#COmusic – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

CS S20 EP37 2026 + MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIR DATES: OCT 17-23 2026
LIVE ON YOUTUBE: Judy Collins, Andy Frasco, West of Fennario, The River Arkansas, DeVotchKa, Megan Burtt, Mollie O’Brien/Rich Moore, Leftover Salmon

Well, the snow is falling now, so the leaves have changed .. this shot on our way home from our east coast run in September.

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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Judy Collins – Maid of Constant Sorrow – Maid of Constant Sorrow (1960)
Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado – When I Was A Girl In Colorado (2022)
(D) The Lumineers – Isabelle Fly (2026)

Andy Frasco & The U.N. – Try Not to Die (2025)
The Railbenders – One Foot In The Grave – Segundo (2004)
West of Fennario – Great Evade (2026)
Little Trips – Future Nostalgia (2021)
Dressy Bessy – There’s a Girl – Sound Go Round (2002)
Volores – Shores of Scorpio – Shores of Scorpio (2026)
(D) High Lonesome – Song for Life (2026)

Andy Monley and the High Horses – Drag Me to Hell – Totem (2023)
The River Arkansas – Good Time Traveler – Tin Years (2025)
Adam Bodine – Swamp Stomp – Scenes of Changery (2021)

Acoustic Junction – Think About It – Acoustic Junction (1996)
Acoustic Junction – Oh Me Oh My – Strange Days (2000)
(N) $cotty, HOME, Trayce Chapman – Never Been – DENVER, INTERNATIONAL: DISC 1: DEPARTURES (2026)

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Crush – Her Way Out (2024)
Chantil Dukart & the Dukes of Art – Show Me What Love Is – Chantil Dukart & the Dukes of Art (2026)
DeVotchKa – Let Me Sleep – This Night Falls Forever (2018)
Megan Burtt – Real Thing – The Bargain (2015)
The Burroughs – Clock It (2026)
(D) Mynd Reader – Still Uncertain (2026)

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Sunday Street – Love Runner (2014)
Leftover Salmon – Big Wheel – Let’s Party About It (2025)
Steve Kovalcheck – Happy Train – Buckshot Blues (2026)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WEEK ENDING OCT 18

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KCSU (Fort Collins), 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 + COLORADO PLAYIST
(6) 1. THE BURROUGHS – Apocalypteque LP Jul-26
(D) 2. MYND READER – Sunday Drive EP Aug-26
(R) 3. CHANTIL DUKART – Chantil Dukart & the Dukes of Art LP Jun-26
(5) 3. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Let Love Be Enough EP Aug-26
(6) 3. STRANGE AMERICANS – Medium Rare LP Aug-26
(9) 3. SUNSTONEY – Everything Is Fleeting LP May-26
(1) 3. VARIOUS – DENVER, INTERNATIONAL: DISC 2 — ARRIVALS LP Jul-26

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CP S19 EP34 2025

Some of the best from Colorado, from the past to the present. New music from Kyle Harvey, Blankslate, Pink Fuzz, Summer Bedhead.

YEP .. as promised, we’re officially on vacation in NC. That said, I prepped this post before we left 😉 NO HOT SPINS THIS WEEK. A goodnight picture from Claire at Highline Lake State Park. We went looking for the Northern Lights and shot the Big Dipper.

THE COLORADO PLAYLIST NEEDS YOUR HELP

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 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
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The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community for 25 years.

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.

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Judy Collins – Hard Lovin’ Loser – In My Life (1966)
Judy Collins – Bird On a Wire – Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968)
(D) Kyle Harvey – Neon Lights Are Good for the Blues (2025)

King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
Gasoline Lollipops – The River – Kill the Architect (2025)
Drew Emmitt – Gypsy In My Soul – Long Road (2008)
Katie Herzig – Crazy – Weightless (2006)
Big Gigantic – Free Spirits – Fluorescence (2025)
(D) Blankslate – Lamp Post Hearts – Lookout Mountain Charley (2025)

Ambar Lucid – Get Lost In the Music (2021)
Teresa Suydam – Lost Bird – Lost Bird (2024)
Eric Lilley Trio – To Know Not – Swing Set (2025)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – I Saw The Light – Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Fishin’ In The Dark – Hold On (1987)
(D) Pink Fuzz – Animal (2025)

Hunter Stone – Mars – Portraits of the New/Old West, Vol. 2 (2024)
Dragondeer – New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023)
Sweet Virginia – I Don’t Know (2025)
Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene – Let’s Do This Thing – Let’s Do This Thing (2015)
Lionel Young Band – Knock These Blues Around – On Our Way to Memphis (2012)
Delta Sonics – Concrete Hotel – Concrete Hotel (2025)
(D) Summer Bedhead – Deep Breathe – The Body Needs a Break (2025)

Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille – Never Needed Me – Never Needed Me (2024)
Analog Son – Suspended Animation f. Eric Benny Bloom – Keep It Coming (2025)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE