Palisade vineyard with Mount Garfield May 2023, courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography.
We are now HALF WAY through 2023! WOW. Below you’ll find the TOP 20 for the year, so far, with six months to go.
Besides tracking and charting weekly, monthly and yearly spins, I’ve also been tracking quarterly this year.
Two hundred four LP, EP or SP (single) current year titles (Jun 22 to May 23) received at least one spin in Q1 (Dec-Feb) and Q2 (Mar-May).
The only album to land in the TOP 5 of Q1 and Q2 is EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP – that fell from #1 Q1 to #5 Q2. The release date is Jun-22, so it will no longer be tracked after this month. Don’t be surprised when you see it stick around in the TOP 20 this year, on the basis of Q1 and Q2 spins.
I do expect to see KILTRO – Underbelly, LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots and NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round make their way into the TOP FIVE Q3.
Q2 2023
(D) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero
(D) 2. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing **
(D) 3. DEVA YODER – Be Well
(D) 4. VOLORES – Ages
(1) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time**
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 around the country.
TOP 20 AIRPLAY MAY 2023
(D) – debuts in the TOP 20
(R) – reentered TOP 20
(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(7) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 5. INSTANT EMPIRE – Standing Eight Count LP (Feb-23)
(D) 6. CARMINE FRANCIS – Carmine Francis EP (Mar-23)
(D) 6. KEDDJRA – how my friends must worry LP (Feb-23)
(D) 7. LOVE GANG – Meanstreak LP (Jan-23)
(D) 8. DNA PICASSO – The Colour Blü LP (Mar-23)
(D) 9. ADRIENNE O – What What What SINGLE (Jun-22)
(9) 10. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(11) 11. KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Now.Here LP (Mar-23) **
(D) 11. SOUR MAGIC – Indigo SINGLE (Jul-22)
(D) 12. BODY – Bad Vibes SINGLE (Feb-23) connects to Bandcamp
(D) 13. HRZN – Violet SINGLE (Jul-22)
(D) 14. BODY – Spill It SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 14. MAYOR GREY – Comfort Me (Pretty Please) SINGLE (Oct-22)
(D) 14. MAYOR GREY – Cherry Cement SINGLE (Aug-22)
(R) 14. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(D) 14. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round SINGLE (May-23)
(D) 14. SODAPOP – Retrogaze: Chapter 3 EP (Mar-23)
TOP 20 2023 DEC-MAY
(3) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(1) 2. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(2) 3. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(7) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(4) 5. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(6) 6. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(5) 7. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(7) 8. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(9) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(7) 10. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(11) 11. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(12) 12. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(13) 13. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(10) 14. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22))
(14) 14. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(8) 15. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(15) 16. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(13) 17. TENNIS – Pollen LP (Jan-23)
(D) 18. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(16) 19. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
HOW I DO IT
Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on the Colorado playlist (aired on eleven stations).
The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a SATURDAY (May 6), through the last week ending with a SUNDAY (May 28).
Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December (2022) through the next November (2023).
The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released earlier that make the cut.
Titles are tracked for a full calendar year from the official date of release, regardless of when I begin tracking it.
*ARTIST/BAND = expat. No longer lives in Colorado and/or is tied to Colorado in some meaningful way; i.e. *The Wood Brothers, *Vince Herman
** serviced to media by Rocky Mountain Music Network LLC
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 