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The Colorado Sound – S7/EP06 Feb 2013 + Video of the Week

chris k july 2010I very often discover new music for this show by browsing multiple publications and the published playlists of a number of regional radio stations.  When I find acts listed as “local” that I’m unfamiliar with I always make it a point of looking them up online.  I’ve discovered many acts that way, several of which have become favorites of mine on the show.  I like using sites like Bandcamp and Soundcloud more than any other when it comes to not only discovery, but also sharing new music here with you.  I also like using YouTube.  I wish more acts would utilize these sites – it makes sharing much easier, and more direct.

One such act I discovered this past week is Esther Sparks & the Whiskey Remedy.  Upon watching their wonderful video “Back to Life” I was immediately uplifted – making it my feel good video of the week, and the current leading contender for Video of the Month when I publish the next News Notes & Spins column on March 1.  Enjoy … I hope it brings you as much “feel good” as it brought me. 

Playlist S7/EP06 Feb 2013

(D) = new album, first time aired on show
(N) = new cut from previously debuted album

Firefall “Wrong Side of Town” from Elan (1978)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Sister Sweetly” from Sister Sweetly (1993)
(D) Fox Street Allstars “Take It or Leave It” from Tough Talk (2013)
(N) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Payin’ My Dues” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)
(D) Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013)
(N) Rachel & the Kings “Fall Down” from Tonic (2013)
(N) Joshua Novak “The Spiller” from Ephemeron (2013)
The Samples “My Town” from Samples (1990)
Jeff Finlin “East by West” from The Tao of Motor Oil (2010)
Tin Horn Prayer “All’s Well That Ends Well” from Grapple the Rails (2012)
Beats Noir! “Going Nowhere (feat. Venus Cruz)” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
(D) Drop Switch “Blame It On Me” from Blame It On Me (2013)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Brand New” from Brand New (2011)
String Cheese Incident “Walk This Way” from The String Cheese Incident (1997)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “It’s A Summer Night” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
(D) The Uncommoners “Head Space” from Time and Other Tricks (2013)
Patrick Dethlefs “The Farther You Go” from Fall & Rise (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Halo” from Strange (2012)
(D) Blue Canyon Boys “Heartaches Welcome” from Next Go ‘Round (2012)
Coles Whalen “Go Child” from The Whistle Stop Road Record (2009)
Yawpers “Silicone Love” from Capon Crusade (2012)
Take to the Oars “Stones & Sticks” from American Volume (2011)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “In And Out of Mind” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
(D) Jesse Manley “A Path Through the Dark” from A Path Through the Dark (2013)
Grant Farm “Tell Me, Tell Me” from Grant Farm (2012)
(N) Jon Wirtz “Watching The World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)

The Colorado Sound S7/EP05 Feb 2013 + Video of the Week.

chris k july 2010Every week I receive a fairly large amount of new music to evaluate for the show.  I’d say most of what I get makes it on-air at least once.  I don’t know if that’s because I’m only receiving the cream of the crop, or if we’ve just become that good in Colorado.  I like to think it’s a bit of both.

I’m often found cruising Facebook, scanning for items of information I can use in the news and notes section of the show, or just information about artists in general to talk about.  Recently, I saw a post for a show that got my attention, not because of the headliner, but because I mistook the message and thought a different band was having a cd release party… whereupon I immediately contacted that band about their new cd.  Of course, to my chagrin, I discovered I had made a mistake.  I was subsequently turned onto a new artist … whose cd release party it really was … and was told that she’d done very well on YouTube, with 24,081 subscribers and 2,399,645 video views, and that she sells out the rare show she does locally.  So, with that background – may I please introduce to you Miss Elise Lieberth with our video of the week selection.  

