Colorado Playlist

Colorado Playlist Heard on 30 FM and LPFM frequencies throughout Colorado since 2006. Host Chris K., aka “goat,” is no stranger to Colorado music and radio.

He has been on the air in Northern Colorado off and on since 1978, with on-air stints at KPAW (classic rock), KGLL (country), KCSU (public radio, Americana, rock & jazz shows), KSQI (AOR & AAA), KIMN (CHR / Hot AC), KUAD (Top 40 / AC), 105.5 The Colorado Sound and more. full bio at www.coloradoplaylist.com

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07/21/2025

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison (pre-fire), courtesy Clear Vistas Photography The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western…

07/20/2025

IT'S SUNDAY! HERE ARE THE HOT SPINS WK END JULY 20 2025

88.9 KRFC - 17 titles tracked
1. Sweet Virginia - I Don't Know / Redman / Mr Wright SP Jun-25
2. THE GROCERY STORY - Situation on Isle #3 LP Oct-24
3. Christine Alice - Wood, Strings & Simple Things LP Feb-25
3. Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25

INDIE 102.3 - 8 titles tracked
1. Holographic American - The Grace of Animals LP Oct-24
2. The Lumineers - Automatic LP Jan-25
3. POVI - Ritual SP Apr-25
4. The Velveteers - A Million Knives LP Oct-24

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND - 30 titles tracked
1. Cherokee Social - Lakota SP Oct-24
1. HAWTHORNE EXPERIENCE - In2 SP Apr-25
1. Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille - Never Needed Me LP Oct-24

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF - 14 titles tracked
1. Leftover Salmon - Let's Party About It LP Mar-25
1. Stillhouse Junkies - The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
3. The Lumineers - Automatic LP Jan-25
4. A.J. Fullerton - Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
4. Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore - Lost In the Crowd LP May-25

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE including spins on the Colorado Playlist - 64 titles tracked
(1) 1. Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
(D) 2. Sweet Virginia - I Don't Know / Redman / Mr Wright SP Jun-25
(1) 3. The Lumineers - Automatic LP Jan-25
(D) 3. Stillhouse Junkies - The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
(R) 4. THE DIRTY TURKEYS - Cowboy Caravan LP Apr-25

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Adam BodineAJ FullertonAllegeonAnalog SonAndy Frasco & the U.N.Aubrey DaleAugustusBallpark!BarbaraBarlow, theBen GarciaB...
07/18/2025

Adam Bodine
AJ Fullerton
Allegeon
Analog Son
Andy Frasco & the U.N.
Aubrey Dale
Augustus
Ballpark!
Barbara
Barlow, the
Ben Garcia
Ben Markley
Bevin Luna
Big Gigantic
Big Richard
Big Samir, South of France
Bill Frisell w/Dale Bruning, Tim O'Brien and Nick Forster
Bison Bone
Brendan Forrest
Burroughs, the
Buudrow
Cherokee Social
Chris Stake
CITRA
Clay Street Unit
CloZee, LSDREAM, Roniit
Cody Sisters, the
Cole Schiefele
Copper Children, the
Covenhoven
Creek
DAFNA
Daniel Rodriguez
Danno Simpson
David Starr
Deva Yoder
DJ Williams
Drunken Hearts
Eric Lilley Trio
Gasoline Lollipops
Greensky Bluegrass
Gregory Alan Isakov
Griz
HAVOK
Heavy Diamond Ring
High Country Hustle
HRZN
Hugh Phillips
Hunter James and the Titanic
Ian Janco
Infamous Stringdusters
Kayla Rae
Kyle Hollingsworth
Lane 8
Leashy
Leftover Salmon
Lo**ta
Lumineers
LVDY, Noah Proudfoot
Mandy Harvey
Manic Focus
Marfa
Mersiv
Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds
Moon Honey
Moonpool
Nathaniel Rateliff
Nathaniel Riley
Patrick Dethlefs
Pink Lady Monster
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Ramakhndra
River Arkansas, The
Rob Drabkin
Rodney Rice
Rubedo, Tom Hagerman
Said the Sky
Sideyard Sanctuary
Sour Magic
Squeaky Feet
Stillhouse Junkies
Sugar Nova
Sun Way Street
Sunsquabi
Sweet Virginia
Tantok
Taylor Scott Band
Tejon Street Corner Thieves
Tennis
The Fray
The Grocery Story
Trevor Hall
Velveteers, The
Waiting Til Three
Wheelchair Sportscamp
White Rose Motor Oil
YaSi
Yonder Mountain String Band
Zoe Berman

