CP S15:40 2021

Monday Oct 04, 2021 – We’re about a month away from the start of the 2022 new release year. What are some of your favorite songs so far since last November? What are some of your favorite full length LPs or EPs? Comment to let me know.

You can find 100 of the TOP currents at CP 2021 on Spotify. That playlist changes somewhat regularly, but will lock down on or about November 4th.

Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller had a great run in the TOP 5 the past several weeks and are sure to find themselves among the TOP 20 for year’s end based on spins around the state.

The Lumineers new album won’t officially be released until early in 2022, but the new single is receiving copious amounts of airplay at both Indie 102.3 and 105.5 The Colorado Sound, landing them at #1 this week.

Expect Kiltro to reign the TOP 5 for November, along with the Lumineers, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats and the Velveteers, both of whom have new albums dropping in October and November respectively. Nightmare Daydream from the Velveteers will drop on Oct 8.

Not all charts are the same. The TOP 5 Colorado album spins at Roots Music Report looks a lot different than the TOP 5 here, where the Night Hawks have run up to the #1 spot and Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller fall to #5 .. Reverend Freakchild, Leftover Salmon and Eddie Turner round out their TOP 5 this week.

The Colorado Playlist & 105.5 the Colorado Sound Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater – Saturday Oct 30
Dragondeer – Globe Hall – Sunday Oct 31 – featuring 1 set of Dragondeer originals and 1 set of Velvet Underground classics
The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater – Friday Nov 26

“Locally Grown” – Family Owned

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WEEK END OCT 02 2021

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are pulled from published spins of current releases (twelve months old) at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations. Eleven Colorado radio stations currently utilize Spinitron.

  1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside SINGLE (Sep-21)
  2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21)
  3. KILTRO – Chambers El Mandatario LP (Sep-21)
  4. CLAIRE HEYWOOD – Crushed Lemons SINGLE (Jul-21)
  5. THE VELVETEERS – Nightmare Daydream LP (Oct-21)

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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Bob Weir – Mexicali Blues – Ace (1972)
Poco – You Better Think Twice – Poco (1970)
(D) Solohawk – Memories Within Me – Radio Waves and Your Movies (2021)

Liptruce – You Think You’re Hollywood – Liptruce (2020)
GRiZ, Big Gigantic – Good Times Roll (2015)
A.J. Fullerton – The Forgiver and the Runaway – The Forgiver and the Runaway (2021)
Blakk Mantra – Dressed in Dynamite (2021)
16 Horsepower – Black Soul Choir – Sackcloth ‘N’ Ashes (1995)
Wovenhand – Long Horn – The Laughing Stalk (2012)
(D) Scott Kinsey and Mer Sal – Heart of Glass – Adjustments (2021)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Look It Here – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
Valdez – Saint Munchausen – Saint Munchausen (2020)
Emily Takahashi – Chicken Feather Blues – Not Spoken (2017)

HOUR 2

Carole King – Hard Rock Cafe – Simple Things (1977)
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids – Summer Means Fun – Sons of the Beaches (1975)
(D) Moon Walker – The TV Made Me Do It (2021)


The Midnight Club – Close Your Eyes (2019)
Lee Sims – Live Myself to Death Before I Die – A Few More Miles to Go (2020)
SUCH – All I Want (2021)
Eddie Turner – Change In Me – Change In Me (2021)
Dan Treanor – From African Soul – Mercy (2005)
The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights – Small Town Lights (2013)
(D) Patrick Dethlefs – Walking Through The Shadows – If You Listen (2021)


The Wood Brothers – Laughin’ or Crying – One Drop of Truth (2018)
Wildermiss – Fallin‘ – In My Mind (2020)
2b3 – Purple Haze – Jimi (2021)

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CP S15:EP39 2021

UGH .. yes, I am saying UGH to this Monday morning. Late night last night .. hot today and I’m doing triple duty on the show, renovating my house for sale and getting ready to move … UGH .. I could use a few 70 degree days to keep me cool.

That said, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats and Chris Daniels + Hazel Miller are still dominating Colorado radio spins in the weekly TOP 5, despite Dechen Hawk and Francis & the Wolf showing up this week in the TOP 5, and Morsel making their debut.

It’s September 27. We’re about six weeks away from the 2022 new release year beginning in early November. Hit up the Spotify CP 2021 playlist to review some of what make this year’s best of.

The Colorado Playlist & Colorado Sound Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” – Family Owned

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WEEK END SPT 25 2021

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are pulled from published spins of current releases (twelve months old) at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations. Eleven Colorado radio stations currently utilize Spinitron.

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
  2. DECHEN HAWK – Lady Devine SINGLE (Jun-21)
  3. FRANCIS & THE WOLF – Truth Be Told LP (Aug-21)
  4. CHRIS DANIELS & HAZEL MILLER– What We Did! LP (Jul-21) **
  5. MORSEL – Morsel LP (Aug-21)

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**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Jethro Tull – Aqualung – Aqualung (1973)
Zephyr – The Radio Song – Going Back To Colorado (1971)
(D) Darren Garvey – No Love Is Wrong (2021) **
Post Truth Serum – The Picnic – Modern Victims (2020)
My Body Sings Electric – Change – Part 2: What It Means to Be Afraid (2019)
House Painter Music – God Was Born In NYC – Scream Inside Your Heart (2021)
David Ladon – So Inert (2021)
Judy Roderick – Rock Me Baby – Women Blue (1965)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Train Home – Love Runner (2014)
(D) The Witness Protection Program – Eliza Jane – Kitchen Table (2021)


Whiskey Blanket – Pound Boom – No Object (2010)
Augustus – Kick the Doors Down – Color TV and Tall Tales (2020) **
Paa Kow – African Lady – Cookpot (2017)

