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CP S17 EP21 2023

It’s bear season. This mama was watching over her two cubs (off camera) – Grand Mesa, May 2023 shot from moving car. Clear Vistas Photography.

Monday June 05, 2023 — I posted up the spins last week. If you missed it, here is the Q2 TOP 5 along with the MAY and 2023 TOP 20. I added something this week – WEEKLY TOP FIVE SP (single release). LP/EP gets tracked from the date of the release of the first single.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK END JUNE 04 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.

TOP FIVE LP/EP RELEASES WK END JUNE 04

(D) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(R) 2. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 3. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(2) 4. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(1) 5. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)

TOP FIVE SINGLE RELEASES WK END JUNE 04

(D) 1. OKO TYGRA – West Coast (is burning) SP (Oct-22)
(2) 2. SOUR MAGIC – Indigo SP (Jul-22)
(D) 3. CODY QUALLS – Colorado (Save a Place For Us) SP (Oct-22)
(5) 4. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round SP (May-23)
(D) 5. LOUISE, LATELY – End Times, Baby SP (Apr-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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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.

SHEL – Freckles – SHEL (2012)
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Chasing After Things ( We Don’t Know The Names) – Spools of Thread (2011)
(N) Andy Monley & the High Horse – Make You Mine – Totem (2023)

Sour Magic – Indigo (2022)
Dango Rose – Life’s Too Short (2021)
Cody Qualls – Colorado (Save a Place For Us) (2023)
Tennis – I’m Callin’ – Ritual in Repeat (2014)
Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls – Walk Through Walls (2014)
Daniel Rodriguez – Vast Nothing – Vast Nothing (2023)
(D) Treehouse Sanctum – Make It Right – Thunderhead (2023)

Finn O’Sullivan – Lipstick Kisses – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
iZCalli – One Last Time – Rebirth (2022)
Glenn Miller – In the Mood – In the Mood (1939)

Chicago – Old Days – Chicago VIII (1975)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – House At Pooh Corner (1970)
(D) Gregory Alan Isakov – The Fall – Appaloosa Bones (2023)

Companion – 23rd Street – Second Day of Spring (2022)
Niceness – What A Day – Realize (2021)
Julian Fulco Perron – Not So Fast – In My Garden (2023)
Dafna – Valentine – I Love You (2020)
Michael Trent – The Winner – The Winner (2010)
Oko Tygra – West Coast (is burning) (2022)
(D) Drunken Hearts – Fall From Grace – Reckless Ways of Living (2023)

Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Spanish Highway – All The Love You Need (2007)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022)
Gerald Albright – Taking Control – G (2016)

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CP S12 EP32 2018

New music this week from Grayson Erhard, Lauren Brombert, Gregory Alan Isakov, Taylor Shae and Rubedo.

With this being August, and September only a few days away, I realize we’re all busy with family, vacations and just out and away from our computers. August is traditionally the slowest month of the year for this site. Don’t forget to let me know if you’d like me to KEEP or DELETE the new music in the playlist for future shows.

You might also want to start letting me know what your favorites of 2018 are 😉 j/s …

At Bohemian Foundation, our focus is on building community …by coming together to create and enjoy music.

MISHAWAKA MISH’N BOOSTER OFFERS $7300 IN FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS

BELLVUE, Colo., August 27, 2018 — Mishawaka Amphitheatre will offer $7300 in direct sponsorship dollars to organizations, as well as silent auction and event venue space, as a part of the Mish Initiative philanthropic program.

The Mish’n Booster award application review period will open September 1, with funding available to organizations that align with Mish company values: music, community, integrity, sustainability, and tolerance.

Applications for the fall funding round will be accepted and reviewed through October 1. 15 applicants were funded a total of $7700 in the spring Mish’n Booster funding round earlier in 2018.

“As business owners with big dreams, we understand how difficult it can be to gain traction with a passion project,” said Dani Grant, Mishawaka Amphitheatre owner and general manager. “Our Mish’n Booster program allows us to help other organizations achieve their visions, by giving them both direct and indirect funding opportunities, and sometimes just the space needed to celebrate and increase the momentum.”

Mish’n Booster applicants are able to request direct funding and silent auction donations year-round, and nonprofit organizations can apply for space to host events in the SpokesBUZZ Lounge — Mishawaka’s indoor dance hall and stage — from October through April each year.

The current list of 2018 Mish’n Booster beneficiaries can be found at: http://www.themishawaka.com/mish-granted/2018-mishn-booster-recipients/

Next, Mishawaka philanthropy will turn toward providing funding for artist development, through the venue’s Mish Granted program. Applications for artists will be accepted starting in October, with a total of $15,000 available during the fall application period.

