Crowes Pasture accomplish much when they Slow It Down
Crowes Pasture’s latest CD Slow It Down find the pair in chill mode. The husband and wife team of acoustic guitarist Andy Rogovin and banjo player Monique Byrne offer nine tracks loaded with gritty, roosie acoustic notes and tender vocal harmonies. The duo construct their songs around their tender vocals and their alluring choruses and […]
Matt York takes it even higher with Bruisable Heart
Matt York’s latest roots album Bruisable Heart conveys many emotional states with his plaintive lyrics and sandpapery vocal. Playing most of the instruments on this disc, York keeps his tight arrangements full of nuanced touches, spiking electric guitar here, slappy acoustic chords there, and just enough of other instruments when needed. The rangy Americana vibe […]
July Buzz column; enjoy sizzling hot music New England music during the sizzling hot temperatures
Happy Forth of July, everybody, and welcome to the July edition of my monthly Buzz column: Along with summer breezes, vacations, and day trips to the beach, New England will bake with sizzling hot music. So, after you peal off that sunburn and shake the sand out of your shorts, go check out some blues, […]
Tokyo Tramps finally receiving due acclaim after 20 years of hard work
Tokyo Tramps are at the zenith of their career in the greater-Boston/New England music scene. Just having released their sixth full length album, If I Die Tomorrow, they have been getting radio play like never before. Their chart action includes several songs from their CD, receiving air play in Massachusetts while a national chart has […]
Adam Ezra Group lit up misty, chilly Boston Hahbah Cruise
Shrouded in mist, encumbered by a chill wind, Adam Ezra Group’s annual Boston Hahbah Cruise last Sunday afternoon aboard the Provincetown II felt like being on a boat in the Twilight Zone, a place where time and space had forgotten after Armageddon. Yet, despite chilly temperatures on the upper deck where the band was playing, […]
June Buzz column; it’s getting hot in New England music scene this month
June will arrive with temperatures rising. The weather is already stating to get hot, and so is the New England music scene. Compiled below for your perusal is a list of several hot New England bands and singer-songwriters playing out this month in the hottest venues. Enjoy Father’s Day, graduations, and weddings(unless, of course, you […]
Yoko Miwa Trio get even better with Keep Talkin’
Yoko Miwa Trio’s sixth CD release Keep Talkin’ shows how she has developed her cool sense of delivery. There is more ingenuity in her arranging, playing, and interaction with her trio than on anything she’s released up to this point. Aside from her own adeptly played composition, Miwa arranges Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, The Beatles, […]
Grace Morrison gets even better with Reasons
Grace Morrison’s new CD Reasons is made up of the country roots material she is so well known for and which she is so good at delivering. Her natural timbre reminds of girlish chirps, a young voice that sings with an older person’s wisdom and experience. “Come On Rae” combines Morrison’s girlish timbre with a […]
Ashley Jordan rises to top of New England country music scene
Ashley Jordan has come a long way since she was at 13 year old aspiring singer-songwriter busking on the streets of Harvard Square. The 25 year old singer-songwriter has been featured on Boston radio’s Mix 104 which had lead to her performing in front of 40,000 people at the station’s annual MixFest music festival. Last […]
Black Cat Road offer fine document of their sound
Black Cat Road have been bringing their punchy, earthy brand of blues music to Maine venues for nine years. The band’s self-titled debut CD crackles with brisk instrumentation, soulful, raspy vocals, and true down beat grooves drenched in this traditional music. A lead guitar grinds its way into the listener’s attention on opening cut “Crow […]
