Fifth annual New England Music Awards was a dud
The fifth annual New England Music Awards was a tedious affair. The sounds system at Blue Ocean Music Hall was terrible, often dropping singers or instruments out of the mix or having them too low. The hosts were boring as hell, unless you don’t mind a pseudo-island Rastafarian with dreadlocks lecturing you on how you need to enjoy your life. Yeah, it got that bad.
Samantha Farrell creates beautiful music in her September Sun album
Boston’s Samantha Farrell certainly knows the sound she’s looking for in each song she composes and records. On some, she sounds like a traditional folk artist with just an acoustic guitar and vocals. On others, Farrell reminds of early 20th century jazz chanteuses. Yet, her earthy vocal, advanced techniques, personality, and songwriter prowess hold her entire September Sun album together, despite the various genres and musical elements she borrows from
Jamie Lynn Hart soars on the strength of amazing voice with The Let Go album
Jamie Lynn Hart’s latest CD The Let Go builds upon the success she has had with her previous vocal driven pop-rock CD. Hart’s powerful but smooth voice allows her to cruise through or belt through each of these 11 songs with equal aplomb. Driving rock, lovely ballads, mid tempo sultry blues, Hart makes these elements all hers with a voice that never lets go of the ear.
Bobby Radcliff on track to sell out Nelson’s Candies’ show April 15
Bobby Radcliff is on track to sell out his show at Nelson’s Candies/Local’s Café on tax day, April 15. That is just two weeks away, if anybody is looking to grab up the last four or five tickets. Radcliff is one of the biggest draws at the candy shop blues venue in beautiful Wilton, New Hampshire
John Juxo lets the good times roll
Many music fans have seen John Juxo supporting other roots and blues musicians at shows in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Juxo stands out for his keyboard work as well as his distinguished appearance. Many present might be uncertain who he is. The only thing they know is he showed up to play. So, who is this mysterious man with the white hair and sideburns who plays piano, organ, and accordion and often sings with some of the biggest names in the New England music scene? Let’s go back to Juxo’s childhood, where it all began.
Daemon Chili conjure fine sophomore CD with Mercy Of The Sea
Daemon Chili’s sophomore CD Mercy Of The Sea features more of the glorious roots rock celebratory feeling of their debut album from last year. Daemon Chili have a huge sound, a tapestry of acoustic folksy instrumentation and electric guitars, organs, and drums woven into something that unfurls like a shiny, summertime banner. Or, sometimes a dark banner.
Ease Into The Noise are onto something beautiful, edgy, and strange
Ease Into The Noise offers some eerie soundscapes, enticing melodies, and otherworldly vocals on their self-titled debut CD. The CD cover artwork only hints at the unusual artfulness of what this band has to offer. A drawing of a bejeweled, aristocratic lady observing the sky in a grassy filed is noted for all it does with a few basic colors. Likewise, Ease Into The Noise can do a lot with a little in this first outing that makes one wish this disc could be twice as long.
Erinn Brown Band explore fantastic possibilities with Ruled My Life album
This is a gem of a CD from a North Shore artist that BillCopelandMusicNews.com missed when it was released several months ago. Erinn Brown’s Rule My Life features the title track and 11 new arrangements of her own original songs she previous recorded on her earlier CDS. This collection of rearrangements is only fitting, as Brown, a musical genius in the tradition of Ray Charles, Glen Miller, and Count Basie, constantly tweaks her songs and her covers into something new and different every few months.
Johnny Hoy And The Bluefish continue to evolve; new CD is a dandy
Johnny Hoy And The Bluefish are on a released CD The Dance finds the boys at the top of their game, and they’ve been moving numerous copies at their gigs and on Spotify. Bluefish keyboardist and musical director Jeremy Berlin discussed the Bluefish sound and the band’s evolution over the last 25 years.roll.
Local country artist Nicole Knox Murphy returns to Nashville studio to record sophomore album
March 13 2016 Candia, NH. – Now Riding on the success of her debut CD, Nicole Knox Murphy and Nashville producer Jerry Webb head back into the Project Room Studio in the music city to record Knox Murphy’s second CD, titled, Music Is In My Heart.” The recording project will take place in late April 2016.
