The Colorado Sound – Vol. 3, Episode 32, 2011

NEWS & NOTES: (music bed = Hawaii S.N.U. by Selko)

Rob Roper “Me” from Misfit (2011)
Pat Murphy “Heart of America” from The Paul Howard Project (2011)
Liza Oxnard “Gone Tomorrow” from Bird On A Wing (2006)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Rocksteady” from Rocksteady (2010)
Rose Hill Drive “Speed Dial” from Americana (2011)
(D) The Still City “Brittle Bones” from Brittle Bones (2011)
Zephyr “High Flying Bird” from Sunset Ride (1976)
Kyle Hollingsworth “Let’s Go Outside” from Let’s Go Outside (2010)
(D) Holler! “Blue Jay” from Gratitude (2011)
Kevin Dooley “Mystery Wheel” from Moonlight Highway (2011)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “El Paso” from Two Bedroom Apartment (2010)
Sixteen Horsepower “Coal Black Horses” from 16 Horsepower (1995)
Boulder Acoustic Society “Shelter” from Champion of Disaster (2010)
Bill Frisell “Baba Drame” from History, Mystery (2008)
Railbenders “Crazy Train” from Southbound (2001)
(NT) Gary Bragg “High Plains Storm” from High Plains Storm (2011)
(D) Cassie Taylor “Memphis” from Blue (2011)
Emmitt-Nershi Band “These Days” from New Country Blues (2009)
Zach Heckendorf “Tye Dye March” from The Cool Down (2011)
(D) Jonny Barber & the Living Deads “Little Red Riding Hood” from Jonny Barber & the Living Deads (2011)
Paul Galaxy & the Galatix “Lunar Swing” from Lunar Swing (2005)
(NT) Kim Jones “People Are Tired” from Lucky Girl (2011)
(D) Fingers of the Sun “The Leaves Were So Green” from Fingers of the Sun (2011)
Firefall “No Way Out” from Firefall (1976)
(NT) The Dirty Lookers “Cry On” from Audio Voyeur (2011)
Jeremy Vasquez & Ronnie Shellist “Ghetto Song” from Chicago Sessions (2007)
Paul Soderman “Get Free” from Once With Spirit (1994)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Zoloft Bounce” from Brand New (2011)

The Colorado Sound – Vol. 3, Episode 31 2011

NEWS & NOTES – (music bed = Big Fish Rhumba by Dave Beegle, courtesy of Hapi Skratch Ent.)

Cabaret Diosa “Comet Samba” from Voodoo Pinata (1999)
Fox Street Allstars “Somebody In the World For You” from Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (2011)
(D) The Dirty Lookers “Whiskey, She’s A Liar (Radio Edit)” from Audio Voyeur (2011)
The Big Motif “Does It Weigh Heavy” from Does It Weigh Heavy (2011)
(NT) Beats Noir! “Poor In America” from 13 Tracks From the Dark Side of The Beat (2011)
(NT) Jami Lunde “A Little Bit Blue” from Big Black Birds (2011)
The Stone Project “Fast Moving Freight Train” from An Art to Life (2009)
WhiteWater Ramble “All Night Drive” from All Night Drive (2010)
(D) Grant Sabin “My Next Home” from The Homesick EP (2011)
(D) Houses “Witches!” from Winter (2011)
The Knew “Before It Ends” from Before It Ends (2010)
The H2 BIG BAND (Al Hood & Dave Hansen) “Blue Brews” from You’re It! (2011)
Cowboy Dave “Friend in a Bottle” from Saddle Up, Pal (2009)
Kelly Aspen “I’m Done” from A Thousand Dreams (2007)
(D) Kim Jones “Everything’s Frozen” from Lucky Girl (2011)
John Common “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2011)
Devotchka “Contrabanda” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(D) Lionel Young Band “I Feel So Good” from On Our Way to Memphis (2011)
Dan Treanor & African Wind “From African Soul” from Mercy (2005)
Fafi aka 3Percent “Chegutu” from Groove or Die (2009)
(D) Pat Murphy “One Breathe Closer” from The Paul Howard Project (2011)
(NT) Zach Heckendorf “Invisible Ink” from The Cool Down (2011)
(NT) Gabrielle Louise “Pirates of Mental Space” from Mirror the Branches (2010)
Chuck Pyle “Jacked Up” from A Few Miles Back (2001)
(NT) Dotsero “Bi-Bop-Dot” from Storyhouse (2011)

Colorado Public Radio Begins Distributing Instruments Donated by Listeners

Over 400 musical instruments donated by listeners during Colorado Public Radio’s Annual Instrument Drive last spring begin making their way into the hands of students during this event marking the kickoff of the instrument distribution. Ultimately, about 1,000 of the instruments collected will be repaired and given to Colorado schools.

WHO:           Colorado Pubic Radio staff, students and teachers, repair-fund donors and others.
WHEN:         Saturday, August 20, 1-2 p.m.
WHERE:       Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center, University of Denver 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208

VISUALS: LOTS OF KIDS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

About 400 repaired and refurbished instruments will be on display, each with tags identifying the recipient school / music program.  Students and teachers representing about two dozen of the 30-plus schools and music programs accepting instruments, loading them into their vehicles at end of the event.  Isaac Allen, 14, will play a brief violin solo. Isaac has been playing the violin since he was nine and made his public solo debut with the Boulder Youth Symphony at age 10.

BACKGROUND

Tripling expectations, more than 1,300 musical instruments were collected last March during the instrument drive.  To date, nearly 500 instruments have been repaired and refurbished by the Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology (CIOMIT) of Castle Rock. Repairs on the remaining instruments continue. Ultimately, about 1,000 of instruments will end up in schools and music programs around the state for use by students.  Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation reviewed school applications and helped select the schools and music programs to receive instruments.

Instruments were collected at nine locations, including CPR, music stores around the Denver metro area and at the Grand Junction Symphony office.

Eleven cultural organizations helped publicize the instrument drive by including fliers in event programs, pre-concert announcements and emails to their followers.

Studying music in school has been shown to improve academic performance. It also has a positive effect on students’ self-discipline, self-esteem, as well as thinking and listening skills.

Colorado Public Radio is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides 24-hour, in-depth news and music to about 450,000 listeners each week (Source: Arbitron, Spring / Fall 2010). More than 90 percent of CPR’s funds come from the private support of listeners, businesses, and foundations.