Category: Playlists

North Clear Creek Falls, Rio Grande Nat’l Forest

Due to the JULY 4th holiday, there is NO HOT SPINS this week. And there may not be one next week. Claire and I are going on a photo/fishing trip up to the Walden area .. so we’ll see what we see. It’s been a minute or decade or two since I’ve traveled up that way in the state. Have a great week and enjoy the show.

I did something a bit different this week, as I celebrated 50 years since the year Colorado became known as the Centennial State and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame inducted of a NON-Colorado band, but one that owns an historical record in Colorado music history.

I WISH I WAS KIDDING. UNFORTUNATELY, I’M NOT. Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL.

This show has been my passion for 20 years. Over the years it has been mostly self-funded, with some financial help from Starr’s Guitars and a few others here and there. It was enough to cover the cost of operations, but nothing more. Since retiring from full time work, the cost of the show has had a significant impact on my income.

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 GENUINELY APPRECIATED.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk

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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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community since 1998.

Every year I debut approximately two hundred new current-year releases. Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.

Should I KEEP IT or CUT IT?

Results enter into determining which cuts stay in the library and which cuts might eventually make it to the annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll and the “some of the best of the year” show.
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Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm – Hard Rain (1976)
Firefall – Livin’ Ain’t Livin’ – Firefall (1976)
(D) Dan Hochman – A Few More Grays (2026)

The Wood Brothers – River Takes the Town – One Drop of Truth (2018)
Ben Parrish – Crankbait (excerpt)
Our Violet Room – Villian (2026)
LVDY – Change (2020)
The Still Tide – Better Than I’ve Been – Between Skies (2020)
Inside the Mind – Who I Am (2026)
Boa and the Constrictors – Red Top (excerpt)
(D) bluebook – Holy Rider (2026)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Trying So Hard Not To Know – S/T (2015)
Megan Burtt – Drugstore Brand (Radio Edit) – Witness (2024)
Fred Hess Band – Norman’s Gold – Single Moment (2015)

Widespread Panic – Radio Child – 2026/06/28 Morrison, CO (2026)
Widespread Panic – Pigeons – Live at Red Rocks 1991
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – It’s Alright – Live Monsters (1998)
Dotsero – Latin Sandwiches (excerpt)
Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On the Run – Wings Over America (1976)
John Denver – Like A Sad Song – Spirit (1976)
Harry Tuft – You Gonna Quit Me – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
(N) Sugar Nova – House of the Jaguar, Pt. 2 – House of the Jaguar (2026)
Justin Lansing – Ghost Town (excerpt)
(D) The String Cheese Incident – Lightning Sky (2026)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Dirt, Silver, and Gold (1976)
(D) Something Out Of – Skyscape – What If (2025)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

Live videos this week from the Wood Brothers, The Still Tide, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Megan Burtt, Widespread Panic, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Paul McCartney & Wings, the String Cheese Incident and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT – GENUINELY APPRECIATED