Crowes Pasture move to much higher ground with Don’t Blink
Crowes Pasture create much more than a pleasant soundscape on their latest album Don’t Blink. Lyrically, it’s concerned with how much we miss if we take our eyes off the world for a moment. The duo’s usual blend of male and female vocals, banjo, and acoustic guitar allow them to develop folksy fabrics of Americana […]
Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band maintain high standards, take risks on Lower County Outlaw
Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band punched out this Lower County Outlaw album in recent months. Montgomery & The Winterkill Band, as usual, rock right out with the aggression of a knife wielding street gang. As with their last three albums KMTWB rip the soulfulness out of country and muscle it into a rock and […]
Kim Moberg impresses greatly with folk-rock opera The Seven Fires Prophecy
Kim Moberg’s new folk-rock opera The Seven Fires Prophecy centers on an old Native American legend, and the album greatly impresses and intrigues on many levels. This story of ancient peoples in North America and the prophets who guide them provides mystical songwriting material that Moberg and her producer, multi-instrumentalist Jon Evans turn into a […]
October; don flannel shirts, Halloween costumes, and celebrate Octoberfest with New England live music as your soundtrack
Have you got your flannel shirts on yet? Have you decided which Octoberfest Beer Blast you’ll attend? Have you picked out your Halloween costume yet? Yes, folks, we’re cruising headlong into the party hearty month of Halloween. We even have a Friday the 13th to add to our celebrations. So, make sure you’re wearing your […]
Andy & Judy bring plenty of musical joy and understanding to Another Ghost Town
Andy & Judy put together their new album Another Ghost Town with the upmost care. It is true folk music, rooted in the Americana sound and also in the American story. Work songs. Abandoned towns. A song about radio. A heroic athlete’s song. A song for the next generation. Much of the American experience is […]
Red Matter utilize their influences well on beautiful Northbound Train album
Connecticut’s jam band Red Matter reflect on their influences in their new album Red Matter. Yet, despite their traditions in their genre, they manage to build songs that also reflect how they use the jam band tradition to their own advantage while also finding room to stretch out with their own imaginative flights of fancy. […]
September; temperatures cool, New England music remains hot
As the temperatures cool off in September, we all know that New England music scene will remain hot. Below a few offerings as to who is available to see live throughout our six state region. September 1: Arthur James solo; The Blue Bear Inn; 534 Mountain Road. Francestown, New Hampshir 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm […]
Namedroppers achieve much with latest soulful blues album Blue Diamonds
Connecticut’s legendary R&B band Namedroppers just released their swaggering muscular effort Blue Diamonds. Its individual members, Rafe Klein on guitar and lead vocals, drummer-singer Bobby T Torello, bassist Scott Spray, and keyboardist Ron Rifkin put together some startlingly good original music based on their influences while also turning in some strong interpretations of songs originally […]
Haunting and hip, Tim Ray Trio deliver the goods on Fire & Rain
Tim Ray Trio’s new album Fire & Rain mostly feels like it was influenced by the cool jazz musicians from the late 1940s through to the late 1960s. This trio is playing styles, colors and tones, and attitude that come from a time when hip cat daddios hung out in coffee shops and piano bars […]
August, get your New England live music while it’s still hot
August may make one wonder where did the summer go? But, if you start soon, you can catch a lot of good New England live music while bands play at beach houses, town parks, and near a bonfire. If you check the list below, you will find something that will go down well with your […]
