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Have you checked out COLORADO 2026 on SPOTIFY or YOUTUBE? 100 songs / 100 artists and bands. When I add something, something gets cut to cap the playlist at 100. Not everything there makes the show, so check it out. Some will make the annual COLORADO PLAYLIST FAN & LISTENER POLL later in NOV/DEC.

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. I’m currently tracking 285 current year releases for the weekly HOT SPINS REPORT.

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.

Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL, AND GENUINELY APPRECIATED.

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.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk
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Starlite Ramblers – Colorado Rose – It’s Enough To Make A Cowboy Outta You (1980)
Firefall – Stardust – Undertow (1980)
(D) Heavy Diamond Ring – Love Don’t Change – Let Love Be Enough EP (2026)

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – I’ve Got The Blues – Lost In The Crowd (2025)
Boot Gun – ‘Til It Ain’t – One for the Willing (2024)
The Crooked Rugs – Change – The Crooked Rugs (2026)
The String Cheese Incident – Sirens – Untying the Not (2003)
Devotchka – Along The Way – A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
Volores – The Huntress – Shores of Scorpio (2026)
(D) Esmé Patterson – We Were Wild (Revisited) (2026)

Five Iron Frenzy – Boomerang – Between Pavement and Stars (2015)
Big Gigantic – Free Spirits – Fluorescence (2025)
Andrew Vogt – Behave – Optimistic Infinity House ( 2024)

The Fluid – Our Love Will Still Be There – Glue (1990)
Soul Merchants – Crown of Glory – Soul Merchants 1985-1987 (2007)
(N) The Burroughs – Apocalypteque – Apocalypteque (2026)

Giant Walking Robots – What You See (2025)
A.J. Fullerton – Good Times (2022)
Emily Scott Robinson – Dirtbag Saloon – Appalachia (2026)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Children Of The Lord – Cipher (2008)
The Reminders – Dust and Bones – Unstoppable (2019)
Moon Hammer – Snakey (2026)
(N) Sera Cahoone – Hits Right – I’ve Missed You All These Years (2026)

The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Leftover Salmon – Good Dog (Radio Edit) – Let’s Party About It (2025)
Analog Son – Suspended Animation f. Eric Benny Bloom – Keep It Coming (2025)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING NOV 8 2026

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KCSU (Fort Collins), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KGNU (Boulder), KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins),
KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KUVO (Denver), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley), Indie1023 (Denver)

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio, and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations around the country.

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 + 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓
(1) 1. The Burroughs – Apocalypteque LP Jul-26
(D) 2. Sera Cahoone – I’ve Missed You All These Years LP May-26
(D) 3. Capture This – Head Spin SP Jun-26
(D) 3. Juno Rossa – Birdseye EP Oct-26
(D) 3. Katya Grasso – Covered In Sand LP May-26
(D) 3. OPAL GROVE – I Watch You / Fight For a Living SP Feb-26
(D) 3. Stovetop Gemini – Duvet! / TBH SP Aug-26
(D) 3. Teresa Suydam – Unsung Hero EP Jul-26

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Have you checked out COLORADO 2026 on SPOTIFY or YOUTUBE? 100 songs / 100 artists and bands. When I add something, something gets cut to cap the playlist at 100. Not everything there makes the show, so check it out. Some will make the annual COLORADO PLAYLIST FAN & LISTENER POLL later in NOV/DEC.

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. I’m currently tracking 285 current year releases for the weekly HOT SPINS REPORT.

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.

Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL, AND GENUINELY APPRECIATED.

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.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk
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Alpha Centauri – One Night At a Time – Alpha Centauri (1977)
Alexis – Fly By Night – Alexis (1977)
(D) Marty Thompson – Unknown – Spoon River Anthology (2026)

Big Dopes – What It Feels Like – Jerry Ever After EP (2026)
Andy Sydow – Follow The Rain Down – Night Skin (2024)
Clay Street Unit – Drive – Sin & Squalor (2026)
Sherri Jackson – Maple Tree – Sherri Jackson (1997)
Paper Bird – To the Light – Paper Bird (2016)
Marfa – Last Time Last (2026)
(D) Juno Rossa, Emma Cole – Love and Let Die – Birdseye (2026)
LVDY – Change (2020)

The Velveteers – Go Fly Away – A Million Knives (2025)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker – Homecoming Ghost Orchid (2022)

The Original Rabbits – Happy World – Tails from the Big Green (1986)
The Rabbits – The Trickery – The Rabbits (1989)
(D) Julian Fulco Perron – Undercover (2026)

Saint Somebody – To the Victor – Saint Somebody (2024)
The Andes – Unwind – Keep It Together (2026)
Gabrielle Louise – If The Static Clears – If The Static Clears (2016)
Jack Hadley – I’m Coming Home – the St. Louis Sessions Volume II (2024)
Gasoline Lollipops – Way Back Home (2026)
(D) A Brother’s Fountain, DNA Picasso, Dominique Christina – Bridges (2026)

Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
The Galentines – Rear View Mirror – 1140 (2025)
Gabriel Mervine – When It’s Sleepytime Down South – Say Somethin’ (2021)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE – ON THE ROAD AND IN THE STUDIO

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING NOV 01 2026

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KCSU (Fort Collins), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KGNU (Boulder), KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins),
KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KUVO (Denver), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley), Indie1023 (Denver)

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio, and offering search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations around the country.

ALL STATIONS + THE COLORADO PLAYLIST
(2) 1. THE BURROUGHS – Apocalypteque LP
(4) 2. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Let Love Be Enough EP
(4) 2. MODERN LEISURE – Tied in a Knot / You Can Count On Me SP
(D) 3. BIG DOPES – Jerry Ever After EP
(R) 4. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Way Back Home SP
(D) 5. A BROTHER’S FOUNTAIN – Bridges SP
(R) 5. THE ANDES – Plenty of Room SP
(D) 5. AUDREY RIGGS – The Dog that Bites SP
(D) 5. BRINK – Young and Bored EP
(D) 5. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – Undercover LP
(D) 5. VANNA BLUE – JoyCry EP
(D) 5. VARIOUS – DENVER, INTERNATIONAL: DISC 2 — ARRIVALS LP

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. TRULY APPRECIATED.