#COMUSIC TOP 20 DEC 2023

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 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 2022. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2023 (twelve months).

KAFMKBUTKCSUKDNKKDURKFFRKOTOKSJDKSUTKRFCKRZA and KVNF are surveyed via Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay on over three hundred stations and programs around the country.

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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

117 TITLES TRACKED at least one spin on one station in December 2023.

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (May-23)
(D) 2. CALVIN LOCKLEARNo Particular Plan EP (Nov-23)
(4) 3. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 4. ESME PATTERSONNotes From Nowhere LP (Jul-23)
(D) 5. IN THE TEETH You’ve Done Enough LP (Nov-23)
(D) 5. INTHEWHALEChosen At Random LP (Oct-23)
(D) 6. KISSING PARTY Graceless LP (Nov-23)
(D) 7. DETH RALI Ruby’s Castle Island SP (Sep-23)
(1) 8. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – All Out of Angels LP (Sep-23)**
(13) 9. BONNIE & TAYLOR SIMS – Bonnie & Taylor Sims LP (Jun-23)
(11) 10. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23) **
(3) 11. ALYSIA KRAFT – Electric Blooms EP (Jun-23)
(D) 11. BRYCE MENCHACASalt EP (Aug-23)
(D) 12. COVENHOVEN Staring at the Sun SP (Nov-23)
(R) 12. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATSWhat If I EP (May-23)
(D) 12. WOOD BELLY Cicada LP (Jul-23)
(R) 13. LAST CALL ROMANCE Double Funeral, VOL 2 LP (Apr-23) **
(D) 13. SERPENTINEReal SP (Oct-23)
(D) 13. SOUTH OF FRANCELeave Me Later (CRL CRRL Remix) SP (Nov-23)
(D) 14. BRūHA Ruined SP (Jun-23)
(D) 14. mon cher sweet & heady SP (Apr-23)
(D) 14. SERPENTINE Black Diamond SP (Aug-23)

CP S18 BEST OF 2023

MONDAY JAN 01, 2023 – HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

2023 BEST OF THE COLORADO PLAYLIST HIGHLIGHTS
2023 FAN/LISTENER FAVORITES OF THE YEAR
2023 TOP 50 COLORADO AIRPLAY


EuforquestraArizona to Georgia – While We Still Got Time (2022)
-#5 TOP 50
Alysia KraftHamilton Pool – First Light (2022)
-#6 TOP 50
Julian Fulco PerronAll the Lights (2023)
-#34 TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite He/His/Male Vocal Performance
-Fan/Listener Favorite Single (SP) Release
Dragondeer New Dawn Get Down – Across The Waves (2023) **
-#11 TOP 50
Jesus Christ Taxi DriverDiabolical Catholic – Lick My Soul (2023)
-#22 TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite Alternative (ROCK) Song

Cody Qualls, Hazel Miller and Josh Blackburn Colorado (Save A Place for Us) (2023)
-Fan/Listener Favorite Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Buy My Round – What If I EP (2023)
-#10 TOP 50
Since JulEYE x Lightbrush On the Scene (feat. Eric Benny Bloom) (2023)
-Fan/Listener Favorite EDM
Roger GreenEnter As You Leave – Enter As You Leave (2023)
-Colorado Playlist Legacy Artist (tied)
*Vivian Fade Into You (radio edit) (2023)
-Fan/Listener Favorite Cover/Remake
iZCalli One Last Time (2023)
-#1 Single (SP) Release
Brothers Keeper He Left You (f. John Popper) (2023)
-#2 Single (SP) Release
Matt SkellengerThe Lion’s Tooth – Subspace Transmission (2023)
-#1 Colorado Airplay Jazz Release

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Julian Fulco PerronNot So Fast – In My Garden (2023)
-#12 TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite Album of the Year

2MX2 Arriba y Abajo (2023)
-Fan/Listener Favorite Non-English Vocals
White Rose Motor OilAin’t No Saint – The Gift Of Poison (2023)
-#26 TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite Americana / Alt-Country

