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CP S18 EP41 2024

Nighttime across the Flat Tops in mid-October courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting is a way for you to let me know what you think of some of the new music I share in the show each week. Results enter into determining which cuts stay in the library and which cuts make the final choices for “some of the best of the Colorado Playlist.”

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

Dave Grusin – Kaleidoscope (1965)
(N) The John Magnie Project – You Can Always Come Back Home – Grocery Story (2025)
Leftover Salmon – Blue Railroad Train (feat. Billy Strings) – Grass Roots (2023)
Erik Lunde – Long Time Overdue – Water from the Stone (2022)
Kick and the Hug – Contagious (2024)
Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado (2022)
Nathaniel Rateliff – What A Drag – And It’s Still Alright (2020)
Jack Hadley – I’m Coming Home – the St. Louis Sessions Volume II (2024)
(D) Teresa Suydam – Maybe I Love the Dark (2024)
Big Gigantic x GRIZ – Open Your Mind (2022)
Kiltro – All The Time in the World – Underbelly (2023)
BTTRFLY Quintet – Tijuca – Coast (2023)

Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World – That’s The Way Of The World (1975)
(N) The Infamous Stringdusters – Wake Me Up (2024)
Gregory Alan Isakov – The Fall – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
Dressy Bessy – Just Like Henry – Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (1999)
A.J. Fullerton – New Stories – Closer (2024)
Judy Roderick – Rock Me Baby – Women Blue (1965)
Pretty Lights – Around The Block (feat. Talib Kweli) – A Color Map of the Sun (2013)
The Motet – Love Time – Love Time (2024)
(D) Hunter James and The Titanic – It’s Too Bad for Me, Maria (2024)
Wildermiss – Keep It Simple – Lost With You (2017)
Last Call Romance – I’ll Give You Nothing – Double Funeral, Vol. 2 (2023)
Gabriel Mervine – Sunlight – Say Somethin’ (2021)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles avail.)

HOT SPINS WK NOV 03-10 2024

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 at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 65 TITLES TRACKED
*includes spins on the Colorado Playlist
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(R) 2. *A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 3. BIG RICHARD – Town Line EP Sep-24
(D) 4. DECA & DEALZ – BOUGH LP Oct-24
(R) 4. *JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP Mar-24

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CP S18 EP40 2024

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting is 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.

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

Acoustic Junction – Goodbye World – Strange Days (2000)
Dressy Bessy – If You Should Try to Kiss Her – Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (1999)
(D) The Fretliners – Memories of You – Three of a Kind EP (2024)
The Sweet Lillies – Words – Equality (2023)
The Railbenders – The Medicine Show – The Medicine Show (2018)
Jeff Cramer – Colors – Forever Morning (2024)
Wovenhand – Long Horn – The Laughing Stalk (2012)
Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Massif – Level Up (feat. Dread Kennedy) – Level Up SP (2024)
(D) Eva Rose King – After Tale – After Tale (2024)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Daniel Rodriguez – Vast Nothing – Vast Nothing (2023)
Spencer Zweifel – In the Palm of Your Hand – The Life or Death Situation (2024)

Zephyr – Cross the River – Zephyr Deluxe Edition (2014/1969)
(D) Everybody Loves an Outlaw – Wild Wild Nights (2024)
Julian Fulco Perron – All the Lights (2023)
The String Cheese Incident – Solsbury Hill – Into The Blue (2022)
Milquetoast & Co. – One for Me (2024)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Big Gigantic – The Little Things – Brighter Future (2016)
Jaguar Stevens – Pink Hypnotic – Pink Hypnotic (2024)
(D) Erik Lunde & Sweet Virginia – Leave It There – Gospels, Hymns & Spirituals (2025)
Mojomama – Lazy River – Red White and Blues (2018)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Survivor – The Future (2022)
Paa Kow – African Lady – Cookpot (2017)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS WK OCT 27-NOV 02 2024

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 64 TITLES TRACKED
*includes spins on the Colorado Playlist
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(2) 2. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(D) 3. *ERIK LUNDE & SWEET VIRGINIA – Gospels, Hymns & Spirituals LP Jul-24
(D) 3. *JAGUAR STEVENS – Pink Hypnotic SP Sep-24
(R) 3. *MILQUETOAST & CO – One for Me SP Apr-24

HOT SPINS THIS WEEK ON COLORADO 2024 ON SPOTIFY
(1) 1. OneRepublic – Hurt
(3) 2. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Heartless
(2) 3. The Fray – Time Well Wasted
(4) 4. Jeremiah Fraites (Lumineers), Gregory Alan Isakov – No Surprises
(6) 5. Shovels & Rope, Gregory Alan Isakov – Love Song From A Dog

#COMUSIC TOP 30 OCTOBER 2024

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 2022. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2023 (twelve months).

