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
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
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.
Award winning rural service network, KVNF Community Radio, seeks a forward thinking and creative General Manager to lead our mission driven broadcast organization into the future. We are looking for a well-organized leader who combines strong communication and managerial skills with a vision for making community radio essential. KVNF offers the General Manager an excellent opportunity to work with a committed Board of Directors and enthusiastic staff, while leading an outstanding community broadcast organization into the future.
Established in 1979, KVNF provides eclectic music, news, public affairs, arts and entertainment programming 24/7 for a multi-aged audience that is culturally and economically diverse. Headquartered in the town of Paonia, KVNF offers a professional work environment in a 6,000 square foot, inspiring state-of-the art broadcast facility. From spectacular alpine vistas to sandstone canyons and world class river rafting KVNF’s listening area offers high quality living.
For a complete description 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.
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
Sunday March 3rd. I’m a couple of days behind schedule. Could just be the three days that February was shorted at birth. After successfully blowing up the Y-T-D stats for unique visits in January, we lost some ground in February. That’s cool, we still had over 40 unique visits a day on average here – not counting the activity that takes place at my FB page.
I’ve been reworking a couple of the other pages here – notably the Rocky Mountain Music Network page, which is where you can find a listing of the records I’ve sent to radio and print media in CO on behalf of artists since 2008. Very happy to announce that the new Lisa Bell and WhiteWaterRamble releases are on the list for this year. There are a few more pending so stay tuned for those.
There were 28 new adds in February. There were 27 in January. At this rate we’d wind up with 330-360 releases being tracked for the year … which is about right. Estimates being what they are, “we” (those of us who talk about such things) think there’s about 500 records a year released in the state from an estimated 2000 acts (from solo to full orchestra). 12 of the 28 debuts wound up in the TOP 40 most spun in February… more will likely show up in the TOP 40 for March. I was very happy to see my friend Jon Wirtz’s new record “Tourist” do so well OTB (out of the box). I think his debut at #7 may be the highest debut for a jazz record I’ve ever logged.
On a personal note: I have entered a new phase in my life. I’ve long wondered if I could enjoy a physical fitness lifestyle.. biking, working out, eating “good” (healthy) foods, not drinking, not smoking, etc … So I hit the switch in my brain and embarked on a new lifestyle. And no, I didn’t give up the green .. a goat does need one vice LOL. But you are likely to see me out biking this spring and summer with some buddies – or at the gym … I started at 172-174. I’m at 161 five weeks in with a goal by Aug 1 of 145-148 and a goal by the time I hit 60 (two more years) of either a running marathon or a bike marathon. Question: can 60 year olds rock a sixpack? Hmmm… guess we’ll find out. Live healthy my friends .. catch you on the airwaves or at a show.
Do take a 30 minute break from the day and enjoy my video picks of the month.
STATION NEWS
March 1st marks the end of an era at KUNC (Greeley). Nancy D’Albergaria, KUNC’s Development Director since January, 2008, is retiring. Though Nancy has been on staff for only 5 years, her involvement with the station dates back to the early 90’s, when she began as a volunteer, along with her husband Thom and their children Sean and Ann.
Nancy soon became a member of the KUNC Community Advisory Board, and served as its chair. In February 2001, Nancy co-chaired the Friends of KUNC group that raised $2 million in 20 days to purchase KUNC’s license from the University of Northern Colorado, creating Community Radio For Northern Colorado (CRNC) and ensuring that KUNC continued as an independent station.
She went on to serve on the board of CRNC from 2001-2007, including a term as board chair. Nancy’s commitment and many contributions to KUNC over the years have been invaluable in creating the station that we are today. We wish her well as she embarks on her future travels.
Carrie Saldo will be joining KUNC and RMPBS starting April 1st, as an an arts and culture reporter (in conjunction with Rocky Mountain PBS and KUVO). For the past 2 years Carrie has been the host, writer and producer of “Connecting Point” – a nightly, 30 minute interview program on PBS member station WGBY-TV in Springfield, MA. Carrie also spent 3 years at WAMC public radio in Albany, NY as the Berkshire Bureau Chief.
Luke Runyon of Aspen Public Radio will officially be joining KUNC as their first Agribusiness Reporter on Monday, March 11th (in conjunction with Harvest Public Media, a network of stations across the midwest that does Grassroots reporting on food, fuel and field (http://harvestpublicmedia.org/). Luke spent the past 18 months working in Aspen covering general assignment, environmental and land use stories. He is already a familiar voice on our airwaves because of our collaboration with RMCR (Rocky Mountain Community Radio) and He’s also been featured on NPR several times.
Sally Kane, executive director for KVNF (Paonia), is stepping down from her position in June to look for new life opportunities. In her email out to RMCR (Rocky Mountain Community Radio) stations, Sally writes “We’ll be posting for my replacement and for a news position in the next couple of weeks. I’m still here for awhile so this won’t be the last you hear from me…” Sally first appeared on the air at KVNF when she was a high school student in 1980, and has long been considered one of RMCR’s brightest executive directors. Founded in 1979, starting with 10 watts of power in a garage on a mesa overlooking the town of Paonia, KVNF has grown to serve parts of 6 rural counties with two transmitters and seven translators and thousands of watts of power.
BREAKING NEWS ADDED an hour AFTER I published …. thanks to Andrew Schneider for the update. KRFC Development Director Danielle Hastings announced her resignation at the end of January. She is now at FoCoMA now as their full time seasonal marketing/communications and volunteer person. KRFC is now looking for a full time Development Director. Full details and downloadable application at http://www.krfcfm.org/about-krfc/jobs/. Essentially, this is a full time, 40 hour gig that pays $30,000 a year + commission to the right person. The successful candidate should have a minimum of a Bachelors degree in a related field and/or relevant experience, with experience generating operating revenues in a corporate, nonprofit or institutional setting. Knowledge of the public radio mission and its diverse audience is an advantage, as is demonstrated success in fundraising and/or grant writing for nonprofit programs along with demonstrated success in community and professional networking. The application deadline is March 14.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY… here I thought that only one station in Colorado was having a 10 year birthday party — and lo and behold there are two. Happy 10th birthday to KHEN (Salida) and KRFC (Fort Collins).
Locally-focused community radio, KRFC, hit Ft. Collins airwaves on March 1, 2003. KRFC will be hosting their 10th birthday party on April 6th featuring Great American Taxi, Mama Lenny & The Remedy, and a double dose of Michael Kirkpatrick from The Holler!
KHEN held their 10th birthday party in a new location in Salida on March 2nd. Don’t know what those folks are up to down there, but the website at http://www.khen.org hasn’t been updated since late last summer. Hope they get it fixed so we can all enjoy knowing what they’re playing..
MONTHLY TOP VIDEO PICKS
featuring Esther Sparks, Lisa Bell, The Lumineers, Kyle James Hauser, OneRepublic, Meniskus, Broken Tongues (7 videos = 30 minutes)
TOP 40 SPINS FEB 2013
When you look at the Station By Station listing you’ll notice ["x" number titles reported]. This is so you’ll not only see what the top five records getting the most love at a station are, but also how many “current year” releases are getting played. For February there were 290 titles tracked. 180 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
(3) 1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [1-Nov-12]
(2) 2. Fierce Bad Rabbit – TheMaestro and the Elephant (self) Rock/Adult Alternative [5-Jan-13]
(D) 3. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone (Telarc) Blues [20-Jan-13]
(1) 4. The Lumineers - The Lumineers (Dualtone) Americana [1-Mar-12]
(4) 5. Jeff Brinkman – Strange (self) Rock/Adult Alternative [1-Dec-12]
(15) 6. Elephant Revival - It’s Alive EP (Ruff Shod/Nettwork) Folk [1-Nov-1]
(D) 7. Jon Wirtz – Tourist (self) Jazz [31-Jan-13]
(D) 8. A Boy and His Kite – A Boy and His Kite (self) Indie/New Alternative [7-Jan-13]
(8) 9. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade (self) Americana/country-rock [5-Jan-13]
(15) 10. Flobots – The Circle In the Square (Shanachie Records) Urban Contemporary/alternative hip-hop [1-Aug-12]
(D) 11. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round (self) Bluegrass [16-Jan-13]
(R) 12. Churchill – The Change EP (A&M/Otone) Rock/adult alternative [1-Mar-12]
(30) 13. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/classic country [1-Jul-12]
(R) 13. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana/country [1-Mar-12]
(D) 14. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize (self) Blues [7-Feb-13]
(20) 15. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down (self) Urban Contemporary/alternative hip-hop [1-Oct-12]
(D) 16. Joshua Novak – Ephemeron (self) Rock/alternative [24-Jan-13]
(6) 17. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock [1-Sep-12]
(31) 18. A Shoreline Dream – “333″ (self) Rock/alterative [12-Sep-12]
(7) 18. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [1-Sep-12]
(27) 19. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk/pop [1-May-12]
(D) 20. Abi Robins – Such A Mess (Morning Bird Records) Indie/New Alternative [30-Jan-13]
(14) 21. Sera Cahoone (CC) - Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) Folk [1-Nov-12]
(23) 22. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [1-Apr-12]
(R) 23. SHEL - SHEL (Moraine Records / Mad King Records) Folk [1-Aug-12 2012]
(29) 24. Land Lines – Land Lines (self) Indie/New Alternative [24-Nov-12]
(D) 25. Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town (On Joyful Wings) Indie/New Alternative [6-Feb-13]
(10) 26. You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP] (self) Indie/New Alternative [1-Dec-12]
(11) 27. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/country, folk [1-Jul-12]
(D) 27. gogoLab - Border Patrol (self) Jazz/soundtrack [7-Feb-13]
(D) 28. A Mouthful of Thunder – Slow Burn (self) Indie/New Alternative [1-Jan-12]
(D) 29. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity (self) Folk/singer-songwriter [20-Feb-13]
(24) 29. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP (self) Rock/AAA [19-Jan-13]
(R) 30. 4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die (self) Alt-country-rock [1-Jun-12]
(27) 31. Bad Weather California - Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative [1-Feb-12]
(D) 32. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project (self) POP/crossover/adult contemporary [14-Feb-13]
(19) 32. The Gromet - Barren (self) Rock/AAA [1-Nov-12]
(R) 32. Tyler Ward – Hello. Love. Heartache. (self) POP/dance/R&B [1-Nov-12]
(R) 33. Achille Lauro - Flight or Flight (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [1-Mar-12]
(31) 33. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock/blues-rock [10-Jan-13]
FEB ADDS
Abi Robins – Such A Mess
Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
Brad Goode – Chicago Red
Catch Bees – Narratives from a Factory Town
Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
Drop Switch – Thin the Herd EP
Esther Sparks & the Whiskey Remedy – Back to Life
FaceMan – Talk Talk Talk
Fox Steet Allstars – Tough Talk
Glass Delirium – Diamond Lullabies
gogoLab – Border Patrol
Jeremy Dion – Golden Some Days
Jesse Manley – A Path Through the Dark
Jon Wirtz – Tourist
Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
Meniskus – Stowaway
Mountain Standard Time – Sunny
Paper Bird – Rooms
P-Nuckle – The System
Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
Rebecca Folsom – Reunion
Reno Divorce – Lover’s Leap
Rob Roper – The Other Side of Nowhere
Ryan Chrys – A Lick & A Promise
The Centennial – Nervous System
Thief River – Southbound to Nowhere
Uncommoners – Time and Other Tricks
WhiteWater Ramble – Roots & Groove
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction) [20 titles reported]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
2. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
3. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KBUT (Crested Butte) [12 titles reported]
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
2. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
3. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
KDNK (Carbondale) [24 titles reported]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. John Oates Band (CC) – The Bluesville Sessions
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
KDUR (Durango) [22 titles reported]
1. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
2. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro and the Elephant
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
3. The Epilogues – Cinematics
4. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
KGNU (Boulder) [17 titles reported]
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days
4. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
4. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
KRFC (Fort Collins) [>100 titles reported]
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro & the Elephant
2. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches & Hugs
3. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
4. Wire Faces – King Cataract
5. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [12 titles reported]
1. A Shoreline Dream – “333″
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
2. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KSJD (Cortez) [3 titles reported]
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
.
