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Sound Salvation

Oct 22, 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
7:00 AM
XTC - Statue of Liberty
XTC Statue of Liberty
White Music (Bonus Track Version) Virgin Records 2001
Climb that torso, Andy!
7:03 AM
Generation X - Friday's Angels (2002 Remaster)
Generation X Friday's Angels (2002 Remaster)
Valley of the Dolls (2002 Remaster) Chrysalis Records 2002
Ian Hunter produced this very underrated second album by these "punk" rockers.
7:06 AM
The Trashmen - Whoa Dad!
The Trashmen Whoa Dad!
Tube City! The Best of the Trashmen Sundazed Music 1992
Punks before there was punk.
7:09 AM
Bobby Powell - C.C. Rider
Bobby Powell C.C. Rider
From Chicago to Shreveport - Deep Soul, Vol. 1 Fuel 2000 2006
There are a heck of a lot of versions of this song - this one is right up there with the best.
7:12 AM
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Love Her with a Feeling
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Love Her with a Feeling
The Original Lost Elektra Sessions Rhino/Elektra 1995
A very fine number from the Butterfield archives.
7:15 AM
The Rolling Stones - Route 66 (Blues In Rhythm / 1964)
The Rolling Stones Route 66 (Blues In Rhythm / 1964)
On Air Polydor Records 2017
A young and hungry r&b band playing live, never dreaming how long they would keep playing music.
7:17 AM
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Pink Thunderbird
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Pink Thunderbird
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps Capitol Records 2002
Oh, that Cliff Gallup guitar!
7:21 AM
Carolyn Wonderland - Honey Bee
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Tempting Fate Alligator Records 2021
A fine guitarist and singer - she's been doing this for a while, but the magic of recording for Alligator brings her to new audiences (like me).
7:26 AM
Professor Longhair - Whole Lotta Lovin'
Professor Longhair Whole Lotta Lovin'
Go to the Mardi Gras Wolf 1997
Fess always makes me happy.
7:31 AM
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta - Excursion à Venise (Live)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Excursion à Venise (Live)
Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live) Modern Recordings 2021
Gorgeous version of this song by his mother (Kate McGarrigle). This album comes out Nov. 26.
7:34 AM
Susanna Hoffs - Name of the Game (feat. Aimee Mann)
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Bright Lights Baroque Folk Records 2021
Two great singers take on Badfinger - this new album comes out Nov. 12, and features Hoffs on ten classic songs.
7:41 AM
Daniel Romano - Nocturne Child
Daniel Romano Nocturne Child
Cobra Poems You've Changed Records 2021
Romano comes up with the kind of material you could imagine Susanna Hoffs doing if she wanted to add a contemporary songwriter to her list of faves.
7:45 AM
Richard Barone - Before You Were Born
Richard Barone Before You Were Born
Primal Dream Geffen* Records 1990
An old fave from the days when I hosted the Pop Quiz.
7:50 AM
Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?
Buzzcocks Why Can't I Touch It?
Singles Going Steady (2019 Remastered Version) Domino Recording Co 1979
They remain among the greatest singles artists of their time.
7:56 AM
Southern Avenue - Heathen Hearts
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Be The Love You Want BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 2021
Soulful young band.
8:01 AM
Motörhead - Step Down
Motörhead Step Down
Bomber Sanctuary Midline 1996
That time when Lemmy let Fast Eddie Clarke sing one.
8:05 AM
AC/DC - Problem Child
AC/DC Problem Child
Let There Be Rock Columbia 1977
Bon Scott was a perfect vocalist for this perfect band.
8:10 AM
Betty Davis - If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
Betty Davis If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
Betty Davis Light In The Attic Records 2007
Betty Davis made harder, nastier funk than anybody.
8:16 AM
Elvis Presley - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Elvis Presley Bridge Over Troubled Water
That's the Way It Is (Deluxe Edition) RCA/Legacy 1970
Elvis knew how to make songs fulfill their inherent dramatic power.
8:22 AM
Adia Victoria - Whole World Knows
Adia Victoria Whole World Knows
A Southern Gothic Atlantic Records 2021
This Nashville singer and songwriter ain't nothing like what you think of when you hear the words I just typed. She's an original.
8:25 AM
Joy Oladokun - breathe again
Joy Oladokun breathe again
in defense of my own happiness (complete) Verve Forecast/Republic Records 2021
I find this song more and more compelling every time I hear it.
8:30 AM
Nick Barbieri - Love Isn't About Me, It's About You (feat. Beth Bombara, Eileen Gannon, Adam Long & Evan Hunt)
Nick Barbieri Love Isn't About Me, It's About You (feat. Beth Bombara, Eileen Gannon, Adam Long & Evan Hunt) L N
Love is the Way - Single Hollywood Recording Studio 2021
Very fine new EP from St. Louis singer/drummer/poetry-making-songwriter.
