CP S17 EP42 2023

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

NOVEMBER 20, 2023 – Happy Thanksgiving Week. The first holidaze gift of the season arrived last week, when Big Head Todd and the Monsters dropped the first single from their upcoming new album, that I’ve waited for now over a year. It’s part of this week’s MMMM, below.

I’ll post up the 14th Colorado Playlist Fan and Listener Poll next Monday.

#COMUSIC TOP SPINS NOV 12-18 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 to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(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. 
** = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(1) 1. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – All Out of Angels LP (Sep-23)**
(2) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms EP (Jun-23)
(4) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones  LP (Apr-23)
(3) 4. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. BISON BONE – 40 Grit EP (Aug-23)
(R) 5. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23)**

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is 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.

Keller Williams – Freeker By the Speaker – Laugh (2002)
(N) VOLORES – Carrion – Ages (2023)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Alexa Wildish – The Well – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Leftover Salmon – Blue Railroad Train (feat. Billy Strings) – Grass Roots (2023)
Chuck Pyle – Keep it Simple – Higher Ground…songs of colorado (2007)
Andy Monley & the High Horses – Drag Me To Hell – Totem (2023)
(D) Shady Oaks – Broken Mirrors (2024)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Euforquestra – Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Adam Bodine – Swamp Stomp – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm – Hard Rain (1976)
(D) Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Crush (2024)
YaSi – Guilty – Coexist With Chaos EP (2021)
Daniel Rodriguez – Brother John – Sojurn of a Burning Sun (2020)
Blankslate – Bell Station – Summer On A Salt Flat (2023)
Dressy Bessy – Anyone Can See – Holler and Stomp (2008)
The Blue Rider – Lightning – Year of the Horse (2016)
The Motet – Natural Light (2023)
(D) GRiZ – In This World – Ouroboros (2023)
Elektric Animals – Reckless (2020)
Erik Lunde – Steel Militia – Water From The Stone (2022)
Steve Denny Trio – You Stepped Out of a Dream – Life in New York (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

CP S16 EP12 2022

Sometimes you just need a rainbow – photo taken in Fraser, CO summer 2019

Monday MARCH 21, 2022 – It’s springtime in the Rockies! And that means live music outdoors is not far away. Make sure to keep up with Colorado Playlist Presents shows on the Live Music page.

I’m going to be gone for the next week or two = SPRING BREAK 🙂 Upcoming shows include: Colorado Women in Music of the 20th Century and TOP 12 Most Streamed Colorado Artists/Bands March 26-April 1 and the Best of 2021 (repeat) April 2-8

FEATURED STATION OF THE WEEK

KSUT signed on for the first time on June 14, 1976. Four Corners Public Radio serves 14 communities in the Four Corners, including Durango, Silverton, Cortez, Mancos, and Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Aztec, Bloomfield and Farmington, New Mexico; and parts of northeast Arizona and southeast Utah. 

TOP 5 WEEKLY COLORADO SPINS

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

Each title came out between March 2021 and March 2022. Links go to their respective YouTube page if available.

  1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  3. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP
  4. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Stress Dreams LP
  5. DANGO ROSE – The Forgotten Years EP Vol 2

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Caribou (1976)
(D) Tony Meade – A Walk in the Sun (2022)

SHEL – Rainbow – Rainbow (2020)
Psychodelic Zombiez – Big Jay (One Step Closer) – Things That Are Brown (2015)
Joe Johnson – House of God – Dark Horse, Pale Rider (2021)
The Velveteers – Brightest Light – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
The Czars – Killjoy – The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People (2001)
Born In The Flood – Anthem – If this thing should spill (2007)
(D) The Mssng – Wandering I (2022)

Churchill – Made A List – Change EP (2012)
The Still Tide – Keep It – Between Skies (2020)
(D)Big Brooklyn – Belong – Everyone Everywhere (2022)

HOUR 2

Dan Fogelberg – Stars – Live From Ebbets Field Vol. 4 (1974)
Judy Roderick – Mama Keeps Her Man At Home – Women Blue (1965)
(D) Andy Eppler – It’s All About You – Lonely Disco EP (2022)
Kind Hearted Strangers – The Egoist – East-West (2021)
My Body Sings Electric – Blame – Part 2: What It Means to Be Afraid (2019)
Sweet Virginia – Blue Skies – Sweet Virginia (2022)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Dressy Bessy – Automatic – Holler and Stomp (2008)
The Hillbilly Hellcats – White Trash – Rev It Up With Taz (2003)
Johnny & The Mongrels – Louisiana Girl – Creole Skies (2020)
(D) Big Gigantic x GRIZ – Open Your Mind (2022)

piKziL – Felix’s Lament – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Scott Warren – Left Out On The Joke – Shadow Bands (2021)
(D) David Bernot – No Problems – Neverending Cycle (2022)

featuring  LiveMusicMegaSearch™