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WOW .. lots of new music got added to COLORADO 2025 this week.  Remember, it's capped at 100, so for every new song I ad...
07/18/2025

WOW .. lots of new music got added to COLORADO 2025 this week. Remember, it's capped at 100, so for every new song I added this week, one came off the playlist. Check out the new ones from
Tennis, Gasoline Lollipops, Waiting Til Three, Pink Lady Monster, Moon Honey, The Fray, Bill Frisell + Tim O'brien, Dale Bruning and Nick Forster, Big Samir + South of France, Sweet Virginia

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07/18/2025

HEY gang! I'm about to leave for a week in MT and WY and wanted to update you on upcoming shows.

JULY 19-25 CP S19 EP28 JULY 19-25 2025 (lineup below)
JULY 26-AUGUST 01 = Colorado 1955-1969 and Colorado in the 70s

Please listen wherever you are --- either on the air and/or online at your local community public radio station. And please, please, please, show your support. Become a monthly subscriber. I know I ask you all the time, but we're in real trouble and need the community's support. Without you, we really are nothing.

Thank you with love,
chrisk/goat

CP S19 EP28 JULY 19-25 2025
HOUR 1
Big Head Todd and the Monsters 2024
Cary Morin 2020
Dragondeer 2024
Elektric Animals 2020
(D) Eli Rey 2025
Ellyn Rucker 2003
Heavy Diamond Ring 2021
Hunter James and the Titanic 2025
Mollie O'Brien 1998
The Motet 2024
Otis Taylor 2000
The Samples 2004
(NT) Stillhouse Junkies 2025

HOUR 2
2MX2 2024
The Apples In Stereo 1999
The Dirty Turkeys 2025
Fast Eddy 2022
Five Iron Frenzy 1997
Foxfeather 2021
(NT) Gasoline Lollipops 2025
Keith Oxman 2017
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 2024
The Still Tide 2019
The String Cheese Incident 2014
(D) Sweet Virginia 2025
Zoe Berman 2025

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07/17/2025

PLEASE SUPPORT COMMUNITY POWERED, MEMBER SUPPORTED RADIO IN OUR STATE. No bu****it .. we need your help now, MORE THAN EVER since public radio was created in 1967.

We don't know what's about to happen over the next two years. But one thing is absolutely certain - there will massive changes in what we hear, and where it comes from.

We cannot afford to lose local non-profit, non-commercial radio, and the support our locally based musicians receive.

Aspen Public Radio
KAFM Community Radio
KBUT Community Radio
KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio
KFFR 88.3 FM
KGNU Community Radio
KHEN LP 106.9 FM Salida, Colorado
KLZR 91.7 FM
KOTO Community Radio Telluride
KRFC 88.9 FM
KRZA Community Radio
KSJD Radio
KSUT
KUNC 91.5fm
KUVO Jazz
KVNF Mountain Grown Public Radio
Indie1023
105.5 The Colorado Sound
and all of those I may have missed in our state, whose operations are reliant on CPB funding.

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07/15/2025

Black Canyon of the Gunnison, courtesy Clear Vistas Photography The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music communit…

MONDAY FUNDAY --- or was that SUNDAY FUNDAY?  Hmmm.. either way .. HAPPY MONDAY .. the Monday Morning Music Meeting help...
07/14/2025

MONDAY FUNDAY --- or was that SUNDAY FUNDAY? Hmmm.. either way .. HAPPY MONDAY .. the Monday Morning Music Meeting helps determine which new songs stick around for future airplay. Your vote matters .. MMMM = Patrick Dethlefs, Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds, Kyle Hollingsworth and Big Gigantic ... some of the best in Colorado music .. let us know what you think.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison, courtesy Clear Vistas Photography The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, serving the western slope music communit…

07/13/2025

It's SUNDAY JULY 13... HOT SPINS for the week thanks to support from Spinitron ...

