20 SEASONS is a long time to do something. The Colorado Playlist got its start in April 2006 at 88.9 KRFC in Fort Collins. Since then it has been broadcast by over a dozen community based radio stations in our state, covering over 30 FM frequencies in Colorado and Taos, New Mexico.
This week’s show is just some of the musical highlights over the past 20 seasons. I’m sure we can all point to what I didn’t fit in …but there’s only room for about twelve tracks an hour and there have been thousands of releases.
I hope you enjoy this week’s show.
AND WE’RE OFF AGAIN!! – NO POST APRIL 13 and likely not APRIL 20 either, since Claire and I are heading south for a couple of weeks on a nighttime photo expedition (yeah, she’s still filtering through shots from our Bryce trip, LOL).
I’m happy to say that I added spins from the Jazz Oasis in the City, KUVO, this week. It means a lot to see some of our great jazz artists getting some love in the city.
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Every week I hope to bring you some of the best of Colorado music from across the decades, and around the state. I also usually share a new landscape photograph by my life-partner, Claire/Clear Vistas Photography.
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THE MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING WILL BE BACK IN MAY
The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community since 1998.
Every year I debut approximately two hundred new current-year songs. Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.
DeVotchKa – I Cried Like a Silly Boy – Curse Your Little Heart (2006) Born In The Flood – If this thing should spill – If this thing should spill (2007) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel – Whimper and Wail – Desire and Dissolving Men (2007) OneRepublic – Apologize – Dreaming Out Loud (2007) Flobots – Handlebars – Fight With Tools (2008) Lynn Patrick – When You Find What You’re Looking For (excerpt) Chris Daniels – Better Days – Better Days (2012) Churchill – The War Within – The War Within EP (2013) Pretty Lights – Yellow Bird – A Color Map of the Sun (2013) (radio edit) The Lumineers – Ho Hey – The Lumineers (2012) Justin Lansing – Ghost Town (excerpt) The Velveteers – Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021) Jobi Riccio – Sweet (radio edit) – Whiplash (2023) Marfa – Daisy (2025) Euforquestra – Instant Coffee – Fire (2014)
Rose Hill Drive – Cool Cody – Rose Hill Drive (2006) Gregory Alan Isakov – Big Black Car – This Empty Northern Hemisphere (2009) The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time (2010) Five Iron Frenzy – It Was a Dark & Stormy Night – Engine of a Million Plots (2013) Sunsquabi – Pangolin (excerpt) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015) Big Gigantic – Brighter Future – Brighter Future (2016) The Motet – So High – Totem (2016) Cary Morin – Nobody Gotta Know – Dockside Saints (2020) Ben Parrish – Crankbait (excerpt) Wildermiss – Supermagical (2020) Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) (2020) Leftover Salmon – Let’s Party About It – Let’s Party About It (2025) Ron Miles – Binder – Rainbow Sign (2020)
Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio, and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations around the count.
(D) = debut HOT SPINS (R) = re-enter HOT SPINS
𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 + 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 – 60 TITLES TRACKED (𝐑) 1. Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia LP Oct-25 (americana) (D) 2. Jesus Christ Taxi Driver – Tax the Rich LP Jan-26 (rock, alternative) (2) 3. Magoo – What A Life LP Oct-25 (jamband) (𝐃) 4. Bobby Wiens – Focus LP Mar-26 (jazz) (𝐑) 4. The Tammy Shine – Ok Shine Ok LP Dec-25 (rock, pop, indie)
Tickets go on sale at 10 am MDT today, Friday, August 30 for Colorado Music Hall of Fame’s Mile High Jazz Oasis induction concert and event scheduled for Tuesday, October 29 at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver’s Five Points Historic District.
Celebrating El Chapultepec & Jerry Krantz, Greg Gisbert, Eric Gunnison, KUVO & Carlos Lando, Ellyn Rucker, and Ken Walker, the induction ceremony will include short presentations and a jazz concert by the Ken Walker Sextet and special guests.
“It is such an honor to be nominated and to have KUVO nominated for induction into Colorado Music Hall of Fame. Denver’s jazz scene has always been exceptional; this induction class truly reflects our city’s talent, both past and present,” states Carlos Lando, nominee and current host of the Morning Set on KUVO Jazz.
In addition to honoring these jazz greats, the chosen venue, Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom at 2635 Welton Street in Denver, has its own Mile High jazz roots. It was once the Casino Cabaret, which opened in the Cotton Club days of the 1930s and served as one of main stops on the tours of jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman—as well as Colorado Music Hall of Famers Charles Burrell and George Morrison, Sr.
