Singing duo Anne Burnell & Mark Burnell have released a new album, This Could Be the Start of Something Big. The album is the follow-up to their 2022 acclaimed CD Two For The Road. It is a generous offering from the Chicago-based pair, featuring consummate musicianship. The songs cover plenty of territory (from “Song Sung Blue” to “Sunday Kind of Love” to “Sir Duke”), and all are given a velvety smooth treatment as the two trade off sharing their gifts. I have already played “The Lusty Month of May” repeatedly. This is one of those consistent CDs that tends to stay in the CD player.

Musicians: Anne Burnell (vocals), Mark Burnell (piano, keyboards, vocals), Joshua Ramos (bass), Jim Widlowski (drums, percussion), Pat Mallinger (saxophone), and Fareed Haque (guitar).