Tag: music

#COMUSIC TOP 30 JANUARY 2025

PLEASE HELP FUND THE COLORADO PLAYLIST

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat 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).

If you represent a business that would like my listeners to know about you, email me at coloradoplaylist@gmail.com for details.
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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 2023. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2024 (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

Approximately 105 titles were aired at least one time on one station somewhere in Colorado in JANUARY 2025. 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.

SURVEY PERIOD DEC 29-FEB 01 2025

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(2) 2. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 3. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(10) 4. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 5. HOLLY LOVELL – Hello Chelsea LP Sep-24
(D) 6. DIVA CUP – Sassy LP Dec-24
(D) 7. HAILES GHOST – Skywatcher LP Oct-24
(D) 8. TEACUP GORILLA – Jane Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me LP Jan-25
(9) 9. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(10) 10. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(D) 11. THE SPICY PICKLES – On Schedule LP May-24
(D) 12. RUBEDO – Oligarch Slank SP Dec-24
(5) 13.PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS – Do You Still Love Me? LP Nov-24
(3) 14. GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(13) 15. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – A Bear and The Bull EP Mar-24
(R) 16. SAINT SOMEBODY – Saint Somebody LP Feb-24
(D) 17. GABRIEL MERVINE – See Something LP Oct-24
(16) 18. CHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS – 40: Blues with Horns Vol. II LP Apr-24
(15) 19. VALDEZ – Las Animas LP Jul-24
(D) 20. ANDY SYDOW – Night Skin LP Jun-24
(4) 21. BEVIN LUNA – Just Movin’ SP Dec-24
(19) 22. SLOW CAVES – Tension EP Feb-24
(16) 22. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(19) 23. DRAGONDEER – Jolee SP Sep-24
(11) 24. ANDREW VOGT – Optimistic Infinity House LP Jul-24
(R) 24. piKziL – Along the Dark Horizon SP Sep-24
(D) 25. HUNTER JAMES & THE TITANIC – Stranger Touch SP Dec-24
(R) 26. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP Apr-24
(R) 27. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Freedom Don’t Come Easy SP May-24
(R) 28. RYAN CHRYS & THE ROUGHCUTS – Tonight, A Party SP Feb-24
(R) 28. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OIL – Pre-Owned Songs EP Mar-24

HOT SPINS JAN 2025

88.9 KRFC – 39 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(1) 2. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(R) 3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 3. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(R) 4. MIKE FINDERS AND SPIDERCAT – Breaking Like A New Day LP Jun-24

INDIE 102.3 – 18 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. HOLLY LOVELL – Hello Chelsea LP Sep-24
(D) 2. DIVA CUP – Sassy LP Dec-24
(D) 2. HAILES GHOST – Skywatcher LP Oct-24
(D) 3. TEACUP GORILLA – Jane Eyre: No Net Ensnares Me LP Jan-25
(D) 4. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 34 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 2. LISTEN AT NIGHT – Over Now SP Jul-24
(3) 3. KID ASTRONAUT w/+ultra – Forget Me Not SP Jun-24
(D) 3. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS – Do You Still Love Me LP Nov-24
(D) 4. ANDY SYDOW – Night Skin LP Jun-24

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – 47 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(3) 2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(D) 3. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 4. BEN GARCIA – Charm SP May-24
(D) 5. THE FRETLINERS – Three of a Kind EP May-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 (NoCO) …

Spins tracked on Spinitron (except 102.3 and 105.5), designed to benefit community and college radio and offers search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations and programs around the country.

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

CP S19 EP02 2025

HAPPY 2025!

As we enter the 19th season of the show, I now find I need your help.

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat 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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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

starrsguitars.com

Every year I debut 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.

The Astronauts – Little Ford Ragtop – Competition Coupe (1964)
The Moonrakers – I’m All Right – Anthology (1964)
(D) d’Lovelies – Walking By The River – d’Lovelies (2025)
A.J. Fullerton – Get By – Closer (2024)
The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Mer Sal, Scott Kinsey – Being A Woman (2025)
Zuba – Imagine Freedom – The New Cruelty (1996)
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Better Days – The Maestro and the Elephant (2012)
Dragondeer – Jolee (2024)
(D) Hunter James and the Titanic – Stranger Touch (2025)
Edie Carey – The Chain – The Veil (2022)
Racyne Parker – Willow Tree (2024)
Nitecap – Plátanos (2024)

Lothar and The Hand People – Machines – Presenting Lothar and the Hand People (1968)
The Rainy Daze – That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) Jasper Grooves Collective – Boxing Gloves – Soulful Machine (2024)
Teresa Suydam – Good Condition (2024)
The String Cheese Incident – Solsbury Hill – Into The Blue (2022)
Big Dopes – Moon Car (2024)
The Motet – Highly Compatible – Death Or Devotion (2019)
Leftover Salmon – Walking Shoes – Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Max Mackey – Hello Virginia – Eyes On the Road (2024)
(D) Sugar Nova – Beauty of Empty Space (2025)
The Velveteers – Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)
Elektric Animals – Dreaming/Wishing – A Bear and the Bull (2024)
Steve Denny Trio – Wig’s Ears – Life in New York (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles available)

HOT SPINS JAN 05-12 2025

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 64 TITLES TRACKED
(2) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(2) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(R) 2. THE CROOKED RUGS – Hear & Now LP Oct-24
(R) 3. GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(D) 3. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS – Do You Still Love Me? LP Nov-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

CP S19 EP01 2025

HAPPY 2025!

As we enter the 19th season of the show, I now find I need your help.

I’m mostly retired now and the costs of producing the show, tracking airplay and maintaining the site are really starting to eat 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).
_________________

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

starrsguitars.com

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.

Acoustic Junction – Oh Me Oh My – Strange Days (2000)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Viceroy Filter King – Always Say Please And Thank You (2000)
Jeremy Dion – All I See Is You – Bend in the Middle (2025)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Tight Rope – A Song For Leon (2024)
Last Call Romance – If It’s the Last Thing That I Do – Double Funeral, Vol. 1 EP (2020)
Ambar Lucid – Truth is So Loud (2024)
Katie Herzig – Feel Alive – Moment of Bliss (2018)
Brothers Keeper – Why Do You Fall – Todd Meadows (2014)
Casey Russell – Hit The Ground Runnin’ – Patience (2025)
(D) Sugar Nova – It’s All Gold (feat. the Main Squeeze) (2025)
Claire Heywood – Python – I Won’t Resign My Love For That Old Dream (2020)
Fast Eddy – In Too Deep – To the Stars (2024)
Ron Miles – Queen Of The South – Rainbow Sign (2020)

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Broken Hearted Savior – Sister Sweetly (1993)
Dressy Bessy – Just Like Henry – Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (1999)
(N) The Crooked Rugs – Shortbread Getaway – Hear & Now (2024)
A.J. Fullerton – Sorry You’re Blue – Closer (2024)
Finn O’Sullivan – When The Power Comes Back On (2020)
Grant Sabin – Work – Work (2024)
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Under Your Spell – City of Love (2019)
John Grant – He’s Got His Mother’s Hips – Love Is Magic (2018)
The Motet – Love Time – Love Time (2024)
(D) Planes Mistaken For Stars – Modern Logic – Do You Still Love Me? (2025)
Mike Clark and Sugar Sounds – Warm Me Up – Moon Rock (2022)
Andy Frasco & the U.N. – You Do You (2023)
Steve Denny Trio – Gramophology – Life in New York (2020)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

HOT SPINS DEC 29 2024-JAN 04 2025

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE – 70 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
(R) 2. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(R) 2. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-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.