CP S19 EP34 2025

Some of the best from Colorado, from the past to the present. New music from Kyle Harvey, Blankslate, Pink Fuzz, Summer Bedhead.

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The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music community for 25 years.

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) and new songs (N) 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.

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Judy Collins – Hard Lovin’ Loser – In My Life (1966)
Judy Collins – Bird On a Wire – Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968)
(D) Kyle Harvey – Neon Lights Are Good for the Blues (2025)

King Cardinal – Runaway (2022)
Gasoline Lollipops – The River – Kill the Architect (2025)
Drew Emmitt – Gypsy In My Soul – Long Road (2008)
Katie Herzig – Crazy – Weightless (2006)
Big Gigantic – Free Spirits – Fluorescence (2025)
(D) Blankslate – Lamp Post Hearts – Lookout Mountain Charley (2025)

Ambar Lucid – Get Lost In the Music (2021)
Teresa Suydam – Lost Bird – Lost Bird (2024)
Eric Lilley Trio – To Know Not – Swing Set (2025)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – I Saw The Light – Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Fishin’ In The Dark – Hold On (1987)
(D) Pink Fuzz – Animal (2025)

Hunter Stone – Mars – Portraits of the New/Old West, Vol. 2 (2024)
Dragondeer – New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023)
Sweet Virginia – I Don’t Know (2025)
Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene – Let’s Do This Thing – Let’s Do This Thing (2015)
Lionel Young Band – Knock These Blues Around – On Our Way to Memphis (2012)
Delta Sonics – Concrete Hotel – Concrete Hotel (2025)
(D) Summer Bedhead – Deep Breathe – The Body Needs a Break (2025)

Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille – Never Needed Me – Never Needed Me (2024)
Analog Son – Suspended Animation f. Eric Benny Bloom – Keep It Coming (2025)

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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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 Cuts – Tonight, 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 Riccio – Sweet – Whiplash (2023) #12 TOP 50
Izcalli – Waiting for Something (2024) #11 TOP 50
Gasoline Lollipops – Freedom 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 Snodgrass – Crunchin’ The Numbers – Barge At Will (2024) #9 TOP 50
The High Hawks – Somewhere 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 Isakov – Before the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023) #4 TOP 50
Cary Morin – Montana 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 Burtt – Drugstore Brand – Witness (2024) #6 TOP 50
Elektric Animals – Dreaming/Wishing (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Indie/Alternative
CITRA – Inside My Head (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Single Release of the Year
A.J. Fullerton – Sorry 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 Sweats – Heartless – South of Here (2024) #1 TOP 50
Gabriel Mervine – Bayou – See Something (2024)

CP S18 EP43 2024

Cedaredge Point late autumn. Courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK! IT’S LIVE!
The 2024 15 Annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll

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.

Five Iron Frenzy – Oh, Canada – Our Newest Album Ever! (1998)
Five Iron Frenzy – Sweet Talkin’ Woman – Quantity is Job 1, EP (1998)
(D) Zoe Stroupe – Colorado Bruise (2024)
Cary Morin – Montana Sky – Innocent Allies (2023)
Jill Sobule – Where Do I Begin – Nostalgia Kills (2018)
Sturtz – Beck and The Call – Hyacinth (2024)
Megan Burtt – Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – The Bargain (2015)
Keller Williams – Freeker By the Speaker – Laugh (2002)
Marfa – 66 (2024)
(D) Casey Russell – Hit The Ground Runnin’ – Patience (2025)
YaSi – Guilty (2021)
Kiltro – Errasuriz (radio edit) – Underbelly (2023)
Steve Kovalcheck – Game of Life (feat. Peter Sommer, Paul Romaine, Ken Walker) – Ghost Orchid (2022)

Rare Silk – New York Afternoon – New Weave (1983)
Zephyr – Mad Dog – Heartbeat (1981)
Stylez and the Blueprint – Hollywood Dreamz (2024)
Julian Fulco Perron – About Love (2023)
Wildermiss – Supermagical (2020)
The John Magnie Project – Far Country (feat. Erik Lunde) – Grocery Story (2025)
piKziL – Can’t Get Started – Songs From My 3rd Life (2016)
Yonder Mountain String Band – Criminal – The Show (2009)
White Rose Motor Oil – Werewolves in London – Pre-Owned Songs (2024)
(D) Moon Walker – Regular People (2024)
The Lumineers – Gloria – III (2019)
Daniel Rodriguez – Mixtape – Vast Nothing (2023)
Gabriel Mervine – When It’s Sleepytime Down South – Say Somethin’ (2021)

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 at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

ALL REPORTING STATIONS STATEWIDE – 73 TITLES TRACKED
*includes spins on the Colorado Playlist
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(3) 2. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(4) 3. BIG RICHARD – Town Line EP Sep-24
(D) 4. *STURTZ – Hyacinth SP Sep-24
(2) 5. PAUL DEHAVEN & PATRICK DETHLEFS – Cult Classic/Poor Me SP Oct-24