Remember the Hillary Reynolds Band (HRB)? Probably not. Vodka posted a video from them nearly four and a half years ago and then they kind of fell off of our radar. Well, they are still together and still making great music, but the name has changed. Peridot is the transformation of HRB. There is still a bit of folk in the flavoring of Peridot music, but the primary focus seems to be making great pop music. There’s not much explanation of why the band name has changed, but it seems by listening…
Read MoreBack in October of last year, the Philadelphia, PA folk-rock band, Stella Ruze, released their self-titled EP. It’s glorious! Bide The Time was the first single off of that EP and you can judge for yourself. Even though this was a self-titled EP, Stella Ruze actually released their first full-length recording in June 2016, So Here. Stella Ruze is made up of bandleader Brendan Johnson (vocals, guitar, percussion), Katie Burke (vocals, mandolin, percussion), Mason Wallack (keyboards, vocals), Alex Styer (trumpet, percussion, vocals), Vince Gleason (saxophone), and Sean McIntyre (drums)….
Read MoreKeep On Waiting is from Davey Craddock & The Spectacles 2016 long-player, City West, obviously released long before the long player came out. This fine bit of folk-rock is Vodka’s way of announcing that Davey Craddock and company have a new long-player, due out April 2018, One Punch. The influences of Davey Craddock’s music appear to be quite varied, from country folk to rockabilly to rock, but like the very best musicians and songwriters, it is the sum of those musical parts that creates his…
Read MoreAfter more than 600 posts, I just took Vodka live on the web. Happy weekend!
Read MoreS. Carey (Sean Carey) creates lovely layered landscapes of musical goodness on his third full-length, Hundred Acres (February 2018), which begs the question: Why has Vodka missed the last two efforts? The number of song samples we click through to find goodness increases with the ease at which musicians of all stripes and, um, talents, can self-publish their music. All I can say is that we try, and sometimes we get lucky. Enter More I See (seen/heard here), from the aforementioned new long-player, a look at life…
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