September; temperatures cooling, New England live music getting hotter
September is a real cool month. No, not because the weather is cooling off at summer’s end. September is cool because the leaves will soon be turning beautiful colors. Students will soon be back with all of their school friends and having fun in the learning process. September marks the point when we can start […]
Gerry Beaudoin Trio creates wide jazz sound within tight trio on Blues & Ballads & More
On his new Blues & Ballads & More album, Gerry Beaudoin Trio serve up a platter of jazz treats, music influenced by swing jazz and bop, a combo of styles that has influenced Beaudoin through out his career. Aside from two Duke Ellington standards, this album is made up of original compositions from Beaudoin and […]
Jennifer Tefft & The Strange make Strange Beginnings cool
Jennifer Tefft knew it was time for a change. She traded her Jennifer Tefft Band in for Jennifer Tefft And the Strange, a new grouping with a bit of an eerie, edgy twist. JTATS just released Strange Beginnings, an eight song document of what that new sound is all about. The eight pieces are startlingly […]
The Namedroppers deliver the goods with ever more slickness on Starshine
On their new Starshine album, Connecticut’s blues, soul, R&B, oldies rock and roll amalgam The Name Droppers deliver more of the kind of emotive, heartfelt snappy soul grooves they’ve become well known for. Only this time around, their album is a bit more slick, possesses a little more of the motion filled groove and fine […]
