CP S16 EP22 2022

June 27, 2022 – On the road again! It’s summertime in Colorado, which means visiting as many places as we can to do some sightseeing, fishing, photography and seeing friends. This week we’ll be in Alamosa listening to KRZA. Hopefully we’ll have some pictures to share with you next week.

WOW … a seismic shift in this week’s TOP 5! The Lumineers got bounced out completely (in fact, fell out of the TOP 10).

A reminder .. the Colorado 2022 playlist on Spotify is limited to 100 titles from 100 artists/bands and can change often – sometimes a few times a day. Make sure to follow and visit frequently.

TOP 5 #COMUSIC WK END 6/26/22

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. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP
  3. DAVID STARR – Touchstones LP
  4. RYAN CHRYS & THE ROUGHCUTS – Tears and Blades LP
  5. MACHETE MOUTH – Machete Mouth EP

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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.

Fleetwood Mac – The Chain (LIVE) (1977)
(D) Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022)

West Side Joe & The Men of Soul – Found You – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Wildermiss – Hell or High Water – In My Mind (2020)
Dafna – The Man In My Dreams – When I Was With You! (2022)
Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022)
Jeff Finlin – Is This Love – Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008)
Darryl Purpose – Dreams of Life – Next Time Around (2012)
(D) Dave Boylan – A Reason To (2022)

Kiltro – The Hustle – Creatures of Habit (2019)
Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller – Cheek to Cheek – What We Did! (2021)
Annie Booth Sextet – Coming Home Again – Alpenglow (2022)

David Lee Roth – Just Like Paradise – Skyscrapper (1986)
(D) Jelie – Cope (2022)

Giant Zero – Good Ol’ Days – Shakes Me (2021)
Andy Frasco – Keep On Keeping On – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Alysia Kraft – Hamilton Pool – First Light (2022)
King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
Rare Silk – American Eyes – American Eyes (1985)
Dusty Drapes & the Dusters – Talkin’ Boogie – The Red Album (1981)
(D) Cole Scheifele – Poems (2022)

Anthony Ruptak – Good Morning (Radio Edit) – A Place That Never Changes (2019)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Friday Night – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Keith Oxman – I’ve Never Been In Love Before – Two Cigarettes In the Dark (2020)

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CP S16 EP20 2022

June 13, 2022 – Alysia Kraft‘s new solo album “First Light” isn’t out yet, but the popular singer-songwriter has already advanced three singles from her debut solo release – Little River, Cold Mountain, and Hamilton Pool. The singer, known for the bands Whippoorwill and the Patti Fiasco, is one of this month’s featured artists at Indie 102.3; the three tracks will propel “First Light” into the TOP 5 for June.

Did you know your vote in the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) below matters when I get to the end of the year polls? Now is also a good time to review the CP Listener Poll/Top 40 for 2021. We’re only six months away from talking about the Best of 2022.

TOP 5 #COMUSIC SPINS – WK END 6/12/22

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. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  2. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  3. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP
  4. DESTINO – Starcrasher LP
  5. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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.

HOUR 1

Open Road – I’ve Always Been A Rambler – Open Road (2000)
Mollie O’Brien – Eleezah – Big Red Sun Blues (1998)
(D) Euforquestra – Arizona to Georgia – While We Still Got Time (2022)

The Velveteers – Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
DeVotchKa – Give Me Something to Believe (2019)
Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
New Family Dog – 6 Feet Under – Halo (2022)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Howlin’ At The Moon – 10 (2005)
Lannie Garrett – What a Night, What a Moon, What a Boy – Under Paris Skies (2005)
The High Hawks – Talk About That – The High Hawks (2021)
(D) Adrienne O – What What What (2022)

Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Hey Delila – Black Beehive (2014)
Blakk Mantra – Choose Your High (2021)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker – Old Hat – Ghost Orchid (2022)

Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way – Rocky Mountain Way (1975)
(D) Elektric Animals – Head in the Ground – Channels EP (2022)

