Chris K's 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.

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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)

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Gift from legendary L.A. publicist inspires launch of Colorado Music Hall of Fame’s Encore Legacy Partners program this holiday season

Hollywood publicist Phil Lobel, who started his career as a student putting on concerts with the University of Colorado Program Council, has initiated the first legacy gift to Colorado Music Hall of Fame, inspiring the launch of the nonprofit’s planned giving program: Encore Legacy Partners.

“I started thinking about how much Colorado music has meant to me,” says Lobel, “and how my life-success was derived in Colorado. There’s nothing that’s been more instrumental to my career than the music of Colorado. That’s why I wanted to give back for generations to come, and to encourage Colorado music lovers like me to give back, too, to Colorado Music Hall of Fame.”

Maintaining his Colorado connections while in L.A., Lobel served as a founding member on Colorado Music Hall of Fame’s board of directors from 2011 to 2020 and remains an emeritus board member.

“Many people may not realize it, but legacy gifts are just as important to nonprofit organizations as annual donations are. They ensure that there is a sustainable stream of funding well into the future, which is especially important in times of economic downturn,” explains Karen Radman, executive director of Colorado Music Hall of Fame. “Developing a legacy giving program for The Hall has been one of our long-term organizational goals. So, when Phil reached out to me expressing his interest in naming The Hall as one of three beneficiaries of his trust, I knew the time had come to make it a reality. We are all so thankful to Phil for believing so much in the vision of Colorado Music Hall of Fame, and hope that this season of gift-giving for the holidays motivates others to remember us.”

Lobel found his passion for music and the entertainment industry as an undergrad student at CU Boulder, where he took the CU Program Council, a student-run on-campus entertainment programming powerhouse to new heights. Partnering with legendary promoter and Colorado Music Hall of Famer Barry Fey and his company Feyline, Lobel and the Program Council brought giant musical acts to Folsom Field: the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band and Boulder’s own Firefall (inducted into Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2015). The magnitude of these accomplishments was recognized by Billboard Magazine, which named Lobel 1978’s College Talent Buyer of the Year and Fey its Concert Promoter of the Year.

After college, Lobel joined Feyline Presents alongside Chuck Morris (future Colorado Music Hall of Fame founder); in 1986, he relocated to L.A. and launched Lobeline Communications. Over the years, Lobel has served as publicist for music icons George Michael, Van Morrison, Reggae Sunsplash and B.B. King, to name a few, along with actor Brad Pitt, magician David Copperfield, Cirque du Soleil,and Immersive Van Gogh.

“Music is the soundtrack to people’s lives,” Lobel says. “It’s the very fiber of Coloradans’ existence…from Red Rocks to every other venue across the state. What better legacy is there than thanking the greatest per capita ticket purchasing public in the nation by giving back to Colorado Music Hall of Fame?”

To learn more about The Hall’s Encore Legacy Partners program and to read the full interview with Phil Lobel, visit https://cmhof.org/donate/encore-legacy-partners.

CP S19 EP41 2025

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING NOV 24 = FIREFALL, MACKENZIE RAE & BUCKSHOT MOON, EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS

The Northern Lights from the Colorado National Monument, courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

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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 EP41 2025 HR1

Rare Silk – New York Afternoon – New Weave (1983)
Ellyn Rucker – One Morning In May – Ellyn (1988)
(N) Firefall – So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star – Friends & Family 2 (2025)

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Heartless – South of Here (2024)
Jeff Finlin – Soul On the Line – Soul On the Line (2022)
Heavy Diamond Ring – Don’t Go It Alone– Wildflower Lane (2025)
Cassie Taylor – Black Coffee – Blue (2011)
Otis Taylor – The Devil’s Gonna Lie – Otis Taylor’s Contraband (2012)
Leftover Salmon – Good Dog (Radio Edit) – Let’s Party About It (2025)
(N) Mackenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon – Lonesome and Free – Lonesome and Free (2025)

Roger Green – Enter As You Leave (radio edit) – Enter As You Leave (2023)
Jaguar Stevens – Pink Hypnotic (2024)
Brad Goode – Tight Like This – Tight Like This (2010)

CP S19 EP41 HR2

Judy Collins – Both Sides Now – Both Sides Now (1966)
John Denver – Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver Sings (1966)
(D) Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia (2025)

Marfa – 66 (2024)
Faith Eliza – Call the Healer (2023)
The Galentines – Rear View Mirror – 1140 (2025)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Broken Hearted Savior – Sister Sweetly (1993)
The Motet – So High – Totem (2016)
Big Gigantic – Free Spirits – Fluorescence (2025)
(N) The Infamous Stringdusters – Light At The End Of the Day – 20/20 (2025)

Megan Burtt – Drugstore Brand (Radio Edit) – Witness (2024)
Jon Snodgrass – Bad New Lands – Tace (2020)
Garrett Sayers Trio – Diatribe – Thinkbox (2017)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

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HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING NOV 23, 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), 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 – 68 TITLES TRACKED

GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
BEST MAN – People Pleaser LP May-25
AUTUMNAL – the seed becomes exposed LP Sep-25
THE PHOTO ATLAS – Hello Hospital EP Aug-25
LIZ BARNEZ – Wholehearted LP Oct-25

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