Six standout tunes heard today:
KMSE (Rochester, MN)
- Oh, To Be Cool-Ber (A catchy way of admitting a type of envy that nearly everyone has, at least fleetingly.)
- French Horns-The Bad Plus (To me, this sounds like a John Scofield guitar piece with avant-garde twists.)
KUVO (Denver, CO)
- Io's Orbit-Jocelyn Gould (This impressive combo of guitar, piano, bass, and drums kicks up some dust with this instrumental. Gould's appealing cover of "It's All Right With Me" on the guitar has a similar energy.)
- There Will Never Be Another You-Cyrus Chestnut (Chestnut's approach to this standard on the piano reminds me somewhat of Chucho Valdes.)
WATQ (Chetek, WI)
- Galveston-Glen Campbell (An honest admission of how difficult it is to be apart from one's beloved when fighting a war.)
WROE (Roanoke, VA)
- My Hue And Cry-Cocteau Twins (Proof that a haunting instrumental doesn't always need to have a dirge-like tempo.)