Alysia KraftElectric Blooms (2023)
-#8 TOP 50
-FAN/LISTENER FAVORITE POP & ROCK

The BurroughsFound My Groove – Honey Imastar (2023)
-#7 TOP 50
VOLORES All That We Could Need – Ages (2023)
-#5t TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite Debut/Emerging Artist
-Fan/Listener Favorite She/Her/Female Vocal Performance

Bryce Menchaca Flower Painted Black – Salt (2023)
-COLORADO PLAYLIST EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Andy Monley & the High Horses Drag Me To Hell – Totem (2023)
-Colorado Playlist Legacy Artist (tied)
Leftover SalmonBlue Railroad Train (feat. Billy Strings) – Grass Roots (2023)
-#4 TOP 50
Daniel RodriguezMixtape – Vast Nothing (2023)
-#3 TOP 50
Kiltro All The Time in the World – Underbelly (2023)
-#2 TOP 50
Gregory Alan IsakovThe Fall – Appaloosa Bones (2023)
-#1 TOP 50
-Fan/Listener Favorite Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song

BTTRFLY QuintetTijuca – Coast (2023)
-Colorado Playlist Album of the Year (Jazz)

CP S17 EP46 2023

Photo courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY DEC 18, 2023. This is the last NEW episode of the CP for 2023. Here is the running schedule for the next couple of weeks.

ENCORE SHOWS DEC 23, 26-29 2023 
XMAS SPECIAL Sun DEC 24-DEC 25
BEST OF 2023 DEC 30 2023 – JAN 05 2024
CP S18 EP01 JAN 06-12 2024

You only have until 11:59PM MST DEC 20 (three days from today) to get your votes in for the 14th Fan/Listener Poll. 

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

The Monday Morning Music Meeting is 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.

NOTE: I said “2023” when I meant “2013” for Judy Collins induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
Judy CollinsSomeday Soon – Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1969)
Judy Collins When I Was A Girl In Colorado – Spellbound (2022)
(D) Andy EpplerYou and Me Now (2024)
Erik Lunde Steel Militia – Water From The Stone (2022)
The String Cheese IncidentOne More Time – Lend Me A Hand (2023)
Patti FiascoShake – Small Town Lights (2013)
Yonder Mountain String BandOut of the Blue – The Show (2009)
The Desert FursExisting Just For Fun (2023)
(D) Angie Stevens & The Beautiful WreckNorth Star (2024)
Speakeasy Tiger Awake – The Public (2009)
GRIZ x CloZee Color Of Your Soul (2022)
The Motet Back Seat – All Day (2023)

Earth, Wind & Fire Devotion – Open Our Eyes (1974)
Philip Bailey We’re A Winner feat. Bilal – Love Will Find A Way (2019)
(D) Bobby GuardBury Me – Horror Movies (2024)

Gasoline Lollipops Devil’s In the Ace – Nightmares (2022)
Heavy Diamond Ring When You’re Away (feat. Nathaniel Rateliff) – All Out of Angels (2023)
DeVotchKa 100 Other Lovers – 100 Lovers (2011)
The Still TideChange of Address – Between Skies (2019)
In Plain AirA View From the End Of A Dream (2023)
(D) Teresa SuydamGood Condition (2024)

The Fray How to Save A Life – How to Save A Life (2005)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters Thumbelina (2022)
Annie Booth SextetFool’s Gold – Alpenglow (2022)

#COMUSIC TOP SPINS WEEK DEC 10-16 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist105.5 The Colorado SoundIndie 102.388.9 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.

72 titles tracked week 12/10-12/16 2023

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = NOT LIVING IN COLORADO, but counted as long as they were born and/or raised here, or 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

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones  LP (Apr-23)
(R) 2. DRAGONDEER Across the Waves LP (Jun-23)**
(5) 3. CALVIN LOCKLEAR – No Particular Plan EP (Nov-23)
(D) 3. CITRA Inside My Head SP (Nov-23)
(5) 4. ESME PATTERSON – Notes From Nowhere LP (Jul-23)
(R) 4. HEAVY DIAMOND RING All Out of Angels LP (Sep-23)**

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