POPULAR MUSIC IN COLORADO – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

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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

(D) = DEBUT IN TOP 30
(R) = REENTER TOP 30

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.

TOP 30 AUGUST 2025
(1) 1. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 2. VIVIAN OBLIVION – Animals SP Jul-25
(3) 3. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(R) 4. MARFA – Daisy SP Sep-24
(D) 5. GLAMOUR SHOT – High Tide SP May-25
(D) 6. GHOST GNOTES – how does compliments LP Apr-25
(D) 7. MON CHER – Lush SP Jun-25
(D) 8. ON THE DOT – Sea in Between LP May-25
(16) 9. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(14) 10. SOUR MAGIC – Silver Sands SP May-25
(6) 11. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(17) 12. BIG GIGANTIC – Fluorescence LP Jun-25
(R) 12. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Wildflower Lane LP Mar-25
(D) 13. RIAH – Trauma Bond LP Sep-24
(D) 14. ANALOG SON – Keep It Coming LP Jan-25
(8) 15. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
(7) 16. THE DIRTY TURKEYS – Cowboy Caravan LP Apr-25
(D) 17. RIAH – Stand By You (feat. El Javi and Dominick L. Williams) SP Jun-25
(17) 17. THE RIVER ARKANSAS – Tin Years LP Apr-25
(D) 18. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Growing Pains LP Feb-25
(D) 19. LETTUCE – Gold Tooth / Rising to the Top SP Jul-25
(D) 19. MYSTEE – Forget Me Not EP Jul-25
(18) 20. BARBARA – So This Is Living LP Mar-25
(15) 20. DELTA SONICS – Concrete Hotel LP Jan-25
(D) 21. DJ WILLIAMS – Gravity & Grace LP May-25
(5) 21. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(D) 22. AUGUSTUS – Matchbox SP Jun-25
(D) 22. BEVIN LUNA – Shimmer SP Jun-25
(R) 22. CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Lakota SP Oct-24
(D) 22. QUESO RA – Glass SP May-25
(D) 22. RAGGED UNION – Pyramid Stairs LP Jun-25

88.9 KRFC – 43 TITLES TRACKED
(9) 1. A.J. FULLERTON – Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
(1) 2. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 3. MYSTEE – Forget Me Not EP Jul-25
(5) 4. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(7) 5. CHRISTINE ALICE – Wood, Strings & Simple Things LP Feb-25
(D) 5. SIDEYEARD SANCTUARY – American Classics, Vol. II LP Jun-25

INDIE 102.3 (KVOQ) – 16 titles tracked
(1) 1. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 2. GLAMOUR SHOT – High Tide SP May-25
(D) 3. GHOST GNOTES – how does compliments LP Apr-25
(D) 4. MON CHER – Lush SP Jun-25
(D) 4. VIVIAN OBLIVION – Animals SP Jul-25

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND (KJAC) – 38 titles tracked
(1) 1. BARBARA – So This Is Living LP Mar-25
(2) 1.CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Lakota SP Oct-24
(1) 1. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(R) 1. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(1) 1. QUESO RA – Glass SP May-25
(2) 1. SOUR MAGIC – The Hive LP May-25

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – 46 titles tracked
(1) 1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Let’s Party About It LP Mar-25
(3) 2. the LUMINEERS – Automatic LP Jan-25
(R) 2. STILL HOUSE STRING BAND – Still House String Band EP Feb-25
(2) 2. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
(7) 3. DAVID STARR – Must Be Blue LP Feb-25
(D) 3. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – XXV LP Jun-25

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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).

SURVEY PERIOD OCT 27-NOV 30 2028 2024

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

TOP 30 NOV 2024

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(8) 2. BIG RICHARD BAND – Town Line EP (Sep-24)
(D) 3. PAUL DEHAVEN & PATRICK DETHLEFS – Cult Classic/Poor Me SP Oct-24
(D) 3. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 4. DECA & DEALZ – Bough LP Oct-24
(2) 5. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(16) 6. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 7. ERIK LUNDE & SWEET VIRGINIA – Gospels, Hymns & Spirituals LP Jul-24
(D) 8. GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(D) 9. MAY BE FERN – Blood Beach SP Oct-24
(D) 10. JEFF FINLIN – Myth of the Giver LP May-24
(D) 11. NO FAUNA – fall EP Nov-24
(R) 11. SLOW CAVES – Tension EP Feb-24
(R) 11. THE PATTI FIASCO – Ouroboros EP May-24
(D) 12. SUGAR NOVA – Cool Me Down (feat. G Love & Special Sauce) SP Jul-24
(11) 13. DRAGONDEER – Jolee SP Sep-24
(D) 13. JAGUAR STEVENS – Pink Hypnotic SP Sep-24
(D) 13. STURTZ – Hyacinth LP Sep-24
(13) 13. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(D) 14. EVA ROSE KING – After Tale SP Sep-24
(D) 14. THE JOHN MAGNIE PROJECT – Grocery Story LP Oct-24
(10) 15. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Like Lightning SP Jul-24
(D) 16. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Undercover, Vol. 3 LP Oct-24
(20) 17. MILQUETOAST & CO – One for Me SP Apr-24
(D) 18. MAX MACKEY – Eyes On the Road LP Oct-24
(R) 19. JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP Mar-24
(18) 19. JON SNODGRASS – Barge At Will LP Apr-24
(D) 20. BARBARA – For Good Measure SP Jun-24
(R) 20. DOLLHOUSE THIEVES – Coffee and Beer SP Jun-24
(D) 20. piKziL – Along the Dark Horizon SP Sep-24
(D) 20. THE FRETLINERS – Three of a Kind EP May-24

88.9 KRFC – NOV

(1) MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(3) JEFF FINLIN – Myth of the Giver LP May-24
(2) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(R) THE PATTI FIASCO – Ouroboros EP May-24
(R) MIKE FINDERS AND SPIDERCAT – Breaking Like A New Day LP Jun-24

INDIE 102.3-NOV

(1) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) BIG RICHARD BAND – Town Line EP (Sep-24)
(D) PAUL DEHAVEN & PATRICK DETHLEFS – Cult Classic/Poor Me SP Oct-24
(D) DECA & DEALZ – Bough LP Oct-24
(D) MAY BE FERN – Blood Beach SP Oct-24

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – NOV

(1) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(2) A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) BARBARA – For Good Measure SP Jun-24
(D) piKziL – Along the Dark Horizon SP Sep-24
(D) THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF

(4) YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(1) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(1) NATHANIEL RATELIFF – Don’t Come Around Here No More SP Sep-24
(R) MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24

TOP 10 TITLES STATEWIDE Q4 2024

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) 2. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(2) 3. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(D) 4. BIG RICHARD BAND – Town Line EP (Sep-24)
(D) 5. 2MX2 – El Desmadre SP Nov-24
(D) 5. KILTRO – Kiltro SP Aug-24
(D) 6. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(D) 7. CHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS – 40: Blues with Horns Vol. 2 LP Apr-24
(3) 8. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP Nov-23
(D) 9. JEFF CRAMER – Forever Morning LP Aug-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 offers search functions to track airplay on over 300 stations and programs around the country.

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