MC3 strike gold in their own way on A Half Bubble Off Plumb
MC3’s first CD under their new band name(MC4 now that drummer-percussion “Goss” has joined) is appropriately titled A Half Bubble Off Plumb. Appropriate because everything about their music is so different than anything else out there on the Boston scene that it would have been weird if they didn’t have an eccentric album title. The […]
Woodford Way are onto something special with There & Back CD
Woodford Way have released their first full length album as a full band. There & Back offers ten tracks of mellow electric-acoustic guitar driven songs that combine the best of singer-songwriter material with solid, full band musicianship. Singer-songwriter Kyle Mangini sings with the smoothest male timbre this side of the Mississippi. Mangini has a masterful […]
Sarah Borrello off to a great start with Exit CD
Sarah Borrello’s debut CD Exit is loaded with edgy rockers based on influences like Tori Amos, Alanis Morisette and Fiona Apple. Whatever tempo she employs for a song, Borrello sings everything with an urgency that cannot be denied. She has something to get off her chest, and she uses that intensity to create sparks. Aside […]
Charlie Farren shows world class talent on Tuesday
Charlie Farren’s rocking sound has matured and grown more sophisticated since the 1980s. While cuts from Farren’s latest album, Tuesday, could have been played on Boston’s rock stations back in the day, some of these songs could find a home on today’s Adult Contemporary stations. The edge is still there, but it’s been smoothed out […]
Ian James continues his clever originality on Human Casualty
Ian James’s latest release Human Casualty is one fun album. Loaded with things that appeal to the ear, Human Casualty has fun in its own way, not copying or imitating any known genres or idioms. Granted, James uses guitar, low end, and drums or drum programming. He just utilizes them in a different way. As […]
Beyond Blonde deliver another fine album with Purpe Rose
Beyond Blonde just dropped another kicking rock album Purple Rose. The Rhode Island band just keeps getting better with each successive album. Lead singer Lisa Markovich has written even more sharply defined lyrics this time around and her arrangements have plenty of the usual Beyond Blonde aggressive adventurousness. Lead by Lisa Markovich the band jumps […]
Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys offer amazing things on Soft Time Traveler
Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys have created a masterpiece in their latest release Soft Time Traveler. Sickert and his Broken Toys have taken their roots rock influences and whipped them into a huge confection of energetic, explosive bursts of great songs that hit you in the face with their huge sound. Soft […]
Scott Tarulli goes way beyond technique on Anytime, Anywhere CD
Scott Tarulli’s latest instrumental album Anytime, Anywhere is marked by the guitarist’s usual high level performance and technique. Listening to Tarulli carefully, though, reveals a gift for emotional expression, a use of colors, tones, and themes that are equally impressive. Each composition is a flight of fancy that tells a story and paints a picture […]
Bees Deluxe document their concert experience with livevil
Bees Deluxe are following an important tradition as recording artists by releasing a live concert album. The album is called livevil, which could be pronounced live evil or live-ville. The point is that it is a live album that captures Bees Deluxe in their hard-hitting, jamming blues glory. The trio of guitarist Conrad Warre, keyboardist […]
Jo Henley take it to a higher level with The Fall Comes Early
Emboldened by their three previous successes, Jo Henley have come up with a fine, smooth collection of 12 tracks that move with a seamless energy. Pleasant earthy roots music shine under the command of this three piece band and their guest players. Jo Henley is essentially lead singer and rhythm guitarist Andy Campolieto, lead guitarist, […]
