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(52) Weeks
June 26, 2015
Seconds, anyone? One year ago today we added trailblazing Harrisonburg Virginia band, 'Old Crow Medicine Show' second album for Dave Matthew's label, ATO Records, and fifth major studio release overall, to our new music rack. The album, 'Remedy', features a second, Dylan collaboration of an old unfinished Dylan song and new Old Crow Medicine Show compositional input from Ketch Secor. Confused? It's a long story. 'Sweet Amarillo' and other track spins keep 'Remedy' on the KAFM College Charts through September of 2014. The most recent track played, 'Tennessee Bound', came from the one and only Vetabluegrass on KAFM's 'Bluegrass and Beyond' March 24th, 2015.
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Charts June 12 - 18
June 19, 2015
Well it got ridiculously hot this week. Here's what we've been playing to cool down:
Jazz - Again, a week full of Daves... But a new #1!

1 VINCENT HERRING Night And Day (Smoke Sessions)
2 DAVID SANBORN Time And The River (OKeh)
3 DAVE STRYKER Messin' With Mister T (Self-Released)
4 CHRIS CORTEZ Top Secret! (Blue Bamboo)
5 KEVIN EUBANKS AND STANLEY JORDAN Duets (Mack Avenue)
6 DAVID CHESKY Jazz In The New Harmonic (Chesky)
7 CAROL SABOYA/ANTONIO ADOLFO/HENDRIK MEURKENS Copa Village (AAM)
8 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source (Lifeforce Jazz)
9 ROBERT KENNEDY TRIO Big Shoes (Self-Released)
10 TODD MARCUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Blue For Tahrir (Hipnotic)
Quick read more or view full article /> World - A new #1 here, and there are a few new names peeking up!

1 MORGAN HERITAGE Strictly Roots (Cool To Be Conscious)
2 ALEX CUBA Healer (Caracol)
3 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna (Self-Released)
4 JESSE COOK One World (Coach House)
5 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found (World Circuit)
6 NNEKA My Fairy Tales (Bushqueen)
7 TIEMPO LIBRE Panamericano (Universal)
8 QUITAPENAS Quitapenas (White Iris)
9 SKINTS FM (Easy Star)
10 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
College - HUGE movement for Courtney Barnett!

1 COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom And Pop)
2 HEARTLESS BASTARDS Restless Ones (Partisan)
3 CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING Labor Against Waste (Anti-)
4 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn (Ribbon)
5 KAIL BAXLEY A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
6 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Kintsugi (Atlantic)
7 LORD HURON Strange Trails (Iamsound)
8 KELLER WILLIAMS Vape (Self-Released)
9 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons (ORG Music)
10 DAWES All Your Favorite Bands (HUB)
Roots - A compeletely new top 5 - including our Radio Room guest from last night...

1 SONNY LANDRETH Bound by the Blues (Provogue)
2 BILLY SHADDOX I Melt, I Howl (Self-Released)
3 THE TEXAS HORNS Blues Gotta Holda Me (Vizztone)
4 THE NIGHTHAWKS Back Porch Party (Eller Records)
5 THE JOSH GARRETT BAND Honey For My Queen (Self-Released)
6 WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD Django and Jimmie (Legacy)
7 TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Brighter Every Day (Self-Released)
8 AMY HART Live at the Mayne Stage (Painted Rocks / Vizztone)
9 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghostown (Signature Sounds)
10 STEEL WHEELS Leave Some Things Behind (Big Bang Records)
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Jazz - Again, a week full of Daves... But a new #1!

1 VINCENT HERRING Night And Day (Smoke Sessions)
2 DAVID SANBORN Time And The River (OKeh)
3 DAVE STRYKER Messin' With Mister T (Self-Released)
4 CHRIS CORTEZ Top Secret! (Blue Bamboo)
5 KEVIN EUBANKS AND STANLEY JORDAN Duets (Mack Avenue)
6 DAVID CHESKY Jazz In The New Harmonic (Chesky)
7 CAROL SABOYA/ANTONIO ADOLFO/HENDRIK MEURKENS Copa Village (AAM)
8 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source (Lifeforce Jazz)
9 ROBERT KENNEDY TRIO Big Shoes (Self-Released)
10 TODD MARCUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Blue For Tahrir (Hipnotic)
Quick read more or view full article /> World - A new #1 here, and there are a few new names peeking up!

