CP S17 EP03 2023

Milky Way shot courtesy of Claire Mannato

Monday Jan 16, 2023 – I don’t think a week goes by that I’m not absolutely amazed by the music in our state. 

This week’s featured debuts include jazz from the BTTRFLY Quinet, made up of members from Lettuce and Big Gigantic; and electro-pop from Sugar Nova, a duo that features Luke Miller from the band Lotus.  Roger Green was formerly a guitarist with the Czars. Daniel Rodriguez is a founding member of Elephant Revival. Gabriel Mervine is a longtime member of the Motet.   Make sure to let us know what you think – “I like it,” “MEH, it’s ok,” “I don’t like it.”

If you’re a musician, or in the business of music, or you’re just interested, I will be making a couple of appearances, talking about …radio. Jan 29, I’ll be at the Upstream Songwriting Retreat in Lyons. Feb 1, I will be talking about radio at the Auditorium Music Business Conference in Denver.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING 1/14/23

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(2) 1. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(D) 1. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(R) 2. MIKE CLARK & THE SUGAR SOUNDS – Moon Rock LP (Mar-22)
(D) 3. TRASH. – Ghosts EP (Dec-22)
(D) 4. GRIMMLY – Happiest SINGLE (Dec-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Judy Roderick – Country Girl Blues – Women Blue (1965)
Lannie Garrett & Her Swingin’ Big Band – Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby)? – Kick It! (1998)
D Daniel Rodriguez – Wheels Fell Off the World (2023)

The Copper Children – Pity Party – Strange Illusion (2022)
The Wood Brothers – Little Bit Sweet – Kingdom In My Mind (2020)
Strangebyrds – the World Needs Mercy – Strangebyrds Singles (2022)
Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Moon Rock – Moon Rock (2022)
D Wildermiss – New Year’s (2023)

Dirty Shrines – Every Mile – Digital Ego (2021)
Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
D BTTFLY Quintet – Coast – Coast (2023)

Earth Wind & Fire – Devotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
D Sugar Nova – Tiny Helicopters (2023)

Dango Rose – Singularity (radio edit) – The Forgotten Years EP VOL. Two (2022)
Jenny Shawhan – Like A Charm – Don’t Be Afraid (2021)
Head for the Hills – Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – 50/50 – The Spark (2005)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Under Your Spell – City of Love (2019)
Mojomama – Be Your Own Savior – We Are One (2022)
D Roger Green – Enter As You Leave (2023)

Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Blakk Mantra – A Song of the West (2022)
NGabriel Mervine – Our Man Higgins – GM5 (2023)

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CP S17 EP02 2023

Ice carvings Breckenridge Jan 2022 courtesy Claire Mannato

#COMUSIC TOP 5 WEEK ENDING 1/7/23

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(1) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(D) 2. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(3) 3. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(2) 4. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(R) 4. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP (Feb-22)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

The Fogcutters – Cry, Cry, Cry! (1965)
The Fogcutters – It’s My World (1966)
(D) Lid Dixon – Bad Liver, Broken Heart – Parlor Trick (2023)

LVDY – Begin Again – The Woods (2022)
Blakk Mantra – Dressed in Dynamite (2021)
Jacob Larson Band – Knockin’ At My Door – Totally Legal (2023)
SUCH – Before Dark – Wide Nose, Full Lips (2019)
Patti Fiasco – Shake – Small Town Lights (2013)
Vince Herman – Rattlesnake – Enjoy the Ride (2023)
(D) Plutinos – Last to Know (2023)

Andy Monley – kites – Triplight (2006)
Wildermiss – W.I.F.I. (2022)
(D) Gabriel Mervine – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free – GM5 (2023)

Joe Walsh – Here We Go – Barnstorm (1972)
(D) Hoverfly – Hate (2023)

Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022)
Leftover Salmon – Black Hole Sun – Brand New Good Old Days (2021)
Hunter James and the Titanic – Rabbit Run – Signals (2023)
Slow Caves – Poser – Poser / Rover 7″ (2018)
piKziL – Brand New Soul – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Dafna – The Man In My Dreams – When I Was With You! (2022)
(D) Stay Tuned – Feeling Right (2023)


Liptruce – You Think You’re Hollywood – Liptruce (2020)
Oko Tygra – West Coast (is burning) (2022)
(D) the Motet – ’79 (2023)

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CP S17 EP01 BEST OF 2022

The Milky Way from Fort Garland Colorado, June 2022, courtesy Claire Mannato

On the beach in North Carolina

Monday January 02, 2023 – What a fun year we just had. Claire and I traveled A LOT! We visited Arizona, California (twice .. Joshua Tree Nat’l Park and Redwood Nat’l Park), Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Utah.

