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  Never in any particular order Playlist link: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/peters-best-new-songs-of-the-week-2-24-2022/pl.u-2abdvu122lW 2-24-2022 Held--Spoon @spoontheband Wondering--Alma Naidu @alma_naidu Pismo--Tino Drima California Belongs to You--Erin Rae @ErinRaeMusic Quiet Moments (feat. Kristin Chenoweth)--Keb' Mo' @kebmomusic 4am--Will Joseph Cook @WillJosephCook This week's notes: Notes:  Pay attention, aspiring rock stars. Spoon gets to the meat of the song quickly, writes a darkly intriguing lyric, and keeps the production clean and spare with the vocal right out front. I love the grand piano left hand notes providing growl and dimension. Alma Naidu now holds the record for appearances on PBNSOTW with three. She's brilliant, and you owe it to yourself to listen through to Wondering, it will heal some part of your angst. Never heard of Tino Drima before, but I like this song. And Pismo Beach. So it's a twofer. Lou Reed meets the B-52's and ever...

Never in any particular order 2-17-2022 Time For The People--The Temptations @thetemptations  https://music.apple.com/us/album/time-for-the-people/1591692586?i=1591692591 You Know the Way--Freedom Fry @freedomfrymusic https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-know-the-way/1603133468?i=1603133478 You--Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard @buzzardbuzzard https://music.apple.com/us/album/you/1583668447?i=1583668473 On the Brink--Mason Jennings @masonjennings https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-brink/1588452099?i=1588452121 Modern Woman--Erin Rae @ErinRaeMusic https://music.apple.com/us/album/modern-woman/1584398501?i=1584398882 Echo for Ingrid--Thyla @thylamusic https://music.apple.com/us/album/echo-for-ingrid/1580934907?i=1580934928 Bonus: Amazing new cover versions And so it Goes--Alma Naidu @alma_naidu https://music.apple.com/us/album/and-so-it-goes/1586781663?i=1586781981 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald--Punch Brothers @punchbrothers https://music.apple.com/us/album/wreck-of-the-edmund-...

  Never in any particular order 2-10-2022 Here and Everywhere--Anne Pacéo @AnnePaceo https://music.apple.com/us/album/here-and-everywhere/1600317961?i=1600318332 Sun for Sunny--Bill O'Connell @BOCJazz https://music.apple.com/us/album/sun-for-sunny/1596800919?i=1596801607 Illusion--Alma Naidu @Alma_Naidu https://music.apple.com/us/album/illusion/1586781663?i=1586782246 B61--Aoife O'Donovan @odonovanaoife https://music.apple.com/us/album/b61/1579409564?i=1579409566 This week's notes: Anne Pacéo is a new artist for me. What I love about this track is the effortless feel of the vocal messing around tossed off like it was nothing. Fun electronic mallet solo. I dare anyone to listen to Sun for Sunny and not smile. Great bass solo by Lincoln Goines. Alma Naidu seems have landed in the Jazz category in the same uneasy way Anita Baker did. Don't let that scare you, her song construction is tight and her voice is amazing. B61 will pull you in completely at the first notes. But wa...

Never in any particular order 2-3-2022 Ego Trip--Freedom Fry @freedomfrymusic https://music.apple.com/us/album/ego-trip/1594283472?i=1594283486 First To Love--Maia Freedman @maiafffff https://music.apple.com/us/album/first-to-love/1600864183?i=1600864185 Jade Bonsai Garden--Andrew Gabbard @andygabbard https://music.apple.com/us/album/jade-bonsai-garden/1581013213?i=1581013230 This week's notes: Ego Trip is a pleasant float down Wonka's chocolate river with a deceptively simple (and very effective) hook. Male/female duo. Maia's voice is very reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto. The production isn't terrible. Gabbard makes the list two weeks in a row. His bass playing is really stellar on this. I'm pretty sure he's using a pick and it sounds great. I find I'm developing an automatic bias against tunes I can tell were produced in Ableton. Yes, I can tell. Fair warning.