Colorado Playlist S10 EP45 DEC 2016

I don’t often get a chance to go out for an entire day to see a batch of new up and coming bands – unless I’m working the event.  Sunday I spent the day at Hodi’s Half Note in Fort Collins to see friends, and to immerse myself in seven hours of music from 10 bands, only three of which I knew anything about.

The event was the annual Scene Magazine “Fresh Talent Showcase,” a judged event that awarded the winner time in a recording studio, along with a pro grade photo shoot, a pro level consulting session with Yellowbright, and a slot on the Scene Magazine stage at the 2017 Arise Festival in Loveland next August.

Write Minded took home the top prize, but all of the bands brought game … Congrats to everyone who participated.


Colorado Music History – Warren Zevon and Boulder

Trusted Ear Scene Report with Dave Herrera


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Now seeking sponsorship of the “In Colorado Music History” segment of the show.  “In Colorado Music History” airs at the top of each hour of the show.  A segment is also featured each week here.

Entering its 11th year, Chris K’s Colorado Playlist is heard on KJAC (Northern Front Range and Steamboat Springs), KRFC (NoCO), KCMJ (Colorado Springs), KDNK (Carbondale, Aspen, Glenwood Springs, Idaho Springs), KZYR (Vail, Edwards), KOTO (Telluride,Hudson), KSUT (Durango, Pagosa Springs) and KLZR (Westcliffe)

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VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK:

besides writing and performing original music both as the leader of the Patti Fiasco, and as part of the country-folk duo Whipporwill, Alysia Kraft is not above giving us her own personal interpretations of other songwriters’ songs.


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

I conceived of this idea as a way for you to discover some of the new music I played on the show, and to give you the chance to let me know which of the tracks you like, and think I should keep in rotation.  I get a lot of feedback from fans about what’s liked .. and what isn’t.

In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp (my favorite), Reverbnation or YouTube.

It’s not a competition.  It’s just a gauge of how well you like the songs I added this week.

PLAYLIST S10 EP45 

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

HOUR 1

SHEL “Sleigh Ride” from Winter Fairyland (2016)
(D) Dave Beegle “River of Peace” from River of Peace (2017) 


Hazel Miller Band “Time After time” from Coming To You Live…From KUVO (2011)
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore with Brigid & Lucy Moore “Trouble” from Daughters (2016)
Otis Taylor “Love and Hesitation” from Definition Of A Circle (2006)
(D) Riley Ann “Bloodhounds” (2017) 


Rossonian “Ra” (2013)
Shovels & Rope “I Know” from Little Seeds (2016)
The Fray “Love Don’t Die” from Helios (2014)
Motet “The Truth” from Totem (2016)
Analog Son “Shady Nights” from Stomp and Shout (2015)

HOUR 2 

(D) Katey Laurel “Old Man Winter” from This Is Christmas (2016) 


(D) Petals of Spain “Daydream” from Daydream (2017) 


Jill Sobule “Too Cool to Fall In Love” from Things Here Are Different (1990)
String Cheese Incident “Sweet Spot” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)
(N) My Blue Sky “Wherever The Wind Blows” from My Blue Sky (2017)


Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “The Other Side” from The Other Side (2015)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “The Unballed Ballad of the New Folksinger” from Unentitled (2011)
Patti Fiasco “Elvis” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Treehouse Sanctum “Pilot & Crew” (2015)
Elephant Revival “Petals” from Petals (2016)
Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013)
Space Orphan “Coffee Green” from Shut Up About The Sun (2016)


oskar-blues-no backgroundOskar Blues Fooderies!  Sponsor of “IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY,” the segment that runs at the top of each hour of the show.  Oskar Blues Fooderies includes the Original Brew and Pubin Lyons, and Homemade Liquids and Solids,CHUBurger,andCyclehops Bike Cantina in Longmont, Hotbox Roasters coffee, and coming soon to Denver (under construction in RiNo and LoDo).


mishawakaThe Mishawaka Amphitheatre is celebrating its 100th Anniversary.  Check out there website for specials, shows and more.

CHECK OUT the website for info on the FALL SERIES happening NOW!

