CP S17 EP31 2023

KSJD Cortez CO

August 15, 2023 – ON THE ROAD AGAIN! Visiting Cortez/Mesa Verde. In my travels and life, people often tell me they don’t listen to radio because there are too many commercials and playlists are too limited. Unfortunately, these very people don’t turn to the plethora of non-profit non-commercial radio stations in our state.

The Colorado Playlist is fortunate to be aired throughout the state on a network of non commercial community based public radio stations. For the time being, it is not being aired on KSDJ Cortez – while they look for a new time slot to air it. IN the meantime, check the stations and times page for where and when you can hear it.

Dragondeer debuts in the TOP 5 and Daniel Rodriguez re-enters the TOP 5 below.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is 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.

Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady – Best Of Sugarloaf (1975)
(D) Blood Brothers 303 – Moon Is My Mistress (2023)

Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado – Spellbound (2022)
Rodney Rice – Get to Where I’m Going – Rodney Rice (2023)
Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Runaway Train – Riviera (2002)
The String Cheese Incident – Lend Me a Hand – Lend Me a Hand (2023)
(D) Reverend Freakchild – All I Got Is Now – Songs of Beauty for Ashes of Realization (2023)

Cass Clayton – Make Believing (2021)
The Lumineers – Where We Are – Brightside (2022)
Paa Kow – Cookpot – Cookpot (2017)

Chris Daniels & The Kings – Roadhouse Music – When You’re Cool (1987)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Sweet Memphis – Blues, With Horns Vol. 1 (2017)
(D) Britt Devens – Goodbye L.A. – Reduced Volume (2023)

Yonder Mountain String Band – Into the Fire – Get Yourself Outside (2022)
West Side Joe & The Men of Soul – Vacate My Heart – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Nic Clark – Try to Understand – Everybody’s Buddy (2023)
Zoe Berman – Edit Delete and Save (2020)
Dragondeer – When I See You – If You Got The Blues (2018)
Sugar Nova – Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. II – Halogen (2023)
(D) Sour Magic – High Tide – Forbidden Fruit (2023)

The Apples In Stereo – Hey Elevator – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
iZCalli – On My Own – Rebirth (2022)
BTTFLY Quintet – Marauders – Coast (2023)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles available)

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE AUG 06-12 2023

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, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
** = serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC.

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP May-23
(D) 2. DRAGONDEER – New Dawn Get Down SP Jun-23**
(2) 3. KILTRO – Underbelly LP Apr-23
(R) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP Mar-23**
(5) 5. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP Jun-23

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CP S17 EP30 2023

Hahn’s Peak/Steamboat Lake July 2023, courtesy Clear Vistas Photography

August 7, 2023 – August kicks off with a festival I’ve been the entertainment director of since launching it seventeen years ago, the Dacono Music & Spirits Festival. And, after seventeen years it takes longer to recover from a day spent in the elements managing the show. UGH. But, today is Monday and here’s what’s up…

Beginning AUG 27, the Colorado Playlist will be aired statewide Sunday nights at 7:00 PM on 91.5 KUNC. That adds another fifteen markets that the show will be aired in, bringing the total up to forty-five frequencies statewide. See stations and times page for details.

Have you checked out the resources pages? Or the music calendar page?

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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is 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.

REO Speedwagon – Ridin’ The Storm Out – You Get What You Play For (1977)
(D) Little Trips – Overtime (2023)

Violet Pilot – The Eyes Don’t Lie – Glad We Found You (2022)
Neon the Bishop – A Damn Good First Impression – A Damn Good First Impression (2023)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – New World Arisin’ – New World Arisin’ (2017)
The Mercury Project – Mongo – Soapbox Jive (2004)
Dragondeer – New Dawn Get Down (2023)
(D) Claire Heywood – Does My Heart Seem Broken? (2023)

Churchill – The War Within – The War Within EP (2013)
Carolyn Hunter – Comedown – Lovelight (2022)
Keith Oxman – Afreaka – Glimpses (2018)

Firefall – Leave It Alone – Undertow (1980)
Firefall – Crying In the Night (Bonus Track) – Undertow (1980)
(D) Wildermiss – Gettin’ Old Rock & Roll – Levitate (2023)

