Highway
4. Selina Albright – You and I [single]

July
1. Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds
1. Rose Hill Drive – Americana
2. Dave Sonner – the American Campus
2. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
3. Jim Stranahan – Free For All
4. 3 Twins Broadband – 3 Twins Broadband
4. Kevin Dooley – Moonlight Highway
4. Rob Roper – Misfit
4. The Hickman-Dalton Gang     – Vol. II
5. Spring Creek – Hold On Me
6. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
6. The Pattie Fiasco – The Pattie Fiasco

August – abreviated month … only did two new episodes in month due to festivals. – NO REPORT