Bill Copeland
Eve Rising Music Festival succeeds on the level of talent gathered
Big things have small beginnings. The first ever Eve Rising Music Festival was sparsely attended in the first hours but quite a few people started trickling in later in the day, when the full bands took over from the acoustic acts. A celebration of women in music and an event to support self-empowerment, the festival […]
Robin Soares annual birthday bash turned into another colorful event
An annual event each year, Robin Soares’s birthday bash has become a day long, multi-band affair . Soares is the lead singer of Rhode Islands’ premiere cover band 5 Flavor Discount. Soares turned last Sunday’s event into a combo of her B-Day celebration and her engagement to her guitarist Jonathan Hathaway. A bikini contest usually […]
Bob Margolin rocked the house at Hajjar’s; too many guests spoiled the soup
It might be a good idea to invite a lot of big name talent to a blues jam. They get to share the stage with many different players. But during a three hour show, it can be a disorganized mess to have too many people on the list. A three hour gig cannot accommodate as […]
Booty Vortex made their first performance at Acton Jazz Cafe
Booty Vortex is simply a high energy dance band. There is nothing on the level of high achieving artistic endeavors. Booty Vortex only want you to have some fun, and they provide the soundtrack. A review can’t really consider this band on the finer points of art. You have to rate this band using your feet, as in how often they got you on them to move them. That is where Booty Vortex showed themselves to be groove kings and queens.
Diamond Dogs flesh out Bowie material at Dante’s Firefly’s in Quincy
There are not too many David Bowie tribute bands around. Bowie recorded music that is difficult to play in concert. There is orchestration without pretension. Drama without send up. Uniqueness amidst familiar idioms. A south shore tribute band Diamond Dogs found the proper balance Bowie always maintained between rock and roll idioms, his own unique […]
Hurrican Alley returned to Whippersnappers in Londonderry NH
Live Review: Hurricane Alley returned to Whippersnappers in Londonderry NH; served up the fun By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicPress Hurricane Alley is a cover band that plays a broad cross section of classic rock material from the late 1960s to around the early 1980s. Band leader, Dave Shaheen, sings lead vocals on about half the songs […]
Jen Kearney And The Lost Onion continued their Toad residency with wild funk abandon
Jen Kearney And The Lost Onion continued their Toad residency with wild funk abandon last night By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicPress Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion slammed the funky, jazzy, Latin rhythms home at the Toad in Cambridge, Massachusetts last night. Toad is a small room, but it is long from front to its stage […]
Village Trestle & Wantu Blues Jams strike gold with Lisa Marie & Sweet Willie D and Leather And Lace Beauty Contest
Live Review: Village Trestle & Wantu Blues Jams strike gold with Lisa Marie & Sweet Willie D and Leather And Lace beauty contest. By Bill Copeland BillCopelandMusicNews Today’s July 4th Wantu Blues Jam at The Village Trestle was one of the smoothest run jams I’ve ever seen at the Village Trestle. Located in Goffstown, […]
Ralph’s Diner hosts fun bands Only At Night, Huck, The Lights Out, Hey Now Morris Fader
An original rock venue, Ralph’s Diner has a stage in it upstairs room that faces a dance floor and a bar. The funky room has graffiti and murals on its walls and many curios decorations, like an old fashioned barber shop tubular sign with undulating red stripes inside. Last Saturday night was coup for the […]
DreadRocks pumps up the reggae sound maun, at Latitude 43 in Gloucester
Some groups have a way of becoming a must see. That is always true of bands who are talented and who are doing something unique. DreadRocks fits this description. If you can imagine an amalgamation of roots rock guitar melded to reggae beats and rhythms, then you’ll have an idea how this band rolls. Musicians […]
