Friday through Sunday highlights:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Home Sweet Home-Cathie Ryan (Sensitive, delicate vocals and piano, appropriate for conveying the timeless sentiment, "There's no place like home.")
- Don't Drink And Dance-The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (This trio of fiddlers recorded a fun piece fit for a barn dance. DJ Harriet didn't segue "Home Sweet Home" with this, but she could have, as part of the melody is similar.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- As Time Goes By-Ron Carter (This is a lighthearted reading of this standard, thanks to Stephan Scott carrying the melody on piano and Carter anchoring the tune on bass.)
- Time After Time-Erin Bode (Bode's voice is ideal for this cover of Cyndi Lauper's most enduring hit.)
KSHE 94.7 FM
- Rosewood Bitters-Michael Stanley (Immediately ear-catching. Lyrically, vocally, and instrumentally, this is Stanley's best tune, in my opinion. Also recommended: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind" and "Strike Up The Band.")
- Goodbye, I Love You-Firefall (This feels similar to the band's hit, "Just Remember I Love You.")
KLOU 103.3 FM
- Lessons In Love-Level 42 (With a hook nearly as strong as its predecessor hit, "Something About You," it's not surprising that was almost as big of a hit. I was glad to hear it on this week's 1987 rerun of "American Top 40. " I'm still baffled that the "Forever Now" CD, which is full of radio-friendly gems such as "Play Me," "Talking In Your Sleep," "Romance," "Billy's Gone," "Don't Bother Me," and the title track, didn't produce any American hits.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52: I. Allegro moderato (Boston Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis, conductor) (How could I not like a symphony that begins with an explosion of unfettered joy in the strings and unfettered power in the brass?)
