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The Colorado Sound – S7/EP06 Feb 2013 + Video of the Week

chris k july 2010I very often discover new music for this show by browsing multiple publications and the published playlists of a number of regional radio stations.  When I find acts listed as “local” that I’m unfamiliar with I always make it a point of looking them up online.  I’ve discovered many acts that way, several of which have become favorites of mine on the show.  I like using sites like Bandcamp and Soundcloud more than any other when it comes to not only discovery, but also sharing new music here with you.  I also like using YouTube.  I wish more acts would utilize these sites – it makes sharing much easier, and more direct.

One such act I discovered this past week is Esther Sparks & the Whiskey Remedy.  Upon watching their wonderful video “Back to Life” I was immediately uplifted – making it my feel good video of the week, and the current leading contender for Video of the Month when I publish the next News Notes & Spins column on March 1.  Enjoy … I hope it brings you as much “feel good” as it brought me. 

Playlist S7/EP06 Feb 2013

(D) = new album, first time aired on show
(N) = new cut from previously debuted album

Firefall “Wrong Side of Town” from Elan (1978)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Sister Sweetly” from Sister Sweetly (1993)
(D) Fox Street Allstars “Take It or Leave It” from Tough Talk (2013)
(N) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Payin’ My Dues” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)
(D) Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013)
(N) Rachel & the Kings “Fall Down” from Tonic (2013)
(N) Joshua Novak “The Spiller” from Ephemeron (2013)
The Samples “My Town” from Samples (1990)
Jeff Finlin “East by West” from The Tao of Motor Oil (2010)
Tin Horn Prayer “All’s Well That Ends Well” from Grapple the Rails (2012)
Beats Noir! “Going Nowhere (feat. Venus Cruz)” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
(D) Drop Switch “Blame It On Me” from Blame It On Me (2013)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Brand New” from Brand New (2011)
String Cheese Incident “Walk This Way” from The String Cheese Incident (1997)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “It’s A Summer Night” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
(D) The Uncommoners “Head Space” from Time and Other Tricks (2013)
Patrick Dethlefs “The Farther You Go” from Fall & Rise (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Halo” from Strange (2012)
(D) Blue Canyon Boys “Heartaches Welcome” from Next Go ‘Round (2012)
Coles Whalen “Go Child” from The Whistle Stop Road Record (2009)
Yawpers “Silicone Love” from Capon Crusade (2012)
Take to the Oars “Stones & Sticks” from American Volume (2011)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “In And Out of Mind” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
(D) Jesse Manley “A Path Through the Dark” from A Path Through the Dark (2013)
Grant Farm “Tell Me, Tell Me” from Grant Farm (2012)
(N) Jon Wirtz “Watching The World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)

The Colorado Sound S7/EP05 Feb 2013 + Video of the Week.

chris k july 2010Every week I receive a fairly large amount of new music to evaluate for the show.  I’d say most of what I get makes it on-air at least once.  I don’t know if that’s because I’m only receiving the cream of the crop, or if we’ve just become that good in Colorado.  I like to think it’s a bit of both.

I’m often found cruising Facebook, scanning for items of information I can use in the news and notes section of the show, or just information about artists in general to talk about.  Recently, I saw a post for a show that got my attention, not because of the headliner, but because I mistook the message and thought a different band was having a cd release party… whereupon I immediately contacted that band about their new cd.  Of course, to my chagrin, I discovered I had made a mistake.  I was subsequently turned onto a new artist … whose cd release party it really was … and was told that she’d done very well on YouTube, with 24,081 subscribers and 2,399,645 video views, and that she sells out the rare show she does locally.  So, with that background – may I please introduce to you Miss Elise Lieberth with our video of the week selection.  

