Silvie's Okay Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/silvies-okay/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Silvie's Okay Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/silvies-okay/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:54:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042791 Well, that happened. 2025 was definitely a year, a whole 12-month rollout of the most absurd political and economic developments in recent memory. (A presidential administration accidentally texting out military strike plans? Kim Kardashian hawking faux-hair thongs? The tsunami of AI slop rapidly overtaking the equally-vapid Internet ragebait made by actual humans? How can a loving god permit such lunacy?) But the end of the year is always ripe for counting blessings, and as 2025 comes to a close, we’re […]

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]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite homegrown songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:27:45 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041944 We’re at that point in 2025 when it’s time to say “what a year, huh?” To which you respond, “it’s July.” But whether the months have zipped by or moved like molasses, the homegrown tunes released over the last six months have provided a soundtrack for powering through whatever nonsense 2025 and its hellions hurls at us. From Western Massachusetts alt-county to pops of punk and shoegaze from Providence, here are 10 of Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of the year […]

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]]> The V List: Five of our favorite homegrown tracks from February 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/03/05/the-v-list-five-of-our-favorite-homegrown-tracks-from-february-2025/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:43:42 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040926 Editor’s Note: Anyone who says there isn’t good music coming out these days — and quite literally, every day — simply isn’t paying attention. Vanyaland’s compilation feature The V List highlights the best in new music, both homegrown and national, over the past month, pulling together the sounds that have soundtracked the website in recent weeks. It’s all the stuff we’re bumping here at Vanyaland HQ, one new bop at a time. Silvie’s Okay, ‘Butterfly a Moth’ There are hundreds — perhaps thousands — of songs that funnel […]

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]]> Silvie’s Okay glows with gratitude on new single ‘Butterfly a Moth’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/02/14/silvies-okay-glows-with-gratitude-on-new-single-butterfly-a-moth/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:07:32 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040795 There are hundreds — perhaps thousands — of songs that funnel the agony of a breakup into a hooky slap in the face. But far fewer distill the relief of a split into the caress of a spring breeze, gradually chasing away a stagnant winter. That’s what it feels like to play “Butterfly a Moth,” the new tune from Silvie’s Okay (a.k.a. Western Massachusetts artist Vince Thompson). The country tune’s soft, swaying rhythm finds Thompson returning to a place of […]

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