Definitely a crazy week for new releases with 8 debut or new cuts shared. B-day wishes out to John Hayes, Garret Sayer (the Motet), Jamie Hillyer (Module Overload Recording Studio) , Chris Maestas (Wendy Wood Band), and Tyler Grant (Grant Farm) among others. … That’s about it … enjoy the video and music shares this week.
VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK = King Rat
PLAYLIST S7 EP19 May 2013
(D) = album/ep/single debut
(N) = new cut from previously debuted album/ep
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Testify” from When You’re Cool (1987) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Depot Street” from That’s What I Like About the South (1989) (D) Sam Lee “Livin’ It Up” from Raise Your Flag (2013) Petals of Spain “I Gotta Know” from Soul Canon (2013) Post Paradise “Digging Secrets” from Digging Secrets (2013) (D) Ashley Buchart “Call It Gone” from Call It Gone (2011) Dave Sonner “Artists Heart” from The American Campus (2011) (D) Birch Street “Down the Line” from Down the Line (2013)(D) Air Dubai “Warning (feat. Patricia Lynn)” from All Day (2012)Bop Skizzum “Beauty Queen” from Beauty Queen (2011) (D) Blue Grama “Blue Side of the Mountain” from Dust Bowl Blues (2013) Romano Paoletti “Can You Run” from Story of a Lifetime (2010) Adam Stern “Alchemical Rooms” from Twang Shui (2009) Psychodelic Zombiez “Babaganouj” from S.A.C. (1996) Electric Swingset “Middle Ground” from Inebriated Witchdoctor (1996) (N) Selina Albright “Why Does Life” from Brighter (2013) Charlotte Sass “Lighter Things” from Lighter Things (2012) Churchill “The War Within” from War Within EP (2013) (D) Cassie Taylor “Again” from Out Of My Mind (2013)Otis Taylor “Little Willie” from Clovis People Vol. 3 (2010) (N) Andy Palmer “Good Son” from Hazard of the Die (2013) Thom Chacon “Chasing the Pain” from Thom Chacon (2013) Longest Day Of The Year “Change Our Ways” from Turn Into the Ground (2012) Raincheck “Oh Brother” from Raincheck (2012)
Happy Mother’s Day. Congrats to Cary Morin and Celeste Di Iorio on the announcement of their engagement this past week and to Bop Skizzum for finishing in the TOP 3 out of over 12,000 bands in the Hard Rock Cafe Rising competion …
The Colorado Sound Live365 brings you the hits, hitmakers, classics, and the monthly TOP 40 as reported in our News, Notes & Spins column each month along with some of the best in Americana, Urban Contemporary, Adult Alternative, Jazz, Blues, and more that do not appear in the monthly TOP 40 … check it out
Video Pick of the Week = Birch Street – Down the Line… enjoy …
PLAYLIST S7 EP18
Beast (Colorado) “Spaceman” from “Beast” (1969)
(N) The Piedmont Brothers Band (CC) “Full Circle” from PbbIII (2012)
(D) Sam Lee “The Broadway” from Raise Your Flag (2013) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Thunder On the Mountain” from Eyes on the Prize (2013) Broken Tongues “Does Hip Hop Remember the Jazz?” from Crooked Skyline (2012)
(D) AdrienneO “Innocence” from Innocence (2013)Take to the Oars “Morning Coffee” from The Bow & the Stern (2013) Bronze “Devil Again” from Snake Oil (2012) My Body Sings Electric “Oceancrest” from Oceancrest (2013) The Apples in Stereo (CC) “Hey Elevator” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010) Breathe Carolina “Blackout” from Hell Is What You Make It (2011) Churchill “Change” from War Within EP (2013) Jim Stanahan “Hip Street” from Free For All (2011) Manassas (CC) “Colorado” from Manassas (1972) Poco “Calico Lady” from Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969)
(D) Selina Albright “Brighter” from Brighter (2013) You Me and Apollo “Before I Die” from You Me and Apollo (2012) Beki Hemingway “Lose My Mind” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013)
(D) Sawmill Joe “I Don’t Know” from JeffCo (2013)Thom Chacon “American Dream” from Thom Chacon (2013) String Cheese Incident “Can’t Wait Another Day” from Can’t Wait Another Day (2012) Calder’s Revolvers “Not Into You” from Steady By Your Side (2012) The Swayback “Lost Lake Woods Club” from Double Four Time (2012) Sherri Jackson “Don’t Forget Me” from Catalyst (2000) Lindsey O’Brien Band “Existing Beauty” from As Long As It Matters (2008) Fox Street Allstars “Back to Memphis” from Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (2011) Shirley “4th of July” from From A Bright Clearing (2012)
So, keeping it simple, there are 300 titles on the tracking sheet. Q1 titles spun = 234. Here’s the TOP 100. Next quarterly report comes out in July.
