HeatherFest 21 reigned over the rain; blues, charitable giving, positive vibes carried the day
HeatherFest 21 may have gotten rained on for about an hour last Sunday night. Yet, the weather didn’t stop the talent from raining out of the amplifiers for most of the event. A festival sized event hosted by blues fans Heather McKibben in her Norton, Massachusetts home for two decades, nothing has even been able to defeat this event. In fact, the storm only forced the side stage performer, Racky Thomas and his friends, to entertain from their mostly non electric, roofed stage.
Bands and singers rocked first South Shore Irish Festival, Johnny McEvoy, Na Fianna made strong impressions
Day one of the first South Shore Irish Festival indicated that the event will likely grown each year. There was a better than decent turnout for most of the day and several attendees were clearly enjoying the musical offerings of the day held at the Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, Massachusetts. And the line up of bands and singers accounted for much of the draw. Johnny Costello from WROL 95.5 AM radio was among the announcers introducing the bands, like Noel Henry’s Irish Show Band. Aside from Irish ballads, this group also played a hopping take on “Rock Me Mama Like A Wagon Wheel” before involving the youngsters in the audience with “The Unicorn” and “The Chicken Dance.”
Grace Potter Announces Lineup for Fifth Annual Grand Point North Festival September 12 and 13 at Burlington’s Waterfront Park
Grace Potter announced today the lineup for the 2015 Grand Point North music festival, scheduled for September 12th and 13th at Burlington, Vermont’s Waterfront Park. This year the festival will feature the legendary Flaming Lips, marking their first return to Burlington since 2006 and carrying on the tradition of Grace inviting friends she has met along the way since forming Grace Potter & the Nocturnals in 2003. Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne and Grace first collaborated when she recruited him to record “My Mechanical Friend” with her on the Tim Burton-Disney film Frankenweenie.. Most recently, they worked together on The Flaming Lips’ 2014 tribute to The Beatles classic album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on With a Little Help from My Fwends.
Dance The Night Away under Boston skyline with celebrity series
Sept 7, 2015 Boston, MA – Put on your dancing shoes and head out to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for Let’s Dance Boston, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston from September 16-20, 2015. One of the largest, free outdoor dance and music parties Boston has ever seen, Let’s Dance Boston will feature five consecutive nights of dynamic music and dance. Each evening will begin with 45 minutes of a free dance lesson taught by professional teachers in the dance style of the evening. The live band will play music to accompany the dancing for 90 minutes afterwards.
South Shore Irish Festival to feature 20 local bands, Irish and Canadian talent Sept 12 & 13
South Shore Irish Festival at Marshfield Fairgrounds is bringing some of the best musical talent that the Irish have to offer. Aside from Boston and New England based Irish music combos, this South Shore event will feature Ireland’s own Johnny McEvoy and new band Na Fianna as well as Canada’s John McDermott, a member of the Irish Tenors. And that’s not bad for a first time event. The South Shore Irish Festival will run September 12 & September 13, 2015.
Danielle Miraglia rises to new artistic heights on Glory Junkies CD
It’s amazing the artistic heights Danielle Miraglia has reached since she entered the greater-Boston singer-songwriter scene back around the year 2000. Her latest CD, Glory Junkies, is certainly her most self-aware CD. She sounds emboldened by her past successes in the recording studio, having a stronger than ever command of all the elements she has always relied on, rock and roll, blues, gospel, worldly lyrics, and her innate singer-songwriter sensibilities.
20th North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair offered great time, great music
Day two of the 2oth anniversary of the North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair was a huge success. Attendance was fairly brisk in the beginning and it continued to pick up as the day went on. Several blues fans were present by the time the national acts performed. Hosted by Peter Black, blues DJ at WATD’s Wide World Of Blues, every act was smoothly introduced. Black’s booming voice could be appreciated for its clarity during many of his announcements, especially as he kept asking the bands to play one more song, which went over well the North River Blues audience.
New England Music Awards ceremony to be held April 9, 2016 at Blue Ocean Music Hall
It was recently announced that Blue Ocean Music Hall will be the site of the next New England Music Awards. The award ceremony will take place April 9, 2016.
