To Spotify, or not to Spotify – for that is the question of the age: Whether to be popular and bought and paid for – or unpopular and unpaid – whether to suffer from the loneliness of being among the unheard, or the disdain of the few who hate, hate, hate you for who you are and what they perceive you to be. Yeah, okay … so my Shakespeare is shaky; it’s been 40+ years since I’ve read any. But for those who record today the issue is among the most talked about and debated.
Taylor Swift made news recently when her record label deleted her new album “1989” from Spotify – instead forcing the album into the physical and digital marketplaces, primarily Target and iTunes. Whether this was a good long term business strategy, or simply a shrewd way to force Taylor’s fans to buy instead of stream, it at least excited a conversation about how RECORDING ARTISTS are paid for the work they produce for our enjoyment.
Wait! This ain’t about Colorado music! — Yes. It. Is. This continues to be a conversation that dominates the local artist scene. It’s time we at least start to acknowledge that streaming is in – buying is out. NOT SO FAST, you say? Okay. Which is more popular, iTunes download store or Pandora? Pandora or Spotify? And let’s not forget YouTube, the single most dominant music discovery site in the world.
How many actual physical cds did you buy in 2014? Did you buy those physical cds from a store, or from CDBaby, Amazon, or a band website or at a show? Or did you, like most of us today, simply dial up Spotify or YouTube – places where virtually NO MONEY IS MADE (or so little it may as well be none) for our friends who spend upwards of $12,000 or more to produce a full length album at one of our incredible regional recording studios – or who make investments totalling THOUSANDS to produce records in home studios. This is NOT an inexpensive venture we’re talking about here.
For me it’s about fans BUYING from the merch table at the show. It’s about spending not only the $5 cover (are you kidding me?) – or the $15 on three beers (which the band gets nothing of ) – but about spending $5-$15 on an EP or LP cd at a show – the last real place we’re likely to see any measurable sales for most of our friends in scene.
Christmas is coming up — what do you think — BUY LOCAL – SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC. That is all.
Speaking of Christmas – got wonderful news hours after show production deadline this week that Poco (and I believe Richie Furay separately), Firefall, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Manassas will all be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame at the Paramount Theater on Friday January 9, 2015. Show details to be announced later this month. Congrats to all of the incredible Colorado musicians past and present who will be a part of that incredible gift.
(D) = debut of single, ep, or lp (N) = new single from previously debuted ep or lp
HOUR 1
The Apples in Stereo “Shine A Light” from Tone Soul Evolution (1997) The Christines “In Your Space” from Living At the Bottom of the Sea (1996) (N) Longest Day Of The Year “Black Horse Canyon” from Carapace (2014) Musketeer Gripweed “End of the Day” from Floods and Fires (2014) Calder’s Revolvers “See To Believe” from Sunday Morning (2014) (D) Chimney Choir “Motion” from Motion (2015) Toad In the Hole “Wiser” from APT 203 (2013) Big Gigantic “Touch the Sky” from The Night Is Young (2014) (D) Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Dream A Little Dream of Me” from Dream A Little Dream of Me (2015) Joe Johnson “Don’t Let Your Blue Eyes Cry” from A Time to Dance (2011) The Samples “The Whole World Can Sing” from America (2014) Rich Lamb “Deja Blue” from Music Along the Way (2008)
HOUR 2
Acoustic Junction “Where Is She Now” from Surrounded by Change (1995) Sixteen Horsepower “Coal Black Horses” from 16 Horsepower (1995) (D) Leftover Salmon “Western Sky” from High Country (2015) Sofie Reed “Down By the Riverside” from Red Hen (2014) Tennis “I’m Callin’” from Ritual In Repeat (2014) (D) Ark Life “Very Fine Friends” from Very Fine Friends (2015) Reed Foehl “Caroline” from Lost in the West (2014) (D) Lauren Brombert “Love’s Carousel” from Love’s Carousel (2015) Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013) The Motet “Afrotech” from Instrumental Dissent (2007)
Ok. I get it. Everyone needed a break. Or, everyone got really busy in September … more shows, less time spent online or listening to the radio … more vacations, etc. Truth is, all metrics were down a skosh this past month. July and August were bombastic. September? Yeah, not so much really. The blog did better than last year, but not as good as July and August… The Colorado Sound Live365 continues its downward trend that began four months ago. Listed below are the TOP 5 songs heard this past month.
