“Slutty” Pete’s Ninth Annual Birthday Bash was a huge success for the Village Trestle
“Slutty” Pete Zona may have earned his nickname from playing with everyone. But playing around made certain he became popular with a lot of musicians. Last night’s Wantu Blues Jam at the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire was also Zona’s ninth annual birthday party at the jam he has been hosting for about a […]
Rocket Queen proved their mettle at Uncle Eddies
Rocket Queen kept their Salisbury Beach following at Uncle Eddies wildly entertained last night. While there were some issues due to the house sound system, this Guns N Roses tribute band served up several precise hard rocking renditions of those classic songs from the most popular band from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Rocket […]
Laura Cortese bows with passion, writes poetically on Into The Dark
Laura Cortese’s debut full length CD Into The Dark displays much of the artist’s tremendous versatility and technique on vocals and violin. More importantly, Cortese uses her skills and talents to fill out the wondrous colors and tones around the even higher talent of her songwriting. Buttressing her stories and themes with just the right […]
Sal Clemente continues producing his amazing Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra concerts
Sal Clemente has been a very busy person for the last ten or so years. Clemente, and his band mate and business partner and friend Alan Ware, co-founded the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra to bring audiences the excitement of hearing the music of classic rock bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Queen in […]
Delta Generators ride well on Get On The Horse
Delta Generators have just released their third modern blues album, Get On The Horse, and it’s every bit as feisty, gritty, greasy, and driving as their previous two. The boys have expanded their sound but are just as every bit enthusiastic to bring their aggressive take on delta blues to the masses. Mixed by producer […]
Roomful Of Blues outdo themselves on 45 Live
Roomful Of Blues have finally gotten around to making another live album, their third, and 45 Live was certainly worth the wait. Singer Philip Pemberton is the most perfect match for this band at it current incarnation and his three years with the band has given him plenty of time to sharp his voice among […]
Blues Tonight Band Strutted their stuff at Wicked Twisted in Nashua
Blues Tonight Band made quite an impression at Wicked Twisted in Nashua, New Hampshire just two days ago. The quintet takes pure vintage blues idioms and plays them pedal to the floor with rock and roll aggression. The guitarists make it cry and sing. The harmonica player kicks it with rangy lead lines. The rhythm […]
Bad Mother rocked Smoken’ Joe’s last night
Bad Mother was low key as they kicked off the dinner hour entertainment at Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues in Brighton last night. Once it got closer to the hour of nine, though, the adept, turbocharged blues musicians went to town, serving up frothy mounds of exciting music. The foursome began with a jazzy, quasi-swinging […]
Geoff Bartley kept Cantab Monday Night Open Mic going strong last night; 21 years of success
Geoff Bartley has been hosting the Monday Night Open Mic at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts for 21 years. Last night’s open mic was only a microscopic sample of what has been offered in the decades old nightclub. Yet, it was enough to get an idea of why Bartley has been able to keep […]
HeatherFest 19 shined like a bright lovely day; great blues abounded
HeatherFest 19 just might have been thee music event of the fall season. Amidst beautiful weather, the annual backyard party in blues supporter Heather McKibben’s backyard went off without a hitch. A $25 donation upon entering the premises forms a charitable fund with one hundred percent of it going to HeatherFest charities. With that incredible […]
