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Eufórquestra is a seven-member unit that relocated to Fort Collins, CO in Summer 2008 after spending five years in Iowa City, IA. The band’s own brand of High Intensity Global Dance Music is a percussion and horn driven blend of modern music that fuses afrobeat, reggae, dub, funk, rock, soca and highlife with traditional sounds from Cuba, Brazil, West Africa and beyond. This is cutting edge music that ignites dance floors across the country with a sound that “explodes, dances and melts in your ear with sheer bliss” (Chris M. Slawecki; www.allaboutjazz.com). With three full-length albums to their name and a relentless tour schedule (averaging over 110 shows annually), Eufórquestra has become one of the hottest bands on Colorado’s live music circuit and has created a national presence with performances all over the country at clubs, theaters, community events, and many great festivals including Electric Forest, Wakarusa, moe. Summer Camp, 80/35, Sweet Pea Festival, NedFest, Groovefest, Montana Beer Festival, the Iowa City Jazz Festival and their own Camp Euforia (hosting the 8th annual in 2011). The band has also been fortunate enough to collaborate with and support many other nationally touring artists including Page McConnell of Phish, Kyle Hollingsworth of String Cheese Incident, the Gin Blossoms, The Motet, John Brown’s Body, Toubab Krewe, Great American Taxi and many more. Eufórquestra’s latest studio album “Soup” was released for free online and has been downloaded over 10,000 times since its release in Fall 2009. After adding new members Ben Soltau and Matt Wright (bass and keys, respectively) the band shows no sign of slowing with multiple album and EP releases in the works and busy 2011 tour schedule. Find them online, spread the word, see them live and find out what they put in that Soup…

Euforquestra with host, Andrew Schneider

Eufórquestra is:
Mike Tallman (Guitar/Mandolin/Vocals)
Ben Soltau (Bass/Vocals)
Matt Wright (Keys)
Adam Grosso (Drums)
Matt Grundstad (Percussion/Vocals)
Ryan Jeter (Tenor Saxophone/Vocals)
Austin Zaletel (Alto Saxophone/Vocals)

KRFC’s Top Played Albums & Songs in March 2012

krfcfm — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:32:59 +0000

This March, we celebrated KRFC’s 9th Annual Birthday Bash! We’re starting KRFC’s 10th year on the air with a deeper-than-ever resolve to live local and listen local. Colorado artists outnumber national acts 2 to 1 on this month’s KRFC chart!

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Here’s what we played most in March:

COLORADO SPiNS for MARCH

1) Tennis, Young and Old (C)
2) Lumineers, Lumineers (C)
3) Euforquestra, Let Us In (C)
4) Martin Gilmore, Martin Gilmore (C)
5) Coles Whalen, I Wrote This For You (C)
6) Longest Day Of the Year, Turn Into the Ground (C)
7) Bad Weather California, Sunkissed (C)
8) Catch Bees, Newman’s Open Choior (C)
9) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams, Live @ Hodi’s (C)
10) Holler, Gratitude (C)
11) Otis Taylor, Otis Taylor’s Contraband (C)
12) Lionel Young Band, On Our Way To Memphis (C)
13) Ronnie Shellist, Til Then (C)
14) Fierce Bad Rabbit, Live and Learn (C)
15) Great American Taxi, Paradise Lost (C)
16) Cary Morin, Sing It Louder (C)
17) Katya Chorover, Big Big Love (C)
18) Patti Fiasco, Patti Fiasco (C)
19) Katie Glassman, Snapshot (C)
20) Turn 4, What You Do About It (C)

SONG SPiNS for MARCH

1) Tennis, “Origins” (C)
2) Andrew Bird, “Danse Caribe”
3) Carolina Chocolate Drops, “‘Country Girl”
4) Joan Osborne, “Game Of Love”
5) Joan Osborne, “I Don’t Need No Doctor”
6) Bad Weather California, “I’ll Reach Out My Hand” (C)
7) Lumineers, “Ho Hey” (C)
8) Lumineers, “Big Parade” (C)
9) Tennis, “It All Feels the Same” (C)
10) Bahamas, “Lost In the Light”

ALBUM SPiNS for MARCH

1) Joan Osborne, Bring It On Home
2) Tennis, Young and Old (C)
3) Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leaving Eden
4) Lumineers, Lumineers (C)
5) Darrell Scott, Long Ride Home
6) Euforquestra, Let Us In (C)
7) Ladysmith Black Mambazo, And Friends
8) Martin Gilmore, Martin GIlmore (C)
9) Chieftains, Voice Of Ages
10) Coles Whalen, I Wrote This For You (C)
11) Longest Day Of the Year, Turn Into the Ground (C)
12) Various Artists, This One’s For Him (Guy Clark)
13) Andrew Bird, Break It Yourself
14) Bad Weather California, Sunkissed (C)
15) Catch Bees, Newman’s Open Choir (C)
16) Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams, Live @ Hodi’s (C)
17) Holler, Gratitude (C)
18) Otis Taylor, Otis Taylor’s Cotraband (C)
19) Justin Townes Earle, Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
20) Lyle Lovett, Release Me