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NEWS NOTES and SPINS – JULY 1 2014

I am insanely late this month 😦 …. … … BUT WHAT AN EXCUSE!  I just wish I could release the news before July 7.  Guess you’ll just have to be here then 😉

In the meantime … here are the picks and hits from June.  Enjoy.

VIDEO PICKS – JUNE 2014

TOP 40 Spins June 2014

  • 305 titles tracked
  • 170 (56%) titles reported as played at least once in the reporting period
  • Stations/shows surveyed: 15
  • (CC) = Colorado Connection
  • (D) = album/ep/single debut on chart
  • (R) = reenter
  • [date] = Date added to reporting list
  • X number = number of stations playing

String Cheese Incident_Song In My Head(1) 1. String Cheese Incident– Song In My Head (SCI Fidelity) Rock/jamband [March 17, 2014] 10
(5) 2. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Mod y Vi Records) Folk [Sept 1, 2013]
(4) 3. Eurforquestra – Fire (self) Urban Contemporary / funk, reggae [Feb 22, 2014]
(2) 4.  The Motet – The Motet (self) Urban Contemporary / funk [Jan 4, 2014]
(11) 5. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey (self) Indie/alternative [April 5, 2014]
(6) 6.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) Rock [Jan 25, 2014]
(3) 7. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies (Its Evolving Records) Folk [Aug 1, 2013]
(22) 8.  Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore– Love Runner (Remington Road Records) Americana [Dec 21,2013]
(8) 9. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters(self) Americana/bluegrass [Oct 1, 2013]
(7) 10. Musketeer Gripweed –Floods and Fires(self) Rock/jamband [March 29, 2014]
(14) 11. Chimney Choir – (compass)(self) Folk [June 1, 2013]
(23) 12. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [March 1,2014]
(R) 13. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (Swingfingers Records) Americana/bluegrass [Aug 1, 2013]
(13) 14. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time (self) Rock/jamband [May 1, 2014]
(9) 15. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music) Folk [June 22, 2013]
(18) 16. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind (Yellow Dog) Blues [May 18, 2013]
(R) 17. The Patti Fiasco – Small TownLights (self) Rock [July 23, 2013]
(20) 18. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (self) Americana [July 7, 2013]
(25) 19. 3 Twins – De Nada(Sleeping Elephant Music) Americana [June 20, 2013]
(17) 20. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls (Marion-Lorraine) Pop/adult contemporary [March 21, 2014]
(22) 20. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [Jan 20, 2013]
(21) 21. Monocle Band – Monocle Band (self) Folk/folk-rock [Sept 1, 2013]
(10) 22. Katie Glassman & Snapshot – Dream A Little Dream (self) Americana [Nov 30, 2013]
(D) 23. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning (self) Rock [June 13, 2014] (R) 24. Drag The River – Drag the River (Xtra Mile Records) Rock [Oct 1, 2013]
(12) 25. Honey Don’t – Heart Like A Wheel (self) Americana [Nov 1, 2013]
(31) 26. Dragondeer – Don’t That Feel Good EP (self) Rock [March 14, 2014]
(27) 26. Mosey West – Bermuda (self) Rock [Nov 2, 2013]
(R) 27. Josh Dillard – The Bright Light of Shipwreck (self) Folk [June 1, 2013]
(24) 28. Gipsy Moon – Eventide (self) Folk [May 20, 2014]
(R) 29. OneRepublic – Native (Mosely/Interscope) Pop/rock [April 13, 2013]
(R) 30. Katey Laurel – Periscope (self) Pop [Aug 1, 2013]
(25) 31. Grant Sabin –Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock [Jan10, 2013]
(R) 32. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Indie/New Alternative [Feb 16, 2013]
(15) 32. Young Ancients – Y/A (self) Americana [Feb 22, 2014]
(24) 33. Head for the Hills – Blue Ruin (self) Americana/bluegrass [June 1, 2013]
(D) 34. Sofie Reed – Red Hen (self) Blues/folk [June 20, 2014]  (19) 35. Various – SpokesBUZZ Vol. IV Band Together (SpokesBUZZ) Rock/various [Dec 14, 2013]
(R) 36. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Do You Want Me Now? [single] (self) Rock/pop [Jan 1, 2014]
(R) 37. Toad In the Hole – Apt 203 (self) Rock [Oct 1, 2013]

