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#COMUSIC TOP 20 MAY + Q2 + 2023

Palisade vineyard with Mount Garfield May 2023, courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography.

We are now HALF WAY through 2023! WOW. Below you’ll find the TOP 20 for the year, so far, with six months to go.

Besides tracking and charting weekly, monthly and yearly spins, I’ve also been tracking quarterly this year.

Two hundred four LP, EP or SP (single) current year titles (Jun 22 to May 23) received at least one spin in Q1 (Dec-Feb) and Q2 (Mar-May).

The only album to land in the TOP 5 of Q1 and Q2 is EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP – that fell from #1 Q1 to #5 Q2. The release date is Jun-22, so it will no longer be tracked after this month. Don’t be surprised when you see it stick around in the TOP 20 this year, on the basis of Q1 and Q2 spins.

I do expect to see KILTRO – Underbelly, LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots and NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round make their way into the TOP FIVE Q3.

Q2 2023

(D) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero
(D) 2. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing **
(D) 3. DEVA YODER – Be Well
(D) 4. VOLORES – Ages
(1) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time**

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

TOP 20 AIRPLAY MAY 2023

(D) – debuts in the TOP 20
(R) – reentered TOP 20

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(7) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 5. INSTANT EMPIRE – Standing Eight Count LP (Feb-23)
(D) 6. CARMINE FRANCIS – Carmine Francis EP (Mar-23)
(D) 6. KEDDJRA – how my friends must worry LP (Feb-23)
(D) 7. LOVE GANG – Meanstreak LP (Jan-23)
(D) 8. DNA PICASSO – The Colour Blü LP (Mar-23)
(D) 9. ADRIENNE O – What What What SINGLE (Jun-22)
(9) 10. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(11) 11. KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Now.Here LP (Mar-23) **
(D) 11. SOUR MAGIC – Indigo SINGLE (Jul-22)
(D) 12. BODY – Bad Vibes SINGLE (Feb-23) connects to Bandcamp
(D) 13. HRZN – Violet SINGLE (Jul-22)
(D) 14. BODY – Spill It SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 14. MAYOR GREY – Comfort Me (Pretty Please) SINGLE (Oct-22)
(D) 14. MAYOR GREY – Cherry Cement SINGLE (Aug-22)
(R) 14. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(D) 14. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round SINGLE (May-23)
(D) 14. SODAPOP – Retrogaze: Chapter 3 EP (Mar-23)

TOP 20 2023 DEC-MAY

(3) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(1) 2. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(2) 3. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(7) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(4) 5. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(6) 6. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(5) 7. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(7) 8. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(9) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(7) 10. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(11) 11. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(12) 12. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(13) 13. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(10) 14. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22))
(14) 14. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(8) 15. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(15) 16. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(13) 17. TENNIS – Pollen LP (Jan-23)
(D) 18. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(16) 19. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)

HOW I DO IT

Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on the Colorado playlist (aired on eleven stations).

The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a SATURDAY (May 6), through the last week ending with a SUNDAY (May 28).

Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December (2022) through the next November (2023).

The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released earlier that make the cut.

Titles are tracked for a full calendar year from the official date of release, regardless of when I begin tracking it.

*ARTIST/BAND = expat. No longer lives in Colorado and/or is tied to Colorado in some meaningful way; i.e. *The Wood Brothers, *Vince Herman

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CP S17 EP19 2023

Goat!

