#COMUSIC TOP 30 MAY 2026

I sometimes get asked why a certain band or artist or genre of music isn’t represented in the COMUSIC HOT SPINS REPORT and the TOP 30…

Some genres simply don’t get much, if any, terrestrial radio airplay. What you see in the reports is what sixteen community powered radio stations in the state air enough to be counted.

I am very happy that KUVO jazz is now included, as a result of them now using SPINITRON to report their playlists daily. Jazz is an essential part of the story of music in Colorado.

 WISH I WAS KIDDING. Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL.

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now. I survive on social security, some pennies and dimes playing out (right?!), and limited savings (that won’t last to the end).

There are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement income, and the loss of my steadiest supporter over the past decade.

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.

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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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HOW THE CHART IS PUT TOGETHER

Every week I survey sixteen 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 Spotify and 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).

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KLZR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA, KUVO, KVCU, 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)

#COMUSIC TOP 30 MAY 2026

(D) 1. DOWNEY CHASE – A Room In Motion LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 2. BONNIE PAINE – Unseen LP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 3. JAGUAR STEVENS – Dead Miner’s Daughter LP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 4. YUGS – Dancing In My Room LP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(13) 5. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Good As True LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. DRY MOUTH – We Meant It At the Time LP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. PINK RANGER – Halcyon LP Sep-25
(6) 7. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(17) 7. STEVE KOVALCHECK – Buckshot Blues LP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(2) 8. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Taxi the Rich LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 9. RYAN DART – If Love Don’t Break You LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(20) 10. KING CARDINAL – Reviver LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(9) 10. MAGOO – What A Life LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(20) 11. MAY BE FERN – Three of Swords LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(7) 12. BEN MARKLEY BIG BAND – Tuesday Morning Feeling LP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 13. RHETT HANEY – Cold Beer & Cocaine SP May-26 Spotify / YouTube
(16) 14. THE CROOKED RUGS – The Crooked Rugs LP Jan-26  Spotify / YouTube
(D) 15. EDISON – Million Horses SP Apr-26 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 16. A.J. FULLERTON & JAKE FRIEL – Fullerton & Friel Vol. II LP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 16. LAUREN FRIHAUF – The Thread SP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 17. AUBREY DALE – Fireweed LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(1) 18. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 18. GRACIE BASSIE – One SP Apr-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 18. MACKENZIE RAE & BUCKSHOT MOON – Lonesome and Free LP Jul-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 18. NEYLA PEKAREK – The Queen of Magic EP Apr-26 Spotify / YouTube
(3) 18. VELVET DAYDREAM – Smoke & Mirrors LP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(11) 19. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP Aug-25 Spotify / YouTube
(18) 20. JOBI RICCIO – Face the Feeling LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. CARLOS & THE CREW – Keep It Together SP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube

88.9 KRFC – 68 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. RYAN DART – If Love Don’t Break You LP Jan-26
(6) 2. THE CROOKED RUGS – The Crooked Rugs LP Jan-26
(R) 3. MAY BE FERN – Three of Swords LP Sep-25
(3) 4. A.J. FULLERTON & JAKE FRIEL – Fullerton & Friel Vol. II LP Dec-25
(3) 5. MAGOO – What A Life LP Oct-25
(5) 6. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25
(7) 6. LIZ BARNEZ – Wholehearted LP Oct-25
(R) 7. AUBREY DALE – Fireweed LP Oct-25
(2) 7. LAUREN FRIHAUF – The Thread SP Mar-26

INDIE 102.3 – 13 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. JAGUAR STEVENS – Dead Miner’s Daughter LP Mar-26
(D) 1. YUGS – Dancing In My Room LP Nov-25
(D) 2. DRY MOUTH – We Meant It At the Time LP Dec-25
(D) 2. PINK RANGER – Halcyon LP Sep-25
(D) 3. BONNIE PAINE – Unseen LP Mar-26
(D) 4. DOWNEY CHASE – A Room In Motion LP Oct-25

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 30 TITLES TRACKED
(5) 1. CARLOS & THE CREW – Keep It Together SP Feb-26
(D) 2. EDISON – Million Horses SP Apr-26
(D) 3. CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Concentration SP Apr-26
(3) 4. WAXPOOL – Pretend SP Feb-26
(2) 5. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Taxi the Rich LP Jan-26
(R) 6. ARCRI – Sealed Letter LP Aug-25
(D) 6. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Way Back Home SP May-26
(5) 6. MICAH AND THE MIRRORS – Hungry Hungry Heart LP Jan-26

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