Signing off for now…

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It was an agonizing decision, but I have chosen to end my time at Humboldt Hot Air. My last show was Nov. 19. I very much enjoyed my year at HHA, after a 4-year break from radio. I may return, but not sure if or when. If you listened, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I also want to thank Humboldt Hot Air for allowing me the pleasure of hosting my music show. Please support community streaming radio at humboldthotair.org.

Your Saving Grace

November 19, 2022

old lichen-covered fence in the dunes - Your Saving Grace
Lichen or not, listen to Your Saving Grace this Saturday (Nov. 19), from 6 to 8. 

The Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 “Look Around” from Foursider
Henry Mancini “Session at Pete’s Pad” from Hang on to Me
Dorothy Ashby “Jollity” from Hip Harp + In a Minor Groove
Booker T. & MG’s “Time Is Tight” from Up Tight
Kate Bush “An Endless Sky Of Honey” from An Endless Sky Of Honey
The Tymes “Ms. Grace” from 70’s Soul
Dusty Springfield “The Windmills Of Your Mind (Single/LP Version)” from Rhino Hi-Five: Dusty Springfield (US Release)
Tom Jones “Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings” from Tom Jones – The Decca Years
Allison Russell “Persephone” from Persephone
Whiskeytown “Black Arrow, Bleeding Heart” from Faithless Street
Graham Parker “Almost Thanksgiving Day” from Your Country
Rufus Wainwright “I Don’t Know What It Is” from Vibrate: The Best Of
Chris Smither “Outside In” from Train Home
Dar Williams “Comfortably Numb” from My Better Self
Pegi Young & The Survivors “I Be Weary” from Lonely in a Crowded Room
Lissie “Night Moves” from Carving Canyons
Rotary Connection “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” from Her Chess Years
Traks “Long Train Running (Original)” from Long Train Running
Liza Minnelli “Use Me” from The Singer (Expanded Edition)
Sparks “Beat the Clock [Extended Version]” from No.1 In Heaven
Karen Young “Dee Tour” from The Best Of Karen Young
Monsoon “Ever So Lonely” from Archive
Ghostland “The Kiss” from Interview With The Angel
Linda Thompson “Talking Like a Man (Original Single Mix)” from One Clear Moment
Clannad “Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn) [2003 – Remaster]” from In a Lifetime
Yann Tiersen “Prad” from Prad

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November 5, 2022

Older woman in her easy chair, with little dog and blankets - Your Saving Grace
It’s November and time to get cozy. Snuggle up and listen to Your Saving Grace this Saturday (Nov. 5), from 6 to 8.

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 “Look Around” from Foursider
Six Fat Dutchmen “Dig That Crazy Oom Pah Man” from #1 Polka Band
Herbie Mann “O Barquinho” from Samba de Minha Terra
Nat King Cole “It’s Only A Paper Moon” from The Nat King Cole Story
Blossom Dearie “Moonlight Saving Time” from Once Upon a Summertime
Ruby And The Romantics “The Masquerade Is Over” from Our Day Will Come
Petula Clark “Tout Le Monde Veut Aller Au Ciel Mais Personne Ne Veut Mourir (Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven But Nobody Wants To Die)” from C’est Ma Chanson
Frankie Yankovic “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” from Button Box Favorites
Jay & The Techniques “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” from Best Of Jay & The Techniques
Lou Johnson “There’s Always Something There to Remind Me” from Soul Treasures of Amy, Mala, & Bell Records (1963-1969)
Irma Thomas “Time Is On My Side” from Wish Someone Would Care
Nina Simone “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” from Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Lillias White “Mama Look A Booboo” from From Brooklyn to Broadway
Willie Nelson “Stardust” from Super Hits, Vol. 2
Cheryl Wheeler “One Love” from Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar
Kate Wolf “Amazed To Find” from Lines On The Paper
Lorrie Morgan “We Both Walk” from Something In Red
Nick Lowe “Drive-Thru Man” from The Impossible Bird
Cake “Alpha Beta Parking Lot” from Prolonging the Magic
The Backseat Lovers “Snowbank Blues” from Waiting to Spill
Brian Wilson “Love And Mercy” from I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
The Roches “Us Little Kids” from Moonswept
The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” from The ‘See For Miles’ 10th Anniversary Catalogue
The Beths “Expert In A Dying Field” from Expert In A Dying Field
Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” from Use Your Illusion I
Anthony Phillips “Greenhouse” from Wise After the Event (Deluxe Edition)
Selena Gomez “My Mind & Me” from My Mind & Me
Lost Horizons (f. Karen Peris) “This Is The Weather” from In Quiet Moments
Gary Numan / Tubeway Army “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” from Replicas (Remastered)
Gary Numan “Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)” from Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)
The Alan Parsons Project “Hawkeye” from Vulture Culture

