CP S19 EP06 2025

“Electric-piano” exhibit Ice Castles, Eagle, CO courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

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Every year I debut approximately two hundred new current-year songs.

Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive.

Let me know what you think of the debuts (D) I shared in the show this week.

Results enter into determining which cuts stay in the library and which cuts might eventually make it to the annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll and the “some of the best of the year” show.
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I had three PRE-RELEASE (P) titles in this week’s show – The Burrough‘s new single, Got To Free Your Mind, piKziL‘s newest, Exit Strategy and Christine Alice’s Wood Burning Stove that she originally recorded as a video in 2019, and released on YouTube in 2022.

Colorado Playlist sponsor Starr’s Guitars is owned by David Starr, a singer-songwriter based out of Cedaredge, who typically records in Nashville and tours the country as a solo artist. Hole In the Page is his latest.

Otis Taylor Tight Wire Blues – When Negroes Walked the Earth (1997)
Freddi Henchi BandThings Are Getting Better – Freddi Henchi Band (1974)
(D) David StarrHole in the Page (2025)
The Sweet Lillies Words – Equality (2023)
Mama Lenny and the Remedy Party Girl (2020)
The LumineersSame Old Song – Automatic (2025)
Big Head Todd and The MonstersWipeout Turn – New World Arisin’ (2017)
The Still TideHigh Wire – Run Out (2017)
Dragondeer Jolee (2024)
(P) The Burroughs Got to Free Your Mind (2025)
Claire HeywoodCrushed Lemons (2021)
Jobi RiccioWhiplash – Whiplash (2023)
BTTRFLY Quintet Verti Marte – Coast (2023)

Zephyr Sun’s a Risin’ – Zephyr Deluxe Edition (2014/1969)
Tommy Bolin Savannah Woman – Teaser (1975)
(P) Christine Alice Wood Burning Stove – Wood, Strings & Simple Things (2025)
Chris Daniels and the KingsFried Food/Hard Liquor – Blues, With Horns Vol. 1 (2017)
Hunter James and the TitanicStranger Touch – IV (2025)
Paper Bird To the Light – Paper Bird (2016)
Izcalli Solo Se Morir – IV (2018)
Andy Sydow In Love and a Hard Luck Sayer – Night Skin (2025)
(P) piKziL Exit Strategy (2025)
Mike Clark and Sugar Sounds Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022)
Gregory Alan IsakovThe Fall – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
Fred Hess BandNorman’s Gold – Single Moment (2015)

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 63 titles tracked
including Colorado Playlist
(1) 1. The LumineersAutomatic LP Jan-25
(3) 2. Yonder Mountain String BandNowhere Next LP Sep-24
(4) 3. DNA Picasso & Dominique Christina LAWLESS: A Love Story LP Oct-24
(4) 3. iies.Don’t Forget The Dot LP Jul-24
(R) 4. American CultureHey Brother, It’s Been Awhile LP Mar-24

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM Community Radio (Grand Junction), KBUT Community Radio (Crested Butte), KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (Carbondale), KDUR Community Radio (Durango), KFFR 88.3 FM (Winter Park), KOTO Community Radio Telluride (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA Community Radio (Alamosa), KSJD Radio (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and Indie1023 (Denver) …

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations and programs

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CP S16 EP25 2022

Picture of Buck Moon from Lookout Mountain courtesy of Claire Mannato

July 18, 2022 – An album of covers (done very well I might add) almost a year old (Sept 2021) is #1 again this week – David Starr‘s Touchstones takes it by a MILE, blowing past all the heavy weights! (disclaimer, David’s business, Starr’s Guitars, is a supporter of the CP). Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats falls to #5 .. check out the TOP 5 this week and the MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting) below.

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TOP 5 #COMUSIC WK END 7/17/22

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 102.388.9 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. DAVID STARR – Touchstones LP
  2. EUFORQUESTRA  While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
  3. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  4. GREENSKY BLUEGRASSStress Dreams LP (Jan-22)
  5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP

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.

