January offers great live music, starting off 2019 with a bang
“Another year over and a new one just begun” sang John Lennon back in the day. Folks, 2018 was a very good year in the New England music scene. We’ve all seen the rise of new artists. We’ve seen up and comers move to a higher level. We’ve seen veterans of the scene do very […]
Boston Music Awards offered a diversity of talent at last night’s awards show
The Boston Music Awards hosted a fun music event at Boston’s House of Blues last night. It showcased a diversity of greater-Boston’s high caliber musical talent and the event drew strong enthusiasm from an audience as diverse as the artists coming up to play on stage. With most of the nominees and winners announced on […]
Someone You Can XRay come up with fine weave of instruments on Hot ‘N Fresh
The funky roots band Someone You Can XRay from Connecticut have dropped their third CD titled Hot ‘N Fresh. Blending electric and acoustic instruments in songs that have a lot of moving parts, this band proves it can groove while keeping a fine weave of many emotive melody lines. Opening cut “Brimstone & Perfume” offers […]
Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers offer fun, bluesy holiday cheer with The Christmas Swing
Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers turn the holiday season into a grand party vibe with their new CD The Christmas Swing. You’ve got to hear this combo of original, traditional, and blues standards to believe how well this band has meshed credible blues idioms to Christmas themes. Opening theme “Jingle Bells” turns the familiar […]
Guitarist Jerry Paquette just won the fight of his life
Jerry Paquette just went through the fight of his life. After contracting Legionnaire’s Disease, the legendary New England guitarist’s doctors didn’t think he was going to make it. “At one point they told my sister, ‘he’s in real bad shape and if he makes it through the next 24 hours he has a chance‘. I […]
Adam Ezra Group played lively Boston City Winery show, offered new material
Adam Ezra Group packed Boston’s City Winery last Sunday night. Combing a mix of their usual live show fair with some new material, AEG gave a lively performance for their Hub crowd. The comfortable venue was large enough for the sound to travel yet it maintained a sense of intimacy, a good vibe for the […]
Tokyo Tramps outdo themselves with impressive If I Die Tomorrow; crisp production makes it drip with quality
Tokyo Tramps have released their latest of several studio albums If I Die Tomorrow, and it features many of their original tunes that their vast fan base has heard they play live in the last few years. Recorded by Ducky Carlisle and produced by Carlisle and Peter Parcek at Carlisle’s Ice Station Zebra studio in […]
Henley Douglas RnB offer up huge swells of good music on Vital Signs 2 Amore’s Prayer
Henley Douglas RnB play with instrumental wizardry on Vital Signs 2, Amore’s Prayer. Named after Henley’s daughter, this double disc masterpiece offers many different approaches to the funk-jazz match up. The listener feels he received a huge meal that satisfies on many levels. Along for the ride with saxophone man Douglas Jr. is trumpeter Garret […]
Niki Luparelli successfully married burlesque to the music of David Bowie
Niki Luparelli has pulled off another of her burlesque style tributes to David Bowie. With an eight piece all female backing band behind her, Luparelli steered us through several Bowie gems as a company of scantily clad dancers became more scantily as the band rocked out the tunes by The Thin White Duke. Last Saturday […]
December; celebrate the holidays and winter festivities with the best in New England’s live music scene
December is a beautiful and mysterious month. It creates a sense of the holidays, warm, religious, family oriented holidays. Christmas and Hannuakah create images of gift giving, sharing good times. One of the best things you can share with your fellow New Englanders is the music created right here in New England. A local artist […]
