As sometimes happens, a journey to research an artist for Vodka led to the discovery of this amazingly talented violinist, Lindsey Stirling, and the video for Crystallize and that led us to look up Lindsey and to find this video, The Arena, from a new long-player due out (by the time you read this, it should be out) August 19, 2016, entitled Brave Enough. Vodka doesn’t very often dwell on instrumental music but there are exceptions, and we are happy to include Lindsey Stirling in the “exceptions” department. Lindsey’s music is light,…
Read MoreHannah Gill & The Hours are ab-”soul”-utely top-notch! Austin (seen/heard here) just rocks! It’s full of Hannah Gill’s throaty Alto and a great band, which includes a horn section that just kicks ass! This is R&B Soul at its modern-day finest! If you aren’t blown away by Hannah Gill and company, then you are not on this planet. Holy Cow! Austin is the opening track for the 5-song EP, The Water (May 2016), which you should go out and buy immediately! Austin is no one-off hit either. The Water is an…
Read MoreCase/Lang/Veirs as in Neko Case, K.D. Lang and Laura Veirs are representative of something that sometimes works and sometimes fails: supergroups. Thankfully, this is an example of when chemistry really works! As good as these three women are by themselves, they are perhaps orders of magnitude better together. Their first album together is a testament to this on almost every level. Compositions are tight with understated harmonies and more than enough singable melodies to please. At Vodka, we generally keep to the unknown or little-known bands, because we feel they don’t…
Read MoreRemember Drake White from back at the end of 2015 and the video/review for It Feels Good? Well, Drake White has now released his first long-player (should be out by the time you read this) entitled Spark (August 2016) and it deserves to be heard! Vodka isn’t usually a country fan, mostly because the twang sends us reeling like fingernails on a chalkboard, But Drake White’s version of country is full of country goodness and tradition without that annoying twang! Check Drake White out on his website and follow…
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