Tag: KCMJ

CO Playlist – S12 EP03 2018

 The new Washington’s in Fort Collins is for real, as any of us who have known Bohemian over the years might expect.  It defines sumptuous in music venues in Colorado, and reasonably speaking perhaps nationwide.

 Add in the recent  opening of the new musically focused Elizabeth Hotel, and the Magic Rat music room and Fort Collins now sets the standard in the region … and again perhaps nationally … with Bohemian’s Music District as a core piece of the long held vision by Pat Stryker to turn Fort Collins into a world class music city.

Full disclosure in order:  I do contract work for Bohemian, and I’ve counted Pat as a valued personal friend for many years.  Many other close personal friends of mine also work for Bohemian entities.

Visiting the respective websites and going to these places yourself will do far more than any accolades I toss out there … just go do it.  You’ll be really impressed, if not totally blown away.

PS … also check out the Armory … the original Bohemian music room in Fort Collins – again, a sumptuous national level music room for 250 people.

David Givens from legendary Colorado band Zephyr dropped this on FB this weekend. “Candy Givens was a one of kind, pioneer female singer/musician who led the popular Colorado rock band, ZEPHYR, from 1969-1984. This track is a remix of “Love Comes Running” from the album HEARTBEAT originally released in 1981.”

I’m truly looking forward to playing the remix of HEARTBEAT on the show.

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Leftover Salmon at the Aggie Theater – Feb 2 & 3  

Slow Caves at Lost Lake – Feb 23

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 available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S12 EP03

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

HOUR 1

Firefall “It Doesn’t Matter” from Firefall (1976)
(N) Andy Sydow “Lonely Love” from Reasons for Departure (2018)
Andy Monley “Blue Light” from Denver (2001)
The Lumineers “Sleep on the Floor” from Cleopatra (2016)
(N) Crowboy “Burn in Hell” from Coming Into View (2018)
Coal Town Reunion “Eden” from Though I’d Die In This Place (2017)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Imaginary Ships” from Crimes of Passion (2004)
SHEL “The Latest And Greatest Blueberry Rubberband” from SHEL (2012)
(D) Rubedo “Tell A New Story” from Vaca (2018) 


Eros and the Eschaton “Rxx” from Weight of Matter (2016)
The SIR Band “Go” from So Cold (2018)
Peter Sommer “Upper Manhattan Medical Group” from Happy-Go-Lucky Locals (2017)

HOUR 2

Zuba “To Whom It May Concern” from The New Cruelty (1996)
(N) Silver & Gold “Lincoln City” from Point A – Point A (2018)


Achille Lauro “Lighting” from Flight or Flight (2012)
OneRepublic “Future Looks Good” from Oh My My (2016)
(N) Plutinos “Dream Is Lost” from Plutinos EP (2018) 

Kyle Emerson “Worth It” from Dorothy Alice (2017)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “They Want Me Here” from Love Runner (2014)
Oakhurst “River and Sticks” from Dual Mono (2005)
(D) from Cold Nights (2018) 


Hello Dollface “Face it” from Warrior of Light (2016)
Eldren “We Just Want the World” from SpokesBUZZ Vol V: Band Together (2015)
Garrett Sayers Trio “Mrs Lee” from Thinkbox (2017)

CO Playlist – S12 EP02 2018

Sunday – a snowed in day – NFL playoffs – some hot green tea – and plenty of new Colorado music to get to.

Tragedy once again struck as I lost an entire backup hard drive last week, with no way to recover the data.  The upside is that I had to begin the process of rebuilding a library of music that spans six decades.  This week’s show is filled with “classic cuts” I hadn’t played in a few years now.

On the new music front, new emerging acts Wounded Bird and the Plutinos are featured in this week’s MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting).

Wounded Bird is a new project out of Boulder that features former Whiskey Bottles front-person Molly Orlando along with former college pal Scott Warren. Scott relocated to Evergreen from Los Angeles in 2016 where he composed for film & tv projects, most notably the Miramax opening logo music and the score for the Harry Connick Jr. and Willie Nelson film, “Angels Sing.”

Plutinos is a new solo project by Nate Barnes, known locally as one of the original founding members and drummer for hard rock band Rose Hill Drive.  Nate is also well known as a session and professional touring drummer for the likes of Americana maven Mary Chapin Carpenter as well as Ryan Bingham.

