Six standout tracks heard today:
KELS (Greeley, CO)
- Sweet Georgia Brown-Harry Connick, Jr. (A strong Dixieland-style piano-and-brass rendition.)
KRUI (Iowa City, IA)
- Last Of The Loving-Coco (Lyrically, this is a sound, honest way to savor a relationship as it ends.)
WBRH (Baton Rouge, LA)
- D-Natural Blues-Wes Montgomery (Montgomery begins with a riff reminiscent of "Heartbreak Hotel" and steers it in a better direction on guitar.)
- The Flame And The Lotus-Renee Rosnes (Tasteful, self-assured, in-its-own-good-time piano, sax, and rhythm playing.)
WFIV (Knoxville, TN)
- Thunder Island-Jay Ferguson (The opening guitar and vocal hook set the energy level immediately and keep it there, which made this an understandably big hit in 1978.)
WKUF (Flint, MI)
- If I Could-Jay Som (Som's determined vibe in the lyrics and this May release's captivating energy make me inclined to hear more of her music.)
