An eclectic selection of tunes I've heard today:
KEXP (Seattle, WA)
- Long Way Home-Durand Jones & The Indications (Lyrically, this is a relatively sunny way of accepting one's fate, even when it isn't what you would have chosen.)
- The Last Exit-Still Corners (The ethereal, fuzzy-sounding vocals on this new release drew me in.)
KYXY (San Diego, CA)
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas-Perry Como (Now through the end of November is the most appropriate time to listen to a voice of authority observing the recent signs of seasonal decor. I wish I'd thought to play this when I was driving around looking at decorated houses Tuesday night.)
WOMM (Burlington, VT)
- In Between-Thea Wren (Wren's confident vocals mesh well with a confident-sounding combo that falls somewhere between jazz and blues. I like the old soul sound of this release from late last year.)
WRTI-HD2 (Philadelphia, PA)
- Once I Walked In The Sun-Jane Monheit (It's interesting to hear Monheit's powerful voice with Brazilian-style guitar underscoring. Also recommend, if you're feeling up for some epic grandeur: "Comecar De Novo.")
- It Could Happen To You-Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Great interplay between tenor sax, piano, and bass.)
WXYC (Chapel Hill, NC)
- Back Home Again-John Denver (Few singers could match Denver when it comes to sincere vocal delivery. Lyrically and melodically, this 1974 hit sounds like a precursor to me of a hit he had the following year, "I'm Sorry.")