SHEL, Damned Anthem – Enter Sandman – Undercover EP (2022)
Kyle Emerson – Better – Only Coming Down (2020)
Daniel Rodriguez – Vast Nothing – Vast Nothing (2023)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Elephant Revival – Rhythm Of The Road – Break In The Clouds (2010)
Jeremy Facknitz – There’s No Going Home Again (Feat. Serenity Holloway) – Smilin’ At the Future (2023)
(D) Julian Fulco Perron – About Love (2023)
Tennis – Ladies Don’t Play Guitar – Yours Conditionally (2017)
Euforquestra – Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Peter Sommer – Looks Like This – Tremolo Canteen (2010)

#COMUSIC TOP 5 WEEK ENDING AUG 06 2023

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, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
** = serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC.

(3) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (May-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms SP (Jun-23)
(D) 4. WOOD BELLY – Play Me Out SP (Jul-23)
(D) 5. 2MX2 – Arriba y Abajo SP (Jun-23)
(D) 5. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)

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CP S17 EP23 2023

Springtime in the high desert. Courtesy Clear Vistas Photography

June 19, 2023 – We’re halfway through the 2023 release year. So, what’s HOT? What records make my BEST OF SO FAR FOR 2023?

BTTRFLY QUINTET, “Coast,” featuring Grammy-nominated drummer Adam Deitch (Lettuce); Grammy-winning trumpeter Benny Bloom (Lettuce); keyboardist Borahm Lee (Pretty Lights, Break Science); bassist Hunter Roberts (Break Science); and Big Gigantic producer and saxophonist Dominic Lalli.

I grew up in a jazz house in the 60s and played jazz briefly in the Jazz Lab 3 band, while attending Colorado State University in the late 80s. To this day, an end of evening whiskey and jazz are staples of my existence. Best listened to under high quality headphones, for all the nuance displayed by the stellar cast.

One caveat – beware – Drummer Adam Deitch can sometimes be a bit showy and overshadow some of the exceptional solos by Benny Bloom and Dominic Lalli.

The album was released in November, so I’ve had plenty of time to give this one a deep listen, or two …. or …. Favorite track = Good Things Come in 3s.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK ENDING JUNE 18 2023

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, offering search functions for artists and agents to track airplay.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 

(1) 1.  KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(5) 2. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(D) 4. LAST CALL ROMANCE – One Step Too Close SP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(D) 5. TIERRO BAND W BRIDGET LAW – Everlasting Dance LP (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.

HOUR 1
The Moonrakers
– I Don’t Believe – Baby Please Don’t Go (Side B) (1966)
The Astronauts – Baja (1963)
(D) The Burroughs – Honey Imastar – Honey Imastar (2023)

Jaiel – Sunshine Lovin’ (2022)
Chris Daniels & The Kings with Fred Gowdy – Nobody Knows – Funky to the Bone (2015)
Rebecca Folsom – Mercy – Sanctuary (2023)
The Subdudes – Morning Glory – Miracle Mule (2004)
The Czars – Paint the Moon – Goodbye (2004)
The Desert Furs – Existing Just For Fun (2023)
(D) Subway Lights – The Human Show – The Human Show (2023)

The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Keith Oxman – (I’ve Got) Beginners Luck – East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2
Lannie Garrett & Her Swingin’ Big Band – Oh Babe! – Kick It! (1998)
Lannie Garrett, Chris Daniels – You’re Lookin’ at Me – Comes Love (1995)
(D) Angela Heart – Red (2023)

Erik Lunde – Long Time Overdue – Water From The Stone (2022)
The Still Tide – Give Me Time – Run Out (2017)
Tierro Band with Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) – S/T (2023)
DeVotchKa – Exhaustible – 100 Lovers (2011)
OneRepublic – Mercy – Waking Up (2009)
Last Call Romance – One Step Too Close (2023)
(D) Big Sleeps / Rachel Eisenstadt – Checkmate (One Knight Down) – Big Sleeps (2023)

The Fray – How to Save A Life – How to Save A Life (2005)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Tony Exum Jr – My Name is Tony (2019)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles available)

Live Music Colorado featuring  LiveMusicMegaSearch™

** serviced to media by Rocky Mountain Music Network LLC