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 […]
Jay Psaros reflects depth, subtle skill on The Trees Beyond The Town
Jay Psaros, in his new CD, The Trees Beyond The Town, shines with an ineffable charm. Psaros has a light touch that is inexplicably appealing, something in between the notes that is unique to him. He keeps it politely understated, allowing his backing musicians to offer fine swells of sound around him that perfectly match […]
Willie J. Laws scores high marks for Black Maria
The largeness of sound and the largeness of purpose on Willie J. Laws’ new CD Black Maria cannot be overstated. This is a big album and it’s a big deal. Laws’ vocals, guitar, and his friends on their supporting instruments all weave a masterpiece of sound. This beautiful disc opens with the wide ranging, free […]
Anthony Geraci brings blues to a higher level with Why Did You Have To Go
Anthony Geraci has really come into his own the last few years with his layered, sophisticated blues albums. This keyboard player, usually with Sugar Ray And The Bluetones, is a brilliant songwriter and composer as well as an A list musician in the greater-Boston/New England blues scene. What he offers here on Why Did You […]