.
KUNC (Greeley) [13 titles reported]
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
3. Churchill – The Change EP
3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
KUVO (Denver) [6 titles reported]
1. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
2. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
3. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
4. Polarity – King of Hearts
5. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
KVNF (Paonia) [7 titles reported]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Chris Coady – From Down Here
3. Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) [67 titles reported]
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Wire Faces – King Cataract
3. Land Lines – Land Lines
4. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. The Centennial – Nervous System
The Colorado Sound [57 titles reported]
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
2. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
3. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
3. gogoLab – Border Patrol
3. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
3. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
3. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
4. Chris Daniels – Better Days
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
2. Bad Brad & the Fat Cats – Eyes on the Prize
3. Boa & the Constrictors – Married to the Blues
4. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away
5. Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band f/Erica Brown – Tangled Road
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
3. Tyler Ward – Hello. Love. Heartache.
4. Air Dubai – Be Calm
4. Drop Switch – Thin the Herd EP
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
4. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
5. SHEL – SHEL
Indie/New Alternative
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. A Boy and His Kite – A Boy and His Kite
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. Abi Robins – Such A Mess
5. Land Lines – Land Lines
Jazz/Instrumental
1. Jon Wirtz – Tourist
2. gogoLab – Border Patrol
3. Brad Goode – Chicago Red
4. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
5. Mango fan Django – Indigo Dreams
POP / Contemporary Adult / Crossover
1. Dennis Wanebo – Running On Gravity
1. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
2. Lisa Bell – The Italian Project
2. Tyler Ward – Hello. Love. Heartache.
3. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
ROCK / AAA / ALT / AOR
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
2. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
3. Churchill – The Change EP
4. Joshua Novak – Ephemeron
5. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
2013 marks my 40th year dj’ing in one way or another. Officially – professionally – I’ve been in radio since my first paycheck in 1977, so I have four more years before I celebrate my official 40th anniversary on the airwaves. But, it was 1973, as a graduating high school senior, that I first laid a needle to a record for the purposes of making people smile and dance. Now of course, in my world it’s all digital – but I digress. You know that old saying, “never judge a book by its cover?” Well, never judge a music lover by the hat he wears LOL. I may love my cowboy hats, but you’re as likely to see me bopping to some hip-hop as well as some authentic roots country – unless you’re screaming or being outright violent… that’s where the line gets drawn for me. And here in Colorado, a place I’ve called home most of my life now, there’s more than enough great music of all flavors to enjoy – regardless of the hat you wear (or not).
Congratulations to KRFC on their 10th Anniversary. No station plays more music from here in the state than they do. See their website at www.krfcfm.org for information about upcoming celebratory events.
Congratulations to KGNU‘s Sam Fugua, who’s been a part of that station for over 20 years and is now stepping down as station manager. According to his email, Sam is looking “…for other professional opportunities in public media or the broader non-profit world in Boulder/Denver.”
KGNU IS SEEKING A STATION MANAGER
KGNU—a community radio station with studios in Boulder and Denver, CO—seeks a Station Manager to lead our mission-driven broadcast and online media organization.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to public media and substantial experience leading diverse communities in pursuit of the common good.
We are seeking an individual who combines strong communications, managerial and development skills with a vision for making local community media essential in a changing world.
KGNU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all genders, people of color, and people with disabilities.
Our ideal candidate will have the following combination of required and desired skills:
Required Qualifications:
At least five years experience managing people and programs in non-profit organizations, including working with volunteers
Demonstrated successful fundraising experience, including membership campaigns, individual donor development and grant writing
Knowledge of noncommercial broadcast rules and regulations, including all Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) requirements
Demonstrated budget development, financial acumen, and fiscal management skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Strong organizational and time management skills
Familiarity with and commitment to the KGNU Mission Statement
Additional Desired Skills:
Understanding of community radio
Community radio programming experience
Strategic planning and implementation experience
Experience working with non-profit boards
Bilingual English/Spanish
Salary is $47,500 annually and is non-negotiable. The position includes paid health insurance and vacation. This job will be based at KGNU’s Boulder office and requires travel to our Denver office at least once per week.
To apply, please submit the following materials by email and postal mail:
1) A cover letter that specifically addresses the job requirements and outlines qualifications
2) A current resume
3) The names, addresses, daytime telephone numbers and email addresses for three professional references
The position will remain open until filled. For full consideration, please apply by Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Email to job@kgnu.org and mail to KGNU Station Manager Search Committee, 4700 Walnut St., Boulder, CO 80301. No phone calls please.
CHANGES IN REPORTING PROCEDURES When you look at the Station By Station listing you’ll notice something new. [titles reported =___]. I spend a few days every month scouring every single playlist at some stations, while others provide me a list of current titles they played in the reporting period. So, for instance, for the Jan spins chart, I scoured any and all records released from Nov 2011 thru Jan 2013. Next month, I’ll only look for titles that came out from Dec 2011 thru Feb 2013. You’ll not only see what records are getting the most love at a station, but also how many “current year” releases are getting played. Props to KRFC and Open Air 1340 for being the #1 and #2 station respectively in number of current titles getting aired.
MONTHLY TOP VIDEO PICKS
Featuring Fierce Bad Rabbit, Elephant Revival, The Gromet, Otis Taylor, A Shoreline Drive, Grant Sabin, SHEL, Churchill.
TOP 40 SPINS JAN 2013
(267 titles listed. 167 titles reported as played at least once)
(CC) = Colorado Connection
[date] = Date added to reporting list
____________________________________________________________________________
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Americana [1-Mar-12]
2. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant (self) Rock/AAA [5-Jan-13]
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [1-Nov-12]
4. Jeff Brinkman – Strange (self) Rock/AAA [1-Dec-12]
5. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana [1-Apr-12]
6. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock/AOR [1-Sep-12]
7. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [1-Sep-12]
8. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade (self) Alt-country [5-Jan-13]
9. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [5-Jan-13]
10. You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP] (self) Indie/New alternative [1-Dec-12]
11. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/country-folk [1-Jul-12]
12. Wire Faces - King Cataract (Hot Congress Records) Rock/ALT [10-Jan-13]
13. Raincheck – Raincheck (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [1-May-12]
14. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) Folk [1-Nov-12]
15. Elephant Revival - It’s Alive EP (Ruff Shod/Nettwork) Folk [1-Nov-12]
15. Flobots – The Circle In the Square (Shanachie Records) Urban Contemporary [1-Aug-12]
16. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To (Boss Koala Records) Folk [1-Oct-12]
17. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs (self) Rhythm and Blues [1-Apr-12]
17. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round (Blank Tape) Indie/New Alternative [19-Jan-13]
18. Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around (Blue Rock Artists) Folk [1-Oct-12]
19. The Gromet – Barren (self) Rock/AAA [1-Nov-12]
20. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down (self) Urban Contemporary [1-Oct-12]
20. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) Blues [1-Jan-12]
21. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock/AOR/AAA [1-Apr-12]
22. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock/AOR [1-Mar-12]
23. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [1-Apr-12]
24. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP (self) Rock/AAA [19-Jan-13]
25. Sam Holt Band – Southern Angels (self) Rock/AOR/AAA [12-Jan-13]
26. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Folk [1-Jun-12]
27. Bad Weather California - Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative [1-Feb-12]
27. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk [1-May-12]
28. Boa & the Constrictors – Married to the Blues (self) Blues [1-Nov-12]
28. Carmelita’s Lovers – Ghosts of Our Former Selves (Nething Music) Rock/AOR/ALT [15-Jan-13]
28. Lindsey Saunders – Nothing Normal (self) POP/Crossover [14-Jan-13]
29. Land Lines – Land Lines (self) Indie/New Alternative [24-Nov-12]
30. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Alt-Country [1-Jul-12]
31. A Shoreline Dream - “333” (self) Rock/ALT [12-Sep-12]
31. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology (Blank Tape) Rock/AOR [10-Jan-13]
31. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative [1-Feb-12]
DEC ADDS
Balue – West Coast Bros
Chris Coady – From Down Here
Jeff Brinkman – Strange
Pretty Lights – Hot Like Sauce You Get High
Taarka – Adventures in Vagabondia
The Hollyfelds – Title Stealers
The Messers – New American Soul Vol 1
Trainwreckers – For the Record
Vi Wickam and Steve Eulberg – Old School | Old Time
Wil Swindler & The The Season Jazz Trio – The Season
You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP]
JAN ADDS
A Boy and His Kite – A Boy and His Kite
Abi Robins – Such A Mess
Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
Blue Canyon Boys – Next Go Round
Carmelita’s Lovers – Ghosts of Our Former Selves
Constant Tourists – Carry On
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band f/Erica Brown – Tangled Road
Eye and the Arrow – If By Fire
Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
Instant Empire – Keep UP!
