CP S20 EP17 + NEW MUSIC MONDAY + HOT SPINS

AIR DATES MAY 09-15 2026
MMMM = Lauren Frihauf, The Desert Furs, The Yawpers, Wildermiss

Dark skies over Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado – courtesy Clear Vistas Photography

If you haven’t guessed by now, Claire and I love to jump in the car and take off on grand adventures throughout the western United States, and particularly Colorado. Well, we’re off for another week of Rocky Mountain dark skies and (fingers crossed) some incredible fishing (for me) as we head up to Granby area. Pictures soon I’m sure.

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 sincerely 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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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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Elton JohnThe Bitch is Back – Caribou (1974)
Earth, Wind & FireDevotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
(D) Lauren FrihaufThe Thread (2026)

Deva Yoder Stories (2025)
Andy Eppler Don’t Say My Name – Valley of the Sin Eaters (2025)
Violet PilotThe Eyes Don’t Lie – Glad We Found You (2022)
Big Head Todd and the MonstersJosephina – Black Beehive (2014)
LVDY Fleeting (2025)
(D) The Desert Furs Stereo (2026)

Heavy Diamond Ring Already Gone – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Yonder Mountain String Band Didn’t Go Wrong – Nowhere Next (2024)
BTTRFLY Quintet Marauders – Coast (2023)

Joe Walsh Home – Barnstorm (1972)
Chicago Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – Chicago VI (1973)
(D) The Yawpers New Kind of Man (2026)

Leftover Salmon Let’s Party About It – Let’s Party About It (2025)
Tejon Street Corner Thieves You Rascal You (2023)
Bo Depena – Half of My Mistakes (2026)
Mojomama Be Your Own Savior – We Are One (2022)
Last Call RomanceI’ll Give You Nothing – Double Funeral, Vol. 2 (2023)
Sun Way Street Who Said I Cared (2026)
(D) Wildermiss Kiss the Weeds (2026)

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Buy My Round (2023)
The Lumineers Same Old Song – Automatic (2025)
(D) Speak the FutureDuplicity (2026)

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), 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 – 59 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BANDGood As True LP Jan-26
(D) 2. JAGUAR STEVENSDead Miner’s Daughter LP Mar-26
(R) 2. KING CARDINALReviver LP Sep-25
(R) 3. A.J. FULLERTON, LAUREN FRIHAUFSlow Killer SP Sep-25
(R) 3. BIG RICHARD Pet LP Nov-25
(D) 3. BONNIE PAINEUnseen LP Mar-26
(D) 3. YUGS Dancing In My Room LP Nov-25

CP S20 EP13 2026

AIRDATES: MARCH 28-APR 03 2026
MMMM = Jon Chandler, Sunsquabi, Rearview, Magoo

The Moon and a setting Jupiter in the same frame, from Bryce Canyon, UT

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement 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 sincerely 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
__________________

Every week I hope to bring you some of the best of Colorado music from across the decades, and around the state. I also usually share a new landscape photograph by my life-partner, Claire/Clear Vistas Photography.

There is no current website for Claire’s work. If you see a photo you like and would like to have printed, let me know. Email chriskmusic@gmail.com
__________________

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 songs. 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.
__________________

Mollie O’BrienNever Make Your Move Too Soon (Birmingham) – I Never Move Too Soon (1987)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore I’ve Got The Blues – Lost In The Crowd (2025)
(D) Jon Chandler The Western Road (2026)

The River ArkansasGimmie That Sound – Tin Years (2025)
The Terra SurfersNerved Up (excerpt)
Inside the MindLevel Up – Looking for the Sun (2025)
Big Head Todd and the MonstersHey Delila – Black Beehive (2014)
SHELThe Battle of Evermore – SHEL (2012)
King Cardinal Waste My Time – Reviver (2026)
Sunsquabi Dexter’s Day (excerpt)
(D) Rearview Webs (2026)

Dressy Bessy I’m Still Here (2021)
Eminence EnsembleMoonshine – Inside Looking Out (2024)
Adam BodineSurface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Carolyn’s Mother Smile – Doris (2000)
Yo, Flaco! Turn It Around (2000)
(D) Sunsquabi, Manic FocusGaman (2026)

Vivian OblivionAnimals (2025)
The Delta SonicsJust Playin’ (excerpt)
West of FennarioGreat Evade (2026)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrying So Hard Not To Know – S/T (2015)
Emily Scott RobinsonCheap Seats – American Siren (2021)
Marfa American Blues (2026)
Dotsero Latin Sandwiches (excerpt)
(D) Magoo, Sam BushAngel of Telluride – What A Life (2026)

The Burroughs Zero Sum Game (2021)
The VelveteersGo Fly Away – A Million Knives (2025)
Eric Lilley Trio Scrapple From the Pineapple – Swing Set (2025)

STATIONS TRACKED: 
KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), 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 count.