Total plays statewide were down a bit this past month also. I’ve never seen so many stations with only 10-12 entries for the month. We also typically tend to see 50-55, maybe 56% of all titles played. This month rocked down to 46% of 270 tracked releases. I’ve also changed the reporting rules up a bit: because of the necessity of stations to publish their playlists online, which nearly all stations do, I only monitor those stations that publish their playlists online.
Today’s recording artists, and those who own the recording, only get paid royalties by way of stations that stream online and pay a performance royalty via SoundExchange for the right to do so. They do not receive royalties from the performance of their recording via terrestrial airplay. Only the songwriter and the song publisher receive royalties from terrestrial radio broadcasts/performances. Stations that air online are required to publish a playlist of their songs and to report those cuts to SoundExchange, on a regular basis. INFO
Stations that do not comply with that regulation are in effect cheating those who own the recordings they air, and the musicians on those recordings. In a day when physical content and digital sales continue to trend downward, streaming by any means is fast becoming the way by which recording artists will earn revenue from recordings in the not too distant future — it’s already begun. Like the lost 8-tracks of lore, owning even an mp3 will seem quaint one day.
There are a number of stations doing membership/fund drives from the 1st thru the 15th or so. Please make sure you reach out to the stations that air this program and support those you listen to. And make sure you msg them and request your favorite Colorado releases. The only way we’ll get more played is if you insist on it. Support local community radio – and thank them for supporting Colorado artists.
Tons of new releases seemed to flood stations in late August. I cannot recall the last time we saw so many (D) debuts in the top 40. Included in the TOP 40 this month, a new release from Kyle Hollingsworth that’s worth a listen to, along with Tennis who cracked the TOP 3 out of the box … check out all the new debuts with whatever Soundcloud or Bandcamp embeds I could find.
VIDEO PICKS FOR SEPT
SHEL makes our video picks of the month for a new single that is a whole lot poppier than just about anything they’ve done in the past. This time, instead of a video created BY the band to showcase a new song, this is a video shot at a street concert somewhere… cool song girls. Other videos featured this month from Strange Americans, Ark Life, Tennis, Reed Foehl, Taarka, Young Ancients, and My Body Sings Electric.
TOP 40 Spins September 2014
270 titles tracked
125 (46%) 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) = re-enter
[date] = Date added to reporting list
(3) 1. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Mod y Vi Records) Folk [Sept 1, 2013]
(4) 2. Ark Life– The Dream of You & Me (Greater Than Collective) Rock/AAA [June 28, 2014]
(D) 3. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat (Communion Records) Indie/New Alternative [Aug 14, 2014] (2) 4. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head (SCI Fidelity) Rock/AAA [April 12, 2014]
(D) 5. Hot Rize – When I’m Free (Thirty Tigers) Bluegrass [Sept 6, 2014]
(6) 6. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey (self) Indie/alternative [April 26, 2014] 7
(D) 7. A Shoreline Dream – The Silent Sunrise (self) Rock/alternative [Sept 6, 2014] (D) 8. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life (SCI Fidelity) Rock [Sept 6, 2014] (1) 9. Elephant Revival– These Changing Skies (Its Evolving Records) Folk [Aug 1, 2013]
(7) 10. Euforquestra – Fire (self) Rock/funk [Feb 22, 2014]
(D) 11. Reed Foehl – Lost in the West (NeverFoehl Records) Folk/singer-songwriter [Sept 13, 2014]
(9) 12. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music) Folk [June 22, 2013]
(13) 13. The Motet– The Motet (self) Urban Contemporary/funk [Jan 4, 2014]
(29) 14. Paper Bird – Rooms(self) Indie/New Alternative [Feb 16, 2013]
(6) 15. Big Head Todd & the Monsters –Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) Rock/AAA [Jan 25, 2014]
