Chris K's Colorado Playlist

#COMUSIC TOP 30 APR 2024

Every week I survey more than a dozen Colorado community/public and college stations, including Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the following Saturday.

The monthly survey period runs from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with a Saturday. Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

Titles are tracked from the date of release of the first single from an LP/EP, for twelve months. Example: DOR = DEC 2022. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2023 (twelve months).

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA and KVNF are surveyed via Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay on over three hundred stations and programs around the country.

LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = No longer lives in Colorado, but counted as long as they got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
(**) = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

SURVEY PERIOD = SUN MARCH 31-SAT APR 27 2024

(D) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 2. BBMC – City Lights SP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. HUNTER STONE – Portraits of the New/Old West, Vol. 2 LP (Mar-24)
(D) 4. CO-STANZA – Staying In EP (Nov-23)
(D) 4. DEAD PIONEERS – Dead Pioneers LP (Sep-23)
(D) 5. THE MSSNG – Under the Surface LP (Feb-24)
(D) 6. DRY ICE – Underbelly EP (Feb-24)
(1) 7. THE HIGH HAWKS – Mother Nature’s Show LP (Jan-24)
(2) 8. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP (Nov-23)
(5) 9. CARY MORIN – Innocent Allies LP (Oct-23)
(D) 10. SUNSTONEY – The Mirror Is Calling SP (Mar-24)
(D) 11. BABY ALPACA – Lightning SP (May-23)
(11) 12. JON SNODGRASS – Barge at Will LP (Mar-24)
(D) 13. I IN TEAM – Guy Talkwell SP (Feb-24)
(D) 14. SUNSTONEY – What’s It All For SP (Apr-24)
(13) 15. CITRA – Inside My Head SP (Nov-23)
(12) 15. *JOBI RICCIO – Whiplash LP (Sep-23)
(R) 15. *WILDERMISS – Levitate LP (Oct-23)
(D) 16. EMINENCE ENSEMBLE – Inside Looking Out LP (Mar-24)
(D) 17. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – A Bear and The Bull EP (Mar-24)
(D) 17. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 18. BOOT GUN – Til It Ain’t SP (Nov-23)
(R) 19. BIRDS OF PLAY – Birdsongs of the American West LP (Aug-23)
(17) 20. DRUNKEN HEARTS – Reckless Ways of Living LP (May-23)
(R) 20. JENNY SHAWHAN – You Got the Magic LP (Aug-23)
(D) 21. BEAR AND THE BEASTS – Bones SP (Apr-24)
(R) 21. IZCALLI – Waiting for Something SP (Nov-23)
(D) 21. LIZ BARNEZ – Over You By Birmingham SP (Mar-24)
(R) 22. CORSICANA – Kept LP (Oct-23)
(D) 22. DANNO SIMPSON – A Hard Rain In Bozeman SP (Feb-24)
(D) 22. SLOW CAVES – The Run SP (Feb-24)

88.9 KRFC – 38 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. THE HIGH HAWKS – Mother Nature’s Show LP (Jan-24)
(D) 2. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. LIZ BARNEZ – Over You By Birmingham SP (Mar-24)
(4) 4. CARY MORIN – Innocent Allies LP (Oct-23)
(2) 4. LID DIXON – Rodeo Clown EP (Jan-24)
(R) 4. POUDRE VALLEY PLAYBOYS – Shooting for the Stars LP (Jun-23)
(R) 4. WOOD BELLY – Cicada LP (Jul-23)

INDIE 102.3 – 13 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. BBMC – City Lights SP (Nov-23)
(D) 2. HUNTER STONE – Portraits of the New/Old West, Vol. 2 LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. CO-STANZA – Staying In EP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. DEAD PIONEERS – Dead Pioneers LP (Sep-23)
(D) 4. THE MSSNG – Under the Surface LP (Feb-24)

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 28 TITLES TRACKED
(R) 1. JOBI RICCIO – Whiplash LP (Sep-23)
(2) 2. IZCALLI – Waiting for Something SP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. CORSICANA – Kept LP (Oct-23)
(3) 3. DRUNKEN HEARTS – Reckless Ways of Living LP (May-23)
(D) 3. SLOW CAVES – The Run SP (Feb-24)

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Milky Way over Moab in April courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

THE COLORADO PLAYLIST IS MOVING!

Yep, after announcing a year ago that we would be moving to Grand Junction, it’s finally upon us. As of May 26, we will officially be making Mesa County the new home of Rocky Mountain Music Network and the Colorado Playlist. Thanks to everyone over the past twenty-three years who have helped to shape and grow my endeavor to share Colorado music around the state. Today, the show is aired statewide on over thirty FM frequencies and online. See you all on the Western Slope!

