Buried Treasures & Bobby Rush
As we all settle in for the season, Jim and Greg figure Sound Opinions listeners are ready for a playlist refresh. This week, they dip into the wealth of great new music beyond the FM dial and play you some Buried Treasures. These artists might not be household names, but they're definitely worth adding to your collection. Plus, blues legend Bobby Rush shares the song that got him Hooked on Sonics.
Buried Treasures
Jim and Greg are out here saving good music from being buried by the sands of time. It would be a shame for these fine new releases to go unnoticed, so we're bringing them directly to you. Here's the latest batch of "buried treasures."
Greg
- Control Top, "Type A"
- Automatic, "Too Much Money"
- Kills Birds, "Volcano"
- Billy Woods + Kenny Segal, "Spider Hole"
Jim
- Tommi Zender, "Your Time is More Important"
- Kingsley, "You Keep Me Hangin’ On"
- The OSYX, "Carry It With Me"
- Twink with Moths & Locusts and Heavy Friends, "Fear the Unknown"
We asked our discussion group to share their Buried Treasures.
- Mark Laskowski picked Karen O and Danger Mouse's song "Nox Lumina"
- Luke Lawrence picked The Murder Capital's song "Don’t Cling To Life"
Hooked On Sonics: Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush has been writing and recording for fifty years, and along the way garnered multiple awards for his distinctive, laid back, funky brand of the blues. He's a natural storyteller, as exhibited in hits like his 1971 classic "Chicken Heads." On this installment of Hooked On Sonics, Bobby Rush shares the early Nat King Cole track that sparked his interest in narrative songwriting.
Jim
Jim puts another coin into the Desert Island Jukebox, this time in celebration of the Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle classic "Your Love," a slice of Chicago House music that he says rates up there with Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" as one of the sexiest dancefloor fillers of all time.
Featured Songs
- Control Top, "Type A," Covert Contracts, Get Better, 2019
- Tommi Zender, "Your Time is More Important," More Songs About Time, N/A, 2019
- Automatic, "Too Much Money," Signal, Stones Throw, 2019
- Kingsley, "You Keep Me Hangin' On," Falcon Mixtape - Motor City Classix, N/A, 2019
- Karen O and Danger Mouse, "Nox Lumina," Lux Prima, BMG, 2019
- Half Wolf, "Pretty Lonely," Pretty Lonely (Single), Hannah Westerholm, 2019
- The OSYX, "Carry It With Me," The OSYX, This Could Go Boom!, 2019
- Kills Birds, "Volcano," Kills Birds, KRO, 2019
- Twink with Moths & Locusts and Heavy Friends, "Fear the Unknown," Think Pink IV: Return To Deep Space, Noiseagonymayhem, 2019
- Billy Woods + Kenny Segal, "Spider Hole," Hiding Places, Backwoodz Studioz, 2019
- The Murder Capital, "Don't Cling To Life," When I Have Fears, Human Season, 2019
- Bobby Rush, "Chicken Heads," Chicken Heads (single), Galaxy, 1971
- The King Cole Trio, "Straighten Up and Fly Right," Straighten Up and Fly Right (single), Capitol, 1943
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "More Love," More Love (single), Tamla, 1967
- Bobby Rush, "Get Out Of Here," Get Out Of Here (single), Warner Bros., 1974
- Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle, "Your Love," Your Love (single), Trax, 1987
- Jeannie Reynolds, "The Phones Been Jumping All Day," The Phones Been Jumping All Day (single), Casablanca, 1975
- Reunion, "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)," Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me), RCA, 1974
- Owsley, "Oh No the Radio," Owsley, Giant, 1999
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "The Last DJ," The Last DJ, Warner Bros., 2002
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions, "Radio, Radio," This Year's Model, Radar, 1978
- Thomas Dolby, "Radio Silence," The Golden Age of Wireless, Venice In Peril, 1982
- Roy Acuff, "Turn Your Radio On (Re-Recorded In Stereo)," Hand Clapping Gospel Songs, Hickory, 1963
Dear Listeners,
For more than 15 years, Sound Opinions was a production of WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. Now that the show is independent, we're inviting you to join the band and lend a hand! We need your support more than ever because now we have to do all the behind-the-scenes work that WBEZ handled before (like buying insurance and paying for podcast hosting, ugh). Plus, we have some exciting ideas we'd like to try now that there's no one to tell us no!