Joe Johnson – A Cold Christmas Moon
Josh Dillard – The Whale and the Sea
Joshua Novak – Ephemeron
Kristi Stice – Under the Willow
Lindsey Saunders – Nothing Normal
Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
Megan Redmond – Acoustic Sessions
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
Poet’s Row – Poet’s Row
Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
Sam Holt Band – Southern Angels
Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
Thomas Hine – Forgive My Future
War Over Water – The Authority EP
Wire Faces – King Cataract
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)[titles reported = 24]
1. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
2. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
3. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
5. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
KBUT (Crested Butte) [titles reported = 7]
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
2. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
KDNK (Carbondale)[titles reported = 21]
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
1. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
1. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
KDUR (Durango)
1. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Live @ Hodi’s
4. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro & the Elephant
5. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
KGNU (Boulder) [tites reported = 18]
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days
2. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
4. Katie Glassman – Snapshot
KRCC (Colorado Springs) [titles reported = 26]
1. A Shoreline Dream – “333″
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
3. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KRFC (Fort Collins) [titles reported = >100]
1. You Me & Apollo – You Me & Apollo
2. Various – Spokes Buzz Vol 3: Band Together
3. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Maestro & the Elephant
4. The Lumineers – Lumineers
5. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches & Hugs
KSJD (Mancos) [titles reported = 5]
1. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
2. Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
3. The Moetones – Lowbrow
3. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive
3. Tennis – Young & Old
KUNC (Greeley) [titles reported = 11]
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
1. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. Churchill – The Change EP
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Katie Herzig (CC) – The Waking Sleep
KUVO (Denver) [titles reported = 9]
1. Polarity – King of Hearts
2. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
3. Raincheck – Raincheck
3. Tom Gershwin – Sweet Pastimes
4. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
KVNF (Paonia) [titles reported = 13]
1. Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Chris Coady – From Down Here
3. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver) [titles reported = 72]
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
3. Land Lines – Land Lines
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
5. The Gromet – Barren
The Colorado Sound [titles reported = 36]
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
2. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
3. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To
4. You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP]
5. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Genre/Program Format
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
3. Beautiful Loser Society – The Desperate Promenade
4. Chris Daniels – Better Days
5. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
2. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
3. Boa & the Constrictors – Married to the Blues
4. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away
5. Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band f/Erica Brown – Tangled Road
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
3. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
4. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
4. Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
3. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To
4. Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
5. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Indie/New Alternative
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
3. You, Me and Apollo – S/T [EP]
4. Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds – Round and Round
5. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
Jazz
1. Manuel Lopez Trio – Searching Out
2. Raincheck – Raincheck
3. Fred Hess BIG BAND – Speak
4. Polarity – King of Hearts
5. Julie Monley Quartet – Straight Up Jazz
POP / Alternative Adult Contemporary/Crossover
1. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
2. Lindsey Saunders – Nothing Normal
3. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
3. Katie Herzig (CC) – The Waking Sleep
3. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
ROCK / AAA / ALT / AOR
1. Fierce Bad Rabbit – The Maestro and the Elephant
2. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
3. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
4. Wire Faces – King Cataract
5. The Gromet – Barren
December 1, 2012 — we are now 28 days away from our Best of 2012 show on the Colorado Sound, which will air the week of Dec 29-Jan 4 around the state. Over the next week or so I will put up a poll so that you can pick your favorites of the past year – NOV’11-NOV’12. I’ll take those results, add it to the list of favs by some “secret” local industry insiders, and then add them to the spins database to come up with the TOP 40 of 2012. Should be fun.
Last month I addressed the idea that some artists who grew up here and have since moved away are still a part of the “sound” of Colorado – if not in fact, then at least in origin. To that, I have added a new designation, (CC), to denote a Colorado Connection. That may be someone like Sera Cahoone who moved to Seattle several years ago, or Tia Fuller who moved to New Jersey. Some folks have lobbied that I also include in that designation recordings from local studios of artists who are not specifically a part of the scene here. That’s an interesting one — I’ll mull it over during the next month or so.
Much thanks to new stations that have added or will be adding THE COLORADO SOUND — http://www.post303radio.com and KVNF (Paonia). KVNF will be airing the show as fill in programming for the next couple of months, before integrating it into to their regular programming in February 2013, according to station program director Ali Lightfoot. Watch my Facebook page for announcements on when the show will be available in that part of the state. (edit: see schedule for days, times, and stations)
In other station news: KBUT (Crested Butte) writes in the “…public affairs program “The West Elk Word” is back up and running through the winter. Tune in Saturdays at noon for news & notes, people & places, music & the arts, recreation, and mountain culture talk straight from the heart of the West Elk Mountains. Dal Dearmin has joined the KBUT staff as General Manager. Dal brings years of community radio experience from KSFR in Santa Fe. KBUT is more than thrilled to welcome Dal to the Gunnison Valley. We’re also kicking the music blog back into gear with regular postings about popular new music on the KBUT shelves.”
I’m trying something new again this month for the monthly YouTube and Spotify feeds … The YouTube feed features 7 cuts coming in at about 30 mins and includes Paper Bird, SHEL, Rob Drabkin, Liza Oxnard, Mega Gem, The Gromet, and Roniit. The Spotify feed is about the same length (39 mins) and includes debut releases in November from Darryl Purpose, Elephant Revival, The Gromet, The Hollyfelds, Polarity, Sera Cahoone, Ten Pound Elephant, Trout Steak Revival, and Tyler Ward. Enjoy.
TOP 40 TITLES NOVEMBER 2012
(267 titles tracked / 150 titles reported as played)
(LM) TM Genre/format [added]
(D) = debut, first time on chart
(R) = re-entered chart
(1) 1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(D) 2. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) Folk [Nov-12]
(21) 3. Flobots – The Circle In the Square (Shanachie Records) Hip Hop/alternative [Aug-12]
(D)4. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony (Cicero Recordings) Indie/New Alternative [Nov-12]
(23) 5. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior (Mack Avenue) Jazz [Sep-12]
(28) 6. Jeff Brinkman – Strange (self) Rock/adult alternative [Aug-12]
(31) 7. SHEL – SHEL (Moraine Records / Mad King Records) Folk [Aug-12]
(4) 8. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/country, folk [Jul-12] *
(15) 9. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock/alternative [Mar-12]
(3) 10. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I (Greater Than Collective) Indie/New Alternative [Sep-12]
(9) 11. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock [Sep-12]
(5) 12. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years (self) Americana/jamgrass [Sep-12] *
(8) 12. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle (self) Rock/alt-country-rock (Jun-12)
(22) 13. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away (self) Blues/folk-blues [Aug-12] *
(10) 14. The Epilogues – Cinematics (Greater Than Collective) Rock/indie/alternative [Oct-12]
(18) 15. Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk (Sounds Familyre) Indie/New Alternative [Sep-12]
(D) 16. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP (Ruff Shod/Nettwork) Folk [Nov-12]
(2) 17. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical (self) Urban Contemporary/funk [Sep-12]
(17) 18. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(16) 19. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk/pop [May-12]
(D) 20. The Gromet – Barren (self) Rock [Nov-12]
(24) 21. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs (Cash Cow Productions) Indie/New Alternative [Aug-12]
(R) 22. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) Blues [Jan-12]
(14) 23. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk/folk-rock [Apr-12]
(7) 24. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/jamband [Apr-12]
(19) 25. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To (Boss Koala Records) Folk/Americana [Oct-12]
(D) 26. Honkytonk Homeslice – Just Passin’ Thru (SCI Fidelity) Americana/country-rock [Nov-12]
(R) 27. Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails (self) Rock/alternative [Aug-12]
(D) 28. Polarity – King of Hearts (Tapestry) Jazz [Nov-12]
(D) 29. The Hollyfelds – Title Stealers (self) Americana/country [Nov-12]
(31) 30. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s (self) Americana/alt-country [Jan-12]
(R) 31. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/classic country [Jul-12]
(29) 31. O’Brien Party of 7 (CC) – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Folk/country-folk [Jun-12]
(R) 32. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise (self) Folk/modern folk [Jun-12]
(D) 33. Calder’s Revolvers – Steady By Your Side (self) Rock [Nov-12]
(12) 33. Churchill – The Change (A&M/Octone) Rock/folk-rock [Mar-12]
(13) 33. Katie Glassman – Snapshot (self) Americana [Jan-12] *
(D) 34. Mega Gem – Colors of the West (self) Indie/New Alternative [Nov-12]
(D) 34. Ten Pound Elephant – Ten Pound Elephant EP (self) Urban Contemporary/neo-funk/hip hop [Oct-12]
(R) 35. Euforquestra – Let Us In (self) World [Apr-12]
ADDED: NOV 2012
Aakash Mittal Quartet – Thumbs Up EP
Alan & Martin – Only Boys Back Then
Calder’s Revolvers – Steady By Your Side
Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
Honkytonk Homeslice – Just Passin’ Thru
Idlewhile Band – Live at the Walnut Room Vol 1
John William Davis – Dead Simple, Vol. 1: You Talk Funny
Julie Hoest – Never Far
Mega Gem – Colors of the West
Monroe Monroe – Interiors
Nu Mundo – Our Song
Polarity – King of Hearts
Rob Roper – The Other Side of Nowhere
Ron Miles, Bill Frisell & Brian Blade – Quiver
Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
Susan Walton – January Trees
The Gromet – Barren
The Hollyfelds – Title Stealers
Trout Steak Revival – Flight
Tyler Ward – Hello. Love. Heartache.
