'40s Junction
- St. Louis Blues March-Glenn Miller AAF Band (Grand, stately, and not just for hockey games.)
- Manhattan Spiritual-Reg Owen (This recording is from 1959, but if I didn't know that, I would have thought it was from the '40s. This is a memorable dance hook, carried off impressively in big band style.)
- I'm Looking Through You-The Beatles (One of the catchiest tracks from the "Rubber Soul" album, in my opinion. Lyrically, it's one of the best, most concise ways I've heard of conveying that you're disenchanted with someone.)
- Goodbye, Lianne-Gina Clowes (Fine fiddling and banjo picking in this tune that could segue with "Jefferson" by Sara Watkins.)
- Rattlesnake-Tony Rice (Seemingly, part Bela Fleck, part Cetlic waltz.)
- Squonk-Genesis (If there were any doubts that Phil Collins could handle lead vocals after Peter Gabriel's departure, this track, along with the rest of the album, "A Trick Of The Tail," should have put those concerns to rest.)
- Strawberry Letter 23-Shuggie Otis (The original version of the song most listeners know as a hit for The Brothers Johnson; a slightly subtler but no less effective take on an unusually structured set of lyrics.)
- Pasando El Tiempo-Wayne Wallace (Appealing Latin jazz that simmers; a well-blended combination of trombone, flute, keyboard, and percussion.)
- Fade Into You-Mazzy Star (Subtle indie rock with a waltz-like tempo and a fuzzy guitar sound that holds up.)
- Felix Mendelssohn: Overture For Wind Instruments in C major, Op. 24 (London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado, conductor) (A subtle opening transitions gracefully into an energetic steeplechase.)
