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- L.A. Woman-Gumbohead (A clever idea for a cover: Take a well-known Doors tune, have L.A. stand for Louisiana instead of Los Angeles, and stay true to the song's spirit in the vocals while underscoring them with zydeco accordion.)
- Hero In Disguise-Erin Bode (I was glad to hear an interview with Bode in advance of her 2016 CD, "Here And Now,"'s release on vinyl. Bode has sung this peppy, uplifting tune in concert for the last several years, so I was pleased to learn that it's a bonus track on the LP.)
- Square Biz-Teena Marie (I hadn't heard this 1981 dance track, with its fully committed vocals and precisely right amount of bass underpinning, in years. The first half of the tune has aged better than the second half, but it's still a fun listen after all this time.)
- Bury A Friend-Billie Eilish (One of 2019's more attention-getting tunes so far. The dark lyrics, with the memorable refrain, "I wanna end me," mesh well with Eilish's low-pitched vocals and a melody that skips along incongruously but appropriately. Some reviewers have taken Eilish to task for the song's auto-tuned vocals, but they're fitting, in my view, for the song's deliberately cold outlook.)
- Josef Suk: Fantastic Scherzo (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor) (A buoyant waltz gives way to a dramatic steeplechase, leading to a satisfying conclusion.)