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
4. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
5. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
6. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
7. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
8. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
9. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
10. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
11. A Boy and His Kite – A Boy and His Kite
12. You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP]
13. Wire Faces – King Cataract
14. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
15. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
16. Chris Daniels – Better Days
17. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
18. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
19. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
20. Churchill – The Change EP
21. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
22. The Gromet – Barren
23. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
24. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
25. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
26. Land Lines – Land Lines
27. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
28. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
29. SHEL – SHEL
30. Raincheck – Raincheck
31. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
32. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
33. Joshua Novak - Ephemeron
34. Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
35. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
36. Mosey West – Merica
37. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
38. Kristi Stice – Under the Willow
39. Rachel & the Kings – Tonic
40. 4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die
40. Trout Steak Revival – Flight
41. Carmelita’s Lovers – Ghosts of Our Former Selves
42. A Shoreline Dream – “333″
43. The Epilogues – Cinematics
44. Paper Bird – Rooms
45. The Swayback – Double Four Time
46. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
47. Instant Empire – Keep UP!
48. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
49. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
49. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
50. Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town
51. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
52. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
53. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away
54. Euforquestra – Let Us In
55. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
55. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
56. The Centennial – Nervous System
56. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
57. 3 Twins Broadband – Cry at the Movies / How Couldya Not [single]
57. Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band f/Erica Brown – Tangled Road
58. A Mouthful of Thunder – Slow Burn
59. The Knew – Man Monster
60. Boa & the Constrictors – Married to the Blues
60. gogoLab – Border Patrol
61. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years
62. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
62. Eye and the Arrow – If By Fire
63. Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails
64. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
64. Tyler Ward – Hello. Love. Heartache.
65. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
66. Abi Robins - Such A Mess
67. Carbon Choir – Sakhalin
68. Science Partner – Rocky Mountain News
69. Polarity – King of Hearts
70. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
71. West Water Outlaws – Real Killer
72. Esther Sparks & the Whiskey Remedy – Back to Life [single]
73. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
73. Fred Hess BIG BAND – Speak
73. Glowing House – Days Run Out
73. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
73. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
74. String Cheese Incident – Can’t Wait Another Day [single]
75. Mango fan Django - Indigo Dreams
76. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To
77. Meniskus – Stowaway
78. Fox Steet Allstars – Tough Talk
79. Jeremy Dion – Golden Some Days
79. Jesse Manley – A Path Through the Dark
79. John William Davis – Dead Simple, Vol. 1: You Talk Funny
79. P-Nuckle – The System
80. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons
81. Tennis – Young & Old
82. Calder’s Revolvers – Steady By Your Side
82. Instant Empire – Heavy Hollow
83. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
84. Amazing Twin – Grown Alone
LOL … ok, I have no shares this week… it happens. It’s been one of those weeks. I’d say that I highly recommend the new debuts this week, but that kinda goes without saying. Very pleased that I was able to debut the new Head for the Heels this week – way in advance of their upcoming new album due out in July. Fans of Dan Fogelberg, John Denver, and James Taylor will enjoy the new Danny Shafer album, Wherever You Are. And, I continue to be impressed with the Beki Hemingway record, “I Have Big Plans for the World” that I’ve been featuring the past few weeks now.
I got an interesting email from miss Megan Burtt this week.. she’s up to some kinda good …but it’s a secret and she ain’t tellin. LOL. Based on the questions she was asking me, this is going to be fun to see develop. In the meantime I’m looking forward to a new record from her. Got to hang out and do sound for Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams this weekend. Their new album is going to the mastering stage – with a hopeful done date by the end of May. Count on hearing it here first. Katie Glassman showed up for the second set… she’s heading into the studio on Monday to record her sophomore effort.
On next week’s show new music from AdrienneO and Sam Lee …
In the meantime check out The Colorado Sound “TV” – the best of what I’ve found to date on YouTube
PLAYLIST S7 EP17 May 2013
Zephyr “Sold My Heart” from Sunset Ride (2000) Jill Sobule “Cinnamon Park” from Underground Victorious (2004) Rob Drabkin “Little Steps” from Little Steps EP (2013) Petals of Spain “I Gotta Know” from Soul Canon (2013) Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett & the Wailers “Shame” from Wailin for Justice (2010) (D) Desirae Garcia “Hardly Are You Lonely” from Ill Fitting (2013) (N) Andy Hackbarth “Treadmill Horses” from Treadmill Horses (2013) Jeff Brinkman Band “Halo” from Strange (2012) Ryan Chrys “The Road Never Ends” from A Lick & A Promise (2013) (D) Head for The Hills “Take Me Back” from Take Me Back (2013) (D) Austin Young & No Difference “Blue As Can Be” from Blue As Can Be (2013) Great American Taxi “New Millennium Blues” from Reckless Habits (2010) Ben Haugland “The Point of No Return” from The Point Of No Return (2012) Acoustic Junction “Strange Days” from Strange Days (2000) Earth, Wind & Fire “Evil” from Head to the Sky (1973) (N) Churchill “Gone Too Long” from War Within EP (2013) Megan Burtt “Other Side of Lonely” from It Ain’t Love (2010) Bop Skizzum “Do You Want It?” from Coloradical (2012) (D) Danny Shafer “American In Me” from Wherever You Are (2013) (D) Jeff Scroggins & Colorado “New Mexico” from Western Branches (2013) (N) Beki Hemingway “Skybound” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013) The Fray “All At Once” from How to Save A Life (2005) A Boy and His Kite “You Want It, You Got It” from A Boy and His Kite (2012) The Autumn Film “Love Is An Avalance” from 8 Track Tape (2012) Places “The Fire” from No More Wasted Days (2012) (N) Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)
It hasn’t been a good month in our scene, I’m sorry to say. No sooner did we hear about the passing of legendary concert promoter Barry Fey, than we heard that long time scenester and bartender Chris Haney was shot to death while breaking up a fight at a Denny’s in Denver. The Denver Post and Westword have covered these stories admirably, so I won’t attempt to re-cover them here. It all sure did amount to a lot of heartbreak though as we ended the month, that otherwise had lots to celebrate.
Okay it’s official; I took the leap of faith after years of folks asking if they could get The Colorado Sound online…. here’s the whole thing … THE COLORADO SOUND RADIO & TV … of course, like any other broadcaster, it does take funding to keep it on the air – FUNDING AND SPONSORSHIPS.
The show that is heard throughout the state on participating stations will continue to be the hallmark program presenting the hottest new releases every week, as well as choice cuts from over the past 50 years. So, if you want to hear what’s NEW and BREAKING this week – you’ll need to dial up KRFC (Fort Collins), KOTO (Telluride), KDNK (Carbondale/Glenwood Springs), KWMV (Westcliffe), or KFVR (Pueblo).
The stats are looking fine too all the way around … this site generated a new monthly record for the month of April with over 1600 unique page views. The Colorado Sound Live365 in its first month had over 2500 unique page views, and over 1050 stream starts with an average listening time of 17 mins. The record number of streams for one day was 97. The station is capable of handling 500 non-VIP listeners at any one time. Overall, the Colorado Sound finished the month ranked #2282 on Live365 among 5500 stations.
