Monthly Archives: May 2011

May 31, 2011 · 10:26 pm

News Notes & Spins – June 1, 2011

Welcome to the un-official start to summer.  It’s the end of the Memorial Day weekend. Festivals are beginning to gear up – Denver’s 40th annual CHUN (Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods) People’s Fairis coming up this weekend (June 4-5).  It is the biggest of all the summer “local music” events that I’m aware of, and one of the largest in the nation – if not the largest with an estimated 250,000 in attendance over two days… and appearing – six stages, 110 bands; all of which are from the Denver/Front Range area.   This is an event I’d gone to off and on as far back as ’77; and have had the ultimate pleasure of serving on the entertainment and steering committees, and emceeing over the past 8 years.

In radio news, KDNK assistant music director Lynette O’Kane checks in this month.  “KDNK’s website: www.kdnk.org, has a new Music Page that we are very proud of. One can access it on the lower right of the home page.  On the Music page one can go to Current Releases, which documents the new music, spins and charting information.  The New & Notable page lists new music that has caught our ear, prior to and regardless of spins.  We have also have initiated a CD review page, Music Interviews and a Heavy Rotation page.  We look forward to everyone checking it out and giving us some feedback.”

I’ve moved production operations for the Colorado Sound.  Over the past several years, I’ve produced the show weekly at KRFC in Fort Collins.  Thanks to some good friends, some folks in need of money, and Mrs. Goat, I was able to build a studio sufficiently well equipped enough to produce this show and more in house here at the goat den.  It was a financial decision on my part, as gas prices being what they are made making the investment in equipment a good deal on our end.   KRFC will continue to air the show in its regular Saturday 5PM-7PM slot, until further notice.   Thanks to them for that.  I am looking forward to perhaps doing some site-exclusive features in the near future … but for now, it’s about getting out in the sun enjoying the summer concert season.

In chart action … Several BIG TIME debut records at the top including one that some of the jazzers are predicting is Grammy bound (Rene Marie)  and one from a very well established rocknroll hall of famer, who has apparently lived in Colorado right under this old goat’s nose the past twenty plus years (John Oates) and who’s new record is decidedly not rock or pop.  One HUGE surprise this month – KUNC clocked in with the most titles and number of spins of Colorado music I’ve ever seen from them.  And of course the college stations are now gone for the summer.

That’s it … have a great June — please sign up and be a subscriber, and I won’t turn down donations.  The show does have a cost to produce and distribute.  The stations that air this program receive it for free.  Tips are always deeply appreciated.

TOP 40 ALBUM SPINS – May 2011
(124 titles reported / 332 titles listed)
(LM) TM
(D=debut, first time on chart)
(R=re-entered chart)

(3) 1.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (Ruff Shod Records) folk/americana
(1) 2.  Devotchka – 100 Lovers (Anti) adult alternative
(4) 3.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (Ryko) blues
(D) 4.  Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm (Q&B Records) americana/country
(2) 5.  Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (F&Y) bluegrass
(D) 6.  Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (Motema) jazz
(D) 7.  John Oates – Mississippi Mile (PS Records) americana/blues
(D) 8.  The Quiet American – Vol II (self) folk
(17) 9.  Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (self)  americana/country
(7) 10.  Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (Dazzle Recordings)  jazz
(R) 11. FaceMan – FaceMan (self) rock, alternative
(D) 12. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre (self) indie/alternative
(D) 13. Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single] (self)  hip-hop/pop
(5) 14.  Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (self) rock
(13) 15. Tennis – Cape Dory (Fat Possum) indie pop
(21) 15. The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (BCB) bluegrass
(13) 16. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird)  blues
(R) 16. Take to the Oars – American Volume (self)  rock/alternative
(R) 17. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (self) rock/alternative
(5) 17.   John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (Free School) rock, adult alternative
(D) 17. The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee (Blank Tape)  americana/folk
(14) 18. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (Remington Road)  americana
(20) 19. Kinetix – Let Me In (self) rock/pop
(17) 20. Justin Roth – Now You Know (Rothirric Music)  folk/singer-songwriter
(21) 21. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (self) rock, adult alternative
(10) 21. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (Dazzle Jazz)  jazz
(7) 21.   Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (Alternative Tentacles)  rock, indie/alternative
(D) 21. Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln with Cuong Vu – Static Line (Dazzle Jazz)  jazz
(R) 22. Kal Cahoone – Saints and Stars (self) folk, indie
(R) 23. Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (AB Creations Co)  jazz
(D  23. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Holy Coming of the Storm (self)  americana/folk
(D) 24. Beth Quist – New Moon (self)  world
(R) 24. Katey Laurel – From Here (Roaring Twenties Records)  pop, adult contemporary
(R) 25. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color (self)  rock/alternative
(D) 26. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere (self)  pop, indie/alternative
(D) 26. Sandra Wong and Dominick Leslie – Sunny Side Up (Sandra Wong)  world
(R) 27. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers)  rock
(R) 27. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (self)  americana
(R) 28. Bobby Walker – Way Back When (BWM)  blues
(D) 29. Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun (self)  rock, indie/alternative

