FM dial scan highlights XCIX

Seven of the best tunes I've heard since my last FM dial scan highlights post in June:

KDHX 88.1 FM

• Have Faith-Sloan (One of 2018's stronger tunes; pairing encouraging lyrics for someone going through a rough time with a melody similar to Tom Petty's "A Higher Place" is a winning formula.)
• Come Cryin' To Me-The Jayhawks (Karen Grotberg's vocals on this new track remind me a lot of Aimee Mann.)

WSIE 88.7 FM

• The Look Of Love-Gabriel Espinosa featuring Tierney Sutton (When I think of this song, it's usually in its Diana Krall or Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 incarnations.  It still sounds sultry when Sutton sings it at a faster-than-usual tempo.)
• Smilessence-The Reggie Pittman & Loren Daniels Quartet (How the Beatles tune, "You Never Give Me Your Money," would sound as a trumpet-led, tropical fiesta instrumental.)

KWMU 90.7 FM

• Lu's Blues-Gene Harris (Excellent slow instrumental blues, with a great refrain and stride piano tremolo; the Ray Charles rendition of "Black Coffee" would sound appropriate before or after this.)

KSHE 94.7 FM

• One Fine Morning-Lighthouse (I heard "American Top 40"'s Casey Kasem refer accurately to this tune's "great driving sound."  If you're a longtime St. Louis native, you might remember it as the "K-S-H-E News" theme.)
• Portrait (He Knew)-Kansas (Lyrically, this is not only a fitting tribute to Albert Einstein but a realization of how much the world loses when a genius dies.)