Need some warmth for your cold Winter days? Maybe all you really need is CosmoSoul and Sunny Days. Pure soul, rhythm and blues and up-beat warmth. Sunny Days is from the bands 2011 long-player Sunrise. Lead vocalist, Alana Sinkey has a beautiful, warm, alto voice-perfect for these Soul gems. Her four band mates are no slouches either. You can find a lot of information CosmoSoul by visiting their web site-in Spanish but easily translated. (Yes, Yes, the social links are there too.) Sunrise, though, appears…
Read MoreSometimes it’s the simplest songs that provide the most joy. Take Before We Say Goodbye from Australian pop duo Achoo! Bless You’s December 2012 EP, No Island. Nothing very complex here but it is a feel-good pop anthem to togetherness. Achoo! Bless You is made up of co-leaders Asheligh Steel and Ross James Tipper, and it is the interplay between the two voices that makes all of these songs work so well together. Check out Achoo! Bless You by visiting their…
Read MoreIt is really, really, really hard to categorize UK songstress Bev Lee Harling. She is one part avant-garde, one part 20’s or 30’s jazz singer, one part alternative pop queen, and two parts musical history lesson. Stick all of that in a blender, open the lid, fire it up on full and see what element hits you the hardest. That is evident on Buy Me from the May 2012 long-player, Barefoot In Your Kitchen. Bev Lee Harling has been making crazy,…
Read MoreFolk-Americana-Country artists Jonathan Byrd and Chris Kokesh team up for a full-length of duets called The Barn Birds (December 2012) which includes this humorous look at love, Sundays Loving You. Jonathan has a strong weather worn voice which is the perfect compliment to Chris’ feather light and pure pipes. The long player uses essentially the same vocal mix throughout, and it works very well. You can find more information on Jonathan Byrd (including social links) by visiting his web site….
Read MoreBack in December (2012), I reviewed the fun-loving Courtney Barnett’s single, History Eraser. It’s no accident that this song made the Best of Vodka 2012 list in January. Courtney combines elements of blues-rock with alt-pop to create a totally unique sound used extensively in her music creation. Case in point is Courtney’s Scotty Says from her April 2012 EP, I’ve Got A Friend Called Emily Ferris. Courtney Barnett knows how to weave humor seamlessly into her songs. More importantly, these songs are…
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