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COLORADO PLAYLIST S20 EP33 2026 + MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIRDATES: AUG 2-SPT 04 2026
CUT IT OR KEEP IT: Harry Tuft, Cary Morin, Dylirium, Keenan TreVon, The Polish Ambassador
THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE: Captured Live – Big Head Todd and the Monsters, DeVotchKa, Gasoline Lollipops, Katya Grasso, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Wood Belly, Zephyr

The Flat Tops at sunset .. courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

This may the last post until Sept 28 or even a week later .. I’m taking some vaca time. Claire and I are taking a three week road trip out to Emerald Isle NC. Along the way, I intend to play some open mics where I can find them in Memphis and NC .. while Claire shoots more great night time landscapes and more.

I’ll be playing a few shows on the Front Range in October.
OCT 13 – Songwriters at the Speakeasy (Denver) – donations accepted
OCT 15 – GOATZ at Magic Rat (Fort Collins) – free show
OCT 16 – GOATZ at the Stage at Bricks (Longmont) – free show

The rising sun on Emerald Isle NC, September 2025 by Clear Vistas Photography.

Have you checked out COLORADO 2026 on SPOTIFY or YOUTUBE? 100 songs / 100 artists and bands. When I add something, something gets cut to cap the playlist at 100. Not everything there makes the show, so check it out. Some will make the annual COLORADO PLAYLIST FAN & LISTENER POLL later in NOV/DEC.

The newest adds from: Dead Pioneers, Edison, The Fretliners, Heavy Diamond Ring, Holdfast., GRiZ, Jobi Riccio, N3ptune, Strange Americans

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 releases. I’m currently tracking 285 current year releases for the weekly HOT SPINS REPORT.

Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.

Should I KEEP IT or CUT IT?

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.

Harry Tuft – You Gonna Quit Me – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
(D) Harry Tuft – San Francisco Bay Blues – Friends, Lovers & Other Strangers (2026)

Heavy Diamond Ring – Don’t Go It Alone – Wildflower Lane (2025)
Wood Belly – Play Me Out – Cicada (2023)
The Andes – Unwind – Keep It Together (2026)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Josephina – Black Beehive ( 2014)
Ambar Lucid – Get Lost In the Music (2021)
Volores – The Huntress – Shores of Scorpio (2026)
(N) Cary Morin – Another Place – Songs From Anguilla (2026)

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Love Don’t – The Future (2022)
Dave Gruisin Trio – Love Letters – Kaleidoscope (1965)

Zephyr – Sun’s a Risin’ Zephyr – Deluxe Edition (2014) (1969)
(D) Dylirium – Follow My Shadow – Live Your Life (2026)

Dango Rose – Singularity (radio edit) – The Forgotten Years EP VOL. Two (2022)
the Patti Fiasco – Love Letter – Juicy EP (2024)
Katya Grasso – Covered In Sand (2026)
DeVotchKa – Contrabanda – 100 Lovers (2011)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – This Is How We Do Things In The Country – The Bloudy Tenent Truth Peace (2004)
Gasoline Lollipops – Way Back Home (2026)
(D) Keenan TreVon, DNA Picasso – Risk it All (2026)

Hello Dollface – Warrior Of Light (2015)
piKziL = Exit Strategy (2025)
(D) The Polish Ambassador – The Bigger Bounce (2026)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 30, 2026

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), 
KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KGNU (Boulder), 
KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins), 
KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), 
KUVO (Denver), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia), 
105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley), 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
(D) 1. Graveyard Choir – The Space We Leave LP
(R) 2. Velvet Daydream – Smoke & Mirrors LP
(D) 3. The Andes – Plenty of Room SP
(R) 4. Clay Street Unit – Sin and Squalor LP
(3) 4. Jobi Riccio – Face the Feeling LP
(D) 4. The Nershis – I Drive Me Crazy / Colorado Bluebird Sky SP
(D) 5. Bluebook – Holy Rider SP
(3) 5. Bonnie Paine – Unseen LP

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! IT’S TRULY APPRECIATED.

CP S20 EP32 2026 + MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIRDATES: AUG 22-28 2026
CUT IT OR KEEP IT: LatinSoul, The Nershis, The Andes, Graveyard Choir
THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE: Captured Live – Aubrey Dale, The String Cheese Incident, The Lumineers, The Nershis, The Motet, Giant Walking Robots, Clay Street Unit, Graveyard Choir, Jobi Riccio, Tennis

Near Cameron Pass and State Forest State Park, courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography.