Learn more about Mish Initiative funding: http://www.themishawaka.com/mish-initiative/

COLORADO PLAYLIST NEWS

88.9FM KRFC Fort Collins has moved the show from Saturday night at 8PM to Thursday mornings from 6-8AM.
KSUT Ignacio/Durango has added HR1 of the show and moved the time from 7PM Saturday nights to 10PM-12AM Saturday nights

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Matt Hoffman has a dual identity. When I first met Mat 16 years ago he was the drummer in a Fort Collins based rock band that I booked a few times. Then about 6 years ago he re-emerged in a band called Strange Americans, that he formed with Trent Nelson. Then a couple of years ago he sent me something under the moniker New Mexican — The new album, called “Take It On Our Shoulders” is due for release on Sept 28 … I’ll be premiering cuts from the album over the next few weeks.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE: In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file on Soundcloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S12 EP32

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Rare Silk “New York Afternoon” from New Weave (1983)
(D) Grayson Erhard “Driving In the Rain” from Driving In the Rain (2018)

Francis and the Wolf “What is Left” from Ladies & Gentlemen (2017)
Great American Taxi “We Can Run” from Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show (2017)
(D) Grace Kuch Band “House of Blues” from Live at the Greeley Blues Jam 2017 (2018)
Brent Cowles “The Fold” from How To Be OK Alone (2018)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “In and Out of Mind” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
Drag the River “Not That Kind” from Drag The River (2013)
Pandas & People “Hands in Mine” from Out to Sea EP (2017)
(D) Lauren Brombert “Artifacts” (2018)

Raven and the Writing Desk “hands//heart” from hands//heart (2015)
Tennis “Diamond Rings” from We Can Die Happy (2017)
Ben Markley “5-20” from Second Introduction (2009)

HOUR 2

Subdudes “Sarita” from Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Gregory Alan Isakov “Caves” from Evening Machines (2018)

A.J. Fullerton “Smoke & Mirrors” from Kalamath (2017)
OneRepublic “Future Looks Good” from Oh My My (2016)
(D) Taylor Shae “Alive Not Broken” from Alive Not Broken (2018)

Leftover Salmon “analog” from Something Higher (2018)
The Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from small town lights (2013)
Devotchka “Exhaustible” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(N) Rubedo “Brooklyn” from Vaca (2017)

Rose Hill Drive “Broken by the Storm” from Mania (2017)
Reno Divorce “She’s in Love With the Avenue” from She’s In Love With the Avenue (2018)
Ben Haugland “The Eleventh Hour” from The Point Of No Return (2012)

CP S12 EP27 2018

Another week and another weekend of live music in Northern Colorado. The main event this weekend was a benefit for Women In Blues held at the Armory Event Center in Brighton.

Event organizer Kyle Deibler (Memphis West Music) filled me in that W.I.B. is an aspiring national level non-profit (501C3) organization. Colorado women in blues owned the sparsely attended event from the first act on.

Unfortunately, I was not able to stay to see the non-Colorado talent headlining the bill, due to a scheduled show with my own band.

The biggest surprise of the day was a revamped Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene. Gone are Lance “Romance” Bakermeyer (bass) and Mad Dog Minnick (drums/vocals), who have gone back to the Hillbilly Hellcats with Chuch Hughes.

Lance and Mad Dog provided equal parts of the look, vibe and style to the original Crime Scene lineup – giving the band a unified and uniformed look and sound on stage – matching Kerry AND Pauly Six in performance intensity and style. Wearing beards, caps, dark glasses and black shirts, the matching colorful fashion statement gone, a potentially darker and deadlier groove may be what we’ll get moving forward from the new rhythm section.

KPCS has a new album dropping very soon – I premiered a new track from the album (a Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood cover featuring Jim Dalton of the Railbenders) in the show this week .. it’s below in the MMMM.

Fresh off her album release show at the Walnut Room in Denver, Cass Clayton opened the show. She and her airtight band showed considered homage to her obvious influences, that include Susan Tedeschi and Bonnie Raitt.

The Crime Scene and Cass Clayton Band were not the only ones appearing with new releases in hand. Colorado Blues Society 2018 Band Champion, Mojomama, recently released their latest called Red, White and Blues. Happily for me they included my favorite track on the album, Lazy River. Eef & the Blues Express rounded out the show, showcasing her formidable guitar chops, alongside the Colorado Blues Society 2018 solo/duo Champion Scott Hackler on keys.

The Brighton Armory is an exquisite small venue in our region capable of seating 300, or providing standing room only for 500. They’ve been adding more and more shows there, produced either by the city of Brighton under the management of Gary Montoya or by independent promoters.

The sound system is more than adequate for the room, and stands out as among the best in the region – equaling those at venues such as the Armory in Fort Collins or the Boulder Theater or the Mishawaka Amphitheatre. One criticism from me is that the room clearly needs additional baffling and sound absorption panels to knock down the boominess of a near empty room.

In a city that lacks even ONE non-public venue dedicated to live music, the Armory is a wonderful place to catch upcoming shows from the likes of popular regional acts like FACE Vocal Band, or national country acts like John Anderson (coming Oct 28) … and is EASILY accessible to Denver, Thornton, and other north metro communities.