Fall foliage on Guanella Pass courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography
September brings out most of the last of the current year releases, as artists/bands wind down their outdoor seasons and get ready for fall/winter releases for the next year. Of course, most of the September releases won’t show up on the monthly spins chart, if they do at all, until the end of OCTOBER. So be listening and watching the weekly Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) for those newer releases and make sure to vote your like, or dislike.
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
TOP 20 SEPTEMBER 2023
(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. BIRDS OF PLAY – Birdsongs of the American West LP (Aug-23)
(5) 4. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. THE TRUJILLO COMPANY – 4 Arrows LP (Aug-23)
(D) 6. ADRIAN COVARRUBIAS – Mi Oracion SP (Nov-22)
(D) 7. SHADOW WORK – Imago EP (Aug-23)
(D) 8. CHRISTIANONTHEINTERNET – Let’s Get Down to Business SP (May-23)
(D) 9. FUYA FUYA – Where Did U Go SP (May-23)
(D) 9. SOY CELESTE – Break Out EP (Apr-23)
(D) 9. RITMO CASCABEL – Ritmo Cascabel LP (Aug-23)
(D) 10. HANNAH RODRIGUEZ – Would Be Fine SP (Feb-23)
(D) 10. JON RUBIO – Essential SP (Feb-23)
(10) 11. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(D) 12. KATIRIA – Noches en SJ SP (Jun-23)
(9) 13. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 14. LATINSOUL – Papa Dios SP (Jul-23)
(D) 15. LOLITA – Spoiled Rotten SP (Apr-23)
(R) 16. LOLITA – Chi-Chi Suelta SP (Dec-22)
(D) 17. JON RUBIO – Fan Girl SP (Jun-23)
(D) 17. POUDRE VALLEY PLAYBOYS – Shooting for the Stars LP (Jun-23)
TOP 20 DEC-SEPT 2023
(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(4) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(5) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(7) 6. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(6) 7. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(8) 8. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(9) 9. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(12) 10. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(13) 11. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(10) 12. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(12) 13. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
(11) 14. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(15) 15. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(14) 16. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(16) 17. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(D) 18. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23) **
(17) 19. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(18) 20. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
