Tag: Colorado Music History

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