Piers Faccini has appeared a couple of times before on Vodka, but I’ve got to say this little mournful melody is one of my favorites. Taken from his new four-song EP (#4 in the Hear My Voice series) (November 2019), Could Have Been You (seen/heard here) takes a beautiful melody, with minor-key flourishes and major key resolves, and adds in a thoughtful lyric, tasteful orchestration, and the delightful baritone vocal of Piers. The Hear My Voice series was launched by Piers in 2018 with the goal of…
Read MoreLindsay White’s Let Love Lead The Way (seen/heard here) is an anthem and was written for the 2019 Women’s March San Diego, CA. Lindsay has appeared once before on Vodka about two years ago with the review and video for Lights Out. Lindsay is a notable advocate for all things that make the human condition better. Whether it is her advocacy for women’s rights in the wake of the #metoo movement, grief support, support for LBGTQ or leading songwriting workshops for girls, White has staked out a place…
Read MoreNorwegian singer-songwriter Thom Hell was one of the first artists that Vodka reviewed, back before I was really writing reviews and just posting the videos, for the most part, of music that I liked. That video still stands out as both a beautiful track and one of the most innovative and thoughtful uses of technology in a video ever (my opinion). That video was posted back in January 2012 for the song Over You. The Love Is Gone (seen/heard here) is a single that was released…
Read MoreRegular Vodka readers will remember Dropkick from previous reviews here. One of the founding members of Dropkick, Andrew Taylor, recently released his second solo long-player, containing music created over the last 10 years and finally recorded and released. Somewhere To Be (September 2019), the title track of which is posted here, contains introspective Americana-tinged pop musings, for the most part, beautifully rendered, with folk stories included for good measure. The closest thing to rocking outcomes in the bridge for Growing Older Than You, a raucous fuzzed-out guitar fill…
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…
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