FELL OUT OF TOP 40 in May
(6)  Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
(7)  Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes
(8)  The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
(9)  Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
(11) Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire
(12) Brad Goode – Tight Like This
(14) Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
(15) John McVey – Unpredictable
(16) Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome
(18) Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
(18) Whiskey Blanket – No Object
(19) Juno What?! – Shameless
(21) Selasee – African Gate
(22) Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches
(22) The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea
(22) Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single]
(23) Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen
(23) DELLA – Anymore/Not that Simple (Things I Do) [single]
(23) Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time
(23) Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett – Wailin’ for Justice
(23) The David James Band – Street Performer
(24) John Statz – Ghost Towns
(24) Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade

ADDED – May 2011
Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single]
American Tomahawk – Contradictions, Generalities, And Future Criminals
Big Gigantic – The World is Yours [single]
Brock Gleeson – Run Like Hell
Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun
Force Publique – Tarnished [single]
Fried Grease – Huevos
Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – Autumn In July
Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
Joe Pfeiffer and… – Loveland
Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See
Kal Cahoone – Saints and Stars
Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner
Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single]
Moon Duo – Mazes
New Ben Franklins – Miserable [ep]
Purpose Found – Blue Flame
Rob Roper – Misfit
Runaway Express – Yeah, Buddy! Anniversary Edition
Signal Path – The Prosaic Fades
The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee
The Holler! – Gratitude
The Quiet American – Vol II
Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln with Cuong Vu – Static Line
Tyson Ailshie – The/Send/Off
Wreckingroom – Stand By [single}

KAFM (Grand Junction)
1.  Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
2.  The Whiskey Bottles - Ain't No Crime
3.  Jenn Cleary - Back to the Wheel
3.  Bobby Walker - Way Back When
4.  The Blue Canyon Boys - Mountain Bound
4.  Runaway Express - Yeah, Buddy! Anniversary Edition
4.  Devotchka - 100 Lovers
4.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
5.  Tennis - Cape Dory
5.  Sweet Sunny South - Carried Off By A Twister

KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Devotchka - 100 Lovers
1. Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Unentitled
2. Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2. Fingers of the Sun - Fingers of the Sun
2. Finnders & Youngberg - FY5
2. Grass It Up - Day After Yesterday
3. Boulder Acoustic Society - Champion of Disaster
3. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Holy Coming of the Storm
3. Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams - Sinners & Saints
3. Lawn Chair Kings - II
3. Tennis - Cape Dory

KDNK (Carbondale)
1. Beth Quist - New Moon
1. John Oates - Mississippi Mile
2.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2.  Bobby Walker - Way Back When
2.  Devotchka - 100 Lovers
2.  Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
2.  Finnders & Youngberg - FY5
2.  John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light - Beautiful Empty
2.  Tequila Mockingbird - Luck And Trouble

KGNU (Boulder)
1.  Devotchka - 100 Lovers
2.  Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
3.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
4.  Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits
4.  Kal Cahoone - Saints and Stars
4.  Veronica - Emerging from Troubled Days
5.  Greg Garrison - Low Lonesome

KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1.  The Haunted Windchimes - Live at the Western Jubilee
2.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
3.  Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
3.  Justin Roth - Now You Know
3.  The Blue Canyon Boys - Mountain Bound

KRFC (Fort Collins)
1.  Finnders & Youngberg - FY5
2.  John-Alex Mason - Jook Joint Thunderclap
3.  Devotchka - 100 Lovers
4.  Gary Bragg - High Plains Storm
5.  Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore - Saints & Sinners
6.  Clarke Wright - Fiddleride
6.  The Quiet American - Vol II
7.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
7.  Fierce Bad Rabbit - Spools of Thread
7.  Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams - Sinners & Saints

KUNC (Greeley)
1. Eric Forsyth - The Thin of Thick Things
2. Justin Roth - Now You Know
3. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light - Beautiful Empty
4. Devotchka - 100 Lovers
5. Grant Gordy - Grant Gordy
5. Something Underground - Intention & Release
6. Chuck Pyle - The Spaces In Between
6. Jerry Palmer - Cherry Picking
6. Katey Laurel - From Here

KUVO (Denver)
1. Rene Marie - Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Adam Bodine Trio - Blue Mud
3. Brad Goode - Tight Like This
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet - Brand New
3. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet - Glass Gold
3. Peter Sommer - Tremolo Canteen
4. Andrew Vogt - Cats Afoot
4. Fred Hess Big Band - Into the Open
4. Tyson Ailshie - The/Send/Off

KVNF (Paonia)
1. The Quiet American - Vol II
2. Beth Quist - New Moon
2. Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Holy Coming of the Storm
2. Elephant Revival - Break in the Clouds
3. Finnders & Youngberg - FY5
3. Gary Bragg - High Plains Storm
3. Paper Bird - When the River Took Flight

The Colorado Sound
1. Gary Bragg - High Plains Storm*
1. Rene Marie - Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man - Joie De Vivre
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet - Brand New*
4. FaceMan - FaceMan
5. John Oates - Mississippi Mile
5. The Quiet American - Vol. II
6. Air Dubai - Soul & Body [single]
6. My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color
7. Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere
* serviced to radio and press by Rocky Mountain Music Network