HOUR 2

Gary Morris – Headed For A Heartache – Gary Morris (1981)
Matt Morris – Money – When Everything Breaks Open (2010)
(D) The Lumineers – Brightside (2021)


Wood Belly – Man on the Radio – Man on the Radio (2020)
Edison – Take Me Home – Lion’s Heart EP (2018)
Claire Heywood – Crushed Lemons (2021)
Giant Zero – Good Ol’ Days – Shakes Me (2021)
Philip Bailey – Walking on the Chinese Wall – Chinese Wall (1985)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Roadhouse Music – When You’re Cool (1987)
(D) Kiltro – Cuchito – Chambers El Mandatario (2021)


The Lovely And Talented – Death of the Lover – The New American Fable (2010)
Finn O’Sullivan – Lipstick Kisses – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
Scott Martin – Alone at Sunset – Alone at Sunset (2018)

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CP S15:EP37 2021

Monday SEPT 13 2021 – I put the mask back on. It’s a reminder that COVID is not over with us. #COMUSIC – support.

To go or not to go – that may or may not be the question. Looking at filled football stadiums on tv yesterday, you’d think we returned to 2019 when not one of us had a concern about COVID.

On the other side of that is the number of show cancellations we’re seeing and the number of venues that now require we be vaxxed or have a neg-COVID test result within seventy-two hours.

Check your local listings for cancellations and what you need to do in order to attend.

What is the sound of Colorado in 2021?

Look at what non-commercial community/public/college radio here and around the country play from Colorado and you’d want to think the sound is based in Americana roots grooves.

If you’re a long time fan and you look at who is appearing at this year’s Westword Music Showcase September 17 & 18 you’ll be surprised to find mostly Urban Alternative (a radio format that focuses on hip-hop, R&B and dance genres) acts.

Case in point: Roots Music Report (Colorado) has the new album from Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller at #1 for the 6th consecutive week, with Reverend Freakchild, The High Hawks, Leftover Salmon and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, A.J. Fullerton, West Side Joe & the Men of Soul, Eddie Turner, Rodney Rice and Nathaniel Rateliff (solo) filling out the TOP 10…

…while Westword is showcasing Dafna, 2MX2, N3ptune, Roka Hueka, Nay Renee, Brothers of Brass, Zanib, Joseph Lamar, Ramakhandra, Neoma, A Meazy, and YaSi on Saturday with less than a handful of more straight-up rock and alternative rock bands.

What’s missing is the sound of Americana – jazz, blues, bluegrass, folk, country-folk, and acoustic roots music with Bison Bone and LVDY the only “Americana” acts represented in the Westword Music Showcase Spotify playlist.

The Westword Music Showcase has certainly changed a lot over the past thirty years, but does Denver really sound that much different from the rest of the state??

The Colorado Playlist & Colorado Sound Present

The Great Salmon Famine – Aggie Theater Sat, Oct 30

The Gasoline Lollipops – Aggie Theater Fri, Nov 26 (day after Thanksgiving)

“Locally Grown” – Family Owned

“Locally Grown” 20/20 EyeVision offers a full range of services and they accept Medicaid at the Orchard Center in Westminster.

TOP FIVE WEEK END SPT 11 2021

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are pulled from published spins of current releases (twelve months old) at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations. Eleven Colorado radio stations currently utilize Spinitron.

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – Survivor SINGLE (Aug-21)
  2. CHRIS DANIELS & HAZEL MILLER– What We Did! LP (Jul-21) **
  3. 2b3 – Jimi LP (Jul-21)
  4. MATTHEW FOWLER – The Grief We Gave Our Mother LP (Sep-21)
  5. COVENHOVEN – “IV” LP (Aug-21)

Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations and featuring advanced search functions for artists and agents.

**serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

Serving Cedaredge, Colorado for 20 years

HOUR 1

Tim Goodman – New Romeo (1981)
(D) Covenhoven – Everything In Between – IV (2021)

Mojomama – We Are One – The Corona Tapes (2020)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Modern Outlaw Country – Shovel Full Of Coal (2017)
Reno Divorce – Hopeless and Dopeless ( 2021)
Jay Silence – Whiskey Breath – Grandma’s 45s (2021)
ELLSWORTH – Growing Pains – ELLSWORTH (2021)
DeVotchKa – Curse Your Little Heart – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Born In The Flood – Another Night, Another Place – If this thing should spill (2007)
(D) Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Dancin’ Around My Grave (2021)

Lizzy Plotkin – Deep Woods Blues – We Will Sing (2019)
Rodney Rice – Don’t Look Back – Same Shirt, Different Day (2020)
Ron Miles – Binder – Rainbow Sign (2020)

HOUR 2

REO Speedwagon – Ridin’ the Storm Out – Ridin’ the Storm Out (1973)
(D) Scott Warren – Left Out On The Joke – Shadow Bands (2021)

Kyle Emerson – Better – Only Coming Down (2020)
The Motet – Damn! – Totem (2016)
Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller – Born Under A Bad Sign (feat. Fred Gowdy and Todd Park Mohr) – What We Did! (2021)
Dragondeer – Patient Boy (2021)
Liz Barnez – Mind Slippin’ – Inkmarks On Pages (1996)
The String Cheese Incident – Stay Through – Song In My Head (2014)
(D) Matthew Fowler – I’m Still Trying – The Grief We Gave Our Mother (2021)

Slopeside – Prove Me Wrong – Shoot the Moon (2018)
Daniel Rodriguez – Colorado – Sojurn of a Burning Sun (2020)
2b3 – Purple Haze – Jimi (2021)

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