Have you checked out COLORADO 2026 on SPOTIFY or YOUTUBE? 100 songs / 100 artists and bands. When I add something, something gets cut to cap the playlist at 100. Not everything there makes the show, so check it out. Some will make the annual COLORADO PLAYLIST FAN & LISTENER POLL later in NOV/DEC.

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 releases. I’m currently tracking 285 current year releases for the weekly HOT SPINS REPORT.

Every week I have to make decisions about what to keep to play again and what to archive. This is where you come in.

Should I KEEP IT or CUT IT?

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.

Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL, AND GENUINELY APPRECIATED.

This show has been my passion for 20 years. Over the years it has been mostly self-funded, with some financial help from  Starr’s Guitars and a few others here and there. It was enough to cover the cost of operations, but nothing more. Since retiring from full time work, the cost of the show has had a significant impact on my income.

The Colorado Playlist  is the only program showcasing Colorado music statewide, broadcast by 12 stations covering 30 FM/LPFM frequencies. I make this show available at NO COST to community radio stations in our state. I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

Please make donations via Venmo at  chrisk-2  (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). Thank you, sincerely – chrisk
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Joe Walsh – Turn To Stone – Barnstorm (1972)
Rick Derringer – Cheap Tequila – All American Boy (1973)
(D) LatinSoul – Play That Song (2026)

Aubrey Dale – ‘Til the Cows Come Home – Fireweed (2025)
Danny Shafer – I Am – Wherever You Are (2013)
The String Cheese Incident – Lightning Sky (2026)
A.J. Fullerton – Sorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024)
The Lumineers – Ophelia – Cleopatra (2016)
bluebook – Holy Rider (2026)
(D) The Nershis – I Drive Me Crazy Too (2026)

The Motet – So High – Totem (2016)
Giant Walking Robots – What You See (2025)
Shuga T, Eddie Roberts – Carousel – Matriarch (2026)

Dan Fogelberg – Times Like These – The Innocent Age (1980)
Firefall – Love That Got Away – Undertow (1980)
(N) The Andes – Plenty of Room (2026)

Teacup Gorilla – Same Scorched Desire – Jane Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me (2025)
Angela Heart – Red (2023)
Velvet Daydream – Love (radio edit) (2026)
despAIR Jordan – The Architect – Before Your Wings Gave Out (2021)
Sherri Jackson – Liberation – Moments In Denial (1995)
Clay Street Unit – Drive – Sin & Squalor (2026)
(D) Graveyard Choir – Tightrope (2026)

Jobi Riccio – Whiplash (2023)
Tennis – 12 Blown Tires – Face Down In the Garden (2025)
Steve Kovalcheck – Buckshot Blues – Buckshot Blues (2026)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23, 2026

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), 
KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), 
KLZR (Westcliff), KOTO (Telluride), KRFC (Fort Collins), 
KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), 
KUVO (Denver), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia), 
105.5 The Colorado Sound (Greeley), 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
(D) 1. THE BURROUGHS – Clock It SP
(R) 2. 2MX2 – Si Se Puede LP
(3) 3. BONNIE PAINE – Unseen LP
(2) 3. JOBI RICCIO – Face the Feeling LP
(R) 3. WILDERMISS – Kiss the Weeds SP
(R) 4. GRACIE BASSIE – One SP
(D) 4. MARFA – Last Time Last SP
(D) 4. STEVE KOVALCHECK – Buckshot Blues LP
(D) 5. ANDY SYDOW – American Verse LP

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, IT IS TRULY APPRECIATED

#COMUSIC TOP 30 MARCH 2026

It’s springtime in the Rockies and with that comes new releases and outdoor music. Check out the HOT releases at member supported radio around the state.

Welcome to April, spring flowers and the birds and the bees … well for some anyway. There are some great festivals taking place this month. Make sure to check out the calendar, venues (front range, non-front range) and concert series and festival pages (and if you find something wrong, holler).

I WISH I WAS KIDDING. BUT I’M NOT. Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL.

This show has been my passion for 20 years. I am retired now and there are monthly costs associated with the show that honestly stretch my insanely limited retirement income.

The Colorado Playlist is the only program showcasing Colorado music statewide, broadcast by 12 stations covering 30 FM/LPFM frequencies. I make this show available at NO COST to community radio stations in our state. I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

Your support is sincerely appreciated.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 (preferred) or use the form below (they take a cut). 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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HOW THE CHART IS PUT TOGETHER

Every week I survey fifteen Colorado community/public and college stations, plus Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the next Saturday. 

