Can I share what struck me on the radio lately?

I heard this kind of new-wave-type song coming back from the airport last week and loved it. I was shocked to find it was Linda Ronstadt from 1980 singing a song by Billy Steinberg (the DJ said he co-wrote “Like A Virgin”, go figure).

It’s called “How Do I Make You”. Dig the cover art:

And then (man, I love “The River”), they played a track by a group I’d never heard of: “Joy Kills Sorrow”. To me, they sound a lot like “Hem” or “Crooked Still”, if you’ve heard those groups – both excellent. The song was “All The Buildings”. It knocked me out.