(26) 17. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters (self) Americana/bluegrass [Oct 1, 2013]
(38) 18. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [April 5, 2014]
(D) 19. J. Miller Band – One More High, One More Low (self) Americana [March 1, 2014]
(D) 20. Drew Schofield – 150 Million (-1) EP (self) Pop/rock [Sept 6, 2014]
(20) 21. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore–Love Runner (Remington Road Records) Folk [Dec 21, 2013]
(R) 22. 3 Twins – De Nada (Sleeping Elephant Music) Americana [June 20, 2013]
(R) 22. Safe Boating is No Accident – Bonus Features (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [Feb 26, 2014]
(D) 23. Strange Americans – That Kind of Luster (self) Rock [Aug 23, 2014] (14) 24. Pandas & People – S/T (self) Rock/AAA [July 5, 2014]
(19) 25. Aakash Mittal Quartet – Ocean(self) Jazz/Instrumental [July 13, 2013]
(R) 25. Jim Stranahan Little BIG BAND – Migration to Higher Ground (self) Jazz/Instrumental [June 13, 2014]
(D) 25. Steve Law Band – Old Oak Tree (self) Rock [Sept 27, 2014] (R) 26. Von Stomper – Von Stomper (self) Rock [April 26, 2014]
(R) 27. Churchill – The War Within EP (A&M/Octone) Rock/AAA [April 27, 2013]
(R) 27. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP (self) Pop/AAA [Aug 1, 2013]
(R) 28. Chimney Choir – (compass) (self) Folk [June 1, 2013]
(R) 28. Dragondeer – Don’t That Feel Good EP (self) Rock [March 14, 2014]
(D) 29. John Oates – Good Road to Follow (PS Records) Pop/AAA [March 18, 2014] (D) 29. Montropo – Follow Me (self) Folk/folk-rock [Sept 6, 2014] (D) 30. The Deadwood Saints – 6th and Trinity (self) Americana/alt-country-rock [Sept 27, 2014]
(28) 31. Felonious Smith – Before the Rooster Crows (self) Blues [Aug 2, 2014]
(25) 32. Young Ancients – Y/A (self) Americana [Feb 22, 2014]
(39) 33. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time (self) Rock/country-rock [May 10, 2014]
(D) 34. Paa Kow – Ask (self) Jazz/Instrumental/World [July 19, 2014] (R) 35. Wendy Woo Band – Live (Woo Music) Pop/adult contemporary [June 1, 2013]
FELL OUT OF TOP 40 / SEPTEMBER
8. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
10. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep
11. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill
12. The Patti Fiasco – Small TownLights
15. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
16. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
17. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World
18. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
21. SuCH – Trial and Error
22. Joe Johnson – New West Sound
23. My Body Sings Electric – Pt I The Night Ends
24. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind
27. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls
28. AdrienneO – Lines EP
30. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
31. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Time (You’re Doing Fine)
32. Head for the Hills – Blue Ruin
34. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
35. Drag The River – Drag the River
36. Tallgrass – Better Than Medicine
37. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry
ADDED TO TRACKING / SEPTEMBER
A Shoreline Dream – The Silent Sunrise
Drew Schofield – 150 Million (-1) EP
Hot Rize – When I’m Free
Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
Montropo – Follow Me
Gumbo le Funque – Funky Way
John Oates – Good Road to Follow
Reed Foehl – Lost in the West
Matt Mahern – Test of Time In the City
Teresa Storch – Come Clean
Steve Law Band – Old Oak Tree
The Deadwood Saints – 6th and Trinity
The Seers – Deaf in June
STATION BY STATION
A few months ago I began listing only those stations that tracked ten or more Colorado LP/EP or single titles per month. I’ve added one more condition; the spins must be verifiable. Stations that do not list a playlist are techically in violation of federal rules put in place so that those who own and those who perform on a recording can claim any royalities due from said performance. [XX] = number of reported current year (2013-2014) titles
Stations monitored for spins = KAFM, KBUT, KDUR, KGNU, KOTO, KRCC, KRFC, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KUNC, KVNF, OPENAIR 1340, The Colorado Sound radio show and Radio94.9 Colorado.
