CP S20 EP27 2026 + + CUT IT OR KEEP IT + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIRDATES: JULY 18-24 2026
LIVE ON YOUTUBE: Yonder Mountain String Band, Big Richard Band, Stillhouse Junkies, Gasoline Lollipops, Dragondeer, Katya Grasso, Jill Sobule, the Lumineers, the Czars

Nighttime on Lake John, near Walden Colorado. No smoke to obscure the night skies, and well, the fishing was great, but catching them wasn’t … courtesy Clear Vista photography.

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

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.

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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Yonder Mountain String Band Half Moon Rising – Elevation (1999)
Yonder Mountain String Band Blind – Good As True (2026)
(D) Big RichardSmokey Joe (2026)

Chris Daniels and the Kings All For The Love Of Lill – Louie Louie (2001)
Stillhouse JunkiesDown the Line – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon (2025)
Lynn Patrick When You Find What You’re Looking For (excerpt)
Gasoline LollipopsWay Back Home (2026)
Dragondeer Mirage a Trois – Mirage a Trios (2019)
Wendy Woo The Immigrant (2019)
Katya GrassoCovered In Sand (2026)
The Delta Sonics Backtrackin’ Again (excerpt)
(D) The Yawpers Starting Over – Teething (2026)

Jill Sobule Where Do I Begin – Nostalgia Kills (2018)
Sugar NovaIt’s All Gold (feat. the Main Squeeze) (2025)
Steve Kovalcheck, Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker Homecoming – Ghost Orchid (2022)

Dean Reed Our Summer Romance (1960)
Gary Stites Lonely for You (1959)
The Astronauts Baja (1963)
(D) A.J. FullertonChange Is Inevitable – Baretone EP (2026)

The Lumineers Same Old Song – Automatic (2025)
Trevor Hall fire on your house – In and Through the Body (2020)
The Terra SurfersNerved Up! (excerpt)
Road PonyRoll the Dice (2026)
The CzarsKilljoy – The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People (2001)
Safe Boating is No Accident Dye My Love – Bonus Features (2014)
VoloresThe Huntress – Shores of Scorpio (2026)
Maddy O’Neil & Clozee Zest Please (excerpt)
(D) Stylie Crusin‘ (2026)

Deca Breadcrumbs (radio edit) – The Ocean (2013)
LVDY Fleeting (2025)
Paa Kow African Lady – Cookpot (2017)

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
Aubrey DaleFireweed LP
King Cardinal Reviver LP
LILY NOVAPure Intentions / Flashlight SP
Nina de Freitas Madness Everlasting SP
Rhett HaneyCold Beer & Cocaine SP
Teresa SuydamHere Today But Gone SP
Velvet Daydream Smoke & Mirrors LP

CP S20 EP26 + CUT IT OR KEEP IT + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIRDATES: JULY 11-17 2026
LIVE ON YOUTUBE – VIOLET PILOT, THE STILL TIDE, CLAY STREET UNIT, ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N., PRETTY LIGHTS, THE VELVETEERS, BLUEBOOK, THE LUMINEERS

GONE FISHING.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK

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

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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Lionel Young Band Tears Falling Down On Your Tombstone – On Our Way to Memphis (2012)
(D) A.J. FullertonSt. June (2026)


Zoe Berman Edit Delete and Save – Freezing Heat EP (2021)
The Delta SonicsJust Playin’ (excerpt)
Velvet Daydream Love (radio edit) (2026)
Violet PilotThe Eyes Don’t Lie – Glad We Found You (2022)
The Still Tide Signal Fade – Run Out (2017)
Faith Eliza Monsters (2026)
Sunsquabi Dexter’s Day (excerpt)
Clay Street UnitDrive – Sin & Squalor (2026)
Andy Frasco & the U.N. You Do You (2023)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Heartless – South of Here (2024)
Eric Lilley Trio Monkey Chase – Swing Set (2025)

Pretty Lights – Color Of My Soul – A Color Map of the Sun (2013)
(D) Teresa SuydamHere Today But Gone (2026)


The Velveteers On and On – A Million Knives (2025)
Big GiganticWide Open – Brighter Future (2016)
Sunsquabi – Pangolin (excerpt)
Rhett Haney Cold Beer & Cocaine (2026)
Honkytonk HomesliceLove Is Like A Train – Just Passin’ Thru (2012)
Dianne Reeves Endangered Species – Art & Survival (1994)
King CardinalNew Addiction – Reviver (2026)
Spicy Pickles Pass the Peas (excerpt)
(N) Aubrey Dale Better Than You – Fireweed (2026)


Bluebook My Good Ear – Optimistic Voices (2022)
The LumineersYou’re All I Got – Automatic (2025)
Brian ClaxtonMusic for FM Transmitter – Here Goes Nothing (2026)

CP S20 EP25 2026 + CUT IT or KEEP IT + THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

AIRDATES: JULY 04-10 2026 – This Week On Youtube = Live videos from the Wood Brothers, The Still Tide, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Megan Burtt, Widespread Panic, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Paul McCartney & Wings, the String Cheese Incident and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

North Clear Creek Falls, Rio Grande Nat’l Forest

Due to the JULY 4th holiday, there is NO HOT SPINS this week. And there may not be one next week. Claire and I are going on a photo/fishing trip up to the Walden area .. so we’ll see what we see. It’s been a minute or decade or two since I’ve traveled up that way in the state. Have a great week and enjoy the show.

I did something a bit different this week, as I celebrated 50 years since the year Colorado became known as the Centennial State and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame inducted of a NON-Colorado band, but one that owns an historical record in Colorado music history.

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

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

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. 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.
__________________

Bob DylanShelter from the Storm – Hard Rain (1976)
Firefall Livin’ Ain’t Livin’ – Firefall (1976)
(D) Dan HochmanA Few More Grays (2026)

The Wood BrothersRiver Takes the Town – One Drop of Truth (2018)
Ben ParrishCrankbait (excerpt)
Our Violet RoomVillian (2026)
LVDYChange (2020)
The Still Tide Better Than I’ve Been – Between Skies (2020)
Inside the Mind Who I Am (2026)
Boa and the Constrictors Red Top (excerpt)
(D) bluebook Holy Rider (2026)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsTrying So Hard Not To Know – S/T (2015)
Megan Burtt Drugstore Brand (Radio Edit) – Witness (2024)
Fred Hess Band Norman’s Gold – Single Moment (2015)

Widespread Panic Radio Child – 2026/06/28 Morrison, CO (2026)
Widespread Panic Pigeons – Live at Red Rocks 1991
Big Head Todd and The Monsters It’s Alright – Live Monsters (1998)
Dotsero Latin Sandwiches (excerpt)
Paul McCartney & WingsBand On the Run – Wings Over America (1976)
John DenverLike A Sad Song – Spirit (1976)
Harry Tuft You Gonna Quit Me – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
(N) Sugar Nova House of the Jaguar, Pt. 2 – House of the Jaguar (2026)
Justin LansingGhost Town (excerpt)
(D) The String Cheese Incident Lightning Sky (2026)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandWill The Circle Be Unbroken – Dirt, Silver, and Gold (1976)
(D) Something Out OfSkyscape – What If (2025)

Live videos this week from the Wood Brothers, The Still Tide, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Megan Burtt, Widespread Panic, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Paul McCartney & Wings, the String Cheese Incident and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band