We had ONE person sign up to become a VIP listener. We need 15 a month for the station to pay for itself, or other forms of funding to kick in. Please spread the word; every donation helps. ALSO … the new TOP40 goes live today, and there’s been some adds to other segments.. so do check it out.
My summer sure is shaping up. I’m now booked to be at over 20 events this summer – and just had to turn down another 10 because I just don’t have that many open Friday nights. Next festival on the schedule is Saturday June 1 – Sunday June 2 when I’ll be hosting the CHUN stage at the 42nd Annual CHUN People’s Fair – I think this is my 10th year hosting this stage now. I’ll be in Fort Collins every Thursday night from May 30-August 8 hosting the Thursday Night Live series, capped off by the 25th Annual Bohemian Nights @ New West Fest celebration Aug 16-18. Along the way, I’ll also produce and host the Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival on Aug 3rd, featuring The Samples, Face, The Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown, After Midnight Jazz Band, Jeff Brinkman Band, Jaden Carlson, and Jake Miles.
That’s if for me …
STATION NEWS
KGNU is celebrating 35 Years on air May 22nd. We will have an open house all day with birthday cake, ice cream and coffee. Noam Chomsky is speaking at the Central Presbytyrian Church in Denver on Tuesday, May 7th. This is a fundraiser for the station as part of our birthday month and tickets are available at www.kgnu.org.
We will have a special live broadcast of our Blues Legacy program from Cafe Sole (Table Mesa Shopping Center, South Boulder) on Friday, May 17th. The Boulder Blues Trio (John March, Chris Engelmann and Jay Forrest) will be joined by many special guests, including: Colorado music icon Chris Daniels and Denver blues & jazz singer extraordinaire Robert Johnson. Tune in Friday, May 10th, 6:00-9:00 PM.
KOTO is happy to introduce our new Executive Director, Dina Coates Koebler, to radio land! Dina’s extensive background in non-profit management and fundraising makes her the perfect fit. She’s been visiting Telluride from Springfield, IL for years and decided to shake things up and apply for the open position!
Downstairs at 207 North Pine Street, the venerable, purple KOTO house is undergoing a remodel, which will feature more, private office space, a brand-spanking new production room for our KOTO News team and electrical wiring that will no longer be a hazard to our building’s health!
Speaking of news, longtime KOTO News Director Stephen Barrett has, like his idol The King, left the building. We are sad to see him go, but wish him well in his re-invention back East. We hope he’ll return from time to time to be part of our Live Broadcasts of the Telluride Bluegrass and Telluride Blues and Brews Festivals. Taking the reins from Stephen is Laura Colbert, who has tons of experience in public affairs programming in public radio back in New Hampshire (fer damn sher!). Caitlin Ketel joins Laura in the part-time reporter position.
Telluride’s newest festival, The Ride is this July 13 and 14 in our beautiful Telluride Town Park. Headliners include David Byrne and St. Vincent, Rodrigo and Gabriela, Cake, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Steve Earle and much more! The festival is produced in partnership with KOTO-FM. We’d love to see you join in the fun and make The Ride’s second year a smashing success. More info at www.koto.org
I’m Mike Clifford, and I just took over as Music Director here at community radio KRZA Alamosa/Taos (“connecting cultures along the upper Rio Grande) on Monday, 04/29. I’m still working out my exact schedule, but, since I’m doing the morning show, too, I’m usually here from 8am to 9am M-F, if you can get up that early to call. I’ve actually been in the radio business much longer than seems possible, given my youthful, energetic and enthusiastic bearing . In any case, I remember things like getting Fluid records on vinyl from Sub Pop – because we didn’t have CD players at KRUX, in Las Cruces, NM, where I was MD at the time. In any case, I’m excited to be back “in the fray” as Chris K. said (or should that be Fray?), and looking forward to being in touch with folks. Thanks!
TOP 6 VIDEO PICKS – APRIL
Unfortunately, I’m having a major problem embedding a YouTube playlist. I’m not sure why, since I’ve done it before. Pls forgive the “mess” while I fix the leak in my brain. In the meantime follow the link to the current Pick 6 here …
276 titles tracked in March
172 titles were reported as played at least once.
(CC) = Colorado Connection
(D) = album/ep debut on chart
(R) = reenter
[date] = Date added to reporting list
(24) 1. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon (Pie Records) Americana [6-Mar-13]
(5) 2. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Indie/New Alternative [16-Feb-13]
(30) 3. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP (self( Rock/AAA [21-Mar-13]
(3) 4. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [1-Nov-12]
(14) 5. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove (WWR) Americana/jamgrass [16-Feb-13]
(1) 6. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Americana [1-Mar-12]
(18) 7. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) Indie/New Alternative [1-Nov-12]
(2) 8. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [20-Jan-13]
(13) 9. SHEL – SHEL (Moraine Records / Mad King Records) Pop/crossover [1-Aug-12]
(D) 10. Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP (January Records) Pop/adult contemporary [13-Apr-13]
(4) 11. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP (Ruff Shod/Nettwork) Folk [1-Nov-12]
(18) 12. Euforquestra – Let Us In (self) Funk/reggae [1-Apr-12]
(D) 13. Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere (self) Americana/alt-country-rock [30-Mar-13]
(17) 14. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk/modern pop [1-May-12]
(22) 15. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/jamband [1-Apr-12]
(D) 16. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize (self) Blues [7-Feb-13]
(13) 17. Trout Steak Revival – Flight (self) Bluegrass [22-Nov-12]
(11) 18. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Bluegrass [16-Jan-13]
(31) 19. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock/blues [10-Jan-13]
(6) 20. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant (self) Rock/AAA [5-Jan-13]
(7) 21. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade (self) Americana/alt-country [5-Jan-13]
(15) 22. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [1-Apr-12]
(D) 23. FaceMan – Talk Talk Talk (self) Rock/AAA [13-Feb-13]
(20) 24. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/country [1-Jul-12]
(30) 25. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange (self) Rock/AAA [1-Dec-12]
(9) 26. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [1-Sep-12]
(10) 27. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row (self) Indie/New Alternative [28-Jan-13]
(27) 28. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise (self) Folk [1-Jun-12]
(16) 28. Wire Faces – King Cataract (Hot Congress Records) Rock/ALT [10-Jan-13]
(D) 29. Beki Hemingway – I Have Big Plans For The World (Salt Lady Records) Rock/AAA [20-Apr-13]
(R) 29. Flobots – The Circle In the Square (Shanachie Records) Urban Contemporary [1-Aug-12]
(D) 29. OneRepublic – Native (Mosely/Interscope) Pop [13-Apr-13]
