Bill Copeland
We’re back to live New England music this July
I can hear The Beatles in my head singing “It’s been a long, cold lonely winter.” For months, we’ve all been trapped inside a small world consisting of work, home, and the grocery store. Live music has been denied to us entirely in some New England states while being limited in its presentation in others. […]
Trans singer-songwriter CiCi Eberle rises above all challenges
Boston’s singer-songwriter CiCi Eberle has a lot to celebrate this Pride month. The openly trans woman singer-songwriter leads her life by being open and public about her lifestyle choice. She also gets the express her views and her feelings through her tools as a singer-songwriter. Formerly a rocker in the late 1960s Colorado music scene, […]
John Stein works his magic on Serendipity
Jamaica Plain-based jazz guitarist John Stein has released another of his fine albums. Aptly named Serendipity, Stein, along with bass guitarist Ed Lucie and drummer Mike Connors, continues to find exquisite melodies with his guitar, seeming to pull them out of the ether, instinctively harnessing his music into something good each time. Each piece on […]
John Hall ready to commence Sunday afternoon concert series in Plymouth; Exit 13 Park & Ride to defray cost of admission
John Hall has been busy since March putting together his Rhythm Room Afternoon Concert Series. Scheduled to begin this Sunday, June13th, featuring Poppa Chubby with Jeffery Allen Shaw and Company, the series offers many of the finest local and national blues act. Hall, a long time booking agent, talent buyer, and festival organizers in the […]
GrandEvolution take things to a much higher level with Glow
Glow, the new album from Rhode Island’s GrandEvolution, shows tremendous improvement since their last fine recording. Sarah Kenyon’s voice must have taken years to have a presence and to contrasts with all of the flintier elements going on around her. She lays her voice down perfectly in all of these ambient rockers, songs that have […]
Andy & Judy keep the warm folk music lively and moving on Let Us Sing
Andy Daigle and Judy Daigle, commonly known by their duo name, Andy & Judy, will be releasing another of their fine folk albums, Let Us Sing, on June 1st. The woven vocal harmonies and acoustic instruments this duo is known for are all here on Let Us Sing. It’s a treasure of an album for […]
Bruce Tarney sings and plays No Loud Music with great resolve
Bruce Tarney’s CD titled No Loud Music finds this Columbus to Nahant rocker belting at the top of his lungs as well as mellowing out for quieter, sensitive tunes that let him and his support players show their sophistication. This disc wax initially released just before the pandemic rendered our lifestyles into something resembling a […]
Johnny Juxo coats old songs with new magic on Get Off Of My Lawn
Johnny Juxo’s new CD of blues and soul originals, Get Off Of My Lawn, finds the veteran Rhode Island singer-keyboardist performing songs written by his many friends in the New England and national music scenes. After performing in the industry for decades, Juxo has got many songwriter friends to have chosen songs from. That also […]
Erin Ash Sullivan stakes her singer-songwriter scene claim with standout album We Can Hear Each Other
Erin Ash Sullivan’s new disc We Can Hear Each Other Now highlights the singer-songwriter’s ability to weave an exceptionally good song while remaining tastefully self-restrained. Along with producer and multi-instrumentalist Doug Kwartler, Sullivan is like the prettiest song bird on a comfortable spring morning. Away from the music scene for a while, she also makes […]
Devil Love brings a fine development to 90s alt-rock on Broken Things
Devil Love’s Broken Things album proves this Boston band can deliver the goods with their own brand of hard pop. Combing the live wire charge of hard rock with some of the emotive sensibilities of 90’s pop rock, Devil Love offer a fresh sound by fusing older ones. It’s sort of 1970s classic rock by […]
