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Sound Salvation

Aug 20, 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
7:01 AM
Nanci Griffith - Wooden Heart
Nanci Griffith Wooden Heart
The Last Temptation of Elvis NME 1990
When I heard she passed away, this was the first song I thought of - a delightfully sweet rendition of a song easily made cloying.
7:03 AM
Rhonda Vincent - It's Me Again
Rhonda Vincent It's Me Again
Music Is What I See Upper Management Music 2021
I love the way this woman sings.
7:07 AM
David Wax Museum - Juniper Jones
David Wax Museum Juniper Jones N
Euphoric Ouroboric Mark of the Leopard 2021
I don't know much about this duo, but they have a neat melodic sense that makes me want to hear more.
7:13 AM
Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator
Bobby Charles See You Later Alligator
Chess New Orleans Geffen 1995
Classic early rock'n'roll.
7:15 AM
Jimmy Witherspoon - Jump Children
Jimmy Witherspoon Jump Children
Essentials Prestige Elite - X5 Music Group 2013
With backing from Jay McShann, another cog in the history of Good Rockin' Tonight.
7:18 AM
Johnny Cash - Come in, Stranger
Johnny Cash Come in, Stranger
The Total Johnny Cash Sun Collection Curb Records 2018
I hadn't heard this cut on any of the many Sun sets I'd owned or played before - pretty nice little obscurity.
7:21 AM
Carl Perkins - Till I Couldn't Stand No More
Carl Perkins Till I Couldn't Stand No More
Born To Rock Geffen 1989
Carl Perkins still made good records long after people stopped caring.
7:25 AM
Fats Domino - So Swell When You're Well
Fats Domino So Swell When You're Well
Fats is Back Rhino/Warner Records 1968
Same with Fats Domino.
7:29 AM
Joe Cocker - Black-Eyed Blues
Joe Cocker Black-Eyed Blues
Joe Cocker A&M 1972
Why had I never heard this album before? This track is killer!
7:33 AM
Sly & The Family Stone - Let Me Hear It from You
Sly & The Family Stone Let Me Hear It from You
A Whole New Thing Epic/Legacy 1967
From the debut album by this astounding force in music.
7:37 AM
Joan Armatrading - Think about Me
Joan Armatrading Think about Me
Consequences BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd 2021
It's another terrific album from Joan Armatrading. What else is new?
7:41 AM
The Jam - Absolute Beginners
The Jam Absolute Beginners
Snap! Polydor Records 2006
If I recall correctly, this was their last single. They went out with a bang.
7:44 AM
The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
The Dukes Of Stratosphear Vanishing Girl
The Dukes of Stratosphear: Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Virgin Records 2001
XTC by any other name.
7:47 AM
Modest Mouse - Lace Your Shoes
Modest Mouse Lace Your Shoes
The Golden Casket Epic 2021
I love when rock bands sing about being parents.
7:53 AM
Margo Price - Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)
Margo Price Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog) N
May the Circle Remain Unbroken: a Tribute to Roky Erickson Light In The Attic Records 2021
She has a great time singing this classic.
7:56 AM
Los Bravos - You Got Until the Morning
Los Bravos You Got Until the Morning
Dame un Poco de Amor RCA Records Label 2002
A 1968 b-side from this band - I'd only ever heard their classic hit, so this was a nice revelation.
8:01 AM
Frank Sinatra - Stardust
Frank Sinatra Stardust
Sinatra & Strings FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE 1998
Fifty-nine years ago, one of my all-time fave versions of this oft-recorded standard.
8:04 AM
Caetano Veloso - The Man I Love
Caetano Veloso The Man I Love
A Foreign Sound Nonesuch 2011
Lovely version of this Gershwin classic.
8:08 AM
Carmen McRae - I'm Thru With Love
Carmen McRae I'm Thru With Love
I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae GRP 1995
My gosh, she could sing!
8:12 AM
Duke Ellington - Bang-Up Blues
Duke Ellington Bang-Up Blues
Great Times! - Piano Duets Fantasy Records 1984
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn playing piano together!
8:15 AM
Thelonious Monk - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Thelonious Monk I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Thelonious Himself (Remastered) Riverside Records 1987
Monk loved this Tommy Dorsey hit.
8:21 AM
Los Lobos - Every Boy, Every Girl
Los Lobos Every Boy, Every Girl N
A Sweet Relief Tribute To Joey Spampinato True North Records 2021
As long as they were busy doing other people's songs for their own album, why not do one for this fund-raiser?
