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Sound Salvation

May 19, 2023 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With Steve Pick

Steve Pick brings you Sound Salvation. It's 3 hours of the best new music liberally mixed with all the classics of the last century's worth of pop music, rock & roll, jazz, blues, country, soul and more. If it's worth hearing, you'll find it on Sound Salvation.

Sound Salvation
6:59 AM
Fairport Convention - Genesis Hall
Fairport Convention Genesis Hall
Unhalfbricking Island Records 1969
Well, yeah, this is a masterpiece.
7:03 AM
The Lemon Twigs - What You Were Doing
The Lemon Twigs What You Were Doing N
Everything Harmony Captured Tracks 2023
This band just gets better and better with every release. Chops, heart, and song skills.
7:08 AM
Nick Lowe - Trail of Tears
Nick Lowe Trail of Tears
The Impossible Bird Yep Roc Records 1994
Flush with an influx of cash because he wrote a song included on The Bodyguard soundtrack, Lowe started making records to satisfy his own wandering muse.
7:11 AM
Buddy Miller - Through the Eyes of a Broken Heart
Buddy Miller Through the Eyes of a Broken Heart
Your Love and Other Lies HighTone Records 1995
I get the chronology mixed up - I first heard Miller play with Emmylou Harris, and then I think this was the first record of his own that I heard.
7:15 AM
Flo Estes - Claire and Demetrius
Flo Estes Claire and Demetrius N
Jolly on the Inside Flo Estes. 2023
These songs are stronger than they first appeared.
7:20 AM
Rickie Lee Jones - One for My Baby
Rickie Lee Jones One for My Baby N
Pieces of Treasure Modern Recordings 2023
Idiosyncratic, of course, but I dig the way she sings these standards. She'll be at City Winery tomorrow night.
7:24 AM
Erskine Hawkins - Good Dip
Erskine Hawkins Good Dip
After Hours Turntable Recordings LTD 2019
1945 cut from the trumpeter and big band leader.
7:27 AM
Al Holliday - One Way Or the Other
Al Holliday One Way Or the Other L N
all I want Mound City 2022
Extremely talented St. Louis singer/songwriter/band leader..
7:31 AM
LaBelle - Going Down Makes Me Shiver
LaBelle Going Down Makes Me Shiver
Chameleon Epic 1976
Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash - what a remarkable set of singers.
7:38 AM
Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Lonesome Road
Billy Ward & The Dominoes Lonesome Road
Billy Ward & The Dominoes - 21 Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 King Records 2005
An obscurity - I think it was a b-side. Apparently Cliff Givens took the lead vocal on this one.
7:41 AM
Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
Chuck Berry Let It Rock
Rockin' At the Hops Geffen* 1960
My goodness, he had some songs!
7:43 AM
Champion Jack Dupree - That's All Right
Champion Jack Dupree That's All Right
Junker's Blues Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2018
I think this one goes all the way back to 1941.
7:46 AM
Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Buried Alive In the Blues
Paul Butterfield's Better Days Buried Alive In the Blues
Paul Butterfield's Better Days Rhino 1973
One of the most reliable Chicago blues artists of the 60s and 70s.
7:50 AM
The Guess Who - Palmyra (Outtake - 1970)
The Guess Who Palmyra (Outtake - 1970)
American Woman (Expanded Edition) RCA/Legacy 1970
Cool song I only recently discovered. There's always so much to learn in music history.
7:56 AM
Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn - The Blarney Pilgrim
Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn The Blarney Pilgrim
Under the Volcano Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop 2011
Two exceptional acoustic guitarists joining their folk knowledge.
8:01 AM
Kip Loui - Cold Out There
Kip Loui Cold Out There L N
Cold Out There KL 2023
Excellent song on this St. Louisian's brand new collection of his songwriting prowess.
8:04 AM
Richard Thompson - She Sang Angels to Rest
Richard Thompson She Sang Angels to Rest
Sweet Warrior Shout Factory 2007
I admit the last 30 years of Thompson albums blur together in my mind, but there are some really good songs on them.
8:07 AM
Miley Cyrus - Rose Colored Lenses
Miley Cyrus Rose Colored Lenses
Endless Summer Vacation Columbia 2023
It's dang hard to resist the pop skills of Ms. Cyrus.
8:12 AM
Eyelids - Runaway, Yeah
Eyelids Runaway, Yeah N
A Colossal Waste of Light Jealous Butcher Records 2023
