Sunday standouts:
'40s Junction
- Blue Is The Night-Duke Ellington (An unusually uptempo, melancholy big band melody.)
Bluegrass Junction
- If I Didn't Love You-Jana Mougin (A direct way of saying, "I could live without you, but I'd rather not.")
Classic Folk
- Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream-Pete Seeger (Seeger's idealistic vision is laudable, but an end to war is unlikely, to say the least. I would have understood if SiriusXM had played any version of "The Impossible Dream" after this.)
Coffee House Classics
- Perfect World-Indigo Girls (A tuneful, justifiable appeal to one's conscience that the land you occupy might have been obtained at someone else's expense.)
The Covers Channel
- New Slang-Pickin' On Series (I never imagined this tune by The Shins in a bluegrass style, but it works, vocally and instrumentally.)
Deep Tracks Just Music
- How Far-Manassas (A sound lyrical reminder of how lucky you are when you click with someone. Stephen Stills & company also shine on "Anyway" and "Both Of Us (Bound To Lose.)"
Lo-Fi Cafe
- Sidewalk Rhythm-Second Harbor/Beyond Moments/Yani (The piano and the guitar play equally important roles in sustaining this instrumental's loping groove.)
ONEderland
- Suavecito-Malo (The vocal harmonies and mood of this 1972 hit remind me of "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James & The Shondells.)