The monthly survey period starts from the first week, ending with a Saturday. It continues through the last week, which also ends on 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, KLZR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA, KVCU, 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)
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(D) 1. CARY MORIN – Pocket of Time LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 2. DOLLPILE – Cities LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 3. BLUE MESA – Where Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 4. babybaby4ever – 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(2) 4. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(1) 4. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 5. LOKANA – Mastermind EP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. CAMERON CADE – Kicked Out of the Band SP Jul-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 6. FRENCH CUFFS – Give Up SP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 7. MAGOO – What A Life LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(3) 8. JOBI RICCIO – Face the Feeling LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(15) 9. THE TAMMY SHINE – Ok Shine Ok LP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 10. MARFA – American Blues SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(12) 11. KING CARDINAL – Reviver LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(7) 12. INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP Aug-25 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 13. LETTUCE – Cook LP Jul-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 14. THE CROOKED RUGS – Canned Meat / Head Up SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(8) 14. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Too Cold to Golf / Lana Del Rey SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(14) 15. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Good As True LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 16. MICAH AND THE MIRRORS – Hungry Hungry Heart LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(19) 17. CLAY STREET UNIT – Sin and Squalor LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(10) 18. VELVET DAYDREAM – Love SP Dec-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 19. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Goin Through the Motions EP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 20. D.W. DOUCET – American Dust LP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 20. REARVIEW – Webs SP Feb-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 20. RONJO V – Ronjo V LP May-25 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 21. AUBREY DALE – Til the Cows Come Home SP Oct-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. THE DIRTY TURKEYS – Soul Sugar SP Nov-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. GRANT SABIN – Live at LuLu’s LP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 21. GRAVEYARD CHOIR – The Wake LP Sep-25 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 21. THE BARLOW – Factory or Prison SP Jan-26 Spotify / YouTube

88.9 KRFC – 59 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. CARY MORIN – Pocket of Time LP Feb-26
(R) 2. THE TAMMY SHINE – Ok Shine Ok LP Dec-25
(D) 3. MAGOO – What A Life LP Oct-25
(1) 4. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25
(D) 5. D.W. DOUCET – American Dust LP Oct-25
(D) 6. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia LP Oct-25
(7) 6. GRANT SABIN – Live at LuLu’s LP Jan-26
(3) 7. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Too Cold to Golf / Lana Del Rey SP Jan-26
(D) 8. THE CROOKED RUGS – Canned Meat / Head Up SP Jan-26
(6) 8. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP Aug-25

INDIE 102.3 – 6 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. DOLLPILE – Cities LP Sep-25
(D) 2. BLUE MESA – Where Hopes and Dreams are Medicine LP Feb-26
(D) 3. babybaby4ever – 4ever Is A Long Time LP Feb-26
(D) 4. LOKANA – Mastermind EP Feb-26
(D) 5. CAMERON CADE – Kicked Out of the Band SP Jul-25
(D) 5. FRENCH CUFFS – Give Up SP Feb-26

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 31 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. MARFA – American Blues SP Jan-26
(4) 2. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Goin Through the Motions EP Sep-25
(2) 3. JOBI RICCIO – Face the Feeling LP Jan-26
(4) 4. JESUS CHRIST TAXI DRIVER – Too Cold to Golf SP Jan-26
(D) 5. CARLOS & THE CREW – Fantasy SP Feb-26
(D) 5. JAGUAR STEVENS – Persephone EP Mar-26
(D) 6. ARCRI – Sealed Letter LP Aug-25
(D) 6. HAYLEY HARKIN – Waters of My Soul SP Dec-25
(D) 7. WAXPOOL – Pretend SP Feb-26

KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KLZR (Westcliffe), KOTO (Telluride), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVCU (Boulder), KVNF (Paonia) – 40TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON – Appalachia LP Oct-25
(5) 2. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25
(3) 3. LETTUCE – Cook LP Jul-25
(8) 4. CLAY STREET UNIT – Sin and Squalor LP Sep-25
(4) 4. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 20/20 LP Aug-25
(2) 5. JOBI RICCIO – Face the Feeling LP Jan-26
(D) 6. THE STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Caffeine, Nicotine SP Feb-26
(D) 7. RECKLESS AND BLUE – Seven Deadly Gins LP Oct-25
(R) 8. BABAUX AND THE PEACEMAKERS – Keep Both Hands on the Wheel LP Sep-25
(D) 9. A.J. FULLERTON & JAKE FRIEL – Fullerton & Friel Vol. II LP Dec-25
(D) 9. MAGOO – What A Life LP Oct-25