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Sound Salvation

Apr 30, 2021 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
7:02 AM
Barry Gibb - To Love Somebody (feat. Jay Buchanan)
Barry Gibb To Love Somebody (feat. Jay Buchanan) N
Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 Capitol Records 2021
I think he sings this one magnificently, not necessarily better than the original, but just as great.
7:05 AM
Imelda May & Noel Gallagher - Just One Kiss
Imelda May & Noel Gallagher Just One Kiss N
single Decca 2021
It's so great to have new music from one of my fave singers, Imelda May, and she even gets Noel Gallagher to sound better than usual.
7:08 AM
Leon Russell - Midnight Hour
Leon Russell Midnight Hour
Americana Warner Brothers 1978
I don't know why I never heard this before - something to do with it coming out in the middle of New Wave time, I guess - but it's pretty dang cool vintage Leon!
7:14 AM
Carlene Carter - Come On Back
Carlene Carter Come On Back
I Fell In Love Reprise 1990
Somedays I think this was her best album, sometimes her second best. But never lower than that.
7:17 AM
Charley Crockett - Lesson in Depression
Charley Crockett Lesson in Depression N
10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand Son of Davy 2021
I was not familiar with James Hand, but Crockett's new album successfully convinces me I missed out on a heck of a songwriter.
7:21 AM
Peter Frampton Band - One More Heartache
Peter Frampton Band One More Heartache
Peter Frampton Forgets the Words Phenix Phonograph 2021
This whole album is terrific - he really soars on this Marvin Gaye song.
7:26 AM
The Youngbloods - All Over the World (La-La)
The Youngbloods All Over the World (La-La)
The Youngbloods Legacy Recordings 1967
I'm always in favor of songs with "La-La" in the title.
7:30 AM
Peaches & Herb - My Life
Peaches & Herb My Life
The Best of Peaches & Herb: Love is Strange epic Legacy 1996
The original 60s Peaches was different from the one who sang on the big hits ten years later.
7:32 AM
The Impressions - Don't Drive Me Away (feat. Jerry Butler)
The Impressions Don't Drive Me Away (feat. Jerry Butler)
For Your Precious Love... (feat. Jerry Butler) Vee-Jay Records 1997
The early days of the Impressions put the great Jerry Butler in the spotlight.
7:35 AM
The Five Satins - Weeping Willow
The Five Satins Weeping Willow
For Collectors Only Oldies.com 2009
One of the best of the doo wop groups.
7:38 AM
The Flamingos - Someday, Someway
The Flamingos Someday, Someway
The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows On the Dusty Road of Hits Vee-Jay Records 1993
I haven't played enough of the great vocal groups. So here's another one.
7:43 AM
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Commotion
Creedence Clearwater Revival Commotion
Live In Europe Fantasy Records 1999
Oh, to have seen these guys in their glory days.
7:45 AM
Beastie Boys - Slow Ride
Beastie Boys Slow Ride
Licensed to Ill Def Jam Recordings 1986
I remember in 1986, it was virtually impossible to go anywhere without hearing this album playing.
7:48 AM
Wax Tailor - Shining Underdog (feat. Boog Brown)
Wax Tailor Shining Underdog (feat. Boog Brown) N
The Shadow of Their Suns Lab'Oratoire 2020
Tailor is a French hip hop producer who doesn't sound like everybody else. I can't find a lot about Boog Brown, but she has a nice style to her rapping.
7:52 AM
Finn's Motel - Drive on Tomorrow
Finn's Motel Drive on Tomorrow L N
Fireworks or Lightning self 2021
Brand new music from this ever evolving and always exciting St. Louis band.
7:57 AM
AJR - Joe
AJR Joe N
OK ORCHESTRA AJR Productions 2021
I don't know how to explain it, but this record really captivated me when I first heard it the other day.
8:02 AM
Motörhead - I Got Mine
Motörhead I Got Mine
Another Perfect Day Bronze 1983
My second favorite song by these guys (after Ace of Spades, of course).
8:07 AM
The Vertigo Swirl - Skyscraping
The Vertigo Swirl Skyscraping L N
Isolationauts Rubberstamp Records 2021
Fantastic instrumental, sort of garage prog.
8:13 AM
The Waitresses - Quit
The Waitresses Quit
Deluxe Special Ze 2013
They had a lot more than just that wonderful Christmas song.
8:18 AM
The Searchers - Some Other Guy
The Searchers Some Other Guy
Sugar and Spice Sanctuary 1963
There is a delightful innocence about this record, when they were on even footing with the Beatles and other English bands all trying to put their own stamp on American music.
8:22 AM
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Don't Cry No Tears
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Don't Cry No Tears
Zuma Reprise 1975
You can't go wrong with anything from this album.
