Short and to the point – here’s this week’s playlist. Everything else will be in the May 1 News Notes and Spins column … It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with the Denver Music Summit, FOCOMX, and Spokebuzz. Lots of things shaking. Stay tuned. In the meantime, In the Whale pretty much never ceases to surprise – check out this week’s new music share and don’t forget to hit up the new Offstage Beyond the Music segment with Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore.
PLAYLIST S9 EP18 MAY 2015
HOUR 1
Joe Walsh “Here We Go” from Barnstorm (1972) Sugarloaf “Country Dawg” from Spaceship Earth (1971) (D) In The Whale “Mail” from Full Nelson (2015) Yawpers “Sister Mary” from Spokesbuzz Volume 4 (2014) The Swayback “Queen’s Dance” from Long Gone Lads (2008) Todd Adelman “Right Before You Said Hello” from Highways & Lowways (2015) Leftover Salmon “Sing Up To the Moon” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012) Lion Drome “Winter” from Curve of the Earth (2014) El Toro de la Muerte “Like A Ghost” from Dancer These Days (2011) Elephant Revival “Birds and Stars” from These Changing Skies (2013) Rose Quartz “Something to Believe” from Axis of Love (2015) The Motet “Afro Disco Beat” from Instrumental Dissent (2007)
HOUR 2
Acoustic Junction “Every Heart” from Strange Days (2000) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Rocksteady” from Rocksteady (2010) (D) Otis Taylor “Peggy Lee” from Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015) Brothers Keeper “Cold Rain” from Todd Meadows (2014) Pandas & People “Still Young” from Pandas & People (2014) Drew Schofield “Break It Down” from 150 Million (-1) (2014) Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014) (N) Ivory Circle “And I Try” from Isoceles (2015) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Crystall Ball” from Living Asleep (2014) Ben Markley ~ Clint Ashlock Quintet “Chasing Light” from The Return (2014)
I spent Sunday afternoon with Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore. That conversation will be featured as our Offstage …Beyond the Music segment in May while Mollie and Rich are on tour in Scotland, before returning for shows in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Don’t forget to check out this week’s segment with Hazel Miller. Rich and Mollie’s fist segment goes “live” on May 4.
Have you been listening to the show? No? Hmmm. Have you been keeping up with the In Colorado Music History segments? Here are the two latest.
How bout The Colorado Sound Live365? When was the last time you checked that out? Seems we’ve lost a lot of you the past few months. Hmmmmmm….. if you haven’t tuned in lately there’s a lot of new music being played, and a special dinner time jazz show from 6-8 every Mon-Fri. You can also download the Live365 app and take the show with you. It streams easily.
Please share with your friends in SW Colorado — COMING Thursday MAY 7 10PM to Durango, Pagosa, Farmington, and other SW locations on Four Corners Public Radio, KSUT
VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK
PLAYLIST S9|EP16
HOUR1
Philip Bailey “I Know” from Continuation (1983) The Apples in Stereo “Ruby” from Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999) (N) Esme Patterson “Oh Let’s Dance” from What Do You Call A Woman (2015) Taarka “River’s Eddy Blues” from Making Tracks Home (2015) Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family “Land of Fire” from Land of Fire (2010) (D) Ivory Circle “Faces and Colors” from Isoceles (2015) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Wildflowers” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013) (N) Wendy Woo Band “On With the Show” from Tipping Point (2015) Safe Boating is No Accident “Bonus Features” from Bonus Features (2014) Gregory Alan Isakov “Big Black Car” from This Empty Northern Hemisphere (2009) (N) Trout Steak Revival “Ours for the Taking” from Brighter Every Day (2015) Matt Skellenger “The Curve” from New Radio (2014)
HOUR2
Cracker “Euro-trash Girl” from Get On With It: The Best Of (2006) Zephyr “Mad Dog” from Heartbeat (1982) Richard Dean “Radium Dial” from Accidental Human (2015) Paul Kimbiris “Dark Side of Pearl” from Dark Side of Pearl (2014) Jeff Austin “15 Steps” from The Simple Truth (2015) Selina Albright “Didn’t Cha Know” from Brighter (2013) Hazel Miller Band “Moon Was Right” from Coming To You Live…From KUVO (2011) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “I Get Smooth” from Black Beehive (2014) Richie Furay “Hand In Hand” from Hand In Hand (2015) Ben Markley “5-20” from Second Introduction (2009)
JOIN ME THIS SUMMER AT:
Locals x Locals at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on June 6. A festival to celebrate and honor local musicians, featuring Cracker, Post Paradise, and more. I’ll be doing Offstage interviews and a special one hour top 12 mix of some of the hottest new music of the year.
