Starr Faithfull releases hard rock masterpiece with Delusions Of Grandeur
Starr Faithfull’s third CD Delusions Of Grandeur is a hard rock masterpiece. Many fine nuances get layered around one another with tasteful applications of the talent in this trio. Starr Faithfull also keeps it fresher and more current than ever. Influences show up here and there but Delusions Of Grandeur is their own sound. After […]
Jon McAuliffe pleases ear and soul with In This Present Form CD
Jon McAuliffe has found communality among Americana roots music, and he infuses the songs on his new CD with plenty of spiritual ebullience. In This Present Form offers plenty of thoughtful lyrics and pretty melodies. McAuliffe is a reflective, progressive minded man with serious spiritual beliefs. Songs like “I Am The Stone” and “Jack Jack” […]
Professor Harp bares his soul on debut CD They Call Me The Professor
Professor Harp’s debut CD introduces the veteran Boston singer-harmonica player with its cool title, They Call Me The Professor. And “professor” is a title Hugh Holmes has earned. Muddy Waters, during a Boston gig, called Holmes “the professional of the harp” and Solomon Burke, when he too was in town, called Holmes Professor Harmonica. With […]
The Rationales are true pop rock craftsmen
The Rationales new CD The Distance In Between is a lively batch of songs dripping with sweet pop-rock melodies. Hooky choruses are the order of the day on this disc. Band leader David Mirabella has a mild, pleasant timbre in his rangy vocal and he conjures warm feeling in each song with his tender vocal […]
Mr. Isaac Allen scores big on his debut CD Don’t Smoke
Mr. Isaac Allen sounds a lot older than his 24 years on his new Don’t Smoke CD. And his new CD is smoking’. It is also sizzling, featuring 11 tracks about life on the mean streets of life. Each song is doused with Allen’s smoky piano bar melodies and direct, gruff vocal deliver, like a […]
Blues Buddha pleases the ears with his I Like It A Lot CD
Blues Buddha is New York City blues singer Tommy Dudley, a tough sounding vocalist with many American roots music influences who plays out nightly in major venues. On his latest Stoopid Daddy Records CD I Like It A Lot, the singer turns up the heat with some driving blues-rockers and he also mellow out here and […]
Reverend JJ reflects strengths on solo acoustic CD Naked
Reverend JJ has recently released his CD Naked, and it is appropriately named. Stripped down to voice, acoustic guitar, and harmonica, Reverend JJ bares all, emotionally speaking. These songs have so solid in their story arcs and in their sonic structures that you can envision a very busy Reverend JJ carving them out of the […]
Phil Ayoub scores big on sophomore CD Arrivals And Departures
Boston musician Phil Ayoub has a sound that can go national. Ayoub’s new sophomore CD Arrivals And Departures is marked by his quirky vocals and distinct jangly guitar sound. Ayoub found the perfect recipe to make a sound all his own, offers a lot to the ear without ever overwhelming. There is so much to […]
Brian Corcoran explores depth of Irish ballads on Safe In The Harbour
Brian Corcoran just released his acoustic CD Safe In The Harbour to commemorate all of the traditional Irish ballads he learned growing up. It might not be accurate to say he “learned” them. The songs on his debut solo CD seem more apart of him than something he could have simply learned somewhere. He is […]
Brownboot strike gold with classic rock influence on debut CD
Brownboot is a bit of a curiosity on the Boston original’s scene. A lot of their music sounds like it was recorded during the classic rock era of the 1970s. That they’ve received some notice by returning to the past instead of cranking out something new and different is oddly appealing. Their debut CD Here’s […]
