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Sound Salvation

Sep 14, 2018 7:00 AM β€“ 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
Carl Perkins - Matchbox
Carl Perkins Matchbox
Original Sun Greatest Hits Rhino 1986
This 61 year old record updated a then 30 year old Blind Lemon Jefferson song.
7:04 AM
Carl Mann - Mona Lisa (1959)
Carl Mann Mona Lisa (1959)
The Legendary Sun Performers Sun 1977
This 59 year old record updated a much more recent Nat King Cole hit.
7:06 AM
The Everly Brothers - Non Mandarmi Piu Fiori
The Everly Brothers Non Mandarmi Piu Fiori
Susie Q Magnum Force 1987
How Can I Meet Her sung in Italian.
7:08 AM
The Essex - A Walkin' Miracle
The Essex A Walkin' Miracle
The Best of the Essex SEQUEL 1994
Sounds like the follow-up to Easier Said Than Done, and almost as cool.
7:11 AM
The Association - Memories of You
The Association Memories of You
Just the Right Sound: The Association Anthology Rhino 2002
Breathtaking vocals!
7:13 AM
The Beach Boys - Break Away
The Beach Boys Break Away
Spirit Of America CAPITOL 1975
A rarely heard 1969 delight.
7:16 AM
Dr. Dog - True Love
Dr. Dog True Love
Critical Equation We Buy Gold 2018
Just a reminder that we play new records on this show, too.
7:20 AM
Neil & Liam Finn - Back to Life
Neil & Liam Finn Back to Life N
Lightsleeper PIAS 2018
Very cool collaboration between talented father and talented son.
7:24 AM
John Cale - Taking It All Away
John Cale Taking It All Away
Slow Dazzle Island 1975
John Cale deserves to be much more widely known, considering how much great music he's given us these past 50 plus years.
7:28 AM
Courtney Marie Andrews - Two Cold Nights in Buffalo
Courtney Marie Andrews Two Cold Nights in Buffalo N
May Your Kindness Remain Fat Possum / Mama Bird Recording Co. 2018
She'll be at Off Broadway Sept. 24.
7:31 AM
Falling Fences - Crooks Like Us
Falling Fences Crooks Like Us L N
II self 2018
One of my fave St. Louis bands - this album is so very well constructed.
7:36 AM
Waterloo - Beauty Queens
Waterloo Beauty Queens L
Out of the Woods Undertow 2006
Long lost classic St. Louis band.
7:42 AM
Erika Wennerstrom - Letting Go
Erika Wennerstrom Letting Go N
Sweet Unknown Partisan / Knitting Factory 2018
These songs just keep sounding better and better every time I hear them.
7:47 AM
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - The Sloganeer: Paradise
Me'Shell Ndegeocello The Sloganeer: Paradise
The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams Decca 2007
I've followed her across a wide variety of musical adventures these past 25 years or so.
7:52 AM
Colin Blunstone - Mary Won't You Warm My Bed
Colin Blunstone Mary Won't You Warm My Bed
One Year Sony 1971
His solo records weren't always great, but sometimes they had some pretty cool songs like this one.
7:55 AM
John Prine - Knockin' On Your Screen Door
John Prine Knockin' On Your Screen Door N
The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records 2018
It's so nice to have new and terrific songs from John Prine this year.
8:00 AM
The Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack
The Velvelettes Needle in a Haystack
The Best Of The Velvelettes Spectrum 2001
A Motown gem from 1964.
8:03 AM
Brenda Holloway - Reconsider
Brenda Holloway Reconsider
Hits & Rarities Marginal 1995
A terrific Motown obscurity from 1966.
8:06 AM
Shannon Shaw - Golden Frames
Shannon Shaw Golden Frames N
Shannon in Nashville Nonesuch / Easy Eye Sound 2018
Someone who could have fit in with 60s pop soul.
8:08 AM
Janelle MonΓ‘e - Dirty Computer (feat. Brian Wilson)
Janelle MonΓ‘e Dirty Computer (feat. Brian Wilson) N
Dirty Computer Bad Boy Records 2018
This is one of my fave albums of the year, but almost none of the songs can be played on the radio because of the fear of certain words.
