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Sound Salvation

Feb 19, 2016 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
7:00 AM
Katrina & The Waves - River Deep, Mountain High (Bonus Track)
Katrina & The Waves River Deep, Mountain High (Bonus Track)
Katrina and the Waves 2 CGB Records 1985
A rollicking take on the Ike & Tina Turner/Phil Spector masterpiece.
7:03 AM
Mott the Hoople - All the Way from Memphis
Mott the Hoople All the Way from Memphis
Mott (Legacy Edition) COLUMBIA/LEGACY 1973
Quite simply perfect.
7:08 AM
Van Morrison - Spanish Rose
Van Morrison Spanish Rose
Bang Masters Sony 1991
Van's brief foray at Bang did a lot more than give a record for every bar band in America to play 50 to 100 times a year for 50 years.
7:14 AM
The Easybeats - Good Times
The Easybeats Good Times
The Best of The Easybeats Repertoire Records 2005
Angus & Malcolm's big brother George had one heck of a band.
7:17 AM
The Strypes - Angel Eyes
The Strypes Angel Eyes
Snapshot Universal 2014
I'm hoping these kids hang on to their roots as they get older (and release some more music)!
7:21 AM
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me
In Color Epic 1977
When's the last time you heard the original version?
7:25 AM
Devo - Jerkin' Back And Forth
Devo Jerkin' Back And Forth
New Traditionalists Warner Bros. 1981
These guys knew their way around hooks.
7:28 AM
Javier Escovedo - It Ain't Easy
Javier Escovedo It Ain't Easy N
Kicked out of Eden Saustex Media 2016
Alejandro's brother still rocks hard.
7:33 AM
Shelby Lynne - Something to be Said
Shelby Lynne Something to be Said
Tears, Lies, and Alibis Everso 2010
Her singing just intoxicates me.
7:37 AM
Chris Isaak - Reverie
Chris Isaak Reverie N
First Comes The Night Vanguard 2015
That opening piano hook is so cool!
7:41 AM
Elvis Costello - Soul for Hire
Elvis Costello Soul for Hire
When I Was Cruel Island Def Jam 2002
It's hard to believe this record came out 14 years ago.
7:45 AM
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - The Child in You
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey The Child in You
Mavericks RNA 1991
Happy birthday to Peter Holsapple, who has given me some of my favorite music of the last 35 years.
7:49 AM
Kirsty Maccoll - La ForΓͺt De Mimosas
Kirsty Maccoll La ForΓͺt De Mimosas
Kite I.R.S. 1989
Since I last studied French in 1978, I only understand about every tenth word in this song. But it's gorgeous.
7:53 AM
John Cale - Days of Steam
John Cale Days of Steam
The Academy In Peril Reprise 1972
A short and lovely instrumental.
8:01 AM
Rough Shop - Clean Slate
Rough Shop Clean Slate L
Here Today Perdition Records 2008
Anne Tkach never sang nearly enough for my taste - what a beautiful voice, what a lovely talent.
8:05 AM
Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow is My Turn
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow is My Turn
Tomorrow Is My Turn Nonesuch 2015
Magnificent vocal performance.
8:10 AM
Janiva Magness - End of Our Road
Janiva Magness End of Our Road
The Devil is an Angel Too Alligator 2010
Funky and soulful.
8:14 AM
Wynonna & The Big Noise - Staying in Love
Wynonna & The Big Noise Staying in Love N
Wynonna & The Big Noise Curb Records, Inc. 2016
Giving a country spin to a great Raphael Saadiq song.
8:18 AM
Little Feat - Ain't Had Enough Fun
Little Feat Ain't Had Enough Fun
Ain't Had Enough Fun Little Feat 1995
I don't often listen to the revived Little Feat, but this song jumped out at me the other day.
8:22 AM
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Spinning
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Spinning N
Soultime Leroy 2015
It sure makes me happy to know ol' Southside is still out there doing it.
8:26 AM
Clarence Carter - Too Weak to Fight
Clarence Carter Too Weak to Fight
Best Of Clarence Carter Atlantic 2001
Maybe too weak to fight, but not to weak to belt it out.
