Bill Copeland
Smoken’ Joe’s fundraider to be held at House Of Blues on September 25
BillCopelandMusicNews.com just received the following press information from Conrad Warre Dear Friends Of Smoken’ Joe’s: We’re posted a donation site (with the kind help of the Boston Blues Society) to raise funds to help Joe & Wendy – to thank them for their generosity and support of the musical community in and around Boston, we’ve booked the Foundation Room at the House of Blues on Landsdowne Street for the evening of Thursday Sept 25th for a fundraising evening.
Paul Costely & Nate Comp acoustic jam & open mic turn Tuesday nights at Manchester’s Wild Rover into fun musical experience
Read this Live Review if you’d like to find out about one of the liveliest music events on Tuesday nights in New Hampshire. Paul Costley and Nate Comp have been hosting their Tuesday night open mic and acoustic jam at The Wild Rover in Manchester, New Hampshire for several months. Each week, percussionist-harmonica player Costley and bassist-guitarist Nate Comp feature a particularly good local artist on lead vocals. Last night, the Upper Valley’s Brooks Hubbard joined and lead the trio on several choice cover songs and on some of Hubbard’s originals.
Lenny Solomon shines musically and lyrically on Under My Hat album
Lenny Solomon’s fourth CD Under My Hat reflects the ability of a seasoned singer-songwriter. Solomon has been at this business of words, emotions, stories, and music for a good four decades. His experience shows in how he delivers each song with no more and no less than what each needs. And in the case of Lenny Solomon, each song still has a lot going on inside of it.
ThrowDown offered fine document of their live shows and songwriting with Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
ThrowDown Band have recently been selling copies of their three year old CD Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, and it’s loaded with the fire and brimstone personality that has made the band so popular and so successful. Aside from tackling two of their favorite covers songs from their live shows, ThrowDown also reveal a flair for original songwriting as well, having composed seven of the numbers on this debut album. Some of the picky poo blue purists may say this is more hard rock than blues, but that would be an over simplification. ThrowDown play hard blues, making blue come out of their amps the way a lot of blues musicians do nowadays, as so many have grown up post-Led Zeppelin.
ShareFest was a fun filled day of barbeque & blues
Last Monday’s Sharefest & Bar-B-q was a hip, interpersonal event that took place at the headquarters of a Construction company in Newton, New Hampshire. There was no better place to celebrate Labor Day than one that represents people who work hard. Organized and hosted by Sweet Willie D, ShareFest saw several talented local bands take the stage while attendees were treated to the Sho Nuf BBQ offerings. Sho Nuf belongs to Sweet Willie D, making him a BBQ vendor as well as a blues man.
Winslow Farm hosts music benefit September 14; Fat City Band to perform
BillCopelandMusicNews.com just received this information from Winslow Farm, in Norton, Massachusetts. This is what Winslow Farm has coming up for their fundraising event: On Sunday, Sept 14, is the second annual Winslow Farm music benefit. This year we feature The Fat City Band and we are also please to have several other local artists performing: Patti DeRosa, David Jackson, Chris Lee, and Tully Cummings.
Prolific guitarist Thaddeus Hogarth continues his amazing career
Thaddeus Hogarth has been on the greater-Boston music scene for about 25 years now. Despite his ever increasing opportunities and visibility, he’s always kept his focus on the joy of playing music.
My Silent Bravery scores another winner with Diamond From Coal album; takes sound to a higher level
My Silent Bravery’s fourth album Diamond From Coal finds the Matthew Wade project using less of the tight, snappy rhythmic twists of the previous album Can’t Quit. The new album’s rhythms are looser, wider, allowing for a rangier sweep of sounds. While this album might not be as danceable, it offers colorful, vibrant landscapes of sound while becoming hooky on a deeper, larger level. Produced by local studio uberman Anthony J. Resta, this album jumps out of the speakers with an unbeatable clarity of sound.
North River Blues Festival at Marshfield Fair was a blast
Last Sunday was a great day for local blues fans. Under the managerial baton of founder John Hall, the 19th annual North River Blues Festival at the Marshfield Fair went on without a hitch last Sunday afternoon. Basic Black with guest singer/harmonica player Brian Templeton was a very capable side stage band, putting on fine sets of their own in between the other five bands. On air blues personality Peter Black, from WATD 95.9 FM emceed the event, asking each band to come back for an encore song. Junkyard Dogs, ThrowDown Band, Ladies Of The Blues, 2 Rays And The Bluestones, and national act Trampled Under Foot each put on memorable sets.
Adam Ezra Group pulled off another exciting Ramble; raised funds for homeless veterans
The fifth annual Ramble hosted by Adam Ezra Group went off without a hitch. Every artist who played at this Salisbury Beach event turned in a good set, and the finale found AEG playing some of their most popular songs while fireworks were going off in the night sky only several hundred yards behind them. It was a glorious finish to a music event created to further a great cause, raising money to get homeless veterans into comfortable, safe housing. Organized by Rally Sound, Media Boss, and New England Music Awards and emceed by on air personalities Mike Flynn and Jack Baldwin
