CP S19 EP43 2025

AIRDATES SAT DEC 06-FRI DEC 12 2025 MMMM = Bo Depena, David Lawrence & the Spoonful, The Dirty Turkeys, The Tammy Shine

HAPPY HOLLY-DAZE. As we wind down the year, I hope you’ll HELP SUPPORT THE COLORADO PLAYLIST in your year end giving.

The Colorado Playlist is the only show showcasing Colorado music statewide. It will turn 20 years old in 2026!

Your support is essential to keeping it on the air.

I make this show available at no cost to public radio stations, which as you may know are facing their own revenue issues now with the loss of CPB funding. Because of those CPB issues, what little money I was making is now $0.

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

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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 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) and new songs (N) 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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Acoustic Junction – Strange Days – Strange Days (2000)
Dressy Bessy – I Saw Cinnamon – Sound Go Round (2002)
(D) Bo Depena – Half of My Mistakes – Rather Move Up (2026)

Andy Frasco & The U.N. – Try Not to Die – Growing Pains (2025)
Augustus – Kick the Doors Down – Color TV and Tall Tales (2020)
Packaging – In Your Pocket – Packaging (2025)
Paper Bird – To the Light – Paper Bird (2016)
Edie Carey – The Chain – The Veil (2022)
Gasoline Lollipops – The River – Kill the Architect (2025)
(D) David Lawrence & the Spoonful – My House is Burning (2026)

Heavy Diamond Ring – Already Gone – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The Lumineers – Blue Christmas (2016)
Keith Oxman – I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin) – Doing All Right (2009)

Otis Taylor – Naggin’ Woman Blues – When Negroes Walked the Earth (2000)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Viceroy Filter King – Always Say Please And Thank You (2000)
(D) The Dirty Turkeys – Soul Sugar (2026)

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Crush – Her Way Out (2024)
King Cardinal – Christmas List (2019)
Analog Son – This Time Around f. Adryon de Leon – Keep It Coming (2025)
SHEL – You Could Be My Baby – Just Crazy Enough (2016)
The String Cheese Incident – Vertigo (2019)
Clay Street Unit – Rollin‘ – Sin and Squalor (2026)
(D) The Tammy Shine – Junk Mail – Ok Shine Ok (2026)

Planes Mistaken For Stars – Modern Logic – Do You Still Love Me? (2025)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Crime Scene Christmas – It’s a Crime Scene Christmas! (2015)
Gerald Albright – Taking Control – G (2016)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles)

HOT SPINS WEEK DEC 07. 2025

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), KLZR (Westcliff), 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 around the count.

ALL STATIONS + THE COLORADO PLAYIST = 83 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. DRUNKEN HEARTS – The Other Side SP Nov-25
(D) 2. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Tumbleweed w/JJ Grey SP Nov-25
(D) 2. ELBOW BROTHERS – Trinidad SP Nov-25
(R) 2. TENNIS – Face Down in The Garden LP Feb-25
(D) 3. ALEJANDRA MEZA – Too Bad, So Sad SP Jul-25
(D) 3. CLAY STREET UNIT – Where Have You Gone? / Let’s Get Stoned SP Sep-25
(D) 3. DOGTAGS – KNORR EP Apr-25
(R) 3. EVA ROSE KING – After Tale LP Feb-25
(R) 3. THE RIVER ARKANSAS – Tin Years LP Apr-25

CP S19 EP 42 2025

AIRDATES SAT NOV 29 thru FRIDAY DEC 05 2025. MMMM = Clay Street Unit, Drunken Hearts, Andy Frasco, Elbow Brothers. Stream on demand.

HAPPY HOLLY-DAZE .. I hope you had a tremendous Thanksgiving. As we wind down the year, I hope you’ll HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW in your year end giving.

The Colorado Playlist is the only show showcasing Colorado music statewide. It will turn 20 years old in 2026!

Your support is essential to keeping it on the air.

I make this show available at no cost to public radio stations, which as you may know are facing their own revenue issues now with the loss of CPB funding. Because of those CPB issues, what little money I was making is now $0.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below. 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 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) and new songs (N) 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.