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May 29, 2011 · 8:42 am

The Colorado Sound – Vol 3, Episode 22 2011

NEWS & NOTES: 


(D) Eric Forsyth “Flannel Shirts & Boat Shoes” from The Thin Of Thick Things (2010)
(D) Rorey Carroll “Mama Was Right” from Roadside Lullabies (2010)
(D) Force Publique “Tarnished” [single] (2011)
(D) Signal Path “That’s What they Tell Me” from The Prosaic Fades (2011)
Molina Soleil & Aju “Da Indies (clean)” from Shine Flow ep w/ DJ Icewater (2009)
The String Cheese Incident “Outside and Inside” from Outside Inside (2001)
Railbenders “Whiskey Rain” from Segundo (2003)
The Lovely & Talented “Death of The Lover” from The New American Fable (2010)
(D) Selina Albright “You and I” [single] (2010)
Bop Skizzum “Brass In Pocket” from Beauty Queen (2011)
The Samples “Close to the Fires” from Samples (1990)
The Motet “Afrotech” from Instrumental Dissent (2007)
Zephyr “I Am Not Surprised” from Sunset Ride (1972)
Sherri Jackson “Tell Me” from Catalyst (2000)
(D) Rob Roper “Misfit” from Misfit (2011)
(D) Roger Green “John Lennon” from Harder to Tell (2011)
(D) American Tomahawk “Sunshine People” from Contradictions, Generalities, and Future Criminals (2011)
Bob Rea “Platinum Dream” from Ragged Choir (2011)
Finnders and Youngberg “I’ll Never Be Free” from FY5 (2011)
Leftover Salmon “Woody Guthrie” from Leftover Salmon (2004)
Churchill “Miles” from Happy/Sad (2011)
Dianne Reeves “Fascinating Rhythm” from The Calling – Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (2001)
Dianne Reeves “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” from A Little Moonlight (2003)
Peter Sommer “Looks Like This” from Tremolo Canteen (2010)

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May 23, 2011 · 4:37 pm

MMMM – May 23, 2011

Okay — so I’m a slacker when it comes to sharing what’s hot at the goat’s desk … sheeesh … it’s spring, the grass is green (well….sorta) …. naw .. that ain’t it … I’ve been slackin’ is all … did buy some new studio gear to make it easier to produce the show and get it out to everyone though, if that counts…. and I have added a ton of new music to the playlist lately.  Since I’m feelin a bit on the woodsy side of life right now (roots are wood aren’t they?), most of this week’s HOT ADDS list is in that vein.  I’ve included video where there was some to share.   Hope you enjoy. 


John Oates – Mississippi Mile
Sample track:  You Make My Dreams Come True
Genre/Style:  americana, blues, folk
Website:  http://www.johnoates.com/index
Notes:  Most folks don’t know John Oates is a 20+ year resident of Colorado.  They will now.  This is John’s fourth solo record since 2002′s Phunk Shui – and his most critically acclaimed of the bunch —- reaching back to delta blues and folk and roots music.

Rob Roper – Misfit
Sample track: Misfit
Genre/Style:  rock, adult alternative
Website: Reverbnation page
Notes: Recorded by John McVey.  Mixed by John McVey and Rob Roper at Coupe Studios, Boulder.  Mastered by Dominic Maita at Airshow Mastering, Boulder.
Personnel:  Christian Teele (drums, percussion), Chris Engleman (bass), Eric Moon (keyboards), Greg Schochet (mandolin), Megan Burtt (backing vocals), John McVey (guitars, bass, backing vocals), John Macy (pedal steel), Kyle James Hauser (banjo), BIll Kahler (saxophone)

Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
Sample track: This Will All Work Out
Genre/Style:  rock, indie/alternative, adult alternative
Website: FREE DL at http://jimmcturnan.bandcamp.com/album/joie-de-vivre
Notes:  Jim McTurnan is formerly of Cat-A-Tac.

Roger Green – Harder to Tell
Sample track: John Lennon
Genre/Style:  rock, indie/alternative, adult alternative
Website:  http://www.myspace.com/rogergreen
Notes:  Produced by Colin Bricker adn Roger Green.  Engineered by Colin Bricker, Mario Casilio, and Roger Green at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver CO.
Personnel:  Unless I’ve culled the wrong info from his myspace page, the new album includes/features performances by Natalie Winslow, Eric Moon, Mark Raynes, and Greg Garrison.
Bands and other info:  Roger was an integral part of the Czars for six years, and has worked with and/or appeared with Sixteen Horsepower, Woven Hand, Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots, Ron Miles, Joe Sampson, Porlolo, Red Cloud, Cowhause / Janet Feder and others.

The Quiet American – Vol II
Sample track: Whiskey Johnny
Genre/Style:  folk
Website:  http://www.reverbnation.com/thequietamerican?kick=794080
Notes:  In 2003, Aaron moved to Colorado and earned a master’s degree in music history from University of Colorado. In 2004, Aaron founded Boulder Acoustic Society, which has played over 1,000 shows all over the US, focusing on a genre bending mix of folk, rock, jazz and classical.

Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
Sample track: Driftwood
Genre/Style: americana, bluegrass, country-folk
Website:  http://www.reverbnation.com/finndersandyoungberg?kick=564637
DL & Vinyl:  http://finndersyoungberg.bandcamp.com/
Notes:  Songwriter and guitarist Mike Finders {say finn-ders} is a two-time winner of the Merlefest Songwriting Contest.  Erin and Aaron Youngberg {yes, that’s right}, were founding members of Hit and Run Bluegrass Band, which won both Telluride and Rockygrass band contests in 2003, as well as subsequent SPGMA and IBMA honors.  Fiddler Ryan Drickey is a former Rockygrass Fiddle Champ and a much-sought session player with the likes of Matt Flinner and Michelle Shocked.  Rich Zimmerman’s mandolin work in the Colorado-based Slipstream is widely heralded as a founding voice in the CPG style of bluegrass.

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May 21, 2011 · 7:37 pm

The Colorado Sound – Vol 3, Episode 21 2011

(D) = debut
(NT) = new track from previously debuted album or ep

Gary Bragg “Free Range” from High Plains Storm (2011)
Drew Emmitt “Up Where We Are” from Across The Bridge (2005)
Wovenhand “Not One Stone” from Ten Stones (2008)
Jux County “Come See” from Haxtun (1999)
(NT) Mesita “Somewhere Else” from Here’s to Nowhere (2011)
(NT) My Body Sings Electric “Living Proof” from Changing Color (2011)
(D) Purpose Found “Gotta Make It (Hallelujah)” from Blue Flame (2011)
Air Dubai “Soul & Body” [single] (2011)
Ego vs Id “All American Love” from Taste (2010)
a. Tom Collins “Pants Off Dance Off” from Oh NO! (2011)
The Czars “Killjoy” from Ugly People vs. the Beautiful People (2001)
Adam Bodine Trio “Omar’s Uptown Jubilee” from The Chauffeur (2009)
Lothar & the Hand People “L-O-V-E (Ask For It By Name)” from Presenting… (1968)
The Trolls “Stupid Girl”  [single] (1966)
Dressy Bessy “Anyone Can See” from HollerandStomp (2008)
The Apples in Stereo “Strawberryfire” from Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
(NT) Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man “Don’t Count Me Out” from Joie De Vivre (2011)
Juno What?! “You Can’t Stop It” from Shameless (2011)
(NT) Rene Marie “John Henry” from Voice of My Beautiful Country (2011)
(NT) The Quiet American “Whiskey Johnny” from The Quiet American, Vol II (2011)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Resignation Superman” from Beautiful World (1997)
(D) Stacie Orrico “Genuine” from Genuine (2000)
(D) Stacie Orrico “Stuck” from Stacie Orrico (2003)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Bossa” from Brand New (2011)

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May 16, 2011 · 12:17 am

Currents in Rotation May 15 2011

Tracks from the following albums and eps are in current rotation as of May 15 2011.  I’ve marked those that are singles where appropriate, and annotated the month-year the entry was added.  I’ve also, as best as possible, provided a genre/style

