Round House Square Festival returns to Theatre 82 in Cranston, Rhode Island
The Round Square Festival returns to Theatre 82 in Cranston, RI this year with another stellar lineup. Dedicated to songwriters in New England, the festival will feature some of the area’s best in an acoustic setting. Enjoy a weekend of music influenced by Americana and folk. It takes place Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, music starting at 8:00 p.m.
Peter Ward And The Electric Blues found a good home at Smoken’ Joe’s
Peter Ward And The Electric Blues played Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues for the first time last night, and they proved they’re the right kind of band for the venue. Bringing in their own crowd and keeping the regulars tuned in, Ward and his band mates played good, old fashioned blues, classics, and some overlooked nuggets. The Brighton blues venue was the perfect home for this outfit.
Little Ugly is a band on the move, hitting another national tour in August
Little Ugly is a band with a big, beautiful mission. They’re taking their acoustic pop rock to venues around the country to offer something new and fresh, hard driving rock and roll performed on acoustic guitar, violin, upright bass, and traditional drum set. Signs of their success can be seen in their huge fan base […]
Hilton Park offer an unusually fresh album with Greener Grass
Hilton Park has made quite a name for itself in the circles of acoustic music. The trio of Bruce Hilton, Conor Hilton, and Gregg Pannier, based in Berwick, Maine, have a style as modern and fresh sounding as anybody in today’s New England music scene. This trio by no means limits itself to acoustic music […]
Aldous Collins Band is on the rise
The Aldous Collins Band has been on the music scene for several years now. First, Aldous Collins was a singer-songwriter who had to work hard to get his music heard. Numerous solo gigs forced Collins to step up his game. A lot of people in his greater-Manchester community were liking his material and they told him he needed to put a band behind him. Hence, the Aldous Collins Band was born, That was six years ago. Now, Collins and his band are proud winners of Best In State–New Hampshire award from the New England Music Awards.
Isaac Young Quartet are ready to take their funk-jam sound around the country
The Isaac Young Quartet has been nominated twice for a New England Music Award. The funk-jam band from Hartford, Connecticut is constantly lumped into the jazz category because their particular compositions are complex and challenging to play. Yet, the band’s namesake, Isaac Young, is still ecstatic about the dual recognition.
URO has fun with Band In Boston concert, celebrates 10th year, raises money for One Fund
The Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra’s third and final 10th anniversary concert Band In Boston proved to be as much fun as all of their presentations. Last night’s performance, two nights before the Boston Marathon, raised some proceeds for the One Fund while celebrating the music of Hub acts Aerosmith, The Cars, and Boston.
Dave Glannon brings his Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets to a higher level
Dave Glannon has been a fixture on the greater-Manchester, New Hampshire scene for about ten years now. Glannon began his career, in earnest, playing in the Kantu Blues Band at KC’s Rib Shack in Manchester. He said he wasn’t that good at the time, but that Kantu jam host Jerry Paquette saw something in him and told him to keep coming down to his Tuesday night jam.
AJ Edwards needs help
Local musician AJ Edwards just sent the following information at to BillCopelandMusicNews.com: We’re at the home stretch of a new record and was wondering if you’d support our push to release the new music.
Area musicians to perform Bob Dylan Birthday bash for the Brad Delp Foundation
This information just came in from Mr. Bobby Livingston from the band Napoleon In Rags: Londonderry, NH—On May 24th, in celebration of Bob Dylan’s 73rd birthday, some of New England’s finest musicians will be performing to benefit the Brad Delp Foundation at Whippersnappers in Londonderry. Members of legendary Boston bands The Fools and Brad Delp’s own Beatle […]