Terrific band of indie-rock veterans.
8:15 AM
Peter One - La Petite
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Come Back To Me Verve Forecast 2023
American who immigrated here from the Ivory Coast.
8:21 AM
David Bowie - Changes (Live Nassau Coliseum '76)
David Bowie Changes (Live Nassau Coliseum '76)
Live Nassau Coliseum '76 Parlophone UK 2010
I love the way he messes up a couple lines - it makes him seem human.
8:25 AM
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance
Raw Like Sushi Virgin Catalogue 1989
Her biggest hit.
8:31 AM
Lucas Santtana - No Interior de Tudo
Lucas Santtana No Interior de Tudo N
O Paraíso No Format! 2023
Brazil keeps churning out great records.
8:34 AM
Bill Orcutt - Music That Fights Back
Bill Orcutt Music That Fights Back N
Jump On It Palilalia 2023
Wonderful record of acoustic guitar finger picking and impressive compositions.
8:37 AM
Blind Boy Fuller - Baby I Don't Have to Worry
Blind Boy Fuller Baby I Don't Have to Worry
Essential Blues Legends - Blind Boy Fuller AP Music 2013
Going way back to 1935 for this one.
8:42 AM
Jonathan Richman - The Neighbors
Jonathan Richman The Neighbors
Jonathan Goes Country Rounder 1990
Let them talk, he says.
8:44 AM
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Death Wish
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Death Wish
Weathervanes Southeastern Records 2023
Excellent new single from Isbell.
8:49 AM
Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Who'll Buy the Wine
Merle Haggard & The Strangers Who'll Buy the Wine
Pride In What I Am Capitol Nashville 1969
Nice album cut from 54 years ago.
8:52 AM
Joe Tex - Papa Was Too
Joe Tex Papa Was Too
The Hits (RED) Hickory/Sony ATV/RSM/RED 2011
A 1966 single obviously in answer to Otis Redding & Carla Thomas's "Tramp."
8:54 AM
Elvis Presley - I Want to Be Free
Elvis Presley I Want to Be Free
A Date With Elvis Legacy Recordings 1959
Nice little album cut.
9:00 AM
Miles Davis - Petits Machins (Little Stuff)
Miles Davis Petits Machins (Little Stuff)
Filles de Kilimanjaro Columbia/Legacy 1969
The first time Miles used electric piano on record - Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea each play on this album.
9:09 AM
Andy White & Tim Finn - Three Sheep Grazing
Andy White & Tim Finn Three Sheep Grazing N
AT Floating World 2023
I can't seem to get enough of this song.
9:14 AM
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve - In the Darkest Place - Live in Melbourne
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve In the Darkest Place - Live in Melbourne
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe) UMG 2023
Just his vocal, acoustic guitar, and piano, and it has all the orchestration this great song needs.
9:18 AM
Joey & the Flips - Fool, Fool, Fool
Joey & the Flips Fool, Fool, Fool
Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 ABKCO 2005
One of the finest box sets devoted to a single label - I have been discovering gems from this for 18 years now.
9:21 AM
Corinne Bailey Rae - Emeraldine
Corinne Bailey Rae Emeraldine
Corinne Bailey Rae EMI Records 2007
I love the way this woman sings.
9:25 AM
Jonathan Bockelmann - Circulate
Jonathan Bockelmann Circulate N
Childish Mind Squama 2023
Another excellent acoustic guitar album.
9:31 AM
Maggie Rogers - Different Kind Of World
Maggie Rogers Different Kind Of World
Surrender Capitol Records 2022
I went back to a record that intrigued me last year.
9:33 AM
Fantastic Negrito - Virginia Soil
Fantastic Negrito Virginia Soil
White Jesus Black Problems Storefront Records 2022
Another intriguing record from 2022.
9:36 AM
Jorge Ben Jor - Waimea 55.000
Jorge Ben Jor Waimea 55.000
Dádiva Som Livre 1984
One of Brazil's many giants.
9:41 AM
Louis Armstrong - Back O' Town Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall)
Louis Armstrong Back O' Town Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall)
The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings, Vol. 1 Legacy Recordings 2014
He was such an amazing talent.
9:47 AM
Joe Louis Walker - Waking up the Dead
Joe Louis Walker Waking up the Dead N
Weight of the World Forty Below Records 2023
Probably my fave blues release of the year to date.
9:52 AM
Andrew Gabbard - Lonesome Psychedelic Cowboy
Andrew Gabbard Lonesome Psychedelic Cowboy N
Cedar City Sweetheart Karma Chief Records 2023
I remember his old band the Buffalo Killers - this is a fine new solo record.