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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

CP S16 EP11 2022

Antero Reservoir. CO – Looking SE towards Colorado Springs at about 4AM in subzero temps right around March 01, 2022. Photo courtesy of Claire Mannato.

Monday MARCH 14, 2022 – Sixty-nine Colorado current year releases (March 2021 to March 2022) got some airtime on at least fifteen (there are a handful I don’t track) Colorado community and college radio stations this past week. That’s sixty-nine out of the two hundred that are currently on my tracking sheet. So, is that good or bad?

As things go, it’s pretty good. One station, where I’m proud to call home on Saturday mornings the past six years – 105.5 The Colorado Sound – typically spins thirty to thirty-two current Colorado titles a week at least once; NOT including what I play on the Colorado Playlist on Saturday (6AM) and Sunday (6PM).

Next is 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins, where djs there picked twenty-three titles to share this past week. Indie 102.3 typically features up to a dozen Colorado artists each month. About twenty or so current year Colorado titles were aired this past week at other stations around the state – including this week’s featured station, KSJD.

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FEATURED STATION OF THE WEEK

KSJD is a community/public radio station based in Cortez, Colorado that serves the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, including the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and portions of the Navajo Nation.  The CP is aired Saturdays at 2PM

TOP 5 WEEKLY COLORADO SPINS

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

Each title came out between March 2021 and March 2022. Links go to their respective YouTube page if available.

  1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  3. BLUEBOOK – Optimistic Voices LP
  4. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP
  5. FAST EDDY – Take A Look LP

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Rare Silk – New York Afternoon – New Weave (1983)
Lannie Garrett – A Slick Chick on The Mellow Side – Slick Chick On The Mello Side Live (2000)
(D) A-Mac & The Height – Smile – Season of Learning (2022)

Jon Snodgrass – Bad New Lands – Tace (2020)
Jeff Austin – Fiddling Around – The Simple Truth (2015)
Amanda Juline – Anchor (2022)
Megan Burtt & Joel Ansett – Good Dream (2022)
DeVotchKa – Curse Your Little Heart – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
John Oates – Stone Cold Love – Good Road to Follow (2014)
Finn O’Sullivan – When The Power Comes Back On – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
(D) Ryan Dart – These Days – Edge of the Wild (2022)
Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck – Heaven Knows (Revisited) – Beautiful & True (2016)
The 89s – Apple Of My Eye – Wash Away (2020)
Gerald Albright – Taking Control – G (2016)

HOUR 2

Ron Miles – Binder – Rainbow Sign (2020)
(D) Jyemo Club – Issa Ting (f. the Reminders) (2022)

Neoma – Young – Real (2020)
Elephant Revival – Peace Tonight – Petals (2016)
Dango Rose – Singularity – The Forgotten Years EP VOL. Two (2022)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022)
Yo, Flaco! – Rent (Featuring Ron Miles) – The Skinny (2005) *feat. Ron Miles
Otis Taylor – Huckleberry Blues – My World Is Gone (2013) *feat. Ron Miles
(D) Keith Murdock – Gonna Wanna See Her Again – Keith Murdock (2022)

The Wood Brothers – Happiness Jones – One Drop of Truth (2018)
YaSi – Guilty (2021)
Ron Miles, Bill Frisell & Brian Blade – Rudy-Go-Round – Quiver (2012)

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CP S16 EP10 2022

Milky Way at Antero Reservoir Colorado – courtesy of Claire Mannato

Monday MARCH 07, 2022 –It’s been a minute since I got to stand in front of a room of music fans and introduce some of our world class, award winning and hall of fame musicians. Saturday night I got to emcee the Boulder International Film Festival Singer/Songwriter Showcase, featuring Otis Taylor, Rebecca Folsom, Chris Daniels, Mark Oblinger, Dechen Hawk, Mojomama, and Abby Brown and others.

Rebecca Folsom and three time Grammy winner Tom Wasinger shared songs from their upcoming Sanctuary project, and Mojomama debuted a couple of new songs that they’re going into the studio at Mighty Fine Productions to record in the next couple of weeks.

Dechen Hawk informed me that he’ll be recording some new music – but that I shouldn’t expect the full band soul music he’s been more known for (at least in my collection). Where critics have declared him like Stevie Wonder and Jeff Buckley tossed into a blender, we should expect more “acoustic” balladeer styled music from Dechen this year.

The Lumineers and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats retain their hold at #1 and #2 on the weekly charts – BUT could we be seeing a stranglehold on the top three positions with the new Infamous Stringdusters album now solidly in that spot? The reworked Oh, Frustration by A.J. Fullerton with Eddie Roberts makes it way into this week’s TOP 5 along with the latest EP release from Zoe Berman.

FEATURED STATION OF THE WEEK

KRZA is “…dedicated to maintaining its role as a connecting force in the community: to honor and preserve our Hispanic heritage and recognize the changing demographics that form the listenership of today.”

