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Sound Salvation

Mar 18, 2022 7:00 AM â€“ 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
Nat King Cole - Straighten Up and Fly Right (1943, AFRS Jubilee #51)
Nat King Cole Straighten Up and Fly Right (1943, AFRS Jubilee #51)
Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936 - 1943) Resonance Records 2019
A little blast of Armed Forces radio from 79 years ago, and a great performance by the Trio!
7:04 AM
Mel Tormé - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Mel Tormé Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (Remastered) Bethlehem Records 2014
A great match between singer and song.
7:07 AM
Louis Armstrong - Kiss of Fire
Louis Armstrong Kiss of Fire
Satchmo Sings Verve Reissues 1955
The man who practically invented jazz singing.
7:11 AM
Jazzmeia Horn - Free Your Mind
Jazzmeia Horn Free Your Mind
Love and Liberation Concord Jazz 2019
Every 20 or 30 years somebody writes a song about freeing your mind.
7:15 AM
Amber Mark - Darkside
Amber Mark Darkside N
Three Dimensions Deep EMI 2022
Sometimes she reminds me of Prince.
7:20 AM
The Weeknd - Out of Time
The Weeknd Out of Time N
Dawn FM XO / Republic Records 2022
The man comes up with strong tunes time and time again.
7:23 AM
Silk Sonic - Love's Train
Silk Sonic Love's Train N
An Evening With Silk Sonic Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic 2021
This combination of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak is delightfully retro.
7:29 AM
Adam Shoenfeld - Pave Those Highways
Adam Shoenfeld Pave Those Highways N
All the Birds Sing Lozen Entertainment Group distributed by Copperline 2021
Nashville mainstream country guitarist who tours with Jason Aldean makes his own kind of music, smartly arranged, indelible pop rock.
7:31 AM
Ex Norwegian - Vicious Cycles
Ex Norwegian Vicious Cycles N
Spook Du Jour THINK LIKE A KEY RECORDS 2022
Some more sparkling pop rock.
7:34 AM
The Fratellis - Six Days in June
The Fratellis Six Days in June
Half Drunk Under a Full Moon Cooking Vinyl Limited 2020
A record that sounds better and better whenever I remember to pull it out again.
7:37 AM
Manfred Mann - Big Betty
Manfred Mann Big Betty
Mighty Garvey! Mercury 1968
A nice little pop song from an album I've frankly never seen before.
7:42 AM
Ed Roland & the Sweet Tea Project - Shelter From the Storm
Ed Roland & the Sweet Tea Project Shelter From the Storm
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International Amnesty International 2012
Singer from Collective Soul did a cool take on this Dylan classic.
7:46 AM
Dolly Parton - River of Happiness
Dolly Parton River of Happiness
Jolene RLG/Legacy 1974
I think Dolly Parton deserves all the honors the world wants to give her.
7:49 AM
Norah Jones - Were You Watching?
Norah Jones Were You Watching?
Pick Me Up off the Floor Blue Note Records 2020
Oh, how I love to hear Norah Jones sing.
7:54 AM
Morgan Wade - Matches and Metaphors
Morgan Wade Matches and Metaphors N
Reckless (Deluxe Edition) Ladylike Records/Arista Nashville 2022
This debut record was one of last year's most critically acclaimed country albums, for very good reasons.
8:00 AM
Black Country, New Road - The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
Black Country, New Road The Place Where He Inserted the Blade N
Ants From Up There Ninja Tune 2022
This record keeps taking fascinating unexpected turns, and completely envelops me in its world.
8:07 AM
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters - Lady of Shalott
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Lady of Shalott
The Ordeal of Civility Knitting Factory 2011
He once played with Beefheart, and has quite a few excellent releases on his own or with Gods and Monsters.
8:14 AM
Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - She Is My Everything (feat. Sir Richard Bishop)
Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy She Is My Everything (feat. Sir Richard Bishop)
Blind Date Party Drag City Records 2021
This one is mostly by the Bonnie "Prince" with Bill Callahan singing some harmony - this collaboration ups the strengths of each.
8:20 AM
Laura Veirs - Between the Bars
Laura Veirs Between the Bars N
Between the Bars - Single Kill Rock Stars 2021
Nice version of the Elliott Smith song.
8:23 AM
The Supremes - Then We Can Try Again
The Supremes Then We Can Try Again
Right On Motown 2004
From the first post-Ross album, featuring Jean Terrell.
8:25 AM
Tom Zé - Distância
Tom Zé Distância
Tom ZĂ© Som Livre 1970
Another cut from 1970, only in Brazil.