The Greeley Blues Jam in Greeley on June 13, with Austin Young- featuring Michaela Rae and friends + Maynard Mills Blues Band + George Whitesell and His All Stars featuring Jill Watkins + The Frails- all female review featuring Erica Brown, MJ, G’Jai, Michaela Rae, Miss Audrey, Susan Phelan & national headliners Delbert McClinton, Elvin Bishop and more.
Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival in Dacono on Saturday Aug 1. I’ll announce the acts in about a month.
The Colorado Sound Presents Hazel Miller, Chris Daniels & the Kings, Goatz!, and William’s Reserve on Aug 9 at the Mishawaka
I love Monday mornings. That is all. Here’s what was played this week on the show. There was more new music this weekend than I’ve seen in several weeks at least – the early spring blitz of new releases as bands and artists get ready for the outdoor concert season that gets under way at the end of April.
FOCOMX is the official unofficial start of the festival season, and if you’ve never been now is a good time to start. It’s pretty magnificent in scope and scale, this year hosting 300 acts from around the region over two nights and a full day.
Dearling’s rendition of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Landslide” was a refreshing reminder that there’s still plenty of room in the songs of others for local artists to explore and redefine in their own voices. In the meantime, their last single, “Do You Love Me,” is my video pick of the week offering.
Fox St continues to lend credence to their ever growing popularity as a classic sounding band in the tradition of those from the early 70s that could have been or were comprised of the likes of Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock and perhaps Joe Cocker or Delaney Bramlett – needless to say they’ve been among my favorites for a few years now.
Instant Empire can lay legitimate claim to being at the top of the list of contemporary indie/alternative (new alternative) bands in the region replacing the likes of Photo Atlas or Hot I.Q.s with their new single “Dead Air.” Their new album due out this June.
And I’m not really sure what I can say about John Common that I haven’t written about in years past – he is simply one of the region’s most deeply intellectual lyrical craftsmen. The new single is paired with a spoken word piece from John that I think is his first, and is marvelously produced by Immersive Studios in Boulder.
Truthfully, it was a hell of a week for new music, leading me to the new single from Natalie Walker, who the last I heard from was more ingrained into the CCM (contemporary Christian music) market segment than the secular world the new record reaches out to. Natalie has had a brilliant career to this point with songs embedded in numerous high profile television shows. The move from Denver to Crested Butte seems to maybe being a catalyst of change in her view of the mysteries of life for her. I look forward to exploring the rest of the new album with you.
Don’t forget – COMING MAY 7 to KSUT (Ignacio/Durango) 10PM-12AM.
VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK
OFFSTAGE BEYOND THE MUSIC
Coming in May – Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore. In the meantime we still have two more weeks with the incomparable Hazel Miller.
S9 EP15 PLAYLIST
(D) = debut: first time an LP, EP, or single has been aired on show (N) = new cut from previously debuted LP or EP
HOUR 1
Firefall “Cinderella” from Firefall (1976) Acoustic Junction “Where Is She Now” from Surrounded by Change (1995) (D) Dearling “Landslide” [single] (2015) (D) Fox St. “Ain’t Easy” [single] (2015) String Cheese Incident “Tinder Box” from Untying the Not (2003) (D) Instant Empire “Dead Air” from Lamplight Lost (2015) Big Gigantic “The Night Is Young” from The Night Is Young (2014) (D) Ragged Union “Worry My Life Away” from Hard Row to Hoe (2015) (D) Michael Kirkpatrick “I’m Your Man” from Honey Rider (2015) Jeff Brinkman “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012) Snake Rattle Rattle Snake “Evil Eye” from Totem (2015) Devotchka “100 Other Lovers” from 100 Lovers (2011) Andrew Vogt “On The Run” from Cats Afoot (2010)
HOUR 2
Tim Goodman “New Romeo” from New Romeo (1981) Dan Fogelberg “Part of the Plan” from Souvenirs (1974) (D) The Railsplitters “Met That Day” from The Faster It Goes (2015) Pandas & People “Out to Sea” from SpokesBUZZ Vol V: Band Together (2015) (D) Natalie Walker “Trust” from Strange Bird (2015)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Stealin’ Candy” from Live Wired! (1995) Hazel Miller & the Caucasians “Home of the Blues” from Live at the Fox (1995) (D) John Common “The River Is Moving” [single] (2015) (D) Esme Patterson “What Do You Call A Woman” [single] (2015) GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)
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JOIN ME THIS SUMMER AT:
Locals x Locals at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on June 6 featuring Cracker, Post Paradise, and more.
The Greeley Blues Jam in Greeley on June 13.
The Colorado Sound Presents Hazel Miller, Chris Daniels & the Kings, Goatz!, and William’s Reserve on Aug 9 at the Mishawaka
I spent Sunday afternoon with Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore. That conversation will be featured as our Offstage …Beyond the Music segment in May while Mollie and Rich are on tour in Scotland, before returning for shows in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Don’t forget to check out 
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 