#COMUSIC TOP 30 MARCH 2026

It’s springtime in the Rockies and with that comes new releases and outdoor music. Check out the HOT releases at member supported radio around the state.

Welcome to April, spring flowers and the birds and the bees … well for some anyway. There are some great festivals taking place this month. Make sure to check out the calendar, venues (front rangenon-front range) and concert series and festival pages (and if you find something wrong, holler).

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement income.

The Colorado Playlist is the only program showcasing Colorado music statewide, broadcast by 12 stations covering 30 FM/LPFM frequencies. I make this show available at NO COST to community radio stations in our state. I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

Your support is sincerely appreciated.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk

To learn about getting your business heard across thirty FM frequencies and on the Colorado Playlist other assets, please email chriskmusic@gmail.com
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Every week I survey fifteen Colorado community/public and college stations, plus Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the next Saturday. 

The monthly survey period starts from the first week, ending with a Saturday. It continues through the last week, which also ends on 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 2023. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2024 (twelve months).

KAFMKBUTKCSUKDNKKDURKFFRKLZRKOTOKSJDKSUTKRFCKRZAKVCU, 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)
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(D) 1. CARY MORINPocket of Time LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 2. DOLLPILECities LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 3. BLUE MESAWhere Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 4. babybaby4ever4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(2) 4. BIG RICHARDPet LP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(1) 4. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSONAppalachia LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 5. LOKANA Mastermind EP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. CAMERON CADE Kicked Out of the Band SP Jul-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. FRENCH CUFFSGive Up SP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 7. MAGOOWhat A Life LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(3) 8. JOBI RICCIO Face the Feeling LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(15) 9. THE TAMMY SHINEOk Shine Ok LP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 10. MARFA American Blues SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(12) 11. KING CARDINALReviver LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(7) 12. INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS20/20 LP Aug-25 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 13. LETTUCECook LP Jul-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 14. THE CROOKED RUGSCanned Meat / Head Up SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 14. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER Too Cold to Golf / Lana Del Rey SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(14) 15. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Good As True LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 16. MICAH AND THE MIRRORS Hungry Hungry Heart LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(19) 17. CLAY STREET UNITSin and Squalor LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(10) 18. VELVET DAYDREAM Love SP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 19. ELEKTRIC ANIMALSGoin Through the Motions EP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 20. D.W. DOUCETAmerican Dust LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 20. REARVIEWWebs SP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 20. RONJO VRonjo V LP May-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 21. AUBREY DALE Til the Cows Come Home SP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. THE DIRTY TURKEYSSoul Sugar SP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. GRANT SABINLive at LuLu’s LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 21. GRAVEYARD CHOIRThe Wake LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. THE BARLOWFactory or Prison SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube

88.9 KRFC – 59 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. CARY MORIN Pocket of Time LP Feb-26
(R) 2. THE TAMMY SHINEOk Shine Ok LP Dec-25
(D) 3. MAGOO What A Life LP Oct-25
(1) 4. BIG RICHARDPet LP Nov-25
(D) 5. D.W. DOUCET American Dust LP Oct-25
(D) 6. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia LP Oct-25
(7) 6. GRANT SABIN Live at LuLu’s LP Jan-26
(3) 7. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVERToo Cold to Golf / Lana Del Rey SP Jan-26
(D) 8. THE CROOKED RUGSCanned Meat / Head Up SP Jan-26
(6) 8. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS 20/20 LP Aug-25

INDIE 102.3 – 6 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. DOLLPILE Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 2. BLUE MESA Where Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26
(D) 3. babybaby4ever4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(D) 4. LOKANA Mastermind EP Feb-26
(D) 5. CAMERON CADE Kicked Out of the Band SP Jul-25
(D) 5. FRENCH CUFFS Give Up SP Feb-26

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 31 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. MARFA American Blues SP Jan-26
(4) 2. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS Goin Through the Motions EP Sep-25
(2) 3. JOBI RICCIO Face the Feeling LP Jan-26
(4) 4. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER Too Cold to Golf SP Jan-26
(D) 5. CARLOS & THE CREW Fantasy SP Feb-26
(D) 5. JAGUAR STEVENS Persephone EP Mar-26
(D) 6. ARCRI Sealed Letter LP Aug-25
(D) 6. HAYLEY HARKINWaters of My Soul SP Dec-25
(D) 7. WAXPOOL Pretend SP Feb-26

KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KLZR (Westcliffe), KOTO (Telluride), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia) – 40TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSONAppalachia LP Oct-25
(5) 2. BIG RICHARDPet LP Nov-25
(3) 3. LETTUCE Cook LP Jul-25
(8) 4. CLAY STREET UNITSin and Squalor LP Sep-25
(4) 4. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS20/20 LP Aug-25
(2) 5. JOBI RICCIOFace the Feeling LP Jan-26
(D) 6. THE STILLHOUSE JUNKIES Caffeine, Nicotine SP Feb-26
(D) 7. RECKLESS AND BLUESeven Deadly Gins LP Oct-25
(R) 8. BABAUX AND THE PEACEMAKERS Keep Both Hands on the Wheel LP Sep-25
(D) 9. A.J. FULLERTON & JAKE FRIEL Fullerton & Friel Vol. II LP Dec-25
(D) 9. MAGOO What A Life LP Oct-25

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CP S20 EP13 2026

AIRDATES: MARCH 28-APR 03 2026
MMMM = Jon Chandler, Sunsquabi, Rearview, Magoo

The Moon and a setting Jupiter in the same frame, from Bryce Canyon, UT

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement income.

The Colorado Playlist is the only program showcasing Colorado music statewide, broadcast by 12 stations covering 30 FM/LPFM frequencies. I make this show available at NO COST to community radio stations in our state. I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

Your support is sincerely appreciated.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk

To learn about getting your business heard across thirty FM frequencies and on the Colorado Playlist other assets, please email chriskmusic@gmail.com
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Every week I hope to bring you some of the best of Colorado music from across the decades, and around the state. I also usually share a new landscape photograph by my life-partner, Claire/Clear Vistas Photography.

There is no current website for Claire’s work. If you see a photo you like and would like to have printed, let me know. Email chriskmusic@gmail.com
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The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community since 1998.

Every year I debut approximately two hundred new current-year songs. Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.

Should I KEEP IT or CUT IT?

Results enter into determining which cuts stay in the library and which cuts might eventually make it to the annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll and the “some of the best of the year” show.
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Mollie O’BrienNever Make Your Move Too Soon (Birmingham) – I Never Move Too Soon (1987)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore I’ve Got The Blues – Lost In The Crowd (2025)
(D) Jon Chandler The Western Road (2026)

The River ArkansasGimmie That Sound – Tin Years (2025)
The Terra SurfersNerved Up (excerpt)
Inside the MindLevel Up – Looking for the Sun (2025)
Big Head Todd and the MonstersHey Delila – Black Beehive (2014)
SHELThe Battle of Evermore – SHEL (2012)
King Cardinal Waste My Time – Reviver (2026)
Sunsquabi Dexter’s Day (excerpt)
(D) Rearview Webs (2026)

Dressy Bessy I’m Still Here (2021)
Eminence EnsembleMoonshine – Inside Looking Out (2024)
Adam BodineSurface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Carolyn’s Mother Smile – Doris (2000)
Yo, Flaco! Turn It Around (2000)
(D) Sunsquabi, Manic FocusGaman (2026)

Vivian OblivionAnimals (2025)
The Delta SonicsJust Playin’ (excerpt)
West of FennarioGreat Evade (2026)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrying So Hard Not To Know – S/T (2015)
Emily Scott RobinsonCheap Seats – American Siren (2021)
Marfa American Blues (2026)
Dotsero Latin Sandwiches (excerpt)
(D) Magoo, Sam BushAngel of Telluride – What A Life (2026)

The Burroughs Zero Sum Game (2021)
The VelveteersGo Fly Away – A Million Knives (2025)
Eric Lilley Trio Scrapple From the Pineapple – Swing Set (2025)

STATIONS TRACKED: 
KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley), Indie1023 (Denver)

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio, and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations around the count.

