At the beginning of 2014, Vodka changed its video review timetable to once per week, which makes listing the top 40 tracks for the previous year seem pretty silly. Instead, this year we are just going to look back on what I think are some of Vodka’s high points, musically. As always, your mileage may vary. Way back at the beginning of the year we posted Vera Jonas title track for her 2013 long-player, Game, a funky track with plenty of dance moves in the video. It is such a fun song, that it deserves mention again. Ten months ago or so, we…
It’s hard to believe that the year is over and my goal to keep this blog going and updated has worked far better than I would have imagined back in January 2012. I couldn’t have done it without your feedback-your “likes” and “reblogs” were very much appreciated. Let’s face it though, the blog could not happen at all without the music. So here’s to all of the music that made it into A Little More Vodka, A Little Less Milk in 2012. A few of you have discovered this blog late and just couldn’t visualize going back and checking out all…
Blog posts are all ready for May May’s posts are all in the can, and there is a decidedly heavy bent towards Folk, Bluegrass and Americana this time out. It was purely an accidental happenstance. Music discovery sometimes takes you in the same direction for awhile. If you believe that you aren’t into those types of music, all I can say is give these tracks a chance. Purchases this last cycle Like most people, I have a limited music purchasing budget. I mean hey, you’ve gotta eat, right? In April, I picked up Snarky Puppy and Vintage Trouble among a couple of other grabs…
Vodka seldom posts straight-up instrumentals, but there are exceptions, and East from Lydian Collective is an exception well worth the spotlight. East is from their debut long-player Adventure (March 2018), and the band may seem to have burst onto the music scene as some sort of a “where have these musicians been?!” moment. That isn’t the case. The collective made up of Aaron Wheeler (keyboards), Todd Baker (guitar), Ida Hollis (bass), and Sophie Alloway (drums), all have individual success stories before forming Lydian Collective. The composition duties fall generally to Aaron…