Vodka re-discovered Hillary Reynolds and Peridot back in April of last year, with a review for Tightrope. Peridot is back with a wonderful single that will leave you awe-struck. A song about how quick life is and how much we need to embrace it, Fleeting (seen/heard here) is at once beautiful and inspiring. Hillary’s vocals ring with the sincerity of strong belief, massaging the listener into willing submission instead of hitting them with a brick. Backed here by a marvelous string quartet that this song absolutely cries out for, there is…
Read MoreLast night, Vodka had the pleasure of sitting in on a local house concert here in Nebraska. The venue was a wonderful old farmhouse, the attendees and hosts were warm and friendly, and the band, well that was the duo Big Little Lions. Vodka stumbled on Big Little Lions after checking, as I sometimes do, on the status of a performer that I had reviewed a number of years ago, Helen Austin. That look back found that Helen was still performing, but as a part of…
Read MoreThanks to a tweet from The High Divers (seen recently on Vodka) who have shared some tour dates with Edan Archer of late, I took a listen and was simply blown away by this powerful voice. Six Wing Angel (seen/heard here) is from Edan’s debut long-player, Journey Proud (August 2019) and again, that voice will stop a person in their tracks! Steeped in a version of Americana that could easily be part and parcel of New Orleans, Archer hails from Gainesville, Florida, and tools around Nashville as much…
Read MoreMolly Linen has just released Outside (October 2019), a five-track debut EP of thoughtful, breathy, folk-pop, and it is immediately a winner. The video for Away (seen/heard here) is definitely a low-budget affair, but the music wins out right away, and that’s what we are here for, right? The EP opener, When They Didn’t Care, sets the stage for everything that comes after. Its delicious minor key beginnings resolve into a beautiful refrain. This may be only five tracks long, but it is full of Molly Linen’s potential. There’s not…
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