Tag: KAITLYN WILLIAMS

CP S16 EP16 2022

MAY 09, 2022 – Somewhere along the time line over the past two weeks I lost a day. I did manage to see a show Friday night (May 06) and even write about it. The next day (Saturday) while listening to the new LIVE album from Kaitlyn Williams, I wrote about that. That’s more writing than I normally get around to on a weekend.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and the Lumineers swapped places this week (big surprise – LOL). Nic Clark enters this week’s TOP 5. Nic’s debut hits the charts about a year after he moved out of Colorado, but the locally homegrown blues harp player and producer got plenty of spins from 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins the past couple of weeks to earn the slot.

Earth, Wind & Fire sax player Andrew Woolfolk passed away April 24. Lead singer and fellow Denver East HS grad Philip Bailey celebrated a birthday May 07. I paid tribute in this week’s show.

TOP 5 WEEKLY #COMUSIC 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.

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  2. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  3. ANTHONY RUPTAK – Backrooms LP (Apr-22)
  4. NIC CLARK – Love Your Life: Songs for the Whole Family LP (Jun-21)
  5. FIA NYXX – Red Umbrella LP (Apr-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Earth Wind & Fire – Africano – That’s The Way of the World (1975)
(D) Dafna – The Man In My Dreams – When I Was With You! (2022)

Andy Frasco – Love is a Gun – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – My Last Black Scarf – Unentitled (2011)
King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Sherri Jackson – Time & Time – Sherri Jackson (1997)
(D) Trevor Hall f. Marieme – 2 Oceans (2022)

Cassie Taylor – No Ring Blues – Out of My Mind (2013)
Hugh Phillips – Steel Drivers Lament – It’s Been A Long Time (2021)
Kim Stone Band – Bob Goes to the Store – Earthschool + (1988)

HOUR 2

Earth Wind & Fire – Devotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star – That’s the Way of the World (1975)
(D) Elektric Animals – Come Clean (2022)

Liptruce – You Think You’re Hollywood – Liptruce (2020)
Dragondeer – When I See You – If You Got The Blues (2018)
Wendy Woo – Good Old Days (2022)
Maddy and Kev – Train Wreck – Take A Ride (2022)
The Apples In Stereo – About Your Fame – Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
Acoustic Junction – Oh Me Oh My – Strange Days (2000)
Flobots – Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
(D) Kaitlyn Williams – Don’t Blink – Under These Lights (2022)

OneRepublic – Wanted – Wanted (2019)
Kind Hearted Strangers – Red & Blue – East-West (2021)
Brian Claxton – The Yard – The Yard (2020)

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REVIEW – KAITLYN WILLIAMS SURPRISES WITH UNDER THESE LIGHTS

As a talent buyer, I yearn for a solid live representation of an artist or band. As a record “collector” and radio show producer, I LOVE and typically much prefer studio albums.

NOTE to musicians: Most people I chat with also prefer a solid live representation before deciding whether to spend money to see an unknown artist or band live.

Studio albums have detail and nuances not ordinarily evident in live records. Live albums are hard to produce, and often disastrous; without studio overdubs they often show every minute flaw in individual performances. Most live music video performances are often worse, for lack of proper professional video production among other things.

Kaitlyn Williams showed up on Denver’s open mic circuit about 2016. It wasn’t long before Denver’s Wes Watkins “discovered” her and invited her to be a part of his band, The Other Black. Seemingly, that’s all it took for the burgeoning pop/neo-soul songstress to gain the confidence she needed to go it alone with her own band.

Kaitlyn released her debut, Sunset, not long after in 2019. Songs like Rain and the title track Sunset revealed a songwriter and singer many years more polished and mature than the mediocrity that too often flows through my studio monitors.

Enter “Under These Lights,” the new LIVE album from Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn walks a fine line between youthful pop and more sophisticated adult oriented neo-soul. She scores on both counts. Recorded live at the Lodge at Woods Boss Brewing in Denver, the intimate small room was the perfect space for the enthusiastic Kaitlyn and her fans (evidence fully displayed in the title track, the first full song in the show).

