Monday, May 15, 2017

SiriusXM highlights LXV

Standout tunes heard yesterday morning:

The Bridge
  • Finding Home-Tim Grimm And The Family Band (A moving acoustic number, with appropriately sensitive instrumentation and vocals.  I'd be curious to hear Peter Mulvey or Ellis Paul sing this.)
Classic Vinyl
  • Spirit In The Sky-Norman Greenbaum (Few songs about transitioning into the afterlife have a melody this catchy.  Oldies radio stations still play this, as a result.)
Enlighten
  • When They Ring Those Golden Bells-Kim Collingsworth (A lush piano arrangement; Collingsworth's interpretation on the piano includes many sweeping flourishes.  It could segue with Ferrante & Teicher's rendition of "Shenandoah.")
Soul Town
  • Knock On Wood-Eddie Floyd (It's no surprise that this is one of the most frequently played R&B oldies.  After all, you don't forget a hook that grabs you from the first note.  In addition, the tune is a perfect marriage of brassy instrumentation and powerful vocals.  It segues smoothly with Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour.")
The Spectrum
  • Want You Back-Haim (Although not quite on the same tier lyrically as the band's previous standouts, "Forever," "Falling," and "The Wire," it's a pleasure to hear new, catchy vocal harmonies from these three sisters.  This single is from their "Something To Tell You" release, due out July 7.)
Tom Petty Radio
  • Alone Again Or-Love (One of the most appealing, spirited odes to loneliness ever recorded and ideal for its era, the late '60s.  Calexico and UFO recorded strong covers of it.)
Watercolors
  • Under The Sun-Michael Franks (An inviting tune about the appeal of getting away from it all.)