OpenAir and Colorado Public Television Set to Debut Season 2 of ‘OpenAir Live & Local’

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OPENAIR AND COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION

Colorado Public Television (CPT12, Channel 12 PBS) and OpenAir, Colorado Public Radio’s new-music service, announce Season 2 of “OpenAir Live & Local,” with 12 all new episodes that celebrate the state’s vibrant music scene with performances by local artists.

Season 2 debuts Saturday, Oct. 3 at 9:30 p.m. on CPT12. Throughout the season, OpenAir hosts Mike Flanagan, Jessi Whitten and Alisha Sweeney will serve as guides to the local music scene, sharing insight about Colorado musicians and their influence alongside interviews and performances filmed in the CPR Performance Studio, Colorado Public Radio’s intimate, state-of-the-art recording space.

“’OpenAir Live & Local’ supports music discovery, connecting Coloradans to the CPR Performance Studio and the hundreds of local musicians who have recorded exclusive OpenAir sessions as part of Colorado’s music community,” said CPR’s Chief Content Officer Doug Clifton. “We’re thrilled to be collaborating on another season with CPT12 to feature the local artists who are generating acclaim and putting Colorado on the map as a major music destination, including Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Strawberry Runners, Elephant Revival, Tennis, SHEL and many more.”

“OpenAir Live & Local” is part of CPT12’s Saturday night music lineup that includes “Austin City Limits,” “Live From the Artists Den” and CPT12’s original music program, “Sounds on 29th.”

“This great partnership with ‘OpenAir Live & Local’ affirms our commitment to the local music scene,” said Heather Dalton, Executive Producer and Creative Services Manager for CPT12. “From ‘Teletunes’ to ‘Sounds on 29th,’ Colorado Public Television has been devoted to Colorado music for over 30 years. The successful and ongoing collaboration between OpenAir and CPT12 is a further investment in our thriving arts community. This innovative series is a great way to document a very exciting time in our collective musical history while showcasing the best and brightest Colorado musicians.”

The full schedule of performances featuring Colorado artists includes:

 “OpenAir Live & Local” Season 2

 Episode 1 – Oct. 3

Tennis – Never Work for Free
Ark Life – She
Paper Bird – Parade
Clouds and Mountains – Here Again
Elephant Revival – The Obvious

Episode 2 – Oct. 10

Chris Daniels & the Kings (featuring Freddi Gowdy) – Funky to the Bone
Esme Patterson – What Do You Call a Woman
Centennial  (RV Session) – The War
Ivory Circle – Abandoned
Poets Row – I’ll Be Here

Episode 3 – Oct. 17

Nathaniel Rateliff & Night Sweats – I Just Want to Thank You
SHEL-Call It Blindness or Call it Love
Glowing House – Your Own Devices
Steele and Colfax – Somethings Got Me Sprung
Chella and the Charm – December

Episode 4 – Oct. 31

Sawmill Joe (RV Session) – Then and There
Strange Americans – Blood is Gold
Edison – New York
Land Lines – Help
Josh Moorehead and the Guestlist – Free From it All

Episode 5 – Nov. 7

Zach Heckendorf – High Force
The Still Tide – Field of Bells
Stelth Ulvang – Song for Jack
Strawberry Runners – Hatchers Creek
Elephant Revival – Birds and Stars

Episode 6 – Nov. 14

Tennis – Timothy
The Congress – This Ain’t Livin
Blue Rider – Year of the Horse
Gregory Alan Isakov – That Moon Song
Ivory Circle – We Will Run

Episode 7 – Nov. 21

Esme Patterson – Come See Me
Paper Bird – Ticonderoga
Chimney Choir – You and I
Robert Louis Cole – Just Enough

Episode 8 – Dec. 19

Nathaniel Rateliff (RV Session) – Wasting Time
Shady Elders – The Night Air
Two Tone Wolf Pack – Pine Box
Paul Kimbris – Bring Out Your Dead
The Other Black – Ain’t Got

Episode 9 – Dec. 26

Tennis – Bad Girls
Zach Heckendorf – Take Time
SHEL – Shadow
Rose Quartz – Medicine
The Centennial (RV Session) – I Can relate

Episode 10 – Jan. 2

Stelth Ulvang – Carl Sagan
Chris Daniels & the Kings (featuring Freddi Gowdy) – Dance, Dance, Dance
Flobots – Mayday!!
Sawmill Joe (RV Session) – Dysmas

Episode 11 – Jan. 9

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Fire
Anthony Ruptak – Hooks and Ropes
Esme Patterson – The Diamond Song
Mike Clark and the Sugar Sound (RV Session) – Come Back My Way
Strawberry Runners – Garden Hose

Episode 12 – Jan. 23

Nathaniel Rateliff & Night Sweats – I’ve Been Failing You
Instant Empire – Neighbor Girl
In the Whale (RV Session) – My Girlfriend
Katie Herzig “Frequencies”
Denver Broncos UK – In San Francisco Bay

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Nate Todd

Nate Todd was born on the central plains of Nebraska, but grew up on the high plains of the Texas panhandle. With not much to do in either place, music was his constant companion. His parents dubbed the first two albums he ever owned onto a tape for him. Side A was Bert and Ernie’s Sing Along. Side B was Sgt. Peppers. His lifelong love affair with music started early as he practically grew up in a Rock & Roll band, with his father and uncle often taking him out on the road or into the studio with them. Nate began performing live at sixteen and hasn’t looked back, having played in numerous bands from L.A. to Austin. At the age of twenty he was bitten by the writing bug, and upon moving to Denver decided to pursue a degree from Metropolitan State University where he recently graduated with a B.A. in English and a minor in Cinema Studies.

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