Fun, weird, Scottish folk, with plenty of twists and turns, here is Longshot Nelson And The Disjoints. While there is plenty to love here, the underlying principle of these tunes is simple, often minor key melodies that always tell a story. Most of the instrumentation is simple and old-school, with just touches of modern instrumentation to add to the odd and wonderful sound. After listening to Longshot Nelson a bit, I challenge you to get this music out…
Read MoreI liked UK songwriter, performer, Jon Kenzie on first listen to Sing A Little Higher from the October 2013 released long-player by the same name. Then I listened to Coming Around, the second track from the LP, and was completely blown away. Kenzie performs folk, pop, soul, blues, in what would have to be called a mixer; Sometimes the songs are purely one style and sometimes they combine multiple styles together. It provides for a great sound, and the mostly acoustic instruments…
Read MoreAlmost a year ago, Paper Aeroplanes made it’s debut appearance on A Little More Vodka with Multiple Love, and then went on to make the Best Of Vodka listing for 2012. It was no mistake. Here, Sarah Howells’ chirrupy pipes lend themselves again to a beautiful pop number Little Letters, from the May 2013 long-player by the same name. Little Letters also includes the earlier Multiple Love and eleven other great tracks, and is available from i-Tunes or Amazon. Paper Aeroplanes would not…
Read MoreOk, I’m going to start with a very small negative: It seems to me that if you were going to tape a video of a song as you are making it, that there would have been a little bit more editing so that the video would have aligned with the song (lyrics and instruments). That didn’t happen here, on Reels Green’s The Game, from the band’s knock out debut EP, Mister Rice (October 2013). That’s a minor complaint. At least you have…
Read MoreAstute readers of this blog will recognize Michael Kiwanuka from the post back in June of 2012 for I’m Getting Ready. That track also landed him in the list for Best Of Vodka 2012, which lists in no particular order some of the finest tracks of 2012’s posts. From that prayerful touching video over a year ago, to this one from November 2012, Michael Kiwanuka continues to inspire with his music. Always Waiting is a musical story about the devastating affects of Alzheimer…
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