Friday through Sunday highlights:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Swing 98-Romane (Smooth interplay between the fiddle and the guitar, with the guitar playing bringing Django Reinhardt's music to mind.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- It's Real-Alex Parchment (Light, bouncy, uptempo smooth jazz trumpet.)
- What Cha' Know About That-Lisa Addeo (Light, bouncy, uptempo smooth jazz piano.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Everything Almost-Madi Diaz (A refreshingly honest admission that in any couple, no two people can be literally everything to each other at all times.)
KSHE 94.7 FM
- Don And Dewey-It's A Beautiful Day (This was a fun 1970 instrumental to play on KNJZ during its last few months. When it's done this skillfully, it's a pleasure to hear a violinist carry a propulsive rock melody.)
- It Don't Matter To Me-Phil Collins (Thanks to Collins's drumming and the Earth, Wind & Fire horns, this is a rhythmically infectious Collins solo track. Lyrically, it's a less intense way of conveying the exasperated outrage of "I Don't Care Anymore.")
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Concorde-Gregory Porter (Porter's deep voice convincingly conveys lyrics about how vast the world feels when you're on a plane and how stepping off a plane brings you back down to Earth.)
- Dancing By Myself-Janet Evra ("I'd Rather Be Lonely With You" is still my favorite Evra track, and I like the consistency of her "Hello Indie Bossa" CD, but this new single is yet another example of Evra's warm vocals.)
