Indie 102.3 – Page 4 – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

It’s been several years since I tracked and posted a monthly TOP 40 chart for Colorado music, played on Colorado radio stations. Thanks to my friends at Spinitron for allowing me access to their playlist generator database for a few months (no, it’s not permanent access – yet).

Spinitron’s playlist generator was developed to benefit non-commercial public and educational terrestrial radio stations in the US that simultaneously stream online and broadcast over airwaves. Record promoters are among those most likely to benefit from Spinitron’s detailed advance search function.

There are over 20 FM and LPFM (low power FM) non-commercial public/community and college stations in Colorado. I’m able to track spins at 12 of those stations that have some kind of searchable online database or use Spinitron.

The two stations I most frequently get asked about are 105.5 The Colorado Sound, where I’m a part of the on-air team, and Indie 102.3 (Denver/Fort Collins). Both have searchable databases. So I’ll lead off the TOP 40 for May 2020 with their respective TOP 5.

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Our longest running sponsor, the Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO. RESTAURANT NOW OPEN!

TOP 5 – 105.5 The Colorado Sound
1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP
2. ANDY FRASCO – Keep On Keepin’ On LP
3. DRAGONDEER – All Day SINGLE
4. THE WOOD BROTHERS – Kingdom In My Mind LP
5. THE LUMINEERS – III LP

TOP 5 – INDIE 102.3
1. WHITACRE – Seasons LP
2. KILTRO – Creatures of Habit LP
3. LOLITA – 5 Year Thing SINGLE
4. ESME PATTERSON – There Will Come Soft Rains LP
5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP

TOP 40 TITLES MAY 2020

ALL TITLES LINKED TO RESPECTIVE YOUTUBE PAGE
DATE OF RELEASE = MAY 2019-2020

1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF– And It’s Still Alright LP (Feb-20)
2. ESME PATTERSON – There Will Come Soft Rains LP (Mar-20)
3. GABRIELLE LOUISE – The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart LP (May-20)
4. WHITACRE – Seasons LP (Apr-20)
5. DRAGONDEER – Mirage a Trois SINGLE (Jun-19)
6. THE WOOD BROTHERS – Kingdom In My Mind LP (Jan-20)
7. KILTRO – Creatures of Habit LP (Jul-19)
8. THE LUMINEERS – III LP (Sep-19)
9. DRAGONDEER – All Day SINGLE (Mar-20)
10. WHITEWATER RAMBLE –Pseudonymous LP (Feb-20)
11. LOLITA – 5 Year Thing SINGLE (Feb-20)
12. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – The Bodhisattva Blues LP (Apr-20)
13. ROBERT SHREDFORD – Robert Shredford EP (Mar-20)
14. DOWN TIME – Hurts Being Alive LP (Mar-20)
15. TYLER T. – Wildflower LP (Jan-20)
16. ANDY FRASCO – Keep On Keepin’ On LP (Apr-20)
16. NEOMA – Real LP (Nov-19)
17. CITRA – Ocean SINGLE (Feb-20)
18. CUP-A-JO – Crazy Comes Easy LP (Jun-19)
18. DAVID STARR – Beauty and Ruin LP (Feb-20)
19. ERIC LILLEY TRIO – Joie De Vivre LP (May-19)
20. MARK OBLINGER – High Water Line LP (Jul-19)
20. WHIPPOORWILL – The Nature of Storms LP (Nov-19)
21. DRESSY BESSY – Fast Faster Disaster LP (Jun-19)
22. SHEL – Wild Child EP (Mar-20)
23. WILDERMISS – Supermagical SINGLE (May-20)
24. CAITLIN CANNON – The TrashCannon Album LP (May-20)
24. LOLA RISING – Moving Forward EP (Apr-20)
24. THE 14ers – Mountaintop Folk-Pop LP (Jul-19)
24. WOOD BELLY – Man on the Radio LP (Jan-20)
25. THE REMINDERS – Unstoppable LP (Aug-19)
25. VIVIAN – The Warped Glimmer LP (May-20)
26. ATOMGA – Zenpocalypse SINGLE (May-20)
26. CASS CLAYTON – Play Nice LP (Jul-19)
27. TIERRO BAND – TIERRO BAND W/BRIDGET LAW LP (Oct-19)
28. KERRY PASTINE & THE CRIME SCENE – City of Love LP (Sep-19)
29. ANDY SYDOW – Wicked Dreams EP (May-20)
29. FINN O’SULLIVAN – When The Power Comes Back On LP (Jan-20)
29. TROUT STEAK REVIVAL – The Light We Bring LP (Feb-20)
30. BIG GIGANTIC – Free Your Mind LP (Feb-20)

MONDAY MAY 25 2020 – And “another one bites the dust.” It was announced over the weekend that the fields of Planet Bluegrass will not be open for the season – eliminating the Forty-Seventh Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the 48th Annual RockyGrass Festival, and the 30th Annual Folks Festival.

