Monthly Archives: July 2010

WOW — it’s Wednesday … sorry so late folks .. .it was a crazy nuts weekend at the DPUMS (Denver Post Underground Music Showcase) and it took me two days to play catchup … and listen to a lot of new music that came in over the past week … I’ve held some new stuff back for next week … here’s a quickie on some of what came in recently.  Enjoy … catch the show to hear more …

Rob Drabkin and Davy Knowles – Sweet Melissa
Notes: …a taste of a new single coming out sometime soon from Rob Drabkin and Davy Knowles (Backdoor Slam, the Rhythm Devils).  Rob said he has some work to do on the track before he wants to release it, and he’s got an accompanying video from this session that he’s in the process of editing.  Needless to say, the boys got my ears and my heart with this classic.  We’ve all got plenty of advance notice on this upcoming track.

White Water Ramble – All Night Drive (self)
Notes: on their debut studio album, the band enlists the aid of producer Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi) and several guests, including: Grant Gordy (guitar, David Grissman), Steve Molitz (keyboards, Particle), Pete Wall (Particle) , Erik Yates (Hot Buttered Rum), and Josh Clark (Tea Leaf Green).

Eddie Turner – Miracles and Demons (Northern Blues)
Notes: Eddie Turner is one of the legends of Colorado music.  He played with Zephyr after Tommy Bolin left the band.  During much of the 90s Eddie was culled out of “retirement” to play and record with Otis Taylor.  We’ve been waiting an entire year for this record to come out …

Take To the Oars – Answers (single)
Notes: Modern alternative rock from band formerly known as Vonnegut.  Recorded with JP Manza at Colorado Sound studios (not to be confused of course with THE Colorado Sound radio program).  Hope it’s okay with everyone if I just say “I like this.”

The Dualistics – The Optimist (single)
Notes: modern alternative rock … ditto here too … I like this.  I don’t have a lot to say about this kind of rock, because I have little frame of reference for this kind of music unless it is from Colorado … and in this case, the Dualistics (and Take To the Oars) rank (IMO) among the best in form, style and presentation … like I said:  I like this.  (PS .. bassist Jimmy Stofer also just released a solo disc and is workign on new material with Rose Hill Drive).

During the past week I’ve been thinking deeply about music in Colorado. I got to sit and listen to Chuck Morris talk about music in Colorado going all the way back to the late sixties.  It was illuminating to say the least.  For a much more detailed look at music in Colorado I highly recommend G. Brown’s wonderful book Colorado Rocks: A Half-Century of Music in Colorado

Every one of the names below has a connection to Colorado…. be it an act that originated locally, an act that relocated here or grew up here and moved away… an album that was recorded here, an album that was produced by someone from here, and/or recorded in one of the many major award winning recording studios and/or released on Colorado record label… or a live release from a storied venue or festival like Red Rocks, Tulagi’s, Ebbett’s Field, Etown, or Telluride Bluegrass or Telluride Jazz… or by some other Colorado connection.

It’s an impressive list of names that have Colorado connections.