1 MORGAN HERITAGE Strictly Roots (Cool To Be Conscious)
2 ALEX CUBA Healer (Caracol)
3 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna (Self-Released)
4 JESSE COOK One World (Coach House)
5 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found (World Circuit)
6 NNEKA My Fairy Tales (Bushqueen)
7 TIEMPO LIBRE Panamericano (Universal)
8 QUITAPENAS Quitapenas (White Iris)
9 SKINTS FM (Easy Star)
10 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
College - HUGE movement for Courtney Barnett!

1 COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom And Pop)
2 HEARTLESS BASTARDS Restless Ones (Partisan)
3 CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING Labor Against Waste (Anti-)
4 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn (Ribbon)
5 KAIL BAXLEY A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
6 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Kintsugi (Atlantic)
7 LORD HURON Strange Trails (Iamsound)
8 KELLER WILLIAMS Vape (Self-Released)
9 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons (ORG Music)
10 DAWES All Your Favorite Bands (HUB)
Roots - A compeletely new top 5 - including our Radio Room guest from last night...

1 SONNY LANDRETH Bound by the Blues (Provogue)
2 BILLY SHADDOX I Melt, I Howl (Self-Released)
3 THE TEXAS HORNS Blues Gotta Holda Me (Vizztone)
4 THE NIGHTHAWKS Back Porch Party (Eller Records)
5 THE JOSH GARRETT BAND Honey For My Queen (Self-Released)
6 WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD Django and Jimmie (Legacy)
7 TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Brighter Every Day (Self-Released)
8 AMY HART Live at the Mayne Stage (Painted Rocks / Vizztone)
9 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghostown (Signature Sounds)
10 STEEL WHEELS Leave Some Things Behind (Big Bang Records)
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(52) Weeks
June 17, 2015
From internet to international phenoms, Swedish siblings Klara and Johanna Söderberg's rocket ride to fame as First Aid Kit was launched with a cover of Fleet Foxes 'Tiger Mountain Peasant Song' on YouTube. Their second release, 'The Lion's Roar', firmly established the duo as global folk favorites, with the song 'Emmylou' touted by Rolling Stone Magazine as the number 10 "Single of the Year" for 2012. 'Stay Gold', their third, was added to KAFM's new rack one year ago on June 20th, 2014 with the latest spin coming from KAFM's 'Tied To The Tracks' with The Wolfman on Satuday, May 2nd, 2015. Honored at Sweden's 2015 Polar Music Prize, Laureate
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Emmylou Harris was serenaded in a dream come true performance for the sisters. Watch below and shed a tear with Emmylou.
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New Release on Anti- Christopher Paul Stelling
June 17, 2015
His name is Christopher Paul. But if ever there was a modern day equivalent of “one crying in the wilderness”, New York singer/songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling is it. After recording his first release for the ‘Anti-‘ record label, Stelling is riding an exponential wave of attention and critical acclaim from the likes of 'NPR', 'The Rolling Stone', and CBS This Morning. And no wonder. With rapid fire fretwork and fervent, penetrating vocals, Stelling delivers songs of yearning for hope and goodness. Songs of human shortcomings, guilt, and of being lost and found. Songs that appeal to the base goodness, the spirit, whether human or divine, in all of us. Self-assured in his delivery one might truly believe
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that he writes and sings about things at the edge of human perception, as in the song, “Scarecrow”. “.…don’t that scarecrow on the hillside look an awful lot like me - with his arms all spread out wide like he was measuring the fields, or was he out there standing guard over something long been concealed.” Seeing Stelling perform live, with his well-worn clothes and guitar, beard and tussled hair, he may have well just delivered a six string sermon in a desert or more likely in a bar halfway around the world. Don’t let the religious overtones put you off. This is one hell of an album. And long, long before NPR and Rolling Stone, we were playing Christopher Paul Stelling here on your community station, KAFM.
Check out the newest CPS video 'Horse', too!
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Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
June 16, 2015
The Alabama Shakes sophomore release, Color & Sound (ATO Records) is a marked departure from their 2012 debut (Boys and Girls, ATO), with a heavier sound and more cutting tracks. Love it or hate it, the album has made a mark, especially here at the station!
Here's their latest single, "Don't Wanna Fight":
Color & Sound has been up and down our top 30, peaking at #2 (so far) - keep it tuned to 88.1 for more from them!
Here's their latest single, "Don't Wanna Fight":
Color & Sound has been up and down our top 30, peaking at #2 (so far) - keep it tuned to 88.1 for more from them!
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Charts June 5 - 11
June 12, 2015
Well, the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival begins today - and you can tell the influence it's had here this week! We've got a bunch of new number 1 spots, as well!
Jazz - New number 1, new top 5!

