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WOW .. 20 .. that’s freakin’ amazing. 20 years old. Thank you. It’s because of the incredible music that flows up from our state and YOUR support over the years.

The show began as the Colorado Sound in 2006, when I was on the air at 88.9 KRFC (Fort Collins). In 2016, the name changed to The Colorado Playlist after KJAC bought the name to brand the new NoCO station as 105.5 The Colorado Sound, and hired me to anchor weekends. The Colorado Sound is celebrating its 10th Anniversary at Washington’s FoCO (Fort Collins) on March 2. I hope you’ll join us.

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 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

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

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.

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.

The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community since 1998.
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HOUR 1

Big Head Todd and The Monsters – It’s Alright – Live Monsters (1998)
(D) Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Sister Sweetly – 40 Live (2026)
(D) The Railbenders – What You Get (2026)

The String Cheese Incident – One More Time – Lend Me A Hand (2023)
piKziL – Exit Strategy (2025)
The Apples In Stereo – Nobody But You – Travellers In Space And Time (2010)
Megan Burtt – The Bargain – The Bargain (2015)
Zoe Berman – Vitamin D (2025)
(D) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – For All the Good It Did (2026)

Gregory Alan Isakov – Amsterdam – The Weatherman (2013)
Big Dopes – Draggin’ This On (2025)
Paa Kow – Cookpot – Cookpot (2017)

HOUR 2

Rose Hill Drive – Cool Cody – Rose Hill Drive (2006)
DeVotchKa – I Cried Like a Silly Boy – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
(D) Ronjo V – Gray Skies – Ronjo V (2025)

The Copper Children – Pushin’ On – Strange Illusion (2022)
Mackenzie Rae & Buckshot Moon – Mule Creek Junction – Lonesome and Free (2026)
Izcalli – Solo Se Morir – IV (2018)
Carolyn Hunter – Goodbye In the Rain (2021)
King Cardinal – Waste My Time (2026)
(D) Marfa – Little Lowdown (2026)

Stylie – Smooth Sailin’ – Smooth Sailing (2024)
The Velveteers – Go Fly Away – A Million Knives (2025)
Annie Booth – Queen Bee – Wanderlust (2014)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING JAN 04 2026

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.

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

ALL STATIONS + COLORADO PLAYLIST – 81 TITLES TRACKED
(R) 1. Leftover Salmon – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(1) 2. Andy Frasco & the U.N. – Growing Pains LP Feb-25
(R) 3. A.J. Fullerton – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(2) 4. Gasoline Lollipops – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(R) 4. Sour Magic – The Hive LP May-25
(R) 5. Christine Alice – Wood, Strings & Simple Things LP Feb-25
(R) 5. Tennis – Face Down in The Garden LP Feb-25

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT – IT HELPS

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

To learn about getting your business heard across thirty FM frequencies and on the Colorado Playlist other assets, please email chriskmusic@gmail.com
__________________

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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Dianne Reeves – I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Christmas Time Is Here (2004)
(D) Greensky Bluegrass feat. Nathaniel Rateliff – Past My Prime – XXV (2026)

The Barlow – High Spirits – High Spirits (2025)
Graham Good and the Painters – Get After Life (2024)
LatinSoul, Joshua Trinidad –Mama Pacha (2025)
MaryLynn Gillaspie – Skippy’s Dream (‘Hypnagogia’) – Secret Language (2022)
The Yawpers – American Man – American Man (2015)
Sour Magic – Silver Sands (2025)
(D) Emily Scott Robinson – Dirtbag Saloon (2026)

(D) Lid Dixon – Holiday Landslide – NoCO Sings the Holidays VOL 1 (2025)

The Burroughs – Honey Imastar – Honey Imastar (2023)
Adam Bodine – Jacuzzi Marinade – Ribbons for Pigs (2025)

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – I’m Glad (at Christmas Time) (2018)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Holly Jolly Rock & Roll Party – It’s a Crime Scene Christmas! (2015)
(D) Estin & the 86’d – The Streets (2026)

Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille – Without You – Never Needed Me (2024)
Daniel Rodriguez – Colorado – Sojurn of a Burning Sun (2020)
A.J. Fullerton – Passing Time – Magnectic Light (2025)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner – Love Runner (2014)
Born In The Flood – Low Flying Clouds – The Fear That We May Not Be (2005)
piKziL – Exit Strategy (2025)
(D) G-Stylez – Just A Dream (2026)

(D) White Rose Motor Oil – First Song About Santa – Merry Crisis (2025)

Teresa Suydam – Lost Bird – Lost Bird (2024)
Eric Lilley Trio – Bud Bop – Follow Up (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING DEC 14 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 PLAYLIST – 89 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Growing Pains LP Feb-25
(3) 1. CLAY STREET UNIT – Sin and Squalor LP Sep-25
(D) 1. DIRTY TURKEYS – Soul Sugar SP Nov-25
(R) 2. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(R) 2. PACKAGING – Packaging LP Jun-25
(D) 2. THE TAMMY SHINE – Ok Shine Ok LP Dec-25
(3) 3. ALEJANDRA MEZA – Too Bad, So Sad SP Jul-25
(D) 4. LETTUCE – Rising to the Top / Cook SP Jul-25