8:29 AM
C. Tangana - Cuándo Olvidaré
C. Tangana Cuándo Olvidaré N
El Madrileño Sony Music Entertainment 2021
This Spanish singer covers a wide range of Latin diaspora styles. This one incorporates some much older recordings by Spanish singer Pepe Blanco.
8:33 AM
Clive Gregson - Lily of the Valley
Clive Gregson Lily of the Valley
People and Places Gregsongs Music 2009
This one actually came out in 1995 originally, which I think was right around the time when he played St. Louis.
8:40 AM
Mason Jennings - The Game
Mason Jennings The Game
Real Heart Loosegroove Records 2022
Always nice to hear new music from this guy.
8:43 AM
Jeremy Pinnell - Wanna Do Something
Jeremy Pinnell Wanna Do Something
Goodbye L.A. SOFABURN RECORDS 2020
Some nice indie country music.
8:46 AM
Ray Wylie Hubbard w/ Steve Earle - Hell Bent For Leather
Ray Wylie Hubbard w/ Steve Earle Hell Bent For Leather N
Co-Starring 2 Big Machine 2022
The advance single from this new Hubbard album of duets promises the whole thing will be well worthwhile.
8:49 AM
The J. Geils Band - Take It Back
The J. Geils Band Take It Back
Sanctuary. CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 2013
A cut from their 1978 album.
8:53 AM
The Transmitters - Ruby Red
The Transmitters Ruby Red L
Transmission The Transmitters 2006
One of a thousand or so Kip Loui projects in town these past few decades, and one I always seem to come back to.
9:01 AM
Flaco Jimenez - Love Me Do (Live)
Flaco Jimenez Love Me Do (Live)
Fiesta (Live in Bremen) M. i. G. - music 2016
Why shouldn't the Beatles be done in Tex-Mex fashion?
9:05 AM
Combo Lulo - Candela
Combo Lulo Candela N
Neotropic Dream Names You Can Trust 2021
A terrific pan-Caribbean outfit that makes me happy whenever I hear it.
9:09 AM
Los Van Van - Mi Chocolate
Los Van Van Mi Chocolate
Llego... Van Van Pimienta Records 2003
One of Cuba's finest bands.
9:14 AM
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - Tidal Wave
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra Tidal Wave
Selected Sessions (1934-1943) Legacy Recordings 2018
A 1934 cut featuring the great Coleman Hawkins.
9:17 AM
Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much (feat. Dave Young and His Orchestra)
Dinah Washington Am I Asking Too Much (feat. Dave Young and His Orchestra)
The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 1 (1946 - 1949) Verve Reissues 1987
I keep dipping into the deep well of Dinah Washington recordings and getting refreshed every time.
9:21 AM
The Weather Station - Song
The Weather Station Song N
How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars Next Door Records 2022
This new album is very stripped down. This song jumped out first.
9:23 AM
Lady Wray - Come On In
Lady Wray Come On In N
Piece of Me Big Crown Records 2021
Another of my fave records in recent weeks - I call her music neo-neo soul.
9:26 AM
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Medicine Man
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Medicine Man
Blues From Laurel Canyon (Remastered) UMC-Decca 2007
Ah, the Mick Taylor version of Bluesbreakers. Sweet.
9:30 AM
Angela Easterling - When I Wake Up (to Sleep No More)
Angela Easterling When I Wake Up (to Sleep No More)
Earning Her Wings Angela Easterling 2006
A country singer I'd forgotten about for a long time.
9:32 AM
George Jones - He's So Good To Me
George Jones He's So Good To Me
Homecoming In Heaven EMI Music Nashville (ERN) 1962
Another country gospel number.
9:34 AM
Curtis Salgado - The Fix Is In
Curtis Salgado The Fix Is In N
Damage Control Alligator Records 2021
This man is such a great singer.
9:41 AM
The Infamous Stringdusters - I'm Not Alone
The Infamous Stringdusters I'm Not Alone N
Toward the Fray Americana Vibes 2022
Terrific new record from these guys.
9:46 AM
John Hammond, Jr. - I Got a Woman
John Hammond, Jr. I Got a Woman
In Your Arms Again Backporch 2005
Pretty cool guitar-based take on the Ray Charles song.
9:50 AM
Anansy Cissé - Nia (Mothers)
Anansy Cissé Nia (Mothers) N
Anoura Riverboat Records/World Music Network 2022
I love this Malian guitarist.
9:53 AM
The Ravens - Ol' Man River
The Ravens Ol' Man River
The Ultimate Collection Burning Fire 2009
A 1947 proto-doo wop interpretation of the Hammerstein and Kern song.