1 CORY WEEDS Condition Blue, The Music Of Jackie Mclean (Cellar Live)
2 CURTIS NOWOSAD Dialectics (Cellar Live)
3 DANA LANDRY QUARTET Standard Elevation (Artist Alliance)
4 REGGIE QUINERLY Invictus (Independent)
5 STOCKTON HELBING Patina (Armored)
6 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source (Lifeforce Jazz)
7 JAGA JAZZIST Starfire (Ninja Tune)
8 GREG RUBY AND RHYTHM RUNNERS Washington Hall Stomp (Greg Ruby)
9 ELIANE ELIAS Made In Brazil (Concord)
10 Quick read more or view full article TODD MARCUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Blue For Tahrir (Hipnotic)
World - Xavier Rudd FALLS this week! Check out our new number 1!

1 JESSE COOK One World (Coach House)
2 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna (Self-Released)
3 NIYAZ The Fourth Light (Six Degrees)
4 ALEX CUBA Healer (Caracol)
5 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found (World Circuit)
6 CHIMURENGA RENAISSANCE Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema (Brick Lane)
7 QUITAPENAS Quitapenas (White Iris)
8 SKINTS FM (Easy Star)
9 IBEYI Ibeyi (XL)
10 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
College - Some new names popping up in the 10 this week!

1 DELLA MAE Della Mae (Rounder)
2 LORD HURON "Fool For Love" (Iamsound)
3 KAIL BAXLEY A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
4 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn (Ribbon)
5 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons (ORG Music)
6 POKEY LAFARGE Something In The Water (Rounder)
7 LUCID Dirt Full Circle (Self-Release)
8 SAM LEWIS "Waiting For You" (Brash)
9 BRITISH INDIA Nothing Touches Me (Liberation)
10 DAWES All Your Favorite Bands (HUB)
Roots - A lot of Bluegrass influence here this week... wonder why...

1 JAMES MCMURTRY Complicated Game (Self-Released)
2 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghost Town (Signature Sounds)
3 TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Brighter Every Day (Self-Released)
4 THE STEEL WHEELS Leave Some Things Behind (Big Ring Records)
5 SHELBY LYNNE I Can't Imagine (Rounder)
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Jazz - New number 1, new top 5!

1 CORY WEEDS Condition Blue, The Music Of Jackie Mclean (Cellar Live)
2 CURTIS NOWOSAD Dialectics (Cellar Live)
3 DANA LANDRY QUARTET Standard Elevation (Artist Alliance)
4 REGGIE QUINERLY Invictus (Independent)
5 STOCKTON HELBING Patina (Armored)
6 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source (Lifeforce Jazz)
7 JAGA JAZZIST Starfire (Ninja Tune)
8 GREG RUBY AND RHYTHM RUNNERS Washington Hall Stomp (Greg Ruby)
9 ELIANE ELIAS Made In Brazil (Concord)
10 Quick read more or view full article TODD MARCUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Blue For Tahrir (Hipnotic)
World - Xavier Rudd FALLS this week! Check out our new number 1!