(D) 30. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity (self) Pop/singer-songwriter [20-Feb-13]
(D) 31. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be (Vizztone) Blues [23-Mar-13]
(D) 32. Joshua Novak – Ephemeron (self) Rock/ALT [24-Jan-13]
(21) 33. Churchill – The Change EP (A&M/Octone) Rock/AAA [1-Mar-12]
(D) 33. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project (self) Pop/crossover [14-Feb-13]
(D) 33. Take to the Oars – The Bow & the Stern EP (self) Rock/ALT [23-Mar-13]
(16) 34. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock [1-Sep-12]
(R) 35. The Gromet - Barren (self) Rock [1-Nov-12]
DROPPED OUT OF TOP 40 APRIL
Brad Goode – Chicago Red
Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town
Chris Daniels – Better Days
Confluence – I Haven’t Really Been Living
Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
Kristi Stice – Under the Willow
Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
Mosey West – Merica
O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
The Knew – Man Monster
Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
APRIL ADDS
a. Tom Collins – Stick & Poke
Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP
Andy Palmer – Hazard of the Die
Andy Thomas – Wicked, Dark
Attic Attack – Cloud Clarity & the Color Red
Beki Hemingway – I Have Big Plans For The World
Ben Makinen – The Goliath Beetle & The Ladybug
Cary Morin – Steamline
Churchill – The War Within EP
Dakota Blonde – The Love We Build
Danny Shafer – Wherever You Are
Desirae Garcia – Ill Fitting
Gotta Be Hot – Flash
Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens – The Holy Dogs of Other Days
John Gunther’s Safari Trio – Surrender
OneRepublic – Native
Post Paradise – Digging Secrets
Pretty Lights – Around the Block
Rob Drabkin – Down to Fate
Stoley Thyme – Time Is Possibility
The Changing Colors – Joan & the King
Trubelos – Boomerang Girl
Vices I Admire – Fables
STATION BY STATION
[X] = number of “current” titles reported as played in reporting period. This is so you’ll not only see what the top five records getting the most spins are at any station, but also how many “current year” releases are getting played.
KAFM (Grand Junction)[25]
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
2. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
3. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
3. Ryan Chrys – A Lick & A Promise
KBUT (Crested Butte) [12]
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
3. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
3. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
KDNK (Carbondale)[17]
1. Euforquestra – Let Us In
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP
2. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
KDUR (Durango)[15]
1. Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere
2. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
3. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
4. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
KGNU (Boulder) [27]
1. Paper Bird – Rooms
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
3. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [13]
1. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Desirae Garcia – Ill Fitting
3. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
4. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
KRFC (Fort Collins) [>100]
1. Michael Kirkpatrick – Key to My Cage
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
4. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
5. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
KRZA (Alamosa) [5]
1. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
1. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
1. Polarity – King of Hearts
1. Trout Steak Revival – Flight
2. Curtis Fuller – Down Home
KUNC (Greeley) [11]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Churchill – The Change EP
4. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
KUVO (Denver) [11]
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Fred Hess BIG BAND – Speak
3. John Gunther’s Safari Trio Surrender
4. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
4. Leslie Brown – Tenderly
KVNF (Paonia) [5]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. SHEL – SHEL
4. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
OPEN AIR 1340(Denver) [60]
1. Paper Bird – Rooms
2. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
3. Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. Glowing House – The Down and Out EP
THE COLORADO SOUND [41]
1. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP
2. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
3. Beki Hemingway – I Have Big Plans For The World
3. OneRepublic – Native
4. Paper Bird – Rooms
GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Bluegrass
1. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
2. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere
5. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
3. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
4. John Oates Band (CC) – The Bluesville Sessions
5. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Euforquestra – Let Us In
2. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
3. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
4. Air Dubai – Be Calm
5. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. SHEL – SHEL
3. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
4. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
5. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Indie/New Alternative
1. Paper Bird – Rooms
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
5. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
Jazz/Instrumental
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Leslie Brown – Tenderly
3. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
4. Ben Makinen – The Goliath Beetle & The Ladybug
5. gogoLab – Border Patrol
POP / Contemporary Adult / Crossover
1. Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP
2. OneRepublic – Native
3. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
4. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
5. Rob Drabkin – Down to Fate
ROCK / AAA / ALT / AOR
1. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP
2. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
3. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
4. FaceMan – Talk Talk Talk
5. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange
The following releases were serviced to radio/press by Chris “K” Kresge dba Rocky Mountain Music Network WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove Andy Hackbarth – Treadmill Horses EP Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity Lisa Bell – The Italian Project Ryan Chrys – A Lick & A Promise
Some great new music broke on this week’s show – including the first single from Rob Drabkin‘s upcoming 2nd full length due out in June … and a debut by Durango resident Thom Chacon that features Bob Dylan’s legendary rhythm section. Also shared this week, another cut from the new Paper Bird album, “Rooms.”
In News & Notes, April is Public Radio Music Month. Please text, msg, email, call your local public radio station and thank them for supporting Colorado Music. Two major Colorado music events to post about … FoCoMX on April 19 and 20 … and the Upper Colfax Root 40 Music Festival and Expo, April 22-28. I’ve been invited to speak on two panels during those events, on April 20, and April 22.
