Thursday morning highlights:
KDVS (Davis, CA)
- How It Started-Holly Palmer (Interesting, spacey vocal wizardry and a solemn piano backdrop.)
- Jardim-The Echocentrics (A captivating echo obscures the vocals against a turbulent beat.)
KONA (Kailua-Kona, HI)
- King's Serenade-Keola Beamer (This pleasant guitar instrumental could segue with Nashville Mandolin Ensemble's "Frangenti" or Ken Bonfield's "The Passing.")
KOTO (Telluride, CO)
- Rainy Day-America (The melancholy feel of this early vocals-and-acoustic-guitar America track would make it flow well into Bernie Leadon's "Glass Off.")
KRTU (San Antonio, TX)
- Sugar-Stanley Turrentine (Ron Carter's cool walking bass line underscores this expansive groove. Freddie Hubbard has ample room to soar on trumpet, George Benson has plenty of space to stretch out on guitar, and Turrentine has 10 minutes to do the same on tenor sax.)
WMST (Mount Sterling, KY)
- Perfidia-Linda Ronstadt (What listener of taste could resist this emotive, skillfully played and sung middle-of-the-night bolero?)
WZLY (Wellesley, MA)
- Lagoon-Dora Jar (An admirably frank way of being at peace with knowing that no one understands you completely.)
