Today's standout tunes:
KHEN (Salida, CO)
- 8000 Days-West Texas Exiles (I was on the fence about this track initially, but its chorus and fit-for-a-road-trip feel won me over.)
KKJZ (Long Beach, CA)
- Maintenance Phase-Audrey Ochoa (There's considerable pep in this trombone-led combo-with-a-big-band-feel March release. Speaking of a big band feel...)
- Moon River-Alexis Cole (...This cover has an appealingly assured swing in its vocals and instrumentation.)
KRNN (Juneau, AK)
- Meeting Is Over-Moira Smiley (I can easily imagine Sarah Jarosz covering this.)
WNJR (Washington, PA)
- My Sunshine-The Rosie Varela Project (This guitar-heavy indie rock track with compelling vocals builds tension effectively. "Mont Blanc Massif" by We Met In Paris would sound right before this.)
WOMR (Provincetown, MA)
- We The People-Ben Sidran (A nice jazzy reminder of our common humanity.)
- Funky Fanfare-Keith Mansfield (It has to be gratifying to play a horn part or the piano on this track, knowing that you're part of a melody with a cool late '60s strut.)
WOOL (Bellows Falls, VT)
- American Tune-Allen Toussaint (Sadly, the lyrics of this excellent Paul Simon tune are disturbingly appropriate now. There can't be too many sincerely sung covers of it, as far as I'm concerned. The piano adds appealing gravitas to this rendition.)
WYXR (Memphis, TN)
- Banana Juice-The Mar-Keys (A hip-for-its-time, i.e. 1965, instrumental.)
