Online radio sampler highlights XCI

Saturday standouts:

KVMR (Nevada City, CA)

• Pieces Of Me-The Small Glories (Impressive vocal harmonies from Cara Luft & JD Edwards; this new song, due for release on June 28, brings to mind how some Buckingham-Nicks vocals might sound in an Old West showdown setting.)

KXCI (Tucson, AZ)

• Cows On The Hill-Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (A captivating, sorrowful waltz for guitar and violin.)

WMNF (Tampa, FL)

• Bar-B-Q-Wendy Rene (This brisk 1964 R&B tune says nothing more than it needs to say.  Rene's forthright vocals and Booker T.'s organ sell the tune.)

WORT (Madison, WI)

• Jumpin' At Mesner's-Lester Young (A percolating melody for tenor sax that shows Count Basie's influence from Young's stint with Basie's band.)

WTMD (Towson, MD)

• Country Comfort-Elton John (Appealing "no place like home" lyrics from Bernie Taupin; it's one of the highlights from the "Tumbleweed Connection" album, along with "Come Down In Time" and "Where To Now, St. Peter?")