The Greg Silva Trio release fine jazz document My Heart My Only
The Greg Silva Trio has released this long awaited CD My Heart My Only. Featuring 10 original compositions, Silva and his two players display a host of soundscapes with their rangy talents. With Silva on upright bass and vocals, supported by pianist Jim Shanahan and drummer Steve Langone, this trio works their way through a waltz, a ballad, and a few up tempo romps with the greatest of ease.
Marty Nestor And The BlackJacks bang out fine live CD; recorded at The Bull Run in Shirley
Marty Nestor And The BlackJacks have released this nifty live CD in time for the holidays. Anybody who has followed Nestor’s career for the last 30 years and anybody who loves great roots rock should buy a copy of Live At The Bull Run right away. Nestor’s raw, rocking vocal, rugged rhythm guitar work, and his band’s rippling instrumentation come across better than ever in a live setting. Nestor plays the kind of rock that’s meant to be played live.
Cold Engines take it to a higher level with Better Off Dead
Cold Engines’ third CD Better Off Dead is their best yet. Not only do they feature Sarah Blacker on backing vocals, Cold Engines have tuned up what was already a fine machine of rock and roll performance, songwriting, and recording. These 12 tracks will finally gain this band the widespread attention they’ve deserved. Cold Engines might also start showing up on the list of nominees at music award ceremonies. Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based guitarist-vocalist David Drouin and Boston-based bassist-vocalist Amelia Gormley have already played with award winning bands.
Suzanne McNeil takes it several notches higher with Shimmer
Suzanne McNeil’s third CD Shimmer finds her a bit feistier and funkier. She’s found her stride and she expresses it with a little edge this time around. Utilizing singer-songwriter sentiment, country, folk, and pop idioms, and her own astonishingly pure vocal, McNeil’s album tugs at the listener’s ear and heart in pleasingly equal amounts. It would be a crime if nobody important in the music industry notices this surefire work by this good girl from Boston.
Jay Psaros takes it to a higher level with self-titled CD
Jay Psaros’s latest, self-titled CD follows along similar roots as his previous works. This time around he brings a fresh, wide-ranging feeling to his singer-songwriter flare. With a voice that many singer-songwriters would kill or die for, Psaros never fails to deliver the emotive, musical goods with understated artfulness and vivid details.
Kelley Bolduc proves an exceptional artist with More Trumpet
Kelley Bolduc has made quite a name for herself in the last 20 years as the lead singer and trumpet player for her reggae band Hot Like Fire. On her new solo album, simply titled More Trumpet, Bolduc indulges her creativity and showcases a high skill level on her instrument, offering her listeners something that stands alone as a bold statement of her musical abilities. These 12 instrumental tracks speak volumes about what this young lady can do with her horn.
Jeff Przech provides warm, gritty, memorable tunes on Sounds Like Fresh CD
Jeff Przech’s latest CD Sounds Like Fresh is fine singer-songwriter faire with a country roots edge. Przech has one of those smooth, warm country vocals that makes the listener feel he’s having a personal conversation with him. Thoughtful reflective lyrics with considered selections of acoustic instruments, pedal steel, and percussion are all part of the charm on this CD. Each track, whether bright or dark, makes the listener feel Przech is taking him down a long country road where his stories unfold like the bucolic scenery.
Shor’ty Billups grows big on Young Woman “Ana” Old Man CD
Shor’ty Billups and his Foxxx Band have come up with a fantastic CD. Young Woman “Ana” Old Man is loaded with fine blues offerings and soul flavored numbers. Billups’ voice makes him sound like a thirty year old crooner even though this Bostonian is 80 plus. His songwriting is solid and he has selected some of the best standards in blues to croon over with his deep down feeling of cool. Billups is also a drummer, keeping the backbeat alluring and irresistible throughout this disc. Like many drummers from the old days, Billups is also a band leader, keeping a bus load of players on track, making sure he milks the talent out of each to get what he needs for each track.
Gay Barboza proves her worth with sophomore effort Work In Progress
Gay Barboza’s sophomore CD Work In Progress is a pared down offering of her beautiful voice, pretty melodies, and engaging chords. She carries her message well with this approach, as her voice is strikingly strong and rangy while her acoustic guitar work adds plenty of pluck to each of her original numbers.
Jim Libby Band take it higher on new CD, meshing hard country and rock and roll
Jim Libby’s latest CD simply titled Jim Libby Band is a step up from his last fine album three years ago. Here, his vocal work, his songwriting, and his crack country rock band reach the human heart on some tunes but also knock down doors on others. There is an earnestness and a heartiness that […]
