Tag: Anthony Ruptak

CP S16 EP18 2022

Picture = Curious Theater 25th Anniversary Subscriber Brunch, Sat May 21 2022

MAY 23, 2022 – Colorado is known for being an arts friendly state. Not only do we have one of the most vibrant music scenes in the country but we have a world class art museum to go with renowned live theater venues like Curious Theater Company in Denver, named #1 Live Theater Venue by Best Things Colorado.

Claire and I are annual subscribers. It was great to great a preview of the upcoming 2022-23 season and to be a part of the 25th Anniversary celebration. There’s a great article in 5280 about founders Chip Walton and Dee Covington, who will leave the company at the end of its 25th season.

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TOP 5 #COMUSIC SPINS – WK END 5/22

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. ANTHONY RUPTAK – Backrooms LP (Apr-22)
  4. THE WHITE MOMS White Moms III: Men Working LP (Mar-22)
  5. FIA NYXX – Red Umbrella LP (Apr-22)

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

Firefall – Cinderella – Firefall (1976)
Poco – Pickin’ Up The Pieces – Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969)
(D) Russ Hopkins – I’m Not Ready Yet (2022)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Slow Caves – Out of State – Falling (2019)
Carolyn Hunter – Hardest Part (2022)
Dango Rose – Singularity – The Forgotten Years EP VOL. Two (2022)
Bad Weather California – I’ll Reach Out My Hand – Sunkissed (2012)
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band – Tell Me Daddy (f. Erica Brown) – Tangled Road Again (2013)
Leftover Salmon – Category Stomp – Brand New Good Old Days (2021)
(D) Andy Eppler – How Can You Rebuild a Soul – Lonely Disco EP (2022)
Porlolo – I Was A Fool (Wasting Time) – Porlolo (2018)
Eddie Turner – Change In Me – Change In Me (2021)
Adam Bodine – Surface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

HOUR 2

Elton John – Someone Saved My Life Tonight – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
(D) Wood Belly – Old Home – Great Big Skies (2022)

Bison Bone – Tell All Our Friends – The Lost Weekend EP (2021)
Sarah Slaton – Dance In the Sun (2019)
A.J. Fullerton – Oh Frustration (2022)
Ambar Lucid – Get Lost In the Music – Get Lost In the Music (2021)
Wildermiss – Carry Your Heart – Lost With You EP (2017)
The Mercury Project – Refuge – Soapbox Jive (2004)
(D) The Motet – Breathe Deeper (2022)

The Still Tide – Give Me Time – Run Out (2017)
Giant Zero – Good Ol’ Days – Shakes Me (2021)
(D) Sean McGowan – Cumbres & Toltec – Union Station (2022)

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CP S16 EP17 2022

MAY 16, 2022 – 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.

TOP 5 #COMUSIC SPINS

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.

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  2. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  3. FIA NYXX – Red Umbrella LP (Apr-22)
  4. ANTHONY RUPTAK – Backrooms LP (Apr-22)
  5. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Freddi Henchi Band – Celebration (f. Larry Wilkens) – Freddi Henchi Band (1981)
Zephyr – Don’t Come Back – Heartbeat (1981)
(D) Sarah Christine – The Year: Hang On Mom (2022)

OneRepublic – Rescue Me – Human (2021)
The Lumineers – Life In The City – Gloria Sparks EP (2019)
Wellington Bullings – Flame (2022)
Yonder Mountain String Band – Into the Fire – Get Yourself
Dan Treanor – From African Soul – Mercy (2005)
The Subdudes – Work Clothes – Street Symphony (2007)
(D) Thom LaFond – New Wildfire – The Moon Leans In (2022)

SUCH – You (Icytat Vocal Mix) (2016)
The Still Tide – Keep It – Between Skies (2020)
Keith Oxman – The Splashers – Caught Between the Lion and the Twins (2008)

HOUR 2

Mollie O’Brien – Never Make Your Move Too Soon (Birmingham) – I Never Move Too Soon (1987)
Mary Flower – Jane Jane (f. John Magnie and Steve Amadee) – Blues Jubilee (1994)
(D) Leslie Tom – Tequila After Midnight (2022)

Kind Hearted Strangers – The Egoist – East-West (2021)
DeVotchKa – Exhaustible – 100 Lovers (2011)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022)
Flobots – The Rose And The Thistle – The Circle In The Square (2012)
Tierro Band w Bridget Law – Charity – Allurement (2019)
(D) MaryLynn Gillaspie – Skippy’s Dream (Hypnagogia) – Secret Language (2022)

Mark Oblinger – Little Bird – High Water Line (2019)
Leftover Salmon – Brand New Good Old Days – Brand New Good Old Days (2021)
Garrett Sayers Trio – Diatribe – Thinkbox (2017)

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CP S16 EP16 2022

MAY 09, 2022 – Somewhere along the time line over the past two weeks I lost a day. I did manage to see a show Friday night (May 06) and even write about it. The next day (Saturday) while listening to the new LIVE album from Kaitlyn Williams, I wrote about that. That’s more writing than I normally get around to on a weekend.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and the Lumineers swapped places this week (big surprise – LOL). Nic Clark enters this week’s TOP 5. Nic’s debut hits the charts about a year after he moved out of Colorado, but the locally homegrown blues harp player and producer got plenty of spins from 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins the past couple of weeks to earn the slot.

Earth, Wind & Fire sax player Andrew Woolfolk passed away April 24. Lead singer and fellow Denver East HS grad Philip Bailey celebrated a birthday May 07. I paid tribute in this week’s show.

TOP 5 WEEKLY #COMUSIC SPINS

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.

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  2. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  3. ANTHONY RUPTAK – Backrooms LP (Apr-22)
  4. NIC CLARK – Love Your Life: Songs for the Whole Family LP (Jun-21)
  5. FIA NYXX – Red Umbrella LP (Apr-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Earth Wind & Fire – Africano – That’s The Way of the World (1975)
(D) Dafna – The Man In My Dreams – When I Was With You! (2022)

Andy Frasco – Love is a Gun – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – My Last Black Scarf – Unentitled (2011)
King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Sherri Jackson – Time & Time – Sherri Jackson (1997)
(D) Trevor Hall f. Marieme – 2 Oceans (2022)

Cassie Taylor – No Ring Blues – Out of My Mind (2013)
Hugh Phillips – Steel Drivers Lament – It’s Been A Long Time (2021)
Kim Stone Band – Bob Goes to the Store – Earthschool + (1988)

HOUR 2

Earth Wind & Fire – Devotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star – That’s the Way of the World (1975)
(D) Elektric Animals – Come Clean (2022)

Liptruce – You Think You’re Hollywood – Liptruce (2020)
Dragondeer – When I See You – If You Got The Blues (2018)
Wendy Woo – Good Old Days (2022)
Maddy and Kev – Train Wreck – Take A Ride (2022)
The Apples In Stereo – About Your Fame – Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
Acoustic Junction – Oh Me Oh My – Strange Days (2000)
Flobots – Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
(D) Kaitlyn Williams – Don’t Blink – Under These Lights (2022)

OneRepublic – Wanted – Wanted (2019)
Kind Hearted Strangers – Red & Blue – East-West (2021)
Brian Claxton – The Yard – The Yard (2020)

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