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 […]
Zoe Knight & Mythical Beasts storm through old school R&B, soul, and funk with style on The Good
Zoe Knight & Mythical Beasts released this album, The Good, some months back, and it is coming to my attention now as there were no hard copies available at the time. An old school soul and R&B belter, Knight might remind listeners of Anne Pebbles, Aretha Franklin, or even Janis Joplin. With a funky band […]
Greg Abate and Kenny Barron make great music together on masterwork Magic Dance
The new double disc album from Greg Abate finds the Rhode Island saxophonist playing tribute to the music of Kenny Barron. Not only does Abate arrange and play Barron’s compositions here, he has Barron featured on piano as part of the band that has recorded this work Magic Dance: The Music Of Kenny Barron. Opening […]
Lori Zuroff struts her stuff on debut album Ladybug
Lori Zuroff does jazz like no other jazz singer. Zuroff, on her first release, Ladybug, offers a pleasant array of classic jazz pieces. Although these titles have been familiar to serious music fans for generations, Zuroff, with a combination of style and finesse, confidence and knowledge, and sexy cool, transforms them into songs that are […]
Retro CD Review: singer-songwriter Katrin rocked her 2004 album Nature Spirit
Some of greater-Boston/New England’s best artist needs to be examined in retrospect. This retro review of Katrin’s 2004 release Nature Spirit came about simply because Nature Spirit happened to be sitting on the shelf at a local Bull Moose music store in Salem, New Hampshire when a music journalist just happened to be looking through […]
HannaH’s Field expand their sound with Crystal Vision
HannaH’s Field latest album Crystal Vision evokes a crystal clear vision of where this Connecticut reggae band is today. Combining their interest in reggae grooves and groovy lyrics with edgier lead guitar and making a few forays into Americana roots, this band has come with a party album for the mind and soul Opening track […]
Liz Simmons tells her tales with inventive acoustic beauty on Poets
Liz Simmons’ latest album “Poets” reflects a lot of thought and feeling from this Vermont folk artist. Moreover, Simmons has a special, unique way of keeping her music low key and stirring at once. After she lulls you into her world of gentle music, you can feel yourself moving with her keen sense of direction. […]
