Five recommended tunes heard today:
KUAA (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Tunnel Vision-Monophonics (Impressively sung and played; this is from 2020 but pulls off a convincing early '70s R&B pastiche.)
KZIO (Duluth, MN)
- Save Your Soul-Kathleen Edwards (I wish acolytes of a certain president would wise up and ask themselves who's going to save their souls--and then switch party affiliations.)
WERU (Blue Hill, ME)
- Owls-Leo Kottke (What other acoustic guitarist would you expect to record an instrumental that chugs along, segues gracefully into a waltz, and then goes back to chugging along? Also recommended: Kottke's live medley of Crow River Waltz, Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, and Jack Fig, which accomplishes even more dazzling stylistic transitions.)
- Hummingbird Highway-Dar Williams (This new, lyrically thought-provoking release makes the listener realize that when we're kids, we don't always understand or appreciate the long hours and dedication that having a job, especially one that requires being away from one's family for long stretches, requires.)
WNCU (Durham, NC)
- Blues In The Basement-John Clayton/Mulgrew Miller (This bass-and-piano collaboration reminds me of various tunes by renowned jazz bassist Ron Carter. That's always a plus.)