PLAYLIST S7/EP05 Feb 2013

(D) = album debut
(N) = new song debut

Dianne Reeves “Afro Blue (Live)” from The Best of Dianne Reeves (2000)
Wendy Woo “Wide Awake and Dreaming” from Wide Awake and Dreaming (1999)
Beats Noir! “Where the Sun Goes Down” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
Tyler Ward “The Way We Are” from Hello. Love. Heartbreak (2012)
The Fray “Over My Head (Cable Car)” from How to Save A Life (2005)
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown “Tangled Road” from Tangled Road (2012)
(D) Ryan Chrys “The Road Never Ends” from A Lick & A Promise (2013)
Hickman-Dalton Gang “Construction Man” from Hickman-Dalton Gang Vol. II (2011)
You Me and Apollo “Oh My Molly” from You Me and Apollo (2012)
(D) A Boy and His Kite “You Want It, You Got It” from A Boy and His Kite (2012)
(N) Carmelita’s Lovers “Need to Know” from Ghosts of Our Former Selves (2013)
Moetones “Roadhouse” from Lowbrow (2012)
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra “Beauty and the Beast” from Sharks And Manatees (2012)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Congo Square” from Live Wired! (1995)
Leftover Salmon “Dance On Your Head” from The Nashville Sessions (1999)
(N) John William Davis “Same Old Devil” from Dead Simple, Vol. 1: You Talk Funny (2013)
Sofie Reed “Leaving This Morning” from Simplicity Chased Trouble Away (2012)
(D) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Thunder On The Mountain” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)
(D) Catch Bees “Brevity” from Narratives from a Factory Town (2013)
(D) Jeremy Dion “Desperate Mama” from Golden Some Day (2013)
(D) Josh Dillard “Dandelion Clocks” from The Whale & the Sea (2011)
The Jekylls “You’re Probably Right” from The Sweet Factory (2012)
Ten Pound Elephant “Talk to Me” from Ten Pound Elephant (2012)
Whiskey Blanket “Rule the Roost” from No Object (2010)
(D) gogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)

The Colorado Sound – S7 EP1 2013

Welcome to 2013.  You may notice a change in the header for the show.  The Colorado Sound made its debut in 2006.  2013 makes Season 7 of the show (S7).  2013 also marks the 4th year now for the blog (V4).

The best two months for the blog were January 2011, and December 2012 when there were roughly 1900 unique views in each month.  On average, this blog receives 42 unique page views a day – or about 1200 a month, give or take.

I have no real good way of measuring the on air reach of the program, except in general terms.  It’s reasonable that the show is heard by many hundreds of listeners weekly

One or both hours of the show currently airs on
KRFC (Fort Collins) … Saturday night/8PM .. FC is the largest market with reach that extends into parts of the Denver/Boulder area.
KDNK (Carbondale) – which has multiple translators, and is heard in Glenwood Springs, Leadville, and Aspen on Thursday morning at 1AM
KOTO (Telluride) – which has two or three translators.  Hour 2 of the show is heard in prime time / 11AM / on a Thursday morning – a highly coveted slot.
KWMV-LPFM (Westcliffe) – which has the most limited reach being an LP (low power) station and being in the least populated area the show is broadcast in.  The show is heard on three days of the week – with HR 1 on Tues, HR2 on Wed, then both hours on Friday evening at 6PM.
The Fever, KFVR, in Pueblo on a classic rock station on a Friday night at 8PM.
Post303Radio.com – Mondays at 4PM – the only pure play Internet station the show appears on.
KVNF (Paonia) – COMING FEBRUARY 2013 – station has multiple translators …

In 2012 I also started The Colorado Sound video channel at Youtube.com.  So as often as I find new videos I’ll post a new playlist … or feature videos from new cuts being featured in the show that week.  Also, I use Spotify and Bandcamp to provide embedded music

(D) = new album debut/first time a cut from this album/ep has been aired
(N) = new song debut from previously debuted album/ep

PLAYLIST – S7 EP1 Jan 2013

John Denver “Back Home Again” from The Essential John Denver (2007)
(D) The Beautiful Loser Society “Long Lost Friend” from The Desperate Promenade (2013)
Gromet “Skip Your Stone” from Barren (2013)
The Jekylls “Where Were You” from The Sweet Factory (2012)
Rob Drabkin “She Comes and Goes” from On These Heavy Feet (2009)
Monroe Monroe “The Salesman” from Interiors (2013)
My Body Sings Electric “Oceancrest” from Oceancrest (2013)
The Apples in Stereo “Same Old Drag” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
Whiskey Blanket “Up Up Away” from No Object (2010)
Mesita “The Coyotes” from The Coyote (2012)
(D) Joe Johnson “Coyotes” from A Cold Christmas Moon (2013)
You Me and Apollo “Before I Die” from You Me and Apollo (2013)
(N) Esme Patterson “Jessica” from All Princes, I (2012)
Shirley “4th of July” from From A Bright Clearing (2012)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “The Spark” from The Spark (2005)
John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2011)
(D) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Time Machine” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)

Ending People “Amazing Grace” from Fill Your Lungs (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Face” from Strange (2012)
Le Divorce “Under the Boxcars” from The Sting and The Light (2011)
Rose Hill Drive “Cool Cody” from Rose Hill Drive (2006)
Yawpers “Rock Bottom” from Capon Crusade (2012)
Beats Noir! “Where the Sun Goes Down” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
I’m With Her “Good, Bad and My Mistakes” from Songs We Said Goodbye To (2013)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Hippie In My House” from Midnight Rodeo (2006)
Lionel Young Band “I Feel So Good” from On Our Way to Memphis (2011)
(D) Manny Lopez Trio “Samba Grubinho” from Searching Out (2013)