NEW YEARS’ EVE SHOW ANNOUNCED = Shakedown Street


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Colorado Playlist S10 EP44 NOV 2016

Happy POST turkey hangover.  I hope you spent the long weekend enjoying some live local music – wish I could have made it to the Leftover Salmon shows in Denver <smh>.  Being IN the business, means you never really get to go out and ENJOY some of the shows I’d really like to attend LOL.  Such is life in my world.

Thanks to everyone for stepping up last week and crushing the stats! WOW …  By far the biggest stats winner was The Prairie Scholars, but overall every track was voted significantly as a KEEP IT … Blowing up the stats that way over the holiday week as fantastic!

Much love to everyone .. this week’s MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting) includes tracks from Whiskey Blanket (who I technically debuted here last week), Chimney Choir, the 5 and Dimer’s, and local blues-rocker Michael Hornbuckle.  VOTE AWAY …


IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY

TRUSTED EAR SCENE REPORT NOV 23


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

I conceived of this idea as a way for you to discover some of the new music I played on the show, and to give you the chance to let me know which of the tracks you like, and think I should keep in rotation.  I get a lot of feedback from fans about what’s liked .. and what isn’t.

In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp (my favorite), Reverbnation or YouTube.

It’s not a competition.  It’s just a gauge of how well you like the songs I added this week.

PLAYLIST S10 EP43 

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

HOUR 1

The Samples “We All Move On” from Here and Somewhere Else (1998)
The Apples in Stereo “Seems So” from Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
(D) Whiskey Blanket “Men of Straw” from Thick of Thieves (2017)


OneRepublic “A.I. (feat. Peter Gabriel)” from Oh My My (2016)
Pete Pidgeon & Arcoda “The Ways We Change” from All the Little Things (2016)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “wasting time” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
piKziL “Here’s the News” from Songs from My 3rd Life (2016)
Rose Quartz “Something to Believe” from Axis of Love (2015)
(N) Chimney Choir “Center of Gravity” from (dream) (2017) 


Gregory Alan Isakov “Living Proof” from The Weatherman (2013)
Mollie O’Brien “In My Girlish Days” from Big Red Sun (1998)
Ben Haugland “Lift” from POINT OF NO RETURN (2012)

Rick Roberts “In My Own Small Way” from Windmills (1973)
Poco “Calico Lady” from Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969)
(N) 5 & Dimer’s “(I Know) I’m Losing You” from If It’s All A Game (2017) 


Nina Storey “Think Twice” from Think Twice (2013)
Big Head Blues Club “Hidden Charms” from Way Down Inside (Songs Of Willie Dixon) (2016)
Bright Silence “I’m a Fire” from Time is New (2016)
The Still Tide “Field of Bells” from Half Empty Rooms (2015)
Megan Burtt “Fast as I Go” from The Bargain (2015)
Jeff Finlin “Is This Love” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008)
(D) Michael Hornbuckle “Sweat” from Soulrepo (2016)


Musketeer Gripweed “Nine Pound Hammer” from Floods and Fires (2014)
Grant Farm “The Nine Pound Hammer” from Grant Farm (2012)
Jim Stranahan “Blues and a Half” from MIGRATION TO A HIGHER GROUND (2014)



oskar-blues-no backgroundA HUGE THANK YOU to Oskar Blues Fooderies!  They are the new sponsor of “IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY,” the segment that runs at the top of each hour of the show.  Oskar Blues Fooderies includes the Original Brew and Pubin Lyons, and Homemade Liquids and Solids,CHUBurger,andCyclehops Bike Cantina in Longmont, Hotbox Roasters coffee, and coming soon to Denver (under construction in RiNo and LoDo).

mishawakaThe Mishawaka Amphitheatre is celebrating its 100th Anniversary.  Check out there website for specials, shows and more.

CHECK OUT the website for info on the FALL SERIES happening NOW!

NEW YEARS’ EVE SHOW ANNOUNCED = Shakedown Street


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Colorado Playlist S10 EP43 NOV 2016

What a weekend!  The band spent over 12 hours in the studio (Mighty Fine Productions) this weekend working on the debut of my first EP “Sweet Inspiration,” in memory to Miss Pattie (RIP).  I’m hopeful we’ll get it done for a cd release show on Jan 20 and 27 2017.

