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Spalding hones her pop-crossover chops

Smart songwriting elevates ‘Radio Music Society’

By Steve Greenlee

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 20, 2012

Spalding - the bassist, vocalist, and songwriter who grew up in Oregon and graduated from the Berklee College of Music - calls “Radio Music Society’’ not a sequel but a companion to “Chamber Music Society.’’ Whereas none of the tunes on the earlier disc were natural fits for radio, one could imagine almost any of the dozen songs on the new one - most of which Spalding wrote - popping up on an FM station.

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