A few months back, Carsie Blanton had a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to create a record of smokey jazz standards from the first half of the 20th century. Not Old, Not New (June 2014), is the result of that successful campaign, and Cole Porter’s Laziest Gal In Town is from that amazing set. Carsie’s voice is well suited to these jazz gems, easily sliding where it needs to be, throaty and sultry. You can picture Carsie in a smoke filled piano…
Read MoreI’m stretching my wings a bit here on Vodka and found this very pleasing musician/producer, Hugo Kant. Leave Me Alone is from Hugo’s July 2013 EP, by the same name, which is really just an extended single with two versions of Leave Me Alone and two versions of In The Woods. Hugo has a new long player (June 2014) called The Point Of No Return which includes both of those tracks (although not all versions) plus ten additional tracks. Hugo’s sounds are hypnotic,…
Read MoreSemi-frequent visitors to Vodka are Snarky Puppy, who play a very special combination of mostly jazz with pop styling thrown in that is simply wonderful, are back. Here from their latest long-player, We Like It Here, (February 2014) is the wonderful Latin and rhythm and blues flavored Shofukan. I encourage you to visit other Snarky Puppy tracks on Vodka; The track that got things started for me, Thing Of Gold and the more recent Amour T’es Là, from the wonderful Family Dinner –…
Read MoreCombining rock, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk and hip-hop styling may sound crazy, but The Lonely Biscuits make the blending of these styles into a style all its own on Butter. To say that it works is an understatement! Butter’s 3:20 seconds seem incredibly short, because you want more when it’s all over. Originally formed in 2011 as Gravy and The Biscuits, The Lonely Biscuits sound fresh and new. They also are amazingly accomplished, from the beat-poet in Grady Wenrich (a.k.a., Gravy…
Read MoreNote: The video no longer exists and there is no replacement for it. Most of the band’s other links are also dead. You may recall The Aquaducks fun fusion of jazz, rock, and r&b, from about a year ago when we highlighted the single, Fuel The Funk. Now the band has released (November 2013) a seven-song self-titled LP, and you can find Fuel The Funk along with This Far (shown here). The LP clocks in at 36 minutes and change. This is party music, and that is something that The Aquaducks hang their hats on-And it’s fun! You can find more information on…
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