Linda Marks grows ever stronger in expression on Monuments Of Love
Linda Marks releases two albums a year, and each one is always a treat for the ears as well a balm for the heart and soul. Marks’ new Monuments Of Love ushers her listeners through these months of pandemic life with lively, lovely music and lyrical imagery of what life has become during these months […]
The Greg Sherrod Music Company shows true soul on Do You Feel It, and blues and rock ‘n roll too
The Greg Sherrod Music Company are releasing this dynamic Do You Feel It CD. Featuring Sherrod’s catchy, gripping original songs, his album blends and moves from rock to soul to blues, letting Sherrod apply his slick, slippery vocal to an ever changing genre in each song. Opening track “Rock Star” finds Sherrod delivers his soulful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jay Aptt And The MaliCaminos deliver raucous goods with From The Woodshed Looking Out
Jay Aptt And The MaliCaminos present hard charging, blues rock on their new album From The Woodshed Looking Out. Soulful lyrical images of our nation as well as engaging descriptions of the people in our world make this a deep, meaningful listening experience as well as a fun, foot-stomping, beer swigging grand old time. Opening […]
