Six standout tunes heard today:
KDLR (Devils Lake, ND)
- Letting Go-Suzy Bogguss (A heartfelt way of acknowledging that kids grow up so fast.)
KMHD (Portland, OR)
- Waves-Charles Lloyd (A very 1972 jazz-meets-prog-rock groove, with Lloyd's flute playing fluttering over a melody that sounds somewhat like Todd Rundgren's "I Saw The Light.")
KRML (Carmel, CA)
- Just The Once-Metric (This 2023 track pairs lyrics about being morally precarious with a catchy dance beat.)
WDIF (Marion, OH)
- Evil Hearted-Joyann Parker (A sly keyboard part and walking bass line underscore bluesy, forthright vocals.)
WFHB (Bloomington, IN)
- Someone To Watch The Band With Me-Tift Merritt (This April release is a direct way of asking someone, "Why aren't you here with me?" I'm inclined to like tunes with this type of loping rhythm.)
WJVX (Chicago, IL)
- Selfish One-Jackie Ross (The lyrics start out conveying a message similar to that of Tift Merritt's "Someone To Watch The Band With Me." Happily, the situation resolves itself pleasingly for both parties involved. There's a bright bounce in this tune's step, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was a fairly big hit in 1964.)
