Johnny & the Mongrels – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

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This is the last new episode of the year. The annual Best of the Colorado Playlist will air DEC 31-Jan 05. See stations and times for when and where. The 2022 TOP 50 and Best of posts will go up on JAN 02.

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Thanks for an incredible year. As of Monday DEC 19 2022, you set a new decade high for visitors to this site. Happy HOLLYDAZE.

#COMUSIC TOP 5 WEEK ENDING 12/17/22

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, designed to benefit community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents

THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
QUEEN KWONG – Couples Only LP (Jul-22)
BARBARA – Escape Artist LP (Sep-22)

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.

The Fluid – Our Love Will Still Be There – Glue (1990)
The Samples – My Town – The Samples (1989)
(D) Johnny & the Mongrels – My Only Friend – Magnolia and Pine (2023)

The Copper Children – Pity Party – Strange Illusion (2022)
Claire Heywood – Letter Day (2020)
Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck – Learn to Let the Light In – Learn to Let the Light In (2023)
Dragondeer – Mirage a Trois – Mirage a Trios (2019)
Achille Lauro – Lightning – Flight or Flight (2012)
Kick and the Hug – Girl You’ve Changed – Ladies & Gentlemen (2022)
(D) The Red Tack – Rag Doll – Judy (Special Edition) (2023)
Acoustic Junction – Strange Days – Strange Days (2000)
Zoe Berman – Something Better – Freezing Heat EP (2022)
Adam Bodine – Surface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

The Christines – Hollow – The Christines (1994)
The Christines – Dunes Are Blue (2020)
(D) Tongue Hammer – Billy Bill (2023)

Fast Eddy – Take A Look – Take A Look (2022)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Please Don’t Tell Her – Live Monsters (1998)
Emily Scott Robinson – Double Double – Built On Bones (2023)
Otis Taylor – Little Willie – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (2010)
Devotchka – Along The Way – A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
Cody Qualls – Colorado – Cody Qualls (2023)
(D) Head for the Hills – Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)

Alexa Wildish – Weightless – Alexa Wildish EP (2020)
Carolyn Hunter – Comedown – Lovelight (2022)
Sean McGowan – Now Open – Union Station (2022)

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Live Music Colorado featuring LiveMusicMegaSearch™

FEB 22 2021 – The TOP 5 this week flipped, with only one entry returning from the past two weeks – The Grand Alliance. It should not be a surprise, following last Saturday’s appearance on SNL, that Nathaniel Rateliff‘s latest single, Redemption is #1 this week and is likely to stay there for the next several weeks.

This week’s featured station is KDNK, one of the first stations to air the Colorado Playlist. KDNK was founded by volunteers in 1983 and now reaches over 100,000 people around the state, along with their international Internet listenership. Listen at:

- 88.1 in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, and Rifle;
- 88.3 in Aspen and Glenwood Springs,
- 88.5 in Basalt and Redstone,
- 93.5 in Leadville,
- 94.7 in Old Snowmass,
- 94.9 in Thomasville,
- 99.9 in Snowmass Village
- on your smart speaker,
- and at kdnk.org
- The Colorado Playlist airs every Sat and Sun mornings at 5am.

You can also track what KDNK plays via their Spinitron page, here. Spinitron is a supporter of the Colorado Playlist.

Are you a working musician in Colorado, or a soundperson, stage hand, etc employed pre-COVID but seriously struggling to pay for rent, utilities or food?

Rocky Mountain Music Relief can’t meet all your needs, but we can offer some help. There’s an application at the bottom of the page.

The Colorado Playlist is provided to member stations at no cost. Your support is deeply appreciated and will help to keep the program on the air.

Middle Class Rock Star is a podcast hosted by Andy Sydow. Every week or so I feature a 7 to 8 minute segment featuring a conversation Andy has with some of our scene’s top music makers and industry personalities. This week’s guest is Andy Frasco.

TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING FEB 20 2021

Spinitron Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations. Record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function. Currently 11 Colorado radio stations utilize Spinitron.

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are culled from published spins at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations.

1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF – Redemption SINGLE (Dec-20)
2. THE GRAND ALLIANCE – The Grand Alliance LP (Jan-21)
3. JOHNNY & THE MONGRELS – Creole Skies LP (Jul-20)
4. A MEAZY – I Can’t Breathe (Again) SINGLE (Jun-20)
4. ANDY EPPLER – Broke Down Deluxe LP (Nov-20)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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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

Monocle/Higher Elevation – The Diamond Mine (1964)
The Rainy Daze – That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) Zoe Berman – Lilac Hour (2021)

Pink Hawks – Elote! (2020)
Whiskey Blanket – Pound Boom – No Object (2010)
(N) David William’s Trickster Carousel – Freak – Snake Oil (2021)

J-Calvin – Your Soul Knows (2021)
Liz Barnez – River Road – Liz Barnez Band (1993)
Gregory Alan Isakov – Amsterdam – The Weatherman (2013)
Danny Shafer – Small Town Blues – Weddings, Floods And Funerals (2015)
(D) Duke Justice – Startup (2021)

Petals of Spain – Daydream – Daydream (2016)
Taylor Scott Band – Curiosity – All We Have (2019)
Dana Landry Trio – Transfusion – Memphis Skyline (2014)

HOUR 2

Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy – Stand In the Fire (1980)
(D) Five Iron Frenzy – So We Sing – Until This Shakes Apart (2021)

My Body Sings Electric – Step Into The Light – Changing Color (2011)
Bud Bronson & The Good Timers – End Of Our Lives – Between the Outfield and Outer Space (2018)
Andy Frasco – I’ve Got a Long Way to Go – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
Andy Frasco – Love is a Gun – Keep On Keepin On (2020)
The Lonesome Days – Chasin Down The Whiskey – The Lonesome Days (2017)
(D) The Grand Alliance – Chakra Khan (f. Kayla Marque) – The Grand Alliance (2021)

The String Cheese Incident – Sing A New Song – Outside Inside (2001)
Caitlin Cannon – Toolbag – The TrashCannon Album (2020)
Scott Martin – The Meaning of Midnight – Alone at Sunset (2018)

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