  1. Mar-11    “but, Naked!” – Can’t Get Enough [single]  (r&b, blues)
  2. May-10    30db – One Man Show (acoustic rock, jamband, jamgrass)
  3. Apr-11    a. Tom Collins – Oh, NO! (inde/alternative)
  4. Jul-10    Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (jazz)
  5. Aug-10    After Midnight Jazz Band – Midnight in Madison (jazz, trad)
  6. Apr-11    Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single] (r&b, hip hop)
  7. Oct-10    Air Dubai – Wonder Age (r&b, hip hop)
  8. Apr-10    Almost Legends – Eyes (rock)
  9. May-10    Andrea Ball – Dial Tone (indie/alternative)
  10. Jun-10    Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot (jazz)
  11. Apr-10    Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time (pop, indie)
  12. Jul-10    Ash Ganley – Universe Acceptable (adult alternative)
  13. Jul-10    Bailey Stauffer & The Katy Janes – Bend or Break (alternative country-rock)
  14. Jan-10    Barbara Ernst – April Child: Mistura Bela (Beautiful Mixture) (jazz, vocal, Brazilian)
  15. May-11    Big Gigantic – This World is Yours [single] (dance, electronic, funk)
  16. Apr-11    Big Gigantic – A Place Behind the Moon (dance, electronic, funk)
  17. Jan-11    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (blues)
  18. Jun-10    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Rocksteady (adult alternative)
  19. Mar-10    Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen – Back in My Hometown (blues)
  20. Dec-10    Bob Rea – Ragged Choir (americana)
  21. Apr-11    Bobby Doran – Bad Reputation [single] (pop)
  22. May-10    Bobby Walker – Way Back When (r&b, classic soul/rock) *
  23. Feb-11    Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes (country, trad)
  24. Nov-10    Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen (funk)
  25. May-10    Bop Skizzum – Push (funk)
  26. Sep-10    Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster (folk-rock)
  27. Sep-10    Brad Goode – Tight Like This (jazz)
  28. Apr-11    Brock Gleeson – Run Like Hell (country-rock)
  29. Feb-11    Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez (roots rock)
  30. Aug-10    Carbon Choir – Cut from the Cloth (alternative rock)
  31. Mar-10    Carbon Choir – High Beams (alternative rock)
  32. Feb-11    Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (jazz) *
  33. Jan-11    Carrry Me Ohio – Oak & Iron Bound (alternative country-rock)
  34. Apr-10    Chain Gang of 1974 – White Guts (funk, electronic, dance)
  35. Apr-11    Choke the Word – Enjoy the Parade (rock, prog.)
  36. Jun-10    Chris McGarry – And the Weary Eyes Reply (folk)
  37. Nov-10    Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead (roots rock, acoustic rock) *
  38. Feb-10    Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between (folk)
  39. Mar-11    Churchill – Happy/Sad (acoustic rock)
  40. Jul-10    Dan Craig – Alchemy (singer-songwriter, acoustic rock)
  41. Apr-11    Dan Treanor – American Primative (blues)
  42. Jun-10    Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (singer-songwriter)
  43. Jan-11    Danya River – Danya River (singer-songwriter)
  44. Feb-10    Dave LeMieux & The House Of Soul – Jazz Shaped (jazz, r&b)
  45. May-10    David Rynhart – By the Hollow Tree (singer-songwriter)
  46. Dec-10    David Williams – Chocolate Bar (americana, folk)
  47. Jan-10    David Williams & the Wildgrass Band – The Crazy Kind (americana, folk)
  48. Mar-11    DELLA – Anymore [single] (alternative rock)
  49. Mar-11    DELLA – Not That Simple (Things I Do) [single] (alternative rock)
  50. Dec-10    Devotchka – 100 Lovers (adult alternative)
  51. Jan-11    Donny Lama Trio – The Donny Lama Trio (jazz, fusion)
  52. Jun-10    Dovekins – Assemble the Aviary (folk)
  53. Jan-11    Dust on the Breakers – American Reclamation (indie/alternative)
  54. Feb-11    Dustin Edge – Calm (alternative)
  55. Jul-10    Eddie Turner – Miracles And Demons (blues, rock)
  56. Feb-11    Ego vs Id – Taste (alternative rock, roots rock)
  57. Nov-10    Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (folk-rock)
  58. Dec-09    Ellyn Cornelison Rucker & Ross Cornelison – Every Time We Say Goodbye (jazz, vocal)
  59. Nov-10    Eolian – Egg (rock)
  60. Jun-10    Eric Shiveley – Eden’s Light (americana, rock)
  61. Jan-11    FaceMan – FaceMan (adult alternative)
  62. Sep-10    Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (alternative rock)
  63. Apr-11    Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun (folk-rock)
  64. Apr-11    Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (bluegrass, americana)
  65. Apr-11    Flashlights – Hidden Behind Trees (electronic)
  66. Feb-10    Flobots – Survival Story (rock, hip hop)
  67. Jan-11    Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (rock, jam band, r&b)
  68. Mar-11    Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open (jazz)
  69. Jan-11    Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk:  The Last Set (soul, funk)
  70. May-11    Fried Grease – Huevos (rock, jamband)
  71. Jul-10    Fuzzy Killing Machine – Enjoy & Destroy (rock, alternative)
  72. Aug-10    Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches (folk)
  73. Mar-11    Galaxies – Like a Lion (electronic)
  74. Apr-11    Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm (americana, country, humor)  *
  75. Apr-10    Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy (neo-acoustic)
  76. Mar-11    Gravity – Fire Sermon (electronic)
  77. Feb-10    Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (rock, roots rock, jamband)
