CP SOME OF THE BEST OF 2024

Well here we are – on the outbound train to the next new year. As usual, I found it nearly impossible to actually present a “best of” show, so I once again present “some of the best of 2024.”

Some of the Best of the Colorado Playlist 2024 Highlights
#CO MUSIC TOP 50 2025
Colorado Playlist Fan and Listener Favorites 2024

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I don’t typically do fund raisers for the Colorado Playlist .. but it’s not free to keep going. I’m mostly retired now and the costs are really eating 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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Cross country and in-state moving + storage. Located in Fort Collins.


Chris Daniels & the Kings I Need Some Good Luck Bad (f. Freddi Gowdy) – 40: Blues with Horns Volume II (2024) #15 TOP 50
Jaiel Bet On Me (feat. Adiel Mitchell) (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song HipHop/Funk/Soul
Boot Gun ‘Til It Ain’t – One for the Willing (2024) #14 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite Vocal Performance Duo or Group
Ryan Chrys & the Rough CutsTonight, A Party! – Blame It on the Road (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Song Americana/Country
White Rose Motor Oil Werewolves in London – Pre-Owned Songs (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Cover/Remake
VALDEZ Hide and Seek – Las Animas (2024) #13 TOP 50
Jobi RiccioSweet – Whiplash (2023) #12 TOP 50
Izcalli Waiting for Something (2024) #11 TOP 50
Gasoline LollipopsFreedom Don’t Come Easy (2024) Fan/Listener Favorite Video & Male Vocal Performance
Kiltro All The Time in the World – Underbelly (2023) #10 TOP 50
Jon SnodgrassCrunchin’ The Numbers – Barge At Will (2024) #9 TOP 50
The High HawksSomewhere South – Mother Nature’s Show (2024) #8 TOP 50
Andrew Vogt Giant Steps – Optimistic Infinity House (2024)

Fast Eddy In Too Deep – To the Stars (2024) – #7 TOP 50
Slow Caves Climbing Up the Wall – Tension EP (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Album – Indie/Alternative
Teresa Suydam Good Condition (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Pop/Rock + Favorite Female Vocal Performance
Gregory Alan IsakovBefore the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023) #4 TOP 50
Cary MorinMontana Sky – Innocent Allies (2023) – #5 TOP 50
Saint Somebody To the Victor – Saint Somebody (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Debut by an Emerging act + Favorite Song of the Year
Megan BurttDrugstore Brand – Witness (2024) #6 TOP 50
Elektric AnimalsDreaming/Wishing (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Indie/Alternative
CITRA Inside My Head (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Single Release of the Year
A.J. FullertonSorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024) #3 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite ALBUM and Favorite Americana/Blues Album of the Year
Big Head Todd and the Monsters Her Way Out – Her Way Out (2024) – #2 TOP 50 + Fan/Listener Favorite ALBUM Pop/Rock
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsHeartless – South of Here (2024) #1 TOP 50
Gabriel MervineBayou – See Something (2024)

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CP S18 EP46 2024

GET YOUR VOTES IN! POLLS CLOSE DEC 20.
The 2024 15 Annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll

A holly-daze favor please … I don’t usually do fund raisers for the Colorado Playlist .. but it’s not free to keep going, and I’m mostly retired now, so the costs are really eating into my retirement money. I’m happy to accept donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 OR use the form at the bottom of this page.

Every year I debut (D) 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.

Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene Dream of Christmas Day – It’s a Crime Scene Christmas! (2015)
Freddi Henchi Band Let It Snow – A FlatIron Holiday (2001)
(D) Jeremy Dion Lovin’ Our Friends – Bend in the Middle (2024)
Danno Simpson Pills and Motorhead (2023)
Sweet VirginiaLeaving Again – Leaving Again (2022)
Paul DeHaven, Patrick Dethlefs Cult Classic – Essential Poems (2024)
Wellington BullingsFlame (2022)
The Wendy Woo TrioI Don’t Know – Luxury (2007)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Call Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
(D) Sugar NovaBeauty of Empty Space (2025)
Heavy Diamond RingFriday Night – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The String Cheese Incident Lend Me A Hand – Lend Me A Hand (2023)
Adam Bodine TrioNightcaps – Up ‘N Hear (2011)

Cabaret DiosaMerry Mambo Christmas – A FlatIron Holiday (2001)
OneRepublicChristmas Without You (2011)
(N) Casey Russell Patience – Patience (2025)
Head for the Hills Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)
Julian Fulco PerronYou Can’t Stop A Dreamer – Dreamland (2020)
Jack Hadley I’m Coming Home – the St. Louis Sessions Volume II (2024)
The Still TideHigh Wire – Run Out (2017)
Gabrielle Louise House Of Cards (Radio Edit) – The Unending Alteration Of The Human Heart (2020)
Claire HeywoodAlone Woman – Water is All I See (2024)
(N) Jeremy DionAll I See Is You – Bend in the Middle (2025)
Blue MesaStraight Thru Me (2020)
Andy Frasco & the U.N.You Do You (2023)
Andrew Vogt Behave – Optimistic Infinity House (2024)

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) …

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 and programs around the country.

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CP S18 EP45 2024

GET YOUR VOTES IN! POLLS CLOSE DEC 20.
The 2024 15 Annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

Every year I debut (D) 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.

Chris Daniels & The KingsCool Yule – A FlatIron Holiday (2001)
The LumineersBlue Christmas (2016)
(N) Yonder Mountain String BandNowhere Next – Nowhere Next (2025)
Hunter Stone Mars (2023)
Cary Morin Old Guitar – Streamline (2013)
Eva Rose KingAfter Tale (2024)
Heavy Diamond RingUnknown Legend – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Big Head Todd and The MonstersBeautiful – Rocksteady (2010)
Jeff CramerLost in the Catacombs – Forever Morning (2024)
(D) The Crooked Rugs Chasin’ the Wind – Hear & Now (2024)
Dianne ReevesOne For My Baby – Good Night, and Good Luck Soundtrack (2005)
The High HawksSomewhere South – Mother Nature’s Show (2023)
Annie Booth Trio It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Festive! (2016)

The Apples In Stereo Holiday Mood – Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics from Yep Roc (2007)
Hunter StoneUgly Sweater Party (2024)
(D) Big Dopes Draggin’ This On (2025)
Bison BoneHigh Road to Taos – 40 Grit EP (2023)
SHEL Rainbow (2020)
The John Magnie Project You Can Always Come Back Home – Grocery Story (2025)
Liz Barnez Laughin Yellow – Liz Barnez Band (1993)
Zach HeckendorfUp – HAWK TALK (2020)
The Motet Something Better – Love Time (2024)
(D) Stay Tuned Parts Unknown – Tuned In (2024)
Five Iron Frenzy So We Sing – Until This Shakes Apart (2021)
The Burroughs Honey Imastar – Honey Imastar (2023)
Sean McGowanAround the Corner – Union Station (2022)

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 72 TITLES TRACKED
includes spins on the Colorado Playlist
(2) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATSSouth of Here LP Apr-24
(3) 2. GRANT SABINWork LP Aug-24
(1) 3. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BANDNowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 4. THE CROOKED RUGSHear & Now – LP Oct-24
(R) 5. THE MOTETLove Time LP Mar-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) …

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 and programs around the country.

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