Dara Cassidy, fronting popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years

Dara Cassidy, fronting popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years

By Bill Copeland on May 17, 2013

Dara Cassidy has been fronting her hugely popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years. That’s pretty good for someone who only thought she would be singing two or three songs nightly in a short lived house band. “I was a little bit nervous,” she said. “Once I got on stage and started doing [...]

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John Medeiros Jr. keeps the beat for a living

John Medeiros Jr. keeps the beat for a living

By Bill Copeland on April 29, 2013

John Medeiros Jr. has been keeping the best for a long time. In fact, he’s kept the beat for essentially everybody in the greater-Boston/New England music scene at one time or another. A life long musician, Medeiros fell in love with the drums at an early age. The defining moment came when he heard Neil [...]

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Legendary singer-songwriter Marty Nestor continues to shine, gets better with age

Legendary singer-songwriter Marty Nestor continues to shine, gets better with age

By Bill Copeland on March 23, 2013

Singer-songwriter Marty Nestor has had a storied career in the greater-Boston/New England music scene. Aside from racking up awards and nominations from the Boston Music Awards and other, Nestor’s previous bands played many of the popular nightspots in the 1970s and 1980s. His latest album, Saint of the Highway, showcases the culmination of the hard [...]

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Yoke Shire pleased British Beer Company crowd in Manchester last night

Yoke Shire pleased British Beer Company crowd in Manchester last night

By Bill Copeland on May 12, 2013

Yoke Shire hit the British Beer Company in Manchester, New Hampshire for a rocking two hour set last night. The trio’s show, at first politely received by the crowd, came alive when they played one of their originals in this cover bar setting. Yoke Shire has been through many incarnations. They began as a prog-rock [...]

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Brickyard Blues Band entertained crowd at British Beer Company in Manchester

Brickyard Blues Band entertained crowd at British Beer Company in Manchester

By Bill Copeland on May 6, 2013

The Brickyard Blues Band just played the Sunday afternoon show at British Beer Company in Manchester, New Hampshire. Just a few short hours ago, they delivered their mix of blues and R&B to an appreciative day time audience. Fronted by the affable Brian James, the four piece played three relatively mellow sets to a lunchtime [...]

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