Jamie Lynn Hart showcases commercial potential on Live At Tupelo Music Hall CD
Jamie Lynn Hart has been on the greater-Boston music scene for a few brief years. Her debut CD and video productions have brought her plenty of acclaim for tremendous vocal and songwriting ability. Hart’s latest release, Live At Tupelo Music Hall, is certain to cement her reputation as a solid local artist who puts on […]
Sarah Rabdau & Self-Employed Assassins kick it up several notches on sophomore album Free As Thieves
Sarah Rabdau & Self-Employed Assassins recently dropped their sophomore effort Free As Thieves to much critical acclaim. And rightly so. Free As Thieves is chockfull of fantastic piano and keyboard driven pop-rock gems that tug on the ear while motivating the feet. It’s uncanny how well Rabdau and second keyboardist Peter Moore work together. The […]
Julie Dougherty Band reaches new heights in the Land Of Dreams CD
Julie Dougherty has been a very busy lady of late, dropping two completely different CDs this year. After releasing a solo roots album last summer, Dougherty just released last October this Julie Dougherty Band CD Land Of Dreams. Dougherty has a more folk-rock feeling on this very new Julie Dougherty Band album. She gets more […]
Julie Dougherty shines on new CD In This Place; roots approach works well for veteran singer-songwriter
Julie Dougherty’s In This Place CD finds the artist exploring her rootsie side more deeply than ever. Lap steel guitar along with some mandola and a touch of dobro augment Dougherty’s insightful, life experience based singer-songwriter fair with hearty, gritty naturalness. The fit is perfect. Dougherty has always honed the natural beauty of her voice […]
Laura Cortese bows with passion, writes poetically on Into The Dark
Laura Cortese’s debut full length CD Into The Dark displays much of the artist’s tremendous versatility and technique on vocals and violin. More importantly, Cortese uses her skills and talents to fill out the wondrous colors and tones around the even higher talent of her songwriting. Buttressing her stories and themes with just the right […]
Delta Generators ride well on Get On The Horse
Delta Generators have just released their third modern blues album, Get On The Horse, and it’s every bit as feisty, gritty, greasy, and driving as their previous two. The boys have expanded their sound but are just as every bit enthusiastic to bring their aggressive take on delta blues to the masses. Mixed by producer […]
Roomful Of Blues outdo themselves on 45 Live
Roomful Of Blues have finally gotten around to making another live album, their third, and 45 Live was certainly worth the wait. Singer Philip Pemberton is the most perfect match for this band at it current incarnation and his three years with the band has given him plenty of time to sharp his voice among […]
Barrence Whitfield And The Savages command thee to Dig Thy Savage Soul CD
Barrence Whitfield And The Savages have been around for a long time, and they’re still kicking out their feisty marriage of rockabilly and punk. On their latest CD, Dig Thy Savage Soul, Whitfield and his crew finesses their rock and roll, R&B, and soul influences into their already dynamite mix of hard-charging music. Tight musicianship […]
Daphne Lee Martin dazzles with her arrangements on Moxie
Daphne Lee Martin’s latest CD Moxie is ten tracks of original music heavily influenced by the great blues, jazz, and Broadway vocalists of the early 20th century. That this music is so refreshingly modern at the same time is a testament to Martin’s talents as a songwriter and as an interpreter of her own material. […]
Run Gazelle Run rock out with unique edge
Run Gazelle Run are a hard act to define. Their blend of electric-acoustic, singer-songwriter, progressive rock has been well documented on their self-titled debut album. Run Gazelle Run recorded their debut at The New England Institute Of Art recording studio in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is fortunate the band found such support because what they have […]
