Vortex Park | Gypsy Jazz | I AM ENTERTAINMENT (IAE) MAGAZINE Album Review 2011

Amy Powell

Music - 4.0 || Songwriting - 2.0 || Singing - 3.0
Web: www.vortexpark.com
Location: Atlanta, GA
Genre: Gypsy Jazz / Alternative Folk
Key Tracks: Through a Hole, Follow The Elephant

Vortex Park's latest EP, Follow The Elephant, is a great project for those who are fans
of truely creative music. The album is a combination of Gypsy style Jazz and Folk music,
making for an interesting and fun project to listen to.

Vortex opens up the album with a nicely produced and very energetic song titled,
"Through a Hole." The fiddle is really nice on this one, and the guitar and drum
arrangements show off the musicians' skills. The lead vocalist has a pure and rich tone
that compliments the music well, and if you're into riddles, the songwriting will definitely
pique your interests. I listened to this one three times trying to crack the message in it
before moving on.

The album's title track, “Follow The Elephant,” can only be classified awesome
musically. The tune is a cross between Jazz and Classic Rock and shows just how
talented this band of musicians is. Again, all the instruments are in perfect position to
compliment the lead vocalist, but the songwriting is a little too "creative" for my tastes.
Nonetheless, I thought it had a great sound to it and deserves to be heard.

Overall, Vortex Park is an awesome band of musicians whose album has a very cool
and eclectic sound to it. While I'm not a fan of songwriting that is so creative only the
writer understands it, I do like this band and so do tons of other people. You should
check them out because they're pretty darn good.

MUSICAL GOAL: "Our goal is to continue writing and recording more of the music that
we so very much enjoy playing. Although we would be very psyched to have the project
achieve financial independence so that it would be our full-time gig, we recognize the
reality of the industry and therefor continue to maintain our day jobs and involvement in
other more mainstream projects. We do, however, cherish the opportunity that Vortex
Park provides us to challenge and express ourselves musically. Through writing and
playing music that is honest, we hope that our listeners will receive a similar sense of
fulfillment to that which we gain from the creative process. Part of this process is
abandoning adolescent goals to "make it" and concentrate on unapologetically not
compromising the integrity of the music, and of course, ourselves." - Vortex Park

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