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CP S19 EP15 2025

A western slope Milky Way over Bangs Canyon courtesy Clear Vistas Photography

We got in from a wonderful FoCOMX Sunday afternoon. Thanks to the Fort Collins Musician’s Association and 105.5 The Colorado Sound for inviting me to participate in this year’s event, both as an emcee and performer. Despite very cold and snowy weather Friday night, venues were full and the music was ecstatically delicious.

The sun came out on Saturday, and so did the crowds. I emceed at Odell Brewing Company, the Platinum sponsor of the festival, and at The OBC Wine Project. I also performed at The OBC Wine Project with the wonderful Alex Nikiforoff on lead guitar. Afterwards, we attended several shows, until the old bones just say no mas!

We live in a state in love with the music that comes from here. Thanks for being a part of it!

Here’s this week’s Monday Morning Music Meeting, courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge.

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.

Let me know what you think of the debuts (D) I shared in the show this week.

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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Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Boom Boom – Beautiful World (1997)
Hillbilly Hellcats – Road Rage – Our Brand (1998)
(D) Garlow and Swesey – Ghost Town – Garlow and Swesey (2025)
The High Hawks – Somewhere South – Mother Nature’s Show (2024)
Erik Lunde – Steel Militia – Water from the Stone (2022)
The Deltasonics – Concrete Hotel – Concrete Hotel (2025)
Tierro Band with Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) – Everlasting Dance (2023)
Ellyn Rucker – With You In Mind – NOW (2003)
David Starr – Hole in the Page (2025)
(D) Nitecap – Love and Light (2025)
Tennis – I’m Callin’ – Ritual in Repeat (2014)
Julian Fulco Perron – All the Lights (2023)
Adam Bodine – Swamp Stomp – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Acoustic Junction – Never Until Now – Fool’s Progress (1997)
Sherri Jackson – Time & Time – Sherri Jackson (1997)
(D) Bison Bone – Lean – Lean lp (2025)
Gregory Alan Isakov – The Fall – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
OneRepublic – Rescue Me – Human (2021)
Yonder Mountain String Band – Here I Go – Nowhere Next (2024)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel – Whimper and Wail – Desire and Dissolving Men (2007)
GRiZ, Big Gigantic – Good Times Roll – Good Times Roll (2015)
Sugar Nova – It’s All Gold feat. the Main Squeeze (2025)
(D) Cipriano Band – Oh Cocoa – Lo Lo House (2025)
Megan Burtt – Drugstore Brand – Witness (2024)
Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Keep On Keeping On – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Erik Applegate – It’s Not Me, It’s You – Two’s Company (2017)

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HOT SPINS WEEK APRIL 13-20 2025
ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE including the Colorado Playlist

(R) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(2) 2. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(5) 3. THE GALENTINES – “1140” LP Dec-24
(1) 4. THE LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 5. BISON BONE – Lean EP Apr-25

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM Community Radio (Grand Junction), KBUT Community Radio (Crested Butte), KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (Carbondale), KDUR Community Radio (Durango), KFFR 88.3 FM (Winter Park), KOTO Community Radio Telluride (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA Community Radio (Alamosa), KSJD Radio (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and 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 and programs

CP S19 EP14 2025 FOCOMX

HAPPY FOCOMX! APRIL 18-19 I’m leaving the western slope on Wed this week for Fort Collins. Looking forward to seeing some of my NoCO friends and family. I’ll be emceeing the Odell stages on Sat and doing a set at 5:45 on the OBC Wine Project Stage … See who’s playing!

NO MMMM this week. Enjoy the show.

