Manchester guitarist Bob Pratte keeps his live rig simple
Guitarist Bob Pratte is a man of few words. So, he didn’t spend a lot of time boasting about his favorite gear. Pratte, from the Manchester, New Hampshire area, has been on the music scene for over three decades. After spending years and years trying this, that, and the other thing from the gear market, […]
Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra began another run with fun filled concert last night
The Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra have begun another exciting run at the Regent Theater in Arlington, Massachusetts. Last night’s show was full of the energy, talent, and fun bombastic classic rock the URO have become known for. For the uninitiated, Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra is band made up of some of Boston’s best musicians and singers. They […]
Mongrel bring fresh take to metal and punk on Reclamation CD
Mongrel have released their fifth CD of hard rocking metalish-punk rock. Reclamation rocks right out with rich lyrical themes on top of driving music with just the right amounts of metal and punch. “Bored To Death” comes charging right in with a raspy throated tough mama vocal, a blazing guitar progression, and a bombastic rhythm […]
Keyboardist Ron Levy pens beautiful tales of his life as a road musician
Ron Levy has been a storyteller all of his life. It’s his natural gift to relate to others his experiences in the form of anecdotes, jokes, and stories. Levy has also been a professional musician all of his life, and so it is only natural he has written biographical accounts of his life as a […]
Jose Ramos And The No Way Jose Band played Smoken’ Joe’s last night
Jose Ramos And The No Way Jose Band swaggered into Smoken’ Joe’s last night and treated the audience to several jammed out renditions of R&B and blues classics. Ramos’s bag is to gather a handful of top players and let them go to town during the instrumental portions of his song selections. This made for […]
Walter Joyce And The Jail Breakers kicked ass at Smoken’ Joe’s last night
Walter Joyce And The Jail Breakers kicked like a mule at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last night. This cat Walter Joyce and his Jail Breakers wasted no time getting into a heavy duty, driving beat, driving groove that Joyce could sail his fiery harmonica lines over. By the second number, Joyce was electrifying on harp, […]
Rick Berlin strikes again with Always On Insane CD
Rick Berlin With The Nickel & Dime Band let their high octane rock and roll music pour forth on their new Always On Insane CD. Berlin’s scratchy vocal, edgy backing players, and ebullient song structures are grand and diverse here. Berlin has a driving rock style that cannot not be compared to anybody else. Just […]