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Survivor – The Future (2021)
Wellington Bullings – Because I Want To (2020)
Jyemo Club – Issa Ting (f. the Reminders) (2022)
One Flew West – Holes In My Jeans (2022)
Five Iron Frenzy – It Was a Dark & Stormy Night – Engine of a Million Plots (2013)
12 Cents For Marvin – Russian Roulette – Change (2006)
Foxfeather – End of My Rope – Nature of Things (2021)
(D) Ace Engfer – My Kind of Crazy – Brave & Free (2022)

Dragondeer – Mirage a Trois – Mirage a Trios (2019)
Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene – Let’s Do This Thing – Let’s Do This Thing (2015)
Kim Stone Band – Purple – Earthschool + (1988)

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CP S16 EP15 2022

The Colorado Playlist – Expressly and explicitly Colorado from the 60s to Today – From the biggest hits by the biggest hitmakers and award winners in Colorado music history to some some of the freshest new music emerging from the Centennial State.

APRIL 24 2022 – Yep, On the Road AGAIN! Good morning from Prescott, AZ. I launched a new feature this morning = LIVE MUSIC VENUES on the FRONT RANGE

Hope you enjoyed this week’s show. Next week’s show, April 30- May 06 2022, is a SPECIAL – COLORADO MUSIC HALL OF FAME 2011-2022. Next new music episode is tentatively scheduled for May 07-13 2022. Depends on when I get back and if I need a break 😉

Since I tabulate spins on Sundays, there is no TOP 5 this week. There will be a TOP 30 for the month when I return.

On APRIL 16 1974, Queen made their US debut, opening for Mott the Hoople at Regis College (now Regis University) in Denver. This week I honored that special show with cuts from both bands – but this time Mott the Hoople opens for Queen in the set.

I recently searched for “famous singers in Colorado.” Frankly, the results amazed me. I have known about Sons of the Pioneers for many many years, and grew up watching Gunsmoke on black and white television. I had no idea that Ken Curtis was the lead singer of Sons of the Pioneers, nor did I know he played Festus on Gunsmoke in the 50s and 60s.

Another name that popped up in that search was Annaleigh Ashford, who’s appeared on Broadway in Kinky Boots and won a Tony Award for her work in You Can’t Take It With You. She also stars in B-Positive.

Thanks to Starr’s Guitars, LiveMusicColorado.com and Spinitron for their promotional and financial support of the show. The Colorado Playlist is provided free of charge to the stations that broadcast it. It relies on donations. Please donate. It does help to defray the costs in maintaining the show.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes – All the Young Dudes (1972)
Queen – Keep Yourself Alive – Queen (1973)
(D) Juno Rossa – Wish You Would – Die Trying EP (2022)

Dressy Bessy – I’m Still Here (2021)
Deep Pocket Thieves – I Love You – Blu De (2018)
Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado (2022)
Bluebook – Shake Shake – Shake Shake (2022)
Gregory Alan Isakov – Living Proof – The Weatherman (2013)
Rob Drabkin – Little Steps (2013)
(D) mlady – Magnifying Glass (2022)

Strange Americans – Big Black Car – Borrow You, Brother (2017)
Del Shamen – Come Back Mountain Jill – Del Shamen (2020)
David Bernot – No Problems – Neverending Cycle (2022)

HOUR 2

Sons of the Pioneers – Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds (1944)
Annaleigh Ashford – Theme from B-Positive (2021)
(D) Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light(2022)

The 89s – Apple Of My Eye – Wash Away (2020)
Leftover Salmon & Cracker – Lonesome Johnny Blues – Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou? (2003)
Megan Burtt & Joel Ansett – Good Dream (2022)
A-Mac & The Height – Smile – Season of Learning (2022)
Acoustic Junction – Oh Me Oh My – Strange Days (2000)
Railbenders – Southbound – Southbound (2001)
Dragondeer – Patient Boy (2021)
(D) A.J. Fullerton x Eddie Roberts – Good Times (2022)

The Reminders – Dust and Bones – Unstoppable (2019)
The Burroughs – Love and Unity (2020)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker – Shoot the Moon – Ghost Orchid (2022)

featuring  LiveMusicMegaSearch™