On October 29, General Admission doors will open at 7:15 pm; GA tickets are $40 and offer limited balcony seating and standing room-only.
VIP doors open at 6:00 pm; VIP tickets are $150 and include a pre-party with a buffet dinner sponsored by Pasta Jay’s and cabaret-style seating for the event. Table sponsorships start at $1,000 and include premium, reserved tables and many other perks.
About the Nominees (photographs available upon request):
El Chapultepec (The Pec) operated as one of Denver’s most well-known jazz and blues club at the corner of 20th and Market Streets for 87 years before it closed permanently in 2020. Jerry Krantz, who started as a bartender at The Pec, inherited it in 1958 from his father-in-law, Tony Romano. Krantz operated the venue with no cover charges so that great music was accessible to everyone. In El Chapultepec’s heyday, the club welcomed legendary musicians of all genres, such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger. After Krantz passed away in 2012, his daughters ran The Pec until its closure; they now operate the El Chapultepec Legacy Project to keep quality live music accessible in Denver. The Legacy Project announced a new partnership with Colorado Music Hall of Fame in a June 7 release (attached).
Greg Gisbert is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who moved from Mobile, Alabama, to Denver in 1971. He performed, toured, and recorded in high school with the 1983-84 McDonald’s All-American High School Jazz Band. While attending the Berklee College of Music, he began to record albums; he has three recordings under his own name on Criss Cross Jazz, a Dutch recording company. A highly respected jazz educator, Gisbert has taught all over the United States, including as faculty at University of Northern Colorado, the Colorado Conservatory for Jazz Artists, University of Denver and Julliard School of Music. He is a founding member of and continues to perform with the cooperative band Convergence.
Eric Gunnison is a jazz pianist and composer based in Denver since 1980. He has arranged and recorded piano for many artists and toured internationally, accompanying prominent artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Nelson Rangell, Roberta Gambarini, Carmen McCrae and the late Ron Miles, a fellow Colorado Music Hall of Famer. Throughout his distinguished career, he has established himself as one of the mainstays within the Denver jazz scene —as a musician, bandleader, composer and educator. Since 1991, Gunnison has also been performing with his own quintet, Wake Up Call, and in Greg Gisbert’s Convergence.
Known as “The Oasis in the City,” KUVO Jazz (89.3 FM) was founded in Denver in 1985 as a volunteer-led Hispanic-managed public radio station. With close to 8,000 members and 100,000 listeners today, KUVO also broadcasts in Breckenridge on 89.7 FM and in Vail on 88.5 FM. Carlos Lando, most recognized for his 37 years and counting at KUVO, started out at radio stations over 50 years ago in Puerto Rico and New York. At KUVO, Lando has worked as radio host, program director, general manager and president of the station. He helped establish KUVO as one of the world’s best and most respected jazz stations. Lando recently shifted his role from president/general manager to producing, managing and hosting the morning show at the station.
Ellyn Rucker was a jazz musician and critically-acclaimed vocalist who lived in the Denver area and passed away in 2022. She started performing full-time in 1979 and released several albums through Capri Records. A well-loved Denver musician, Rucker’s unique voice and keyboard skills led her to tour worldwide, including locations such as Holland, Ireland, Germany and China. In Germany, she even had her own fan club.
Ken Walker is a jazz bassist frequently known as the “first-call” bassist in the Front Range for when performers come to town and need a bassist to accompany them. He played many instruments growing up but started honing his craft during his time at Arkansas Tech. After moving to Denver in 1985, Walker began to perform at El Chapultepec. Since then, he has performed at Telluride Jazz Festival, Jazz Aspen Snowmass and toured around the world. For 28 years now, Walker has taught at University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Since 1999, he has performed with his band, The Ken Walker Sextet.
Net proceeds from the induction event benefit the programs of Colorado Music Hall of Fame, including the newly launched Keep The Beat program (press release attached), providing mini-grants to Colorado musicians and music industry professionals to access free mental health and addiction counseling.
About Colorado Music Hall of Fame (“The Hall”), www.cmhof.org: Founded in 2011, The Hall is a nonprofit with a mission to celebrate, promote and support Colorado’s music community:
Celebrating Colorado music by inducting our state’s music heroes (over 50 to date), hosting music events, sharing music history and, coming this year, unveiling new Hall of Fame exhibits at a central location in downtown Denver;
Promoting Colorado as a music destination; and
Supporting local musicians and industry professionals with financial assistance and resources for mental health and addiction through its Keep The Beat program.
