Seven of the better tunes I've heard today:
KCOU (Columbia, MO)
- Every Day Is Blue-Maida Rose (Sometimes, one needs to be insular. That's just part of being human.)
- It Feels Like I Start Over Again-Faience Knife (The spacey instrumentation and echo on the vocals serves these lyrics about a clean slate well.)
- Working For The Knife-Mitski (A lyrically brave admission that when it comes to a career, most of us don't get to live our dreams.)
KNTU (Denton, TX)
- I Concentrate On You-Nicole Glover (Glover carries the melody on saxophone in this classy rendition of a Cole Porter tune.)
- Westwood Walk-The Clarinet Choir Of Clare Fischer (Simply put, this swings. The blending of old school and contemporary approaches works well. I liked the warm clarinet tone immediately and the prominent placement of bass in the mix.)
KOKO (Fresno, CA)
- Never Knew Love Like This Before-Stephanie Mills (Today's pop music scene could use more of this lyrical and vocal 1980 starry-eyed optimism.)
- Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me-Gladys Knight & The Pips (Lyrically, this is a sound way of taking stock of one's life and acknowledging that the positives outweigh the negatives. This was a deservedly big hit in 1974.)
