Live Reviews

The Lied To's; DubHub; Dublin, New Hampshire

The Lied To’s rocked the DubHub in New Hampshire last night

The Lied To’s have been on the singer-songwriter scene for several years now. Their three CDs have garnered them favorable reviews and a number of gigs. Last night at the DubHub, The Lied To’s made the most of their set at the Dublin, New Hampshire listening room coffeehouse. The duo of Doug Kwartler and Susan […]

Rebecca Turmel

Rebecca Turmel shows reservoir of talent at Pressed Cafe in Salem, New Hampshire

Rebecca Turmel is a young artist on the rise. With a background in professional musical theater, she has true vocal ability, training, and she knows how to apply her discipline to her angsty original singer-songwriter material. Last night, Turmel shared her work with an enthusiastic crowd at Pressed Cafe in Salem, New Hampshire. Turmel’s opening […]

Linda Marks; Autumn Sol = Heather Roy, Steve Roy

Linda Marks and Autumn Sol light up One Broadway Collaborative with special singer-songwriter material

Linda Marks and Autumn Sol shared a bill at One Broadway Collaborative last Saturday night. Their combination of singer songwriter approaches provided this cleverly converted Lawrence, Massachusetts storefront space with an array of impressive singer-songwriter approaches. It was a perfect venue for Marks to share her new album A Recipe For Hope and Autumn Sol’s […]

Shari Richardson, Paul Costley, Nate Comp; Tues nite Feature Artist Open Mic & Jam - KC's Rib Shack, Manchester, NH photo; Hermine Basso

Shari Richardson performed well at Nate & Paul’s Tues Nite Open Mic & Jam at Manchester’s KC’s Rib Shack

Shari Richardson was the featured artist at Nate and Paul’s open mic and jam at KC’s Rib Shack last Tuesday night. Hosted by guitarist Nate Comp and percussionist Paul Costley, the popular Tuesday night event features a popular, talented New England singer from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The next two hours allows musicians from […]

Frankie Boy & The Blues Express won over Porch audience last night their own special, soulful way

Frankie Boy & The Blues Express won over Porch audience last night their own special, soulful way

Frankie Boy & The Blues Express performed their every forth Wednesday night residency at The Porch in Medford last night. The trio, consisting of Frank Maneiro, Mickey Maguire, and Harrison Foti showed why they’ve become much more than just another blues bar band. They played with such soulful conviction that managed to connect with their […]

Conrad Warre; Bees Deluxe

Bees Deluxe tore it up at Manchester’s Stark Mill Brewery

Bees Deluxe buzzed into Manchester, New Hampshire Stark Mill’s Brewery last Friday night to play some stinging, blues-tinged numbers. Guitarist Conrad Warre could one moment play pretty, brittle lead guitar phrases before shifting dynamics to create larger, wider, more searing melodic lines. During one instrumental, keyboardist Carol Band’s lively funk keyboard work created a clavinet […]

Keira Curtis; her artsy wares

Area 23 rocks Concord, New Hampshire with Wednesday night open mic

The Wednesday night Open Mic at Concord, New Hampshire’s funky venue Area 23 proved to offer the diversity of talent that it’s known for. Solo acoustic acts, including a uke player, a chanteuse singing to her own original backing tracks, and an oldies leaning three piece rock and roll band all showed up to strut […]

Ken Clark, Nate Comp

Ken Clark headlined Comp-Costley award winning Tuesday night Featured Artist and Open Mic at KC’s Rib Shack

Blues-funk-rock organist, singer Ken Clark was the featured artist at the Nate Comp and Paul Costley Tuesday night Featured Artist and Open Mic Jam at KC’s Rib Shack in Manchester, New Hampshire three nights ago. As can be imagined from the pairing of New England’s notable Hammond organ man with the awarding winning Tuesday night […]

Nicole Knox Murphy live at The Pizza Man; Manchester, NH

Nicole Knox Murphy entertained The Pizza Man restaurant with sweet aplomb

Nicole Knox Murphy came into Manchester, New Hampshire’s The Pizza Man last Friday night to entertain with her mix of country, pop, and rock music. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Murphy’s voice and song selection went over well with the receptive pizza chowing music fans. Murphy’s adaptation of The Monkee’s “Day Dream Believer” captured the […]

Arthur James

Arthur James lead lively blues jam at Riley’s Place

Lead by the inestimable Arthur James on vocals, guitar, and jam management, yesterday’s Sunday afternoon blues jam at Riley’s Place in Milford, New Hampshire proved an energetic event dotted with talented singers and musicians. Arthur James lead the house band, himself with Rick King on drums and “Barson” on bass. Barson goes by his one […]