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Sound Salvation

Apr 6, 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
7:02 AM
Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let's Go
Ritchie Valens Come on, Let's Go
The Best of Richie Valens Rhino 1987
Great way to start the day!
7:05 AM
The Easybeats - Come and See Her
The Easybeats Come and See Her
It's 2 Easy Repertoire 1966
Them Australians knew what they were doing.
7:07 AM
Peter & Gordon - I Don't Want to See You Again
Peter & Gordon I Don't Want to See You Again
The Best Of Peter & Gordon Rhino 1991
Peter Asher and Gordon what's his name.
7:09 AM
The Kinks - No Return
The Kinks No Return
Something Else By The Kinks Pye 1967
One of Ray Davies less well known excellent songs.
7:12 AM
The Plimsouls - In This Town
The Plimsouls In This Town
The Plimsouls Planet Records 1981
Peter Case in his power poppin' days.
7:14 AM
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Mary, Mary
Paul Butterfield Blues Band Mary, Mary
East-West Elektra 1965
A song best known by the Monkees that I learned by Run-DMC and really love by Paul Butterfield.
7:17 AM
Rory Gallagher - 20:20 Vision
Rory Gallagher 20:20 Vision
Tattoo Buddha 1973
I seriously regret not realizing how great he was when he was still alive and came to St. Louis frequently enough that I should have seen him play.
7:22 AM
Joe Henry - Believer
Joe Henry Believer N
Thrum Ear Music 2017
One of the best albums last year that I didn't pay enough attention to.
7:27 AM
Robert Plant - Keep It Hid
Robert Plant Keep It Hid N
Carry Fire Nonesuch 2017
As usual, he put out one of the best records in any year he puts out a record.
7:32 AM
Courtney Marie Andrews - I've Hurt Worse
Courtney Marie Andrews I've Hurt Worse N
May Your Kindness Remain Fat Possum / Mama Bird Recording Co. 2018
Holy moley! She blows you away with just the first note of this song.
7:36 AM
Lee Ann Womack - Bottom of the Barrel
Lee Ann Womack Bottom of the Barrel N
The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone ATO 2017
Songs from this fine album keep getting under my skin.
7:40 AM
Miss Molly Simms - Lose You to Myself
Miss Molly Simms Lose You to Myself L
false success none 2017
What a sweet rockin' song.
7:44 AM
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages - Say What You Want
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages Say What You Want N
Soul Flowers of Titan Bloodshot Records 2018
He's making the best music of his fine journeyman career.
7:49 AM
First Aid Kit - Distant Star
First Aid Kit Distant Star N
Ruins Columbia Records 2018
Definitely a group that grows on me each time I hear them.
7:52 AM
Aaron Neville - Fragile World
Aaron Neville Fragile World
Apache Tell It Records 2016
Aaron tells it like it is.
8:00 AM
Erika Wennerstrom - Extraordinary love
Erika Wennerstrom Extraordinary love N
Sweet Unknown Partisan / Knitting Factory 2018
The Heartless Bastards singer goes solo, and makes extraordinary music.
8:07 AM
Taylor Swift - Getaway Car
Taylor Swift Getaway Car N
Reputation Big Machine Records 2017
My fave song from her album that didn't win over the critics or the public, but which sounds pretty good to me.
8:11 AM
The Decemberists - Starwatcher
The Decemberists Starwatcher N
I'll Be Your Girl CAPITOL 2018
Somewhere along the way, these guys became one of my favorite bands.
8:14 AM
Vic Chesnutt - Got to Me
Vic Chesnutt Got to Me
Ghetto Bells New West 2005
He made some really good records in his short and difficult life.
8:19 AM
Brian Andrew Marek - I'll Stay with You, Mary
Brian Andrew Marek I'll Stay with You, Mary L N
Far & Away (More or Less) Rubberstamp 2017
Some day, somebody will have to compile a Brian Marek box set - I realize the market might be small, but the material is there.
8:23 AM
Wye Oak - I Know It’s Real
Wye Oak I Know It’s Real N
The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs Merge 2018
I believe this record is officially released today. And yet you've been hearing it here for a couple weeks.
