Folks at Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble are accepting considerations for spring competition; submit between Nov 2nd to Dec 2nd
BillCopelandMusicNews.com is reposting official Rumble information slightly retyped for readability: Submissions for 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble consideration are being accepted via email. Between November 2nd to December 2nd. The competition will be held in April. Criteria for consideration is the same. Full details can be found here: 24 bands. 9 nights. 1 crown. Everything […]
Jim Libby Band take it higher on new CD, meshing hard country and rock and roll
Jim Libby’s latest CD simply titled Jim Libby Band is a step up from his last fine album three years ago. Here, his vocal work, his songwriting, and his crack country rock band reach the human heart on some tunes but also knock down doors on others. There is an earnestness and a heartiness that […]
Grace Potter rocked Boston’s Orpheum Theatre on Halloween night
Grace Potter rocked Boston’s Orpheum Theater last night. Her Halloween show focused on her newer material, classic rock covers, and some of her older material with her usual band The Nocturnals. Despite Potter’s break with tradition, she put on one hell of a rock show last night. Moving around with the agility of a snake in her barely there Halloween costume, she lead her band and her fans through a sight and sound extravaganza
Monkeys With Hammers hitting Acton, Maine this Halloween night
This week, power rock trio Monkeys With Hammers have a Halloween night gig: (10/31) at Willy’s Ale Room in Acton, Maine. It’s a costume party with fabulous prizes.
Rick Lockwood dazzles with guitar work on Welcome To The Now CD
Rick Lockwood’s latest CD Welcome To The Now is an eight track excursion through his musical imagination. Lockwood’s instrumental album features him playing several different styles on guitar and bass while offering a fine display of his musicianship. It certainly helps to have drummer Jim Beauchaine on deck to keep this music movable and moving.
Matt Stubbs has a good thing going at Common Ground in Arlington, MA
Matt Stubbs turned in a usually fine performance at The Common Ground in Arlington, Massachusetts last night. He hosts the weekly Roots & Blues Sunday Sessions with his usual backing band of drummer Chris Rivelli(Roomful Of Blues) and bassist Mark Hickox. Last night, bassist Brad Hallen filled for Hickox while the featured guest was Tim Gearan. It was a potent combination of players, for sure.
Boston’s Ruby Rose Fox, Goffstown NH’s Judy Pancoast release revolutionary videos; other music news
There is some news about the local New England music scene I would like to share.
Rosemary’s Baby Blues Band make the classics come alive with On Time & Feelin’ Fine CD
Rosemary’s Baby Blues’ debut album On Time & Feelin’ Fine is a journey through some of the greasiest, down and dirty, and most fun blues songs to ever grace a band’s party set. All of these fun tunes are played by some of Boston’s finest blues musicians. Aside from the band’s name sake, saxophonist Rosemary Casey, this outfit includes guitarist Jake “The Snake” Jacobsen, drummer Larry Bassick, bassist Joe Peck, trumpeter John Abrahamsen, harmonica man Bismo Beerbelly, trombonist Wayne Mogel, and with renowned and infamous keyboardist Travis Colby.
Dawn Sweet continues her rocking music career, moving into originals territory
Born with a name that sounds so cool some may think it’s a stage name, Worcester rock singer Dawn Sweet has been a fixture on her Central to Western Massachusetts music scene for about 16 years now. She’s known as one of the three lead vocalists in Heavy Horses, a popular cover band featuring some the area’s finest players.
Cheryl Arena to play Nelson’s Candies/Local Café in Wilton, New Hampshire Oct 17, 2015
Tomorrow night, October 17, Boston-based singer-songwriter-harmonica player Cheryl Arena, will be the latest blues act featured at Nelson Candies. Arena will treat New Hampshire and New England blues fans to the kind of steamy, exciting blues she’s been know for these last few decades. Local blues fans would know Cheryl Arena from her gigs at Rynborn in Antrim, New Hampshire several years ago.
