Jeff Root impresses once again with My One And Only CD
Jeff Root has come up with another album full of fun, quirky, and impressive songs. His new My One And Only CD is loaded with a variety of song structures and styles. Each tune is coated by his own haunted, other worldly vocal, a natural timbre which suggests he lives just barely on this side of sanity.
John Hall prepares summer music events AquaPalooza, Soundwaves, Green Harbor Roots Festival, North River Blues Festival
John Hall is beginning his busy season, summer. Hall is the south shore based booking agent who has brought us Green Harbor Roots Festival and North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair for the last 20 plus years. He also organizes the local affiliate of the national AquaPaloooz musical boat ride to promote Sea Ray Boats. If that isn’t enough, he runs a second boat ride, Soundwaves, as a blues cruise across Boston Harbor to Spectacle Island where numerous bands entertain for a few hours before heading back to the city.
Juliet Simmons Dinallo to perform at Portsmouth NH’s Book & Bar
New Hampshire rock and roots music fans are in for a real treat. Juliet Simmons Dinallo will perform live at Portsmouth Book & Bar on Saturday, July 9th at 9:00 p.m. Marking her first appearance at this popular Portsmouth, New Hampshire venue, Simmons Dinallo will be performing new songs from her upcoming album Dream Girl.
Nelson’s Candies/Local’s Café featuring Hakim Law, Willie J. Laws, Doctor Dann, and Skip Philbrick this summer
He’s not just a candy man. He’s also a blues man. Doug Nelson has announced some really cool shows that are coming to his Nelson’s Candies/Local’s Café in Wilton, New Hampshire this summer. If doing something different, like listening to blues in a candy store is your bag, then Nelson’s Candies/Local’s Café is the place for you. If names like Hakim Law, Willie J. Laws, Doctor Dann, and Skip Philbrick make your ears perk up, then now’s the time to pay careful attention.
Nicole Knox Murphy takes it even higher on new Music Is In My Heart CD
Who says lightning can never strike twice in the same place? New Hampshire’s rising country and western recording artist Nicole Knox Murphy has just released this fantastic sophomore CD Music Is In My Heart. Murphy’s follow up to 2014’s Full Circle is a mighty offering of heartfelt songs that anybody can relate to. Unpretentious, she keep her lyrics simple, plain spoken but vocally fills them up with feeling.
The Daybreakers impress with finely crafted debut CD
The Daybreakers debut CD is a collection of fun, gritty, blues rock, folk-rock, and country rock that makes a good companion to any drive down the highway.
She’s gone; singer Christina Grimmie has died from a gunshot wound received just after Orlando concert
Singer Christina Grimmie, a performer on “The Voice” in 2014, has died after being shot at a concert venue in Orlando, Florida, Friday evening, her rep said in a statement. She was 22.
Singer from The Voice competition shot after concert, in critical condition
Christina Grimmie, a singer known for competing on The Voice, is in critical condition Friday night after she was shot after a concert in Orlando, authorities confirmed.
Gay Barboza is a singer-songwriter on the rise
Gay Barboza is an artist at the height of her music career. Even though she took about 20 years off from the business to raise a family, Barboza has been releasing CDs, winning awards, and opening for name acts. Based in the Attleboro, Massachusetts music scene, Barboza, who has also been busy the last ten years running her own dance studio, plays out every weekend, all weekend long.
Body English rock with style on Stories Of Earth
The brain child of Boston’s guitarist, singer, and composer Clinton Degan, Body English is a super group made up some of the city’s most skillful players. This eight track CD, Stories Of Earth, features not only the six bands members but 23 supporting musicians and singers who contribute to various tracks. Despite this seeming like more of a recording project than an actual band, Body English have come up with songs that have mass appeal within their complex construction and sophisticated musicianship.
