CP S17 EP01 BEST OF 2022

The Milky Way from Fort Garland Colorado, June 2022, courtesy Claire Mannato

On the beach in North Carolina

Monday January 02, 2023 – What a fun year we just had. Claire and I traveled A LOT! We visited Arizona, California (twice .. Joshua Tree Nat’l Park and Redwood Nat’l Park), Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Utah.

Of course, along the way we also visited several wonderful locations for Milky Way pictures (and fly fishing) in Colorado, evidenced by the pictures I’ve shared all year.

Colorado artists (any and all with direct ties) produced an abundance of world class music in 2022. Five artists/bands with direct ties to Colorado earned Grammy Award nominations: Gerald Albright, The Infamous Stringdusters, Ingrid Andress, Judy Collins, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Yonder Mountain String Band, the String Cheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, Hot Rize and the Fox Theater were inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. And just as the year was about to end, the Class of ’23 was announced.

And finally, thank you for being one of the record number of visitors to the site over the past nine years.

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

CP S17 EP01 – BEST OF 2022

HOUR 1
Yonder Mountain String Band – Into the Fire – Get Yourself Outside (2022): #7 TOP 50 2022, Grammy Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album
Emily Scott Robinson – Old Gods – American Siren (2022): #30 TOP 50 2022, CP Americana Country Album of the Year
Lettuce – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Unify (2022): #24 TOP 50 2022, CP Funk/Soul Album of the Year
Ingrid Andress – Wishful Drinking (with Sam Hunt) – Good Person (2022): Grammy Nomination for Best Country Song
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – I’m On Your Side – The Future (2022): #1 TOP 50 2022
MaryLynn Gillaspie – MatteKudasai – Secret Language (2022): CP Comeback Artist of the Year; CP Jazz Album of the Year
Violet Pilot – Lazy Lions – Glad We Found You (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Debut
Cody Qualls – Good Vibes (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Pop Song
Euforquestra – Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022): #4 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Gasoline Lollipops – Midnight Dance – Nightmares (2022): #19 TOP 50 2022, Tied Fan Favorite He/His Vocal Performance w/A.J. Fullerton
A.J. Fullerton – Good Times (2022): Tied Fan/Listener He/His Vocal Performance w/Gasoline Lollipops
Mojomama – We Are One – We Are One (2022): #33 TOP 50 2022, Fan Favorite She/Her Vocal Performance
Sean McGowan – Sunflower Poetic – Union Station (2022)

HOUR 2
Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Thumbelina (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Cover Song of the Year
Big Gigantic x GRIZ – Open Your Mind (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite EDM Song of the Year
Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022): #8 TOP 50 2022, CP Rock Album of the Year
N3ptune/Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022): #31 TOP 50 2022, CP Urban-Alternative Album of the Year
The Lumineers – Where We Are – Brightside (2022): #2 TOP 50 2022
Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado – Spellbound (2022): Grammy Award Nomination for Best Folk Album
Adiel Mitchell – Focus On Me (Unplugged) (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Soul/Funk or Hip-hop Song of the Year
The Infamous Stringdusters – I Didn’t Know – Toward the Fray (2022): #9 TOP 50 2022, Grammy Nomination Best Bluegrass Album
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022): #38 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Americana Alt-Country Song of the Year
Alysia Kraft – Cold Mountain – First Light (2022): #3 TOP 50 2022
Erik Lunde – Lonesome Traveler – Water from the Stone (2022): #11 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Album and Folk Song of the Year
Elektric Animals – Come Clean – Channels EP (2022): #21 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Rock Song
Fast Eddy – Take A Look – Take A Look (2022): #11 TOP 50 2022
Keith Oxman, Jeff Jenkins, Todd Reid, Mark Simon – The Gojon Jazz Messengers – This One’s For Joey (2022)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

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#COMUSIC – TOP 30 DEC 2022

The last report was NOV 2022. There are 32 titles in this month’s TOP 30.  

Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on respective stations via the Colorado Playlist.  Survey period is from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with a Saturday.  Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

At the bottom of the DEC TOP 30 you’ll find TOP “5” charts for 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins, Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and eleven other stations around the state that report to Spinitron.

Fifteen debuts (D) for the month.

Ten titles stayed from previous month

Seven titles re-entered (R) the TOP 30.

