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 & YoungbergI 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 FiascoSmall 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 RevolversSunday Morning (self) Rock [June 13, 2014] (R) 24. Drag The RiverDrag 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 DillardThe 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 LaurelPeriscope (self) Pop [Aug 1, 2013]
(25) 31. Grant Sabin –Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock [Jan10, 2013]
(R) 32. Paper BirdRooms (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 ReedRed 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 RabbitDo You Want Me Now? [single] (self) Rock/pop [Jan 1, 2014]
(R) 37. Toad In the HoleApt 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 S8Ep25 June/July 2014

Okay … it’s Monday afternoon.  Too much fun in the sun and too many morning appointments to get this done this morning.  The weekend was a blast.  I’ll try to find time to get some vid up but really I need to focus on month end stuff now.  I do, however, have some tasty footage from the Finnders & Youngberg show on Thursday night in Old Town Fort Collins.

OH … this just in … I will have an advance of the new Richie Furay record in time for the July 12th show.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

PLAYLIST S8 EP25 JUNE/JULY 2014

Lothar & the Hand People “Machines” from Presenting… (1968)
Sixteen Horsepower “Coal Black Horses” from 16 Horsepower (1995)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Cranston” from Blovdy Tenent Trvth Peace (2004)
Musketeer Gripweed “End of the Day” from Floods and Fires (2014)
DubKor “Little Love Story” from Rastaman Riding (2012)
(N) Sofie Reed “When the Saints Go Marching In” from Red Hen (2014)
The Wild After “Meant for You” from Lesson Learned EP (2014)
Acoustic Junction “Oh Me Oh My” from Strange Days (2000)
The Lumineers “Submarines” from The Lumineers (2012)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Time Machine” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
Esme Patterson “Valentine” from Woman To Woman (2014)
Monocle Band “Can’t Get By” from Monocle Band (2013)
Dakota Blonde “I’ve Just Seen A Face” from The Love We Build (2013)
Tennis “Tell Her No” from Tell Her No (2011)
Jon Wirtz “Watching The World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)
Philip Bailey “Trapped” from Continuation (1983)
Philip Bailey “Love Is Real” from Love Is Real (2010)
(N) John Oates “Stone Cold Love” from Good Road to Follow (2014)
Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from Small Town Lights (2013)
(D) Paul Kimbiris “Home Soon” from Dark Side of Pearl (2014)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Faith In A Man” from Like A King (2012)
Devotchka “Contrabanda” from 100 Lovers (2011)
(D) Ark Life “Let Your Heart Break” from The Dream of You and Me (2014)
My Body Sings Electric “Oceancrest” from Part 1: the Night Ends (2014)
Finnders & Youngberg “Lonely Too Long” from I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (2013)
SHEL “On My Way” from SHEL (2012)
Shirley “4th of July” from From A Bright Clearing (2012)

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)