8:24 AM
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Jolie Jolie
Graham Parker & The Rumour Jolie Jolie
Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 1980 M.I.G. 2012
They were such a torrid live act - this is a nice song originally on The Up Escalator that I'd forgotten.
8:27 AM
Buddy Holly - Modern Don Juan
Buddy Holly Modern Don Juan
Memorial Collection Geffen 2009
A later Buddy Holly song - what could he have become if he had lived?
8:31 AM
Celeste - Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Celeste Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Not Your Muse (Deluxe) Polydor Records 2021
This British pop singer is something special, I think.
8:35 AM
David Crosby - Other Half Rule
David Crosby Other Half Rule
Here If You Listen BMG 2018
Crosby and his band mates create some luscious vocals here.
8:41 AM
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - Greens and Hams (feat. Jimbo Mathus)
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Greens and Hams (feat. Jimbo Mathus) N
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - Vol. 2 Stony Plain Records 2021
Jimbo Mathus sings the lead on this cut from a project led by the late Jim Dickinson.
8:45 AM
Memphis Minnie - Down In the Alley
Memphis Minnie Down In the Alley
The Best of Memphis Minnie (1933-1937) Columbia 2008
One of Minnie's biggest hits.
8:49 AM
Steve Earle - They Killed John Henry
Steve Earle They Killed John Henry
J.T. New West 2021
Some of Justin Townes Earle's songs were perfect fits for his father.
8:51 AM
Sonny Burgess - Itchy
Sonny Burgess Itchy
Sun Record's Must Haves!: Sonny Burgess Sun 2012
Amazing rockabilly instrumental!
8:54 AM
Tanya Tucker - Is Anybody Going to San Antone?
Tanya Tucker Is Anybody Going to San Antone?
My Turn Direct Holdings America 2009
Great take on the Doug Sahm classic, even if changing the pronoun destroys the rhyme.
9:01 AM
The Originals - Keep Me
The Originals Keep Me
The Very Best of The Originals Motown 1999
From 1971, a great year for soul music.
9:04 AM
Robert Finley - Souled Out On You
Robert Finley Souled Out On You N
Sharecropper's Son Easy Eye Sound 2021
I have no memory of encountering this guy before, but he's one heck of a soul singer.
9:07 AM
Selwyn Birchwood - Through a Microphone
Selwyn Birchwood Through a Microphone N
Living In a Burning House Alligator Records 2021
This cut just explodes from the speakers.
9:12 AM
Corpus Alienum - The Bells of St. Skeleton
Corpus Alienum The Bells of St. Skeleton L
Mantovani Boogie Man self 2021
This solo instrumental project from Ken Kase pays tribute to 70s funky b-sides, and is catchy stufff. Online only for now, but worth hunting up.
9:15 AM
Jon Batiste - WE ARE (feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier & Autumn Rowe)
Jon Batiste WE ARE (feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier & Autumn Rowe) N
WE ARE Verve 2021
A very cool way to open up his new album.
9:21 AM
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra - Jubilee Stomp
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra Jubilee Stomp
Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926-1931 Verve Reissues 1994
I'll stomp to that!
9:24 AM
Celia Cruz - Juancito Trucupey (feat. La Sonora Matancera)
Celia Cruz Juancito Trucupey (feat. La Sonora Matancera)
Azúcar! Caliente (feat. La Sonora Matancera) Fania 2003
My favorite singer in Cuban music.
9:27 AM
Juan Formell y Los Van Van - Dale Dos
Juan Formell y Los Van Van Dale Dos
The Best Of Juan Formell y los Van Van Unknown 2014
But this Cuban guy is pretty darned good.
9:31 AM
Eddie Floyd - Rainy Night in Georgia
Eddie Floyd Rainy Night in Georgia
California Girl Stax 1970
I'd never heard this version of this song until the other day - I like this take quite a bit.
9:35 AM
Frank Sinatra - Indiscreet
Frank Sinatra Indiscreet
All Alone Reprise 1962
An obscure Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen song that I really like.
9:40 AM
Carly Simon - Songbird
Carly Simon Songbird
Never Been Gone Iris 2009
A hidden gem on an album mostly filled with acoustic versions of her older songs.
9:43 AM
Hailey Whitters - Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb)
Hailey Whitters Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb) N
The Dream: Living The Dream (Deluxe) Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters 2021
Iowa-born country singer/songwriter.
9:48 AM
The Staves - Sparks
The Staves Sparks N
Good Woman Atlantic Records UK 2021
Sister harmonies - always a good thing by me.
9:51 AM
Corey Harris & Henry Butler - Down Home Livin'
Corey Harris & Henry Butler Down Home Livin'
Vu-Du Menz Alligator Records 2000
A little New Orleans blues.