Willie Houston – Willie Houston Live
FELL OUT OF TOP 40 NOVEMBER 2012
6. The Knew – Man Monster
11. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
13. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
20. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
25. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right
26. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground
27. The Congress – Whatever You Want
28. Chris Malley and Bob Schlesinger – Split Shot
29. Chimney Choir – (ladder)
29. Raincheck – Raincheck
30. Petals of Spain – Late Night Visitor
31. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader (self) Indie/New Alternative [May-12]
32. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
33. Science Partner – Rocky Mountain News
34. Head for the Hills – Live
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years
2. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
3. SHEL – SHEL
4. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
5. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
1. Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
2. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KDNK (Carbondale)*HOT SPINS*
DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
Elephant Revival – It’s Alive EP
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
KDUR (Durango)
1. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
2. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
3. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
4. Air Dubai – Day Escape
KGNU (Boulder)
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days
3. Calder’s Revolvers – Steady By Your Side
3. Katie Glassman – Snapshot
3. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. A Shoreline Dream – “333″
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
5. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Julie Hoest – Never Far
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
4. Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
5. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
KSJD (Cortez)
1. Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
1. SHEL – SHEL
2. Tennis – Young & Old
2. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
2. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
KUNC (Greeley)
1. Sera Cahoone (CC) – Deer Creek Canyon
2. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
3. Churchill – The Change EP
3. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
4. Catch Bees – Newman’s Open Choir
KUVO (Denver)
1. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
2. Polarity – King of Hearts
3. Eric Gunnison – Trios
4. Fred Hess BIG BAND – Speak
5. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
KVNF (Paonia)
1. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
4. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
4. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Open Air 1340 (Denver)
1. Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk
2. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
2. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
3. The Gromet – Barren
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
The Colorado Sound
1. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
2. Flobots – The Circle in the Square
3. I’m With Her – Songs We Said Goodbye To
4. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
4. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
BY GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days
2. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years
3. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
4. Honkytonk Homeslice – Just Passin’ Thru
5. The Hollyfelds – Title Stealers
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away
2. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
3. Grant Sabin – Anthromusicology
4. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
5. Robert Wilson Blues Band – 45 RPM
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
2. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
3. Ten Pound Elephant – Ten Pound Elephant EP
4. Beats Noir! – Where the Sun Goes Down
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. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. DeVotchKa – Live with the Colorado Symphony
3. Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
4. Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk
5. Tennis – Young & Old
Jazz
1. Tia Fuller (CC) – Angelic Warrior
2. Polarity – King of Hearts
3. Raincheck – Raincheck
4. Shirley – From A Bright Clearing
5. After Midnight – Hit the Jive Jack
Pop/Adult Contemporary
1. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
2. Cassie Taylor – Blue
3. Charlotte Sass – Lighter Things
3. The Fray – Scars and Stories
3. OneRepublic – Feel Again [single]
Rock/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
1. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
2. The Swayback – Double Four Time
3. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
4. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
5. The Epilogues – Cinematics
* = serviced to radio by Rocky Mountain Music Network/Chris Kresge
EDIT 10/7/2012: Welcome Radio 1190 back into the mix …. they got their Sept spins to us a bit late, but we’ll take em … see station spins below.
Happy autumn. We are now about 90 days away from posting our annual Best Of the Year poll – generated by the top scoring records of the year with the results from polling regional radio djs, music journalists and assorted Colorado music fans. I would imagine we’ll see a couple dozen new releases before we close things off on Dec 1 — so if you’re in the process of getting an album out, now is the time.
Speaking of new releases – watch for Opie Gone Christmas #4 to come out this fall – Jake Schroeder called me to say that they were working feverishly on getting it done soon – and it will include the incomparable Dianne Reeves, Chris Daniels and others.
Happy B-day Chris Daniels who turned 60 on Sept 29 …
…Jake also let me know that 99.5FM The Mountain (KQMT) has canceled Mountain Homegrown, the wonderful Colorado music program he hosted the past 9 years. The station cited budget reasons for discontinuing the program that was on every Monday night at 10PM.
KDUR has a new music director, Stella Dickson. Reach out to her and say hi. KDUR is very dedicated to airing Colorado music, so getting to know Stella is important <hint>
KDUR
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO, 81301
970.247.7288 http://www.kdur.org
TOP Video Picks – October 1 2012
While you’re checking out the charts below, dial up this batch of videos from The Yawpers, Flobots, John Oates and more … run time 35 minutes – enjoy.
TOP 40 TITLES – September 2012
(250 titles tracked / 144 titles reported as played)
(LM) TM Genre/format [added]
(D) = debut, first time on chart
(R) = re-entered chart
(D) 1. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade (self) Rock [Sep-12]
(3) 2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Indie/New Alternative/folk-rock [Mar-12]
(14) 3. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/AAA/jamband [Apr-12]
(1) 4. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/AAA/country, folk [Jul-12] *
(21) 5. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana/country-rock [Mar-12]
(5) 6. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Folk/country-folk [Jun-12]
(7) 7. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative/rock [Feb-12]
(2) 7. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk/pop-folk [May-12]
(13) 8. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock/alternative [Mar-12]
(4) 9. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away (self) Blues/folk-blues [Aug-12] *
(23) 10. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs (Cash Cow Productions) Indie/New Alternative/rock [Aug-12]
(32) 11. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s (self) Americana/alt-country [Jan-12]
(D) 12. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years (self) Americana/jamgrass [Sep-12] *
(D) 13. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical (self) Pop/funk [Sep-12]
(R) 13. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You (self) Pop/country crossover [Feb-12]
(26) 14. The Knew – Man Monster (self) Rock/alternative [Jun-12]
(12) 15. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [Apr-12]
(10) 16. Churchill – The Change (Wire Bird) Rock/AAA/folk-rock [Mar-12]
(R) 17. El Toro De La Muerte – Dancer These Days (self) Rock [Aug-11]
(22) 18. Katie Glassman – Snapshot (self) Americana/country [Jan-12] *
(R) 19. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) Blues [Jan-12]
(R) 20. Chimney Choir – ladder (self) Folk/folk-rock [Mar-12]
(D) 20. The Moetones – Lowbrow (self) Rock/garage [Sep-12]
(D) 21. Jeff Brinkman – Strange (self) Rock/AAA [Aug-12]
(R) 22. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight (Hot Congress) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(R) 22. Raincheck – Raincheck (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [May-12]
(D) 23. SHEL – SHEL (Moraine/Mad King Records) Folk (Aug-12)
(D) 24. The Royal – Forever (self) Pop/rock [Sep-12]
(D) 25. Flobots – The Circle In the Square (Shanachie Entertainment) Rock/alternative/hip-hop [Aug-12]
(11) 26. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock [Apr-12]
(18) 27. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative/pop [Feb-12]
(D) 28. John Oates Band – The Bluesville Sessions (WBA Records) Blues [Aug-12]
(20) 29. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/classic country [Jul-12]
(R) 30. Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep (Mercer Street Records) Pop/adult contemporary [Dec-11]
(D) 30. Susannah Thompson – Watch Me Fly (self) Rock/acoustic rock [Sep-12]*
(6) 31. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost (self) Rock/jamband [Oct-11]
(R) 31. Petals of Spain – Late Night Visitor (self) Pop/AAA [Sep-11]
(R) 32. Carbon Choir – Sakhalin (self) Rock/alternative [Apr-12]
(R) 32. Fred Hess Big Band – Speak (Alison Records) Jazz [Aug-12]
(R) 32. Lindsay & the Lost Caravan – You Don’t Know Me (self) Rock/acoustic rock [Feb-12]
ADDED: SEPTEMBER 2012
A Shoreline Dream – 333
Air Dubai – Be Calm
Black Postcards – Light At the End
Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
Chris McGarry – Bare Bright Halos
Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years
Esme Patterson – All Princes, I
Julie Monley Quartet – Straight Up Jazz
Olivia Rudeen – S/T [EP]
OneRepublic – Feel Again [single]
Science Partner – Rocky Mountain News
Stella Luce – Resurrection
Stuart Davis – Music For Mortals
Susannah Thompson – Watch Me Fly
The Moetones – Lowbrow
The Royal – Forever
The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
Tia Fuller – Angelic Warrior
Words in Flight – Music Is…
Wovenhand - Laughing Stalk
FELL OUT OF TOP 40 SEPTEMBER 2012
8. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
15. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
16. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines
17. Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails
25. Places – No More Wasted Days
26. Musketeer Gripweed – Straight Razor Revival
26. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
27. Overcasters – Curses/Prayers
27. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats
28. Cassie Taylor – Blue
28. The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco
29. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Live and Learn
30. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons *
31. The Don’ts and Be Carefuls – Sun Hits
31. Hindershot – Curse Us All
31. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
32. FaceMan – Feeding Time
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground
5. 4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die
KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
3. Andy Thorn – Fire In The Sky
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KDNK (Carbondale) HOT SPINS
The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
KDUR (Durango)
1. The Swayback – Double Four Time
2. The Moetones – Lowbrow
3. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
4. Fingers of the Sun – Sleepy Time EP
5. Air Dubai – Day Escape
KOTO (Telluride)
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Mosey West – Merica
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
3. Grant Farm - The Grant Farm
4. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away *
KGNU (Boulder)
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
3. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
3. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Mango fan Django – Indigo Dreams
3. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
3. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
4. El Toro De La Muerte – Dancer These Days
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
2. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
5. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away *
KUNC (Greeley)
1. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
1. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
2. SHEL – SHEL
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Open Air 1340 (Denver)
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. The Knew – Man Monster
3. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
4. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
5. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
Radio 1190 (Boulder)
1. Tennis – Young & Old
2. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
3. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
4. Don’ts and Be Carefuls – Sun Hits
5. Le Divorce – The Sting and the Light
The Colorado Sound
1. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
2. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
3. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years *
3. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
3. Jeff Brinkman – Strange
BY GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
3. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
4. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
5. Chris Thompson & Coral Creek String Band – Forty Years *
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away *
2. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
3. John Oates Band – The Bluesville Sessions
4. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
5. Papa Juke – Out Of The Blues
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Bop Skizzum – Coloradical
2. Flobots – The Circle In the Square
3. Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
4. Air Dubai – Be Calm
5. JD Feighner – JD Feighner [EP]
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. The Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
4. Chimney Choir – (ladder)
5. SHEL – SHEL
Indie/New Alternative
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
3. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
4. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
5. Tennis – Young & Old
Jazz
1. Raincheck – Raincheck
2. Fred Hess Big Band – Speak
3. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
4. Tia Fuller – Angelic Warrior
5. Mango fan Dango – Indigo Dreams
Pop/Adult Contemporary
1. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
2. The Royal – Forever
3. Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
4. Petals of Spain – Late Night Visitor
5. Cassie Taylor – Blue
Rock/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
1. The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
2. The Swayback – Double Four Time
3. The Knew – Man Monster
4. Churchill – The Change
5. El Toro De La Muerte – Dancer These Days
*Serviced to radio/press by Rocky Mountain Music Network
Happy September As the concert season begins its wind-down to the last few in October, I expect we’ll begin to see more releases coming out. So, September-November are very important months as we also wind down the new release year and begin thinking about our favorite albums of the year – in anticipation of our year-end best of charts. Hope you’ve been keeping track here and at your favorite stations around the state. Picking this year’s best of is going to be tough. While the total number of records to cross my desk is less than a year ago at this time, the quality of the releases this year has so far been pretty freaking amazing. Good luck in picking your favorites. The deadline for new record submissions for best of 2012 consideration will be October 31, giving those records at least enough time to get reviewed and/or played around the state for our annual panel of print music critics, radio personalities, and select industry purveyors.