I did not come across a new video this week. I have been, however, enamored of SHEL’s re-imagination of the Led Zepplin classic “Battle of Evermore” … and happened on a video of the girls performing it about two years ago …
The Playlist – S7 EP13 April 2013
The Monocles “The Spider & the Fly” from The Spider & the Fly (1966) The Rainy Daze “Good Morning Mr. Smith” from That Acapulco Gold (1967) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Resignation Superman” from Beautiful World (1997) Leslie Brown “Welcome to the Machine” from Tenderly (2012) SHEL “Battle of Evermore” from SHEL (2012)
(D) Farmington Hill “10 Miles” from Bridge to Nowhere (2013) Drew Emmitt “Take the Long Way Home” from Long Road (2008)
(N) Paper Bird “Blood & Bones” from Rooms (2013)Achille Lauro “Hard Pressed” from Flight or Flight (2012) Take to the Oars “Morning Coffee” from The Bow & the Stern (2013) Monroe Monroe “Adore” from Hello Moon (2011) No Fair Fights “Kiss From A Rose” from The Sound of Burning Bridges (2011) Cocktail Revolution “Mistercool” from Better Reception (2008) John Denver “Rocky Mountain High” from Rocky Mountain High (1972) Firefall “Strange Way” from Elan (1978)
(N) The Congress “You’ve Got A Friend” from Loft Tapes (2013) Juno What?! “Shameless” from Shameless (2011)
(D) Thom Chacon “American Dream” from Thom Chacon (2013)Bonnie and The Clydes “Feel The Wheels Turn” from Wrong Side Up (2012) Great American Taxi “New Millennium Blues” from Reckless Habits (2010)
(N) Euforquestra “Free” from Let Us In (2012)
(D) Rob Drabkin “Down to Fate” [single] (2013)Katie Herzig “Free My Mind” from The Waking Sleep (2011)
(D) Joshua Trinidad “The Coast” from Maritime (2013)
April 1 2013. This site hit a record number of unique visitors and page views for the month of March, year to year. March was officially the 1st month of the 4th year of this blog. So far it’s been a pretty cool ride all the way around, with the blog averaging some 1500 unique views a month and the show heard six days a week on five stations, across numerous broadcast radio frequencies throughout the state.
Thanks to the wise council of a very good friend in the broadcast world, the time has come for a change. A build-out is happening as I write this. I’ve decided to add another dimension in getting some of the best music in our state to you 24/7/365… on your pc, pad, or smartphone. That said, I just moved into the realm of needing to raise revenue to support this build-out.
Beginning this month I’ll be doing outreach to fund this endeavor. I will be accepting a limited number of for-profit and non-profit underwriting sponsorships, and will be researching grants and other forms of revenue. Watch for a funding and sponsorship page to launch, as well as an updated station page in the next week or so. In the meantime, here’s a taste of what’s to come… check out cuts from this month’s TOP 40.
Thank you for the dozens of well wishes and kind thoughts I’ve received this past month. I’ve received several invitations to do marathons and bike-athons and more when I hit 60 in two years LOL. I totally intend to make it happen.
Speaking of well wishes and kind thoughts …it’s been kinda funny to have folks from NoCo call or text me that they heard my voice on a commercial for the Fort Collins’ Downtown Business Association. I’ve been doing their voice-over work since February. The spots air on several commercial stations in NoCo.
I was visiting my therapist (yes, goats do well under some therapy LOL) recently and mentioned KUNC. Her reaction surprised me a bit actually — she said she didn’t like classical music, so didn’t listen to KUNC. Not only has the station changed the sound of the daytime mix, with music director Benji McPhail and long-timer Wendy Wham rockin the desk from 9-2, they’ve also added an additional 3 hours of music programming Mon-Fri from 9-midnight. This is some of the most adventurous adult format music programming we’ve had in this area for a very long time. I think it best reflects what many of us old-timers recall as the best and more progressive years at stations like KBCO, KTCL (when they were still in Fort Collins), KYOU turned KDEN (about 1990), KFML and KCUV among maybe one or two more. Add to that a statewide reach on multiple frequencies and popular NPR programming.
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KBUT Community Radio is seeking a year-round, part-time Underwriting Director. Primary job duty is to sell underwriting sponsorships of KBUT programs to Gunnison Valley businesses and organizations. Check www.kbut.org for a complete job description and more information. Music and Web Director Grant McFarren is set to go full-time by adding Membership Director to his list of responsibilities. Grant has been a part-time KBUT employee since 2010, DJ since 2007, and was a Board Member 2008-2010.
KBUT has also announced that it will participate in the second annual Public Radio Music Month, a month‐long initiative in April 2013 that celebrates public radio stations’ invaluable role in America’s music culture.
Public Radio Music Month is a nationwide initiative that connects local public radio stations, artists and audiences in communities across the United States. Throughout the month of April, public radio stations around the state will emphasize special music programming in support of Public Radio Music Month.
Please call, email, text, or message your local community radio station and thank them for supporting Colorado music as part of their programming. It means a hellova lot when YOU make the call. Not everyone contributes monetarily; we all know that – doesn’t mean you’re not supporting. Thank you for listening.
April marks the 10-year anniversary of “Colorado Spotlight,” Colorado Public Radio (CPR) Classical’s flagship program that features the state’s major classical organizations through performances, interviews and live broadcasts. “Colorado Spotlight” is hosted by Charley Samson and airs Monday – Friday and Sunday at 7 p.m.
“When we first started ‘Colorado Spotlight’ in 2003, the classical community was much smaller, and we weren’t sure if we’d have enough local content to produce a daily show,” said Samson. “Now, we have literally hundreds of live and recorded performances to choose from, a true testament to the strength of the classical community here in Colorado and of the music enthusiasts who continue to support it.”
“Colorado Spotlight’s” long-lasting partnerships with the state’s leading classical organizations like the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Colorado Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Valley and Aspen Music Festivals provide a prominent statewide stage presence through recordings, in-depth interviews and live broadcasts.
Over 400 classical artists have visited the CPR Performance Studio, sharing intimate live and recorded performances and interviews that reveal personal insight and their own interpretation of the music. CPR’s Performance Studio features state-of-the-art recording capabilities, along with a nine-foot Steinway concert grand piano that was funded by the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Artists that have visited the space include Joshua Bell, Sir James Galway and Eugenia Zukerman.