1 JESSE COOK One World (Coach House)
2 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna (Self-Released)
3 NIYAZ The Fourth Light (Six Degrees)
4 ALEX CUBA Healer (Caracol)
5 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found (World Circuit)
6 CHIMURENGA RENAISSANCE Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema (Brick Lane)
7 QUITAPENAS Quitapenas (White Iris)
8 SKINTS FM (Easy Star)
9 IBEYI Ibeyi (XL)
10 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa (World Circuit)
College - Some new names popping up in the 10 this week!

1 DELLA MAE Della Mae (Rounder)
2 LORD HURON "Fool For Love" (Iamsound)
3 KAIL BAXLEY A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
4 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn (Ribbon)
5 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons (ORG Music)
6 POKEY LAFARGE Something In The Water (Rounder)
7 LUCID Dirt Full Circle (Self-Release)
8 SAM LEWIS "Waiting For You" (Brash)
9 BRITISH INDIA Nothing Touches Me (Liberation)
10 DAWES All Your Favorite Bands (HUB)
Roots - A lot of Bluegrass influence here this week... wonder why...

1 JAMES MCMURTRY Complicated Game (Self-Released)
2 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghost Town (Signature Sounds)
3 TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Brighter Every Day (Self-Released)
4 THE STEEL WHEELS Leave Some Things Behind (Big Ring Records)
5 SHELBY LYNNE I Can't Imagine (Rounder)
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New Releases!
June 11, 2015
Just a sample of the new releases arriving here daily at 1310 Ute Ave.
Honey Honey 3 (Rounder) - Americana

Tony Furtado The Bell (Yousayfurtado Records) - Americana

Blue Plate Specials Servin' It Up (Lanark) - Blues

More to come at eighty eight one.
Honey Honey 3 (Rounder) - Americana
Tony Furtado The Bell (Yousayfurtado Records) - Americana

Blue Plate Specials Servin' It Up (Lanark) - Blues

More to come at eighty eight one.
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(52) Weeks
June 10, 2015
Change name. Check. Graduate from Berklee College of Music. Check. Release sophomore title, 'The Awakening', one week later. Check. Score big spins at KAFM. Er... Check! Clearly, 2014 was a big year for soul, jazz, hip hop, and reggae singer/songwriter Lilla, previously known as Lilla D'Mone. One that she had prepared for her whole life, playing piano at six, singing in gospel choirs at 14, and touring as a back up singer throughout high school. Added to KAFM's new rack on June 11th, 2014, it wasn't until September and into the winter months for 'The Awakening' to, well, awaken with the latest spin being on Sunday, May 24th, 2015 on KAFM's 'Moonlight Melodies' with Nick. Change mind. Check.
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Charts May 31 - June 4
June 5, 2015
It's finallly warming up! Here's what we've got for the first week of June:
Jazz - New number 1, new names, what's not to love?

1 REGGIE QUINERLY Invictus Independent
2 DANA LANDRY QUARTET Standard Elevation Artist Alliance
3 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source Lifeforce Jazz
4 CORY WEEDS Condition Blue, The Music Of Jackie Mclean Cellar Live
5 GRANT STEWART Trio Cellar Live
6 RODRIGO BONELLI Septet Works Self-Released
7 ELIANE ELIAS Made In Brazil Concord
8 GLEN ACKERMAN Glenious Alien Landscape Blue Bamboo
9 DAVID CHESKY Jazz In The New Harmonic Chesky
10 DAVE STRYKER Messin' With Mister T Self-Released
World - Xavier Rudd can't be Quick read more or view full article stopped, but there are a few new names coming up this chart....

1 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna Self-Released
2 NIYAZ The Fourth Light Six Degrees
3 ALEX CUBA Healer Caracol
4 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found World Circuit
5 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa World Circuit
6 JESSE COOK One World Coach House
7 TIEMPO LIBRE Panamericano Universal
8 MIDIVAL PUNDITZ Light Six Degrees
9 SKINTS FM Easy Star
10 MORGAN HERITAGE Strictly Roots Cool To Be Conscious
College - Woah! Brand new number 1!

