Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Online radio sampler highlights CXVII

Six ear-catching tunes heard today:

KDUR (Durango, CO) 

  • Circles-Les Fleur de Lys (One of the early compelling examples of psychedelic garage rock from 1966...)
  • My Way, Soon-Greta Van Fleet (...and its influences, along with those of '70s arena rock, are evident in this rock-out October release.)

KUCI (Irvine, CA)

  • Let Our Love Grow Higher-Eula Cooper (Exuberant vocals, right-on-the-surface lyrics; it's some infectious 1970 R&B...)
  • Let Me Make You Happy-Billy Woods (...Ditto for this track.)

WWFM-HD2 (Trenton, NJ)

  • Good Gravy-Teddy Edwards Quartet (Edwards' smooth tenor sax intro reminded me immediately of Dizzy Gillespie's "Birks' Works."  In each case, an appealingly sly melody sustains the tune.)
  • Sunshine Follows The Rain-Yoko Miwa Trio (Perfect contemplating-life-while-staring-out-the-window jazz; an expansive, reflective piano-anchored piece.)