Though jazz makes a limited appearance on A Little More Vodka, it’s not because it doesn’t have some wonderful musical offerings. Mostly, it is because in general, lyrics help tell the story of a video, and in this case-as with most Snarky Puppy performances-the music /is/ the story. That was true a year ago, with Thing Of Gold from the groups Ground Up offering and remains so today with Family Dinner. Family Dinner – Volume 1 was released in March…
Read MoreThe Hillary Reynolds Band combines the soaring vocal of of front woman Hillary Reynolds and her amazing songwriting with traditional acoustic instruments to create pop with a folkish edge. The wealth of acoustic instrumentation provides rich textures that would be otherwise lost and sorely missing. Here on the 2013 single, Crossing The Line, you can hear all of these influences at work. Besides this single, HRB has released one long players, 2012’s Since September. The band also has another single, Leave No…
Read MoreThe second post from Paper Aeroplanes within a month is posted because the duo has just released The EP’s-Time To Be & A Comfortable Sleep (November 2013) which is essentially a long-player (10 songs) that combines the EP’s Time To Be (2011) and A Comfortable Sleep (2012) in a single cohesive collection. Paper Aeroplanes may still be struggling for mass appeal, but Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn continue to churn out accessible folk-pop that you only need to hear to fall in love…
Read MoreDelightfully listenable and a great bit of positive energy, here is the fun I Am Who I Am from the folk-popsters Buckeye Knoll. I have to say that I laughed out loud when during the video, a man looking strikingly like Bob Ross, the long dead painter, held up a sign that read, “I Am Not The Bob Ross You Are Looking 4.” I Am Who I Am comes from the long-player, Lovecreek (April 2013), and all of…
Read MoreScottish band Dropkick have a new three-song EP, appropriately titled Style (November 2013) which includes the song Style as the single-and what a single it is. Dropkick shows off their tight melodic hooks and their propensity to harmonize. Formed on the East coast of Scotland in the late 1990’s by brothers Andrew and Alistair Taylor and friend Ian Grier, the band has transformed itself over the years from punk-pop, to power-pop and alternative country after being influenced by the likes of The Jayhawks and…
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