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October 29, 2022 – Spookified

Your Saving Grace - Witches Endora and Samantha
We are quicksilver, a fleeting shadow, a distant sound… our home has no boundaries beyond which we cannot pass. We live in music, in a flash of color … we live on the wind and in the sparkle of a star!” (Endora, Bewitched) On Saturday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m., Your Saving Grace will summon your inner witch with a spooky soundtrack on Humboldt Hot Air, humboldthotair.org

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 “Look Around” from Foursider
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra / Alwyn “The Bride of Frankenstein – Strange Apparition / Pretorius’ Entrance / You Will Need A Coat” from The Bride of Frankenstein
John Buzon Trio “Mr. Ghost Goes To Town” from Ultra-Lounge: Organs In Orbit
The Budos Band “Ghost Walk” from The Budos Band
Martha Reeves “Spooky” from Dancing in the Streets – The Best of Martha Reeves
Dusty Springfield “Haunted” from Haunted
Nancy Wilson “When October Goes” from With My Lover Beside Me Music By Barry Manilow Lyrics By Johnny Mercer
Ella Fitzgerald “Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered – from Pal Joey” from Ze Best – Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan “That Old Black Magic” from The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol. 3
Steeleye Span “Alison Gross” from Parcel of Rogues
Buffy Sainte-Marie “Reynardine-A Vampire Legend” from Fire Fleet And Candlelight
Johnny Cash “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Album Version)” from The Legend
Terri Gibbs “Somebody’s Knockin” from Best of Terri Gibbs
Merle Haggard “The Silver Ghost” from My Love Affair With Trains
Jane Siberry “Something About Trains” from Bound By the Beauty
k.d. lang “Season of Hollow Soul” from Ingenue
K.T. Oslin “Come On-A My House” from Live Close By, Visit Often
Jim Stafford “Spiders & Snakes” from Jim Stafford
Fleetwood Mac “The Ghost” from Bare Trees
Rodney Crowell “Somebody’s Shadow” from Tarpaper Sky
Kirsty MacColl “Halloween” from Electric Landlady
XTC “Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead” from Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles Collection 1977 – 1992
The Flaming Lips “The Spiderbite Song (2017 Remaster)” from The Soft Bulletin
Be Bop Deluxe “Night Creatures” from Air Age Anthology
The Cure “Lullaby” from Fetenhits – The Real 80’s
SBTRKT “Trials of the Past” from Trials of the Past
RUN DMC “Ghostbusters” from NOW That’s What I Call Halloween
Sparks “Boris the Spider (feat. Christi Haydon)” from Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins (Expanded Edition)

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October 22, 2022

Your Saving Grace - woman holding a lemon, in kitchen
When life gives you lemons… tune into Your Saving Grace

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 “Look Around” from Foursider
Kai Winding Trombones “THE RAVEN” from Thats Where It Is
Henry Mancini “Session at Pete’s Pad” from Music from Peter Gunn
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny “I Like You Best of All” from Let’s Get Happy Together
Patti Austin “Swanee” from Avant Gershwin
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Fiesta in Blue” from Two for the Blues
Nancy Wilson “West Coast Blues” from How Glad I Am
Baby Washington “Hush Heart” from A Handful of Memories
Desmond Dekker “(Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing” from Break Up
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “How Do I Let a Good Man Down?” from Naturally
Dusty Springfield “Wasn’t Born To Follow” from Dusty In London
Mary Travers “Song for the Asking” from The Solo Recordings [1971-1972]
Chrissie Hynde “My Father” from Born to the Breed – A Tribute to Judy Collins
David Crosby “Paint You A Picture” from Lighthouse
Grant Lee Buffalo “Happiness” from Storm Hymnal: Gems from the Vault of Grant Lee Buffalo
The Frames “Star Star” from Longitude
The Cranberries “Never Grow Old” from Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
Nouvelle Vague “Road to Nowhere” from 3
Mary Gauthier “Fall Apart World” from Dark Enough to See the Stars
Bonnie Bishop “Ain’t Who I Was” from Ain’t Who I Was
Eels “Railroad Man” from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Everything But The Girl “Tougher Than the Rest” from Worldwide
The Fixx “Less Cities, More Moving People” from One Thing Leads To Another: Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac “Sentimental Lady” from Bare Trees
Cat Power “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” from I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
Simon & Garfunkel “Why Don’t You Write Me” from Old Friends
Shonen Knife “Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches” from Sweet Candy Power
Devo “Modern Life (2010 Remaster)” from Modern Life (2010 Remaster)
Santigold “Lights Out” from Santigold
Freur “Doot Doot” from Doot Doot
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark “Messages” from The OMD Singles

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