8:23 AM
Son Volt - Diamonds and Cigarettes
Son Volt Diamonds and Cigarettes N
Electro Melodier Transmit Sound 2021
Jay Farrar and company continue to impress.
8:27 AM
Jim Lauderdale - The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It
Jim Lauderdale The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It N
Hope Yep Roc Records 2021
One of the most consistently solid songwriters ever.
8:32 AM
Richard Thompson - Sunset Song
Richard Thompson Sunset Song N
Live From London Beeswing Records 2021
A very nice song originally from the 2007 album Sweet Warrior.
8:37 AM
Jim James & Calexico - Goin' to Acapulco
Jim James & Calexico Goin' to Acapulco
I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture - Original Soundtrack) Columbia/Legacy 2007
One of my favorite versions of a Dylan song.
8:44 AM
Percy Sledge - Same Old Loverman
Percy Sledge Same Old Loverman
The Atlantic Recordings Rhino Atlantic 2010
It often amazes me the high quality of recordings made in the 60s that weren't released at the time.
8:47 AM
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Motoring
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Motoring
Dance Party UNI/MOTOWN 1965
Heck yeah, this is a dance party song.
8:50 AM
Blinky - How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)
Blinky How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)
The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 10: 1970 Hip-O Select / Motown 2008
A Motown singer who never struck it big, but who sounds pretty great.
8:53 AM
Alton Ellis - I'm Still In Love
Alton Ellis I'm Still In Love
Reggae Legends: Alton Ellis PMI Jet Star 2020
This one goes way back in Ellis' career.
9:00 AM
Black Pumas - Know You Better
Black Pumas Know You Better
Black Pumas ATO Records / Fontana North 2019
They've been milking this album for two years, and why not? It's filled with great songs.
9:04 AM
Rostam - Kinney
Rostam Kinney N
Changephobia Matsor Projects / SPACE SHOWER MUSIC 2021
Former member of Vampire Weekend is doing his own thing these days.
9:08 AM
Robert Plant - Dance On My Own
Robert Plant Dance On My Own
Now and Zen (Remastered) Es Paranza 2007
Chock full of 1988 sounds and production, it's actually a pretty cool song.
9:13 AM
Beth Bombara - Growing Wings
Beth Bombara Growing Wings
Evergreen Lemp Electric 2019
A typically fine song from this St. Louis singer/songwriter.
9:18 AM
Cass McCombs - Absentee
Cass McCombs Absentee
Tip of the Sphere Anti/Epitaph 2019
A fine singer/songwriter with nine albums this century.
9:22 AM
The Mountain Goats - The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
The Mountain Goats The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower N
Dark in Here Merge Records 2021
John Darnielle is making better and better records with crazier and crazier song titles.
9:25 AM
The Revillos - Mind Bending Cutie Doll (Live)
The Revillos Mind Bending Cutie Doll (Live)
Stratoplay: The Box Set Cherry Red Records 2020
Out of the ashes of the Rezillos came this wild, wacky, and infectious combo.
9:28 AM
Sleater-Kinney - High In The Grass
Sleater-Kinney High In The Grass N
Path of Wellness Mom+Pop 2021
There are some excellent cuts on this record which has divided the ranks of S-K fans.
9:33 AM
Joy Oladokun - smoke
Joy Oladokun smoke N
in defense of my own happiness (complete) Verve Forecast/Republic Records 2021
Another strong young singer-songwriter I've only just heard recently.
9:36 AM
Esperanza Spalding - Formwela 6 (feat. Corey King)
Esperanza Spalding Formwela 6 (feat. Corey King)
Formwela 6 (feat. Corey King) - Single Concord Records 2021
She's going experimental on these new songs - I like 'em.
9:40 AM
Hiss Golden Messenger - Painting Houses
Hiss Golden Messenger Painting Houses N
Quietly Blowing It Merge Records 2021
Another excellent song on this record.
9:44 AM
Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer & Yo-Yo Ma - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Arr. for Mandolin, Cello, and Double Bass)
Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer & Yo-Yo Ma Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Arr. for Mandolin, Cello, and Double Bass)
Bach Trios Nonesuch 2017
Just the way Bach wrote it, for mandolin, bass, and cello.
9:48 AM
John Lee Hooker - Have Mercy On My Soul!
John Lee Hooker Have Mercy On My Soul!
If You Miss 'Im . . . I Got 'Im Geffen 1970
Aided by his cousin Earl Hooker (on one of that man's last sessions before he died), this is a compelling gem.