  78. Mar-11    Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome (jazz)
  79. May-10    Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold (jazz)
  80. Nov-10    Gritch – Arrivals & Departures (alternative rock/pop)
  81. Aug-10    Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (alternative country)
  82. Apr-10    Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (alternative country)
  83. Jan-11    Houses – Your Ghost (folk-rock)
  84. Jul-10    Jeff Brinkman – To the Bones (singer-songwriter)
  85. Jul-10    Jeff Finlin – The Tao of Motor Oil (singer-songwriter, americana, rock)
  86. May-11    Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – Autumn in July (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  87. May-10    Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking (neo-acoustic)
  88. Oct-10    Jessica Sonner – Keep On Dreamin’ [single] (singer-songwriter)
  89. Apr-11    Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre (indie/alternative)
  90. Feb-11    Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  91. Jan-10    Joel Decatur – Seeking the House-Builder (alternative rock)
  92. Apr-11    John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (adult alternative)
  93. Aug-10    John McVey – Unpredictable (singer-songwriter)
  94. Mar-11    John Mieras – Painted Glass (singer-songwriter)
  95. Apr-11    John Oates – Mississippi Mile (singer-songwriter, roots, americana)
  96. Apr-11    John Statz – Ghost Town (americana)
  97. Apr-11    John Statz – The Bupapest Sessions (americana)
  98. Jan-11    John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (blues)
  99. Apr-10    Johnny O. – A Volta (jazz)
  100. Apr-11    Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See (rock/pop)
  101. Oct-10    Joshua Novak – Dead Letters (singer-songwriter)
  102. Jan-11    Juno What?! – Shameless (funk)
  103. Mar-11    Justin Roth – Now You Know (singer-songwriter)
  104. May-11    Kal Cahoone – Saints and Scars (alternative folk)
  105. Jul-10    Kal Cahoone – Build the Fire (alternative folk)
  106. Jan-11    Katey Laurel – From Here (americana, singer-songwriter)
  107. Nov-10    Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (americana, roots rock, r&b) *
  108. Apr-11    Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner (alternative country-rock)
  109. May-10    Kinetix – Let Me In (rock/pop)
  110. May-10    King for a Day – The light is on and shining brightly for the masses (adult alternative)
  111. Jan-10    Kosmos – Skeptics In Love (alternative rock)
  112. Jun-10    Kyle Hollingsworth – Let’s Go Outside (adult alternative)
  113. Jan-11    Lawn Chair Kings – II (alternative country-rock)
  114. Jul-10    Lonesome Traveler – Looking for a Way (bluegrass)
  115. Feb-10    Long Road Home – Live from eTown Hall (bluegrass, americana)
  116. Jan-10    Loose Cannon Bluegrass – Loose Cannon Bluegrass (bluegrass)
  117. Sep-10    Lynn Baker Quartet – Azure Intention (jazz)
  118. Dec-10    Mandy Harvey – After You’re Gone (jazz, vocal)
  119. Jun-10    Mandy Harvey – Smile (jazz, vocal)
  120. Jan-10    Matt Morris – When Everything Breaks Open (singer-songwriter, pop)
  121. Jul-10    Mechanical Dan – Mechanical Dan (rock, southern)
  122. Jan-10    Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love (singer-songwriter)
  123. May-11    Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere (indie)
  124. Apr-11    Mesita – Living/Breathing (indie)
  125. Nov-10    Mixed Breed – Mixed Breed (rock)
  126. Sep-10    Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire (world, African)
  127. Jan-11    Molina – Fam Biz [single] (hip hop)
  128. Mar-10    Molina Solina & Aju w/ DJ Icewater – SoulAju (hip hop)
  129. Jul-10    Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (americana, folk-rock)
  130. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  131. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single] (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  132. Dec-10    Monroe Monroe – Pure Desmond (alternative rock)
  133. May-11    Moon Duo – Mazes [single] (indie)
  134. Feb-11    Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  135. Sep-10    Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (rock, jamband)
  136. Jan-11    My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color (alternative rock)
  137. Mar-10    Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss (singer-songwriter)
  138. May-11    New Ben Franklins – Miserable [ep] (adult alternative)
  139. Jan-10    New Ben Franklins – New Ben Franklins (adult alternative)
  140. Feb-11    Nina Storey – Love Me Enough [single] (pop)
  141. May-11    Ninth and Lincoln w/Cuong Vu – Static Line (jazz)
  142. May-10    Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (blues)
  143. Jul-10    Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (americana, folk-rock)
  144. Dec-10    Pete Kartsounes – The Only Way I Know (singer-songwriter)
  145. Mar-11    Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (jazz)
  146. Jul-10    Post Paradise – The Ghost in the Airwaves (alternative rock)
  147. Jan-11    Pretty Lights -  Making Up a Changing Mind (electronic)
  148. Mar-11    Pura Fe Trio – Live! A Blues Night In North Carolina (blues)
  149. May-11    Purpose Found – Blue Flame (hip hop/rap)
  150. Jan-10    Quillion – To the Hilt (adult alternative)
  151. Mar-11    Randy Ricks – Charlie Sheen [single] (adult alternative)
  152. Oct-10    Rebecca Folsom – Smoke and Tears (singer-songwriter)
