Friday and Saturday highlights:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Please Don't Ruin This For Me (Audiotree Live version)-Tennis (This sincere voice-and-guitars rendition is the best way to hear this tune. Except for the vocal octave leaps into a higher register, it could pass for a Cowboy Junkies song.)
- Steamboat-Adrianne Lenker (Endearingly honest lyrics about becoming ever so slowly more independent. Vocally, Lenker reminds me of Jesca Hoop.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Maze-Carolbeth True (True should be better known outside of St. Louis. Her piano-anchored jazz is consistently strong and welcoming.)
- Boogielastic-Joshua Redman (While the saxophone carries the melody, the keyboard underpinning is the most appealing rhythmic glue in this tune.)
- Johann Strauss: Scherz-Polka (Joke Polka), Op. 72 (The Gaudier Ensemble) (Predictably light, mirthful, and suitable merry-go-round accompaniment at a carnival.)