1 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons ORG Music
2 DELLA MAE Della Mae Rounder
3 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Kintsugi Atlantic
4 COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Mom And Pop
5 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn Ribbon
6 ALABAMA SHAKES Sound And Color ATO
7 TUXEDO Tuxedo Stones Throw
8 BRANDI CARLILE The Firewatcher's Daughter ATO
9 FIRESHIPS Fireships End Up
10 KOPECKY Drug For The Modern Age ATO
Roots - Some new names here, too, and a new topper:

1 HILLBENDERS Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry (Compass)
2 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghost Town (Signature Sound)
3 DUFFY KANE Dead Man Walkin' (Freedom Train)
4 ROY ROGERS Into the Wild Blue (Chops Not Chaps)
5 MARK KNOPFLER Tracker (Verve)
6 BLUE PLATE SPECIALS Servin' It Up (Lanark)
7 JAMES MCMURTRY Complicated Game (Self-Released)
8 GAYE ADEGBALOLA & THE WILD RUTZ Is It Still Good to Ya? (Hot Toddy)
9 DAN WEBBER What I'm Lookin' For (Highway 142 Music)
10 WILLIE NELSON MERLE HAGGARD Django and Jimmie (Legacy)
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Jazz - New number 1, new names, what's not to love?
1 REGGIE QUINERLY Invictus Independent
2 DANA LANDRY QUARTET Standard Elevation Artist Alliance
3 DAWAN MUHAMMAD Consider The Source Lifeforce Jazz
4 CORY WEEDS Condition Blue, The Music Of Jackie Mclean Cellar Live
5 GRANT STEWART Trio Cellar Live
6 RODRIGO BONELLI Septet Works Self-Released
7 ELIANE ELIAS Made In Brazil Concord
8 GLEN ACKERMAN Glenious Alien Landscape Blue Bamboo
9 DAVID CHESKY Jazz In The New Harmonic Chesky
10 DAVE STRYKER Messin' With Mister T Self-Released
World - Xavier Rudd can't be Quick read more or view full article stopped, but there are a few new names coming up this chart....

1 XAVIER RUDD AND THE UNITED NATIONS Nanna Self-Released
2 NIYAZ The Fourth Light Six Degrees
3 ALEX CUBA Healer Caracol
4 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Lost And Found World Circuit
5 MBONGWANA STAR From Kinshasa World Circuit
6 JESSE COOK One World Coach House
7 TIEMPO LIBRE Panamericano Universal
8 MIDIVAL PUNDITZ Light Six Degrees
9 SKINTS FM Easy Star
10 MORGAN HERITAGE Strictly Roots Cool To Be Conscious
College - Woah! Brand new number 1!

1 FOOL'S GOLD Flying Lessons ORG Music
2 DELLA MAE Della Mae Rounder
3 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Kintsugi Atlantic
4 COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Mom And Pop
5 DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn Ribbon
6 ALABAMA SHAKES Sound And Color ATO
7 TUXEDO Tuxedo Stones Throw
8 BRANDI CARLILE The Firewatcher's Daughter ATO
9 FIRESHIPS Fireships End Up
10 KOPECKY Drug For The Modern Age ATO
Roots - Some new names here, too, and a new topper:

1 HILLBENDERS Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry (Compass)
2 EILEN JEWELL Sundown Over Ghost Town (Signature Sound)
3 DUFFY KANE Dead Man Walkin' (Freedom Train)
4 ROY ROGERS Into the Wild Blue (Chops Not Chaps)
5 MARK KNOPFLER Tracker (Verve)
6 BLUE PLATE SPECIALS Servin' It Up (Lanark)
7 JAMES MCMURTRY Complicated Game (Self-Released)
8 GAYE ADEGBALOLA & THE WILD RUTZ Is It Still Good to Ya? (Hot Toddy)
9 DAN WEBBER What I'm Lookin' For (Highway 142 Music)
10 WILLIE NELSON MERLE HAGGARD Django and Jimmie (Legacy)
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