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

(2) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(4) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(D) 3. BARBARA – Escape Artist LP (Sep-22)
(1) 3. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(D) 3. QUEEN KWONG – Couples Only LP (Jul-22)
(D) 4. HERO TALBOT – Butterscotch LP (Oct-22)
(D) 5. ANTIBROTH – Antibroth LP (Sep-22)
(D) 6. SAME CLOTH – No Good SINGLE (Jan-22)
(6) 7. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(D) 8. HOLLOW HEAD – A Spark of Madness LP (May-22)
(D) 9. DARCY NELSON – Bad SINGLE (Sep-22)
(R) 10. OUR VIOLET ROOM – Not Where I Thought I’d Be LP (Sep-22)
(D) 11. THE ELEGANT PLUMS – Dance to Forget SINGLE (Sep-22)
(9) 12. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Jul-22)
(D) 13. OKO TYGRA – West Coast (is burning) SINGLE (Oct-22)
(D) 14. OKO TYGRA – Better Without You SINGLE (Nov-22)
(8) 14. VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(D) 15. THE ELEGANT PLUMS – Disco Dev’s Dirty Disco SINGLE (Sep-22)
(R) 16. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(21) 17. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
(D) 17. HOLLOW HEAD – Porcelain SINGLE (Oct-22)
(D) 18. AVE EMI – Slip SINGLE (Oct-22)
(21) 19. THE VELVETEERS – See Me SINGLE (Sep-22)
(10) 20. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Nightmares LP (Oct-22)
(21) 20. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Stress Dreams LP (Jan-22)
(D) 21. AVE EMI – Saucy SINGLE (Feb-22)
(R) 21. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(R) 21. MIKE CLARK & THE SUGAR SOUNDS – Moon Rock LP (Mar-22)
(D) 22. HONEY BLAZER – Lookin’ Up LP (Oct-22)
(R) 23. JYEMO CLUB – EPocha EP (Aug-22)
(R) 23. THE MANANAS – Lightheaded Ways SINGLE (Jul-22)
(R) 24. WILDERMISS – W.I.F.I. SINGLE (Aug-22)

TOP FIVE BY STATION(s)

88.9 (Fort Collins/Northern Front Range)
(1) 1. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(3) 2. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(D) 3. VIOLET PILOT – Glad We Found You LP (Oct-22)
(D) 4. VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(R) 5. BIRDS OF PLAY – Murmurations, Vol. 2 LP (Feb-22)
(2) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(R) 5. STRANGEBYRDS – Highway Islands LP (Jan-22)

102.3 (Denver/multiple markets)
(1) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(D) 2. BARBARA – Escape Artist LP (Sep-22)
(D) 2. QUEEN KWONG – Couples Only LP (Jul-22)
(D) 3. HERO TALBOT – Butterscotch LP (Oct-22)
(D) 4. ANTIBROTH – Antibroth LP (Sep-22)

105.5 (Greeley/Northern Front Range)
(3) 1. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(1) 2. THE VELVETEERS – See Me SINGLE (Sep-22)
(R) 3. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(3) 3. MIKE CLARK & THE SUGAR SOUNDS – Moon Rock LP (Mar-22)
(2) 4. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(3) 4. JYEMO CLUB – EPocha EP (Aug-22)

KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KCSU (Fort Collins) KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KOTO (Telluride), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (4 Corners), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF (Paonia)
(1) 1. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(2) 2. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(R) 3. LETTUCE – Unify LP (Jun-22)
(D) 3. VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(5) 4. ANDY THORN – Songs of the Sunrise Fox LP (Sep-22)

CP S16 EP43 2022

Photo courtesy of Claire Mannato

This is the last new episode of the year. The annual Best of the Colorado Playlist will air DEC 31-Jan 05. See stations and times for when and where. The 2022 TOP 50 and Best of posts will go up on JAN 02.

One final category for you to vote in = 2022 Video Pick of the Year. The ten nominees are my favorites from the past year. Pick three … deadline is DEC 26.

Thanks for an incredible year. As of Monday DEC 19 2022, you set a new decade high for visitors to this site. Happy HOLLYDAZE.

#COMUSIC TOP 5 WEEK ENDING 12/17/22

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents

  1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
  2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
  3. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
  4. QUEEN KWONG – Couples Only LP (Jul-22)
  5. BARBARA – Escape Artist LP (Sep-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

The Fluid – Our Love Will Still Be There – Glue (1990)
The Samples – My Town – The Samples (1989)
(D) Johnny & the Mongrels – My Only Friend – Magnolia and Pine (2023)

The Copper Children – Pity Party – Strange Illusion (2022)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck – Learn to Let the Light In – Learn to Let the Light In (2023)
Dragondeer – Mirage a Trois – Mirage a Trios (2019)
Achille Lauro – Lightning – Flight or Flight (2012)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
(D) The Red Tack – Rag Doll – Judy (Special Edition) (2023)
Acoustic Junction – Strange Days – Strange Days (2000)
Zoe Berman – Something Better – Freezing Heat EP (2022)
Adam Bodine – Surface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

The Christines – Hollow – The Christines (1994)
The Christines – Dunes Are Blue (2020)
(D) Tongue Hammer – Billy Bill (2023)

Fast Eddy – Take A Look – Take A Look (2022)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Please Don’t Tell Her – Live Monsters (1998)
Emily Scott Robinson – Double Double – Built On Bones (2023)
Otis Taylor – Little Willie – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (2010)
Devotchka – Along The Way – A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
Cody Qualls – Colorado – Cody Qualls (2023)
(D) Head for the Hills – Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)

Alexa Wildish – Weightless – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Carolyn Hunter – Comedown – Lovelight (2022)
Sean McGowan – Now Open – Union Station (2022)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles are present)

Live Music Colorado featuring  LiveMusicMegaSearch™