Spending the weekend in the studio, recording for what really amounts to the first time with a full band, has given me a deeper sense of appreciation for how much work goes into records that are far denser and more layered than a single country-rock-folk release.  Bravo to those who go in and lay out some of the best of the best …

There’s an excellent article in BIZWEST this week about the Bohemian Foundation’s Music District in Fort Collins that outlines the work that folks like Tom Sharf, Bryce Merrill and Jesse Elliott have undertaken .. check it out here.

MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting) = The Patient Zeroes, The Prairie Scholars, The Savage Hearts, The John Weeks Band, 888, B Suite, The String Cheese Incident.  **NOTE = 888 is not a new song.  It’s an established national level hit, but the first time I’ve played it on the CP.  Looking to see what you think of it.  Vote KEEP IT or DELETE IT below.


TRUSTED EAR SCENE REPORT

IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY


VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK


MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

I conceived of this idea as a way for you to discover some of the new music I played on the show, and to give you the chance to let me know which of the tracks you like, and think I should keep in rotation.  I get a lot of feedback from fans about what’s liked .. and what isn’t.

In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp (my favorite), Reverbnation or YouTube.

It’s not a competition.  It’s just a gauge of how well you like the songs I added this week.

PLAYLIST S10 EP43 

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

HOUR 1

Dan Fogelberg “Run for the Roses” from The Innocent Age (1981)
(D) Smythe & Taylor “Don’t Roll No Stone Over Me” from Things Have Changed (2016)
Chris Thompson “Traffic” from The Road Ahead (2010)
(N) The Patient Zeroes “Lovesickened” from Sirens Calling (2016) 


Burnt Lips “Hell Hounds” from Tropical Moon (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “All the Love You Need” from All the Love You Need (2008)
(D) The Prairie Scholars “Minivans” [single] (2016)


Nathan & Stephen “Brothers & Sisters” from The Everyone E.P. (2007)
(D) John Weeks Band “Closer to Home” from Dark Angel (2017)


Mama Lenny and the Remedy “Loaded Gun” from Time (You’re Doing Fine) (2014)
(N) Space Orphan “Superphonic” from Shut Up About The Sun (2016)

HOUR 2

Sweet Water Well “Zoeology” from Watermelon (1996)
(D) Savage Hearts “Age (feat. Greg Blake)” from Playing it Forward (2016)


Chris Daniels & the Kings “Nobody Knows” from Funky To the Bone (2015)
(D) 888 “Critical Mistakes” [single] (2016)


Grim & Darling “Quicksand” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
OneRepublic “Won’t Stop” from Dreaming Out Loud (2007)
(D) B Suite “Somebody Help Me” from B Suite (2017)


Paper Bird “Sunday” from Paper Bird (2016)
(D) The Motet “Ain’t No Way” from Live at Red Rocks 2016 (2016)
(N) The String Cheese Incident “Get Tight” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)


Cassie Taylor “No Ring Blues” from Out of My Mind (2012)
Wonderlic “My Own Bed” from Wunderpus Photogenicus (2016)


oskar-blues-no backgroundA HUGE THANK YOU to Oskar Blues Fooderies!  They are the new sponsor of “IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY,” the segment that runs at the top of each hour of the show.  Oskar Blues Fooderies includes the Original Brew and Pubin Lyons, and Homemade Liquids and Solids,CHUBurger,andCyclehops Bike Cantina in Longmont, Hotbox Roasters coffee, and coming soon to Denver (under construction in RiNo and LoDo).

mishawakaThe Mishawaka Amphitheatre is celebrating its 100th Anniversary.  Check out there website for specials, shows and more.

CHECK OUT the website for info on the FALL SERIES happening NOW!

NEW YEARS’ EVE SHOW ANNOUNCED = Shakedown Street


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Bumper Stickers are available.  Message me if you want one.  Available for donation + $1.00 postage.

T-Shirts are Available – Message me if you want one.  $15 includes shipping.  Please specify size.  I only accept PayPal and personal checks at this time.