Lydia Warren And The Neurotics stir up Smoken’ Joe’s
Lydia Warren And The Neurotics hit Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last night and served up a few hours of hefty blues. Warren, on lead and rhythm guitar and vocals, was joined by her Neurotics line up of harmonica player/guitar player/vocalist Josh Fulero, bass player Danny Banks, and drummer Chris Rivelli. The group opened with Muddy […]
Guitarist Gil Correia, the soul of a true blues man
Gil Correia became a blues guitarist in his early 40s, after clawing his way out of a hard scrabble life. To see Correia on stage with his Gil Correia Band or at jams, you wouldn’t have guessed the 55 year old began playing at 42. He is intensely talented and versatile on stage. He has […]
Eve Rising precursor gig rocked The Tap
History teaches us that one event can incite, provoke, and or stimulate another. The Eve Rising pre-festival fundraiser show last Saturday night at The Tap in Haverhill, Massachusetts was one such event. It was held to promote a large Eve Rising festival coming on September 17, 2011. Last Saturday night’s pre-festival show in Haverhill indicates […]
Bill Copeland Music News seeks advertisers
My name is Bill Copeland. Just under a year ago, I launched my online music magazine, Bill Copeland Music News. I currently receive 100 hits or more per day, 3,000 plus per month, and it’s growing fast. My advertising rates are $50 per month and $500 per year. My editorial coverage includes, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, […]
Tiggana aims to be the next Bob Marley
Tiggana Reggae Dancehall has been hitting the stages around greater-Boston since landing here from Jamaica. Speaking in a Jamaican accent, the new Bostonian said there is nothing more important to him than his music. He’s trying to get together with a reggae band to express the reggae music he writes. His brother is the singer […]
Malyssa BellaRosa ignites Providence music scene; recording debut CD
Malyssa BellaRosa has been heating up Providence nightclubs, off and on, since the late 1990s. After a decade fronting all kinds of bands, BellaRosa is now a solo artist working on a CD to be released under her own name. BellaRosa’s years of hard work have been paying off lately. She’s been nominated Female Vocalist Of […]
Mr. Isaac Allen scores big on his debut CD Don’t Smoke
Mr. Isaac Allen sounds a lot older than his 24 years on his new Don’t Smoke CD. And his new CD is smoking’. It is also sizzling, featuring 11 tracks about life on the mean streets of life. Each song is doused with Allen’s smoky piano bar melodies and direct, gruff vocal deliver, like a […]
Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets blues jam growing into spacious new room
Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets have changed the location of their Sunday night blues jam to Penuche’s Grill at 96 Hanover Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. And they’re really starting to fit the spacious room. With more open area than their previous Sunday night room, that precious blues sound just percolated and traveled around […]
Mr. Nick announces annual fundraising blues festival; The Soul Band to headline
Blues fans can come out to Concord, New Hampshire this Sunday, May 22nd to listen to the blues while contributing to a great cause as well. Mr. Nick, of Mr. Nick And The Dirty Tricks and formally of Mr. Nick’s Blues Mafia, has been hard at work trying to make this outdoor concert and fundraiser […]
Christine Greenawalt is Touched in Worcester cover band
Seven years ago, Christine Greenawalt formed her Worcester-based cover band Touched as a form of therapy after going through a divorce and an ensuing mid-life crisis. “It was the best mid-life crisis ever,” she quipped, giggled. “I never sang with a live band in my life until age 36.” As a youth, Greenawalt sang in […]