Colorado Music Hall of Famers:
2011: Inaugural Class: John Denver, Red Rocks Amphitheatre
2012: Setting the Stage: Barry Fey, Harry Tuft
2012: Rockin’ the ‘60s: The Astronauts, Flash Cadillac, KIMN Radio, Sugarloaf
2013: Colorado’s Folk Revival: Judy Collins, Chris Daniels, Bob Lind, Serendipity Singers
2014: Country Rock in the Rockies: Firefall, Manassas w/Stephen Stills, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco
2016: 20th Century Pioneers: Lannie Garrett, Glenn Miller, Max Morath, Billy Murray, Elizabeth Spencer, Paul Whiteman
2017: Rocky Mountain Way: Caribou Ranch, Dan Fogelberg, Bill Szymczyk, Joe Walsh & Barnstorm
2017: Jazz Masters & Beyond: Philip Bailey, Charles Burrell, Larry Dunn, Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, Dianne Reeves, Andrew Woolfolk
2018: Live & On the Air: John Hickenlooper, KBCO, Chuck Morris
2019: Old Folk, New Folk: Walt Conley, Mother Folkers, Swallow Hill Music, Dick Weissman
2019: Going Back to Colorado: Tommy Bolin, Freddi & Henchi, Wendy Kale, Tony Spicola, Otis Taylor, Zephyr
2021: A Virtual Induction: eTown
2021: The Flatirons Sessions: The Fox Theatre, Hot Rize, Leftover Salmon, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band
2023: Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Hazel Miller, George Morrison, Sr.
2024: Opera in the High Country:Central City Opera, Cynthia Lawrence, Keith Miller, John Moriarty
2024: Mile High Jazz Oasis: El Chapultepec & Jerry Krantz, Greg Gisbert, Eric Gunnison, KUVO & Carlos Lando, Ellyn Rucker, Ken Walker
17,000. That was my goal. For the year. For unique page views for all of 2013. I would have been pleased with that kind of growth over last year’s views. A reasonable 10% increase. Doable. 32,700+? With over 16,000 coming in December alone? I’ve never seen 16,000 views in a year, let alone a month before. All I can say is “wow; just wow.”
The Colorado Sound Live365 launched on April 1, and has been a bit a challenge to grow. December has been the best month, no doubt due to the tremendous number of visits to the website. In December the station averaged just at 22 streams a day at about a 30 minute average TSL (time spent listening).
Thanks to all who contributed towards the $1200 goal to keep things moving forward thru the end of the current license period on March 31. That really means a lot, so thank you for that. We’re still a little short of making the full goal. Please share the link to the station with your friends. I’d like to keep this growing into 2014. Numbers matter.
Since I began this annual rite about five years ago now, I’ve included a “critics’ list” each year – a call out to friends in the business and some select fans and musicians who know what’s up in Colorado. This year I did things just a little differently. Instead of a “critics’ list” this year I launched several FAN FAVORITE POLLS. The overall TOP 20 FAN FAVORITE ALBUM/EPS are below. Follow the links for the category breakouts.
There are lots of ways to measure the success of a record – sales, airplay, fan favorite, critics’ favorites, etc. But, generally speaking, it is sales, “radio” airplay, placements (tv shows, commercials, movie soundtracks) and YouTube views that are the visible markers of success. Sprinkle on some major awards for extra credit. So, aside from the FAN FAVORITE POLLS and TOP 40 SPINS this is how things looked to me this year.
OVERALL TOP 5 2013
#1 – OneRepublic – “Native.” Unlike last year’s big breakout hit by the Lumineers, you will not find OneRepublic represented in the TOP 40 below. The album was not popular with non-comm station djs. This was a commercial hit. And a big one at that.
The current single from the album, “Counting Stars,” is one of the band’s most successful, ever. It is their first top five hit since “Apologize” in 2006, landing at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has also been a big hit overseas, landing at the top of airplay charts in the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand. Look at the popularity bar based on sales at iTunes – it SMOKED “Apologize” and everything they’ve done since. The video has had 107,592,715 views and counting.
#2 – Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World … #6 in radio spins in Colorado, #1 COLORADO FAN FAVORITE Urban Contemporary/EDM/Hip Hop/Soul …it peaked nationally at #24 The Billboard 200, #14 Digital Albums, #2 Electronic Albums, #4 Independent Albums + a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album … that’s enough to earn most records “Record of the Year.” One of the most popular urban contemporary records of the year at radio around the state – with significant airplay stats at KBUT, KRCC, and Radio 94.9 Colorado. YouTube views = 822,352.