DROPPED OUT OF TOP 40 JUNE

16. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun
26. Joe Johnson – New West Sound
26. Tennis – Small Sound
28. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
29. Kristi Stice – Under the Willow
30. Lawn Chair Kings – Zombies Wake!
31. Dianne Reeves – Beautiful Life
32. Kate LeRoux – Phoenix
32. The Samples – America
32. Wendy Woo Band – Live
33. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round

ADDS JUNE 2014

Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
Crowboy – Kicking Up the Clouds
Kramies – The Folklore Sessions
Paul Kimbiris – Dark Side of Pearl
Sofie Reed – Red Hen

STATION BY STATION

[X] = number of titles reported
Stations reporting / showing under 10 current titles not shown.

euforquestra, fireKAFM (Grand Junction) [25]
1. Eurforquestra – Fire
2. String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head
3. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
4. The Motet – The Motet
5. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time

BHTM Black BeehiveKDNK (Carbondale) [12]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
1. Musketeer Gripweed – Floods and Fires
1. The Motet – The Motet
1. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
1. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies

euforquestra, fireKDUR (Durango) [12]
1. Eurforquestra – Fire
2. The Motet – The Motet
3. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
3. String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head
3. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters

RailsplittersKGNU (Boulder) [25]
1. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
2. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
3. Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels – Honky Tonk Bastard World
3. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
3. Paper Bird – Rooms

euforquestra, fireKRCC (Colorado Springs) [10]
1. Eurforquestra – Fire
1. String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head
2. Chimney Choir – (compass)
3. The Motet – The Motet
4. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run

you me and appolo sweet honeyKRFC (Fort Collins) [100+]
1. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
2. Young Ancients – Y/A
3. Various – SpokesBUZZ Vol. IV Band Together
4. Mosey West – Bermuda
5. Cary Morin – Streamline

String Cheese Incident_Song In My HeadKSUT (Ignacio) [10]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head
2. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
2. Toad In the Hole – Apt 203
3. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
3. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies

Nathaniel Rateliff - Falling Faster Than You Can RunKUNC (Greeley) [10]
1. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
2. 3 Twins – De Nada
3. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner
4. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
4. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone

String Cheese Incident_Song In My HeadKVNF (Paonia) [12]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head
2. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry
2. Honey Don’t – Heart Like A Wheel
2. Katie Glassman & Snapshot – Dream A Little Dream
3. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run

esme 2OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) [50]
1. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
2. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls
3. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
4. Dragondeer – Don’t That Feel Good EP
5. a. Tom Collins – Stick & Poke

Calder's Revolvers, Sunday MorningThe Colorado Sound [50]
1. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
1. Drag The River – Drag the River
1. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
1. Sofie Reed – Red Hen
1. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights

The Colorado Sound S8 EP24 June 2014

(Sunday, June 22)  A very typical summer weekend for me.  Lots of great music, mostly outdoors.  Sorry no video or pics this week.  Never even thought to take the camera out to be honest.

Thursday night = emceed Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live in Old Town Fort Collins for Selasee & the FaFa Family.  KILLER show!  New album due out this summer.  Here’s the band recorded live at Cervantes in Denver this past March.  

Friday night back at Oskar Blues (Longmont) to mix for my friends Gasoline Lollipops.  Congratulations to them for being selected as one of the SpokesBUZZ bands for 2014

Saturday I was in Denver at 7AM for the Westword Music Showcase.  I mixed at RoosterCat … an incredibly interesting day of sounds (not all of which can be considered music by any stretch of anyone’s imagination).

