Village Trestle & Wantu Blues Jams strike gold with Lisa Marie & Sweet Willie D and Leather And Lace Beauty Contest
Live Review: Village Trestle & Wantu Blues Jams strike gold with Lisa Marie & Sweet Willie D and Leather And Lace beauty contest. By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicNews Today’s July 4th Wantu Blues Jam at The Village Trestle was one of the smoothest run jams I’ve ever seen at the Village Trestle. Located in Goffstown, […]
Ralph’s Diner hosts fun bands Only At Night, Huck, The Lights Out, Hey Now Morris Fader
An original rock venue, Ralph’s Diner has a stage in it upstairs room that faces a dance floor and a bar. The funky room has graffiti and murals on its walls and many curios decorations, like an old fashioned barber shop tubular sign with undulating red stripes inside. Last Saturday night was coup for the […]
DreadRocks pumps up the reggae sound maun, at Latitude 43 in Gloucester
Some groups have a way of becoming a must see. That is always true of bands who are talented and who are doing something unique. DreadRocks fits this description. If you can imagine an amalgamation of roots rock guitar melded to reggae beats and rhythms, then you’ll have an idea how this band rolls. Musicians […]
The Throwdown Blues Band like to turn up the intensity; entertain enrapt Tap audience
The Throwdown Blues Band like to turn up the intensity; entertain enrapt Tap audience By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicNews The Throwdown blues band hit The Tap in Haverhill, Massachusetts last night, and they kept the dinner crowd focused on them all night long. This band will never be one of those acts that gets ignored while […]
Lickity Split host BBQ Under The Fireworks blues jam July 3rd
Lickity Split host BBQ Under The Fireworks blues jam July 3rd on South Shore beach; fireworks erupting while band plays on By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicNews This blues jam has been hosted by Satch Romano’s blues band Lickity Split for the last three years. About three hundred plus people showed up last night to party with […]
Live Review: Track 44 played solid blues to an outdoor deck audience at The Tap in Haverhill, MA
Track 44 played solid blues to an outdoor deck audience at The Tap in Haverhill, Mass last night By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicPress Playing the outdoor deck at The Tap in Haverhill is usually a pleasant gig for any blues band. Last night was a bit of a challenge for Track 44. Their regular rhythm section […]
Live Review: Talent shines as Wantu Blues Jams hosts Ladies Of Blues At Fratello’s in Manchester, NH
Live Review: Talent shines as Wantu Blues Jams hosts Ladies Of Blues at Fratello’s in Manchester, NH By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicNews This was a masterstroke on the part of the Wantu Blues Jams. The popular rise of women singers and musicians are becoming a new trend in national and local music scenes. Last night’s Ladies […]
Steamy Bohemians present another successful Jerkus Circus variety show
Madness. Simply madness, in a really perverted, entertaining sort of way. Steamy Bohemians put on another of their Jerkus Circus variety shows at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester last night. The singing, comedy team of Niki Luparelli and her partner Lainey SchoolTree, in their tight, shiny yellow dresses and shoulder straps, poured on their own decadent […]
Track 44 played solid blues to an outdoor deck audience at The Tap in Haverhill, Mass last night
Playing the outdoor deck at The Tap in Haverhill is usually a pleasant gig for any blues band. Last night was a bit of a challenge for Track 44. Their regular rhythm section couldn’t make it, so keyboardist Dan Sevush and guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Pircio had to rely on substitutes. The stand in on bass was Kevin Lilas, and drummer Steve Peabody stepped up to the skins for this gig. Peabody fits in with just about any band. It’s not uncommon to run into him two weekends in a row with a totally different band and he always pulls it off.
Lori Diamond forges strong identity with latest CD Mystery
Lori Diamond is a singer-songwriter who creates lush emotional atmospherics with only her voice, piano, and sparse accompaniment. She used to be a rocker and a funky live performer, but now she is in “a chill vibe.”
