1. The Bottle Let Me Down – Vince Gill And Paul Franklin – Masterful take on Merle Haggard classic by the best living singer and the a great steel guitarist – A
2. Barbarism Begins At Home – The Smiths – Love the Morrissey yodel – B+
3. Midday – Yusef – Superb Stevens song from 2006 – A
4. It’ll All Work Out – Blake Mills – Twangy West Coast indie – B+
5. Disa – Sergio Mendez – This is what the cool, smooth Brazilian superstar has done since the 1960s, and here he gets a particularly sweet song -all samba and maracas – B+
6. Left & Right – D’Angelo – From the Wu! And it is meant to rain right through his set tonight.
7. This Is How We Do It – Alunageorge – Dubstep band from the UK, seems to answer many of the questions of tone that inflicts the subset – B+
8. Go Stupid 4 U – Robin Thicke – Not the song of the summer, but not bad – B
9. My Story with 2 Chainz – R. Kelly – Love this one, Kelly might just be telling the same old story but he is telling it well – A
10. Mama Said Knock You Out – Five Finger Death Pinch – This is a terrific cover that brings the song back to life – A