16 Horsepower, 3OH3!, Apples in Stereo, Philip Bailey, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Tommy Bolin, Cephalic Carnage, The Christines, Corey Harris, The Descendents, Dianne Reeves, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Firefall, Five Iron Frenzy, Flash Cadillac, The Fluid, Flobots, Fray, Richie Furay, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Glen Miller,  Dave Grissman, Great American Taxi, Leftover Salmon, Gregory Alan Isakov, Dave Grusin, Henry Butler, Jeff Finlin, Joe Cocker, Dan Folgelberg, Townes Van Zandt, Judy Collins, Johnny Smith, John Denver, Celeste Krenz, Mollie O’Brien, Tim O’Brien, Hot Rize, Nelson Rangell, OneRepublic, Otis Taylor, Samples, Tony Furtado, Keller Williams, Jill Sobule, Spring Creek, The String Cheese Incident, India.Arie, The Subdudes, Sugarloaf, Deep Purple, James Gang, the Eagles, Sally Van Meter, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Brandywine, Winger, Yonder Mountain String Band, Zephyr, Lilly Scott, Sally Taylor, James Taylor*, Michelle Shocked*, Lyle Lovett*, Richard Thompson*, Ani DeFranco*, Bobby McFerrin*, Rare Silk, Steve Earle*, Cowboy Junkies*, Joan Osborne*, Bruce Hornsby*, Shawn Colvin*, Bruce Cockburn*, Ben Harper*, Sarah McLachlan* Barenaked Ladies*, Sonia Dada*, Peter Himmelman*, Suzanne Vega*, Flaco Jimenez*, Michael Hedges*, Iris Dement*, Ed Stasium, Ron Miles, Dana Landry, Sam Bush, Jimmy Ibbotson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Acoustic Junction, Sherri Jackson, The Winebottles, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, The Moonrakers, Open Road, Bluegrass Patriots, Billy Nerschi, Kyle Hollingworth, Braddigan, Chuck Pyle, Tickle Me Pink, Allegeon, Pretty Lights, The Spell, Savoy, Bill Frissell, Kim Stone, Dressy Bessy, DeVotchKa, Uncle Earl, Julian Cope, Marshall Crenshaw, The Jeff Healey Band, Living Colour, The Long Ryders, Misfits, Rise Against, Motörhead, Reverend Horton Heat, The Smithereens, NSYNC, Ginger Baker, eminem, Styx, Steve Miller, Method Man, Redman and The Fugees, Kenny Rogers, Tony Bennett, Edwin McCain, Roberta Flack, Joe Walsh, Kenny Passarelli,  Blood, Sweat and Tears, America, Badfinger, The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck,  Mike Brewer, David Cassidy, Chicago (starting with Chicago VI), Phil Collins, Chick Corea, Rick Derringer, Al Di Meola, Dio, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sheena Easton, Peter Frampton, Michael Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Elton John, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Murphey, Stevie Nicks, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Tom Petty, Eddie Rabbitt, Return to Forever for their albums Romantic Warrior and Musicmagic, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express, Billy Joe Shaver, Shooting Star, Sons of Champlin, Souther Hillman Furay Band, Chris Hillman, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, Supertramp, U2, War, Tony Williams, Carl Wilson, Frank Zappa, Peter Kater, R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Youngblood, Eliza Gilkyson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Midnight Oil, Shelby Lynne, David Gray, Indigo Girls, Tim Easton, Pops Staples, Susan Tedeschi, Jules Shear, Natalie Merchant, Rick Danko featuring Garth Hudson & Professor “Louie,” Patty Griffin, Randy Newman and others…

Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Dead and Lonely” from Saints & Sinners (2010)
Bobby Walker “Rainy Night In Georgia” from Way Back When (2010)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Happiness Is” from Rocksteady (2010)
The Big Motif “Colors” from Big Motif (2010)
Crowboy “Babylon” from Making Up For Lost Time (2008)
Chain Gang of 1974 “Funk Giants” from White Guts (2010)
Pretty Lights “Who Loves Me” from Filling Up the City Skies (2008)
GT and the Sidewinders “Lonesome Cowboy” from Across America (2009)
NEW – 18 Switchbacks “Going Down the Mountain” from 18 Switchbacks (2010)
Kinetix “Can’t Undo” from Let Me In (2010)
Wendy Woo Trio “I Don’t Know” from Luxury (2007)
Ian Cooke “Vasoon” from The Fall I Fell (2007)
Adam Bodine Trio “Blue Mud” from Blue Mud (2010)
The Subdudes “Morning Glory” from Miracle Mule (2004)
String Cheese Incident “Give Me The Love” from One Step Closer (2005)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Two Bedroom Apartment” from Two Bedroom Apartment (2010)
Paper Bird “Colorado” from When the River Took Flight (2010)
Ash Ganley “Missing From My Heart” from Universe Acceptable (2010)
Molina Solina & Aju w/ DJ Icewater “Timeless” from SoulAju (2010)
Kyle Hollingsworth “The Way It Goes” from Then There’s Now (2009)
NEW – The Dualistics “The Optimist” from Crimson (2010)
Flobots “Handlebars” from Fight With Tools (2008)
The Gromet “Fritzel” from Colorado Captain (2010)
Romano Paoletti “Can You Canoe” from Story of a Lifetime (2009)
Eric Shiveley “Greetings from Deming” from Eden’s Light (2010)
Sugarloaf “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” from Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975)
The Jazz Arts Messengers “Song for Robert Rauschenberg” from 14 Channels (2010)

I’ve had a lot on my mind lately.  It’s the middle of my busiest season of the year with multiple events happening at an almost daily rate.  I’m working on a home remodel so I can move my 75 year old Mom in with us this September.  This coming weekend I’m on a radio promotion panel at the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (DPUMS).  And, I’m also interviewing for one job that I applied for, and am likely to be considered for another that just opened up.  Both, yes, are in radio – you didn’t think you’d get rid of me that easily did you?  LOL.