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The Colorado Playlist Present

Leftover Salmon at the Aggie Theater – Feb 2 & 3  

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 available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S12 EP02

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

HOUR 1

Sweet Water Well “In My Walls” from Watermelon (1996)
(D) Wounded Bird “Medication For My Heart” from Fools & Clowns, Pt. 1 (2018) 


The Lumineers “Angela” from Cleopatra (2016)
SHEL “You Could Be My Baby” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
(D) Slow Caves “Rover” (2018)
A.J. Fullerton “Miles Between Us” from Kalamath (2017)
Rob Drabkin “Don’t Worry About Me” from Little Steps EP (2013)
John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light “Same Scar” from Beautiful Empty (2011)
(D) The Drunken Hearts “Tear My Heart Out” from The Prize (2018)
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Queen of This Mess” from Queen of This Mess (2009)
Trout Steak Revival “They Sang to Us” from Spirit to the Sea (2017)
Paul Mullikin Quintet “Just A Tuesday” from TIME IS NOW (2014)

HOUR 2

Ophan Tears “Firing Line” from Novacaine Kiss (1993)
(D) Plutinos “Hand In Hand” from Plutinos EP (2018) 


The Apples in Stereo “Same Old Drag” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Howling at Nothing” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
(D) Michael Kirkpatrick “Strange Desire” from Little Muse (2017)
Gasoline Lollipops “Montreal” from Soul Mine (2018)
Opie Gone Bad “Monkey Love” from Westword Music Showcase 1999-2000 (2000)
OneRepublic “Marchin On” from Waking Up (2009)
(D) The Host Club “Paper Heart Sympathy” from Flash of Life (2018)
Katey Laurel “Only Human” from Periscope (2014)
MLIMA “Sunshine” from MLIMA (2017)
Paa Kow “How Sweet” from Cookpot (2017)

CO Playlist – S12 EP01 2018

WOW … 2018 … 12 years on the air this year.  THANK YOU!

There was some really great music out this past week, with new singles from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats and Rob Drabkin dropping within a couple of days of each other.

It’s also Rob Drabkin’s birthday Jan 19 … Happy Birthday brother goat!

The new single from Pretty Mouth, “This Poison Loves You,” is the first in a string of singles being released by the band as they are “able to afford it.”

Fort Collins music fans have a lot to be excited for as native son Seth Strickland returns from New Orleans after several years and puts together a new reggae trio with Otis Lande (Euforquestra) and Jonny Jyemo (Jyemo Club) called Green Buddha. Their debut is the single “Venice.

Seth has also teamed up with Subdudes bassist/vocalist Tim Cook, who happens also to be Seth’s godfather.  The duo recently appeared in their debut supporting Ruthie Foster at  Daniel’s Hall/Swallow Hill Music in Denver.

 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 available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S12 EP01

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

Hour 1

Dianne Reeves – Endangered Species – The Best of Dianne Reeves (2002)
(D) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats – You Worry Me (2018)


Richard Dean – Wild Night On the Bayou – Vignettes (2017)
Musketeer Gripweed – Mama Knows – Straight Razor Revival (2012)
(D) Rob Drabkin – Love Ends, Fear Begins (single) (2018)


Pandas & People – Watch It Burn – Out to Sea EP (2017)
Devotchka – The Enemy Guns – Live with the Colorado Symphony (2012)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Resignation Superman – Live Monsters (1998)
(D) Andy Sydow – Reasons for Departure – Reasons for Departure (2018)
The Lumineers – Cleopatra – Cleopatra (2016)
The Railsplitters – Jump In – Jump In (2017)
Garrett Sayers Trio – Beat Car – Thinknox (2017)

HOUR 2

The Apples In Stereo – Strawberryfire – Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
(D) Silver and Gold – Pictures – Point A to Point A (2018)
Rose Hill Drive – Broken By the Storm – Mania (2017)
Churchill – Change – The War Within EP (2013)
(D) Pretty Mouth – This Poison Loves You (2018)


Kyle Emerson – Worth It – Dorothy Alice (2017)
OneRepublic – Counting Stars – Native (2013)
The Samples – Wild River – Return To Earth (2001)
(D) Green Buddha – Venice – single (2018)


Great American Taxi – Streets of Gold – Streets of Gold (2007)
The Burroughs – Solid Gold – Got To Feel (2018)
Bill Frisell – Rebel Rebel – Guitar in the Space Age (2014)

Jan 20 Avogadro’s Number – Fort Collins
Feb 9 Swing Station – Laporte
Feb 10 The Roost – Longmont