Six standout selections heard today:
KCPR (San Luis Obispo, CA)
- Unfold-Melody's Echo Chamber (Pleasant, laid-back guitar underscores intriguingly high-pitched vocals and honest lyrics about grappling with a breakup. My only quibble: The song ends sooner than I wish it would.)
KTSW (San Marcos, TX)
- State Lines-Kristiane (This August release sports some of 2022's catchiest driving guitar and vocals. It's one of the year's strongest indie rock tracks.)
WCLK (Atlanta, GA)
- Choices-Julie Dexter (Sound lyrics about letting your past differences with someone go, set to a soft jazz backdrop.)
- Back Home-Soul Cafe (A good midtempo jazz/funk instrumental with prominent saxophone and plenty of support from the rhythm section.)
WCRB (Boston, MA)
- Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 15 in D-flat major, Op. 28 (Paul Badura-Skoda, piano) (Badura-Skoda displays the necessary grace and delicacy during tender passages and appropriate force during turbulent ones.)
WFFR (Muskegon, MI)
- High Time We Went-Joe Cocker (I don't ordinarily hear this 1971 hit on the radio. Its propulsive, train-like rhythm reminds me somewhat of Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man" and Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood.")
