Andy Cummings and Melissa Gates rocked Bah-Jam
Two good draws always make for one exciting event. Such was the case at yesterday’s Bah-Jam at the Black Sheep Tavern in Sterling, Massachusetts. Local up and coming rockabilly guitarist-vocalist Andy Cummings peeled off plenty of fiery old time notes and chords as the feature artist at yesterday’s jam. The kid rocked hard on the […]
Fran Dagostino plays adventurous guitar on his World Music CD
Fran Dagostino’s experimental, progressive, and transcontinental CD World Music should not be overlooked by fans of adventurous explorations of song possibilities. It also features a lot of good guitar playing. World Music is Dagostino’s compilation of songs he has recorded with musicians from all over the world. Opening track “Redemption” was written by Icelandic composer […]
Michael Fioretti Band w/ “Sax” Gordon Beadle put on a good show at Whippersnappers last night
The Michael Fioretti Band with special guest “Sax” Gordon Beadle played another of their gritty, funky R&B shows at Whippersnappers in Londonderry, New Hampshire last night. From the opening number until the end of their second set, MFB and “Sax” Gordon unleashed all sorts of cool licks and challenging melodies. Fioretti and “Sax” can catch […]
Guitarist Pete Zeigler tweaks the sound for The Rationales
Guitarist Pete Zeigler has been on the Boston music scene for years. He has been noted lately for his work with Worcester band Hey Now Morris Fader and the Boston band The Rationales. As they are two completely different bands, Zeigler uses two completely different live rigs for each. The guitarist gave plenty of detail […]
Towerhill Tavern announces Bike Week bands
TOWER HILL TAVERN BRINGS THE BLUES TO LACONIA’S BIKE WEEK 201 Tower Hill Tavern is releasing their Bike Week Blues schedule for Bike Week 2012 June 9th – 16th (TRAVPR.COM) USA – June 1st, 2012 – Weirs Beach, NH – Tower Hill Tavern will be hosting the hottest blues acts during Laconia’s Bike Week 2012 […]
Angelo Mullen discusses his bass guitar sounds
Angelo Mullen has been plying his bass skills in northern New England for decades. Mullen is not a huge gear head, but he does have a few devices in his bag of tricks and does like to talk about them. These days, Mullen works as a substitute fill in bass player. He uses two axes, […]
Gene Sibley masters the Roland Guitar Synthesizer
Technology allows musicians to do a lot of things these days. The guitar synthesizer is one tool that lets a guitar player multi-task on stage. Gene Sibley, of the Gene Sibley Group in Dover, New Hampshire, has been working with Roland Guitar Synthesizers for 20 years. “I use a Roland guitar synthesizer and a couple […]
Bass player Bob Healey details his live rig
Rhode Island’s Bob Healey is a bass player who takes his low end possibilities quite seriously. Healey, of Rhode Island’s elite cover band 5 Flavor Discount and hair metal outfit Pozer, uses a few cool things to get the tones he needs. While Pozer is a hair metal band that only requires straight-forward bass, 5 […]
April Hall and her musician friends shine on Room For Two CD
April Hall has been on the Boston jazz scene for many years. Her unusually rangy, scintillating voice easily fills the open spaces on her latest CD Room For Two. Room For Two is about having two musicians on each track, Hall and the instrumentalist who plays a duet with her, one voice and one instrument, […]
Venues that don’t suck
Musicians and music fans are always asking me about the places I go to to review live music. Bands and their fans cannot possibly find time to check out every venue out that’s out there. Some never move beyond their local watering holes. Most don’t want to go a place for the first time until […]