I also got new music this week I cannot blog about nor air on my show, as the band wants me to wait until they have some units in their hand to sell; so I figure another couple of weeks on the new Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams called Sinners & Saints — not to be confused with the wonderful new Mollie O’Brien/Rich Moore release called Saints & Sinners.

This is a pretty packed MMMM (Monday morning music meeting).  There were a lot of new adds this past week.  So it’s broken down into the top three featured releases, and a montage of tracks from some others….  enjoy.

Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (self)

Genre/Style: americana, folk
Website: paperbirdband.com
Notes: Paper Bird inexplicably re-recorded and/or remastered a number of songs from their last release, including a more radio friendly (they got rid of the FCC non-compliant language) version of Colorado.  Also included are new versions of Lost Boys, Dead as a Dead Man’s Bones, and Lullaby, all from the ep A Sky Underground. The new material follows the same general musical themes, with perhaps a bit more bluegrass influence, as evidenced by the samples employed.  From their website:  Their rare and beautiful approach to music led them to be featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and they were voted in the Top 10 Best Underground Bands by Denver Post two years in a row, as well as 5280’s Top of the Town 2009 “Top Local Band”. In the last year they have played Red Rocks Amphitheater to an audience of over 8000 people and have shared the stage with Devotchka, Judy Collins, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Glen Campbell, and Big Head Todd & the Monsters. Their haunting and authentic sound is a refreshing and breathtaking blend of folk, jazz, bluegrass and rhythm and blues.

Mandy Harvey – Smile (M/H Records)

Genre/Style: jazz, vocals, adult standards
Website: www.mandyharveymusic.com
Notes: WOW!  Okay, it’s hard enough to sing well when you have all your physical parts in tact.  What do you do when one of them, one of the most important of them, diminishes or disappears on you – as is the case with 22 year old Mandy Harvey who lost her hearing when she was 19.  From Mandy’s bio on her website:

This CD is also an expression of hope. Nearly three years ago, Mandy experienced an unexpected and profound hearing loss. Though legally deaf, she continues to sing. You will hear the music of her heart…and it will make you smile.  Mandy lives in Northern Colorado and is a regular performer at Jay’s Bistro in Fort Collins. Her love for music and singing has been years in the making. She was selected as the top female vocalist of her high school and entered the Music Education program at Colorado State University. During her freshman year she lost her hearing and left the university.  While her dream of becoming a music teacher has died, the music is still alive and well within her. Though her hearing loss is profound (110 decibels in each ear) her timing, pitch and passion are perfect.

The guest players on this album have impeccable cred – Mark Sloniker (piano, co-producer), Erik Applegate (bass), Mark Raynes (percussion), Andrew Vogt (sax & clarinet)

Suggested tracks:  all of them.  Mandy tends to fare better on the slower material overall I think, but I wouldn’t pass on the uptempo numbers either.

I would definitely go to her website and read the JazzTimes review of Mandy’s work.  It’s worth the read, and might even choke you up a bit.  I know it did me.  Bravo young lady, bravo .. this is an exceptional work of art, regardless of who you are, or what you have to work with

Fuzzy Killing Machine – Enjoy & Destroy (Chair 8 Records)

Genre/Style: rock, alternative
Website: www.myspace.com/fuzzykillingmachine
Notes: 3 piece band out of Durango.  Recording produced by Durango resident and legendary producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Living Color, Talking Heads, Ramones).  One of the strongest SOUNDING rock records of the year so far… with a producer like Stasium, how could it not be, right?

THE MONTAGE

Wovenhand – The Threshingfloor
Notes: David Eugene Edwards produces some of the most intriguing and interesting music in Colorado – a long way further down the dark corridors of his soul than what he did with 16Horsepower, which was pretty dark in its own right.

