Dan and Faith conjure fond memories with warm, folksy music on Then and Now
Dan and Faith released their new Then and Now CD several weeks ago, and it evokes fine folk idioms. With much acoustic grist under their wings, the two send their voices out natural and pretty as songbirds. By conjuring the perfect vibe for each of their numbers, they impress with the feelings they bring forth […]
The Wildcat O’Halloran Band’s Deck Of Cards their coolest CD yet
Wildcat O’Halloran is probably the most prolific recording artist on the greater-Boston/New England blues scene. He seems to have a new blues CD every year, and, this new Deck Of Cards album is his coolest yet. The Wildcat O’Halloran Band create a f un, funky party vibe here, combining their talents with an ability to […]
Tim Ray constructs colorful jazz album with Excursions And Adventures
On his new Excursions And Adventures album, Boston-based jazz artist Tim Ray performs interesting, catchy arrangements of popular modern music. He also features a handful of his own original compositions. Through it all, Ray, along with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, constructs a colorful album that brims with good musical ideas that […]
Scott Waters’ music abounds with sounds on Peace Signs & Dragonflies
Scott Waters’ new CD Peace Signs & Dragonflies combines lively melodies with puffs of 1960s pop music sensibilities. Abounding with Beatlesque harmonies, bright pop melodies, sweeping horns, and a large vocal presence, this music will transport its listeners to a better place and time in pop music. This Connecticut boy’s opening cut “Only What I […]
Kathleen Healy’s personal style shines on Embracing The Journey
On her second full length CD, Embrace The Journey, Cape Cod singer-songwriter Kathleen Healy provides a landscape of beautiful life stories sound tracked by her unique voice and her gift for valuable musical details. On each song she seems to having a conversation with both her listener and to whomever she is singing of. Her […]
Sinclair And The Soul Mates funk things up with class on Soul Never Dies
Sinclair And The Soul Mates offer the full length disc Soul Never Dies. While this album was recorded several months ago, it is again seeing the light of day as Sinclair(stage name for Rhode Island soul crooner Gary Lait Cummings) works his way back into the Lil’ Rhodie’s music scene. Sinclair wrote much of the […]
Blonde Furniture rock out with quirky late 70s style with Music For Early Century Modern
Blond Furniture’s quirky new CD Music For Early Century Modern brings back the purer form of rock found during the rival in late 1970s Great Britain and The United States. Within a simple framework and with less pretension than the post-synth world, this New London, Connecticut band rocks with a spirited sense of fun. A […]
Amber Delaurentis shines, balances sweetness of pop with sublime beauty of jazz on Innocent Road
Amber Delarentis’s fourth CD Innocent Road reveals her to be an exceptional jazz-pop vocalist. While she manages all the challenges of a jazz singer, she convincingly injects enough catchy bright moments to satisfy those looking for bright accessible music that stays in the head. Co-written with Sarah Blue and Tom Cleary, these songs satisfy on […]
Name Droppers continue important legacy with debut CD
Connecticut’s rock quartet Name Droppers have a storied history. Name Droppers used to be the backing band for legendary local performer Charlie Karp. Karp passed away after walking into a hospital to find out why he hadn’t been feeling well for a days. Hospital doctors discovered he had liver cancer which took him during his […]
Roomful Of Blues jumps, swings with more class than ever on In A Roomful Of Blues
In A Roomful Of Blues is a crackling effort by the latest lineup of New England favorite, Rhode Island-based Roomful Of Blues. Everything here is up to this 50 plus year old band’s standards, and, the boys stretch out a bit lyrically with some contemporary themed lyrics as well as with some more rockin’, funkin’ […]
