Friday morning standouts:
'70s/'80s Instrumentals
- The Groove-Rodney Franklin (A cool 1980 piano groove that could slide right into a playlist of today's smooth jazz.)
Bluegrass Junction
- Wildflower Too-Darin & Brooke Aldridge (Endearing lyrics with vocals similar to those of Nanci Griffith.)
Deep Tracks
- Everyone-Van Morrison (The Baroque-style harpsichord backing with piping gives the tune a fun, carefree vibe.)
Outlaw Country
- God's Gonna Cut You Down-Johnny Cash (Who hasn't wanted to say this to an enemy, at least occasionally?)
Piano Instrumentals
- A Morning Meditation-Bob Yonker (Pleasant midtempo piano playing that could segue with Richard Dworsky's "A Morning With The Roses.")
Real Jazz
- Darn That Dream-Nancy Wilson (The mellow guitar and piano backing underscore Wilson's vocals perfectly...)
- Love Locked Out-Dexter Gordon (...and "Darn That Dream" segues smoothly with Gordon's graceful saxophone playing here.)
Soul Town
- A Real Mother For Ya-Johnny "Guitar" Watson (When something petty irks me, I sometimes think of these lyrics. Watson's attitude here is similar to one of his other standout tunes, "Ain't That A B&*$h.")
Symphony Hall
- Gabriel Faure: Pavane, Op.50 (Rupert Boyd, guitar; Laura Metcalf, cello) (Sometimes, I wish I'd stuck with the cello so I could play as lyrically as this.)