David Lawrence and the Spoonful – The Seeds We Sow (2022)
Blue Canyon Boys – Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues – House Full Of Sorrow (2009)
Giant Walking Robots – Brick by Brick – Wake Up (2024)
Jenny Shawhan – You Got the Magic (2023)
Co-Stanza – Daykiller (2025)
Hunter James and the Titanic – Stranger Touch – IV (2025)
Cary Morin – Indian Hunters Return – Innocent Allies (2023)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Don’t Go It Alone (2025)
West Side Joe & The Men of Soul – Keep On Climbin’ – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Lolita – My Head (2025)
Robert Shredford – Queen Elizabeth Corgis – Robert Shredford (2020)
Graham Good and the Painters – Get After Life – Get After Life (2024)
Edison – Open Road – Familiar Spirit (2016)
Adam Bodine – Ribbons for Pigs – Ribbons for Pigs (2025)

Dr. Joe – Let It Shine – Songs of Joy, Unity and Revolution (2025)
The Copper Children – Pity Party – Strange Illusion (2022)
the Patti Fiasco – Love Letter – Juicy EP (2024)
Mojomama – We Are One – We Are One (2022)
The Grocery Story – You Don’t Knock (f. Erik Lunde) – Situation on Isle #3 (2025)
Little Trips – Too Hot to Hold – Little Trips 2023 (2023)
Megan Burtt – Restless – The Bargain (2015)
Mama Lenny and the Remedy – Party Girl (2020)
Barbara – For Good Measure – Project Traction (2024)
Dubskin – That Day Will Come – Light The Dark (2017)
Flobots – Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
Spencer Zweifel – In the Palm of Your Hand – The Life or Death Situation (2024)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE = 50 picks by the Colorado Playlist

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING APRIL 13, 2025

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA and KVNF are surveyed via Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay on over three hundred stations and programs around the country.

LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = No longer lives in Colorado, but counted as long as they 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

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE inc the Colorado Playlist – 74 titles tracked

(1) 1. The Lumineers – Automatic LP Jan-25
(2) 2. The Velveteers – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(D) 3. Heavy Diamond Ring – Don’t Go it Alone SP Mar-25
(3) 3. THE GROCERY STORY – Situation in Aisle #3 LP Mar-25
(4) 4. THE GALENTINES – “1140” LP Dec-24
(D) 5. Chella & The Charm – Happy Hour EP Mar-25
(D) 5. ELKA – Cold Feet, Soft Landing EP Mar-25

CP S19 EP13 2025

It’s Milky Way season. From Colorado National Monument. Courtesy Clear Vistas Photography.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

starrsguitars.com

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.

Let me know what you think of the debuts (D) I shared in the show this week.

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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Hi folks. I could use your help, please.

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat into my monthly retirement income.

Please support by using Venmo at chrisk-2 OR the form at the bottom of this page (I prefer Venmo).

If you represent a business that would like my listeners to know about you, email me at coloradoplaylist@gmail.com for details.
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CW McCall – Convoy – Best of CW McCall (1975)
Starlite Ramblers – Evangelina – Ain’t It The Truth (1979)
(D) Lee Sims – Wyoming Wind (2025)
Gregory Alan Isakov – Before the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
Yonder Mountain String Band – Into the Fire – Get Yourself Outside (2022)
Holly Lovell – Hello Chelsea – Hello Chelsea (2025)
The Patti Fiasco – Shake – Small Town Lights (2013) **FOCOMX
Dubskin – Just Be Now (feat Lyrics Born) – Light The Dark (2017) **FOCOMX
Andy Frasco & The U.N. – Try Not to Die (2025)
(N) The Grocery Story – Stick With Love (f. Rhonda Merrick) – Situation on Aisle #3 (2025) **FOCOMX
Heavy Diamond Ring – Friday Night – The Brightest Light EP (2021) **FOCOMX
Izcalli – Waiting for Something (2024) **FOCOMX
Bill Frisell – Baja – Guitar in the Space Age (2014)

Boondoggle & Balderdash – Mr. Driver – Boondoggle & Balderdash (1971)
Beast – I Am – Higher and Higher (1970)
(D) Rob Drabkin – My Train is Coming – City Lights & Country Sides (2025)
The Sweet Lillies – Words – Equality (2023)
Dragondeer – Mirage à Trois – Across The Waves (2023)
Emily Scott Robinson – Cheap Seats – American Siren (2021)
MIDDLE CLASS ROCK STAR
Emily Scott Robinson – Built On Bones – Built On Bones (2022)
(D) Hallie Marie – Sanity (2025)
Five Iron Frenzy – Renegades – Until This Shakes Apart (2021)
Elektric Animals – Dreaming/Wishing – A Bear and the Bull (2024)
Eric Lilley Trio – So There – Swing Set (2025)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles avail)