#COMUSIC TOP 30 JANUARY 2025

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Every week I survey more than a dozen Colorado community/public and college stations, including Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the following Saturday. 

The monthly survey period runs from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with 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).

KAFMKBUTKCSUKDNKKDURKFFRKOTOKSJDKSUTKRFCKRZA 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)
(*) = No longer lives in Colorado, but counted as long as they got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 
(**) = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

Approximately 105 titles were aired at least one time on one station somewhere in Colorado in JANUARY 2025. You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(2) 2. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 3. the LUMINEERSAutomatic LP Jan-25
(10) 4. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 5. HOLLY LOVELL Hello Chelsea LP Sep-24
(D) 6. DIVA CUP Sassy LP Dec-24
(D) 7. HAILES GHOST – Skywatcher LP Oct-24
(D) 8. TEACUP GORILLA Jane Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me LP Jan-25
(9) 9. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(10) 10. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(D) 11. THE SPICY PICKLES On Schedule LP May-24
(D) 12. RUBEDO Oligarch Slank SP Dec-24
(5) 13.PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS – Do You Still Love Me? LP Nov-24
(3) 14. GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(13) 15. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – A Bear and The Bull EP Mar-24
(R) 16. SAINT SOMEBODY Saint Somebody LP Feb-24
(D) 17. GABRIEL MERVINE See Something LP Oct-24
(16) 18. CHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS – 40: Blues with Horns Vol. II LP Apr-24
(15) 19. VALDEZ – Las Animas LP Jul-24
(D) 20. ANDY SYDOWNight Skin LP Jun-24
(4) 21. BEVIN LUNA – Just Movin’ SP Dec-24
(19) 22. SLOW CAVES – Tension EP Feb-24
(16) 22. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(19) 23. DRAGONDEER – Jolee SP Sep-24
(11) 24. ANDREW VOGT – Optimistic Infinity House LP Jul-24
(R) 24. piKziL Along the Dark Horizon SP Sep-24
(D) 25. HUNTER JAMES & THE TITANICStranger Touch SP Dec-24
(R) 26. JON SNODGRASS Barge At Will LP Apr-24
(R) 27. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS Freedom Don’t Come Easy SP May-24
(R) 28. RYAN CHRYS & THE ROUGHCUTSTonight, A Party SP Feb-24
(R) 28. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OILPre-Owned Songs EP Mar-24

88.9 KRFC – 39 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(1) 2. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(R) 3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 3. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(R) 4. MIKE FINDERS AND SPIDERCAT – Breaking Like A New Day LP Jun-24

INDIE 102.3 – 18 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. HOLLY LOVELL – Hello Chelsea LP Sep-24
(D) 2. DIVA CUP – Sassy LP Dec-24
(D) 2. HAILES GHOST – Skywatcher LP Oct-24
(D) 3. TEACUP GORILLA – Jane Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me LP Jan-25
(D) 4. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 34 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 2. LISTEN AT NIGHT – Over Now SP Jul-24
(3) 3. KID ASTRONAUT w/+ultra – Forget Me Not SP Jun-24
(D) 3. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS – Do You Still Love Me LP Nov-24
(D) 4. ANDY SYDOW – Night Skin LP Jun-24

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – 47 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(3) 2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 3. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 4. BEN GARCIA – Charm SP May-24
(D) 5. THE FRETLINERS – Three of a Kind EP May-24

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM Community Radio (Grand Junction), KBUT Community Radio (Crested Butte), KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (Carbondale), KDUR Community Radio (Durango), KFFR 88.3 FM (Winter Park), KOTO Community Radio Telluride (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA Community Radio (Alamosa), KSJD Radio (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and Indie1023 (NoCO) …

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio and offers search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations and programs around the country.

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CP S19 EP03 2025

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat into my monthly retirement income.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 OR use the form at the bottom of this page (I prefer Venmo).
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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) I shared in the show this week.

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.

Cross country and in-state moving + storage. Located in Fort Collins.