It takes some pretty major emotional fortitude to release a live album, especially one with music and performances as sophisticated and intimate as displayed Under These Lights. It may have felt great on stage, but what would the recording sound like? After all it was a live recording, which are often known for glaring deficiencies.

In this case Kaitlyn must have felt exuberant upon hearing it, because Under These Lights is a major league homerun among Colorado releases in 2022.

In a market crowed with potential pop/R&B/soul star power, Kaitlyn has more than earned her place with easily the best live album to come out of Denver in the past sixteen years of the Colorado Playlist.

NOTABLE TRACKS: #6 The Truth, #8 Don’t Blink

COLORADO TOP 30 DEC 2020

JAN 03 2021 – Well, #1 is #1 – right?  And Nathaniel Rateliff AGAIN holds onto the #1 most spins for DECEMBER 2020.  Sarah Slaton and Dafna swapped the #2 position with Dafna’s debut dropping to #16 and Sarah Slaton’s latest jumping up from #17 in NOV, due largely to being a featured artist for DEC on Indie 102.3 and getting added to regular rotation on 105.5 the Colorado Sound.

New artists to watch for include Blakk Mantra, whose debut got added and made it to HOT rotation at 105.5 The Colorado Sound for December and former Chimney Choir co-founder Kris Drickey who struck out on her own with State Change (not avail on YouTube)

Spinitron  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations. Record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations utilize Spinitron.

TOP 30 TITLES DECEMBER 2020

      • ALL TITLES LINKED TO RESPECTIVE YOUTUBE PAGE
      • DATE OF RELEASE = NOV 2019-JAN 2021
      • (xx) = NOVEMBER 2020 position
      • 230 titles / 13 stations tracked

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
(17) 2. SARAH SLATON – Get Up SINGLE (Nov-20)
(D) 3. BLAKK MANTRA – Welcome to El Rey Blvd EP (Sep-20)
(D) 4. KRIS DRICKEY – State Change EP (Nov-20)
(D) 5. DONNY BLOT – The T Is Silent LP (Oct-20)
(D) 6. HUGH PHILLIPS – It’s Been A Long Time LP (Nov-20)
(3) 7. CARY MORIN – Dockside Saints LP (Jul-20)
(D) 7. STEADY CIRCUITS – One of Many Ends EP (Sep-20)
(D) 8. despAIR Jordan – Before Your Wings Gave Out LP (Jan-21)
(18) 9. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT – Crucible LP (Dec-20)
(5) 9. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – All the Misery Money Can Buy LP (Sep-20)
(D) 10. BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) SINGLE (Sep-20)
(4) 11. DEL SHAMEN – DEL SHAMEN LP (Oct-20)
(16) 11. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – More Than Ever LP (Oct-20)
(-) 11. WHITEWATER RAMBLE – Pseudonymous LP (Feb-20)
(18) 12. WOOD BELLY – Man on the Radio LP Jan-20
(-) 13. TYLER T. – Wildflower LP (Jan-20)
(D) 14. BRITNEY JANE – Blossom SINGLE (Aug-20)
(D) 14. THE BEEVES – Mercy Be (P.P. Moon) SINGLE (Nov-20)
(D) 14. THE WRECKLUNDS – Moon Over Broadway LP (Oct-20)
(D) 15. BRITNEY JANE – What If SINGLE (Oct-20)
(-) 15. STEVE DENNY TRIO – Life In New York LP (Apr-20)
(2) 16.  DAFNA – I LOVE YOU LP (Sep-20)
(D) 16. JOFOKE – Count SINGLE (Nov-20)
(D) 16. KAITLYN WILLIAMS – Stuck On An Idea SINGLE (Nov-20)
(D) 16. MAMA LENNY & THE REMEDY – Party Girl SINGLE (Oct-20)
(D) 16. THE TRUJILLO COMPANY – Follow the Leader SINGLE (Mar-20)
(D) 17. DANAE SIMONE – Want Me SINGLE (Sep-20)
(-) 18. GABRIELLE LOUISE – The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart LP (May-20)
(13) 19. VALDEZ – Saint Munchausen SINGLE (Sep-20)

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