7:00am | Procol Harum “Shine On Brightly” (A&M 1968) —The kings of majestic rock.Buy it! |
7:04am | The Kinks “Underneath the Neon Sign” from Present a Soap Opera (Velvel 1975) —A relatively hidden great cut from that period when the Kinks were like a mystery to most of us.Buy it! |
7:08am | John Cale “Whaddya Mean By That” from Extra Playful (Electric Drone 2011) N —Cale just sort of snuck out this little EP a few months back, and it's just a casually terrific batch of songs from a guy who never seems to run out of inspiration.Buy it! |
7:15am | Killer Filler “Kiddie Pool” from Filler Up (Pravda 2008) N —Former St. Louisian Chris Bess and his groovy combo.Buy it! |
7:17am | Chuck Prophet “Temple Beautiful” (Yep Roc 2012) N —This is the only song I've heard so far, but damn! It's a magnificent rocker. Can't wait to see Chuck Prophet at Off Broadway next month.Buy it! |
7:21am | Joe Louis Walker “Ride All Night” from Hellfire (Alligator 2012) N —Joe Louis Walker is a great blues performer who, it turns out, can rock like the Stones if he feels like it.Buy it! |
7:25am | Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub “Forever Yours” from Blue Notes (Perfect Sound 2000) —A sweet song by an alt-country performer with vocal chops and a killer band.Buy it! |
7:28am | Imelda May “Proud and Humble” from Mayhem (Decca 2011) N —I'm completely under Imelda May's spell. Still.Buy it! |
7:35am | Peter Wolf “Lying Low” from Midnight Souvenirs (Verve 2010) —Peter Wolf is one of those rare talents who actually keeps getting better with age.Buy it! |
7:38am | Ruthie Foster “Long Time Gone” from Let It Burn (Blue Corn Music 2012) N —Aided by the Blind Boys of Alabama, Ruthie Foster digs into the David Crosby song.Buy it! |
7:45am | The Soul Rebels “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” from Unlock Your Mind (Universal 2012) N —Sometimes you don't realize you're missing something essential in your life - like 29 years after first hearing this song, it turns out to be an even better fit for a New Orleans brass band than a synth-pop soul duo.Buy it! |
7:50am | Rufus Thomas “Soul Food” from Funky Chicken (Universal Music Group International 1997) —Rufus and his friend have trouble getting service in a restaurant.Buy it! |
7:54am | Dizzy Gillespie “Enter, Priest” from The Cool World (Verve 1978) —Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody and Kenny Barron - that's a team, right there.Buy it! |
8:03am | Les Ambassadeurs featuring Salif Keita “Wassolon Foli” from African Classics (Sheer 2007) —Magnificent track from Mali in the late 70s.Buy it! |
8:11am | Dr. Dog “Lonesome” from Be the Void (Deluxe Edition) (Anti/Epitaph 2012) N —A pretty fun answer to Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," but it also just sounds cool.Buy it! |
8:16am | Carolina Chocolate Drops “Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man?” from Leaving Eden (Nonesuch 2012) N —The new album will be released Feb. 28. It's another winner.Buy it! |
8:20am | Donna The Buffalo “Rockin' Horse” from Life's a Ride (Wildlife 2005) R —Somehow, I never actually heard this record. This is a typically enjoyable song from these guys, though.Buy it! |
8:24am | Joan Osborne “Pretty Little Stranger” (Vanguard vanguardrecords.com 2006) —A fine bit of soulful rock.Buy it! |
8:30am | Leonard Cohen “Amen” from Old Ideas (Columbia 2012) N —There was a woman at the record store yesterday buying this for her husband for Valentine's Day. I said it was a romantic gesture buying a record so full of ruminations about mortality.Buy it! |
8:38am | Bryan Ferry “Bob Dylan's Dream” from Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Fontana 2012) N —Every bit as stunning as you would expect it to be.Buy it! |
8:42am | Kevin Gordon “Gloryland” (Crowville Collective 2012) N —I hope the producers of Showtime's Homeland series have figured out this song works perfectly with their show.Buy it! |
8:47am | Dion “I Read It (in the Rolling Stone)” from Tank Full of Blues (Blue Horizon www.theblackangels.com 2012) N —Sometimes I just got to ask myself, what would my man Robert Plant do?Buy it! |
8:51am | Darrell Scott “Out In the Parking Lot” from Long Ride Home (Full Light www.darrellscott.com 2011) N —Co-written by and sung with Guy Clark.Buy it! |
8:56am | Scotty McKay “Rollin' Dynamite” from That'll Flat Git It Vol. 20 (Bear Family www.bear-family.de 2004) —Because rockabilly never gets old!Buy it! |
9:03am | The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” from The Undertones (Castle 2000) —Perfection!Buy it! |
9:05am | The Retros “This Girl” from Inner City Rockers (BDR 2011) N L —St. Louis rockers in 1979. I heard them play this one live many times.Buy it! |
9:07am | Buzzcocks “Why Can't I Touch It” from Singles Going Steady CD ALBUM (IRS 1970) —Punk art pop rock.Buy it! |
9:15am | The Vondrukes “The Words Write” from Runaway, Goodbye Love (self-released 2011) N L —St. Louis band that will play the Heavy Anchor next Friday night.Buy it! |
9:19am | Craig Finn “Jackson” from Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant www.vagrant.com 2012) N —The Hold Steady frontman brings his solo act to Off Broadway tonight.Buy it! |
9:23am | Bhi Bhiman “Crime of Passion” from Bhiman (Boocoo Music 2012) N —Former St. Louisian has a pretty good album here.Buy it! |
9:26am | Spirit “Gramophone Man” from Spirit (Epic 1969) —I wonder if Mr. Gramophone Man knows the Under Assistant West Coast Promotions Man.Buy it! |
9:33am | Mitch Easter “Glazed” from Dynamico (Electric Devil 2007) —I'm always glad when I remember Mitch Easter snuck out this excellent record a few years back. One of the great songwriters who hasn't made enough of his own music.Buy it! |
9:37am | Nils Lofgren “Love Stumbles On” from Old School (Vision 2011) N —In the downtime from working with Springsteen, Nils still gets to record his own stuff.Buy it! |
9:41am | Tom Petty “You Wreck Me” from Wildflowers (Warner Brothers 1994) —Rock on, Mr. Petty and Mr. Campbell.Buy it! |
9:45am | Dick Dale “Riders In the Sky” from Better Shred Than Dead: The Dick Dale Anthology (Rhino 1997) —I love the way he shreds this old chestnut.Buy it! |
9:47am | Southern Culture on The Skids “Oh Lonesome Me” from Countrypolitan Favorites (Yep Roc 2007) —Easily one of my favorite records of the first decade of this century.Buy it! |
9:50am | Connie Smith “You and Me” from Long Line of Heartaches (SUGAR HILL www.sugarhillrecords.com 2011) N —A jaunty little song about a relationship that went sour sung by somebody who knows how to do this sort of thing.Buy it! |
9:53am | Gretchen Peters “Dark Angel” from Hello Cruel World (Proper 2012) N —A beautiful duet with Rodney Crowell.Buy it! |
9:56am | Ulysess L. Baxter “Mother, Congratulate Your Son” from 50 Early Rockin' Tracks (Crazy Love 2000) —Everybody made a record back then. Many of them are quite spirited.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
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