New this week = Indie 102.3 spins have been added to the weekly chart action.

TOP 5 SPINS – WEEK ENDING MAY 23 2020

SPINITRON: (Titles released May 2019-May 2020) KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KMSA, KOTO, KRFC, KRZA, KSJD, KVNF … also included is INDIE 102.3 (not a Spinitron reporter)

1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP
2. ESME PATTERSON – There Will Come Soft Rains LP
3. WHITACRE – Seasons LP
4. DOWN TIME – Hurts Being Alive LP
5. KILTRO – Creatures of Habit LP

ROOTS MUSIC REPORT (All CO titles – regardless of year of release)
In-state + national, international and Internet stations playing Colorado titles

1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – And It’s Still Alright LP (2020)
2. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – The Bodhisattva Blues LP (2020)
3. MOJOMAMA – Red, White and Blues LP (2018)
4. THE LUMINEERS – III LP (2019)
5. LEE SIMS – A Few More Miles to Go LP (2020)

Our longest running sponsor, the Mishawaka is a legendary music venue, restaurant and bar located 13.7 miles up the Poudre Canyon Highway (CO 14) in the stunning Poudre Canyon in Bellvue, CO.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

You make a big difference in what gets played on the show. Every week I share some or all of the new music played on the show with you, here in the MMMM. Your rating gets factored into my decision in what to maintain in the show’s “for airplay” library.

A REMINDER: Please listen to ALL of the songs and rate them. Thanks 🙂

(D) = debut LP/EP or single
(N) = new track from previously debuted LP/EP
(P) = Colorado Playlist premier / not available online

HOUR 1

The Fogcutters – That’s Where I’ll Be (1969)
Lothar & The Hand People – Machines – Presenting… (1968)
(D) MODA – MODA MODA (2020)

The Yawpers – Dancing on My Knees – Human Question (2019)
The Drunken Hearts – Black Snake – The Prize (2018)
(N) Down Time – Hurts Being Alive – Hurts Being Alive (2020)

Andy Frasco – Keep On Keeping On – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Zuba – Trippin – South Of Eden (1998)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – It’s Alright – Live Monsters (1998)
Caitlin Cannon – Mama’s A Hairdresser – The TrashCannon Album (2020)

Abby Brown – Heart On Fire – Heart On Fire (2019)
Reno Divorce – She’s In Love With the Avenue – Ship of Fools EP (2016)
(D) Dylan McCarthy – The Jamestown Turnaround – Lost & Found (2020)

HOUR 2

Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids – Good Times, Rock & Roll – Best of Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids (1975/2010)
The Moonrakers – I’m All Right – Anthology (1964/2006)
(D) Andy Sydow – Wicked Dreams – Wicked Dreams EP (2020)

Pint and a Half – Spinnin’ My Wheels – Not To Forget (2019)
Gasoline Lollipops – Mustangs – Soul Mine (2018)
Claire Heywood – Python – I Won’t Resign My Love For That Old Dream (2020)
Big Gigantic – Free Your Mind (feat. Jennifer Hartswick) – Free Your Mind (2020)
Chris Daniels & The Kings – Choo-Choo-Ch’ Boogie – Louie Louie (2001)
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams – Blues Fallin’ Down – Midnight Rodeo (2006)
Boa and the Constrictors – I Don’t Recall – Boa and the Constrictors (2003)
(N) Esmé Patterson – All Mine – There Will Come Soft Rains (2020)

SUCH – Before Dark – Wide Nose, Full Lips (2019)
Retrofette – Skeletons (2017)
Brian Claxton – The Yard – The Yard (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Gabrielle Louise – The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart is one of the most added new albums being reported by Spinitron stations as of May 23, and is currently TOP 10 in state-wide spins.

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