Lannie Garrett feat. Nelson RangellEasy Street – Comes Love (1995)
Dianne Reeves You’re Driving Me Crazy – Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
(D) Eminence Ensemble Don’t Hold Your Breath (ft. Maurice Brown & Chelsea Baratz) (2022)

Leftover SalmonBrand New Good Old Days – Brand New Good Old Days (2021)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrying So Hard Not To Know – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
Alysia Kraft Hamilton Pool – First Light (2022)
Cody QuallsGood Vibes (2022)
Big Head Todd & the Monsters Resignation Superman – Beautiful World (1997)
The Apples In StereoAbout Your Fame – Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
Hunter James and the TitanicAdeline – La Liberte (2021)
(D) Brendan McKinney & The 99 Brown DogsWe Didn’t Come This Far (2022)

Cassie TaylorNo Ring Blues – Out of My Mind (2013)
Heavy Diamond RingUnknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Big BrooklynSend It To Me – Everyone Everywhere (2022)

Philip Bailey w Phil CollinsEasy Lover – Chinese Wall (1985)
(D) iZCalli On My Own – Rebirth (2022)
The VelveteersCharmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
Brent Cowles Cold Times – Cold Times (2017)
Bevin LunaMasquerade – Madison and Angelus (2022)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve Black Horse – Renaissance (2022)
DeVotchKa Curse Your Little Heart – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Andy MonleyAll Hail – Triplight (2006)
EllsworthDear Rosie – Ellsworth (2021)
(D) Lettuce Keep That Funk Alive (ft. Bootsy Collins) – Unify (2022)

Edison Open Road – Familiar Spirit (2016)
Many Mountains What Used to Be – Endless Time (2021)
Gerald Albright Taking Control – G (2016)

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CP S16 EP24 2022

Milky Way at Mountain Home Reservoir, Fort Garland CO, June 2022, taken by Claire Mannato (used with permission)

July 11, 2022 – As I stated last week, taking NOTHING away from Alysia Kraft’s brilliant solo debut, First Light – that album’s debut at #2 in the JUNE TOP 30 and landing at #1 in last week’s TOP 5, happened largely because it was featured heavily on Indie 102.3 in June. I expected to see it fall …

First Light fell from #1 last week to a tie for #13 with three other titles. Interestingly, a flurry of spins at a handful of mountain town stations this past week propelled David Star‘s September 2021 release, Touchstones, to the #1 spot for the week.

(disclaimer: David Starr’s Cedaredge music store, Starr’s Guitars www.starrsguitars.com is a sponsor of the Colorado Playlist).

TOP 5 #COMUSIC WK END 7/10/22

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 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. DAVID STARR – Touchstones LP
  2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  3. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  4. TRASH CAT The Tide LP (Dec-21)
  5. EUFORQUESTRA While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-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.

Harry Tuft You Gonna Quit Me – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
Poco Crazy Love – Legend (1978)
(D) The Drood Psychic Institute (2022)

Heavy Diamond RingFriday Night – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Kyle HollingsworthWe Were the Young – “2020” (2020)
Bryce MenchacaA Better Mood (2022)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022)
Angie StevensGive It on Back – Queen of this Mess (2009)
Yonder Mountain String BandCriminal – The Show (2009)
(D) Kory MontgomeryName Song (2022)

Such You (Icytat Vocal Mix) (2016)
Scott Kinsey/Mer SalTime Out of Mind – Adjustments (2021)
Keith Oxman(I’ve Got) Beginners Luck – East of the Village (2017)

Boulder Join Me In L.A. – Boulder (1979)
Rick Roberts She Made Me Lose My Blues – Windmills / She is a Song (1972)
(D) Jeff Finlin Soul On the Line – Soul On the Line (2022)

The BurroughsZero Sum Game (2021)
Danny ShaferSmall Town Blues – Weddings, Floods And Funerals (2015)
Euforquestra Show Me The Way – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Jaiel Sunshine Lovin’ (2022)
Sherri JacksonLiberation – Moments In Denial (1995)
Fierce Bad RabbitIn and out of Mind – The Maestro and the Elephant (2012)
Hunter James and the TitanicHead On – La Liberte (2021)
(D) The Still TideTimothy (2022)

Andy FrascoI’ve Got a Long Way to Go – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
West Side Joe & The Men of SoulKeep On Climbin’ – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken WalkerHomecoming – Ghost Orchid (2022)

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