To commemorate 10 years in the community, Samson will air a weeklong showcase of some of the program’s most memorable interviews and performances, beginning Monday, April 1 through Friday, April 5. The celebration will culminate on Sunday, April 7 with a two-hour live broadcast from the CPR Performance Studio featuring the Ivy Street Trio, the Colorado Chamber Players and others.
“Colorado Spotlight” 10-Year Anniversary Celebration Schedule, April 1-5, 7 at 7 p.m.
April 7 — Live from the CPR Performance Studio with the Ivy Street Trio and Colorado Chamber Players with pianists Andrew Cooperstock, Hsing-ay Hsu, David Korevaar and Susan Grace; flutist Brook Schoenwald; violinist Yumi Hwang Williams; violist Mary Cowell and cellist Judith McIntyre.
Thom Chacon, Paper Bird, Esme Patterson, WhiteWater Ramble, Rachel and the Kings, Glowing House
TOP 40 SPINS MARCH 2013
254 titles tracked in March
160 titles were reported as played at least once.
(CC) = Colorado Connection
(D) = album/ep debut on chart
(R) = reenter
[date] = Date added to reporting list
(4) 1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Americana [1-Mar-12]
(3) 2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [20-Jan-13]
(1) 3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [1-Nov-12]
(6) 4. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP (Ruff Shod/Nettwork) Folk [1-Nov-12]
(D) 5. Paper Bird – Rooms (self) Indie/New Alternative [16-Feb-13](2) 6. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant (self) Rock/Pop [5-Jan-13]
(9) 7. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade (self) Americana [5-Jan-13]
(R) 8. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Folk [1-Jun-12]
(18) 9. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [1-Sep-12]
(D) 10. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row (self) Indie/New Alternative [28-Jan-13](11) 11. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Bluegrass [16-Jan-13]
(D) 12. Brad Goode – Chicago Red (Origin Records) Jazz [15-Feb-13]
(23) 13. SHEL – SHEL (Moraine Records / Mad King Records) Folk [1-Aug-12]
(R) 13. Trout Steak Revival – Flight (self) Bluegrass [22-Nov-12]
(D) 14. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove (self) Bluegrass/jamgrass [16-Feb-13]
(27) 15. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana [1-Jul-12]
(22) 15. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [1-Apr-12]
(17) 16. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock [1-Sep-12]
(R) 16. Wire Faces – King Cataract (Hot Congress Records) Rock [10-Jan-13]
(19) 17. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk [1-May-12]
(13) 18. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana [1-Mar-12]
(21) 18. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) Folk [1-Nov-12]
(R) 18. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle (self) Rock/alt-country-rock [1-Jun-12]
(R) 18. Euforquestra – Let Us In (self) World [1-Apr-12]
(R) 19. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock/roots rock [1-Apr-12]
(13) 20. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana [1-Jul-12]
(12) 21. Churchill – The Change EP (A&M) Rock/folk-rock [1-Mar-12]
(R) 22. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana [1-Apr-12]
(R) 23. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs (self) Blues/rhythm & blues [1-Apr-12]
(D) 24. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon (Pie Records) Americana [6-Mar-13]
(R) 25. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader (self) Indie/New Alternative [1-May-12]
(25) 26. Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town (On Joyful Wings) Indie/New Alternative [6-Feb-13]
(R) 27. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise (self) Folk [1-Jun-12]
(D) 28. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (Blank Tape) Indie/New Alternative [19-Jan-13]
(R) 29. The Knew – Man Monster (self) Rock [1-Jun-12]
(D) 30. Confluence – I Haven’t Really Been Living (self) Indie/New Alternative [28-Feb-13]
(5) 30. Jeff Brinkman Band – Strange (self) Rock/adult alternative [1-Dec-12]
(D) 30. The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP (self) Rock/soul [21-Mar-13]
(R) 30. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior (Mack Avenue) Jazz [1-Sep-12]
(33) 31. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock [10-Jan-13]
(D) 31. Kristi Stice – Under the Willow (self) Indie/New Alternative [9-Jan-13]
MARCH ADDS
Ambassador Wolf – Tracks In The Woods
Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
Ben Hanna – We Were Like Whatever
Blue Grama – Dust Bowl Blues
Chauncey Crandall – Every Song Is About You
Confluence – I Haven’t Really Been Living
Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere
Glowing House – The Down and Out [single]
KING – Need A Woman By Friday [single]
Michael Kirkpatrick – Key to My Cage
Nina Storey (CC) – Think Twice [single]
OneRepublic – What You Wanted [single]
Smythe & Taylor – These Rosita Hills
Take to the Oars – The Bow & the Stern
The Centennial – Nervous System
The Congress – The Loft Tapes EP
Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
Willie Houston – Live at Ziggies
STATION BY STATION
[X] = number of “current” titles reported as played in reporting period. This is so you’ll not only see what the top five records getting the most spins are at any station, but also how many “current year” releases are getting played.
