Chris K's Colorado Playlist

#COMUSIC TOP 20 SEPTEMBER+ 2023

Fall foliage on Guanella Pass courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

September brings out most of the last of the current year releases, as artists/bands wind down their outdoor seasons and get ready for fall/winter releases for the next year. Of course, most of the September releases won’t show up on the monthly spins chart, if they do at all, until the end of OCTOBER. So be listening and watching the weekly Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) for those newer releases and make sure to vote your like, or dislike.

ABOUT THE CHARTS

Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations. Stations surveyed: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KJAC (Greeley) aka 105.5 The Colorado Sound, KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KRZA (Alamosa), KVNF (Paonia), KVOQ (Denver) aka Indie 102.3.

The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Sunday, through the last week ending with a Saturday. Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December through the next November.

The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released in October that make the cut. I track all titles for a full calendar year from the official date of release.

Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page. Don’t forget to visit Chris K’s Colorado Playlist Channel for the largest collection of Colorado music, going back over a decade.

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or 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

TOP 20 SEPTEMBER 2023

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. BIRDS OF PLAY – Birdsongs of the American West LP (Aug-23)
(5) 4. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 5. THE TRUJILLO COMPANY – 4 Arrows LP (Aug-23)
(D) 6. ADRIAN COVARRUBIAS – Mi Oracion SP (Nov-22)
(D) 7. SHADOW WORK – Imago EP (Aug-23)
(D) 8. CHRISTIANONTHEINTERNET – Let’s Get Down to Business SP (May-23)
(D) 9. FUYA FUYA – Where Did U Go SP (May-23)
(D) 9. SOY CELESTE – Break Out EP (Apr-23)
(D) 9. RITMO CASCABEL – Ritmo Cascabel LP (Aug-23)
(D) 10. HANNAH RODRIGUEZ – Would Be Fine SP (Feb-23)
(D) 10. JON RUBIO – Essential SP (Feb-23)
(10) 11. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(D) 12. KATIRIA – Noches en SJ SP (Jun-23)
(9) 13. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 14. LATINSOUL – Papa Dios SP (Jul-23)
(D) 15. LOLITA – Spoiled Rotten SP (Apr-23)
(R) 16. LOLITA – Chi-Chi Suelta SP (Dec-22)
(D) 17. JON RUBIO – Fan Girl SP (Jun-23)
(D) 17. POUDRE VALLEY PLAYBOYS – Shooting for the Stars LP (Jun-23)

TOP 20 DEC-SEPT 2023

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(4) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(5) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(7) 6. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(6) 7. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(8) 8. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(9) 9. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(12) 10. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(13) 11. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(10) 12. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(12) 13. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
(11) 14. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(15) 15. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(14) 16. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(16) 17. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(D) 18. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23) **
(17) 19. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(18) 20. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)

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Guanella Pass in late Sept courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY OCT 02, 2023 — Autumn is my most favorite time of year. September into mid October is when Claire and I most enjoy our long drives through the west. We’ve made it a habit now to rotate in-state and out of state drives. This year, we stayed home except for a day-trip or two to see the fall colors here in Colorado. The colors this year are fantastic, as is the music from our state.

I’m not posting a weekly TOP five this morning… watch for the September TOP 20 later.

In about a month, NOV 6, I will be receiving the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from 105.5 The Colorado Sound (KJAC Greeley). As a part of that, a couple of weeks ago Adam Perry interviewed me for his Mile High Stash podcast – where he asks “what five albums would you take to a remoted Colorado cabin during a zombie apocalypse, armed with nothing but food, water and a crank-powered Victrola.”

Truth is, I only named four – but one is a double album, so there’s that. You’ll have to listen to find out which albums I picked .. oh, and only one has a direct Colorado connection – there’s that too 😉

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Carolyn’s Mother – Back Porch – Joy (1999)
Dressy Bessy – Just Like Henry – Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (1999)
(D) Jenny Shawhan – Stuck in the Middle With You – You Got the Magic (2023)

Yonder Mountain String Band – Into the Fire – Get Yourself Outside (2022)
GRiZ – Astro Funk – Rainbow Brain (2021)
Volores – All That We Could Need – Ages (2023)
The Apples In Stereo – Dance Floor – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
John Oates/Ryan Tedder – Stone Cold Love – Good Road to Follow (2014)
Sugar Nova – Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. II – Halogen (2023)
(D) Heavy Diamond Ring – Place at the Table – All Out of Angels (2023)

The Samples – Close To The Fires – The Samples (1989)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve – Black Horse – Renaissance (2022)
Keith Oxman – The Splashers – Caught Between the Lion and the Twins (2008)

Jux County – Come See – Haxtun (1999)
(D) Bryce Menchaca – Flower Painted Black – Salt (2023)

The Barlow – All My Days – New Year, Old Me (2022)
Sera Cahoone – Always Turn Around – From Where I Started (2017)
Claire Heywood – Does My Heart Seem Broken? (2023)
Born In The Flood – Another night, another place – If this thing should spill (2007)
Mark Oblinger – Living Imitation – High Water Line (2019)
Neon the Bishop – A Damn Good First Impression (2023)
(N) Dragondeer – Across the Waves (radio edit) – Across The Waves (2023)

Philip Bailey – Love Is Real – Love Is Real EP (2010)
Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
BTTRFLY Quintet – Tijuca – Coast (2023)

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WEEKLY TOP FIVE + SPOTIFY HITS + WHERE AND WHEN DO YOU GO OUT?

Good morning from the Crystal Coast NC – courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY SPT 25, 2023 …. Claire and I are just ending our annual September road trips. For a second year we visited the Crystal Coast in North Carolina. Now we are looking forward to doing a couple of day trips this next week for the fall colors. In the meantime, I’ve been focused on finding out what the most popular Colorado titles are on Spotify, besides tracking radio airplay around the state.

BUT FIRST! I want to know a bit more about you and your music habits.

#COMUSIC – WEEK SPT 17-24 2023

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
** = serviced to Colorado media by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC.

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP May-23 LP (May-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(R) 2.LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(D) 3. SOY CELESTE – Break Out EP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. THE TRUJILLO COMPANY – 4 Arrows LP (Aug-23)
(3) 3. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)

TOP SPINS ON SPOTIFY

1. ILLENIUM, JVKE – With All My Heart (30-Mar-23)
2. Tennis – One Night With the Valet (28-Mar-23)
3. Gregory Alan Isakov – The Fall (16-May-23)
4. Sid Siriram – Do The Dance (2-Jul-23)
5. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Buy My Round (6-May-23)
6. The Motet – False Prophets (18-Jan-23)
7. CloZee – Microworlds (21-Jul-23)
8. Leftover Salmon – Blue Railroad Train (2-Apr-23)
9. Kiltro – All The Time In the World (6-May-23)
10. NOT A TOY – Nervous (2-Jul-23)
11. Big Gigantic – Keep On Rising (w/Aloe Blacc) (12-Feb-23)
12. Miranda Fling – “25” (2-Jun-23)