KAFM (Grand Junction) [23]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
2. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
2. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
3. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
4. Reed Foehl – Lost In the West
KBUT (Crested Butte) [10]
1. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
2. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
3. Chimney Choir – (compass)
3. Head for the Hills – Blue Ruin
3. Paa Kow – Ask
KDUR (Durango) [12]
1. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
2. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
3. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
4. Euforquestra – Fire
4. The Motet – The Motet
KGNU(Boulder) [18]
1. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
2. Ark Life – The Dream of You
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
2. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
3. Musketeer Gripweed – Floods and Fires
KOTO(Telluride) [10]
1. Euforquestra – Fire
1. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
1. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
2. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time
2. The Motet – The Motet
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [10]
1. A Shoreline Dream – The Silent Sunrise
2. Ark Life – The Dream of You
2. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
3. Euforquestra – Fire
3. J. Miller Band – One More High, One More Low
KRFC (Fort Collins) [70]
1. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. Reed Foehl – Lost In the West
3. Deadwood Saints – 6th Street and Trinity
4. Tennis – Ritual In Repeat
5. Young Ancients – Y/A
KSUT (Ignacio) [10]
1. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
2. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
3. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
3. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
KUNC (Greeley) [12]
1. Nathaniel Rateliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
2. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
2. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Weatherman
3. 3 Twins – De Nada
3. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner
KVNF (Paonia/Grand Valley) [10]
1. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. Wendy Woo Band – Live
3. Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
4. Chimney Choir – (compass)
4. Eurforquestra – Fire
OPENAIR 1340 (Denver) [31]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You
2. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
2. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
3. Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – “3”
4. Dragondeer – Don’t That Feel Good EP
RADIO 94.9 COLORADO (Loveland/Fort Collins/Greeley)
I don’t have a reliable way of counting spins from Radio 94.9 Colorado, the only commercial station in CO dedicated to airing one Colorado track per hour. Their system doesn’t allow for the kind of tracking I require for charting. However, here is what they added in September.
TRACKS ADDED SEPTEMBER
AdrienneO – Take It In
Ark Life – Let Your Heart Break
Calder’s Revolvers – I Gotta Know
Drew Schofield – Breakdown
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Crystal Ball
John Oates (w/Ryan Tedder) – Stone Cold Love
Katie Herzig – Drug
Mosey West – Hurricane Eyes
Reed Foehl – The Killing
SHEL – You Could Be My Baby
Strange Americans – Dirty Shakes
Tennis – Never Work for Free
The Wild After – Meant for You
Whiskey Blanket – Blatto Nox
You Me & Apollo – Ghosts
THE COLORADO SOUND [40]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You
1. Reed Foehl – Lost in the West
1. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
2. Drew Schofield – 150 Million (-1) EP
3. John Oates – Good Road to Follow
THE COLORADO SOUND LIVE365[245]
This is the first time I’ve posted the monthly TOP 5 tracks, as heard on The Colorado Sound LIVE365. The spins are totally arbitrary. It’s all pretty mysterious to me actually. All I can do is sit back and watch what you all listened to each month. I just fill the playlist.
1. Ryan D White – Love Story
1. The Railbenders – Drop Me Off at the Honky Tonk
1. Covenhoven – A Love Sincere
1. The Congress – Loretta
2. Knocean – Against the Wall
Happy September. August is just about the craziest month of the year for me. Well… I guess really June, July, Aug and Sept – as those are the main months for festival work, and I do a lot of that it seems. The following video playlist tells the story of my August + added attractions from the String Cheese Incident, Something Underground, and the Congress.
