Standout selections heard yesterday:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Can't Find My Way Home-Haley Reinhart (A strongly sung cover that's true to the spirit of Blind Faith's original version.)
- Midnight Driver-Minako Yoshida (An appealing 1980 dance track with a well-sustained rhythm and vocals.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Summit-Blair Bryant (Upbeat smooth jazz with a prominent underpinning of bass.)
- Rack 'Em Up (I Told You So)-Hard Bop Messengers (A sizzling Tito Puente-style melody in which each lead instrument gets to shine. The piano underscoring is also impressive.)
KCLC 89.1 FM
- Rodeo Clown-flipturn (A current track with '80s sensibilities in its vocals and instrumentation.)
KCFV 89.5 FM
- I'm Not In Love-10cc (This 1975 hit holds up well. To its credit, by contemporary hit standards, it sounds relatively subtle. The floating effect on the keyboard and echo on the vocals give the tune a celestial feel. I remember soft rock stations playing this fairly often during the '80s. Unfortunately, I rarely hear it today.)
KWUR 90.3 FM
- Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.67: II. Pantoum (Trio Metral) (Impressive precision and deft handling of dynamic contrasts in this energetic movement for piano, violin, and cello.)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (Radu Lupu, piano) (Stirringly lyrical during its subtler movements.)
