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The Jordan TW Trio offer fine Celtic music experience on Live At Cedarhouse

The Jordan TW Trio have recently released this fine document of their live performance at The Cedar House recording studio and venue.. Located in North Sutton, New Hampshire, Cedar Wood, owned by Gerry Putnam, have added a concert series and he and the trio decided last minute to record the material which became this live […]

Bird Mancini more clever, colorful than ever on Dreams And Illusions

Bird Mancini more clever, colorful than ever on Dreams And Illusions

Bird Mancini’s latest CD Dreams And Illusions not only continues the fine lyrical, harmony, and instrumental work of Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, it finds the husband and wife team taking things to a higher level. Their finely tailored work of lead vocals, harmony vocals, and perfectly placed instrumentation is stronger than ever. They […]

Josh Gold, owner of Basement Studio

Josh Gold continues adventures in sound at his Basement Studio

It’s been a year since we first interviewed recording producer Josh Gold about his Basement Studio enterprise. While Gold, a widely recognized keyboardist, has had to relinquish his touring gigs with his beloved Adam Ezra Group, he still has plenty to keep him busy in his work place of sound. “Roughly 90 to 100 artists I’ve worked with […]

Ilene Spring, October fashion

October; leaves change color, venues scare up good music

October is a spectacular month. It simultaneously conjures images of people in flannel shirts sitting among pumpkins in hay covered barns, people partying at various Octoberfest blasts, and, everyone wearing a Halloween costume that they wouldn’t dare to wear any other time. This all makes October a very fun month to go out to hear […]

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Sam Gentile benefit put together with care and compassion; this Sunday, Sept 23 at C Note in Hull, Massachusetts

Sam Gentile is a fortunate man. Not only did he recently receive a new, donated kidney, he belongs to a community of musicians who will unite at C Note in Hull, Massachusetts on September 23 to help him pay down his medical expenses. Organized by C Note manager Barbara Rhind and south shore music promoter […]

Linda Marks; photo credit: Bob Bond

Linda Marks emerges huge on the Boston music scene

Linda Marks’ entire life has been a profound personal and musical journey. The Boston area singer-songwriter-pianist has released what many area folkies and singer-songwriters are saying is her best work yet. Her new CD, titled Moments, is racking up favorable notices with a momentum as strong as the emotional force of nature that make up […]

Linda Marks CD shines brightly on many fine Moments

Linda Marks’ latest CD Moments is a fine document of where that Boston jazz lady is at. She might be at her zenith, a height where beauty and art combing into something memorable. Moments is loaded with fine originals and several outstanding renditions of some of the best recordings of our times. Combining her pop […]

Ruby Rose Fox turns artistic, narcissistic self indulgence into something brilliant on Salt

Ruby Rose Fox turns artistic, narcissistic self indulgence into something brilliant on Salt

Ruby Rose Fox has recently released her second full length CD, Salt, and it’s a wide departure from her debut disc, Domestic. Whereas Domestic rocked things up with driving beats and R&B influences, Salt is a slab of artistic self-indulgence, with Fox letting her contralto voice, unusual lyrics, and new ideas sprawl out in down […]

Sonya Rae Taylor, at North River Blues Festival/Marshfield Fair

Major talent rocked 23rd annual North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair; Sonya Rae Taylor, Tyler Morris stand out

Last night, the second night of the 23rd annual North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair was another successful event produced by south shore booker, promoter John Hall. At a time when blues artists are scrambling to find venues, when blues attendance is down, when blues societies are becoming increasingly irrelevant, it’s good to know […]

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September continues the hot weather and hot music sizzle

Hello Gentle Readers, It’s that time when summer must come to an end, though I suspect the summer of 2018 won’t go down without a fight. While you all are putting your swimsuits away for the year and parking your lawnmowers in the far corner of your garage, there is one thing to look forward […]