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA 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

SURVEY PERIOD SEPT 30-OCT 26 2028 2024

Approximately 105 titles were aired at least one time on one station somewhere in Colorado in OCTOBER. You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3, 105.5 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)
(4) 2. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP (May-24)
(D) 3. KAYLA MARQUE – Midheaven LP (Aug-24)
(D) 4. THE MILK BLOSSOMS – Open Portal LP Oct-24
(D) 5. LO FI HO HUM – Garage Pop LP (Aug-24)
(D) 5. MITCHELL JAMES – Marathon (feat. Nevi Outlyr & ChLOe) SP (Aug-24)
(D) 5. WIREDOGS – Middle Life EP (Sep-24)
(D) 6. THE MOTET – Love Time LP (Mar-24)
(14) 7. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP (Nov-23)
(D) 8. ANDREW VOGT – Optimistic Infinity House LP (Jul-24)
(D) 8. BIG RICHARD – Town Line EP (Sep-24)
(17) 9. JEFF CRAMER – Forever Morning: Pt. 1 LP (Aug-24)
(R) 10. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Like Lightning SP (Jul-24)
(D) 11. DRAGONDEER – Jolee SP (Sep-24)
(D) 11. TAYLOR SCOTT BAND – Might As Well Stay SP (Sep-24)
(R) 12. FAST EDDY – To The Stars LP (Nov-23)
(D) 13. THE VELVETEERS – Go Fly Away SP (Oct-24)
(13) 14. CCHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS – “40” Blues With Horns Vol. II LP (Apr-24)
(R) 14. IZCALLI – Waiting for Something SP (Nov-23)
(R) 15. MAMA LENNY & THE REMEDY – Everybody Wants Some SP (May-24)
(5) 16. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 17. ANDY SYDOW – Night Skin LP (Jun-24)
(R) 18. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP (Apr-24)
(D) 19. BOBBY WALKER – Outta Sight, Outta Mind LP (Sep-24)
(D) 19. COVENHOVEN – Only Time Can Tell SP (Oct-24)
(D) 19. EARL NELSON & THE COMPANY – Drinkin’ Muddy Water EP (Mar-24)
(D) 19. MARFA – “66” SP (Sep-24)
(D) 20. CAROLYN SHULMAN – Old Farm House LP (Sep-24)
(19) 20. MILQUETOAST & CO. – One for Me SP (Apr-24)
(R) 20. VALDEZ – Las Animas LP (Jul-24)

88.9 KRFC OCT 2024

MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP (May-24)
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
JEFF FINLIN – Myth of the Giver LP (May-24)
WRANGER JIM & THIS PERSONAL DEMONS – Wrangler Jim and His Personal Demons LP (Sept-24)
RUSS HOPKINS – Down and Out LP (Sept-24)

INDIE 102.3 OCT 2024

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
KAYLA MARQUE – Midheaven LP (Aug-24)
MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP (May-24)
THE MILK BLOSSOMS – Open Portal LP (Oct-24)
LO FI HO HUM – Garage Pop LP (Aug-24)

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 34 TITLES TRACKED

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP (Apr-24)
BIG RICHARD – Town Line EP (Sep-24)
MILQUETOAST & CO – One for Me SP (Apr-24)

KAFM (Grand Junction), KBUT (Crested Butte), KDNK (Carbondale), KDUR (Durango), KFFR (Winter Park), KOTO (Telluride), KRZA (Alamosa), KSJD (Cortez), KSUT (Ignacio/Durango), KVNF (Paonia) – 30 TITLES TRACKED

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Eukaryote SP (Jul-24)
THE FRAY – Time Well Wasted SP (Jul-24)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhered Next EP (Sep-24)
JAKE LEG – Have Mercy SP (Apr-24)

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