8:26 AM
Martha Wainwright - So Down
Martha Wainwright So Down
Goodnight City [PIAS] Cooperative 2016
Martha, the overlooked member of the very talented musical family. Probably because she's weirder than the others. But I love her stuff.
8:32 AM
Lee Dorsey - Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky
Lee Dorsey Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky
Holy Cow: The Very Best of Lee Dorsey Charly 1969
One of those Allen Toussaint masterpieces.
8:35 AM
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Atlantic 1967
Few records are as perfect as this.
8:38 AM
The Temptations - Hey Jude
The Temptations Hey Jude
Puzzle People Gordy 1969
One of the most unusual Beatles covers.
8:42 AM
Johnnie Taylor - Running Out of Lies
Johnnie Taylor Running Out of Lies
Eargasm COLUMBIA/LEGACY 1976
Johnnie Taylor establishing that deep Southern soul sound.
8:47 AM
The Lijadu Sisters - Reincarnation
The Lijadu Sisters Reincarnation
Sunshine Knitting Factory 2012
Identical twin sisters from Nigeria made some cool music back in the 70s.
8:52 AM
Zara McFarlane - Peace Begins Within
Zara McFarlane Peace Begins Within N
Arise Brownswood Recordings 2017
One of England's most impressive young musicians.
8:56 AM
The Rolling Stones - Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’) (Saturday Club / 1965)
The Rolling Stones Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’) (Saturday Club / 1965) N
On Air ABKCO 2017
Killer live recording.
9:01 AM
Steve Lindstrom Problem - Breaking Up Is a Hard To-Do
Steve Lindstrom Problem Breaking Up Is a Hard To-Do N
Got My Burdens Steve Lindstrom Problem 2017
He'll be playing at Euclid Records on Record Store Day, April 21. I'll be there.
9:05 AM
The Vondrukes - Next Lifetime
The Vondrukes Next Lifetime L
On This Ride Together Single Street Records 2016
One of the finest bands in our town.
9:11 AM
They Might Be Giants - An Insult to the Fact Checkers
They Might Be Giants An Insult to the Fact Checkers N
I Like Fun Idlewild 2018
You gotta give them credit - these are great song and album titles.
9:13 AM
Luke Winslow King - Born to Roam
Luke Winslow King Born to Roam N
Blue Mesa Bloodshot 2018
Hearing this new record over a month before its release - that's the magic of radio.
9:16 AM
Karate Bikini - Fog in September
Karate Bikini Fog in September L N
Chimera self-released 2017
Much beloved St. Louis band with a very fine new record.
9:22 AM
Tom Waits - Yesterday Is Here
Tom Waits Yesterday Is Here
Franks Wild Years Island 1987
Waits has made a lot of great records, but I think this one is still my fave album.
9:25 AM
Jambalaya Brass Band - Tumbao
Jambalaya Brass Band Tumbao N
Habana to New Orleans 890 West Music 2018
I can't get enough of this combination New Orleans and Cuban music.
9:30 AM
Gregory Porter - Pick Yourself Up
Gregory Porter Pick Yourself Up N
Nat King Cole & Me Blue Note / Decca 2017
I love the way he sings.
9:33 AM
Esperanza Spalding & Algebra Blessett - Black Gold
Esperanza Spalding & Algebra Blessett Black Gold
Radio Music Society Universal Music Group International 2011
I hadn't played this in a long time, and I was struck once again at how cool Spalding's music is.
9:40 AM
Son Volt - Windfall
Son Volt Windfall
Trace Warner Bros. 1995
May the wind take your troubles away.
9:43 AM
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Heartache in Hell
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Heartache in Hell N
Years Bloodshot 2018
Another fine new alt-country singer to add to my collection.
9:48 AM
Cave States - Familiar Ways
Cave States Familiar Ways L
The Great Divide Undertow 2013
One of the most beautiful songs in Chris Grabau's repertoire.
9:52 AM
The Domino Kings - Some Kind of Sign
The Domino Kings Some Kind of Sign
Some Kind of Sign Hightone 2005
These guys were so great! Classic American rock&country&roll.