A highly talented and artful singer-songwriter who brings to mind Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell, California native Jesca Hoop recently released her self-produced album “Long Wave Home,” which I’ve been playing non-stop all this week. Intriguing and engrossing from beginning to end, with subtle arrangements that include everything from bassoon to marimba to bass clarinet, this 10-song recording is destined to be high in my top album list of 2026! The lyrics to the title track conclude with these lovely lines: “Let’s climb a radio tower / You hear me now / Just turn the dial to tune / You’re not alone / Long waves are carrying you / All the way home.” I’ll play the entire album this Sunday on Fine Tuning, plus I’ll have a 72nd birthday tribute to David Hidalgo of Los Lobos along with new songs by Meshell Ndegeocello & Richard Thompson – RT. Fine Tuning: Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. on ann arbor’s 107one.