No reports this month from KBUT (Crested Butte), KDUR (Durango), Radio 1190 (Boulder) and KUVO (Denver). KDUR and Radio1190 staff have been busy with new admissions to their respective schools, and some of the KBUT staff took well deserved summer vacations. A rare report from KSJD (Cortez/Mancos) – thanks to the on-air folks there for spinning enough Colorado titles to show up this month Much love to those folks. Other stations regionally have been very busy with administration/managment changes. Here are a few job openings regionally.
POSITION: Program Director
KAFM Community Radio
Grand Valley Public Radio Company, Inc.
1310 Ute Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, 970/241-8801
General Description: This job description does not list all of the duties of the job. The Program Director (PD) is responsible for all on air operations. Duties include selection, supervision, training and nurturing of on-air staff as well as ensuring the technical operations and legal compliance . The PD ensures all programming for KAFM including music, news, community affairs and Spanish language programming is of the highest quality and and is consistent and reflective of KAFM’s mission. Reporting to the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, the PD is part of the station’s management team.
Job Status: 25 – 30 hours per week
Part-Time Salary – 25-30 Hours per week
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Benefits: nine paid holidays, 14 paid vacation days, Employee Assistance Program, KAFM is an equal opportunity employer
POSITION: Part-time news reporter. KOTO Community Radio, Telluride.
Duties include news writing, reporting, on-air shifts and other duties as assigned. We are seeking a competent dynamic team member. Twenty hours per week to start with potential for growth. Please submit cover letter, resume and work samples to: news@koto.org. No phone calls please. KOTO is an equal opportunity employer.
POSITION: San Miguel Educational Fund seeks an Executive Director for KOTO Community Radio.
The ED will report to the board of directors and will be responsible for all aspects of administration including financial management, planning, fundraising, public radio grant compliance and customer relations. The ED will represent SMEF to corporate and foundation funders, donors, partners, subscribers and the community at large. A minimum of five years non-profit and/or public radio management required. Salary commensurate with experience.Please submit cover letter and resume to Board President Todd Creel: todd@telluriderealestate.net No phone calls please. KOTO is an equal opportunity employer.
TOP Video Picks – September 1 2012
While you’re checking out the charts below, dial up this batch of videos from: Jeff Finlin, SHEL, the Epilogues, the Lumineers, Sofie Reed, Great American Taxi, Churchill, and Bad Weather California … run time 30 minutes – enjoy.
TOP 40 TITLES – August 2012
(313 titles tracked / 146 titles reported as played)
(LM) TM Genre/format [added]
(D) = debut, first time on chart
(R) = re-entered chart
(1) 1. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/country-folk [Jul-12] *
(5) 2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Americana/folk [May-12]
(3) 3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(D) 4. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away (self) Blues/folk-blues [Aug-12] *
(8) 5. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Americana/country-folk [Jun-12]
(22) 6. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost (self) Americana/roots rock [Oct-11]
(6) 7. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(R) 8. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis (self) Blues [Aug-11]
(R) 9. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground (self) Americana/alt-country [Nov-11]
(R) 10. Churchill – The Change EP (Wire Bird) Rock/folk-rock [Mar-12]
(25) 11. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock [Apr-12]
(10) 12. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Americana/folk-rock [Apr-12]
(9) 13. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock [Mar-12] 2012
(2) 14. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/jamband [Apr-12]
(11) 15. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory (self) Americana [Mar-12]
(12) 16. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines (Suburban Home) Rock/alt-country-rock [May-12]
(D) 17. Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails (Paper + Plastick Records) Rock/alternative [Aug-12]
(4) 18. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(R) 19. Carbon Choir – Sakhalin (self) Rock [Apr-12]
(22) 20. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/country [Jul-12]
(21) 21. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana/country-rock [Mar-12]
(16) 22. Katie Glassman – Snapshot (self) Americana [Jan-12] *
(D) 23. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs (Cash Cow Productions) Indie/New Alternative [Aug-12]
(R) 24. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(24) 25. Places – No More Wasted Days (self) Pop/rock [Jan-12]
(R) 26. Muskeeteer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival (self) Rock/southern rock [Apr-12]
(13) 26. The Knew – Man Monster (self) Rock [Jun-12]
(R) 26. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down (self) Pop/rock [Jul-11]
(27) 27. Overcasters – Curses/Prayers (self) Rock [Mar-12]
(24) 27. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats (self) Indie/New Alternative [2011]
(R) 28. Cassie Taylor – Blue (Hypertension) Pop/blues [Aug-11]
(R) 28. The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco (self) Rock/country-rock [Jul-11]
(29) 29. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Live and Learn (self) Indie/New Alternative [Nov-11]
(17) 30. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons (Mockingbird Records) Americana/country-folk [May-12] *
(R) 31. The Don’ts and Be Carefuls – Sun Hits (self) Indie/New Alternative [Oct-11]
(R) 31. Hindershot – Curse Us All (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(R) 31. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends (Fellow Creature Recordings) Folk [May-12]
(R) 32. FaceMan – Feeding Time (self) Rock/alternative [Feb-12]
(7) 32. Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s (self) Americana/alt-country [Jan-12]
(19) 32. The Congress – Whatever You Want (self) Rock [Apr-12]
ADDED August 2012
Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
Flobots – The Circle In the Square
Fred Hess Big Band – Speak
Free Bear – Free Bear
Gun Street Ghost – One Home
Jeff Brinkman – Strange
The Moetones – Lowbrow
Rosewood Divine – Rosewood Divine
SHEL – SHEL
Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away *
The Blue Rider – Way Out West
Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails
FELL OUT OF TOP 40 AUGUST 2012
14. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
15. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
17. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons *
18. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You (self)
20. Raincheck – Raincheck
20. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
22. Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1
22. Johnny Hickman – Tilting
23. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
23. The Say So – The Romantic
25. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Sineater
26. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
28. Amazing Twin – Grown Alone
30. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
31. Glowing House – Days Run Out
32. Oakhurst – Barrel
33. Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat
33. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
TRACKING UNDER THE TOP 40 August 2012
4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die
A Mouthful of Thunder – Slow Burn
A Shoreline Dream – Losing Them All To This Time
a. Tom Collins – OH NO!
Air Dubai – Day Escape
Amazing Twin – Grown Alone
Andy Palmer – Sometime Around
Andy Thorn – Fire In The Sky
Anthony Ruptak – Red Mark
Ashley Raines & the New West Revue – One Trick Mule
The Autumn Film – 8 Track Tape
Bare Bones – Bare Bones
Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat
Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
Black Postcards – Inception
Blackout Beat Production Company – The Circus House
The Blue Rider – Way Out West
Bonnie & the Beard – Bonne & the Beard
Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
Cary Morin – Sing It Louder
Catch Bees – Newman’s Open Choir
Chimney Choir – (ladder)
Chris Kennison – Simply Steel
Constitution – Wrestling with the Daylight
Curious Ghost – A Curious Ghost Pt 1
Dave Richey & Ruined Nation – No Peace of Mind
Delta Sonics – Live at Lincoln’s
Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1
El Toro De La Muerte – Danger These Days
Euforquestra – Let Us In
Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun
Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
Flobots – The Circle In the Square
Fool For A Song – Fool for a Song [EP]
Force Publique – Force Publique
The Fray – Scars and Stories
Fred Hess Big Band – Speak
Free Bear – Free Bear
Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair
Glowing House – Days Run Out
Grant Sabin – The Homesick EP
Grass It Up – Alabama Tory
Gun Street Ghost – One Home
Harry Tuft & Friends – Treasures Untold
Hearts In Space – Already Gone
Holler! – Gratitude
Honey Gitters – Poor Gitters’ Almanack
I Am The Dot – A Collection of Songs (2008-2011)
Ian Cooke – Fortitude
Instant Empire – Heavy Hollow
Instant Empire – Instant Empire
J. Miller Band – The Road to Elvado
Jeff Brinkman – Strange
Jeff Finlin – Live Songs for the Ice Age
Jim Stranahan – Free For All
John Statz – Old Fashioned
Johnny Hickman – Tilting
Jon Boland – Lightening In the Wires
Kailin Yong Peace Project Trio – Gravity Free
Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner
Kissing Party – The Hate Album
Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
Mesita – The Coyote
Mike Marchant – Indulgent Space-Folk Vol. 3: Binary Beach
Mike Marchant – Lost and Found Sound (2008-2011)
Mombi – The Wounded Beat
Monroe Monroe – Hello Moon
Moors & McCumber – Gravity
New Ben Franklins – [peter gabriel]
Oakhurst – Barrel [EP]
Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
Papa Juke – Out Of The Blues
Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
Petals of Spain – Late Night Visitor
Princess Music – Roger Tranquility
Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
Reckless Red – Reckless Red
Reverend Hooch – Reverend Hooch
Rick Stahl – Harmony House
Rob Drabkin – Rob Drabkin Live
Robert Wilson Blues Band – 45 RPM
Ronnie Shellist – Trust Is Gone
Rose Hill Drive – Americana
Rosewood Divine – Rosewood Divine
Ryan Dart – The Shift
Safe Boating Is No Accident – Live Without Dead Time
SAUNA – The Teen Angst Tape
Science Partner – Rocky Mountain News
SHEL – SHEL
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Sineater
Spring Creek – Hold On Me
Still City – Brittle Bones
Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
Strip the Stars – S/T [EP]
Tom Hagerman – Idle Creatures
Turn 4 – What You Do About It
Varlet – The Drifter
Wasteland Hop – Mother Acre
Wendy Woo Band – Austerity
Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
The Yawpers – Capon Crusade
The Yawpers – Savage Blue
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
4. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
4. The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco
KDNK (Carbondale)
1. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
1. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
2. Cassie Taylor – Blue
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
KGNU (Boulder)
1. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
2. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. Katie Glassman – Snapshot *
3. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. El Toro De La Muerte – Danger These Days
3. Cassie Taylor – Blue
3. J. Miller Band – The Road to Elvado
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
4. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
5. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
KSJD (Cortez/Mancos)
1. The Moetones – Lowbrow
2. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
KUNC (Greeley)
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
1. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
2. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver)
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
1. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
3. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Sineater
The Colorado Sound
1. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
1. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – {like a king}
2. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Churchill – The Change
BY GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
3. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground
4. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
5. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Sofie Reed – Simplicity Chased Trouble Away *
2. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
3. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
4. Cary Morin – Sing It Louder
5. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation
3. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
4. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
5. Glowing House – Days Run Out
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Air Dubai – Day Escape
1. Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
2. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
3. Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat
4. Force Publique – Force Publique
Indie/New Alternative
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
3. Tennis – Young & Old
4. Ending People – Fill Your Lungs
5. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
POP/Adult Contemporary
1. Places – No More Wasted Days
2. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
3. Cassie Taylor – Blue
4. The Fray – Scars and Stories
4. Petals of Spain – Late Night Visitor
Rock/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
1. Churchill – The Change
2. Mosey West – Merica
3. The Swayback – Double Four Time
4. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines
5. Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple the Rails
* = serviced to radio by Chris Kresge dba Rocky Mountain Music Network
I am brain dead right now. It’s been one crazy major event after another all summer, with two more to go – The 5th Annual Carbon Valley Music Festival that I produce for the city of Dacono (Aug 4), and then three days of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest a week later in Fort Collins.
