Bill Copeland
Keep Safe Boston compilation offers many gems and pearls, while supporting a great cause
A community organization calling itself Keep Safe Boston compiled these fifty gems and pearls onto one disc to raise funds for Planned Parenthood. Spearheaded by local on air personality Anngelle Wood, this compilation pretty much compiled itself when many notable Boston music acts responded to a mass e-mail she went out requesting song contributions. For a little as a dollar, music fans can support this cause while checking out some incredible good local music.
New England Music Awards announces 2015 nominees
New England Music Awards has announced its nominees for the 2015 awards ceremony to be held April 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Showcase Live in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Adam Ezra Group burn brightly at Tupelo New Year’s Eve show
There was some smoking hot music going on during the very cold temperatures in northern New England last night. Adam Ezra Group came up to Londonderry, New Hampshire to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Tupelo Music Hall. And they managed to impress 275 of their long time fans with music most of them have been familiar with for quite some time.
D-Tension keeps it real on Secret Project album; benefits from leaving his comfort zone
Boston‘s 20 year veteran of the hip hop recording studio D-Tension has briefly put aside his penchant for rap. Here, on his Secret Project album, he picks up a keytar, a bass, a guitar, plays some drums, and brings in a bunch of locally and nationally known lead singers to flesh his compositions. On this album, D-Tension dives headlong and headstrong into alternative indie rock synth pop idioms and swims back to the surface with something very successful in his new found genre love.
NH blues guitarist possible victim of alien abduction; Jerry Ray Basnar still recovering
This story revolving around a popular New Hampshire musician has, up until now, only been rumor. Some of the participants have officially gone on the record claiming it is true.
Arthur James needs money; going to Memphis with other blues challenge winners
New Hampshire and New England blues fans can help cheer on and raise travel expense funds for the three acts from New Hampshire that will be competing in this year’s International Blues Competition in Memphis.
Ron Everett Band plays R.O.A.R. fundraiser January 16, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Somerville, MA
Ron Everett Band will play at a fundraiser called R.O.A.R, which stands for Rock Out Against Rett on January 16, 2015 at Somerville City Club in Somerville, Massachusetts at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Slutcracker is a must see for openminded people in New England
The Slutcracker has been a holiday staple in greater-Boston for several years now. Last Saturday night’s performance at the historic Somerville Theater in Davis Square shows why. Artistic director Vanessa White’s combination of traditional ballet and frisky burlesque respects both arts forms. Her dancers can actually dance the ballet steps, movements, and choreographed circular formations and line movements. Her dancers also know how to play up the over top show business sensuality of burlesque.
Red Line Roots produced compilation Locals Covering Locals offers much to Boston’s music scene
Locals Covering Locals is a CD released by Red Line Roots, a Boston-based blog that produces live music shows and recordings. Like the title suggests, the album compiles songs written by local artist in the Boston music scene covered by other local artists in the Boston scene. Having a local artist’s song covered by another local artist gives us a chance to hear a lot of local talent in one album. It also allows for a new interpretation of a favorite song, breathing new life into something already revered. In fact, this album is everything that local music is about. The roots community has much to be proud of, and this album boasts the prodigious talents that write and record this material.
Rose Clancy dazzles on her new fiddle album
Cape Cod fiddler Rose Clancy has released an album of vigorous and joyful Celtic music. Inspired by the music of Ireland, Scotland, Cape Breton, and Cape Code, Clancy leads her combo of Brendan Dolan on piano, flute, and whistle, Jon Evans on double bass, and Bob Jennings on cello with a bracing, exciting batch of bowing techniques.
