Eight standout selections heard today:
KKJZ (Long Beach, CA)
- Next Time You See Me-Houston Person (A midtempo, big-band style groove with Person's tenor sax carrying the melody.)
KRWV (Phoenix, AZ)
- Catavento-Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin (Pleasant uptempo smooth jazz guitar and piano with a Brazilian bent.)
KVMR (Nevada City, CA)
- Worry All Your Life-Sera Cahoone (Well-crafted lyrics about advising someone to relax, underscored sensitively with guitar and violin.)
KVSH (Vashon Island, WA)
- One More Song The Radio Won't Like-Kathleen Edwards (Honest lyrics about not compromising one's artistic integrity.)
WCRI (Block Island, RI)
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto--Allegro (London Philharmonic Orchestra/Marin Alsop, conductor) (Dramatic, stately strings.)
WIIN (Jackson, MS)
- Cruisin'-Smokey Robinson (This is one of Robinson's smoothest grooves, ranking up there with his excellent album, "A Quiet Storm.")
WIUX (Bloomington, IN)
- America-Simon & Garfunkel (I'm glad there's a place for this on WIUX's playlist. I hadn't expected to hear it sandwiched between two indie rock tunes, but the exploratory, idealistic lyrics are appropriate for a college radio station.)
WSCA (Portsmouth, NH)
- Carry You To Safety-The Jayhawks (A reassuring way to tell one's significant other, "You can depend on me.")