COMING IN JULY = The Colorado Sound coming to Denver/Boulder via KUNC.  Day and time details will be announced week of July 7th at www.kunc.org   Debuting in conjunction with KUNC’s debut => “Offstage …Beyond the Music with Chris K.”  1st up = my very incredible friend Chris Daniels.  First cuts are done.  There will definitely be two parts to this episode, and maybe three.  Chris had a lot to say, and a lot of stories to tell.

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK

FULL DISCLOSURE:  Ryan D White is a consulting client of mine.  On his behalf I serviced his music to media and civic buyers and agencies.  All said though .. I love this song, and did before he was a client.  And yes, this is a LIVE performance of this song 🙂

PLAYLIST S8 EP24 June 2014

(D) = LP/EP or single release debut
(N) = new song from previously debuted LP/EP

Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters “I Want to Dance Dance Dance” from Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set (2010)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “Good Times Rock & Roll” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
Drew Emmitt “Up Where We Are” from Across The Bridge (2005)
(N) String Cheese Incident “So Far From Home” from Song In My Head (2014)
Glitta Kings “Twice Broken” from Girls in High Heels Shouldn’t Dance On Glass Tables (2014)
Chemistry Club “Navigator” [single] (2013)
Matt Skinner Band “Ashes To Ashes” from Native Stranger (2013)
Drag the River “Wichita Skyline” from Drag The River (2013)
Patti Fiasco “Oil” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Matthew Moon “Silver Lining” from I Am the Wind (2013)
Dressy Bessy “Who’d Stop The Rain” from Electrified (2005)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Matter Of Time” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “House at Pooh Corner” from Greatest Hits (1990)
Poco “Crazy Love” from The Essential Poco (2005)
Zephyr “Heartbeat” from Heartbeat (1982)
(D) Sofie Reed “Red Hen” from Red Hen (2014)  
Calder’s Revolvers “See To Believe” from Sunday Morning (2014)
You Me and Apollo “Don’t Sleep for Free” from Sweet Honey (2014)
Katie Herzig “Drug” from Walk Through Walls (2014)
OneRepublic “Love Runs Out” from Native (2013)
Vices I Admire “The Wicked Sun” from Fables (2013)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Hippie In My House” from Midnight Rodeo (2006)
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014)
Toad In the Hole “Wiser” from APT 203 (2013)
Jeff Brinkman “Kiss” from Strange (2012)
Brad Goode “Nightingale” from Tight Like This (2010)

The Colorado Sound S8 EP23 June 2014

chris k july 2010I realize it isn’t about Colorado music, but as I get my day going today (Sunday) while the show airs on Radio 94.9 Colorado, I’m learning that one of my radio idols has passed away.  RIP Casey Kasem.  82 is a long life lived.  Thank you for your inspiration.  I miss you.  Long live American Top 40.  Salute.  “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”

My first video editing learning curve mistake bit me, as I worked to edit down the Young Ancients video shots I tYAook Thursday night.  #bigfail.  I lost everything, including the source video. Too bad too, as I told John Magnie that in all the years I’ve known him, Steve, and Cary this was the best night of music I’d ever heard from them.  And I mean it.  If you have not experienced Young Ancients, you really deserve the treat.  Absolutely remarkable.

KUNC LOGOCOMING IN JULY:  The Colorado Sound Expands Statewide.  KUNC, the nation’s TOP 20 ranked public radio station, has picked up hour 2 of The Colorado Sound, bringing the show into Denver, Boulder, and many other cities and towns in CO.

We’ve been working on this opportunity for a long time now, and I would like to personally thank program director Kirk Mowers, music director Benji McPhail and my pal Robert Leja for their never ending support of the show, and my efforts to bring Colorado’s best music to a statewide audience.

Here’s a look at the newly expanded coverage coming in July.