Lots of folks have commented on my new hair cut … LOL. Who knew it would be such a hit 🙂
The blog set a record for page views for a July, and set the monthly views record for the year to date. I can’t help but attribute that to all the new listeners via KUNC – since that’s when the traffic really began to grow.
This is a great story I came across about how the newest John Oates single, Stone Cold Love, came about – featuring two guys a lot of folks don’t associate with Colorado, despite both of them living here – and both of them performing here. John Oates will be appearing in Fort Collins on Sept 5. … PS the show is SOLD OUT.
NEW FEATURE
Offstage …Beyond the Music EP2|PT1 & 2 featuring David Glasser … click on the link on the right sidebar. Coming next week, a conversation with guitarist Eddie Turner (Zephyr).
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The Mishawaka is hosting the Motet on September 5 & 6, For Locals x Locals with Fox Street, Rob Drabkin and more on Sept 19 & 20, and Paper Bird and You, Me & Apollo on September 26th … make plans to enjoy the end of the summer at one of the most historic mountain venues in the state.
Join me in person on September 19th and 20th at Fortober Fest, with Van Halen Tribute Band Romeo Delight, Soul School, The Young Ancients, Sofie Reed, the Burroughs, Whiskey Blanket, Blue Canyon Boys, Eef and the Blues Express, and more… a great weekend of music to end the summer. It’s free .. all ages .. rain or shine in and around Old Town Fort Collins.
TOP 40 Spins August 2014
259 titles tracked
130 (50%) 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) = re-enter
[date] = Date added to reporting list
X number = number of stations playing
(7) 1. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies (Its Evolving Records) Folk [August 1, 2013]
(1) 2. String Cheese Incident– Song in My Head (SCI Fidelity) Rock/jamband [April 12, 2014]
(2) 3. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Mod y Vi Records) Folk [September 1, 2013]
(D) 4. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me (Greater Than Collective) Rock [June 28, 2014] (6) 5. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) Rock [January 25, 2014]
(5) 6. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey (CAM Records) Indie/alternative [April 26, 2014]
(3) 7. Eurforquestra – Fire (self) Rock/jamband [February 22, 2014]
(23) 8. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning (self) Rock [ June 13, 2014]
(15) 9. Gregory Alan Isakov– The Weatherman (Suitcase Town Music) Folk [June 22, 2013]
(D) 10. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep (self) Rock/pop [July 19, 2014]
(R) 11. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill (PS Records) Pop/adult contemporary [April 24, 2014]
(17) 12. The Patti Fiasco – Small TownLights (self) Rock [July 23, 2013]
(4) 13. The Motet– The Motet (self) Urban Contemporary/funk [January 4, 2014]
(D) 14. Pandas & People – S/T (self) Rock/AAA [July 5, 2014] (18) 15. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk (self) Americana/alt-country-rock [July 7, 2013]
(31) 16. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock/blues-rock [January 10, 2013]
(R) 17. Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the World (8 Minutes 20 Seconds) Urban Contemporary/EDM [July 2, 2013]
(R) 18. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (Blank Tape) Indie/New Alternative [January 19, 2013]
(R) 19. Aakash Mittal Quartet – Ocean (self) Jazz/Instrumental [July 13, 2013]
(8) 20. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore– Love Runner (Remington Road Records) Folk [December 21, 2013]
(D) 21. SuCH – Trial and Error (Edclectic Ent.) Urban Contemporary/soul [August 23, 2014]
(R) 22. Joe Johnson – New West Sound (Blank Tape) Americana/country-folk [August 1, 2013]
(R) 23. My Body Sings Electric – Pt I The Night Ends (self) Rock/alternative [February 8, 2014]
(16) 24. Cassie Taylor – Out of My Mind (Yellow Dog) Blues/rhythm and blues [May 18, 2013]
(32) 25. Young Ancients – Y/A (self) Americana/roots [February 22, 2014]
(9) 26. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters (self) Americana/bluegrass [October 1, 2013]
(20) 27. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls (Marion-Lorraine) Pop/adult contemporary [April 26, 2014]
(R) 28. AdrienneO – Lines EP (self) Rock/alternative [May 10, 2014]
(D) 28. Felonious Smith – Before the Rooster Crows (self) Blues/roots [August 2, 2014]
(32) 29. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Folk/rock [February 16, 2013]