KAFM (Grand Junction) [19]
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
KBUT (Crested Butte) [15]
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
2. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Trout Steak Revival – Flight
KDNK (Carbondale) [18]
1. Euforquestra – Let Us In
1. Paper Bird – Rooms
2. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
KDUR (Durango) [17]
1. Farmington Hill – Bridge to Nowhere
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Thom Chacon – Thom Chacon
4. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
5. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
KGNU (Boulder) [18]
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
3. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
KOTO (Telluride) [6]
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
3. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days
3. Churchill – The Change
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [11]
1. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
4. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KRFC (Fort Collins) [>100]
1. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. Michael Kirkpatrick – Keys To My Cage
3. Paper Bird – Rooms
4. You Me & Apollo – You Me & Apollo
5. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro & the Elephant
KUNC (Greeley) [13]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
5. Churchill – The Change EP
KUVO (Denver)[8]
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Polarity – King of Hearts
3. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
4. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
5. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
KVNF (Paonia) [6]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. Glowing House – Days Run Out
2. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
2. SHEL – SHEL
Open Air 1340 (Denver)[73]
1. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Wire Faces – King Cataract
4. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
5. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
The Colorado Sound[57]
1. The Gromet – Barren
2. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
2. You Me & Apollo – You Me & Apollo
3. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
3. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Bluegrass
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
4. Trout Steak Revival – Flight
5. WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
3. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away
4. John Oates Band (CC) – The Bluesville Sessions
5. Austin Young & No Difference – Blue As Can Be
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
3. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
3. Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
3. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
3. SHEL – SHEL
4. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
5. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
Indie/New Alternative
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Paper Bird – Rooms
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
5. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
Jazz/Instrumental
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
3. Polarity – King of Hearts
4. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
5. Fred Hess Big Band – Speak
POP / Contemporary Adult / Crossover
1. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
1. Rebecca Folsom – Reunion
2. Nina Storey (CC) – Think Twice [single]
3. KING – Need A Woman By Friday [single]
3. OneRepublic – What You Wanted [single]
ROCK / AAA / ALT / AOR
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
2. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
2. Wire Faces – King Cataract
3. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
4. Mosey West – Merica
DISCLAIMER: The following records were sent to radio/press by Chris Kresge, aka Chris K, dba Rocky Mountain Music Network
Chris Daniels – Better Days
Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
March 31 — Sunday — Happy Easter (if you celebrate such things). Today is also the day when I have to finish up the NEWS NOTES & SPINS for April 1. Doesn’t mean though that I neglected this week’s playlist post or something new that hit my desk yesterday while I was working on the spins data.
In this week’s show I pulled a tribute to Richie Furay — from his days with Buffalo Springfield from their last album, and from Poco’s first album. Is is these incredible early bands in Richie’s career that have established him as one of the most legendary of Colorado’s musicians. He’s in the studio now with John Macy and friends finishing up a new solo effort due for release this year. I have no doubt it will be yet another legacy record in his career, although for sure not all his previously released solo efforts have been all that…
VIDEO / NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK
I’m a junkie. I’m always looking for that next new hit, that next “wow” moment that releases all the feel good at one time … sometimes it’s brutally ecstatic, but then you get the occasional “on second thought” moment when you realize that there’s always that next great hit and maybe this one wasn’t all that – ya know?
Durango singer-songwriter Thom Chacon just breathed his voice on me and released that energy. I think that what I’m hearing is pretty significant – like the first time I heard Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road” in ’88 or Son Volt’s “Trace” in ’95. Those are seminal recordings, rare performances …anything that’s compared to them had better bring it – one shot – one hit – all the feel good in one huge rush. And it had better be worth more than one dose …otherwise it’s just another pissed load.
The album production notes really are the tie-off … “This record was recorded using all discrete transistor and vacuum tube technology in an all analogue format with Bob Dylan’s fabulous rhythm section (Tony Garner on bass and George Recile on drums).” The record is finished masterfully and pressed on 200 gram virgin vinyl.
Before you even get to the notes though, it’s Thom who’s offering …that early free “what’s this” thing that happens before the full rush comes on …it happens within half a song, half of the first song, the 2:29 “Innocent Man.” It’s in the voice, in the way he tells the story. In “American Dream,” the first official single and video off the album, a sense of fatalism comes into the picture with lines like “I’m worth more dead cuz baby I owe.” “Juarez, Mexico” could be a sister song to some of Dave Alvin’s folkier tomes. “Alcohol” stings as you know it does when the needle breaks the flesh – “oh, I’m sick, I’m shivering and I want nothing more than to spend time with you.” It only works if it’s pure …and Thom is every bit that – pure. At least that’s the hope now, isn’t it?
All in smooth haze and all, what I’m hearing tonight has a transcendent quality …and if not for the crowded bazaar today it seems on first blush that it could easily be considered in the same vein as…
…now, admitting you have a problem, as the first step to recovery, only works if you want to recover, right?
…yeah, no …not this time …not tonight.
Maybe tomorrow.
PLAYLIST S7 EP12
(C) = current title
(G) = gold
(R) = recurrent
(D) = debut album, ep, or single
(N) = new song from previously debuted album or ep
(G) Rick Roberts “West Wind” from She Is A Song (1973)
(G) Dan Fogelberg “Full Circle” from Full Circle (2003)
(C) Ryan Chrys “Stand & Be Counted” from A Lick & A Promise (2013)
(C) You Me and Apollo “Oh My Molly” from You Me and Apollo (2012)
(C) Johnny Hickman “Another Road” from Tilting (2012)
(R) Rachel James “We Don’t Care” from Not Giving Up (2011)
(G) Basheba Earth “Galaktik Luv” from Mothership (2006)
(R) Mahlon Hawk “Blackbird” from Black Edge (2011)
(C) Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown “Tangled Road” from Tangled Road (2012)
(C) WhiteWater Ramble “Standard Deviation” from Roots & Groove (2013)
(G) Yonder Mountain String Band “Criminal” from The Show (2009)
(G) Ninth + Lincoln Orchestra “Your Cent” from Ninth & Lincoln (2008)
(G) Buffalo Springfield “Kind Woman” from Last Time Around (1968) *tribute to Richie Furay*
(G) Poco “Calico Lady” from Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969) *tribute to Richie Furay*
(C) Chris Daniels “Sister Delores” from Better Days (2012)
(C) Jeff Brinkman Band “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012)
(C) Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013)
(N) Congress “Killing Me Softly” from Loft Tapes (2013)
(C) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Carry On” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
(G) Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters “I Want to Dance, Dance, Dance” from Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set (2010)
(R) Petals of Spain “Working 9 to 5” from Late Night Visitor (2011)
(C) Strange Americans “Plastic Pearls” from A Royal Battle (2012)
(C) Idlewhile Band “Dragonfly” from Live at the Walnut Room EP Vol 1 (2012)
(D) Matt Skellenger “My Side” from The Owls Are Not What They Seem (2013)
No time for commentary this week guys. I am on my way out the door heading to the CHUN Peoples’ Fair UMX today … had to miss yesterday cuz of all the snow blocking me in …
VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK: Rachel & the Kings are coming on strong in 2013, with a nomination in the Westword Music Showcase ballot, and invitations to perform at some of the top local music events of the summer.
