Saw Working Girl on cable recently and it reminded me of how much I like the Carly Simon song Let the River Run. It had a pop-ish world beat and her magnificent voice. Her new greatest hits album has its own site and a video and audio of the song. Like other classic singer/songwriters of the late 60s and early 70s, I like Simon's early, more acoustic, simple albums the best. In fact, I think I'll prefer her earlier Best of collection.
And, naturally, this reminiscing leads me to Carole King. I almost always prefer her Tapestry versions of her songs to other interpretations. I found her latest CD Love Makes the World a bit, um, boring. I don't think I listened to it more than twice. I've heard, though, her daughter Louise Goffin's latest is very good. I may have heard it on the radio, somewhere between Philadelphia and New York.