CP S17 EP42 2023

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

NOVEMBER 20, 2023 – Happy Thanksgiving Week. The first holidaze gift of the season arrived last week, when Big Head Todd and the Monsters dropped the first single from their upcoming new album, that I’ve waited for now over a year. It’s part of this week’s MMMM, below.

I’ll post up the 14th Colorado Playlist Fan and Listener Poll next Monday.

#COMUSIC TOP SPINS NOV 12-18 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 102.388.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(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 media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(1) 1. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – All Out of Angels LP (Sep-23)**
(2) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms EP (Jun-23)
(4) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones  LP (Apr-23)
(3) 4. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. BISON BONE40 Grit EP (Aug-23)
(R) 5. DRAGONDEERAcross the Waves LP (Jun-23)**

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.

Keller WilliamsFreeker By the Speaker – Laugh (2002)
(N) VOLORES Carrion – Ages (2023)
Kick and the Hug Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Alexa WildishThe Well – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Leftover Salmon Blue Railroad Train (feat. Billy Strings) – Grass Roots (2023)
Chuck Pyle Keep it Simple – Higher Ground…songs of colorado (2007)
Andy Monley & the High Horses Drag Me To Hell – Totem (2023)
(D) Shady OaksBroken Mirrors (2024)
Claire Heywood Letter Day (2020)
Euforquestra Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Adam BodineSwamp Stomp – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Bob DylanShelter From The Storm – Hard Rain (1976)
(D) Big Head Todd and the MonstersCrush (2024)
YaSi Guilty – Coexist With Chaos EP (2021)
Daniel RodriguezBrother John – Sojurn of a Burning Sun (2020)
BlankslateBell Station – Summer On A Salt Flat (2023)
Dressy BessyAnyone Can See – Holler and Stomp (2008)
The Blue Rider Lightning – Year of the Horse (2016)
The Motet Natural Light (2023)
(D) GRiZ In This World – Ouroboros (2023)
Elektric AnimalsReckless (2020)
Erik Lunde Steel Militia – Water From The Stone (2022)
Steve Denny Trio You Stepped Out of a Dream – Life in New York (2020)

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CP S17 EP41 2023

NOV 13, 2023 – Lifetime Achievement .. don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere until 2026 😉 That said, thank you for being a fan of the show and thank you to KJAC aka 105.5 The Colorado Sound for recognizing me this way. It really means a lot after 45 years working in Colorado music and broadcasting. Check out all the winners of the 2nd Colorado Sound Music Awards.

I started working on the 14th Colorado Playlist Fan/Listener Poll this weekend. I expect to launch it on Friday NOV 24.

#COMUSIC TOP SPINS NOV 05-11 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 102.388.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
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 media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(D) 1. HEAVY DIAMOND RINGAll Out of Angels LP (Sep-23)**
(1) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms EP (Jun-23)
(2) 3. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(1) 4. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones  LP (Apr-23)
(R) 5. VOLORES Ages LP (Mar-23)

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.

CP S17 EP41 2023

Sugarloaf Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You – Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You (1975)
Sugarloaf Colorado Jones – Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975)
(N) Kevin Dooley Northern Boy – Band of Gypsys (2023)
The Copper Children Pushin’ On – Strange Illusion (2022)
Jeremy FacknitzThere’s No Going Home Again (feat. Serenity Holloway) – Smilin’ At the Future (2023)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene Under Your Spell – City of Love (2019)
Slim Cessna’s Auto ClubDo You Know Thee Enemy? – Unentitled (2011)
Daniel RodriguezMixtape – Vast Nothing (2023)
(N) Heavy Diamond Ring When You’re Away (feat. Nathaniel Rateliff) – All Out of Angels (2023)
Big Head Todd and The MonstersBoom Boom – Beautiful World (1997)
The Infamous StringdustersI Didn’t Know – Toward the Fray (2022)
Matt SkellengerThe Lion’s Tooth – Subspace Transmission (2023)

Firefall Headed for a Fall – Undertow (1980)
Zephyr Mad Dog – Heartbeat (1981)
(N) Wood Belly Alamosa Rain – Cicada (2023)
Alysia KraftCold Mountain – First Light (2022)
Silver and SmokeSting Like A Bee – 30P EP (2018)
Dragondeer New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023)
Rose Hill DriveCool Cody – Rose Hill Drive (2006)
Reed FoehlWolves – Once An Ocean (2009)
Brothers KeeperHe Left You (f. John Popper) (2023)
(N) Sugar NovaSomebody To Love (2023)
piKziL Can’t Get Started – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Jyemo ClubIssa Ting feat. the Reminders (2022)
Jon WirtzWatching The World Wake Up – Tourist (2013)

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CP S17 EP22 2023

Great Sand Dunes Nat’l Park, June 30 2022, courtesy Clear Vistas Photogrphy

Monday June 12, 2023 – Congratulations to Big Head Todd & the Monsters and Hazel Miller on their induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame at their annual Red Rocks show on June 10.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK ENDING JUNE 11 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 102.388.9 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. 

(3) 1. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(5) 2. LEFTOVER SALMON  Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(1) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(R) 4. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(D) 5. CABIN Something Old, Something New SP (Oct-22)
(D) 5. *ELLA LUNAVintage Lingerie SP (Feb-23)
(4) 5. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)

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
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Broken Hearted Savior – Sister Sweetly (1993)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Fortune Teller (2021)
(D) Hunter Stone – Mars (2023)

Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Jet Black Cadillac – Moon Rock (2022)
Dayton Stone & the Undertones – Pretender (2023)
Sarah Slaton – Dance In the Sun (2019)
Braddigan – Pura Vida – Watchfires (2005)
Hunter James and the Titanic – Rabbit Run – Signals (2023)
(N) White Rose Motor Oil – Ain’t No Saint – The Gift Of Poison (2023)

Chris Daniels – Sister Delores – Better Days (2012)
Erik Lunde – Steel Militia – Water From The Stone (2022)
Matt Skellenger – The Lion’s Tooth – Subspace Transmission (2023)

HOUR 2
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Resignation Superman – Beautiful World (1997)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Damaged One – New World Arisin’ (2017)
(D) Neon the Bishop – A Damn Good First Impression (2023)

CITRA – Never Gonna Win (2022)
Leftover Salmon – Simple Twist of Fate – Grass Roots (2023)
Leftover Salmon – Cash On The Barrelhead – Euphoria (1997)
Megan Burtt – In A Minute – The Bargain (2015)
Volores – All That We Could Need – Ages (2023)
(D) Milquetoast & Co. – Army Dreamers (2023)

Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
The Copper Children – Pushin’ On – Strange Illusion (2022)
Lettuce – Royal Highness – Elevate (2019)

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