Author: goat

I've been on the air in Colorado since 1978. The Colorado Playlist is broadcast on 30 FM frequencies in the state. I am also a musician, talent buyer and business consultant. Email me at coloradoplaylist@gmail.com

#COMUSIC TOP 30 MAY 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 – APRIL 28-MAY 31 2024

Approximately 120 titles were aired at least one time on one station somewhere in Colorado in May. You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

(17) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) 2. SAINT SOMEBODY – Saint Somebody LP (Feb-24)
(D) 3. AMERICAN CULTURE – Hey Brother, It’s Been Awhile LP (Mar-24)
(D) 4. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP (Apr-24)
(D) 5. SPELLS – Past Our Prime LP (Apr-24)
(D) 6. JAIEL – Bet on Me (feat. Adiel Mitchell) SP (May-24)
(D) 6. PORCELAIN TWIN – Crickets EP (Jan-24)
(D) 7. TELLY – Para El Mundo EP (Mar-24)
(D) 8. LIQUID CHICKEN – She Says to Me SP (Apr-24)
(1) 9. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(8) 10. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP (Nov-23)
(9) 11. CARY MORIN – Innocent Allies LP (Oct-23)
(D) 12. JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP (Mar-24)
(21) 13. IZCALLI – Waiting for Something SP (Nov-23)
(D) 13. JACOB RUSSO – Taller Than Me LP (Jan-24)
(D) 14. MONICA THE GREAT – Mala Vida SP (Oct-23)
(D) 14. TUFF BLUFF – Tuff Bluff LP (Mar-24)
(R) 15. FAST EDDY – To The Stars LP (Nov-23)
(D) 15. PLEASURE PRINCE – Dynasty Rich SP (May-24)
(D) 16. MAMA LENNY & THE REMEDY – Everybody Wants Some SP (May-24)
(D) 16. MONICA THE GREAT – Dulce Mentira SP (Feb-24)
(D) 16. PLEASURE PRINCE – Downside SP (May-24)
(D) 16. TUFF BLUFF – Numb SP (Apr-24)
(D) 17. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Blood On the Bluegrass SP (Jan-24)
(D) 18. CASS CLAYTON – Midnight In A Bottle LP (May-24)
(D) 19. *BILL FRISELL – Orchestras (Live) LP (Apr-24)
(D) 20. AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher SP (May-24)
(R) 21. COVENHOVEN – Staring at the Sun SP (Nov-23)
(D) 21. SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Kinnery Of Lupercalia: Buell Legion LP (May-24)
(7) 21. THE HIGH HAWKS – Mother Nature’s Show LP (Jan-24)

88.9 KRFC TOP TITLES – 47 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 2. JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. CASS CLAYTON – Midnight In A Bottle LP (May-24)
(4) 4. CARY MORIN – Innocent Allies LP (Oct-23)
(4) 5. WOOD BELLY – Cicada LP (Jul-23)

INDIE 102.3 TOP TITLES – 16 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) 2. AMERICAN CULTURE – Hey Brother, It’s Been Awhile LP (Mar-24)
(D) 3. SPELLS – Past Our Prime LP (Apr-24)
(D) 4. JAIEL – Bet on Me (feat. Adiel Mitchell) SP (May-24)
(D) 5. PORCELAIN TWIN – Crickets EP (Jan-24)
(D) 5. SAINT SOMEBODY – Saint Somebody LP (Feb-24)

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND TOP TITLES – 33 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(R) 2.COVENHOVEN – Staring at the Sun SP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. BEAR & THE BEASTS – Bones SP (Apr-24)
(D) 3. THOM LAFOND – Lawless LP (Feb-24)
(3) 4. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)

CP S18 EP18 2024

Next week at this time I will be posting from our new home in Grand Junction. In the meantime, here’s the lineup for for the next couple of weeks + the MMMM + #COMUSIC HOT SPINS for the week.

  • MAY 25-MAY 31 = COLORADO COVERS THE HITS PART 2
  • JUNE 01-07 = CP S18 EP19 2024
  • JUNE 08-14 = TBD

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

www.starrsguitars.com

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

Philip Bailey – Mercy Mercy Mercy – Soul On Jazz (2002)
Dianne Reeves – Endangered Species – Art & Survival (1994)
(D) Julian Fulco Perron – Delicate (2024)
Andy Monley and the High Horses – Make You Mine – Totem (2023)
Cary Morin – Montana Sky – Innocent Allies (2023)
Paper Bird – To the Light – Paper Bird (2016)
Cassie Taylor – No Ring Blues – Out of My Mind (2013)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Crush – Her Way Out (2024)
(D) Jake Leg – Fire on the Prairie – Fire On the Prairie (2024)

