Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill band get even better, edgier with Soul Family
Kristian Montgomery just dropped this new album Soul Kitchen. It is another step in the artistic growth of Montgomery. The songs are catchier than ever, more hooky. Yet, Montgomery and his band still smack out their roots music with muscular force. Montgomery changed genres from driving, stomping country to his earlier rock roots because a […]
The Wildcat O’Halloran Band deliver their best blues with Welcome To Sunderland
The Wildcat O’Halloran Band routinely drops a new album roughly each year. Their new work, Welcome To Sunderland, celebrates the quirkiness of small town life there as well as the glory of blues music and its usefulness in our sometimes challenging lives. Welcome To Sunderland raises the bar somewhat from previous O’Halloran albums by diving […]
The Neybas offer plenty of quirky fun talent on Hello, Earth
The Neybas is another example of what makes Connecticut rock. This particular southern New England band combines elements of funk, jam band, and Americana roots and gathers them into one sold rock sound. Like other Connecticut bands, The Neybas rock right on their own terms, with enough of a wad of originality to keep the […]
Singer-songwriter Linda Marks reaches more glorious artist heights on Queen Of The Angels
Boston singer-songwriter Linda Marks doesn’t hesitate to depict life in all of its glories or in all of its tragic moments. Her latest album Queen Of The Angels continues Marks’s quest to hold a mirror up to even the things we’d rather not think about as well as the things that inspire us greatly. She […]
Blues man Brad Dubay makes stellar debut with Planet 9
New Hampshire based blues artist Brad Dubay recently released his debut album Planet 9. While the album title is trippy, the blues music played by this guitarist is all down and dirty authentic, inspired by the Chicago bands from the 1950s and those earlier cats from the Mississippi Delta. Dubay and his group serve it […]
Retro CD Review: Philip Pemberton proves world class singer on Dreamers album
It’s time for me to write another Retro CD Review. This happens when an album from the past jumps up and grabs my attention. This time it’s Philip Pemberton’s 1999 Dreamers, a work of sophisticated boogie influenced by old school R&B singing as well as good old fashioned rock and roll. Pemberton combines these elements […]
Jeff Summa And The Roasters offer up plenty of talent and fun on Who’s Got My Lighter
Jeff Summa and the Roasters new work Who’s Got My Lighter is robust with vibrant musicianship as well as humorous scenarios in every song. This Connecticut jam band keeps starting out with smart solid song structures for each number then expands each tune into a jam workout, giving the listener even more of what got […]
Namedroppers get even better with Cool Blue Shoes
Namedroppers offer up another fun album built on the solid foundation of blues, old school R&B, and oldies rock and roll from the late 1950s to early 1960s. Putting their own personal stamp on those idioms has, as always, resulted in an album loaded with vibrant songs that allure, entertain, and keep the listener coming […]
Tobin Mueller offers massively pleasant arrangements on Fragments
Tobin Mueller’s Fragments album certainly gives the listener a lot to sink his teeth into. Plenty of thick arrangements leave the tracks with many nuggets to enjoy with each listening. Connecticut’s Mueller digs in so deep that he has to give himself a composer’s credit with the original songwriters from the world of popular music […]
Sado-Domestics rock their exotic sound harder on Getting The Ghost
Sado-Domestics rose up from the Jamaica Plain area of Boston to offer some finely developed recordings as well as live shows in their native city. The band rocks things up much more on their new Getting The Ghost album, though their exotic blend of mandolin, pedal steel, and unusual instrumentation keep the listener just as […]