CP S19 EP42

CW McCall – Wolf Creek Pass – Best of CW McCall (1975)
Starwood – One Time Band – Home Brew (1975)
(D) Clay Street Unit – Where Have You Gone (2025)

The Lumineers – You’re All I Got – Automatic (2025)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Hey Delila – Black Beehive (2014)
Eva Rose King, Taylor Ashton – Snapshot – After Tale (2025)
Darryl Purpose – Dreams of Life – Next Time Around (2012)
Megan Burtt – Restless – The Bargain (2015)
The River Arkansas – People Call Me Crazy – Tin Years (2025)
(D) Drunken Hearts – The Other Side (2026)

Boot Gun – Hey Hey – Take What You Got (2020)
Hunter James and the Titanic – Stranger Touch – IV (2025)
Annie Booth Trio – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Festive! (2016)

Freddi Henchi Band – Celebration (f. Larry Wilkens) – Freddi Henchi Band (1981)
Zephyr – I Must Be Dreaming – Heartbeat (1981)
(D) Andy Frasco & the U.N. feat JJ Grey – Tumbleweed (2026)

Big Dopes – Draggin’ This On (2025)
Jesus Christ Taxi Driver – Diabolical Catholic – Lick My Soul (2023)
Vivian Oblivion – Animals (2025)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – I Need Never Get Old – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
DeVotchKa – Contrabanda – 100 Lovers (2011)
Tennis – 12 Blown Tires – Face Down In the Garden (2025)
(D) The Elbow Brothers – Going to Trinidad (2025)

Bevin Luna – Masquerade – Madison and Angelus (2022)
The Velveteers – Go Fly Away – A Million Knives (2025)
Nelson Rangell – Do You Hear What I Hear – All I Hope for Christmas (2007)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles)

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING NOV 20, 2025

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), KLZR (Westcliff), 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 around the country.

ALL STATIONS + THE COLORADO PLAYLIST – 66 TITLES TRACKED

(D) 1. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia / Dirt Bag Saloon SP Oct-25
(R) 1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(1) 2. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 3. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP Aug-25
(2) 4. BEST MAN – People Pleaser LP May-25

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THE COLORADO PLAYLIST

#COMUSIC TOP 30 NOVEMBER

For the first time in a very long (and out of my memory), I did not do a TOP 30 (OCT). Here’s what was HOT in NOVEMBER around the state.

THE COLORADO PLAYLIST NEEDS YOUR HELP PLEASE

The Colorado Playlist is the only show showcasing Colorado music statewide. Your support is essential to keeping it on the air. I make this show available for no cost to the stations, which as you may know are facing their own revenue issues now with the loss of CPB funding. Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 or use the form below. Thank you, sincerely – chrisk

If you represent a business and would like my listeners to know about you, email me at coloradoplaylist@gmail.com for details.
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Every week I survey more than a dozen Colorado community/public and college stations, including Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the following Saturday. 

The monthly survey period runs from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with a Saturday.  Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

Titles are tracked from the date of release of the first single from an LP/EP, for twelve months. Example: DOR = DEC 2023. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2024 (twelve months).

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

(D) = DEBUT IN TOP 30
(R) = REENTER TOP 30

You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

#COMUSIC TOP 30 NOVEMBER 2025

(2) 1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP (Mar-25)
(D) 2. BEST MAN – People Pleaser LP (May-25)
(D) 3. AUTUMNAL – the seed becomes exposed LP (Sep-25)
(D) 4. THE PHOTO ATLAS – Hello Hospital EP (Aug-25)
(16) 5. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP (Mar-25)
(D) 6. LIZ BARNEZ – Wholehearted LP (Oct-25)
(D) 7. GRAVEYARD CHOIR – The Wake LP (Sep-25)
(22) 8. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – XXV LP (Jun-25)
(21) 9. THE LUMINEERS – Automatic LP (Jan-25)
(7) 9. MAY BE FERN – Three of Swords LP (Sep-25)
(D) 9. RO$$AY – Denver, Tokyo SP (Oct-25)
(D) 10. DARREN GARVEY – Feel For You SP (Sep-25)
(1) 11. PACKAGING – Packaging LP (Jun-25)
(D) 12. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia / Dirt Bag Saloon SP (Oct-25)
(15) 12. RUSS HOPKINS BAND – Always Moving Ahead LP (Sep-25)
(D) 13. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP (Aug-25)
(R) 14. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP (Feb-25)
(13) 15. A.J. FULLERTON, LAUREN FRIHAUF – Slow Killer / Bitter Song / Expectations / I Don’t Wanna Grow Up SP (Sep-25)
(R) 16. SUGAR BRITCHES – Terrified And Aroused SP (Jul-25)
(D) 17. 2MX2 – Excandalo SP (Sep-25)
(10) 18. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Growing Pains LP (Feb-25)
(D) 18. BLANKSLATE – Lookout Mountain Charley LP (Jun-25)
(22) 18. COVENHOVEN – The Color of the Dark LP (Apr-25)
(D) 18. SCOTT REDNOR BAND – Where You Wanna Go feat. John Popper SP (Oct-25)
(D) 18. VOLORES – the Huntress SP (Oct-25)
(D) 19. AUGUSTUS – Matchbox SP (Jun-25)
(D) 19. BIG GIGANTIC – Fluorescence LP (Jun-25)
(R) 19. CHRISTINE ALICE – Wood, Strings & Simple Things LP (Feb-25)
(21) 19. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Lullaby SP (Sep-25)
(R) 19. QUESO RA – Glass SP (May-25)
(D) 19. WEST OF FENNARIO – Stone Fountain Serenade SP (Jul-25)