Mechanical Dan – Mechanical Dan
Notes: MD is a new band on the scene.  This is their debut.  The band channels some of the best of southern rock/blues.  RIYL Gov’t Mule, Widespread Panic, etc.

Bailey Stauffer & the Katy Janes — Bend or Break
Notes: produced, mixed & mastered by Jason Larson (Pig Pen Studio/Backbone Studio).  Baily Stauffer grew up in Loveland, Colorado.  In 2009 the band entered and won the Fort Collins Battle of the Bands, which was slightly surprising, quite flattering, and came with a prize — free recording time at Pigpen Studios with Jason Larson.  RIYL:  Sheryl Crow, Tom Petty

Elin Palmer – Postcard
Notes: From website – Elin has had the pleasure of working with a lot of acclaimed artists throughout the years, including 16 Horsepower, M. Ward, The Czars, Wovenhand, Basia Bulat, The Fray, and Kal Cahoone. She was also a core member and string arranger for Munly, in his former group Munly and The Lee Lewis Harlots. Elin often tours and plays for Eric Bachmann (of Archers of Loaf) in the band Crooked Fingers. She has performed arrangements by Tom Hagerman of Devotchka and toured with the band as a performing musician— including a May 19, ‘08 performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Apples in Stereo “Dance Floor” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
Matt Morris “Live Forever” from When Everything Breaks Open (2010)
Ash Ganley “Ghost By Your Side” from Universe Acceptable (2010)
Wovenhand “The Threshingfloor” from The Threshingfloor (2010)
NEW – Baily Stauffer and the Katy Janes “Two Weeks From Yesterday” from Bend or Break (2010)
NEW – Jeff Brinkman “Inside This Room” from To the Bones (2010)
John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light “Thinking ’bout God” from Beautiful Empty (2010)
The Czars “Killjoy” from The Ugly People vs. the Beautiful People (2001)
NEW – Mechanical Dan “Mississippi” from Mechanical Dan (2010)
Break Mechanics “Just Like Chocolate” from Break Mechanics (2004)
Heather Marie Philipp “Counting Stars” from Under the Apple (2008)
NEW The Dominant 7 & The Jazz Arts Messengers “Hop On, Buckle Up” from 14 Channels (2010)
Devotchka “Along the Way” from A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
Nathaniel Rateliff “Early Spring Till” from In Memory of Loss (2010)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Rocksteady” from Rocksteady (2010)
Jeff Finlin “East by West” from The Tao of Motor Oil (2010)
NEW Fuzzy Killing Machine “Forgiven” from Enjoy & Destroy (2010)
Bobby Walker “Pistol Packin’ Mama” from Way Back When (2010)
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Losers” from Saints & Sinners (2010)
Julie & Andy Monley “My Castle’s Rockin’” from And You Could Be The Sun (2008)
NEW Paper Bird “Steady As” from When the River Took Flight (2010)
David Williams & the Wildgrass Band f/ Kristina Murray “Why Do Angels Get Wings” from The Crazy Kind (2010)
NEW Elin Palmer “Ballons” from Postcard (2010)
Soundrabbit “From the World I Have Known” from Tree Trunk Airplanes (2009)
Ninth + Lincoln Orchestra “Your Cent” from Ninth & Lincoln (2008)

Weird that we’re almost in the middle of July.  Hmmmm…. what have I been doing? Busy week for sure … lots of new stuff hitting the desk.  Have fun y’all …

Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Rocksteady (BIG)

Genre/style: rock, funk, adult alternative
Recommended tracks: Rocksteady, Beautiful, Happiness Is…, Smokestack Lightening, Beast of Burden
Notes: ok, so what gives with “Big Head” Todd Park Mohr lately?  Is he like totally schizo or what?  Todd has taken to changing his noticeable influences not just every album, as he’s done for at least the last three now, but now changes mid-stride in the middle of an album.  This past December, keyboardist Jeremy Lawton sends me a dl for the single, Smokestack Lightening (sample #1, track #7).  I’m like shocked … this is BHTM???  This sounds like it crawled out of the belly of the wolf himself.  Then a couple of months ago all of us in radio got the “single” from the new album, Beautiful (sample #2, track #2).  Okay – this is cool.  Not like anything really I’ve heard from the band over the years, and it is a bit “soft,” but it works … folks are diggin’ it … and then I get the album yesterday and come across the title track “Rocksteady” (sample #3, track #1) and “Happiness Is…” (sample #4, track #5), both of which show a funky side to Todd I cannot recall hearing over the past two decades.  Todd’s time in Chi-town has infused him with more than just a bit of that city’s sense of the blues.  There’s a playful soul thing going on here (cool horns btw) that I can’t recall hearing in previous efforts, and is considerably more refined and tasty than a lot of the the classic blues-rock sounding records I do recall.    Oh … and that cover of the Rolling Stones “Beast of Burden” (not sampled) is pretty tasty too