  153. Jan-11    Regret Night – Living the Night EP (alternative rock/pop)
  154. Apr-11    Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (jazz, blues, roots)
  155. Mar-11    Righfully Accused – Western Air Part 1 – Classy, Chic, Sophisticated (alternative rock/pop)
  156. Oct-10    Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett w/the Wailers – Wailin’ for Justice (reggae)
  157. Feb-10    Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime (americana, country) *
  158. Dec-10    Rorey Carroll – Roadside Lullabies (americana, singer-songwriter)
  159. Dec-10    Rose Hill Drive – Setting Sun [single] (rock)
  160. Feb-11    Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk (funk)
  161. Feb-11    Rubber Planet – Wish I Could (alternative rock)
  162. Jan-10    Runaway Express – Howlin’ At the Moon (folk-rock)
  163. Nov-10    Sean Hunting Morse – Lines from Somplace (americana)
  164. Aug-10    Selasee – African Gate (world, african)
  165. Mar-11    Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (alternative)
  166. Mar-11    Slopeside – Road to Oblivion (acoustic rock)
  167. Aug-10    Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Snake Rattle Rattle Snake (alternative rock)
  168. Feb-11    Something Underground – You Would Never Know This (radio edit) [single] (adult contemporary)
  169. May-10    Something Underground – Intention & Release (adult contemporary)
  170. Feb-11    Soul Daddy & Blackfyre – Sweet Nothings (the Yeah Song) [single] (soul)
  171. Apr-11    SPIV – “85″ [single] (rock)
  172. May-11    Statewide Emergency – Carnivorous Carnival (rock)
  173. Mar-11    Stray Grass – Written in the Stars (bluegrass)
  174. Apr-11    Stringray Jones & the Mad Men – Stingray Jones & the Mad Men (rock)
  175. Feb-11    Sunshine House – The Sunshine House EP (folk-rock)
  176. Apr-11    SuperCollider – SuperCollider (r&b, jazz)
  177. Jul-10    SuperSeed – SuperSeed (rock)
  178. Apr-11    Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade (americana)
  179. Apr-10    Sweet Sunny South – Carried Off By A Twister (bluegrass)
  180. Mar-10    Tage Plantell – Words and Music (singer-songwriter)
  181. Feb-11    Take to the Oars – American Volume (alternative rock/pop)
  182. Jan-11    Tennis – Cape Dory (indie)
  183. Mar-10    Tequila Mockingbird – Luck And Trouble (adult alternative)
  184. Aug-10    Teresa Lynne – Tear Drop Collector (blues)
  185. Feb-10    The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea (indie/alternative)
  186. Dec-09    The Beautiful Loser Society – The Long Slow Decline (alternative country-rock)
  187. Apr-11    The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy (rock)
  188. Feb-10    The Big Motif – Big Motif (rock)
  189. Jul-10    The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (bluegrass)
  190. Dec-10    The Centennial – Second Spring EP (indie/alternative)
  191. Dec-09    The Congress – The Congress (rock, roots)
  192. Mar-11    The David James Band – Street Performer (rock/pop)
  193. Mar-10    The Dominant 7 & The Jazz Arts Messengers – 14 Channels (jazz)
  194. Jul-10    The Dualistics – Crimson (alternative rock)
  195. Jan-11    The Epilogues – The Fallout (alternative rock)
  196. May-10    The Gromet – Colorado Captain (rock, jamband)
  197. May-11    The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee (americana, folk-rock)
  198. Apr-10    The Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine (americana, folk-rock)
  199. Oct-10    The Heyday – Till We See the Sun (alternative rock)
  200. May-11    The Holler – Gratitude (folk-rock)
  201. Apr-10    The Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (americana, country)
  202. Mar-10    The Intervention Band – Homey (jazz)
  203. Feb-10    The Jurassicasters – The Jurassicasters (classic rock)
  204. Jul-10    The Knew – Before It Ends (rock)
  205. Mar-10    The Knew – The Knew’s Pulperia (rock)
  206. Nov-10    The Love Royale – Love Letters (funk)
  207. May-10    The Lovely & Talented – The New American Fable (alternative rock)
  208. Jun-10    The Mile Markers – Take to the Road (americana, folk-rock)
  209. Mar-11    The Outfit – Broken West Wishbone Test (rock)
  210. Jan-10    The Pattie Fiasco – No Bridges (alternative country-rock)
  211. May-11    The Quiet American – Vol. II (folk)
  212. Oct-10    The Raven and the Writing Desk – Recidivist (indie/alternative)
  213. Feb-11    The Sunshine House – The Sunshine House (folk-rock)
  214. Apr-11    The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (alternative country-rock)
  215. May-10    Tin Horn Prayer – Get Busy Dying (alternative)
  216. Mar-10    Tommy Metz – The Blossom Frontier (electronic)
  217. Mar-11    Trout Steak Revival – Trout Steak Revival (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  218. Apr-11    Veronica – Emerging from Troubled Days (adult alternative)
  219. Oct-10    Weather Maps – Places (rock)
  220. Jul-10    Weekend Weather – Sunny With A Chance of Tube Tops (retro rock)
  221. Apr-10    Wentworth Kersey – ((O)) (folk)
  222. Dec-10    Whiskey Blanket – No Object (hip hop) *
  223. Jul-10    White Water Ramble – All Night Drive (bluegrass, jamgrass) *
  224. Feb-11    Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single] (soul)
  225. Jun-10    Wovenhand – The Threshingfloor (alternative)
  226. Apr-11    Wreckingroom – Stand By [single} (hard rock)
  227. Jan-11    Wreckingroom - Pushing and Pulling [single] (hard rock)
  228. May-10    Xiren – Gateway Drug [single] (alternative rock)
  229. Oct-10    Young Cities – Young Cities (alternative rock)

