#COMUSIC TOP 30 DECEMBER 2024

Please Help Fund the 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).

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.

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 DECEMBER. You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

SURVEY PERIOD DEC 01-DEC 28 2024

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(3) 2. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(8) 3. GRANT SABIN – Work LP Aug-24
(D) 4. BEVIN LUNAJust Movin’ SP Dec-24
(D) 5. MARFA Daisy/”66″ SP Nov-24
(D) 5. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS Do You Still Love Me? LP Nov-24
(D) 6. TERESA SUYDAM Lost Bird LP Jan-24
(D) 7. MADDY O’NEAL Vital Signs LP Oct-24
(D) 8. STRANGE AMERICANS Done With It All SP Nov-24
(D) 9. THE CROOKED RUGSHear & Now LP Oct-24
(6) 10. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP Mar-24
(5) 10. MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(D) 11. ANDREW VOGTOptimistic Infinity House LP Jul-24
(D) 12. JEREMY DION Bend in the Middle LP Oct-24
(D) 13. BIG DOPES Draggin’ This On SP Dec-24
(R) 13. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS A Bear and The Bull EP Mar-24
(R) 14. CLAIRE HEYWOOD Water Is All I See LP Jul-24
(14) 14.EVA ROSE KING – After Tale SP Sep-24
(R) 15. VALDEZ Las Animas LP Jul-24
(R) 16. CHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS 40: Blues with Horns Vol. II LP Apr-24
(13) 16. THE VELVETEERS – A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(10) 17. JEFF FINLIN – Myth of the Giver LP May-24
(19) 18. JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP Mar-24
(R) 18. THE MOTET Love Time LP Mar-24
(D) 19. CASEY RUSSELLPatience LP Sep-24
(13) 19. DRAGONDEER – Jolee SP Sep-24
(R) 19. SAINT SOMEBODY Saint Somebody LP Feb-24
(11) 19. SLOW CAVES – Tension EP Feb-24
(D) 19. STAY TUNEDParts Unknown SP Nov-24
(14) 19. THE JOHN MAGNIE PROJECT – Grocery Story LP Oct-24
(11) 19. THE PATTI FIASCO – Ouroboros EP May-24

88.9 KRFC – 37 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. THE CROOKED RUGSHear & Now LP Oct-24
(2) 2. JEFF FINLINMyth of the Giver LP May-24
(1) 2. MEGAN BURTT Witness LP May-24
(D) 3. GRANT SABIN Work LP Aug-24
(R) 4. ERIK LUNDE & SWEET VIRGINIA Gospels, Hymns & Spirituals SP Jul-24

INDIE 102.3 – 8 TITLES TRACKED
(D) 1. MARFA Daisy/”66″ SP Nov-24
(D) 2. TERESA SUYDAMLost Bird LP Nov-24
(D) 3. PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS Do You Still Love Me? LP Nov-24
(D) 4. MADDY O’NEAL Vital Signs LP Oct-24
(D) 5. STRANGE AMERICANSDone With It All SP Nov-24

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND – 40 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATSSouth of Here LP Apr-24
(5) 2. THE VELVETEERS A Million Knives LP Oct-24
(R) 3. THE DOLLHOUSE THIEVES Coffee and Beer SP Jun-24
(R) 3. KID ASTRONAUTForget Me Not SP Jun-24
(R) 4. A SHORELINE DREAM Whitelined LP Jul-24

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – 29 TITLES TRACKED
(1) 1. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Nowhere Next LP Sep-24
(3) 2. GRANT SABINWork LP Aug-24
(2) 3. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATSSouth of Here LP Apr-24
(R) 4. JAKE LEGHave Mercy SP Apr-24
(R) 5. CHRIS DANIELS AND THE KINGS 40 Blues with Horns Vol. II LP Apr-24
(R) 5. HIGH LONESOMEOld Familiar Song SP Oct-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.

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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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Please Help Fund the Colorado Playlist

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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 CutsTonight, 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 RiccioSweet – Whiplash (2023) #12 TOP 50
Izcalli Waiting for Something (2024) #11 TOP 50
Gasoline LollipopsFreedom 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 SnodgrassCrunchin’ The Numbers – Barge At Will (2024) #9 TOP 50
The High HawksSomewhere 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 IsakovBefore the Sun – Appaloosa Bones (2023) #4 TOP 50
Cary MorinMontana 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 BurttDrugstore Brand – Witness (2024) #6 TOP 50
Elektric AnimalsDreaming/Wishing (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Song – Indie/Alternative
CITRA Inside My Head (2024) – Fan/Listener Favorite Single Release of the Year
A.J. FullertonSorry 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 SweatsHeartless – South of Here (2024) #1 TOP 50
Gabriel MervineBayou – See Something (2024)

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CP S18 EP46 2024

GET YOUR VOTES IN! POLLS CLOSE DEC 20.
The 2024 15 Annual Colorado Playlist Fan & Listener Poll

A holly-daze favor please … I don’t usually do fund raisers for the Colorado Playlist .. but it’s not free to keep going, and I’m mostly retired now, so the costs are really eating into my retirement money. I’m happy to accept donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 OR use the form at the bottom of this page.

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.

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Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene Dream of Christmas Day – It’s a Crime Scene Christmas! (2015)
Freddi Henchi Band Let It Snow – A FlatIron Holiday (2001)
(D) Jeremy Dion Lovin’ Our Friends – Bend in the Middle (2024)
Danno Simpson Pills and Motorhead (2023)
Sweet VirginiaLeaving Again – Leaving Again (2022)
Paul DeHaven, Patrick Dethlefs Cult Classic – Essential Poems (2024)
Wellington BullingsFlame (2022)
The Wendy Woo TrioI Don’t Know – Luxury (2007)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Call Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
(D) Sugar NovaBeauty of Empty Space (2025)
Heavy Diamond RingFriday Night – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
The String Cheese Incident Lend Me A Hand – Lend Me A Hand (2023)
Adam Bodine TrioNightcaps – Up ‘N Hear (2011)

Cabaret DiosaMerry Mambo Christmas – A FlatIron Holiday (2001)
OneRepublicChristmas Without You (2011)
(N) Casey Russell Patience – Patience (2025)
Head for the Hills Nothing But the Blues – Turn the Time EP (2023)
Julian Fulco PerronYou Can’t Stop A Dreamer – Dreamland (2020)
Jack Hadley I’m Coming Home – the St. Louis Sessions Volume II (2024)
The Still TideHigh Wire – Run Out (2017)
Gabrielle Louise House Of Cards (Radio Edit) – The Unending Alteration Of The Human Heart (2020)
Claire HeywoodAlone Woman – Water is All I See (2024)
(N) Jeremy DionAll I See Is You – Bend in the Middle (2025)
Blue MesaStraight Thru Me (2020)
Andy Frasco & the U.N.You Do You (2023)
Andrew Vogt Behave – Optimistic Infinity House (2024)

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) …

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