Racky Thomas brings blues yesteryear to colorful life with Goin’ Home CD
Racky Thomas has come up with a fun, detailed, enriched album with “Goin’ Home,” exploring in depth his favorite roots genres, blues, gospel, Louisiana blues, and vintage country. He also has a band behind him and beside him for the ride, each contributing greatly to the colorful array of yesteryear that Thomas lays out for his listeners.
Toni Lynn Washington is in all her glory on I Wanna Dance CD
Toni Lynn Washington’s latest CD I Wanna Dance is a nine track field trip through all of the various forms of blues music that Ms. Washington has favored over the years. The chanteuse seems to take her listener by the hand and walks him through like an enthusiastic tour guide pointing out many great highlights
Johnny Hoy & The Bluefish offer year’s best CD with The Dance
Johnny Hoy And The Bluefish bat it out of the ballpark on their latest CD, The Dance. Appropriately named, the music on this masterwork will inspire you to move your feet. The songs will also compel you to listen closely to every little nugget of notes. Seriously. This has to be the best local CD of the year.
Sarah Swain delivers the Americana roots goods on Every Little Bird CD
Sarah Swain’s latest CD Every Little Bird is a feast of roots rock material sure to please every fan of her genre. Aside from having a pretty, silky, rangy voice, Swain stretches her natural timbre over a variety of approaches and structures.
Danielle Miraglia rises to new artistic heights on Glory Junkies CD
It’s amazing the artistic heights Danielle Miraglia has reached since she entered the greater-Boston singer-songwriter scene back around the year 2000. Her latest CD, Glory Junkies, is certainly her most self-aware CD. She sounds emboldened by her past successes in the recording studio, having a stronger than ever command of all the elements she has always relied on, rock and roll, blues, gospel, worldly lyrics, and her innate singer-songwriter sensibilities.
Hot Like Fire prove their worth with Forward CD
Hot Like Fire have been an in demand act for sometime now. Their latest CD Forward shows why this band has become one of our area’s most popular reggae bands. It is loaded with high energy reggae music with a bit of a rock edge. Toss in the witty lyrical observations of band leader Kelley Bolduc and you have one dynamite CD.
Jacob Anthony Butler has More To Offer on his latest CD
Jacob Anthony Butler achieves on his latest More To Offer CD an emotional honesty within a warm, pristine sound. He milks each vocal note in his singer-songwriter approach as each of his support players do so on their instruments. Good to the last drop might be a way to describe it. This is just one of those albums that sound so good you want to savor every note, especially if you’re going through the same experiences as the songwriter was while he was writing each of these songs.
Huxster shine brightly on third CD
Huxster’s third, self-titled CD delivers plenty of the fun modern pop-rock the trio has become known for. Compressed guitar leads, concise, precise rhythms, and tidy beats are the order of the day. Yet, within their tightly packed sounds are tiny, shiny gems, nuggets of good guitar phrasing, riffing, tricky drum fills, and a steady bass holding up the song architectures.
Pat & The Hats prove themselves well on Fake It ‘Till You Make A Hit
Pat & The Hats latest release Fake It ‘Till You Make A Hit is a sweet confection of pop rock ditties. Band leader Patrick Gochez s crafts and sings some of the best local music in this genre. With a slight Beatles influence, Gochez composes engaging melodies and warm vocal harmonies. One listen to this CD will inform any music fan that this is a band on the rise.
Travis Colby Band take it to a higher level on A Better Age
Travis Colby Band just dropped their sophomore CD A Better Age, and it’s chockfull of great blues guitar and piano styles. Colby has erased his New Hampshire accent entirely for this recording, sounding like a blues singer from a better time in the genre. There is also a lot of sophistication within this collection of cool blues, hot soul, and driving funk.
