Thursday afternoon highlights:
KOTO (Telluride, CO)
- Roxanne-DubXanne (Yes, it's the hit by The Police, reworked into a credible reggae cover.)
KRTU (San Antonio, TX)
- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes-John Coltrane (With this much inviting pep from McCoy Tyner on piano and Coltrane on tenor sax, I'm surprised jazz stations don't play this more often.)
- Sweet Bread-Warren Wolf (A superbly maintained energy level from a combo that cooks. Wolf anchors the tune solidly on vibraphone, as usual.)
KVRF (Palmer, AK)
- Satin Doll-Stephane Grappelli (As accustomed as I am to hearing this Duke Ellington standard in a big band arrangement, it's impressive to hear a violinist carry this melody for so long.)
WDVX (Knoxville, TN)
- Passengers-Aoife O'Donovan & Madison Cunningham (I wish I'd known about this track when it was released, so I could have included it in my Favorite music of 2022 countdown. Vocally, rhythmically, and lyrically, this is one of O'Donovan's best songs. It's a nice reminder that we inhabit a vast universe, and while our roles in it are small, we each make a difference.)
WMRW (Warren, VT)
- Don't Cry Baby-Madeleine Peyroux (Peyroux sings like an old soul convincingly. It wouldn't surprise me if Leon Redbone had covered this.)
- Phantom Doll-Tracy Grammer (The piano accompaniment adds appealing color to Grammer's vocals. Rhythmically, this could segue with "Turn Back, O Man" from the "Godspell" soundtrack.)
WMUH (Allentown, PA)
- Featherstone-The Paper Kites (Brave lyrics about admitting you aren't on the same page with someone.)
