By Bill Copeland on December 30, 2011
Al Pechulis has just released his Special Guests CD, named so because he has other vocalists filling in for him on his tunes. Pechulis is recovering from a muscular vocal issue which left him unable to sing. On this collection of songs he wrote, plays guitar on, and co-produced with Canadian engineer Quentin Meek. Pechulis, [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 28, 2011
Howard Randall’s new Monday Night Blues Jam at Whippersnappers in Londonderry, New Hampshire is steadily picking up new participants and a wider audience. Last Monday night, Randall and his house band drew in a good mix of players from different age groups and styles of blues. The house band for what is called Howard’s Blue [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 26, 2011
The Ghillies are a Boston-based, Nashville influenced roots rock band that pump out music sure to be appreciated by rockers and country fans alike. Gritty vocals, feisty guitars, and a driving rhythm section mark the crossover genre these good ole boys play. The credits only name these guys as Chiz, Rusty, Chuck, Goat, and Doc. [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 25, 2011
Jan Luby is a jewel of a singer-songwriter. Her new CD Nobody’s Girl showcases many of Luby’s organic, heart-felt translations of life into words and music. Luby infuses each of these songs with emotional honesty. Listeners will be certain to relate to what she is saying as they feel what she was feeling when she [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 19, 2011
Adam Ezra Group’s new CD release Ragtop Angel features more of Ezra’s sunshiny, neo-hippie cool, with more texture than other bands who were inspired by the acoustic guitar-percussion-roots rock of the past decade. Many of Ezra’s tunes are mellow paced rhythmic patterns with a lot of organ and guitar texture around the grooves. This approach [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 19, 2011
Bellevue Cadillac pulled into Tupelo Music Hall last night and impressed their audience with the incredibly huge sound they make with their eight-piece horn band. Led by the veteran guitarist-vocalist-songwriter Doug Bell, the gang of players served up hot renditions of their original songs. Bell came out on stage like Mr. Showbiz, decked out in [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 14, 2011
Dan Cloutier takes his listeners along on a personal lyrical journey through the human heart, and, as harrowing as it can be at times, it turns out to be a fun, breathtaking ride. Cloutier also offers up his personal takes of differing musical genres on his third CD, Blind Willie’s Lighthouse. Folk, rock and roll, [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 12, 2011
Geoff Bartley plays the Sunday night bluegrass acoustic show at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton every week. Last night’s presentation of Geoff Barley & Friends made for three hours of pleasant, uplifting, and thought provoking bluegrass music, with an occasional acoustic blues number thrown in for good measure. Bartley brought along for the ride banjo player [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 11, 2011
Tom Smith takes a gentle folksy approach to his vocal and musical delivery and that makes his new Journey Home CD an artistic success. His gravelly low tenor and nimble banjo and guitar picking make each of his songs play out like a pleasant journey across a familiar terrain. Listening to these tracks makes it [...]
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By Bill Copeland on December 6, 2011
Tom Dixon Band dominated the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire last Saturday night, earning playing their potpouri of modern country songs with a few of their originals thrown in for good measure. Every moment of their three sets was a foot stomping, rootin’ tootin’ hoedown. Dixon had remarked a few times that this Village [...]
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