88.9 KRFC – 53 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. LIZ BARNEZ – Wholehearted LP (Oct-25)
(4) 2. RUSS HOPKINS BAND – Always Moving Ahead LP (Sep-25)
(4) 3. A.J. FULLERTON, LAUREN FRIHAUF – Slow Killer / Bitter Song / Expectations / I Don’t Wanna Grow Up SP (Sep-25)
(5) 4. SUGAR BRITCHES – Terrified And Aroused SP (Jul-25)
(11) 5. GRAVEYARD CHOIR – The Wake LP (Sep-25)
(8) 6. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – XXV LP (Jun-25)
(2) 7. MAY BE FERN – Three of Swords LP (Sep-25)
(3) 8. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP (Mar-25)
(3) 9. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Growing Pains LP (Feb-25)
(10) 10. SLOW CAVES – I Wanna Bite / Periwinkle SP (Oct-25)

INDIE 102.3 – 16 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. BEST MAN – People Pleaser LP (May-25)
(D) 1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP (Mar-25)
(D) 2. THE PHOTO ATLAS – Hello Hospital EP (Aug-25)
(D) 3. AUTUMNAL – the seed becomes exposed LP (Sep-25)
(D) 4. RO$$AY – Denver, Tokyo SP (Oct-25)
(9) 5. THE LUMINEERS – Automatic LP (Jan-25)
(4) 6. CHEAP PERFUME – Don’t Care. Didn’t Ask LP (Aug-25)
(4) 6. PACKAGING – Packaging LP (Jun-25)
(1) 7. LOS TOMS – Tube Theory LP (Jan-25)

    105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 30 TITLES TRACKED
    (1) 1. MARFA – Daisy SP (Nov-24)
    (1) 1. GRAVEYARD CHOIR – The Wake LP (Sep-25)
    (3) 2. 2MX2 – Excandalo SP (Sep-25)
    (10) 3. VOLORES – the Huntress SP (Oct-25)
    (7) 4. DARREN GARVEY – Feel For You SP (Sep-25)
    (3) 4. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Lullaby SP (Sep-25)
    (9) 4. MAY BE FERN – Three of Swords LP (Sep-25)
    (9) 4. PACKAGING – Packaging LP (Jun-25)
    (7) 4. QUESO RA – Glass SP (May-25)
    (4) 4. WEST OF FENNARIO – Stone Fountain Serenade SP (Jul-25)

    KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio/Durango), KVNF (Paonia) – 43 TITLES TRACKED
    (4) 1. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – XXV LP (Jun-25)
    (1) 1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP (Mar-25)
    (3) 2. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP (Feb-25)
    (D) 3. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia / Dirt Bag Saloon SP (Oct-25)
    (9) 3. NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Night After Night SP (Sep-25)
    (9) 4. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP (Mar-25)
    (9) 5. CLAY STREET UNIT – Where Have You Gone? / Let’s Get Stoned SP (Sep-25)
    (7) 6. DAVID STARR – Must Be Blue LP (Feb-25)
    (7) 6. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP (Aug-25)
    (8) 7. BIG RICHARD – Girl Dinner LP (Jan-25)
    (5) 7. LETTUCE – Gold Tooth / Rising to the Top SP (Jul-25)