KBUT Music

Welcome to the music page for your community radio station! Welcome aboard, sit, back, relax, and read on. It will be my pleasure to both bring you a regular update of what new releases are impacting the airwaves at KBUT and give you some insight on up-and-coming artists, bands, and collectives. Please check back regularly to keep up with the newest additions to our music library. As always, feel free to request any new music you desire. DJ's are here all day, 970.349.7444. Check the program schedule to see if your request will fit into a specific program's music format.

Greetings listeners, and welcome back to the music page, here on your community radio station / website! We have been a little busy around the office during our 2008 Summer Pledge Drive. Thanks to all who helped make this drive a whopping success.

A few records are out right now that you must know about.

First up comes a new twist from an up-and-coming bar room band. The fifth proper release, The Places We Lived, certainly makes quite a glossy shine out Backyard Tire Fire�s spit. Moving past self-explanatory releases such as �Bar Room Semantics,� the quartet�s foundation now veers towards the indie side of a generally grainy alt-rock sound. Revered for their raucous, rootsy live performances, BTF spackles their studio act.

A startling opening with two pop tracks leads back into familiar territory with the piano melody on �Everybody�s Down.� Who doesn�t know a friend described in the bar room rocker �How the Hell Did You Get Back Here?� which is, by far, the most memorable track on the record. �Rainy Day (don�t go away),� a much-welcomed thought during these hot summer months, precedes �One Wrong Turn,� an unsullied track in the vein of Andre Williams� band The New Orleands Hellhounds. A little emotion manages to slip from singer Ed Anderson on the bookend �Home Today.� Not simply another recreation of fueled live performances, BTF finds a cleaner, more accessible, and more pleasant voice in the studio.

Next comes an exciting new release from Southwestern, Tuscon-based alt-rockers Calexico. This seventh release--Carried To Dust--from the revolving collective, focused around songwriters Joey Burns and John Convertino, may be the most song- and album-oriented record to date in their over decade-long run, trumping the 2006 release Garden Ruin.

Bringing eclectic guests such as Sam Beam (aka Iron & Wine), Pieta Brown (Greg's daughter), and Douglas McCombs (Tortoise) to the table adds depth to one of the next great American bands. Adventurous and intriguing, reaching beyond the bands' lo-fi roots while veering away from the 'big' sounds of Garden Ruin, brings a new sound to Calexico's palette, while retaining the spice of the great Southwest that makes this band so unique.

Finally, KBUT is waiting on an interview with up-and-comers Moondoggies, a new Americana rock band out on Sub Pop subsidiary label Hardly Art. Stay tuned for more details on this one...

Other Notables:

Nikka Costa: STAX Records vocalist and soon-to-be queen of funky soul brings another set of cuts.
Michael Franti: Produced by Sly & Robbie with guest Zap Mama comes more hits from this KBUT favorite.
Jennifer O'Connor: Think Mazzy Star for the 21st Century. Wearily beautiful vocals and folky-pop sensibilities.
Cordero: Members of former Rock*A*Teens break down and go Latin, turn down the amps, and explore the rhythmic intricacies of music south of the border. Think of a Latin Belle & Sebastian.

KBUT strives to provide a balance in music programming for our listeners. Throughout the week, listeners may hear a variety of rock, folk, blues, bluegrass, jazz, world, funk, soul, reggae, hip-hop, electro, and new age. Point your browser to http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kbut/guide.guidemain for a descriptive list of DJ�s and programs found only on KBUT.