Combining Delta blues, rock, strong instruments and vocals, The Delta Saints breathe life into the air with Death Letter Jubilee, the title track to the groups debut long-player (January 2013) by the same name. This is music that demands movement! The members of The Delta Saints met up in college in Nashville in 2007 and began playing locally sometime after that. Besides the long-player, the band has released two EP’s worth of music, Pray On (September 2009) and A Bird Called Angola…
Read MoreSemi-frequent visitors to Vodka are Snarky Puppy, who play a very special combination of mostly jazz with pop styling thrown in that is simply wonderful, are back. Here from their latest long-player, We Like It Here, (February 2014) is the wonderful Latin and rhythm and blues flavored Shofukan. I encourage you to visit other Snarky Puppy tracks on Vodka; The track that got things started for me, Thing Of Gold and the more recent Amour T’es Là, from the wonderful Family Dinner – Volume…
Read MoreCombining rock, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk and hip-hop styling may sound crazy, but The Lonely Biscuits make the blending of these styles into a style all its own on Butter. To say that it works is an understatement! Butter’s 3:20 seconds seem incredibly short, because you want more when it’s all over. Originally formed in 2011 as Gravy and The Biscuits, The Lonely Biscuits sound fresh and new. They also are amazingly accomplished, from the beat-poet in Grady Wenrich (a.k.a., Gravy…
Read MoreNote: The original video is no longer available. This official audio version has replaced it: I fell instantly in love with One More Night from The Expendables which appears on the band’s 2007 self-titled long-player. It’s not a flawless performance, but the imperfections in the vocal delivery make it feel more real and more heart-felt. Don’t get me wrong, their is nothing unpleasing in the vocals, there is just a rawness, an edginess an emotional honest delivery. Playing a blend…
Read MoreUK folk duo Nobodaddy prove solid in their story-telling skills on Butterfly from their latest (February 2014) long-player, Longing For Flight. The duo (Adam Clark and Mike Wordingham), both accomplished songwriters and musicians in their own right, write wonderful introspective, sometimes dark folk songs. Vocally, the lead is always in front, but there are some great harmonies here too. It’s just that the stories are always in the forefront as they should be in any folk song. With eight years between their debut long-player, There…
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