Johnny Blue Horn & The Caretakers rocked Smoken’ Joe’s
Johnny Blue Horn & The Caretakers hit Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues in Brighton last night, and they provided their fans with plenty of smooth takes on blues and R&B classics. As you know, Blue Horn is trumpet player and lead vocalist John Moriconi. Moriconi and his Caretakers opened with Albert King’s “I’ll Play The […]
Self-Proclaimed Rockstars rediscover the fire in rock and roll
The Self-Proclaimed Rockstars recently released this high energy rocker CD Postcards From Purgatory. A Wakefield, Massachusetts-based power rock quintet have come up with nine hefty, uptempo, turbo charged tunes. The band members are Johnny Malone – vocals and Synth; Mick Greenwood – guitar and vocals; Ryan Savary – guitar and bass; James Hogg- bass and […]
Lori Diamond & Fred Abatelli drive home tender feelings on winning CD True
Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli have combined their talents to release their duo debut CD True. True features Eleven singer-songwriter tracks written by both artists and the pair do a fine job keeping each other at the top of their games. True has a warmer vibe than Diamond’s previous CD Mystery. True also has a […]
Boston rapper Pretty Poison launches Street F.e.l.o.n.s. Enterprise label
Pretty Poison has been a rapper on the Boston scene for 14 years. After being named Best Female Rapper by Urban Music Awards last year, Pretty Poison is now debuting her own label, Street F.e.l.o.n.s. Enterprise, to showcase other urban music artists. Yet, all of Pretty Poison’s accomplishments came after years of hard work and […]
Jeremy Lyons plays sweet acoustic blues at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton
Jeremy Lyons played a solo acoustic gig at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last Sunday night, and the blues man treated an appreciative audience to a hot batch of vintage Americana roots music. Lyons’s deliciously greasy blues notes were sliding all over his frets with a tasteful application of the earthy, rootsie styles of the Mississippi […]
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket is a funk band on the rise
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket has built up quite a following in the two years they’ve been on the scene. The 11 piece funk band from Salem, Massachusetts plays all over New England. This shouldn’t be too surprising as the band members each have years of experience and years of connections built up. Band leader and […]
Evan Goodrow Band smack it out of the ballpark on Say It CD
Evan Goodrow Band’s latest CD release Say It is a fantastic collection of funk, soul, and R&B originals. Though funk has always been the backbone of everything Goodrow does, he and his trio stretch out into other territories this time around. His vocals are as smooth as his blues eyes soul music has ever been, […]
Anthony Geraci does it in style with sophomore CD Serendipity
Anthony Geraci has just released his second solo jazz CD Serendipity, and the disc is loaded with cool jazz piano and strikingly interesting original compositions. The keyboard man from Sugar Ray And The Blue Tones has a blast tinkling his fanciful melodies and icy cool chords amidst a who’s who of some of greater-Boston’s finest […]
Roots Nation announce themselves grandly with debut CD Temperature’s Risin’
Roots Nation has released their debut reggae album Temperature’s Risin.’ The title track is a hefty dose of reggae beat, pulsating, a living, breathing thing that makes you want to move your feet. Leader Greg Pearlman sounds like he’s from the islands in his vocal phrasing. He has a lot of charm in his approach, […]
Cheryl Aruda releases classy CD Unrequited Love Songs
Blues vocalist Cheryl Aruda has been toiling in relative obscurity for too long now. Her debut CD Unrequited Love Songs demonstrates that she is an artist with true vocal fire and songwriting prowess. Opening song “You’re Supposed To Be In Love With Me” dances right in with a knobby, palpable bass line. Aruda’s sultry voice […]
