CP S19 EP16 2025

Early early morning over Cedaredge, CO courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

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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.

Firefall Love That Got Away – Undertow (1980)
Chris Daniels and the KingsRoadhouse Music – When You’re Cool (1987)
(D) Wild Flight Deep Ellum Baby – Wild Flight (2025)
Sugar NovaTouch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. II – Halogen (2023)
Marfa – Daisy (2025)
Judy CollinsWhen I Was A Girl In Colorado (2022)
Dianne ReevesOld Souls – Art & Survival (1994)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsCall Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
(D) Charlie StevensTomorrow Starts Today – Circles Round the Sun (2025)
The High Hawks Mother Nature’s Show – Mother Nature’s Show (2024)
Wildermiss Hell or High Water – In My Mind (2020)
Annie BoothQueen Bee – Wanderlust (2014)

Philip BaileyWalking on the Chinese Wall – Chinese Wall (1985)
Philip Bailey Billy Jack (radio edit) – Love Will Find A Way (2019)
(D) Jeremy Garrett Fly Away To Your Love – Storm Mountain (2025)
Zoe BermanEdit Delete and Save – Freezing Heat EP (2021)
Moon HoneyAustin (2025)
The Still TideChange of Address – Between Skies (2019)
The Blue Rider Rattlesnake – Year of the Horse (2016)
Grant Sabin Work – Work (2024)
(D) The Seeley Brothers Band You Got the Right to Sing the Blues – The Seeley Bros (2025)
Euforquestra Arizona to Georgia – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Thom LaFondLawless (2024)
Keith Oxman Memphis Gene – Doing All Right (2009)

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE including the Colorado Playlist
76 titles tracked, 324 spins
(2) 1. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(4) 2. THE LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(6) 3. CHELLA & THE CHARM – Happy Hour EP Mar-25
(3) 3. THE GALENTINES – 1140 LP Dec-24
(6) 4. TINY TOMBOY – Psychic Scar LP Feb-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

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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 SpoonfulThe 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-StanzaDaykiller (2025)
Hunter James and the TitanicStranger Touch – IV (2025)
Cary MorinIndian 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 ShredfordQueen Elizabeth Corgis – Robert Shredford (2020)
Graham Good and the Painters Get After Life – Get After Life (2024)
Edison Open Road – Familiar Spirit (2016)
Adam BodineRibbons for Pigs – Ribbons for Pigs (2025)

Dr. JoeLet 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 TripsToo 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)

KAFMKBUTKCSUKDNKKDURKFFRKOTOKSJDKSUTKRFCKRZA 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 SOME OF THE BEST OF 2024

Well here we are – on the outbound train to the next new year. As usual, I found it nearly impossible to actually present a “best of” show, so I once again present “some of the best of 2024.”

Some of the Best of the Colorado Playlist 2024 Highlights
#CO MUSIC TOP 50 2025
Colorado Playlist Fan and Listener Favorites 2024

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Chris Daniels & the Kings I Need Some Good Luck Bad (f. Freddi Gowdy) – 40: Blues with Horns Volume II (2024) #15 TOP 50
Jaiel Bet On Me (feat. Adiel Mitchell) (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song HipHop/Funk/Soul
Boot Gun ‘Til It Ain’t – One for the Willing (2024) #14 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite Vocal Performance Duo or Group
Ryan Chrys & the Rough CutsTonight, A Party! – Blame It on the Road (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Song Americana/Country
White Rose Motor Oil Werewolves in London – Pre-Owned Songs (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Cover/Remake
VALDEZ Hide and Seek – Las Animas (2024) #13 TOP 50
Jobi RiccioSweet – Whiplash (2023) #12 TOP 50
Izcalli Waiting for Something (2024) #11 TOP 50
Gasoline LollipopsFreedom Don’t Come Easy (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Video & Male Vocal Performance
Kiltro All The Time in the World – Underbelly (2023) #10 TOP 50
Jon SnodgrassCrunchin’ The Numbers – Barge At Will (2024) #9 TOP 50
The High HawksSomewhere South – Mother Nature’s Show (2024) #8 TOP 50
Andrew Vogt Giant Steps – Optimistic Infinity House (2024)

Fast Eddy In Too Deep – To the Stars (2024) – #7 TOP 50
Slow Caves Climbing Up the Wall – Tension EP (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Album – Indie/Alternative
Teresa Suydam Good Condition (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Pop/Rock + Favorite Female Vocal Performance
Gregory Alan IsakovBefore the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023) #4 TOP 50
Cary MorinMontana Sky – Innocent Allies (2023) – #5 TOP 50
Saint Somebody To the Victor – Saint Somebody (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Debut by an Emerging act + Favorite Song of the Year
Megan BurttDrugstore Brand – Witness (2024) #6 TOP 50
Elektric AnimalsDreaming/Wishing (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Indie/Alternative
CITRA Inside My Head (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Single Release of the Year
A.J. FullertonSorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024) #3 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite ALBUM and Favorite Americana/Blues Album of the Year
Big Head Todd and the Monsters Her Way Out – Her Way Out (2024) – #2 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite ALBUM Pop/Rock
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsHeartless – South of Here (2024) #1 TOP 50
Gabriel MervineBayou – See Something (2024)

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