8:28 AM
Lloyd Glenn - Good Times Back Home
Lloyd Glenn Good Times Back Home
Honky Tonk Train Night Train 1983
Cool jumpin' piano.
8:32 AM
The Nat "King" Cole Trio - That Ain't Right
The Nat "King" Cole Trio That Ain't Right
Hit That Jive, Jack: The Earliest Recordings grp 1990
It's taken me a long time to really start hearing these amazing early records by Cole.
8:35 AM
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Feeling Happy
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Feeling Happy N
Lost Time Yep Roc 2015
Rockin' up a Big Joe Turner number.
8:38 AM
Dave Alvin - Redneck Friend
Dave Alvin Redneck Friend
West Of The West Yep Roc 2006
Dave's nifty version of the Jackson Browne classic.
8:44 AM
Dori Freeman - Fine Fine Fine
Dori Freeman Fine Fine Fine N
Dori Freeman Free Dirt 2015
She'll be at the Stage at KDHX opening for Anna & Elizabeth tomorrow night. I'd be there if I wasn't working.
8:47 AM
Bible Belt Sinners - Bad Guy
Bible Belt Sinners Bad Guy L
Sunday Best self-released 2014
St. Louis band with gusto.
8:50 AM
AC/DC - You Ain't Got a Hold On Me
AC/DC You Ain't Got a Hold On Me
'74 Jailbreak - EP Epic 1984
George Young's little brothers Malcom and Angus had a pretty great band.
8:54 AM
Ronnie Dawson - Party Town
Ronnie Dawson Party Town
Just Rockin' & Rollin' Upstart 1996
Dawson knew how to make it sound like a party.
9:01 AM
The Kinks - Education
The Kinks Education
Schoolboys In Disgrace RCA Records 1975
Probing the mystery of life and the advantages of learning things, all with a good beat and catchy tune.
9:08 AM
Destroyer - Archer on the Beach
Destroyer Archer on the Beach N
Poison Season Merge 2015
Darkly funky beat with a jazzy essence. Beautiful record.
9:14 AM
Palaver - Lay Me Down
Palaver Lay Me Down L N
Palaver self-released 2015
Brilliant combination of vocal, piano, lyrics, and melody. I love this record more and more all the time.
9:20 AM
Aaron Neville - Louisiana 1927
Aaron Neville Louisiana 1927
Warm Your Heart A & M Records 1991
The most powerful version of Randy Newman's song.
9:23 AM
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Tell My Sister
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hannibal 1975
I think I love the McGarrigles as much as I love any musicians. I swoon every time I hear this one.
9:27 AM
The Unthanks - Cannily, Cannily
The Unthanks Cannily, Cannily N
Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl Compass Records 2015
I've lost touch with the modern folk music scene - this group has existed for 12 years, and I only just know discovered them on this great tribute album.
9:30 AM
Luther Dickinson - Ain't No Grave (Featuring Mavis Staples)
Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (Featuring Mavis Staples) N
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook), Vol. I & II New West 2016
Gorgeous meditation on the loss of fathers.
9:34 AM
Son Little - Carbon
Son Little Carbon N
Son Little Anti/Epitaph 2015
This guy is starting to sink in for me. Bluesy and punchy.
9:37 AM
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Parliament Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Mothership Connection casablanca 1975
At the age of 17, I saw this tour, saw that mothership descend from the rafters, and had the beginning of a great awakening.
9:44 AM
The Fifth Dimension - Blowing Away
The Fifth Dimension Blowing Away
Up Up and Away: The Definitive Collection Arista 1997
They sure did love their Laura Nyro songs.
9:46 AM
Lizz Wright - Coming Home
Lizz Wright Coming Home
The Orchard Verve Records 2008
Stunning.
9:51 AM
Aoife O'Donovan - Hornets
Aoife O'Donovan Hornets N
In the Magic Hour Yep Roc 2016
She has a luscious voice.
9:54 AM
The Wainwright Sisters - Do You Love An Apple
The Wainwright Sisters Do You Love An Apple N
Songs in the Dark PIAS 2015
An Irish folk song that makes a very effective lullaby.