Six Thursday standouts:
KPOV (Bend, OR)
- Your Mind And We Belong Together-Love (A late '60s "anything goes" approach serves this tune well. Not every band could pull off this song's fast-to-slow, two-songs-in-one transition. Also recommended: "Alone Again Or.")
- I See The Light (Live)-Hot Tuna (Hot Tuna displays a Grateful Dead-like jam band sensibility here. Also recommended: "Water Song.")
WFMT (Chicago, IL)
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major: I. Allegro (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado, conductor; Adolph Herseth, trumpet) (Despite being in the background on double bass, this has been one of my favorite movements of any piece since playing it in the mid '80s. This piece calls for a trumpeter willing to play unabashedly with a ringing, resonant tone; Herseth does this here. Alison Balsom achieves this, as well, so I also recommend her 2009 performance of this movement at Royal Albert Hall in London.)
WGMC (Rochester, NY)
- What The World Needs Now Is Love-Wes Montgomery (Montgomery gives this well-known oldie an appealing kick on guitar, upping its energy level and emphasizing the melody's waltz-like feel.)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me-Diana Krall (Krall's vocals hit the right midpoint here between sultry and confident.)
WRKR (Portage, MI)
- The Breakup Song-Greg Kihn Band (This 1981 hit's lyrics and rhythm have held up well over the decades. It's difficult, to say the least, seeing other people around you having fun while you grapple with the aftermath of a breakup.)