8:34 AM
Genesis - Silent Sun
Genesis Silent Sun
From Genesis to Revelation (Special Edition) Cherry Red Records 1969
Really, I had no idea what early early Genesis sounded like, but this is lovely Brit pop.
8:35 AM
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - I'll Search the Sky
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'll Search the Sky
Ricochet Capitol Nashville 1967
Some more delightful pop from an unexpected source.
8:38 AM
Roger Miller - It Happened Just That Way
Roger Miller It Happened Just That Way
The Best of Roger Miller Volume Two: King of the Road Mercury Nashville 1992
One of my favorite songwriters of my childhood, though I didn't know this song until recently.
8:41 AM
Merle Haggard - My Baby's Just Like Money
Merle Haggard My Baby's Just Like Money
Roots Vol. 1 Anti/Epitaph 2001
Fine late period Merle.
8:44 AM
Charley Crockett - Just So You Know
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Music City USA Son Of Davy 2021
One of the most entertaining young rootsy country singer/songwriters.
8:47 AM
Suzy Bogguss - Someday When Things Are Good
Suzy Bogguss Someday When Things Are Good
Lucky Loyal Dutchess Records 2014
Another excellent country singer.
8:51 AM
Los Lobos - Jamaica Say You Will
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Native Sons New West Records 2021
I've heard this terrific version of the song so much lately I've almost forgotten how Jackson Browne sang it.
8:55 AM
Sugar Pie DeSanto - She's Got Everything
Sugar Pie DeSanto She's Got Everything
In the Basement: The Chess Recordings Geffen 2018
9:01 AM
Ondatrópica - I Ron Man
Ondatrópica I Ron Man
Ondatropica Soundway Records 2012
This has existed for nine years, and I only encountered it last week - Black Sabbath done like never before.
9:04 AM
Celia Cruz - Me Están Hablando Del Cielo
Celia Cruz Me Están Hablando Del Cielo
Serie Cinco Estrellas Universal Music Latino 2008
I had to dip back into the Celia Cruz well - she was so amazing!
9:08 AM
Hiatus Kaiyote - Chivalry Is Not Dead
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Mood Valiant Brainfeeder 2021
I like the music, but I also want to point out how delightful her album cover is.All those shapes and colors going in different directions.
9:12 AM
Shirley Collins - Through All Eternity
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Crowlink - EP Domino Recording Co 2021
It's so great to have this classic English folk singer active again these past few years.
9:15 AM
Andy Shauf - Television Blue
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Wilds Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. 2021
This guy tends to treat his songs as scenes from a connected narrative.
9:18 AM
David Wax Museum - Ghost of Summer
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Euphoric Ouroboric Mark of the Leopard 2021
As long as I'm speaking of album covers, there is much to love about this primitive mixture of shapes and colors.
9:23 AM
Miko Marks - Whiskey River
Miko Marks Whiskey River
Race Records - EP Redtone Records 2021
This country singer went nowhere fifteen years ago but has come back with an excellent album and this EP - I love her take on this Willie classic.
9:27 AM
George Jones - I Can Still See Him In Your Eyes
George Jones I Can Still See Him In Your Eyes
Wrong Number Gusto Records 2015
A 1973 song about jealousy, one of Jones's favorite subjects.
9:30 AM
Vincent Neil Emerson - Saddled up and Tamed
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Vincent Neil Emerson La Honda Records 2021
A young man in the Texas country singer/songwriter tradition.
9:34 AM
Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is to Fly
Townes Van Zandt To Live Is to Fly
High, Low and in Between Capitol Records 1972
Man, this guy could write songs.
9:37 AM
Will Stratton - When I've Been Born (I'll Love You)
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The Changing Wilderness Bella Union 2021
This New Jersey/New York singer/songwriter plays all kinds of instruments and comes up with haunting and intriguing songs like this one.
9:43 AM
Steve Dawson - Beautiful Mathematics
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At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree Pravda Records 2021
There was a time when I found math if not beautiful, at least invigorating, but now I'd rather just hear somebody sing about it.
9:48 AM
GospelbeacH - Loving You Ain't Easy
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Jam Jam - EP Curation Records 2021
This band has some long-time musicians from Beachwood Sparks and Ryan Adams' Cardinals, among others. Good little record.
9:52 AM
Jorma Kaukonen - Just Because
Jorma Kaukonen Just Because
Blue Country Heart Columbia 2002
You could spend a year or two just listening to the hundreds of hours of music this man has made available on line. Of course, studio recordings are great, too.