Last couple of weeks on KSRW 92.5 Independence, CA - long list of rarities and album cuts. You will never hear Lady Gaga, or Katy Perry, on KSRW. I stream it all the time, even though the quality is still pretty low. They have a stream on sierrawave.net. Besides maybe a few late 00 songs, they are stuck circa 1998-2000 on songs. Pretty much every Soft AC song in the late 90s is on here as well as many 80s and many smooth jazz songs. Some examples:
"I Know You Well" Christopher Cross/Gigi Worth 1998, I think it was an album cut and it's a good song. Fits Soft AC definitely.
"Under the Sun" Michael Franks 2006 - whoa! That is bordering smooth jazz vocals right there. Good song.
Unknown group doing a 90s cover of "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight" by the Larsen/Feiten Band. Has that early 90s upbeat sound to it.
"Wouldn't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw - 1985. Good new wave song and even fits adult hits.
"99.9 Fahrenheit Degrees (99.9F)" by Suzanne Vega from 1992 - thought it was from much later. Nice song to chill to.
"If You Leave Me Now" - not the 1976 Chicago version overplayed on classic hits stations, but a VERY rare 1997 Peter Cetera solo version. Good cover.
"Crazy for You" - not Madonna, but a completely different song by Incognito from 1991
"Born in Time" by Eric Clapton from the 1998 "Pilgrim" album, as well as Going Down Slow. Oddly, I haven't heard "My Father's Eyes", the main cut, yet.
"How Come" by Ray Lamontagne from 2004 - played two times in two days - no Mainstream AC would ever play this one
"Mexico" Jimmy Buffett, another common one. Sometimes "Margaritaville" but not usually.
In the past I've also heard James Taylor rarities, Poco songs, and more. WAY better than any of those so-called "today's soft favorites" stations.
-crainbebo
"I Know You Well" Christopher Cross/Gigi Worth 1998, I think it was an album cut and it's a good song. Fits Soft AC definitely.
"Under the Sun" Michael Franks 2006 - whoa! That is bordering smooth jazz vocals right there. Good song.
Unknown group doing a 90s cover of "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight" by the Larsen/Feiten Band. Has that early 90s upbeat sound to it.
"Wouldn't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw - 1985. Good new wave song and even fits adult hits.
"99.9 Fahrenheit Degrees (99.9F)" by Suzanne Vega from 1992 - thought it was from much later. Nice song to chill to.
"If You Leave Me Now" - not the 1976 Chicago version overplayed on classic hits stations, but a VERY rare 1997 Peter Cetera solo version. Good cover.
"Crazy for You" - not Madonna, but a completely different song by Incognito from 1991
"Born in Time" by Eric Clapton from the 1998 "Pilgrim" album, as well as Going Down Slow. Oddly, I haven't heard "My Father's Eyes", the main cut, yet.
"How Come" by Ray Lamontagne from 2004 - played two times in two days - no Mainstream AC would ever play this one
"Mexico" Jimmy Buffett, another common one. Sometimes "Margaritaville" but not usually.
In the past I've also heard James Taylor rarities, Poco songs, and more. WAY better than any of those so-called "today's soft favorites" stations.
-crainbebo