PLAYLIST S7/EP05 Feb 2013

(D) = album debut
(N) = new song debut

Dianne Reeves “Afro Blue (Live)” from The Best of Dianne Reeves (2000)
Wendy Woo “Wide Awake and Dreaming” from Wide Awake and Dreaming (1999)
Beats Noir! “Where the Sun Goes Down” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
Tyler Ward “The Way We Are” from Hello. Love. Heartbreak (2012)
The Fray “Over My Head (Cable Car)” from How to Save A Life (2005)
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown “Tangled Road” from Tangled Road (2012)
(D) Ryan Chrys “The Road Never Ends” from A Lick & A Promise (2013)
Hickman-Dalton Gang “Construction Man” from Hickman-Dalton Gang Vol. II (2011)
You Me and Apollo “Oh My Molly” from You Me and Apollo (2012)
(D) A Boy and His Kite “You Want It, You Got It” from A Boy and His Kite (2012)
(N) Carmelita’s Lovers “Need to Know” from Ghosts of Our Former Selves (2013)
Moetones “Roadhouse” from Lowbrow (2012)
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra “Beauty and the Beast” from Sharks And Manatees (2012)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Congo Square” from Live Wired! (1995)
Leftover Salmon “Dance On Your Head” from The Nashville Sessions (1999)
(N) John William Davis “Same Old Devil” from Dead Simple, Vol. 1: You Talk Funny (2013)
Sofie Reed “Leaving This Morning” from Simplicity Chased Trouble Away (2012)
(D) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Thunder On The Mountain” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)
(D) Catch Bees “Brevity” from Narratives from a Factory Town (2013)
(D) Jeremy Dion “Desperate Mama” from Golden Some Day (2013)
(D) Josh Dillard “Dandelion Clocks” from The Whale & the Sea (2011)
The Jekylls “You’re Probably Right” from The Sweet Factory (2012)
Ten Pound Elephant “Talk to Me” from Ten Pound Elephant (2012)
Whiskey Blanket “Rule the Roost” from No Object (2010)
(D) gogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)

The Colorado Sound – S7/EP04 Feb 2013

therealpickygrumpyoldgoatThank you for all the support that I really needed in my absence last week.  As is sometimes the case in life, baby alligators (rattlers if you prefer) jump up and grab ya by the balls and make you lay down for a few days.  LOL.  That said – it was a great week to kick back, reflect and listen to some new albums, which I’m actually doing right this moment in preparation for next week’s show.  If you’re not hip yet do check out The Whale & the Sea by Josh Dillard, and A Boy & His Kite by, well, A Boy & His Kite aka Dave Wilton.  Absolutely gorgeous albums, both.

In news this week:  Congratulations to all of the winners of the Colorado Blues Society’s 1st Annual Members Choice Awards, who were awarded the first ever Holley awards named after the late Creighton Holley a good friend to many of us locally and a blues guitarist and singer who graced local stages for a few decades before his passing last year … congratulations to

Erica Brown – Blues Singer Female
Austin Young and No Difference – Blues Band
Austin Young – Guitar
Austin Young and No Difference – Best Young Performer
Austin Young – Slide Guitar
Al Chesis – Blues Harp
Lionel Young – Blues Singer Male
Lionel Young – Violin
Lionel Young – Arranger
Otis Taylor – Best Songwriter
Jodie Woodward – Bass
Dan Treanor – Best Educator
Scotty Rivera – Drums
Kai Turner won Lifetime Membership in the Colorado Blues Society in honor of his involvement in the Colorado Blues scene for his  Strictly Blues radio show, as well as for all the MC’ing he’s done over the years at Festivals such as Blues From the Top, Mile High Blues Festival, and Blue Star Festival, and in honor of receiving his own Keeping Blues Alive award for radio in 2009.

Congratulations are again in order for the girls of SHEL – whose new video “The Man Who Was The Circus” – debuted on CMT.COM Jan 29.  And happy 25th birthday to Hannah Holbrook.  Are these the four most eligible bachelorettes in CO right now?  Hmmmm…..

PLAYLIST S7/EP04

Rick Roberts “In My Own Small Way” from Windmills / She is a Song (2010)
The Samples “Tom Joad” from Return to Earth (2001)
(D) Abi Robins “Let Me Explain” from Such A Mess (2013)

Tyler Ward “The Way We Are” from Hello. Love. Heartbreak (2012)
John McVey “The Gentleman Thief” from Unpredictable (2010)
(D) Kristi Stice “Forgiving The Road” from Forgiving The Road (2013)

Elephant Revival “Quill Pen Feather” from It’s Alive (2012)
Gromet “Empty Space” from Barren (2013)
Instant Empire “Keep Up!” from Keep Up! (2013)
Rob Drabkin “Little Steps” from Little Steps EP (2013)
(D) Joshua Novak “Informaniac” from Ephemeron (2013)

John Common “Moonlight” from Why Birds Fly (2007)
Jon Wirtz “Politico” from Tourist (2013)
Tommy Bolin “Wild Dogs” from Teaser (1975)
The Rainy Daze “That Acapulco Gold” from That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) P-Nuckle “The System” from The System (2013)
Flobots “The Rose and the Thistle” from The Circle in the Square (2012)
(D) Rachel & the Kings “I Know What You’re Made Of…” from Tonic (2013)
(D) Otis Taylor “Blue Rain in Africa” from My World Is Gone (2013)

Great American Taxi “One of These Days” from Reckless Habits (2010)
Palmer Divide “Whiskey Row” from Shenandoah Train (2009)
Churchill “Change” from Change EP (2012)
SHEL “On My Way” from SHEL (2012)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Matter of Time” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
Zach Heckendorf “Traffic” from The Cool Down (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012)
Keith Oxman “All Dudes” from Doing All Right (2009)