Gregory Alan Isakov – Big Black Car – This Empty Northern Hemisphere (2009)
The String Cheese Incident – Lend Me A Hand – Lend Me A Hand (2023)
Gabriel Mervine – Our Man Higgins – GM5 (2023)

HOUR 2

Jux County – Come See – Haxtun (1999)
The Hillbilly Hellcats – White Trash (1997)
(D) Eric Benny Bloom – Dance Walkin’ (2024)

Brothers Keeper – He Left You (f. John Popper) (2023)
Teresa Suydam – Good Condition (2024)
Andy Monley – somewhere – Triplight (2006)
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts – Seein’ You Tonight (feat. Lauren Michaels) – Tears and Blades (2022)
Fast Eddy – In Too Deep – To the Stars (2024)
(D) American Culture – Let It Go (feat. Midwife) – Hey Brother, It’s Been A While (2024)

Dressy Bessy – I’m Still Here (2021)
Sugar Nova – Tiny Helicopters – Halogen (2023)
Bill Frisell – Rebel Rouser – Guitar in the Space Age (2014)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles available)

#COMUSIC HOT SPINS WK MAY 12-18 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 – 62 titles tracked
*includes Colorado Playlist
(D) 1. AMERICAN CULTURE – Hey Brother, It’s Been Awhile LP (Mar-24)
(R) 2. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP (Apr-24)
(R) 3. FAST EDDY – To The Stars LP (Nov-23)
(R) 3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(2) 4. SAINT SOMEBODY – Saint Somebody LP (Feb-24)

CP S18 EP17 2024

THE COLORADO PLAYLIST IS MOVING!

As of May 26, we will officially be making Grand Junction, Mesa County, the new home of Rocky Mountain Music Network and the Colorado Playlist. See you all on the Western Slope!

UPCOMING SHOW SCHEDULE

  • MAY 11-17 2024 = COLORADO COVERS THE HITS PART 1
  • MAY 18-24 2024 = CP S18 EP18 2024
  • MAY 25-MAY 31 = COLORADO COVERS THE HITS PART 2
  • JUNE 01-07 = to be determined. Let’s see how fast I can get the internet installed.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

www.starrsguitars.com

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

Lothar and The Hand People – Machines – Presenting Lothar and the Hand People (1968)
Higher Elevation – The Diamond Mine – The Spider, The Fly & The Boogie Man (1964)
(D) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (2024)

The Burroughs – Honey Imastar – Honey Imastar (2023)
Niceness – What A Day – Realize (2021)
The High Hawks – Mother Nature’s Show – Mother Nature’s Show (2023)
Elephant Revival – Peace Tonight – Petals (2016)
OneRepublic – Say (All I Need) – Dreaming Out Loud (2007)
Saint Somebody – To the Victor – Saint Somebody (2024)
(D) Cass Clayton Band – Rear View Mirror – Midnight In A Bottle (2024)

Euforquestra – Still Got Time – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Julian Fulco Perron – About Love (2023)
Eric Benny Bloom – Friends & Ragers (feat. Nighel Hall) (2024)

HOUR 2

Sugarloaf – Tongue In Cheek – Spaceship Earth (1971)
Freddi Henchi and the Soulsetters – Fire – Crown Princes Of Funk: The Last Set (1972)
(D) Mama Lenny & the Remedy – Everybody Wants Some (2024)

Gregory Alan Isakov – Before the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
In Plain Air – A View From the End Of A Dream (2023)
The Subdudes – Sarita – Primitive Streak (1996)
Porlolo – I Don’t Wanna Lose – Porlolo (2018)
Britt Devens – Over Lovin’ You – Here I Go Again (2023)
(D) Mackenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon – Back to You (2024)

West Side Joe & The Men of Soul – Keep On Climbin’ – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Jesus Christ Taxi Driver – Diabolical Catholic – Lick My Soul (2023)
Keith Oxman – All Dudes – Doing All Right (2009)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

#COMUSIC HOT SPINS WK APR 28-MAY 05 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 – 62 titles tracked
*includes Colorado Playlist
(D) 1. *BILL FRISELL – Orchestras LP (Apr-24)
(D) 2. Saint Somebody – Saint Somebody LP (Feb-24)
(2) 3. A.J. Fullerton – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(R) 4. The High Hawks – Mother Nature’s Show LP (Jan-24)
(R) 5. Birds of Play – Birdsongs of the American West LP (Aug-23)