88.9 KRFC - 26 titles tracked
1. Ash Redhorse & The Midnight Suns - Songs of Sirens LP Apr-25
2. Leftover Salmon - Let's Party About It LP Mar-25
3. Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
4. Dead Pioneers - PO$T AMERICAN SP Jan-25
5. DJ Williams - Gravity & Grace LP May-25
5. LEASHY - Pump the Bellows SP May-25
5. Sweet Virginia - I Don't Know SP Jun-25

INDIE 102.3 - 8 titles tracked
1. Holographic American - The Grace of Animals LP Oct-24
2. The Lumineers - Automatic LP Jan-25
3. POVI - Ritual SP Apr-25
4. The Velveteers - A Million Knives LP Oct-24

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND - 30 titles tracked
TOP 15
Animal Future - Cluster F #@% SP Jan-25
Ballparktheband - Loose Screw SP Mar-25
Bevin Luna - Shimmer SP Jun-25
Bison Bone - Lean EP Apr-25
THE DIRTY TURKEYS - Cowboy Caravan LP Apr-25
FLUTTER - Standing On A Corner SP Apr-25
Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
Heavy Diamond Ring - Wildflower Lane LP Mar-25
Juniper Blue - Stick Around / The River SP Apr-25
Los Toms - Tube Theory LP Oct-24
N3ptune - WMD SP Feb-25
Nathaniel Riley - Hands SP Apr-25
Replica - Olvidar SP Apr-25
SMEAR - Mvee SP Apr-25
Sour Magic - Silver Sands SP May-25

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF - 26 titles tracked
1. Stillhouse Junkies - The Ballad of Charlie Avalon LP Mar-25
2. Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
3. A.J. Fullerton - Magnetic Light LP Feb-25
3. Leftover Salmon - Let's Party About It LP Mar-25

ALL STATIONS STATEWIDE including spins on the Colorado Playlist - 75 titles tracked
1. Gasoline Lollipops - Kill the Architect LP Mar-25
1. Kyle Hollingsworth - All We Are SP Jun-25
1. The Lumineers - Automatic LP Jan-25
2. Big Gigantic - Fluorescence LP Jun-25
2. Holographic American - The Grace of Animals LP Oct-24
2. Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille - Never Needed Me LP Oct-24
2. Taylor Shae - American Dream SP May-25
2. The River Arkansas - Tin Years LP Apr-25
3. Delta Sonics - Concrete Hotel LP Jan-25

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07/10/2025

Another GREAT weekend for Colorado music is on the way .. Here's who's on CP S19 EP27 JULY 12-18 2025

HOUR 1
Andy Frasco & the U.N. 2020
Big Brooklyn 2022
Big Head Todd and the Monsters 2017
Delta Sonics Blues Band 2025
Lannie Garrett 2005
Megan Burtt 2024
(D) Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds 2025
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 2022
(D) Patrick Dethlefs 2025
Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille 2024
The Samples 1989
The Subdudes 1989
Zoe Berman 2025

HOUR 2
(D) Big Gigantic 2025
Dechen Hawk 2021
FIREFALL 1978
Gabriel Mervine 2021
Gabrielle Louise 2020
Jyemo Club 2022
(D) Kyle Hollingsworth 2025
The River Arkansas 2025
Slim Cessna's Auto Club 2008
Sugar Nova 2024
Taylor Shae 2025
Zephyr 1982

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07/08/2025
Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend.  If you missed hearing the show on the FM, you can stream it at your leisure ....
07/07/2025

Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend. If you missed hearing the show on the FM, you can stream it at your leisure .. this week's Monday Morning Music Meeting features new music from Ian Janco, Riah, Analog Son, and CITRA. SCORE their new entries. Your voice helps decide which cuts I keep around for future spins.

Lake San Cristobal, Lake City, CO. 2nd largest natural lake in Colorado. Courtesy Clear Vistas Photography. The Monday Morning Music Meeting happens courtesy of Starr’s Guitars in Cedaredge, servin…

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The Colorado Playlist is an historical Colorado radio program. It got its start as “the Colorado Sound,” on 88.9FM, KRFC Fort Collins, April 2006.

10 core broadcast stations (KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KHEN, KJAC, KLZR, KOTO, KOYC, KRFC, KSUT) air over 50 frequency-hours of programming a week, spread across 23 FM frequencies in CO, NM and UT.

Markets covered include Denver, Boulder, Crested Butte, Northern Colorado, Cheyenne, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Durango, Telluride, Vail, Summit County, Salida, Grand Junction and many others.

Host Chris K., aka “goat,” is no stranger to Colorado music and radio. Chris has been on the air in Northern Colorado off and on since 1978, with on-air stints at KPAW (classic rock), KGLL (country), KCSU (public radio, Americana, rock & jazz shows), KSQI (AOR & AAA), KIMN (CHR / Hot AC), KUAD (Top 40 / AC) and more. Chris is currently on air Saturday mornings from 6AM-12PM and Sunday evenings from 5PM-8PM at 105.5 The Colorado Sound.