August, and New England’s live music scene keeps getting hotter
Folks, we are half way through our summer season, and would you believe it’s getting hotter now that it was June through most of July? August will be a scorching hot month and New England’s live music scene keeps getting hotter. Below are some live New England music offerings to check out as you start […]
Sandy Martin continues her remarkable career in the greater-Boston music scene
A staple on the greater-Boston/New England music scene since the 1980s, bass player Sandy Martin continues to impress audiences with her control of the groove Discharged from the Navy in 1977, Martin knew she wanted to attend a music college. She chose Berklee College of Music which drew her out to the Boston area. Martin […]
July, when the temperature sizzles and so does the hot New England live music
July is here and so is our warmer weather. Whether hanging at the beach, going to a barbeque, belting down some cold ones, or whatever you like to do during the patriotic month, do it with some hot, live New England music playing. Below you’ll find the cream of crop among New England talent and […]
Matt York’s Gently Used is a ruggedly beautiful album
Matt York’s new Americana roots album Gently Used is loaded with perky instrumentation and chirpy, twangy vocals. York adorns his songs with such elements while structuring them into large than life portraits expressing high emotions and flinty determination. Opening cut “If You Want Love” finds York singing in a chirpy, country flavored manner. His charming, […]
Linda Marks sums up her progress with Kindness, a sort of greatest hits CD
Linda Marks’ latest CD Kindness is a greatest hits collection of sorts. She’s recorded some of these songs in the past for previous album while one song happen to be new. Some songs here have new arrangements and others have new mixes. As always, Marks’ voice is a smooth, silky sheet that glides across her […]
Stephen Peter Rodgers graces us once again with Speck On A Clover
Stepehen Peter Rodgers latest CD Speck On A Clown provides listeners with two albums in one. The first half of this CD offers gloriously mid tempo rock songs that remind of the 1970s with their sweeping, mellow sounds. The second half reminds of the folk-rock bands and singer-songwriters of the decade of Nixon Ford, and […]
The Still Point achieve a great deal on Full Circle album
The Still Point instrumental trio, augmented by a horn section, deliver plenty of exciting, involving numbers on their third album Full Circle. Hayes Cumming’s electric guitar phrasing finds him moving melodies around with rockin’ edge and jazzy freedom. While Cummings and the rhythm section of bass player Max Liebman and drummer Alexander Dillon play a […]
June, live New England music events heating up
June is considered the start of the summer season. The summer season officially begins in June and by then the weather has already been summer. Summer fun has always include live New England music, for anyone with a pulse. Below are just a few of New England’s live music events taking place in June. So, […]
Niki Luparelli’s Strip Zeppelin showed her audience how to Whole Lotta Love
Nobody understands better than Niki Luparelli that rock and roll is a metaphor for the pelvic thrust during sexual intercourse. Presenting her Strip Zeppelin show at The Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre last Saturday night, Luparelli combined an all woman Led Zeppelin tribute band with some of the area’s best burlesque dancers. While it does […]
Kristian Montgomery And The Winterkill Band offer greater Americana vision with A Heaven For Heretics
Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band are on a roll. Their third album in as many years, A Heaven For Heretics, tackles the daunting challenge of understanding people who have been banished to the outside of mainstream America by narrow social mores created by narrow minded people. As usual, Montgomery delivers his message like a […]
