KDHX 88.1 FM
- A Little More Love-Juliana Hatfield (Back in 1992, when I was playing Hatfield's music on KCOU, I never imagined she'd release an album of Olivia Newton-John covers. She did, however, in April, and it suits her vocal range well. Unfortunately, "A Little More Love" didn't usually receive radio airplay here after it dropped off the charts. Hatfield sings one of Newton-John's stronger hits with appropriate resolve, and the crunchy guitar underpinning makes it sound as if Hatfield wrote it. Also recommended: "Have You Never Been Mellow" and "Magic.")
- Live Right Now-Eddie Harris (Some of the coolest interplay between saxophone and piano; it works as an expansive seven-minute groove and almost as well as a condensed 45.)
- Cerebral Thoughts-Cyrus Chestnut (The "Follow the leader. He's on a Honda," jingle came to mind as I listened. If that jingle had been played on piano and vibes like this, I might have considered getting a motorcycle.)
- Matteo-Basia (This track from Basia's May release, "Butterflies," segues well with her own "Astrud.")
- Blessed And Highly Favored-The Clark Sisters (The precision of the phrasing, "blessed and highly favored," coupled with the refrain of faith seeing a person through difficult times, drew me in. Thematically, it would be interesting to hear a noncommercial freeform station play Ebba Forsberg's "Carried" before this.)
- Same Ole Love-Anita Baker (Thanks largely to its memorable sing-along chorus, this is, in my view, one of Baker's best songs.)