(R) 30. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Americana/bluegrass [January 16, 2013]
(R) 31. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Time (You’re Doing Fine) (self) Blues/rhythm and blues [December 7, 2013]
(33) 32. Head for the Hills– Blue Ruin (self) Americana/bluegrass [June 1, 2013]
(11) 33. Chimney Choir – (compass) (self) Folk [ June 1, 2013]
(20) 34. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [January 20, 2013]
(24) 35. Drag The River – Drag the River (Xtra Mile Records) Rock [October 1, 2013]
(R) 36. Tallgrass – Better Than Medicine (self) Americana/roots [March 1, 2014]
(13) 37. Finnders & Youngberg – I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (Swingfingers Records) Americana/bluegrass [August 1, 2013]
(12) 38. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [April 5, 2014]
(14) 39. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time (self) Rock/country-rock [May 10, 2014]
Analog Son – S/T
Barbarosa – Barbarosa
Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – Get Out [single]
Felonious Smith – Before the Rooster Crows
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene – The Other Side
Leash of Foxes – It Sounds Like This [single]
Molina Speaks – Everyday Denver
Paa Kow – Ask
Pandas & People – S/T
Richie Furay – Hand in Hand
Silent Bear – The Green Lion
Slopeside – One Land Town
Strange Americans – That Kind of Luster
SuCh – Trial and Error
Taylor Mesple – Elusive
Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
The Outfit – Station Wagon Apocalypse
STATION BY STATION
[X] = number of titles reported
Stations reporting / showing under 10 current titles not shown.
KAFM (Grand Junction) [21]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
2. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
2. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner
3. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
4. Gipsy Moon – Eventide
KDNK (Carbondale/Glenwood) [25]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
1. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
1. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
2. Aakash Mittal Quartet – Ocean
KDUR (Durango) [12]
1. Eurforquestra – Fire
1. The Motet – The Motet
2. Ark Life – The Dream of You
2. Chain Station – Dancin’ With the Law
3. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
KGNU (Boulder) [15]
1. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
1. Grant Farm – Plowin’ Time
2. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
3. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me
3. Eurforquestra – Fire
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [10]
1. String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head
2. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
3. Ark Life – The Dream of You
3. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
4. Joe Johnson – New West Sound
KRFC (Fort Collins) [62]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You and Me
2. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights
3. Pandas & People – Pandas & People
4. Euforquestra – Fire
5. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
KUNC (Greeley) [13]
1. Nathaniel Ratefliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
2. Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
3. Young Ancients – Y/A
5. 3 Twins – De Nada
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) [40]
1. Ark Life – The Dream of You & Me
2. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey
3. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
4. Ivory Circle – Equilateral
5. Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – Get Out [single]
THE COLORADO SOUND [42]
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive
1. John Oates – Pushing A Rock Uphill
1. SuCh – Trial and Error
1. The Patti Fiasco – Small Town Lights
2. Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning
To Spotify, or not to Spotify – for that is the question of the age: Whether to be popular and bought and paid for – or unpopular and unpaid – whether to suffer from the loneliness of being among the unheard, or the disdain of the few who hate, hate, hate you for who you are and what they perceive you to be. Yeah, okay … so my Shakespeare is shaky; it’s been 40+ years since I’ve read any. But for those who record today the issue is among the most talked about and debated.
Christmas is coming up — what do you think — BUY LOCAL – SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC. That is all.
Oct 2= 
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 