Enter Cotton Belly, a band with an eye for blues, rock and integration; A band whose talents include transforming standards into their own image and creating innovative tunes of their own; A band deeply steeped, stoked and smoked in fun. Here on Greatness from the band’s second long-player, This Day (October 2013), Cotton Belly removes the stops and looses the jams. These blues men aren’t from South of the Mason-Dixon line, they make their home in Paris, France. Perhaps that gives their take on blues-rock…
Read MoreThere have been many times where a singer has flown under the radar (at least my radar) until suddenly making a big name for themselves. I’m hopeful that this is Kaz Simmons time, with the release of the wonderful long-player, Signs (October 2013). For The Love Of Big L is from Signs and highlights the blending of so many styles, vocal jazz, 70’s pop and more. Kaz Simmons loves Brazilian rhythms, and those are here too. Late, the lead off…
Read MoreFun, weird, Scottish folk, with plenty of twists and turns, here is Longshot Nelson And The Disjoints. While there is plenty to love here, the underlying principle of these tunes is simple, often minor key melodies that always tell a story. Most of the instrumentation is simple and old-school, with just touches of modern instrumentation to add to the odd and wonderful sound. After listening to Longshot Nelson a bit, I challenge you to get this music…
Read MoreI liked UK songwriter, performer, Jon Kenzie on first listen to Sing A Little Higher from the October 2013 released long-player by the same name. Then I listened to Coming Around, the second track from the LP, and was completely blown away. Kenzie performs folk, pop, soul, blues, in what would have to be called a mixer; Sometimes the songs are purely one style and sometimes they combine multiple styles together. It provides for a great sound, and the mostly acoustic…
Read MoreAlmost a year ago, Paper Aeroplanes made it’s debut appearance on A Little More Vodka with Multiple Love, and then went on to make the Best Of Vodka listing for 2012. It was no mistake. Here, Sarah Howells’ chirrupy pipes lend themselves again to a beautiful pop number Little Letters, from the May 2013 long-player by the same name. Little Letters also includes the earlier Multiple Love and eleven other great tracks, and is available from i-Tunes or Amazon. Paper Aeroplanes would not…
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