Bill Copeland
Diane Blue rolls out impressive live CD
Diane Blue is on a roll. She won the Massachusetts Blues Society’s Blues Challenge a few weeks back and she’ll be representing that society at the International Blues Competition in February. Aside from that, Blue has released an impressive live CD of blues standards and originals. Live At Chan’s was recorded at John Chan’s upscale […]
Soul Alley has perfected their sound with debut CD Public Alley 421
Soul Alley will be releasing their debut CD Public Alley 421 in two weeks time. Those of us with an advanced copy already know the treat in store for those who have to wait several more days. Every track grabs the ears with its first note. The highly-polished sonic quality from producer Bruce Bears who […]
Bellevue Cadillac score big with live CD Once In A Blue Moon
Bellevue Cadillac have released their recent live album Once In A Blue Moon to a large, eager fan base. This blues band, headed by Professor Doug Bell on guitar and vocals, recorded this 13 track disc at the Half Note Jazz Club in Athens, Greece. Boston area fans of Bellevue will not be surprised to […]
Sunday evening blues in Hudson/Manchester NH
Some blues news from New Hampshire: Little Harpo continues his blues jam every Sunday evening at 5:oo p.m. at Johnny’s Pizza in Hudson, New Hampshire. His house band includes guitarist/singer Chris Noyes, drummer Lee Sevigny, and bassist LauraJean Graham. Strange Brew Tavern in Manchester has lost its Sunday Night blues jam host Howard Randall. Randall, […]
Jimmy Lehoux Band pleases hometown country crowd in Manchester, NH
Jimmy Lehoux Band live is a real treat for fans of authentic country and for any fan of good music. These boys have real muscle in their musicianship. Last night’s show at Manchester, New Hampshire’s Boynton’s Tap Room was a prime sample of the beef in this Lehoux’s music.Lehoux is promoting his upcoming CD he […]
Brooks Young Band stuns with stellar debut CD Counting Down
Brooks Young Band has released a satisfying debut CD called Counting Down. There are many good things that can be said it. The band manages to put out a quality sound by being tight with each other and then from there they just expand everything to make a huge, thick pleasing mix of styles into […]
Boston’s Beehive fast becoming top place for Sunday night blues
This Is Soul Sunday is held every Sunday night from 8:00 p.m. until midnight at The Bee Hive on Tremont Street in Boston. This Is Soul Sunday features essentially the same “house band” every week with a rotating cast of lead singers. The service was good last night. The walls are decorated with paintings that […]
Professor Harp brought his personal fire to Smoken’ Joe’s
Hugh Holmes calls himself the Undaunted Professor Harp. And not without good reason. Holmes is fearless enough to stretch his repertoire outside of the blues and he knows as much about blues and harmonica to write a Ph.D dissertation. Last Saturday night’s show at Smoken’ Joe’s Café in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood was no exception.Professor Harp […]
Saxophonist Kat-Lee Newton; raised in New Hampshire, learned in New Orleans
Kat-Lee Newton has been kicking around the music circles of her native Dover, New Hampshire since moving back from New Orleans a few years ago. Her band Dixie Kats has been playing Kate O’Shea’s in Seabrook, New Hampshire this past summer. Newton plays sax and accordion for the two year old band. Surf, rockabilly, old […]
Sax Chick Rosemary Casey returns to the blues music scene
Rosemary Casey has become a fixture in the greater-Boston blues scene for the second time in her life. Casey dropped out of the scene at least a decade ago to raise a family. These days, she’s back with a vengeance, and she’s put together a work-when-they-can band called Rosemary’s Baby Blues. Casey reemerged last year […]
