Kegan Warner

OpenAir Web Director and Host

Kegan joined Colorado Public Radio in November, 2011 as a part-time host on OpenAir. After about a year, he was named web director, responsible for maintaining digital content and managing social media activity. While in this roll, Kegan has continued to showcase new and local music on the air as a regular OpenAir host.Prior to landing at CPR, Kegan worked at Radio 1190, the campus radio station at University of Colorado, Boulder. During his two-year stint at Radio 1190, Kegan filled several roles, including volunteer, volunteer coordinator and host of the "Local Shakedown." He also assisted in fundraising and helped launch the station's social media presence.Q & AHow did you become interested in music?I used music early on as an escape from the typical stresses of teenage life. I was one of the first in my high school with an iPod and I wore out dozens of headphones clocking thousands of plays of every album I got my hands on. I'd say my diverse taste in music stems less from my interest in any given genre, but more from my need for constant musical refreshment.How did you get into radio?Your average musical resources didn't cut it for me. There was never enough diversity, and I couldn't stand commercial radio because it clearly pandered to the top 40 (long before I even knew the term "focus group"), so of course I naturally ended up at an obscure college radio station searching for enlightenment. I started at Radio 1190 in Boulder as a volunteer, then a DJ, then as their volunteer coordinator before making the transition to OpenAir as host and web director in 2013.Favorite music?I don't have a favorite genre, band, or song, but I will say that my musical interests are tied very closely to the seasons. Winter is a more mellow folk or electronic season, while summer brings me back to classics in every genre. Seasonal changes really seem like the best way to enjoy the variety of music available.

Top 30 Sept 11 – 17

1 Sun – Cat Power 2 I Bet On Sky – Dinosaur Jr. 3 A Thing Called Divine Fits – Divine Fits 4 Centipede Hz – Animal Collective 5 Shields – Grizzly Bear 6 Theatre Is Evil – Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra 7 Man Monster – The Knew 8 Breakup Song – Deerhoof 9 Time’s All Gone – Nick Waterhouse 10 Capon Crusade – The Yawpers

Top 30 Sept 4 – 10

1 A Thing Called Divine Fits – Divine Fits 2 Theatre Is Evil – Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra 3 “Today’s Supernatural” [Single] – Animal Collective 4 Man Monster – The Knew 5 Before We Turn To Dust – Sean Hayes 6 Time’s All Gone – Nick Waterhouse 7 Capon Crusade – The Yawpers 8 I Bet On Sky – Dinosaur Jr. 9 Pool Party – Ponderosa 10 The Bloom And The Blight – Two Gallants

Top 30 Aug 28- Sept 3

1 Before We Turn To Dust – Sean Hayes 2 “Today’s Supernatural” [Single] – Animal Collective 3 Time’s All Gone – Nick Waterhouse 4 Pool Party – Ponderosa 5 Swing Lo Magellan – Dirty Projectors 6 Sun – Cat Power 7 Shakedown – Hacienda 8 History Speaks – Deep Sea Diver 9 The Bloom And The Blight – Two Gallants 10 Man Monster – The Knew

Top 30: Aug 21 – Aug 28

1 “Today’s Supernatural” [Single] – Animal Collective 2 Pool Party – Ponderosa 3 Shakedown – Hacienda 4 Swing Lo Magellan – Dirty Projectors 5 Time’s All Gone – Nick Waterhouse 6 History Speaks -Deep Sea Diver 7 “Who” [Single] – David Byrne and St.

SoundExchange could owe you royalties

SoundExchange, a digital royalty collector, has released a list of recording artists and record labels with “unclaimed digital performance royalties”. The list has more than 50,000 artists on it and they claim to be holding more than $31 million dollars in royalties. Are you on the list?

Top 30: Aug 14 – Aug 20

1 A Thing Called Divine Fits – Divine Fits 2 Broken West Wishbone – The Outfit 3 Shakedown – Hacienda 4 Swing Low Magellan – Dirty Projectors 5 Sun – Cat Power 6 “Who” [Single] – David Byrne and St.

Top 30: July 24-30

1 Swing Low Magellan – Dirty Projectors 2 The Idler Wheel – Fiona Apple 3 Synthetica – Metric 4 The Driftwood Singers – The Driftwood Singers 5 “Who” [Single] – David Byrne and St.

Top 30: July 17-23

1 Swing Low Magellan – Dirty Projectors 2 Shakedown – Hacienda 3 The Idler Wheel – Fiona Apple 4 Better Days – Chris Daniels 5 The Driftwood Singers – Driftwood Singers 6 Generals – Mynabirds 7 The Way We Move – Langhorne Slim 8 There’s No Leaving Now – Tallest Man On Earth 9 The Bravest Man In The Universe – Bobby Womack 10 My Love is Real [single] – Diving Fits

Top 30: July 10-16

1 The Idler Wheel – Fiona Apple 2 The Driftwood Singers – Driftwood Singers 3 Better Days – Chris Daniels 4 Generals – Mynabirds 5 There’s No Leaving Now – Tallest Man on Earth 6 The Bravest Man In The Universe – Bobby Womack 7 The Way We Move – Langhorne Slim 8 Shakedown – Hacienda 9 Synthetica – Metric 10 Here – Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Achille Lauro visits OpenAir

In anticipation of the band’s new album, OpenAir asked Achille Lauro to come rock the performance studio. And they did just that, playing some new songs and an old favorite. Listen now!