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Colorado Playlist S10 EP08

New Music Monday =

The Jekylls, Rebecca Folsom, Option4 w/ Rose Quartz and Wilson Harwood (Rocktin Grove) … I’ve got new music coming next week from emerging band on the scene Mama Magnolia .. also new next week = The Patient Zeroes, Blue Rider and more

So, I did try to post up last Monday.  I was in New Jersey for a couple of days, unfortunately without access to my computer.  I learned that radio sucks in South Jersey …nothing even approximating what we have here in Colorado.  I did buy the XM option in my rental car.  LOL  Colorado ROX when it comes to radio formats.  Well, Colorado pretty much rox all the time …

My band GOATZ! is back for another season.  April 23 @ FOCOMX .. 5:15 @ Equinox in Fort Collins … a nice tight 45 minute set .. in a festival of some 250 acts from the region … one of my favorite festivals of the year.

ALSO COMING!  THE 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY of the Colorado Playlist (The Colorado Sound) … June 5th … Mishawaka Amphitheatre… lineup TBA .. but yes, GOATZ! will be appearing.  Details TBA.

GOATZ! will also be appearing at the 9th Annual Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival on Aug 6.

 

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The Colorado Playlist is supported by Colorado Hemp CO — Presenting the 3rd Annual NoCO HEMP EXPO April 1 & 2 at the Ranch Events Complex in First National Bank Building 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO.

  • 100+ Vendors and Exhibitors, 50+ Speakers, Panelists and Industry Experts
  • Hemp Investor Summit
  • Elected State and National Representatives
  • Thousands of Hemp Advocates and Enthusiasts
  • B2B Day for Hemp Industry
  • Expo Day for the Entire Family
  • Media Spotlight on the Hemp Industry
  • Hemp Fashion Feature
  • Live Entertainment
  • Business networking Event
  • Specialty Workshops including: Building with Hemp, Cooking with Hemp, Brewing Beer with Hemp, Painting with Hemp, Artisan Crafting with Hemp

 

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The Historic Mishawaks Amphitheatre — Celebrating 100yrs in the Poudre Canyon.

Presenting:

  • 100th Anniversary Art Release AT THE DOWNTOWN ARTERY Friday, March 25, 2016 6:00 pm
    Downtown Artery Fort Collins, CO
  • Mish 100 Sleep-Out Friday, March 25th @ The Mish …
  • The Velvet Rope Dance Party March 25th

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK:

I’ve been a fan of the Jekylls since they emerged on the scene a few years ago.  They continue their retro-pop groove with the release of their new album The One I Want, The One I Need featuring the single Sick In Vegas

 

 

PLAYLIST S10 EP08 

HOUR 1

Chuck Pyle “Step by Step” from Step By Step (1990)
(D) Rebecca Folsom “Slice of Heaven” from Extraordinary Days (2016)

Leftover Salmon “Sing Up to the Moon” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Andy Monley “Kites” from Triplight (2006)
Glowing House “Loud and Clear” from Loud and Clear EP (2015)
Jay Munly “Amen Corner” from Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots (2004)
(D) Option4 and Rose Quartz “Love is lonely” from Love is Lonely (2016) 
Instant Empire “Zoo Lions” from Lamplight Lost (2015)
(N) Andy Thomas’ Dust Heart “Your Blood Moon” from Reckless Abandonment (2015)
Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) “Houses” from The Great Collapse (2009)
Dragondeer “Don’t That Feel Good” from Don’t That Feel Good (2014)
Chip Stephens Trio “Cookin’ at the Continental” from Hold On to What Counts (2007)

HOUR 2

Treehouse “American Too” from More Than Mountains (1996)
(D) Lonelyhearts “Nine Years On” from Age of Man (2016)
Josh Dillard “Life, Grace, Truth” from The Whale & the Sea (2011)
Tennis “I’m Callin’” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
Red Fox Run “Love Isn’t Love” from Red Fox Run (2015)
Grim & Darling “Quicksand” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
(N) SHEL “Let Me Do” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Ian Cooke “The Towering Prince” from Fortitude (2011)
(D) Wilson Harwood “Lines of Chances” [single] (2016) 
Newcomers Home “Texas” from In the Hour (2004)
Plum “Love is in the air” from Light Years, Dark Years (2016)
Jon Wirtz “Country” from Tourist (2013)

The Colorado Sound S9|EP 41

It’s kinda hard to think about what to write when you’ve in the midst of crisis.  Curve balls, pot-holes, bumps in the road – all ways of saying the same thing really …that life can be pretty nasty sometimes, and all you can do is hold on and swallow hard.  Anyone who’s followed me online the past decade+ now knows my wife and I got bad health news again this past week.  She and I both survived very scary health issues a couple of years ago, and now we’re facing another.  We’re fighters – so we expect the same outcome now as we’ve experienced in the past – success …and nothing but will be acceptable.  We’re great at hitting curve balls and getting alignments after falling into potholes.

11150279_794516310645334_8277106257218096525_nDid something new this week on the show.  I’ve been searching and asking for good clean radio friendly comedy for several years now … and I finally got some!  Tobias Livingston from Greeley ponied up and sent a live bit he recorded last summer.  SWEET!  Can’t wait for more.

News broke mid-week with pictures on FB that the Psychodelic Zombiez are back in the studio picking up where they left off 23 years ago. Babaganouj anyone?

HOT HOT RUMOR — from inside source … posting on FB with picture — The Railbenders are back in the studio for the first time in MANY years.  More news to follow.  Just something here to wet our appetite a bit .. 