  • Aspen 88.3
  • Basalt, Redstone 88.5
  • Boulder 102.7
  • Breckenridge 90.7
  • Buena Vista 89.9
  • Carbondale/Glenwood 88.1
  • Dillon 88.1
  • Denver 91.7
  • Down Valley 105.5
  • Eagle Valley 99.7
  • Estes Park 90.7
  • Front Range (KUNC) 91.5
  • Front Range (KRFC) 88.9
  • Golden 91.7
  • Grand County
  • Haxtun/Holyoke 90.5
  • Julesburg/Ovid 89.1
  • Leadville 91.7
  • Leadville 93.5
  • Morgan County 96.7
  • North Park 90.7
  • Northern CO 94.9
  • Norwood 89.5
  • Ophir 89.3
  • Pueblo 94.7
  • Salida 89.9
  • Steamboat Springs 88.5
  • Sterling 90.3
  • Telluride 91.7
  • Thomasville 94.9
  • Vail 90.9
  • Wet Mountain Valley 95.9
  • Wray 93.5
  • Yuma 88.3

Looks like the only place left uncovered is Colorado Springs.  What this does mean for the show is an increase in the number of hours on the air, from the current 27 (hours x days x frequencies) to 47.  Sponsorship opportunities are available for the broadcast portion, as well as the new podcast portion of the show. Day and time details will be announced the week of July 7.  Stay tuned.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

PLAYLIST S8 EP23 JUNE 2014

Hazel Miller & the Caucasians “Gimme Back My Life” from Live at the Fox (1995)
Hazel Miller Band “Moon Was Right” from Coming To You Live…From KUVO (2011)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “It’s Alright” from E-Town Live (1996)
(D) Calder’s Revolvers “Tell Me True” from Sunday Morning (2014)
Ryan D White “Love Story” from Something Brilliant Is About to Happen (2014)
(D) Magician In the Machine “Resurrection” [single] (2014)
Broken Tongues “Does Hip Hop Remember the Jazz?” from Crooked Skyline (2012)
Gipsy Moon “Walk In the Sky” from Eventide (2013)
Mosey West “Old Stone” from Bermuda (2014)
Ivory Circle “We Will Run” from Equilateral (2014)
Joshua Novak “Infomaniac” from Ephemeron (2013)
Jim Stranahan Little BIG BAND “Blues and a Half” from MIGRATION TO HIGHER GROUND (2014)
The Apples in Stereo “Glowworm” from Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)
The Apples in Stereo “Look Away” from Look Away (2000)
The Czars “Paint the Moon” from Goodbye (2004)
(D) Kramies “Antiquarian (feat. Grant Wilson)” from The Folklore Sessions (2014) 
Ian Cooke “Fortitude” from Fortitude (2011)
Good Gravy “Isn’t It Funny” from Good Gravy (2010)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Zombies!” from Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (2013)
Megan Burtt “It Ain’t Love” from It Ain’t Love (2010)
Katey Laurel “Thanks for Loving Me” from Periscope (2014) 
Better Than Bacon “Texas Tune” from Spokesbuzz Volume 4 (2013)
Jeff Finlin “Is This Love” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008)
Brad Goode “Reverse the Charges” from Tight Like This (2010)

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mishMishawaka Amphitheater &  The Colorado Sound Presents Dead Floyd plays Dark Side Of The Mish with special guests Matt Mahern & Constitution and The Holler!

Friday, July 18, 2014 8:00 pm
General On-sale starts April 19, 9:00 AM
Tickets: GA Advance $15/ Day of Show $17.50

Goat_Logo_color_on_whiteThe City of Dacono & The Colorado Sound Present

The Richie Furay Band, The Samples, Chris Daniels & the Kings, the Matt Skinner Band, Mojomama, Slow Caves, Savage Cabbage and more as part of the 7th Annual Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival.  

Friday Aug 1 & Sat Aug 2  Centennial Field, Dacono CO 80514  ALL AGES – FREE ADMISSION