Recommended tunes heard today:
KSDS (San Diego, CA)
- Misty-Benny Carter (Erroll Garner's famous standard works in so many incarnations. Johnny Mathis showed how well it endures vocally. Renee Rosnes played a beautiful rendition on the piano. Carter shows how easily the melody translates to the saxophone.)
- Streets Of New York-Lori Bell Quartet (Bell's flute playing sustains the melody, with excellent support from the piano, bass, and drums. Check YouTube for the quartet's lengthy 2022 performance of it at Sam First in Los Angeles.)
WOMR (Provincetown, MA)
- Deer Dancing Around A Broken Mirror-Bruce Cockburn (I was pleasantly surprised to hear any radio station playing this overlooked 1977 instrumental. Cockburn's melodic guitar playing here sounds similar to Brooks Williams and Laurence Juber. The song title sounds like one that Leo Kottke would have crafted. I'm surprised that the station didn't segue it with...)
- Water Song-Hot Tuna (...this track. Jorma Kaukonen composed one of rock's most pleasant guitar instrumentals, with a strong hook. It's a shame that this 1972 gem only gets airplay anywhere once in a blue moon.)
WPKN (Bridgeport, CT)
- Still Can't...-The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan's vocals underscore how hard it is to process a betrayal. Also recommended: "Wanted.")
- Voice-Ani DiFranco (Hearing Woody Guthrie's lyrics in DiFranco's voice works in this context; searching for who you are and where you fit in is a timeless theme.)
