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i. The Colorado Audio Presents: Swallow Hill Alive – What started in June as a "toe in the water" to bring some form of live music back, has adult into a daily stream of sounds from Colorado and national artists! Information technology helps heighten funds for the artist and Swallow Hill too!

2. Record Store Day times 3! – The annual Spring Record Shop Solar day was going to be in April once again. At present it's August 29, September 26 and October24! Our website has a link to the shop nearest you and a manner to win special RSD vinyl. Just click higher up!

three. The Colorado Sound Presents: FoCoMX Drive And Jive – Another way to enjoy alive (and in-person) music is on Tuesdays at the Holiday Bulldoze In! Click above to bank check out the lineup, and then pile in the machine/van/jalopy and come relish live music again!

four. More than Time = More than Cleaning – With no shows, no movies and minimal social hangs, I'm earthworks deeper into the ephemera I've carted around for decades. Lightening the load afterward going down Retentiveness Lane, I've uncovered newspaper manufactures nearly the Bird-led Celtics and the Bob Dylan/Tom Petty tour!

five. Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band – When the BIFF Bulldoze In showed this movie last calendar month, I was reminded of how wonderful information technology is, along with the joy of getting to sit and interview Robbie concluding March. A must for fans of The Band!

Since 2017, I've hosted a music history testify on the Colorado Sound called Music 101. (On the air 10am Sundays and 8pm Wed; click here to listen on need at exchange.prx.org) Here are my Meridian five favorite episodes.

one. CBGB's – This episode explored the legendary NYC music social club and some of the bands that got their start on the CBGB's stage, including The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, and more.

ii. More than Cowbell! – Taking a cue from the famous Saturday Night Live skit with Volition Farrell, Jimmy Fallon and Christopher Walken, this episode explores the use of cowbell in stone music. (Yes, information technology includes "Don't Fear The Reaper.")

iii. The Elephant vi Collective – From Louisiana to Colorado, Georgia and beyond, four babyhood friends formed a loose but significant musical collective. At that place are more than 50 musical acts associated with Elephant 6, including The Apples In Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Command, and Neutral Milk Hotel. This episode explores not just Elephant 6, but their influences and those they take influenced.

4. Produced By Elvis Costello – Every bit Elvis Costello started releasing his own songs on Stiff Records, he too started producing albums, including releases by The Specials, Squeeze and many more bands through the 1980'south.

5. Detroit Rock City – The urban center of Detroit has a rich stone music history. Iggy Pop, Bob Seger, and the MC5 hail from Detroit, and information technology's where Glenn Frey and Suzi Quatro got their first likewise. This episode explores the city's early rock history, from the mid-1960's until the early 1970's.

one. Atlas Obscura Website – AO's tagline is: "observe 20,041 curious places" and it delivers! Explore hidden gems around the globe similar Tikaboo Peak (The states), Bolwoningen (Netherlands), Gereja Ayam – the Craven Church (Indonesia), and Walden seven – an amazing apartment circuitous in an abandoned cement factory (Spain). Click above!

ii. Resurgence of the Bulldoze In! – From the traditional drive-ins to the float-ins on h2o, drive-through alive theater (an human activity at every terminate), popular-ups at airports, Carmine Rocks and more, it'southward skillful to get back out! Check out the link above for a nation-wide comprehensive list of Drive-Ins!

3. Sylvan Esso: Gratuitous Love – Frontwoman Amelia Meath describes their 3rd album as "a record most being increasingly terrified of the world effectually you and looking inward, so that you can find your style back to that place." Thanks for spreading the love, Amelia!

4.  The Stooges: Live at Goose Lake: August 8th 1970 – 3rd Man Records released this never-before-heard recording of the band's terminal prove with the original lineup. The soundboard recording was discovered in a Michigan basement and lovingly restored by Vance Powell.

5. Cameo.com – Ever wanted skateboard legend Tony Hawk to record your voicemail? How about a "happy bar mitzvah" message from competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, or a sugariness wedding message from Wu Tang's RZA? It'due south all possible thanks to the crazy cameo.com!

ane. September Top 20 Question: Your Favorite One Hit Wonder –We all have embarrassing guilty pleasure songs. (Hues Corporation'southward "Rock the Gunkhole"? Looking Glass and their ear-worm "Brandy?") Requite us yours at ColoradoSound.org (click in a higher place) – nosotros'll play #twenty to #ane on September 25 to start our Ane Hit Wonder Weekend!

2. Jerry Joseph: The Cute Madness – Joseph surrounds himself with talented friends like Dave Schools and Vic Chesnutt. This time around, Jerry pulls in Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers) to produce. He in turn brought the rest of the Truckers to play on this collection of songs, making you think and sing at the same time.

iii. Mavericks: "Recuerdos" – Blending state, tex-mex & rockabilly since 1989, Mavericks take Grammys and Top x records, playing thousands of sold-out shows, but they've never recorded an entire anthology in Spanish 'til now. Hear the joy in every song as they croon through Recuerdos and belt out upbeat Tejano songs similar "Poder Vivir."

4. Bobby Rush: "Shake It For Me" – This Grammy winning bluesman is 86 and ain't slowing downwards. He was in the studio with Howlin' Wolf when he recorded the original; 50 years subsequently his own soulful version blends perfectly with the saucy lyrics.

5. Your Moment of Twang – As host of Torch and Twang (on air 7am Sundays) I have the pleasance of spinning the finest Americana songs for y'all. Now, enjoy Your Moment of Twang Monday to Friday effectually 9:45pm when I share a great Americana vocal: an old favorite or mayhap something new!