Jeff Finlin – The Tao of Motor Oil (Bent Wheel)

Genre/style: rock, alternative adult contemporary, singer/songwriter
Notes: I have no idea what more can or should be said about Jeff’s work.  He says of the new album, Tao of Motor Oil, that it is a “foray into the mystical experiences of life, itself.”  Jeff’s unique voice and phrasing highlight the journey.  He’s also one hellova producer.

Emily Hurd – Daytime Fireflies (self)

Genre/style: alternative adult contemporary
Notes: ok, I’m fessing up that I know very little about Emily other than from her website and the fact that her brother (?) Michael Schenkelberg said she’s moving to Denver (pretty much the same as FoCo gal Lindsey O’Brien, another Chi-town native).  Gotta say, the record has captured my ear.

Jeff Brinkman – To The Bones (Devonshire Records)

Genre/style: alternative adult contemporary, singer-songwriter
Notes: Jeff is becoming a popular local out of the Longmont/Lyons area.  If you’re a fan of Dave Matthews and Counting Crows, no doubt you’ll find something here you’ll like also.  A very solid debut record.

Kinetix “Let Me In” from Let Me In (2010)
Apples in Stereo “Energy” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
NEW Emily Hurd “Heaven This Way” from Daytime Fireflies (2010)
Megan Burtt “Moves” from It Ain’t Love (2010)
The Epilogues “The Escape” from The Beautiful The Terrifying (2008)
Otis Taylor “Hands On Your Stomach” from Clovis People, Vol. 3 (2010)
Finders & Youngberg “Ball & Chain Blues” from Keep Your Suitcase Packed (2008)
The Informants “Stuck on You” from Stiletto Angel (2008)
The Jurassicasters “I Just Want to Celebrate” from The Jurassicasters (2010)
The Knew “Picnic” from The Knew’s Pulperia (2010)
The Haunted Windchimes “Find the Door” from Honey Moonshine (2010)
Sweet Sunny South “Ghost of Gram” from Carried Off By A Twister (2010)
Fred Hess “Zane” from Crossed Paths (2004)

Chris Daniels “The Spark” from The Spark (2003)
Romano Paoletti “Ragtime Blues” from Story of a Lifetime (2009)
NEW Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Keep It Clean” from Saints & Sinners (2010)
Houses “Red Feather” from Fall (2009)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Sour Patch Kids” from Blovdy Tenent Trvth Peace (2004)
Andrea Ball “Letter” from Dial Tone (2010)
NEW Jeff Finlin “Stones Must Roll” from The Tao of Motor Oil (2010)
The Beautiful Loser Society “Talkin’ to the Devil” from Aim Low (2008)
Halden Wofford and the Hi Beams “Hippie In My House” from Midnight Rodeo (2006)
The Gromet “Sink or Sail” from Colorado Captain (2010)
The Hollyfelds “Either Way” from Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (2010)
Greg Harris Vibe Quintet “Simplexity” from Glass Gold (2010)

I have been sitting and enjoying the 4th of July weekend – and I’m now waiting for my kids to show up to take us out for the afternoon.  In the meantime, while I thought I would not post a MMMM this week – I cannot resist.  The new Mollie O’Brien album is one of the best of show so far for 2010 – and I just have to share it with you.

