Matthew Stubbs Band featuring Dennis Brennan rocked Next Page Cafe
The Matthew Stubbs Band featured Dennis Brennan on vocals at the Next Page Café last night. It was a great combo for the blues-loving crowd at the popular Weymouth, Massachusetts nightspot. People were coming up to the dance floor all night and others could be seen singing along. The Next Page Café’s band area has […]
Bass player Alison Keslow loves her Sadowsky bass and EBS octave pedal
Alison Keslow is a very busy bass player. She has her own band, the Alison Keslow Trio, and she holds down the low end for high caliber artists like Scott Tarulli, Erinn Brown, and Katrin. Keslow plays a Sadowsky NYC four string jazz bass. “It’s an awesome bass,” Keslow said. “It’s based in Brooklyn, New […]
Joyce Andersen rocks the electric violin on her new Swerve CD
Joyce Andersen has changed course with the release of her dynamic new Swerve CD. After releasing seven traditional acoustic CDs, the Maine musician has picked up an electric violin and reflects a tremendous amount of classic rock influences. Opening track “Yearning” finds Andersen sweetly vocalizing a pop ballad with her raspy, rangy voice backed by […]
Whitsett Guitar Works plans open house Saturday July 28th
If you’re anywhere near Lowell this weekend, stop in at Whitsett Guitar Works for their open house. Bill Whitsett is one of the area’s most respected master guitar repair guys and an authorized repair tech for pretty much all of the major acoustic and electric brands. Meet Kiminori-san, one of the master luthiers Bill worked […]
A Deadwax Record Show to be held in Woburn on August 18
Deadwax Record Shows has a lively event in store for Saturday, August 18th at The Best Western in Woburn, Massachuestts. Deadwax Record Shows event will run from 9 a.m. -to 3 p.m. Admission is $2.00 This is one record show you don’t want to miss! One of the vendors will have over 2,500 authentic backstage rock passes […]
Bees Deluxe offers lots of honey on their new CD Space Age Bachelor Pad Blues
Bees Deluxe has released their first CD Space Age Bachelor Pad Blues with their current line up of drummer Patrick Sanders, keyboardist Bruce Mattson, and guitarist Conrad Warre. Space Age Bachelor Pad Blues is a fine documentation of this trio’s rocking blending of modern jazz, old school blues, funk, and whatever else the three feel […]
Geoff Bartley offers hearty, winsome Mercy For The Dispossessed CD
Geoff Bartley offers up plenty of fantastic American roots music on his new CD Mercy For The Dispossessed. With a seasoned timbre that makes you feel his years of experience, Bartley’s voice is the light that cuts through the occasional darkness of human life to arrive at a place of hope. This songwriter’s compassion is […]
Bob Wolfman accomplishes much on Transtion CD
Bob Wolfman just released his Transition CD and this Larry Coryell produced work marks a reunion for the two guitarists. Wolfman worked with Coryell 35 years ago and he still retains the influence from the master. Transition is made up of beautifully sung jazz ballads, a belted blues song, and fusion jazz instrumentals. Wolfman puts […]
Alley Stoetzel steals the show at Smoken’ Joe’s fifth anniversary party
It was a great night for Alley Stoetzel at Smoken’ Joe’s Fifth Anniversary part last night. Stoetzel was clearly the show stopper, scene stealer, big to do when she unveiled the country roots music she’ll be releasing on her upcoming E.P. This new dive into roots country worked out well for Stoetzel. A shuffling two […]
Joe Young is onto something big in debut CD We Will Never Be The Same
Joe Young’s new debut CD We Will Never Be The Same is a breath of fresh air into the current singer-songwriter scene. It’s exciting, gripping, and it is whole original. The entire album plays with a largeness of sound, a tremendous purpose, and a driving poetic vision. Young is onto something big in his folkie […]
