Professor Harp continues fighting for equality in the blues scene
Professor Harp has been fighting the battle against racism throughout his career as a blues singer, harmonica player, and band leader. Professor Harp, the professional moniker for Hugh Holmes, became a harmonica player after seeing George Allen “Harmonica” Smith perform in Boston. The Professor, who was given his nick name “professor” by R&B legend Solomon […]
Sharlene Lamont makes her mark in The Hipshot Band LLC
After years of singing gospel music in her church in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, Sharlene Lamont has got her feet in the local New England music scene. Currently, she’s the flamboyant front woman for the club and event outfit The Hipshot Band LLC. Lamont’s story is rooted in the history of American music and her family […]
Doug Kwartler makes Hollow Body Studios a 20 year success story
Sometimes a musician’s work as studio producer and engineer makes his story as engaging as his own original music and performances. Doug Kwartler of the folk duo The Lied To’s has kept his Chelmsford, Massachusetts based Hollow Body Studios in business for 20 years. His knack for turning the knobs is a labor of love […]
Corinna Smith fiddles her way to great heights with Adam Ezra Group
Being the fiddle player for Boston’s hugely popular Adam Ezra Group has opened up a world of possibilities for Corinna Smith. AEG tours clubs and small theaters around the country. They also get to work with those who’ve made it big. Smith, when she took the call for this interview, was driving to Michigan […]
Guitarist Jerry Paquette just won the fight of his life
Jerry Paquette just went through the fight of his life. After contracting Legionnaire’s Disease, the legendary New England guitarist’s doctors didn’t think he was going to make it. “At one point they told my sister, ‘he’s in real bad shape and if he makes it through the next 24 hours he has a chance‘. I […]
Osi Brathwaite gets by with a little help from his friends; Norwood fundraiser set for Nov 11
Osi Brathwaite is a very fortunate man. Although he is dealing with a daunting medical condition, Brathwaite has friends like Willie J. Laws who are helping him through his ordeal. Laws didn’t want to take all the credit so he swiftly pointed out that his partner Joan Debow and music scene promoters John Hall and […]
Brave and relentless, singer-songwriter Ilene Springer sets her sights, spreads her wings
Ilene Springer has been on the singer-songwriter scene since she started appearing at south shore open mics and jams 25 years ago. A few years later she branched out to playing restaurants in and around her home town of Weymouth, Massachusetts. After a while she found herself playing gigs in Boston, Providence and beyond. “I’ve […]
Josh Gold continues adventures in sound at his Basement Studio
It’s been a year since we first interviewed recording producer Josh Gold about his Basement Studio enterprise. While Gold, a widely recognized keyboardist, has had to relinquish his touring gigs with his beloved Adam Ezra Group, he still has plenty to keep him busy in his work place of sound. “Roughly 90 to 100 artists I’ve worked with […]
Sam Gentile benefit put together with care and compassion; this Sunday, Sept 23 at C Note in Hull, Massachusetts
Sam Gentile is a fortunate man. Not only did he recently receive a new, donated kidney, he belongs to a community of musicians who will unite at C Note in Hull, Massachusetts on September 23 to help him pay down his medical expenses. Organized by C Note manager Barbara Rhind and south shore music promoter […]
Linda Marks emerges huge on the Boston music scene
Linda Marks’ entire life has been a profound personal and musical journey. The Boston area singer-songwriter-pianist has released what many area folkies and singer-songwriters are saying is her best work yet. Her new CD, titled Moments, is racking up favorable notices with a momentum as strong as the emotional force of nature that make up […]
