Five good tunes heard this morning:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- After Midnight-Phoenix ("1901" is still this band's high-water mark, in my opinion, but I like the driving energy and synthesized backing on this track.)
- Sunset-Caroline Polachek (Being able to sing this many words to this particular fast beat requires a strong sense of rhythm and breath control. Polachek pulls off both qualities impressively.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- White Christmas-Oscar Peterson ("Away In A Manger" is the most sublime track on "An Oscar Peterson Christmas," to my ears, but this is a pleasant, laid-back instrumental rendering of "White Christmas." The strings add an appealing layer of lushness.)
- White Christmas-Lee Ritenour (I've always liked Ritenour's contemplative guitar take on this. I was surprised that WSIE played two versions of this in less than 30 minutes. Nevertheless, if you're going to play two jazz renditions of "White Christmas" close together, you can't go wrong with these two.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Thinkin' On You-Courtney Marie Andrews (An endearingly written and sung way of conveying how much you miss someone. The sentiments Andrews conveys remind me of those in Janet Evra's "I'd Rather Be Lonely With You" and "When You're Gone" by Amanda Shires.)