(D) = debut HOT SPINS
(R) = re-enter HOT SPINS

(D) 1. Marfa American Blues SP Jan-26
(D) 2. Magoo What A Life LP Oct-25
(2) 3. babybaby4ever 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(R) 3. Big RichardPet LP Nov-25
(2) 3. BLUE MESA Where Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26
(2) 3. DOLLPILE Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 3. REARVIEW Webs SP Feb-26

CP S20 EP12 2026

AIRDATES MARCH 21-27 2026
MMMM – the Hip Snacks, Micah & the Mirrors

Claire’s shot this week is from Bryce Canyon National Park, UT. The pre-dawn early mornings (4 AM) were in the low to mid thirties and the sky was brilliant!

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement 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 sincerely 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
__________________

Every week I hope to bring you some of the best of Colorado music from across the decades, and around the state. I also usually share a new landscape photograph by my life-partner, Claire/Clear Vistas Photography.

There is no current website for Claire’s work. If you see a photo you like and would like to have printed, let me know. Email chriskmusic@gmail.com
__________________

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 songs. 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.
__________________

Chris Daniels and the Kings Stealin Candy – Is My Love Enough (1993)
Leftover SalmonRiver’s Rising – Euphoria (1997)
(D) The Hip SnacksDessert Love (2026)

The Motet Something Better – Love Time (2024)
Maddy O’Neil + CloZee Zest Please (excerpt)
Darren GarveyFeel For You – As A Scribble (2025)
piKziL Can’t Get Started – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Zephyr Sierra Cowgirl – Sunset Ride REMASTERED 2021 (1972)
King Cardinal New Addiction – Reviver (2026)
The Delta Sonics Backtrackin’ Again (excerpt)
Souvenir ThreadBelong – Postcards (2025)
Kyle HollingsworthAll Falls Apart – 50 (2018)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Call Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
Adam Bodine Trio Betty Sneezeguard – The Chauffeur (2009)

The String Cheese Incident Sing A New Song – Outside Inside (2001)
Lannie Garrett – What a Night, What a Moon, What a Boy – Under Paris Skies (2005)
Illenium, Ryan TedderWith Your Love SP (2026)
Tennis 12 Blown Tires – Face Down In the Garden (2025)
Big DopesMoon Car (2024)
Lvndr.snd Nightfall (excerpt)
The Fray Songs I’d Rather Not Sing (2026)
Big Head Todd and The MonstersGlow – New World Arisin’ (2017)
Heavy Diamond RingUnknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The Barlow Factory or Prison (2026)
Sunsquabi Fisher Cat (excerpt)
(D) Micah and the MirrorsHungry Hungry Heart (2026)

Railbenders Whiskey Rain – Segundo (2004)
Yonder Mountain String BandDidn’t Go Wrong – Nowhere Next (2024)
Eric Lilley TrioBud Bop – Follow Up (2020)
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STATIONS TRACKED: 
KAFM (Grand Junction), 
KBUT (Crested Butte), 
KDNK (Carbondale), 
KDUR (Durango), 
KFFR (Winter Park), 
KLZR (Westcliff), 
KOTO (Telluride), 
KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), 
KRZA (Alamosa), 
KSJD (Cortez), 
KSUT (Ignacio), 
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 count.

(D) = debut HOT SPINS
(R) = re-enter HOT SPINS

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 + 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 – 𝟔𝟔 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃
(R) 1. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON Appalachia LP Oct-25
(D) 1. MICAH AND THE MIRRORSHungry Hungry Heart LP Jan-26
(4) 2. DOLLPILE Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 2. babybaby4ever 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(4) 2. BLUE MESAWhere Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26