Anyone who’s into live music – and especially festivals that feature locally homegrown and groomed acts – are in the right place here in Colorado. It really is a very remarkable place. I don’t get off the Front Range too often, so I don’t know about all the events that take place in our mountain locales… but those along the Front Range are treated to a number of great events every year, culminating in what has become the premiere festival concert event for Colorado acts – Bohemian Nights at New West Fest in Fort Collins (Aug 10-12) featuring a veritable who’s who of Colorado talent including this sampling -> Air Dubai, Allegaeon, Arliss Nancy, Bad Weather California, Bunny Gang (featuring Nathen Maxwell of Flogging Molly), Cassie Taylor & the Soul Cavalry, Chad Price, Chuck Pyle, Danielle Ate the Sandwich, Delta Sonics, Devotchka, DubSkin, Euforquestra, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Future Jazz Project, Great American Taxi, Haunted Windchimes, John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light, Juno What?!, Katie Glassman Quintet, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Liz Barnez, Megan Redmond, Mosey West, Musketeer Gripweed, Rob Drabkin, Selasee and Fafa Family, Shakedown Street, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, The Lionel Young Band, The Patti Fiasco, The Swayback, Wendy Woo … and fo’reals many many others (some 90 in all I believe).
And since this column is about Colorado Music & Radio – a big ovation to KRFC Fort Collins for broadcasting many of the sets live on the air during this year’s 3 day event.
I’m equally as proud and enthusiastic about the one day event we put on in Dacono – For our 5th annual event we’ve added a Colorado ONLY spirits tasting and competition event (including among others 303 and Breckenridge distilleries) – and a youth music, arts and entertainment venue of its own focused on youth performances and education. The inaugural venue this year will be very music focused, and presented partly by the wonderful Colorado Blues Society who will be presenting music educators Ronnie Shellist and Dan Treanor … our main stage show features the Lionel Young Band, 3 Twins Broadband, Quemando, Buckner Funken Jazz, Katie Glassman Quintet, Bad Brad & the Fat Cats, and the Danny Meyer Trio.
It was an unusually slow month for new titles. I had to look at Aug 2 2011 to confirm – but yeah, we only had about 1/3 as many new titles added this year as last. No reason that I can figure out either. It’s just been a slow year for new releases it seems. By this time last year, I was tracking 348 current titles. This year I’m tracking 302. That looks like about a 12% dropoff Y-T-D. The upside there is that there are more Colorado titles being reported as played. July 2012=157 titles reported as played vs. 136 in July 2011. That may be partly due to the number of reporting stations, and the emergence of Open Air 1340 on the scene the past year – regardless, it’s great to see so many wonderful titles getting played around the state.
Speaking of new stations reporting – welcome back Radio 1190 (Boulder). The station is under new management, since former GM Mike Flanagan moved onto Open Air 1340 – and they’ve got a new music director who is very excited about sharing what Colorado titles they’re supporting on air. To submit for airplay consideration, reach out to …
KBUT (Crested Butte) is happy to announce the hiring of its new General Manager, Jerry Lunsford. Jerry brings extensive experience in community radio, most recently with KWMR in West Marin, California. Coloradoans may be familiar with Jerry as the longtime organizer of Camp Runamuck at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
KHEN (Salida) has begun a planned multi-year collaboration with the CSO (Colorado Symphony Orchestra) to bring Colorado’s highest quality classical music to the Salida area. The events will include a special daytime concert and other music education opportunities for local public-, private- and home-schooled children. The collaboration reinforces KHEN’s role as a vital community asset and voice, and enhances Salida’s reputation as a destination to hear the finest classical music. It also enables the CSO to move towards becoming a truly statewide orchestra in Colorado, serving all citizens. The collaboration further aligns perfectly with, and augments, Salida’s new Creative District, one of only two such districts in the state. To complement and promote the concert series, a new KHEN radio program dedicated exclusively to recordings of the CSO, is currently being developed and is planned to begin sometime this fall. Watch for details. For more information, contact KHEN at 719-539-1069. KHEN website = http://www.khen.org/
TOP 40 TITLES – July 2012
(302 titles tracked / 157 titles reported as played)
(LM) TM
(D) = debut, first time on chart
(R) = re-entered chart
(D) 1. Chris Daniels – Better Days (self) Americana/country-folk/bluegrass [Jul-12] *
(5) 2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/jamgrass [Apr-12]
(1) 3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(6) 4. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative/pop [Feb-12]
(2) 5. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk/pop-folk [May-12]
(4) 6. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(3) 7. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s (self) Americana/alt-country [Jan-12]
(4) 8. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller (Howdy Skies Music) Folk/Americana [Jun-12]
(12)9. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock/alternative [Mar-12]
(12) 10. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk/folk-rock [Apr-12]
(16) 11. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory (self) Americana/pop [Mar-12]
(15) 12. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines (Suburban Home) Rock/southern rock [May-12]
(D) 13. The Knew – Man Monster (self) Rock/alternative [Jun-12]
(9) 14. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) Blues [Jan-12]
(11) 15. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise (self) Folk/modern [Jun-12]
(30) 16. Katie Glassman – Snapshot (self) Americana [Jan-12] *
(8) 17. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons (Mockingbird Records) Americana/country [May-12] *
(33) 18. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You (self) Pop/country crossover [Feb-12]
(18) 19. The Congress – Whatever You Want (self) Rock/roots rock [Apr-12]
(R) 20. Raincheck – Raincheck (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [May-12]
(D) 20. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle (self) Rock/alt-country-rock [Jun-12]
(13) 21. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana/country-rock [Mar-12]
(D) 22. Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up (self) Americana/classic country [Jul-12]
(D) 22. Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1 (Kindercore) Indie/New Alternative/pop [Jul-12]
(R) 22. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost (self) Americana/roots rock [Oct-11]
(D) 22. Johnny Hickman – Tilting (self) Rock/roots rock [Jun-12]
(28) 23. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs (self) Blues/rhythm & blues [Apr-12]
(10) 23. The Say So – The Romantic (self) Rock/alternative [Jun-12]
(R) 24. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats (self) Indie/New Alternative [2011]
(R) 24. Places – No More Wasted Days (self) Pop/rock [Jan-12]
(20) 25. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock/roots rock [Apr-12]
(25) 25. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Sineater (self) Indie/New Alternative [Sep-11]
(20) 26. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader (self) Indie/New Alternative [May-12]
(29) 27. Overcasters – Curses/Prayers (self) Rock/alternative [Mar-12]
(R) 28. Amazing Twin – Grown Alone (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [Apr-12]
(R) 29. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Live and Learn (self) Indie/New Alternative [Nov-11]
(22) 30. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz/large band [Apr-12]
(D) 31. Glowing House – Days Run Out (self) Indie/alternative/folk [Jun-12]
(R) 32. Oakhurst – Barrel (self) Americana/jamgrass [Jan-12]
(32) 33. Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat (self) Hip-hop/rock/alternative [Jul-11]
(26) 33. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [Jun-12]
ADDED July 2012
Andy Ard – How Easy It Is
Bonnie & The Clydes – Wrong Side Up
Chris Daniels – Better Days
Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1
Eef – Bluesalicious
Instant Empire – Heavy Hollow
Jeff Bostic – Crutch [single]
Petals of Spain – I Gotta Know [single]
FELL OUT OF TOP 40 JULY 2012
7. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
17. Chimney Choir – (ladder)
19. Carbon Choir – Sakhalin
21. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
23. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground
23. The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco
24. SHEL – When the Dragon Came Down
27. Churchill – The Change
30. Catch Bees – Newman’s Open Choir
31. Muskeeteer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival
32. Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
32. FaceMan – Feeding Time
TRACKING UNDER THE TOP 40
3 Twins Broadband – Cry at the Movies / How Couldya Not [singles] *
4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die
A Mouthful of Thunder – Slow Burn
A Shoreline Dream – Losing Them All To This Time
a. Tom Collins – OH NO!
Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
After Midnight – Hit the Jive Jack
Air Dubai – Day Escape
Andy Ard – How Easy It Is
Andy Palmer – Sometime Around
Andy Thorn – Fire In The Sky
Anthony Ruptak – Red Mark
Ashley Raines & the New West Revue – Begin
The Autumn Film – 8 Track Tape
Bare Bones – Bare Bones
Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
Blackout Beat Production Company – The Circus House
Bonnie & the Beard – Bonne & the Beard
Broken Spoke – Before There Were Easy Riders
Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
Carbon Choir – Sakhalin
Cary Morin – Sing It Louder
Cassie Taylor – Blue
Catch Bees – Newman’s Open Choir
Chimney Choir – (ladder)
Churchill – The Change
Delta Sonics – Live at Lincoln’s
Don’ts and Be Carefuls – Sun Hits
Driftwood Fire – How to Untangle a Heartache
Eef – Bluesalicious
El Toro De La Muerte – Danger These Days
Eric Gunnison – Trios
Euforquestra – Let Us In
Fingers of the Sun – Sleepy Time EP
The Foot. – Cloud Control EP
Force Publique – Force Publique
The Fray – Scars and Stories
Full Belly – New Voice
Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair
Grant Sabin – The Homesick EP
Harry Tuft & Friends – Treasures Untold
Hazel Miller Band – Coming to You Live… From KUVO
Head for the Hills – Live
Hearts In Space – Already Gone
Hindershot – Curse Us All
The Holler! – Gratitude
Honey Gitters – Poor Gitters’ Almanack
I Am The Dot – A Collection of Songs (2008-2011)
Ian Cooke – Fortitude
In the Whale – Cake
Instant Empire – Heavy Hollow
Instant Empire – Instant Empire
Jaden Carlson – Tell Me What You See
Jami Lunde – Big Black Birds
JD Feighner – JD Feighner [assorted singles]
Jeff Bostic – Crutch [single]
Jeff Finlin – Live Songs for the Ice Age
Jim Stranahan – Free For All
Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
John Oates Band – The Bluesville Sessions
John Statz – Old Fashioned
Juno What?! – Late Night Live
Kathryn Mostow – Rich Girl *
Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
Kevin Dooley – Moonlight Highway *
Kissing Party – The Hate Album
Le Divorce – The Sting and the Light
Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
Lizzie Huffman – Pretty Old Soul
Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground
Matt Smiley – Quartet Art
Medic – Grace and Gravity
Megan Redmond – Dreamland
Mesita – The Coyote
Mike Marchant – Indulgent Space-Folk Vol. 3: Binary Beach
Mike Marchant – Lost and Found Sound (2008-2011)
Mombi – The Wounded Beat
Moon Duo – Mazes
Moors & McCumber – Gravity
Mr. Anonymous – Champion Sound
Muskeeteer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival
New Ben Franklins – [peter gabriel]
Papa Juke – Out Of The Blues
Petals of Spain – I Gotta Know [single]
Petals of Spain – Lady Luck [single]
Poet’s Row – Exquisite Corpse
Pretty Sure – Subtle Sabotage
Princess Music – Roger Tranquility
Rachel James – Not Giving Up [EP]
Raven and the Writing Desk – Bonedale [EP]
Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
Robert Wilson Blues Band – 45 RPM
Ronnie Shellist – Trust Is Gone
Rose Hill Drive – Americana
Russ Hopkins – Space Junk Motel
Safe Boating Is No Accident – Live Without Dead Time
Sam Lee – Better Half
SAUNA – The Teen Angst Tape
Science Partner – Rocky Mountain News
SHEL – When the Dragon Came Down
SoundRabbit – Don’t Forget to Remember
Spring Creek – Hold On Me
Sun Red – Breathes Ages
Swing Hero – Swing Hero
Talk All Night – Oxen Aux Out
Turn 4 – What You Do About It
Varlet – The Drifter
Wasteland Hop – Mother Acre
Wendy Woo Band – Austerity
Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
The Yawpers – Savage Blue
In order to be tracked I need to have a copy of the album, ep, or single, in physical and/or digital format. Pls send to Rocky Mountain Music Network 1208 Macoy Ct. Dacono, CO 80514 or email me at chriskmusic@gmail.com.
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
5. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
3. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
3. Katie Glassman – Snapshot *
KDNK (Carbondale) HOT SPINS
Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s
Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
KDUR (Durango)
1. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
2. Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s
3. 4H Royalty – Where UFOs Go To Die
3. The Swayback – Double Four Time
4. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
KGNU (Boulder)
1. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
1. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
2. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
3. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
2. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
3. A Shoreline Dream – Losing Them All To This Time
3. Broken Spoke – Before There Were Easy Riders
3. El Toro De La Muerte – Danger These Days
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
2. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
3. Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons *
KUNC (Greeley)
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
3. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Tennis – Young & Old
KUVO (Denver)
1. Eric Gunnison – Trios
2. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
3. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
4. Matt Smiley Quartet – Quartet Art
4. Raincheck – Raincheck
OPEN AIR 1340 (Denver)
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Tennis – Young & Old
3. The Congress – Whatever You Want
4. Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1
5. Overcasters – Curses/Prayers
RADIO 1190 KVCU (Boulder)
1. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
2. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
3. The Don’ts and Be Carefuls – Sun Hits
3. Poet’s Row – Exquisite Corpse
3. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats
The Colorado Sound
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days*
2. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
2. The Knew – Man Monster
3. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines
4. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
BY GENRE/PROGRAM FORMAT
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. Chris Daniels – Better Days *
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s
4. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
5. Katie Glassman – Snapshot *
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
2. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
3. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
4. Papa Juke – Out Of The Blues
5. Cary Morin – Sing It Louder
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
3. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
4. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
5. Glowing House – Days Run Out
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat
2. Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
3. Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
4. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
5. Air Dubai – Day Escape
Indie/New Alternative
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Tennis – Young & Old
3. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
4. Dressy Bessy – Summer Singles Volume 1
5. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats
Jazz
1. Raincheck – Raincheck
2. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
3. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
4. Hazel Miller Band – Coming to You Live… From KUVO
5. After Midnight – Hit the Jive Jack
POP/Adult Contemporary
1. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
2. Places – No More Wasted Days
3. Megan Redmond – Dreamland
4. The Fray – Scars and Stories
4. Rachel James – Not Giving Up [EP]
ROCK/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
1. Arliss Nancy – Simple Machines
2. Strange Americans – A Royal Battle
3. The Swayback – Double Four Time
4. The Knew – Man Monster
5. Johnny Hickman – Tilting
*serviced to CO media by Rocky Mountain Music Network
Last month I focused my personal editorial on the fact that, statewide, community/public radio programmers are broadly unaware of music from here in Colorado – a predicament I believed might ultimately only be addressed by legislation dictating the level of local content on our over-the-air broadcast stations …much in the same vein as Canada’s mandate that 35% of their content be Canadian.
The prevailing argument against that idea is that Canada’s law is national and not something that in general we have to worry about in the US – as the VAST amount of music being aired is from the US … and that on a state by state basis, there would be no way for most states to implement such a mandate on their broadcast stations, since most states don’t have sufficient content to make the idea fly.
Since last month’s rant I’ve given this issue considerable thought. I’ve experimented a bit and asked a question or two – all in an effort to find a way to address this issue without more government intervention, something I am wary of in the least and generally opposed to in principle. I found two issues to be prevalent, knowledge and access.
There is no simple way for on-air programmers to discover Colorado talent. There is no website such as a Reverbnation or MySpace for Colorado, specifically dedicated to the music of our state, and no easy way to sort artists by state at Reverbnation, Bandcamp, or other online music services. Further, content would have to be filtered for language, something a lot of artists don’t think of when posting content online – since they obviously don’t have to. There are no language prohibitions online.
Solving the knowledge dilemma is not easy. Locally, it would mean that someone at a station has to be hip to what’s going on statewide, and then be able to educate on-air djs/programmers. Even if a centralized Colorado specific version of something like MySpace were created, it would require that programmers know about it – not something that most djs would do, I’m sorry to say.
Most programmers, especially those who are “older” I’ve discovered, are more interested in playing stuff from their personal collections, than searching out new music they are not familiar with. So, what if we who are in the business of getting people to know “force-fed” product to individual djs, by sending it to them directly; would that help in some measurable way? It’s possible, and something worth considering as more and more independent programmers appear resistant to playing what exists in station libraries, instead preferring what they discover themselves.
The other issue is access. Physical or digital? I asked that question of the music and program directors at stations around the state …the answer? Both. Most stations are not yet outfitted to easily catalog and air digital content. Most have not yet digitized their physical product sufficiently enough to do away with their existing cd libraries. And most find that their djs (especially their older djs) are uncomfortable with trying to access and air digitized content with existing studio “dj assist” software – preferring the older technologies such as compact discs, cassette tapes, and vinyl records.
One option that’s been floated is the idea of creating a cloud based solution, enabling one or more stations to access content they already own or can access and share collectively. This as opposed to needing large hard drives and specialized software on site to deal with large collections – in some cases, collections that contain over 50,000 album titles.
Interestingly, however, it seems that most of the djs at those stations have internet access, a laptop, or some other tool used to collect, store, and play digital content, leading further I believe to the individualization of the content being broadcast. Some djs I’ve learned are streaming content from online services – something that station management may have to look into as a possible violation of DMCA rules. It is an interesting idea however – it just makes me wonder what the legal ramifications are.
All that said – we are among the lucky places where local content receives as much notice and airplay as it does here in Colorado – and for which I personally am very grateful. Thank you to all the programmers, music directors, and on-air talent who take the time and make the effort to support … much love my friends.
In station news this month –
Check out the music blog at KWMV (Westcliffe) … http://musicblog.kwmv.org/ or easily access it by a big red button on their homepage at www.kwmv.org. They also have a new late night dj show with one of the Custer County Youth Radio alumni, The Midnight Hour with Cameron “Carmine” Kessler on Saturday morning from midnight to 2 a.m.
Lindsay Isbell, the music director at KSJD (Cortez) writes in this month: “We have moved! We are now thrilled to be working and broadcasting from our new home at the corner of Main and Market streets in downtown Cortez.” The new [physical/street] address is 2 E. Main St. Cortez, CO 81321. However, all mail should be sent to P. O. Box 116 in Cortez.
Tedi Gillespie at KAFM (Grand Junction) reports that “I have now been named Executive Director. I was serving as Interim for 4 months and now they’ve made it official and permanent.” The station got a power increase to 300 watts last November and a second phase of improvements will mean renovations to the control and production studios. Tedi also reports that KAFM will be looking for a Program Director in the near future.