Harry Tuft – You Gonna Quit Me – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
Sugarloaf – Texas Two Lane – Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975)
(D) Kade Hoffman – Long Black Veil – Relics and Remnants (2025)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Her Way Out – Her Way Out (2024)
Mojomama – Lazy River – Red White and Blues (2018)
Andy Sydow – In Love and a Hard Luck Sayer – Night Skin (2025)
The Still Tide – Change of Address – Between Skies (2019)
Wellington Bullings – Because I Want To (2020)
piKziL – Along The Dark Horizon (2024)
(D) The Deltasonics – Concrete Hotel – Concrete Hotel (2025)
Saint Somebody – To the Victor – Saint Somebody (2024)
Houses – Me & Mr Kelly – Summer EP (2009)
Gabriel Mervine – If I Love Again – See Something (2024)

Bob Lind – Elusive Butterfly (1965)
Judy Collins – Both Sides Now (1966)
(D) Teresa Suydam – Lost Bird – Lost Bird (2024)
Julian Fulco Perron – Not So Fast – In My Garden (2022)
Marfa – Daisy (2025)
Leftover Salmon – Two Highways – High Country (2015)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Grant Sabin – Headshaker – Work (2024)
The Lumineers – Same Old Song – Automatic (2025)
The Barlow – Mile Marker Blues – New Year, Old Me (2022)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Buy My Round (2023)
Brad Goode Quintet – Who Parked the Car? – That’s Right! (2018)

ALL STATIONS STATWIDE – 77 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 2. the LUMINEERS Automatic LP Jan-25
(1) 3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS South of Here LP Apr-24
(1) 4. A.J. FULLERTON Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 5. DIVA CUPSassy LP Dec-24
(R) 5. DRAGONDEERJolee SP Sep-24

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM Community Radio (Grand Junction), KBUT Community Radio (Crested Butte), KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (Carbondale), KDUR Community Radio (Durango), KFFR 88.3 FM (Winter Park), KOTO Community Radio Telluride (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA Community Radio (Alamosa), KSJD Radio (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and Indie1023 (Denver) …

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CP S19 EP02 2025

As we enter the 19th season of the show, I now find I need your help.

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat into my monthly retirement income.

Please make donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 OR use the form at the bottom of this page (I prefer Venmo).
_________________

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) I shared in the show this week.

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.

Cross country and in-state moving + storage. Located in Fort Collins.

The Astronauts Little Ford Ragtop – Competition Coupe (1964)
The MoonrakersI’m All Right – Anthology (1964)
(D) d’LoveliesWalking By The River – d’Lovelies (2025)
A.J. FullertonGet By – Closer (2024)
The Infamous Stringdusters Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Mer Sal, Scott KinseyBeing A Woman (2025)
Zuba Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Fierce Bad RabbitBetter Days – The Maestro and the Elephant (2012)
Dragondeer Jolee (2024)
(D) Hunter James and the Titanic Stranger Touch (2025)
Edie Carey The Chain – The Veil (2022)
Racyne Parker Willow Tree (2024)
Nitecap Plátanos (2024)

Lothar and The Hand PeopleMachines – Presenting Lothar and the Hand People (1968)
The Rainy DazeThat Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) Jasper Grooves CollectiveBoxing Gloves – Soulful Machine (2024)
Teresa SuydamGood Condition (2024)
The String Cheese Incident Solsbury Hill – Into The Blue (2022)
Big DopesMoon Car (2024)
The MotetHighly Compatible – Death Or Devotion (2019)
Leftover SalmonWalking Shoes – Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Max MackeyHello Virginia – Eyes On the Road (2024)
(D) Sugar NovaBeauty of Empty Space (2025)
The Velveteers Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
Elektric AnimalsDreaming/Wishing – A Bear and the Bull (2024)
Steve Denny Trio Wig’s Ears – Life in New York (2020)

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 64 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. A.J. FULLERTONCloser LP Mar-24
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATSSouth of Here LP Apr-24
(2) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BANDNowhere Next LP Sep-24
(R) 2. THE CROOKED RUGS Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(R) 3. GRANT SABINWork LP Aug-24
(D) 3. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARSDo You Still Love Me? LP Nov-24

STATIONS TRACKED: KAFM Community Radio (Grand Junction), KBUT Community Radio (Crested Butte), KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (Carbondale), KDUR Community Radio (Durango), KFFR 88.3 FM (Winter Park), KOTO Community Radio Telluride (Telluride), KRFC 88.9 FM (Fort Collins), KRZA Community Radio (Alamosa), KSJD Radio (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio), KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio (Paonia), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and Indie1023 (Denver) …

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