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

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The Monday Morning Music Meeting is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

HOUR 1

Hillbilly Hellcats – I Never Thought – Our Brand (1998)
Yonder Mountain String Band – High On A Hilltop – Elevation (1999)
(D) Wellington Bullings – Blossom (2024)

Jobi Riccio – Whiplash – Whiplash (2023)
Tennis – My Emotions Are Blinding – Yours Conditionally (2017)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Her Way Out – Her Way Out (2024)
Otis Taylor – Little Willie – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (2010)
Zephyr – We Got the Love – Heartbeat (1981)
Clay Street Unit – Engine Trouble (2024)
(D) Gasoline Lollipops – The Ghost of Tom Joad (2024)

Houses – Me & Mr Kelly – Summer EP (2009)
Jenny Shawhan – Hell No – You Got the Magic (2023)
Matt Skellenger – Connectivity – Subspace Transmission (2023)

HOUR 2

Beast – Communication – Higher and Higher (1970)
(D) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Heartless – South of Here (2024)

Danno Simpson – Pills and Motorhead (2023)
The Crooked Rugs – Let Me Down – IT! (2021)
Jon Snodgrass – The Present – Barge At Will (2024)
Mama Lenny and the Remedy – Get Mine – Rain Fire (2016)
The Motet – Like We Own It – The Motet (2014)
White Rose Motor Oil – You’re No Good – Pre-Owned Songs (2024)
(D) Lonely Choir – Taskmaster (2024)

Wood Belly – Man on the Radio – Mn on the Radio (2020)
Tierro Band with Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) – Everlasting Dance (2023)
BTTRFLY Quintet – Tijuca – Coast (2023)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles avail)

#COMUSIC HOT SPINS WK APR 21-27 2024

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = NOT LIVING IN COLORADO, but counted as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
** = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 55 TITLES TRACKED
*includes Colorado Playlist
(D) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(1) 2. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 3. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP Apr-24
(R) 4. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP Nov-23
(2) 5. BBMC – City Lights SP Nov-23
(2) 5. CO-STANZA – Staying In EP Nov-23
(D) 5. DRY ICE – Underbelly EP Feb-24
(D) 5. HUNTER STONE – Portraits of the New/Old West, Vol. 2 LP Mar-24

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Yep .. Arches NP UT courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING – APR 21 ’24

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HOUR 1

Hot Rize – Nellie Kane – Hot Rize (1979)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – House At Pooh Corner (1970)
The High Hawks – Somewhere South – Mother Nature’s Show (2024)
Violet Pilot – Lazy Lions – Glad We Found You (2022)
The Burroughs – Zero Sum Game (2021)
Dragondeer – New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023)
Reverend Freakchild – Personal Jesus (on the Mainline) – Dial It In (2018)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Already Gone – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Lucas Wolf – Deadwood (2024)
(N) Eminence Ensemble – Moonshine – Inside Looking Out (2024)

Kayla Marque – Fold In Half – Brain Chemistry/Left Brain (2020)
Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck – Learn to Let the Light In (2023)
Jon Wirtz – Watching The World Wake Up – Tourist (2013)

HOUR 2

Dan Fogelberg – Once Upon A Time – Nether Lands (1977)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining Star – That’s the Way of the World (1975)
A.J. Fullerton – Sorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024)
Claire Heywood – Python – I Won’t Resign My Love For That Old Dream (2020)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Survivor – The Future (2021)
Boot Gun – ‘Til It Ain’t (2023)
Lionel Young Band – Night Train – On Our Way to Memphis: The IBC Sessions (2011)
Wildermiss – Hell or High Water – In My Mind (2020)
Liz Barnez – Battle Cry (2024)
(D) Lucy Daydream – Tear Me Down (2024)

Tyto Alba – Oh Pride – Sucker (2019)
Julian Fulco Perron – Not So Fast – In My Garden (2023)
Big Brooklyn – Send It To Me – Everyone Everywhere (2022)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

#COMUSIC HOT SPINS APR 14-20 ’24

(1) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(R) 1. THE HIGH HAWKS – Mother Nature’s Show LP Jan-24
(D) 2. BBMC – City Lights SP Nov-23
(4) 2. CO-STANZA – Staying In EP Nov-23
(4) 2. DEAD PIONEERS – Dead Pioneers LP Sep-23