Joey Vellucci discusses his long, impressive career
Guitarist Joey Vellucci has kept himself busy on the New England music scene for 30 years, gigging almost every weekend. He also composes scores for film and television. Yet, the jazz-rock-pop-blues-funk-OK, he plays everything, artist has always flown under the radar, never attracting the attention of the press. Until now. Vellucci discussed his intriguing career […]
Kim Riley dominates southern New Hampshire music scene
Kim Riley has been one busy lady lately. She is a member of the newly reformed Napoleon In Rags, a Bob Dylan tribute band. Aside from a monthly gig at J’s Tavern in Milford, New Hampshire, Rags is hosting a Dylan birthday bash for Dylan’s 71st. “We’ve got just so many people on the bill,” […]
Boston Blues Works Volume 1 shows off Hub’s blues talent
Boston Blues Works Volume 1 features some of the local blues scenes most exciting singers and players. There isn’t a lot of information available about why this band of local notables began this project. Their website is still under construction. Yet, the assemblage of talent has resulted in an above average album of 11 songs. […]
Introducing singer-songwriter-piano player Tanya Darling
Once upon a time she was a busy singer in the Boston music scene. Until life intervened. Tanya Darling recently jumped back into the music scene. In last January of this year she picked up guitar and started writing about her new life and taking her songs to open mics. Darling played the Boston circuit […]
Jeff Buckridge discovers the ukulele; plays out in North Shore with Jeff Buckridge’s Uke Joint
Jeff Buckridge recently experienced a major revelation in his life. The Boston Horns guitarist discovered the joys of ukulele playing while on a vacation in Hawaii. Now, several months later, has a band called Jeff Buckridge’s Uke Joint that’s been playing gigs in the North Shore area of Massachusetts, during nights off from The Boston […]
Lauren Passarelli creates pleasant, unique soundscapes on her new Blast Of Love CD
Lauren Passarelli just released her Blast Of Love CD, and it’s a blast of fun tunefulness and deep, thoughtful lyrics. Playing all of the music on her disc, the singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist’s greatest strength is her ability to create ambient, atmospheric soundscapes with her guitars. Just the lightest touches is all she needs to set the mood […]
Do these local artists really “sound like” these nationally famous artists?
Many times we hear someone comparing one singer to another. Some people try to describe what a local singer sounds like by comparing her to a national star. This attempt to put a name on something varies in effectiveness. Every singer is unique so it is hard to understand what a person means by saying […]
Marty Nestor outshined cheesy J. Geils Band tribute Full House
It does happen now and then that an opening band turns in a much better performance than the headliner. Last night at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Massachusetts was such an occasion. The main attraction was Danny Klein’s cheesy, atrocious J. Geils Band tribute act Full House. Boy, did those guys fail to do […]
Boston blues guitarist Chris Stovall Brown loves his gear
Chris Stovall Brown can talk endlessly about his guitars and gear. He went into some detail about his axe, amps, pickups, and pedals. The life long Boston blues guitarist is considered a minimalist. Many guitarists use their pedals rather than their amps to give them the sound they’re looking for. Brown gets by more on […]
Scott Tarulli talks gear; likes G&L Guitars
Boston musician Scott Tarulli is a man who know his guitars and amps. Tarulli, who backs others on stage and in the studio between making his own albums, was on hand to talk about his gear. Tarulli gets to work with some of the most exciting musicians in Boston. One thing he likes talking about […]