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May 15, 2011 · 7:58 am

The Colorado Sound – Vol 3, Episode 20 2011

NEWS & NOTES 


(D) = debut
(NT) = new track from previously debuted album or ep

“but, Naked!” – Can’t Get Enough [single] (2011)
Hazel Miller – Heart To Heart – Westword Music Showcase 1999-2000 (2000)
Stingray Jones and the Mad Men – Hard Man – Stingray Jones and the Mad Men (2010)
Crowboy – Babylon – Making Up For Lost Time (2008)
John-Alex Mason – Gone So Long – Jook Joint Thunderbolt (2011)
(D) Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – A Thousand Miles to Omaha – Autumn in July (2011)
Joe Johnson – Where The Earth Meets The Sky – A Time To Dance (2011)
(D) The Haunted Windchimes – Lordy, Lordy – Live at The Western Jubilee (2011)
Katey Laurel – Everything I Love – From Here (2011)
Sherri Jackson – Don’t Forget Me – Catalyst (2000)
The Mercury Project – Mongo – Soapbox Jive (2004)
Take To The Oars – Stones & Sticks – American Volume (2011)
The Dominant 7 – Taken For Granted – Fourteen Channels (2010)
Blue Canyon Boys – I Want You To Want Me – House Full of Sorrow (2009)
Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams – Tear It Down – Sinners & Saints (2010)
(D) Big Gigantic – The World Is Yours [single] (2011)
(NT) Molly Cottrell – Trying To Get Out – Molly Cottrell EP (2011)
Future Jazz Project – Faded Memories – True By Design (2006)
Hello Kavita – The Last Time – To A Loved One (2009)
Faceman – CookieMonster – FaceMan (2011)
(D) Fried Grease – Virginia – Huevos (2011)
(NT) Fierce Bad Rabbit – Chasing After Things (We Don’t Know the Names) – Spools of Thread (2010)
The Subdudes – Poor Man’s Paradise – Live at the Rams Head (2009)
Magpie – Since Then – Magpie [demo] (1999)
The Subdudes – Got You On His Mind – The Subdudes (1989)
Peter Sommer – Looks Like This – Tremolo Canteen (2011)

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May 10, 2011 · 11:05 am

A good day for some videos.

Okay, it’s in the 80s … the sun is shining … the snow is melting … I’m feelin’ very Colorado! So I found a video or two to share today… from some Colorado legends :)

First Up — Chuck Pyle …

Oh yeah!!  Wonder how many of you remember this band?!

Okay, so Romano’s NOT a legend (YET)_ but there’s a series of videos up from shoots at Oskar Blues in Longmont — and Oskar Blues has become a legendary place for music and great ales … loving the new one they created in Longmont .. .Honky Tonk Bedonk… a hoppy lager.

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May 8, 2011 · 7:26 am

The Colorado Sound – Vol. 3 Ep 19 2011

NEWS & NOTES


(D) = debut
(NT) = new track from previously debuted album or ep

Elephant Revival “Barefoot Friend” from Break in the Clouds (2010)
The Sunshine House “Crazy Horse [Bull Run]” from The Sunshine House (2011)
(D) Joe Pfeifer and… “Feel Right” from Loveland (2011)
The Ceeds “Too Many People” from Psychedelic States: Colorado in the Sixties (2007)
Boenzee Cryque “Still In Love with You” [single]  (1967)
(NT) Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man “This Will All Work Out” from Joie De Vivre (2011)
Dressy Bessy “This May Hurt (A Little)” from Dressy Bessy (2003)
Andy Monley “Kites” from Triplight (2006)
John Mieras “Love & Rent” from Painted Glass (2011)
(D) Brock Gleeson Band “Butter Cream” from Run Like Hell (2011)
The Informants “Get Twisted” from Crime Scene Queen (2009)
(D) Kal Cahoone “Evita” from Saints and Scars (2011)
(D) Mesita “Somewhere Else” from Here’s to Nowhere (2011)
The Samples “We All Move On” from Here and Somewhere Else (1998)
(NT) Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln with Cuong Vu “We’ll Meet Again” from Static Line (2011)
(NT) Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters “Soul Train” from Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set (2010)
(D) Lord of Word and The Disciples of Bass “Dead In The Digital” [single] (1994)
(NT) Rene Marie “Drift Away” from Voice of My Beautiful Country (2011)
(NT) John Oates “Pallet” from Mississippi Mile (2011)
(NT) Gary Bragg “She Canceled the Cable” from High Plains Storm (2011)
Kenny Perkins “Tiny Distraction” from Kenny Perkins (2008)
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck “Queen of this Mess” from Queen of This Mess (2009)
30Db “Always Up” from One Man Show (2010)
Kinetix “Let Me In” from Let Me In (2010)
(D) Blackwood Creek “Your Revolution” from Blackkwood Creek (2009)
Kip Winger “Sure Was a Wildflower” from Songs from the Ocean Floor (2000)
Carmen Sandim Sextet “Brand New” from Brand New (2011)

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May 4, 2011 · 8:42 am

NPR: We Are Not ‘Tax-Payer Funded’ – Letters and Comments (usnews.com)

NPR: We Are Not ‘Tax-Payer Funded’ – Letters and Comments (usnews.com).

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· 8:39 am

Tax Payer Funded NPR Brings Rock Stars to Swanky Washington Party – Doug Heye (usnews.com)

Tax Payer Funded NPR Brings Rock Stars to Swanky Washington Party – Doug Heye (usnews.com).

So, here’s the question — what is the most popular program on NPR today?

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