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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 – I missed. Back in June I predicted that the new releases from Kiltro, Leftover Salmon and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats would make the Q3 TOP 5 .. 2 made it – Leftover Salmon did not, landing at #7 for the quarter and #9 for the year-so-far (DEC-AUG). I didn’t anticipate a new release from Gregory Alan Isakov, which not surprisingly blew up the airwaves.
There were no big changes in the yearly (DEC-AUG) TOP 20, with the Burroughs making the biggest leap from #18 last month to #8 for the year. The Burroughs also debuted (D) in the monthly TOP 20 for AUGUST at #3 – pushing their totals up for the year.
ABOUT THE CHARTS
Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations. Stations surveyed: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KJAC (Greeley) aka 105.5 The Colorado Sound, KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KRZA (Alamosa), KVNF (Paonia), KVOQ (Denver) aka Indie 102.3.
The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Sunday, through the last week ending with a Saturday. Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December through the next November.
The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released in October that make the cut. I track all titles for a full calendar year from the official date of release.
Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page. Don’t forget to visit Chris K’s Colorado Playlist Channel for the largest collection of Colorado music, going back over a decade.
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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 around the country.
(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, 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
Q3 (June-August)
(D) 1. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(1) 3. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(2) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
TOP 20 JULY 30-AUG 26 2023
(2) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(1) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(8) 3. DRAGONDEER – New Dawn Get Down SP (Jun-23)**
(D) 3. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(D) 4. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Lick My Soul LP (Mar-23)
(3) 5. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 6. CALAMITY – Chiromancy LP (Jul-23)
(D) 7. TELLER – Make Me Hate U SP (May-23)
(D) 8. THE NOVA KICKS – Metallic Hips/Records SP (Aug-23)
(4) 9. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(11) 10. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(D) 11. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms SP (Jun-23)
(5) 12. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
(D) 13. FREE DRACULA – Oh, Cupid SP (Jul-23)
(D) 13. STONE JACKALS – Chemical Canopy EP (Nov-22)
(7) 14. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(D) 14. sashiBOOM – Work In Progress SP (Dec-22)
(9) 15. 2MX2 – Arriba y Abajo SP (Jun-23)
(D) 15. BELLHOSS – Better Now SP (Jul-23)
(D) 15. BLEAK MYSTIQUE – Less Of You SP (Jul-23)
(D) 15. BLEAK MYSTIQUE – Only ‘Cause I Wanted To SP (Feb-23)
TOP 20 DEC-AUG 2023
(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(5) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(3) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(4) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(6) 6. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(7) 7. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(18) 8. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(10) 9. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(9) 10. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(8) 11. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(17) 12. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(15) 12. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
(11) 13. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(12) 14. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(14) 15. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(13) 16. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(20) 17. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(20) 18. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(19) 19. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
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