WEMU got behind the Bonnie Raitt concert to benefit the Ann Arbor Summer festival in a big way. Her disc, "Slipstream" topped our "Sweet 16". Ms. Raitt and her band were sweet, sexy, soulful, rocking and totally touching in concert at Hill Auditorium.
WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY May 21 to May 27, 2012:
LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
1. BONNIE RAITT "Slipstream" (Redwing Records)
2. JAZZ SOUL SEVEN “Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield” (BFM)
3. DR. JOHN “Locked Down” (Nonesuch Records)
4. THE MANNISH BOYS “Double Dynamite” (Delta Groove Productions)
5. JON CLEARY “Occapella!: Having Fun With the Music Of Allen Toussaint” (FHQ Records)
6. ESPERANZA SPALDING “Radio Music Society” (Heads Up/Montuno)
7. BOBBY BROOM “Upper West Side Story” (Origin)
8. CITIZEN RHYTHM “Of The People, By The People, For The People” (Strong Brew Music)
9. GREGORY PORTER “Be Good” (Motema Music)
10.MELODY GARDOT “The Absence” (Decca Records)
11.ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT “Black Radio” (Blue Note Records)
12.SARA LEIB “Secret Love” (OA2 Records)
13.BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO “Ode” (Nonesuch)
14.SARAZINO “Every Day Salama” (Cumbancha)
15.AKIKO TSURUGA “Sakura” (American Showplace Music)
16.THIRD COAST KINGS “Third Coast Kings” (Record Kicks)
~COMPILED BY LAWRENCE GLENN AND LINDA YOHN