PLAYLIST S7 EP11 March 2013
Sugarloaf “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” from Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975) The Thugs “Voices” from The Thugs (1992)
(D) Michael Kirkpatrick “Young Man” from Key To My Cage (2013)Strange Americans “Engine” from A Royal Battle (2012) Nina Storey “Think Twice” from Think Twice (2013) Beats Noir! “Going Nowhere (feat. Venus Cruz)” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013) Mercury Project “Fenced In” from Soapbox Jive (2004) P-Nuckle “The System” from The System (2013)Tyler Ward “Raise Up” from Hello. Love. Heartbreak (2012)
(D) TheCongress “People Get Ready” from Loft Tapes (2013) Dennis Wanebo “Running on Gravity” from Running On Gravity (2013) John Oates Band “Sittin’ On Top of the World” from The Bluesville Sessions (2012) Peter Sommer “Looks Like This” from Tremolo Canteen (2010) Earth, Wind & Fire “Runnin’” from All ‘n’ All (1977) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Roadhouse Music” from When You’re Cool (1987)
(N) Kristi Stice “Down By the Bucket” from Forgiving The Road (2013)You Me and Apollo “Before I Die” from You Me and Apollo (2012) Gromet “Skip Your Stone” from Barren (2013) WhiteWater Ramble “Dear Mr. Bankman” from Roots & Groove (2013) Railbenders “Texas Sun” from Southbound (2001)
(N) Fox Street Allstars “If I’m Wrong” from Tough Talk (2013) String Cheese Incident “Tinder Box” from Untying the Not (2003) Monroe Monroe “The Salesman” from Interiors (2013) Rachel & the Kings “Fall Down” from Tonic (2013) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Chasing After Things (We Don’t Know the Names)” from Spools of Thread (2010) Jim Stranahan “Leaves Must Fall” from Free For All (2010)
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Established in 1979, KVNF offers a professional and supportive work environment in a 6,000 square foot, inspiring state-of-the art broadcast facility. Headquartered in the town of Paonia, and serving a vast swath of western Colorado, the area is an outdoor person’s dream. From spectacular alpine vistas to sandstone canyons and world class river rafting KVNF’s listening area offers high quality living. For a complete description please visit our website www.kvnf.org. No Phone calls please. KVNF is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to a fair and diverse workplace.\
Terms: Full time, salary, pay DOE
KVNF is looking for someone to build upon our existing local news effort—improve the breadth and depth of our content, strengthen existing community relationships, and make KVNF even more of a news resource for Colorado’s Western Slope. The News Director plays a key role in shaping the voice and direction of KVNF’s local news, providing leadership to ensure the evolution of high journalistic standards and quality content.
Description: The News Director is in charge of the News Department at KVNF. The ND is responsible for overseeing the editorial agenda of the News Department, creating the daily local newscast, identifying and reporting on news stories in the local community, monitoring other media sources, assigning stories to and editing volunteer/freelance reporters and supervising other news staff. KVNF’s broadcast community includes seven counties and 10,000 square miles of Colorado’s rural Western Slope.
The News Director serves as a member of the Editorial Policy Review Committee.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential News Duties:
Develop KVNF’s daily local newscast (Monday-Friday). Prepare daily newscast from a variety of sources, including original reporting
Report, record and/or edit news spots, interviews, and news features for broadcast
Select material most pertinent to the KVNF audience, and organize this material into appropriate format for newscast. Edit news material for content and length
Train, assign and edit volunteers and freelancers within the News Department
Continue training and working with morning host(s)
Post and maintain news content on KVNF’s Core Publisher website
Produce, host and edit KVNF’s weekly public affairs program.
Alternate producing monthly call-in show with Program Director.
Monitor and schedule breaking news from NPR and local sources. Create and schedule promos for these special broadcasts.
Meet deadlines and be responsible for completing assigned duties on time
Provide up-to-the-minute emergency news coverage when needed
Provide live updates and information during elections
Engage with the community as a professional, respectful representative of KVNF
Other Duties:
Help maintain and sign-out production equipment for staff and volunteers
Assist with remote broadcasts, live performances and interviews as needed
Assist in fundraising efforts and community outreach such as membership drives and events when needed. Will include occasional nights/weekends
Assist with office operations: answering phone, public relations, station tours and on-air hosting as needed
Attend and participate in all general staff meetings
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
At least 2 years experience in radio and/or print journalism; demonstrated reporting skills (work samples required)
Knowledge of Western issues (water, energy, agriculture, public lands)
Strong interest in local news and public affairs
Strong verbal and writing skills
Ability to prioritize tasks, practice effective time management and work independently
Ability to work well with a large and diverse group of volunteers, as well as other staff and freelancers
On-air skills and knowledge of broadcast and digital recording equipment
Computer skills a must (Microsoft Office, PC Platform, email, web); digital editing experience required
Web and social media skills/experience preferred
Community radio and/or nonprofit experience a plus
Application requirements:
Resume
Cover letter
Two letters of reference
Three (3) work samples (radio and/or print)
Applications must be submitted by mail. No Phone calls. Position is open until filled.
KVNF Community Radio
News Director Search
PO Box 1350
Paonia, CO 81428
KVNF is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to a fair and diverse workplace.
Definitely a crazy week for new releases with 8 debut or new cuts shared. B-day wishes out to John Hayes, Garret Sayer (the Motet), Jamie Hillyer (Module Overload Recording Studio) , Chris Maestas (Wendy Wood Band), and Tyler Grant (Grant Farm) among others. … That’s about it … enjoy the video and music shares this week.
. In any case, I remember things like getting Fluid records on vinyl from Sub Pop – because we didn’t have CD players at KRUX, in Las Cruces, NM, where I was MD at the time. In any case, I’m excited to be back “in the fray” as Chris K. said (or should that be Fray?), and looking forward to being in touch with folks. Thanks!