#3 – Elephant Revival – “These Changing Skies.” #3 in airplay statewide for the year, it broke the TOP 20 of the national Americana Music Association airplay charts. NPR Music/Folk Alley selected it as part of “The Top 10 Folk And Americana Albums Of 2013,” and it was one of NPR Music‘s “10 Artists You Should Have Known In 2013.” It was consistently one of the most played records at our reporting stations statewide, making #1 at several stations statewide throughout the year.
#4 – Gregory Alan Isakov “The Weatherman.” It managed to crack the top spot on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts, as well as #5 on the Billboard folk charts. In Colorado it was the undisputed leader in spins per month statewide, landing at #1 for the year, despite it not hitting radio until June.
#5 – Otis Taylor “My World is Gone.” Hitting #4 for the year at Colorado radio, it should come as no surprise that Otis is once again at the top of the page for one of his albums. The man just cannot stop winning accolades and awards, nominated this year for Blues Foundation Music Awards 2013 Best Contemporary Blues Artist.
FAN FAVORITE ALBUM/EP
Fans definitely came out in support of their favorites. Fans voted for 142 album/ep titles, and set all time page view records in the process.
1. Kramies – The Wooden Heart (rock) 2. Michael Kirkpatrick – Key to My Cage (folk)
3. Joshua Trinidad – Maritime (jazz)
4. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights (rock)
5. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant (rock)
6. Danny Shafer – Wherever You Are (folk)
7. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out (jazz)
8. Cary Morin – Streamline (blues)
9. Wire Faces – King Cataract (rock)
10. Post Paradise – Digging Secrets (rock)
11. Joe Johnson – New West Sound (country-folk)
12. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies (folk-rock)
13. TheChanging Colors – Joan & the King (indie-folk)
14. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (bluegrass)
15. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (rock/indie)
16. Instant Empire – Keep UP! (rock/indie)
17. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize (blues)
18. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman (folk)
19. Covenhoven – Covenhoven (rock/indie)
20. Aakash Mittal Quartet w/Ron Miles – Ocean (jazz)
TOP 40 COLORADO AIRPLAY 2013
Here are the TOP 40 most played Colorado records in the past year at our incredible network of stations that have been dedicated to airing Colorado music — KAFM (Grand Junction) KBUT (Crested Butte) KDNK (Carbondale) KDUR (Durango) KGNU (Boulder) KOTO (Telluride) KRCC (Colorado Springs) KRFC (Fort Collins) KRZA (Alamosa) KSUT (Ignacio) KUNC (Greeley) KUVO (Denver) KVNF (Paonia) OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) Radio 94.9 Colorado (Loveland/Fort Collins).
253 titles were tracked as played Jan 1 – Nov 31 2013. Only those records that were released between Nov 1 2012 and Oct 31 2013 were considered for the final year end charts.
[ ___ ] = release date
** = serviced to radio/press by Rocky Mountain Music Network
1. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music) Folk [June 24, 2013]
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [November 13, 2012]
3. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies (Its Evolving Records) Folk [August 1, 2013]
4. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [January 20, 2013]
5. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant (self) Rock [January 1, 2013]
6. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World (8 Minutes 20 Seconds) Urban Contemporary/EDM [July 1, 2013]
7. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange (self) Rock [December 2, 2012] **
8. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind (Yellow Dog) Blues [May 7, 2013]
9. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Indie/New Alternative [March 1, 2013]
10. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (Blank Tape) Indie/New Alternative [February 20, 2013]
11. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (self) Americana [July 1, 2013]
12. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon (Pie Records) Americana [March 6, 2013]
13. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Bluegrass [February 1, 2013]
14. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock [January 10, 2013]
15. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove (self) Rocky-grass [March 29, 2013] **
16. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize (self) Blues [March 1, 2013] **
17. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade (self) Americana [December 10, 2013]
18. Head for the Hills – Blue Ruin (self) Bluegrass [July 1, 2013]
19. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights (self) Rock [August 9, 2013] **
20. a. Tom Collins – Stick & Poke (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [June 20, 2013]
21. Jon Wirtz – Tourist (self) Jazz/Instrumental [April 16, 2013]
22. Jeff Scroggins & Colorado – Western Branches (self) Bluegrass [June 1, 2013]
23. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP (self) Rock [March 16, 2013]
24. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP (self) Pop/rock [September 1, 2013]
25. Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP (January Records) Pop/rock [May 5, 2013] **
26. Churchill – The War Within EP (A&M/Octone) Rock [April 23, 2013]
27. Land Lines – Land Lines (self) Indie/New Alternative [November 24, 2012]
28. A Boy and His Kite – A Boy and His Kite (self) Indie/New Alternative [November 20, 2012]
29. 3 Twins – De Nada (Sleeping Elephant Music) Americana [July 9, 2013] **
30. Josh Dillard – The Bright Light of Shipwreck (self) Folk/rock [June 1, 2013]
31. You, Me and Apollo – S/T EP (self) Indie/New Alternative [January 22, 2013]
32. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be (Vizztone) Blues [March 1, 2013]
33. Wire Faces – King Cataract (Hot Congress Records) Rock [February 7, 2013]
34. Brad Goode – Chicago Red (Origin Records) Jazz/Instrumental [February 13, 2013]
35. Trout Steak Revival – Flight (self) Bluegrass [November 22, 2012]
36. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry EP (Swingfingers Records) Bluegrass [August 1, 2013]
37. Wendy Woo Band – Live (Woo Music) Pop/rock [June 1, 2013] **
38. TheChanging Colors – Joan & the King (Blank Tape) Folk [May 20, 2013]
39. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz/Instrumental [November 10, 2012]
40. The Gromet – Barren (self) Rock [November 14, 2012]
STATION BY STATION
Airplay tablulated from Jan 1 2013 – Nov 31 2013 for titles released Nov 1 2012 – Oct 31 2013
KAFM (GRAND JUNCTION)
1. Bobby Walker – Feelin’ Good
2. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
3. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
4. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
5. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
KBUT (CRESTED BUTTE)
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
4. Trout Streak Revival – Flight
5. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
KDNK (CARBONDALE)
1. DeVotchKa – Live w/ the Colorado Symphony
2. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
3. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
4. Paper Bird – Rooms
5. Halden Wofford & the Hi* Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
KDUR (DURANGO)
1. Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
4. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro & the Elephant
5. Wire Faces – King Cataract
KGNU (BOULDER)
1. Paper Bird – Rooms
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
4. Head for the Hills – Blue Ruin
5. DeVotchKa – Live w/ the Colorado Symphony
KRCC (COLORADO SPRINGS)
1. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
2. DeVotchKa – Live w/ the Colorado Symphony
2. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
3. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World
4. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
KRFC (FORT COLLINS)
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro & the Elephant
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Cassie Taylor – Out Of My Mind
4. Michael Kirkpatrick – Key To My Cage
5. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
KRZA (ALAMOSA)
1. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
2. Gabrielle Louise – The Bird in My Chest
3. Trout Steak Revival – Flight
3. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
4. Jeff Scroggins & Colorado – Western Branches
KUNC (GREELEY)
1. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
3. DeVotchKa – Live w/ the Colorado Symphony
4. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
5. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
KUVO (DENVER)
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Polarity – King of Hearts
3. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
4. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
5. Lynn Baker – LectroCoustic
KVNF (PAONIA)
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry
4. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
OPEN AIR 1340 (DENVER)
1. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Paper Bird – Rooms
4. a. Tom Collins – Stick & Poke
5. Land Lines – Land Lines
THE COLORAO SOUND
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
2. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
3. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
4. Beki Hemingway – I Have Big Plans For The World
5. Churchill – The War Within
GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana / Alt-country / Bluegrass
1. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
2. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
3. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
4. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
5. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
Blues / Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
3. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
4. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
5. Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band f/Erica Brown – Tangled Road
Folk / folk-rock / singer-songwriter
1. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
2. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
3. Josh Dillard – The Bright Light of Shipwreck
4. Changing Colors – Joan & the King
5. Kristi Stice – Under the Willow
Indie / New Alternative
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
4. a. Tom Collins – Stick & Poke
5. Land Lines – Land Lines
Jazz / Instrumental
1. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
2. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
3. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
4. gogoLab – Border Patrol
5. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
Pop / Adult Contemporary / Crossover
1. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
2. Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP
3. Wendy Woo Band – Live
4. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
5. OneRepublic – Native
Rock / AAA / ALT / AOR
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
2. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
3. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
4. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights
5. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP
Urban Contemporary / EDM / Hip Hop / Soul
1. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World
2. The ReMinders – Born Champions
3. P-Nuckle – The System
4. Selina Albright – Brighter
5. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Blank Space EP
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