Nicole Knox Murphy inspires with her long musical journey
Nicole Knox Murphy has been on quite a musical journey these last ten years. Murphy became a lead singer for her father’s country band in her home state of Vermont when she was only 14. She continued singing with his very busy band until just after she got married. Then, her schedule was less busy and when her father retired, she was grounded. By then, she was living in her adopted state of New Hampshire. Raising three children and supporting her family took up much of her time, until her children were grown. Then, while spending a year recovering from back surgery, she picked up her old acoustic guitar and started picking away.
A Night For Sam Gentile benefit schedule for this Sunday, Feb 14
Whenever anybody in the greater-Boston blues community is down and out with medical expenses and no way to cover it with a musician’s salary, the community comes together like a tightly knit blanket.
Johnny “Blue Horn” Moriconi, musician, survivor; fundraiser set for Feb 21
Johnny “Blue Horn” Moriconi has been down for a while but he certainly isn’t out. Last spring, Boston’s hugely popular blues musician Moriconi noticed that the hearing in his right ear was getting poorer. When he had it checked out he discovered he had a benign brain tumor in the back of his head. He’s now recovering from radiosurgery he had three weeks ago. The good news is that he’s already back to sitting in on some gigs, as a singer and playing his trademark Holton MF Admiral blue-lacquer trumpet.
Janie MacAuslan drums Just Like That into limelight
Success can be measured in 4/4 time, if you have a good drummer and a good band.
Rock in the New Year with some of the best New England Bands
Some of you may still be undecided where to go hear great local music around New England this New Year’s Eve. Even at this late day, you still cannot make up your mind where to go ring in the new year with a rocking band. So, BillCopelandMusicNews.com would like to recommend the following New Year’s Eve band events:
Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets to headline Road To Memphis fundraiser on November 22
Dave Glannon is gearing up for one of the biggest events of his life. Glannon recently won the band competition in the Granite State Blues Society’s blues challenge. Glannon, and his band Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets, were already doing well on their New Hampshire blues scene as well as making solid inroads into the Massachusetts scene. Then, he and his boys bested another top rated group of players to win the local contest.
Chick Singer Night to help close out historic Johnny D’s
Chick Singer Night of Boston is gearing up for another of their showcase concerts to highlight the area’s finest female vocal talents. On November 19th, Chick Singer Night will fill the soon to close Somerville, Massachusetts venue Johnny D’s with four distinct female voices from four completely different musical perspectives.
Dawn Sweet continues her rocking music career, moving into originals territory
Born with a name that sounds so cool some may think it’s a stage name, Worcester rock singer Dawn Sweet has been a fixture on her Central to Western Massachusetts music scene for about 16 years now. She’s known as one of the three lead vocalists in Heavy Horses, a popular cover band featuring some the area’s finest players.
Fortune continues playing out after 25 years; hitting Whippersnappers Saturday, September 26
Fortune has been playing out for 25 years now. Fortune plays out all over greater-Boston/New England, and this Saturday night they’ll be playing at Whippersnappers in beautiful Londonderry, New Hampshire. Music fans both local and regional know that Fortune has a long history, as they started out in the North Shore of Boston over two decades ago. Bassist Lou Spagnola, a 19 year veteran of Fortune, was on hand this afternoon to discuss his association with the band as well as this Saturday night’s Whippersnapper’s gig.
South Shore Irish Festival to feature 20 local bands, Irish and Canadian talent Sept 12 & 13
South Shore Irish Festival at Marshfield Fairgrounds is bringing some of the best musical talent that the Irish have to offer. Aside from Boston and New England based Irish music combos, this South Shore event will feature Ireland’s own Johnny McEvoy and new band Na Fianna as well as Canada’s John McDermott, a member of the Irish Tenors. And that’s not bad for a first time event. The South Shore Irish Festival will run September 12 & September 13, 2015.