From Sally Kane, executive director at KVNF in Paonia: KVNF has been selected to be an incubator station for the Association of Independents in Radio “Localore” grant. Our project is called “iseechange.” It’s an experiment in citizen science reporting. We’re hosting a community conversation with citizens and scientists talking about what’s changing in their backyards and across the state with regard to weather and climate. Julia Kumari Drapkin is the multi media producer who joined our station for a year to coordinate the project. The content is available to be shared with RMCR (Rocky Mountain Community Radio) stations statewide. More info is available at http://www.kvnf.org/.
TOP 40 MOST SPUN TITLES – May 2012
(303 titles tracked / 146 titles reported as played)
(LM) TM / [date added] (D) = debut, first time on chart (R) = re-entered chart
(1) 1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone) Indie/New Alternative [Mar-12]
(16) 2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS Records) Americana/rock [Apr-12]
(D) 3. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king} (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk [May-12]
(2) 4. Tennis – Young & Old (Fat Possum) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(3) 5. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) Blues [Feb-12]
(8) 6. Mosey West – Merica (self) Rock/alt-country-rock [Apr-12]
(5) 7. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed (Family Tree) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(D) 8. Rob Drabkin – Rob Drabkin Live (self) Rock/adult [May-12]
(13) 9. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm (self) Americana/rock [Mar-12]
(D) 10. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends (Fellow Creature Recordings) Folk [May-12]
(9) 11. Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Live at Hodi’s (self) Alt-country [Jan-12]
(12) 12. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs (self) Blues/rhythm and blues [Apr-12]
(20) 13. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight (Hot Congress Records) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(21) 14. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (self) Bluegrass/country [Apr-11]
(25) 15. Katie Glassman – Snapshot (self) Americana [Feb-12]
(14) 16. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost (self) Rock/roots [Oct-11]
(R) 17. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You (self) Pop/country crossover [Feb-12]
(D) 18. Instant Empire – Instant Empire (self) Indie/New Alternative [Apr-12]
(D) 19. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader (self) Indie/New Alternative [May-12]
(D) 20. Grass It Up – Alabama Tory (self) Bluegrass [May-12]
(24) 21. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [Apr-12]
(18) 22. The Congress – Whatever You Want (self) Rock [Apr-12]
(29) 22. Harry Tuft & Friends – Treasures Untold (Manasses Records) Folk [Nov-11]
(D) 23. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow (Blank Tape) Folk [Apr-12]
(10) 24. Longest Day of the Year – Turn Into the Ground (self) Americana/alt-country [Nov-11]
(11) 24. Musketeer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival (self) Rock/blues/southern rock [Apr-12]
(29) 25. Catch Bees – Newman’s Open Choir (On Joyful Wings) Indie/New Alternative [Feb-12]
(D) 26. Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon (self) Rock/jamband [Apr-12]
(D) 26. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise (self) Folk [May-12]
(17) 26. The Swayback – Double Four Time (self) Rock [Feb-12]
(19) 27. Churchill – The Change EP (Wire Bird) Folk/folk-rock [Feb-12]
(22) 27. Eric Gunnison – Trios (Synergy Music) Jazz [Feb-12]
(27) 28. Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair (self) Indie/New Alternative [Sep-11]
(R) 28. Wendy Woo Band – Austerity (Woo Music) POP/adult [Jun-11]
(R) 28. You Me and Apollo – Cards with Cheats (self) Indie/New Alternative [Aug-11]
(D) 29. Jeff Finlin – Live Songs for the Ice Age (Bent Wheel) Rock/singer-songwriter [Apr-12]
(23) 30. Euforquestra - Let Us In (self) Alternative Adult/reggae/funk/world [Mar-12]
(26) 30. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis (self) Blues [Aug-11]
(D) 31. Raincheck - Raincheck (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz [May-12]
(29) 32. The Yawpers – Savage Blue EP (Adventure Records) Rock/alt-country-rock [Jan-12]
DROPPED OUT OF TOP 40 May 2012
6. The Jekylls – The Sweet Factory
7. Katya Chorover – Big Big Love
15. Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee
19. Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
22. Eric Gunnison – Trios
28. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Live and Learn EP
29. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
30. Blackout Beat Production Company – The Circus House
31. John Oates – Mississippi Mile
31. Spring Creek – Hold On Me
32. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
33. Josh Quinlin Quintet – Mountain Time Standards
34. Carbon Choir – Sakhalin
34. Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner
34. Spires – S/T EP
ADDED MAY 2012
3 Twins Broadband – Cry at the Movies / How Couldya Not [single]
Andy Flattery & the Afternoons – Night Run EP
Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
Delta Sonics – Live at Lincoln’s
Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
Grass It Up – Alabama Tory
Head for the Hills – Live
Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
Matt Smiley – Quartet Art
McCumber & Moors – Gravity
Molina w/ Diles – Name and Town
New Ben Franklins – [peter gabriel]
O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
Raincheck – Raincheck
Rob Drabkin – Rob Drabkin Live
Robert Cline, Jr. – All the Right Reasons
Shirley – From A Bright Clearing
The Ghost of Joseph Buck – The Ghost of Joseph Buck
The Knew – Major Nights [single]
Xiren – Not A Love Song [single]
STATION BY STATION
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s
4. Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
4. Mosey West – Merica
KBUT (Crested Butte)
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
2. Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s
KDNK (Carbondale) [HOT SPINS]
Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee
Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
The Swayback – Double Four Time
Wendy Woo Band – Austerity
KGNU (Boulder)
1. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation, The Songs of Roger Miller
2. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
3. Katie Glassman – Snapshot
3. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
3. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
2. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
3. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
4. Moors & McCumber – Gravity
4. Tennis – Young & Old
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
3. Mosey West – Merica
4. Muskeeteer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival
5. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
KUNC (Greeley)
1. The Lumineers – The The Lumineers
2. Kathryn Mostow – Rich Girl
2. Mosey West – Merica
3. Wendy Woo Band – Austerity
4. Driftwood Fire – How to Untangle a Heartache
KUVO (Denver)
1. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
2. Eric Gunnison – Trios
3. Ben Haugland – Point of No Return
4. Raincheck – Raincheck
5. Adam Bodine Trio – Up ‘N Hear
KVNF (Paonia)
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
3. Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
4. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
Open Air 1340 (Denver)
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
3. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
4. Flashbulb Fires – Gasconader
5. Overcasters – Curses/Prayers
The Colorado Sound
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – {like a king}
2. Rob Drabkin – Rob Drabkin Live
3. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
4. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
Americana/Alt.country/Alt.country-rock
1. Leftover Salmon – Aquatic Hitchhiker
2. Grant Farm – The Grant Farm
3. Halden Wofford & the HI Beams – Live at Hodi’s
4. Katie Glassman – Snapshot
5. Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
1. Otis Taylor – Otis Taylor’s Contraband
2. Delta Sonics – Live at Lincoln’s
3. Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Punches and Hugs
4. Lionel Young Band – On Our Way to Memphis
5. John Oates Band – The Bluesville Sessions
Bluegrass
1. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Grass It Up – Alabama Tory
3. Spring Creek – Hold On Me
4. Head for the Hills – Live
5. Dave Richey & Ruined Nation – No Peace of Mind
Folk/folk-rock/singer-songwriter
1. Danielle Ate The Sandwich – {like a king}
2. Joe Sampson – Kill Our Friends
3. Harry Tuft & Friends – Treasures Untold
4. Haunted Windchimes – Out with the Crow
5. Patrick Dethlefs – Fall & Rise
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
1. Beats Noir! – 13 Tracks From The Dark Side Of The Beat
2. Rebel Tongue – Movin’ On
3. Wasteland Hop – Mother Acre
3. Wheelchair Sports Camp – Where We All Live
4. Broken Tongues – Crooked Skyline
Indie/New-Alternative
1. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
2. Tennis – Young & Old
3. Bad Weather California – Sunkissed
4. Achille Lauro – Flight or Flight
5. Instant Empire – Instant Empire
Jazz
1. Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra – Sharks & Manatees
2. Eric Gunnison – Trios
3. Raincheck – Raincheck
4. H2 Big Band – You’re It!
4. Shirley – From A Bright Clearing
POP / Alternative Adult Contemporary
1. Coles Whalen – I Wrote this for You
2. Wendy Woo Band – Austerity
3. Katie Herzig – The Waking Sleep
4. Megan Redmond – Dreamland
4. Zach Heckendorf – The Cool Down
ROCK / AAA / AOR
1. Mosey West – Merica
2. Rob Drabkin – Rob Drabkin Live
3. The Congress – Whatever You Want
4. Muskeeteer Gripweed – Staight Razor Revival
5. Better Than Bacon – Better Than Bacon
. 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!
December 1, 2012 — we are now 28 days away from our Best of 2012 show on the Colorado Sound, which will air the week of Dec 29-Jan 4 around the state. Over the next week or so I will put up a poll so that you can pick your favorites of the past year – NOV’11-NOV’12. I’ll take those results, add it to the list of favs by some “secret” local industry insiders, and then add them to the spins database to come up with the TOP 40 of 2012. Should be fun.
KAFM (Grand Junction)
KBUT (Crested Butte)
KDNK (Carbondale) 
KGNU (Boulder)
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
KRFC (Fort Collins)
KSJD (Cortez)
KUVO (Denver)
KVNF (Paonia)
Open Air 1340 (Denver)
The Colorado Sound
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
Pop/Adult Contemporary
EDIT 10/7/2012: 
(
KAFM (Grand Junction)
KDNK (Carbondale) HOT SPINS
KDUR (Durango)
KOTO (Telluride)
KGNU (Boulder)
KUNC (Greeley)
Radio 1190 (Boulder)
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
Jazz
Happy September 
KRFC (Fort Collins)
KSJD (Cortez/Mancos)
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
POP/Adult Contemporary
Rock/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
rain dead right now. It’s been one crazy major event after another all summer, with two more to go – The 5th Annual 
Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Dance/Funk/Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary
ROCK/AAA/AOR/Modern Rock
KDNK (Carbondale) [HOT SPINS]
KRFC (Fort Collins)
KUVO (Denver) 
Bluegrass
ROCK / AAA / AOR
