Today's Top Tune

Today's Top Tune

A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.

In need of a cosmic lift?

Trippy key wiz Marco Benevento squirreled away in his Woodstock studio amid countless keyboards and gear to create quarantine-inflicted solo jams.

You don’t have to be born in the US to sing soul, but you do have to be able to convey the right feeling. Helsinki-born Bobby Oroza has that in his soul.

Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey, best known as one of the UK’s leading trip-hop pioneers Morcheeba, help us chill out with new music on their tenth album “Blackest Blue.”

Since 1971, Sounds of Blackness has lifted the voices of African-American sound through gospel, worldbeat, jazz, and soul.

We first met singer/songwriter Alela Diane as part of the band Headless Heroes and their one-off album of covers back in 2008.

Melbourne quintet Surprise Chef serve up a tasty, moody instrumental ballad in “Spring’s Theme.”

Nine albums in, Montreal’s Stars turn in their first full-length in five years “From Capelton Hill,” to glowing reviews.