KUNC 2The KUNC Colorado Music Spotlight OCT 20-23  

  • Mary Flower
  • Andy Thomas’ Dust Heart
  • Tuesday 10: 20 am & 11:20 pm
  • Wednesday 12:20 pm
  • Thursday 11:20 am & 9:20 pm
  • Friday 1:20 pm
  • 91.5FM Northern Front Range/Denver
  • 91.7FM Denver, Golden
  • 102.7FM Boulder
  • online at KUNC.org

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The Colorado Sound is supported by listener donations, and by local businesses and organizations.  Sponsorship opportunities are very limited.  If you have an organization or business that would like a bit more statewide exposure during the upcoming holiday season please contact me at thecoloradosound@gmail.com for more information.

mishawakaThe Colorado Sound is supported by the Mishawaka Amphitheater … and yes, they have shows year round … during the cold months indoor in the SpokesBUZZ lounge … see www.themishawaka.com for upcoming events.

SpokesBuzz Fort Collins logoThe Colorado Sound SUPPORTS SpokesBUZZ … a Colorado 501C3 non-profit dedicated to supporting the global visibility of Colorado sound and culture and to developing the professionalism of our local artists.  More info atwww.SpokesBUZZ.org

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

A very nifty throw-back country-rocker from some pretty badass Colorado pickers – singing about Colorado …

PLAYLIST S9|EP41 2015

HOUR 1

A Higher Elevation “Odyssey” from The Spider, The Fly & the Boogie Man (2008)
Sixteen Horsepower “Black Soul Chior” from Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes (1996)
(D) One Flew West “These Old Bones” from Selective Memory (2015)
Dave Tamkin “Drift” from Cedar (2013)
Megan Burtt “Fast as I Go” from The Bargain (2015)
Mollie O’Brien “No Ash Will Burn” from Big Red Sun (1998)
Jeff Finlin “What’s the Big Idea” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Betty Boop” from Midnight Rodeo (2006)
Jill Sobule “Bitter (LP Version)” from Happy Town (1997)
Tennis “Needle and a Knife” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
(D) Tobias Livingston “Live 6.24.15” from Live 6.24.15 (2015)
(D) New Ben Franklins “I Don’t Know What’s Wrong With You; Why Won’t You Break My Heart?” from Something Old, Something New (2015) 
Ben Haugland “Lift” from POINT OF NO RETURN (2012)

HOUR 2

Mary Flower “Hard Day Blues” from Misery Loves Company (2011)
Dianne Reeves “Endangered Species” from The Best of Dianne Reeves (2000)
(D) The Yawpers “Burdens” from American Man (2015)
Cracker “California Country Boy” from Berkeley To Bakersfield (2014)
Fox St. “Somethin About You” from Authentic Western Dress (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Resignation Superman” from Beautiful World (1997)
SHEL “The Battle of Evermore” from SHEL (2012)
(N) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Howling At Nothing” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
Chimney Choir “Motion” from Motion (2015) 
(D) Andy Rok & the Real Deal “Staying Home Tonight (feat. Kate Brady)” [single] (2015)
Mercury Project “higher ground” from Soapbox Jive (2004)
H2 Big Band “You’re It!” from You’re It! (2011)

HELP WANTED – PAONIA

Producer

KVNF

KVNF is looking for someone to build upon our existing regional news effort, improve the breadth and depth of our content, strengthen existing community relationships, and make KVNF even more of a news resource for Colorado’s Western Slope. The Producer plays a key role in shaping the voice and direction of KVNF’s regional news coverage, providing leadership to ensure the evolution of high journalistic standards and quality content.

Description: The Producer helps develop the editorial agenda of the News Department, creates twice daily regional newscasts, and reports on issues relevant to the KVNF listening area.  The Producer will also monitor regional media outlets, assign stories to volunteer/freelance reporters and help edit and produce those reports.

KVNF’s broadcast community includes seven counties and 10,000 square miles of Colorado’s rural Western Slope.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential News Duties:

  • Develops and prepares and potentially voices KVNF’s weekday morning and evening regional newscasts from a variety of sources, including original reporting
  • Reports, records and/or edits news spots, wraps, interviews, and news features for broadcast
  • Identifies and provides regular coverage of issues important to the KVNF audience
  • Provides training and support to Morning Edition host and regional news anchor
  • Posts and maintains news content on KVNF’s website
  • Monitors and schedules breaking news from NPR and local/regional sources. Notifies Program Director of need to create and schedule promos for these special broadcasts.
  • Start-to finish self-producer, able to meet deadlines
  • Provides up-to-the-minute breaking news coverage when needed
  • Provides live updates and information during elections
  • Engages with the community as a professional, respectful representative of KVNF

Other Duties:

  • Help maintain and sign-out production equipment for staff and volunteers
  • Assist with remote broadcasts, live performances and interviews as needed
  • Assist in fundraising efforts and community outreach such as membership drives and events when needed. Will include occasional nights/weekends
  • Assist with office operations: answering phone, public relations, station tours and on-air hosting as needed
  • Attend and participate in all general staff meetings

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • At least 1 year experience in radio and/or print journalism (or demonstrated equivalent); demonstrated reporting skills (work samples required)
  • Knowledge of Western issues (water, energy, agriculture, public lands)
  • Strong interest in local/regional news and public affairs
  • Strong verbal and writing skills
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, practice effective time management and work independently
  • Ability to work well with a large and diverse group of volunteers, as well as other staff and freelancers
  • On-air skills and knowledge of broadcast and digital recording equipment
  • Computer, web editing and social media skills required
  • Community radio and/or nonprofit experience a plus

Application requirements:

  • Resume
  • Cover letter
  • Three (3) work samples (radio and/or print)

Send application materials to:

KVNF

Att.   Rick Watts, General Manager

PO Box 1350

Paonia, CO  81428

Email
rick@kvnf.org