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners

Genre/Style: Americana, folk
Website: http://www.mollieobrien.com/main.htm
Recommended tracks: All, depending on the flavor of your show.  There’s AAA, folk/bluegrass, and blues/jazz radio offerings .. all tied together very nicely.  I’ve sampled four in particular:  #1-Keep It Clean (Charley Jordan), #3-Losers (Dave Van Ronk), #6-Dead and Lovely (Tom Waits), and #7 Saints & Sinners (David Francey).
Notes: Man, what a record!  Full of some of the best players that Colorado has to offer, including:  Rich Moore (guitars, harmonies), Glenn Taylor (pedal steel), Christian Teele (percussion, drums), Brad Goode (trumpet), Eric Thorin (co-producer, bass), John Magnie (accordian, piano), Eric Moon (accordian, piano, organ).  The album was recorded at Colorado Sound studios in Denver by Jesse O’Brien & Kevin Clock.  No doub this record, should it reach all of the public/community radio stations in Colorado, will sweep into the #1 most played position, and land among the most loved releases in this genre, this year.  One of the earmarks of records that maintain some level of airplay sustainability is how deep it is — -and this record is DEEP!  There’s really not a bad track in the collection – neither from a songwriting or performance pov.  Mollie’s rare originals sing brightly next to songs written by some of the greatest songwriters imaginable.  Radio gets a good long look at this record in advance of the proposed September retail release.  Here’s hoping that radio throughout Colorado embraces one of what might well be Mollie O’Brien’s crowning achievements – co-anchored by her husband, Rich Moore – only the second album I’m familar with from this couple; the first being 900 Baseline from 2008.

TOP ROCK PICKS (singles)

Post Paradise – The Ghost in the Airwaves … advance single from forthcoming sophomore release.  http://www.myspace.com/postparadise
The Knew – Before It Ends … lead single from digital ep of the same name.  Free dl of the ep at their website:  http://theknew.com/splash/
SuperSeed – Dreams … lead single from just released self titled debut ep.  http://www.myspace.com/superseed

In the case of each one of these tracks, they may be too “rock” or too “pop” or too “loud” for most of the programs currently underway at most public and community stations around the state.  Exceptions might include JJ Johnson’s Night Howler program on KRFC in Fort Collins, as well as the local show on Thursday nights at KRCC in Colorado Springs.  KDUR in Durango also tends towards the more “rock” side of independent music in the state, along with KVCU (Radio 1190) in Boulder, and KCSU in Fort Collins.  If you’re interested in receiving a copy of these tracks please get hold of the bands.

Happy 4th of July weekend! Here’s this week’s playlist.

Euforquestra “Soup” from Soup (2009)
NEW Post Paradise “The Ghost in the Airwaves” (advance single from upcoming album) (2010)
NEW The Knew “Before It Ends” from Before It Ends (digital ep) (2010)
Churchill “I Still Remember” from Churchill (2009)
The Congress “Minutes” from The Congress (2010)
Kort McCumber “Pay the Fiddler” from Ain’t The Same As Before (2009)
Grant Gordy “Blues to Dawg” from Grant Gordy (2010)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “17 and 53” from Two Bedroom Apartment (2010)
NEW SuperSeed “Dreams” from SuperSeed (2010)
NEW Weekend Weather “Balloon Boy” from Sunny With A Chance of Tube Tops (2010)
Bobby Walker “Rainy Night In Georgia” from Way Back When (2010)
Ben Markley “5-20” from Second Introduction (2009)

Earth, Wind & Fire “Fantasy” from All ‘n’ All (1977)
Dianne Reeves “Never Too Far” from Never Too Far (1989)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Beautiful” from Rocksteady (2010)
Drew Emmitt “Take the Long Way Home” from Long Road (2008)
30db “Always Up” from One Man Show (2010)
Xiren “Gateway Drug” from Gateway Drug (2010)
Carbon Choir “Measure of Your Madness” from High Beams (2010)
DeVotchKa “Something Stupid” from Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Trinity Demask “Zombie” from Crucible (2009)
Great American Taxi “One of These Days” from Reckless Habits (2010)
Sweet Sunny South “You Never Even Knew My Name” from Carried Off By A Twister (2010)
Peter Sommer “Escapade” from Crossroads (2008)

Happy July. Happy Summer. I don’t have much to say actually (shock, huh?) To those who air the music – thank you for your support. To those who make the music – thank you for the words and melodies. Now onto the charts for this past month.