(D) = debut HOT SPINS
(R) = re-enter HOT SPINS

(D) 1. Marfa American Blues SP Jan-26
(D) 2. Magoo What A Life LP Oct-25
(2) 3. babybaby4ever 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(R) 3. Big RichardPet LP Nov-25
(2) 3. BLUE MESA Where Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26
(2) 3. DOLLPILE Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 3. REARVIEW Webs SP Feb-26

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CP S20 EP12 2026

AIRDATES MARCH 21-27 2026
MMMM – the Hip Snacks, Micah & the Mirrors

Claire’s shot this week is from Bryce Canyon National Park, UT. The pre-dawn early mornings (4 AM) were in the low to mid thirties and the sky was brilliant!

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement income.

The Colorado Playlist is the only program showcasing Colorado music statewide, broadcast by 12 stations covering 30 FM/LPFM frequencies. I make this show available at NO COST to community radio stations in our state. I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

Your support is sincerely appreciated.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk

To learn about getting your business heard across thirty FM frequencies and on the Colorado Playlist other assets, please email chriskmusic@gmail.com
__________________

Every week I hope to bring you some of the best of Colorado music from across the decades, and around the state. I also usually share a new landscape photograph by my life-partner, Claire/Clear Vistas Photography.

There is no current website for Claire’s work. If you see a photo you like and would like to have printed, let me know. Email chriskmusic@gmail.com
__________________

The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community since 1998.

Every year I debut approximately two hundred new current-year songs. Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.

Should I KEEP IT or CUT IT?

Results enter into determining which cuts stay in the library and which cuts might eventually make it to the annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll and the “some of the best of the year” show.
__________________

Chris Daniels and the Kings Stealin Candy – Is My Love Enough (1993)
Leftover SalmonRiver’s Rising – Euphoria (1997)
(D) The Hip SnacksDessert Love (2026)

The Motet Something Better – Love Time (2024)
Maddy O’Neil + CloZee Zest Please (excerpt)
Darren GarveyFeel For You – As A Scribble (2025)
piKziL Can’t Get Started – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Zephyr Sierra Cowgirl – Sunset Ride REMASTERED 2021 (1972)
King Cardinal New Addiction – Reviver (2026)
The Delta Sonics Backtrackin’ Again (excerpt)
Souvenir ThreadBelong – Postcards (2025)
Kyle HollingsworthAll Falls Apart – 50 (2018)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Call Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
Adam Bodine Trio Betty Sneezeguard – The Chauffeur (2009)

The String Cheese Incident Sing A New Song – Outside Inside (2001)
Lannie Garrett – What a Night, What a Moon, What a Boy – Under Paris Skies (2005)
Illenium, Ryan TedderWith Your Love SP (2026)
Tennis 12 Blown Tires – Face Down In the Garden (2025)
Big DopesMoon Car (2024)
Lvndr.snd Nightfall (excerpt)
The Fray Songs I’d Rather Not Sing (2026)
Big Head Todd and The MonstersGlow – New World Arisin’ (2017)
Heavy Diamond RingUnknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The Barlow Factory or Prison (2026)
Sunsquabi Fisher Cat (excerpt)
(D) Micah and the MirrorsHungry Hungry Heart (2026)

Railbenders Whiskey Rain – Segundo (2004)
Yonder Mountain String BandDidn’t Go Wrong – Nowhere Next (2024)
Eric Lilley TrioBud Bop – Follow Up (2020)
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STATIONS TRACKED: 
KAFM (Grand Junction), 
KBUT (Crested Butte), 
KDNK (Carbondale), 
KDUR (Durango), 
KFFR (Winter Park), 
KLZR (Westcliff), 
KOTO (Telluride), 
KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), 
KRZA (Alamosa), 
KSJD (Cortez), 
KSUT (Ignacio), 
KVCU (Boulder), 
KVNF (Paonia), 
105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley)
Indie1023 (Denver)

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio, and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations around the count.

(D) = debut HOT SPINS
(R) = re-enter HOT SPINS

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 + 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 – 𝟔𝟔 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃
(R) 1. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON Appalachia LP Oct-25
(D) 1. MICAH AND THE MIRRORSHungry Hungry Heart LP Jan-26
(4) 2. DOLLPILE Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 2. babybaby4ever 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(4) 2. BLUE MESAWhere Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26

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