Of course, along the way we also visited several wonderful locations for Milky Way pictures (and fly fishing) in Colorado, evidenced by the pictures I’ve shared all year.

Colorado artists (any and all with direct ties) produced an abundance of world class music in 2022. Five artists/bands with direct ties to Colorado earned Grammy Award nominations: Gerald Albright, The Infamous Stringdusters, Ingrid Andress, Judy Collins, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Yonder Mountain String Band, the String Cheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, Hot Rize and the Fox Theater were inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. And just as the year was about to end, the Class of ’23 was announced.

And finally, thank you for being one of the record number of visitors to the site over the past nine years.

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

CP S17 EP01 – BEST OF 2022

HOUR 1
Yonder Mountain String Band
– Into the Fire – Get Yourself Outside (2022): #7 TOP 50 2022, Grammy Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album
Emily Scott Robinson – Old Gods – American Siren (2022): #30 TOP 50 2022, CP Americana Country Album of the Year
Lettuce – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Unify (2022): #24 TOP 50 2022, CP Funk/Soul Album of the Year
Ingrid Andress – Wishful Drinking (with Sam Hunt) – Good Person (2022): Grammy Nomination for Best Country Song
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – I’m On Your Side – The Future (2022): #1 TOP 50 2022
MaryLynn Gillaspie – MatteKudasai – Secret Language (2022): CP Comeback Artist of the Year; CP Jazz Album of the Year
Violet Pilot – Lazy Lions – Glad We Found You (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Debut
Cody Qualls – Good Vibes (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Pop Song
Euforquestra – Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022): #4 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Gasoline Lollipops – Midnight Dance – Nightmares (2022): #19 TOP 50 2022, Tied Fan Favorite He/His Vocal Performance w/A.J. Fullerton
A.J. Fullerton – Good Times (2022): Tied Fan/Listener He/His Vocal Performance w/Gasoline Lollipops
Mojomama – We Are One – We Are One (2022): #33 TOP 50 2022, Fan Favorite She/Her Vocal Performance
Sean McGowan – Sunflower Poetic – Union Station (2022)

HOUR 2
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
– Thumbelina (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Cover Song of the Year
Big Gigantic x GRIZ – Open Your Mind (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite EDM Song of the Year
Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022): #8 TOP 50 2022, CP Rock Album of the Year
N3ptune/Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022): #31 TOP 50 2022, CP Urban-Alternative Album of the Year
The Lumineers – Where We Are – Brightside (2022): #2 TOP 50 2022
Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado – Spellbound (2022): Grammy Award Nomination for Best Folk Album
Adiel Mitchell – Focus On Me (Unplugged) (2022): Fan/Listener Favorite Soul/Funk or Hip-hop Song of the Year
The Infamous Stringdusters – I Didn’t Know – Toward the Fray (2022): #9 TOP 50 2022, Grammy Nomination Best Bluegrass Album
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022): #38 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Americana Alt-Country Song of the Year
Alysia Kraft – Cold Mountain – First Light (2022): #3 TOP 50 2022
Erik Lunde – Lonesome Traveler – Water from the Stone (2022): #11 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Album and Folk Song of the Year
Elektric Animals – Come Clean – Channels EP (2022): #21 TOP 50 2022, Fan/Listener Favorite Rock Song
Fast Eddy – Take A Look – Take A Look (2022): #11 TOP 50 2022
Keith Oxman, Jeff Jenkins, Todd Reid, Mark Simon – The Gojon Jazz Messengers – This One’s For Joey (2022)

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