KBUT (Crested Butte) - So my buddy Chad (program director) is all excited about the news down there … they got FCC approval for a full power transmitter in Gunnison- giving our friends at KBUT deeper reach outside of Crested Butte. Chad tells me it’s going to take three years to get the job done, but they’re very excited about it. Also, they’re coming up on their summer fund drive – so if you’re out that way please support.

KVNF (Paonia) - Kort McCumber will perform in the intimate setting of the Talmage Lounge at KVNF Community Radio, 233 Grand Ave. in Paonia, Wednesday, July 21 at 8:00 pm. “Americana at its best: equal parts folk, country blues, and bluegrass with a healthy dose of something fresh.” Tickets available at KVNF or by calling 527-4866 during business office hours. Tickets are $10.00.

MUSIC CHART LEGEND
DEBUT = 1st time appearing on chart
(NC) = not charted in previous month
(XX) = last month’s chart position

Top 40 Colorado Spins – June 2010
(228 titles logged/125 reported as played in June)
(1) 1. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time (Yep Roc) indie pop
(5) 2. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime (Romano Paoletti) americana, country
(3) 3. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister (2Dolla Reccas) americana, bluegrass
(7) 4. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (Telarc) blues
(2) 5. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers) americana, roots rock
(8) 6. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (Free School) rock, adult
(4) 7. Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss (Rounder) folk, modern folk
(30) 8. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Beautiful (single) (BIG) rock, adult
(11) 8. Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t (2Dolla Reccas) americana, bluegrass
(15) 9. 30db – One Man Show (SCI Fidelity) rock, adult
(9) 10. Emmitt-Nershi Band – New Country Blues (SCI Fidelity) bluegrass
(21) 10. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold (Greg Harris) jazz, vocals
(DEBUT) 11. Chris McGarry – and the weary eyes reply (self) folk
(NC) 12. Kinetix – Let Me In (Steel Giant) rock, pop
(NC) 13. Head for the Hills – Head for the Hills (Head for the Hills) bluegrass
(DEBUT) 14. Bobby Walker – Way Back When (self) blues, r&b
(33) 14. Bop Skizzum – Push (self) funk, soul
(26) 14. Carbon Choir – High Beams (Carbon Choir) rock, alternative
(DEBUT) 14. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (self) folk, pop, modern
(NC) 14. Flobots – Survival Story (Universal Republic) rock, alternative
(19) 14. Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine (Blank Tape) americana
(27) 15. Dave LeMieux & House of Soul – Jazz Shaped (House of Soul) jazz, vocals
(22) 15. Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen – Back in My Hometown (Fossyl Records) blues
(NC) 16. Flashbulb Fires – Glory (self) rock, indie/alternative
(10) 17. GT and the Sidewinders – Across America (self) americana, rockabilly
(25) 18. Yonder Mountain String Band – The Show (Frog Pad) rock, newgrass
(DEBUT) 19. Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (self) jazz
(DEBUT) 19. Ash Ganley – Universe Acceptable (Elephant Tree Music) rock, adult alternative
(DEBUT) 19. Eric Shively – Eden’s Light (Half-vast Records) alternative country-rock
(25) 20. the Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea (self) indie/adult alternative
(31) 20. the Big Motif – the Big Motif (Hapi Skratch) rock, jam, funk, blues
(NC) 20. Spring Creek – Way Up On a Mountain (Rebel) bluegrass
(NC) 20. Todd Adelman & the Love Handles – Todd Adelman & the Love Handles (Porch Lantern) americana, country-rock
(NC) 21. Houses – Spring EP (Great White North) folk rock
(NC) 22. The Foot. – Primary Colors (self) rock, adult alternative
(DEBUT) 23. the Mile Markers – Take to the Road (self) folk, bluegrass
(25) 24. Andrea Ball – Dial Tone (Andrea Ball) rock, indie/alternative
(17) 25. Euforquestra – Soup (self) reggae, ska
(NC) 25. Hard Pressed – In A Different Time (self) folk, bluegrass
(NC) 26. the Knew – The Knew’s Pulperia (self) rock, alternative