Monday May 15, 2023 — Whaaaaaa? Mid-way through May?! We’re halfway through the new release year with some of the biggest records of the year still to be released. The new single from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (Buy My Round) with new albums from Leftover Salmon and soon from Big Head Todd & the Monsters are sure to claim positions at the top of the charts in the second half of the year.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK END MAY 14, 2023

(D) 1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(1) 2. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. ADRIENNE O – What What What SINGLE (Jun-22)
(4) 4. CARMINE FRANCIS – Carmine Francis EP (Mar-23)
(D) 4. INSTANT EMPIRE – Standing Eight Count LP (Feb-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Earth Wind & Fire – Mighty Mighty – Open Our Eyes (1974)
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids – It’s Hard (To Break the Ice) – Sons of the Beaches (1975)
(N) The Burroughs – Harder to Believe – Honey Imastar (2023)

Adrienne O – What What What (2022)
Pretty Lights – Can’t Stop Me Now – Passing By Behind Your Eyes (2009)
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck – Standin’ In the Corner – Learn to Let the Light In (2023)
Gregory Alan Isakov – John Brown’s Body – That Sea, The Gambler (2007)
The Motet – So High – Totem (2016)
Euforquestra – Show Me the Way – While We Still Got Time (2022)
(D) The River Arkansas – Green Bridge – Green Bridge (2023)
The Reminders – Dust and Bones – Unstoppable (2019)
N3ptune, Rusty Steve – Black Horse (clean) – Renaissance (2022)
Keith Oxman – (I’ve Got) Beginners Luck – East of the Village (2017)

Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix – Phoenix (1980)
(D) Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Buy My Round (2023)

King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
Jeremy Facknitz – There’s No Going Home Again (Feat. Serenity Holloway) – Smilin’ At the Future (2023)
The String Cheese Incident – Stay Through – Song In My Head (2014)
Kyle Emerson – Wise Blood – Dorothy Alice (2017)
Sugar Nova – Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. II – Halogen (2023)
(N) Leftover Salmon – Blue Railroad Train (feat. Billy Strings) – Grass Roots (2023)

Mary Flower – Jane Jane (feat.. John Magnie and Steve Amadee) – Blues Jubilee (1994)
Mojomama – We Are One – We Are One (2022)
Ryan A Fourt – Big Slick – Big Slick (2015)

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South Platte River near Deckers – May 06, 2023 courtesy Claire Mannato

Gone fishing.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WK END MAY 07 ’23

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. 2MX2 – El Desmadre SINGLE (Feb-23)
(3) 3. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OIL – The Gift of Poison EP (Mar-23)
(R) 4. BTTRFLY QUINTET – Coast LP (Nov-22)
(D) 4. CARMINE FRANCIS – Carmine Francis EP (Mar-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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Acoustic Junction – Where Is She Now – Surrounded By Change (1994)
Otis Taylor – Naggin’ Woman Blues – When Negroes Walked the Earth (1997)
(N) Deva Yoder – Breathe – Be Well (2023)

Blakk Mantra – A Song of the West (2022)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Howling At Nothing – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015)
Emily Scott Robinson – Built On Bones – Built On Bones (2023)
Wellington Bullings – Because I Want To (2020)
Musketeer Gripweed – End of the Day – Floods and Fires (2014)
Vince Herman – Lost Lovers Eyes – Enjoy the Ride (2023)
(N) Kind Hearted Strangers – Hypnosis – Now.here (2023) **

Tennis – Origins – Young & Old (2012)
MaryLynn Gillaspie – Skippy’s Dream (‘Hypnagogia’) – Secret Language (2022)
Erik Applegate – Get Outta My Head – Two’s Company (2017)

Freddi Henchi Band – Celebration (f. Larry Wilkens) – Freddi Henchi Band (1981)
Zephyr – Mad Dog – Heartbeat (1981)
(N) White Rose Motor Oil – 12 Mountain State – The Gift of Poison (2023)

The Lumineers – Where We Are – Brightside (2022)
My Body Sings Electric – Change – Part 2: What It Means to Be Afraid (2019)
2MX2 – El Desmadre (2023)
The Motet – Rich In People – The Motet (2014)
Dressy Bessy – Anyone Can See – Holler and Stomp (2008)
Sugar Nova – Tiny Helicopters – Halogen (2023)
(D) Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes – Whiskey Makes Me Stronger (2023)

The Burroughs – Zero Sum Game (2021)
Edie Carey – The Chain – The Veil (2022)
BTTFLY Quintet – Coast – Coast (2023)

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