Song of the Day: 'More More More' by Carmel

Here's a blast (almost) from my past. Carmel -- a photogenic Manchester jazz/soul group that like Sade took its name from its female singer (Carmel McCourt) -- was one of those groups I would always fantasize about in high school aftering seeing them in my import music magazines and legendary rock 'n' roll yearbooks, but whose music I never seemed to have access to. Record stores didn't carry them. MTV never played them. "Friday Night Videos" was no better. And even "Rock Over London," the radio show where I discovered Everything But the Girl and Weekend, never gave them the time of day. 

Needless to say, McCourt's appearance alone had me salivating -- and I was already swept up in the faux jazz stylings of Matt Bianco, Swing Out Sister, Working Week, the Style Council, etc. -- so you can imagine how thrilled I was this week when London Records' Twitter account announced that more of the band's music would be coming to streaming outlets soon -- as well as some videos on YouTube. 

I have waited 40 years for this and I must say I'm not disappointed. The songs I've heard so far remind me of Kim Wilde if Kim had teamed up with a downtown jazz combo instead of her stable of rocker family members, which is to say they're wonderful!