Fell out of the Top 40 – JUNE
(12) Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
(13) Tequila Mockingbird – Luck & Trouble
(4) Boulder Acoustic Society – Punchline
(18) Colcannon – Three Days in May
(20) Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo
(23) Juno What?! – Late Night
(23) Pretty Lights – Passing By Behind Your Eyes
(24) Kyle Hollingsworth – Then There’s Now
(27) the Informants – Crime Scene Queen
(28) the Jurassicasters – The Jurassicasters
(29) Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love
(30) Aakash Mittal Quartet – Videsh
(30) Erik Applegate – Red Skies
(30) Lelah Simon – Third Week of April
(32) Tin Horn Prayer – Get Busy Dying

JUNE Drops
20XIII – Take Two and Call in the Morning
After Midnight – Autumn Leaves
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck – Queen of This Mess
Arliss Nancy – Dance to Forget
Eileen Simon – The Visit
Ethyl & the Regulars – Fill ‘er Up With…
Gregory Alan Isakov – This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Houses – Spring EP
Jasco – Ain’t Just Blues
Mighty Eighteen Wheeler – Stimulus Package
Motorhome – Almost Vegas
Neil Bridge 7+ – “Yes, I Am Still Here”
North 17th Street Band – Dirt on the Tires
Other Side of Clearview – Sweet Release
the Piggies – Rusted Bullets
Reed Foehl – Once an Ocean
Spring Creek – Way Up On a Mountain
Stanleytones – Women Make Me Act Like A Fool
Wentworth Kersey – EP Two
Stella Luce – Zugenruhe

JUNE Adds
Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud
Arliss Nancy – Truck Stop Roses
Ash Ganley – Universe Acceptable
Autumn Burn – Ashes of a Tormented Soul
Bobby Walker – Way Back When
Chris McGarry – and the weary eyes reply
Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
Eef – Life without You
Eric Shively – Eden’s Light
Gristle Gals – On the Lam
Jeremy Facnitz – Music from the Original Motion Picture
Julie Geller – You’re With Me
Kal Cahoone – Build the Fire
Lonesome Traveler – Looking for a Way
Mandy Harvey – Smile Sweet Face
Nick O’Connor – Lady in Pink
Tickle Me Pink – On Your Way Down
Tyler Grant – Up the Neck
Wovenhand – The Threshingfloor

KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister
2. Dovekins – Dovekins
3. Emmitt-Nershi Band – New Country Blues
3. Head for the Hills – Head for the Hills
3. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
4. Bobby Walker – Way Back When
4. Colcannon – Three Days in May
5. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
5. Hard Pressed – In A Different Time
5. Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine

KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister
2. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
2. Loose Cannon Bluegrass – Loose Cannon Bluegrass
2. Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss
2. Spring Creek – Way Up On a Mountain
3. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
3. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Beautiful (single)
3. Emmitt-Nershi Band – New Country Blues
3. Head for the Hills – Head for the Hills
3. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime

KDNK (Carbondale)
1. GT and the Sidewinders – Across America
2. Euforquestra – Soup
2. Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t
2. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
2. the Mile Markers – Take to the Road
2. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime
2. Spring Creek – Way Up On a Mountain

KGNU (Boulder)
1. Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss
2. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister
3. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
4. the Apples In Stereo – #1 Hits Explosion
5. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty

KOTO (Telluride)
1. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
2. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister
3. Hard Pressed – In A Different Time
3. Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t
3. the Motet – Dig Deep
4. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime

KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. 30db – One Man Show
2. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
3. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
3. Carbon Choir – High Beams
3. Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine

KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
2. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
3. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
3. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
3. Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss
3. Tickle Me Pink – On Your Way Down
4. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold
5. Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking
5. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime

KSJD (Cortez)
1. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
1. the Beautiful Loser Society – The Long Slow Decline
2. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
3. Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t
3. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister

KVNF (Paonia)
1. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Beautiful (single)
1. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
2. Honey Don’t – Honey Don’t
3. Sweet Sunny South – Carried off by a Twister
4. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
5. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime
6. the Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
6. Hard Pressed – In A Different Time
6. Kort McCumber – Ain’t the Same As Before
7. Otis Taylor – Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs

The Colorado Sound
1. Kinetix – Let Me In
1. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime
2. Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss
3. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Beautiful (single)
3. Bop Skizzum – Push
3. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
4. Dave LeMieux & House of Soul – Jazz Shaped
5. 30db – One Man Show
5. Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen – Back In My Hometown
5. Bobby Walker – Way Back When
5. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold
5. John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty