KGNU (Boulder, CO)
- The Green Meadow-Raspberry Jam Band (An endearing, flute-dominated waltz.)
- Love And The Gibson Girl-Nyle Frank (An endearing, intimate piano instrumental.)
- Emily-The Mowglis (I've listened to this tune several times since hearing it last night. Its clap-along, sing-along quality lends itself easily to repeated listening. Does anyone else remember "Ashes Of My Heart" by The Bad Examples? WFXB used to play it in 1993, and I used to play it on KCOU. The Mowglis use a chord progression similar to that of "Ashes...," with tempered lyrics and sunny instrumentation.)
- Kiko And The Lavender Moon-The Ed Palermo Big Band (The Los Lobos tune, covered ably in an arrangement I wouldn't have imagined until last night.)
- Perfect Day-Duffy King (An energetic smooth jazz/traditional jazz/international/lounge guitar instrumental. I wish I would have known about this tune when I was compiling my favorite music of 2016 list.)
- Fortune Teller (Revelator)-Coco Robicheaux (A cool, self-assured spoken word piece with equally cool saxophone/rhythm section/backing vocals accompaniment. I could imagine it flowing well with War & Eric Burdon's "Spill The Wine.")
- In France They Kiss On Main Street-Joni Mitchell (This template worked well many times for Mitchell; it's easy to hear elements of "Big Yellow Taxi," "Free Man In Paris," "Help Me," and "Coyote" in this tune.)
- Just Like You-Keb' Mo' (Keb' Mo' sings some of the strongest lyrics I've heard about the common humanity we all share. This is one of his best songs, in my opinion.)
- Love's In Need Of Love Today-Joan Osborne (When looking for strong material to cover, you can't go wrong with Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" album. I can't imagine anyone improving on Wonder's original version, but Osborne's rendition has the necessary gravity and sincerity.)
- Cumberland Gap-Courtney Hartman (An appealing uptempo acoustic guitar instrumental that would segue with "In The Long Run" by The Staves. This is another 2016 track I wish I'd heard before I assembled my favorite music of the year list.)