TOP 5 WEEKLY COLORADO SPINS

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

  1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP
  2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP
  3. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP
  4. A.J. FULLERTON – Oh Frustration SINGLE (Feb-22)
  5. ZOE BERMAN – Freezing Heat EP (Dec-21)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

Serving Cedaredge for over 20 years.

HOUR 1

Beast – Communication – Higher and Higher (1970)
(N) Bluebook – My Good Ear – Optimistic Voices (2022)

Sarah Slaton – Get Up (2021)
The Motet – So High – Totem (2016)
Fast Eddy – Take A Look – Take A Look (2022)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Love Don’t – The Future (2022)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996
The Subdudes – All The Time In The World – Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Mike Clark and Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up (2022)

Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Jackson Emmer – Turn Up the Jukebox – Alpine Coda (2020)
Dana Landry Quartet – Pure Imagination – Standard Elevation (2015)

HOUR 2

The Serendipity Singers – Six Foot Six – The Many Sides Of The Serendipity Singers (1964)
Buffalo Springfield – Kind Woman (1969)
(D) Alysia Kraft – Cold Mountain – First Light (2022)

The Velveteers – Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
Otis Taylor – Red Meat – Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
Taylor Scott Band – Throwback Grooves (2022)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Spanish Highway – All The Love You Need (2007)
Mollie O’Brien – The Right Thing – Things I Gave Away (2000)
(D) Mad Radio – Just for the Thrill – Mad Radio EP (2022)

Rose Hill Drive – Telepathic – Americana (2011)
The Beeves – Playing Bingo (with people who are angry and somewhat dangerous) – Beauty and The Beeves (2020)
H2 Big Band – You’re It! – You’re It! (2015)

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#COMUSIC – TOP 30 FEB 2022

Early morning March 01, 2022 near Kenosha Pass

MARCH 01, 2022 – As you can see, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and the Lumineers have held onto their respective spots atop the February spins chart. Eleven titles stayed in the February TOP 30 from January: Sixteen titles were (D) debuts for the month; eight of which were songs featured for the month at Indie 102.3.

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

Besides the spins chart published here, check out the weekly Roots Music Report TOP 50 Colorado Chart. Where I track titles going back a year, RMR charts often reflect titles that are more than a couple of years old. RMR also receives spin counts from a different set of reporters in Colorado, as well as from both terrestrial and Internet based radio around the country and Europe.

Titles are linked to their respective YouTube pages, if available.

TOP 30 FEBRUARY 2022

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21) 
(2) 2. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Oct-21)
(D) 3. PATCHYDENSEFOG – The Answer SINGLE (Dec-21)
(D) 4. JULIA KIRKWOOD – No Place Like Nowhere LP (Aug-21)
(D) 5. ERIK LUNDE – Water From a Stone LP (Jul-21) **
(20) 6. DAVID STARR – Touchstones LP (Sep-21)
(D) 7. SWEET VIRGINIA – Sweet Virginia LP (Feb-22)
(22) 8. FOXFEATHER – End of My Rope SINGLE (Sep-21)
(26) 8. THE CROOKED RUGS – That! LP (Nov-21)
(D) 9. J. LORYN – Coolin SINGLE (Jul-21)
(D) 9. ROLOS RIOS – Music I Make SINGLE (Sep-21)
(D) 10. KENT WASHINGTON III – Inner Child SINGLE (Aug-21)
(D) 10. RESRFACE – Prodigy SINGLE (Sep-21)
(D) 10. RESRFACE – I Believe (prod. By S I M) SINGLE (Jul-21)
(D) 11. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP (Jan-22)
(10) 11. WEST SIDE JOE & THE MEN OF SOUL –  Keep On Climbin’ LP (Apr-21)
(26) 12. ANDY SYDOW –  Time Stands Between EP (Aug-21)
(13) 12. THE VELVETEERS – Nightmare Daydream LP (Oct-21)
(D) 13. DANGO ROSE – The Forgotten Years EP Vol 2 (Jan-22)
(–) 14. CLAIRE HEYWOOD – Crushed Lemons SINGLE (Jul-21)
(12) 14. LEFTOVER SALMON – Brand New Good Old Days LP (Mar-21)
(–) 14. SCOTT KINSEY | MER SAL – Adjustments LP (Sep-21) **
(23) 14. TRASH CAT – The Tide LP (Dec-21)
(D) 15. FAST EDDY – Take A Look LP (Jan-22)
(–) 15. MATTHEW FOWLER – The Grief We Gave Our Mother LP (Sep-21)
(D) 16. JULIA KIRKWOOD – Trust Issues SINGLE (Apr-21)
(D) 17. THE BURROUGHS – My House, My Car SINGLE (Jan-22)
(11) 18. A.J. FULLERTON – The Forgiver and the Runaway LP (Mar-21) **
(D) 18. CORY HARRIS – Insurrection Blues LP (Jan-22)
(D) 18. HEAD FOR THE HILLS – Number One Hit Single SINGLE (Jan-22)

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