8:11 AM
Kamasi Washington - One of One
Kamasi Washington One of One N
Heaven and Earth Young Turks Recordings 2018
Just plain remarkable music.
8:21 AM
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
Taana Gardner Heartbeat
Disco Years: Everybody Dance 6 Rhino 1995
This 1981 gem always made me want to dance.
8:26 AM
The Brothers Johnson - Get the Funk Out Ma Face
The Brothers Johnson Get the Funk Out Ma Face
Strawberry Letter 23: The Very Best of the Brothers Johnson A&M 2003
Some more slick but heavy funk.
8:29 AM
Shemekia Copeland - Ain't Got Time for Hate
Shemekia Copeland Ain't Got Time for Hate N
America's Child Alligator Records 2018
Wonderful song from this very strong new record.
8:33 AM
Sonny Landreth - True Blue (Live)
Sonny Landreth True Blue (Live)
Recorded Live In Lafayette Provogue 2016
One of the greatest guitarists walking the earth today.
8:41 AM
Dire Straits - Skateaway
Dire Straits Skateaway
Making Movies Warner Bros. 1980
This is my favorite Dire Straits album - every track is a masterpiece.
8:47 AM
Joan Armatrading - No Love
Joan Armatrading No Love
Walk Under Ladders A&M Records 1981
I keep dipping into her wonderful catalog - one of my fave singer/songwriters.
8:51 AM
Richard Thompson - The Dog In You
Richard Thompson The Dog In You N
13 Rivers New West Records 2018
New album out today!
9:00 AM
Summer Magic - By Your Side
Summer Magic By Your Side L N
Sharks and Other Dangers Summer Magic 2018
Brand new music from one of the most talented bands in St. Louis.
9:03 AM
The Incurables - 16 Lines
The Incurables 16 Lines L
The Fine Art Of Distilling The Incurables 2012
I wonder if Jimmy Griffin's ever gonna give us another terrific record like this one.
9:06 AM
Villagers - No One to Blame
Villagers No One to Blame
Darling Arithmetic Domino 2015
How have three years passed since this album settled into my head?
9:11 AM
Eliza Gilkyson - In the Name of the Lord
Eliza Gilkyson In the Name of the Lord N
Secularia Red House 2018
Her brother was once in X, her father wrote songs for The Jungle Book, but Eliza has had the long-lasting solid career.
9:15 AM
The Jayhawks - Need You Tonight
The Jayhawks Need You Tonight N
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels Legacy 2018
I'm always glad to hear new stuff from this consistently good band.
9:19 AM
Tish Hinojosa - Lose Yourself to the Moon
Tish Hinojosa Lose Yourself to the Moon N
West Tish Records 2018
A truly gorgeous song.
9:24 AM
George Jones - The Window Up Above
George Jones The Window Up Above
The Essential George Jones Epic 2006
An early classic from George Jones.
9:27 AM
Betty Carter - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Betty Carter Everybody's Somebody's Fool
'Round Midnight Rhino Atlantic 1963
Fantastic jazz singer early in her career.
9:30 AM
Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - Blues For Yolanda
Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster Blues For Yolanda
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Verve 1959
Two giants of the tenor saxophone, with none other than Oscar Peterson on piano!
9:37 AM
Boz Scaggs - The Feeling is Gone
Boz Scaggs The Feeling is Gone N
Out Of The Blues Concord Records 2018
Scaggs continues to shine brightly in his late career renaissance.
9:42 AM
Al Holliday - That Bird Has Flown (feat. Aina Cook)
Al Holliday That Bird Has Flown (feat. Aina Cook) N
4963 self 2018
St. Louis leader of a large conglomeration of blues and jazz players.
9:46 AM
Dion - I'm All Rocked Up
Dion I'm All Rocked Up
New York Is My Home Instant 2016
One of America's musical treasures, a living legend for sure.
9:50 AM
Link Wray - Lillian (alternate take)
Link Wray Lillian (alternate take)
Slinky (The Epic Sessions '58-'61) Sundazed 2002
The very definition of rock'n'roll instrumental genius.
9:53 AM
Elmore James - Baby, What's Wrong
Elmore James Baby, What's Wrong
The Best Of Elmore James: The Early Years Ace 1995
It's always nice to be reminded that Elmore James was a great blues singer as well as guitarist.