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Nirvana Live At Reading turns up the voltage on those youth angst grunge classics.

By on January 10, 2010

One of last year’s best releases, Live At Reading captures the world’s greatest grunge band sounding their best. In their natural habitat of the live stage, Nirvana prove themselves totally talented and totally tireless.

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Lovewhip gets sexier on their latest release Love Electric

By on January 10, 2010

Lovewhip has their finger on the pulse of what makes people want to move their feet and shake their booties. Every track on their new Love Electric CD could be blasted out of the speakers at any dance club, and many could receive airplay on local and college radio.

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Katrin reaches higher ground on her new Soul Wide Open CD

By on January 10, 2010

Katrin goes by only one name, but she wrote from several perspectives on her latest CD Soul Wide Open. The Boston-based singer songwriter has outdone herself with this collection of 10 stellar songs that range from quiet introspection to anthem declarations of independence and survival.

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Johnny Barnes and The Thin Blue Line breathe new life into Willie Dixon on exciting blues tribute CD

By on January 10, 2010

This Willie Dixon Tribute CD features Boston’s blues man Johnny Barnes interpreting Dixon’s music though his own ears instead of recording them as a cover band. Dixon wrote songs for other blues artists, and his songs were covered by many American and British musicians during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Jerry “The Reverend” Paquette of “The Kan-Tu Blues Band” Live At The Village Trestle with special guests

By on January 10, 2010

It was only less than a week ago that Jerry Paquette handed me this CD released last year. The mouthful title of Jerry “The Reverend” Paquette of The Kan-Tu Blues Band Live At The Village Trestle with special guests jumped out at me.

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Retro CD Reviews: The Forgotten, Overlooked, and Under-rated Gems From The Past

By on January 10, 2010

I’d like to introduce you to my review concept called Retro CD Reviews. The following CDs were released some time ago. Most music magazines have a rule about not reviewing anything released more than six months ago. But I think it is all right to go back and review some CDs that I did not get a chance to write about in the past.

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Ernie And The Automatics, vanity project results in decent but unoriginal album

By on November 30, 2009

Ernie And The Automatics is a New England based band with a bit of an identity problem. It includes two minor players from the band Boston. Plus, three more well-respected local players who have for years been friends with the minor players from Boston. Add to the mix a likeable, eccentric local auto dealer celebrity who was educated as a musician but never achieved his rock star dream before going to work for his father’s auto dealership. Ernie And The Automatics is named after Ernie Boch Jr., the hyperactive billionaire who inherited his father’s myriad of businesses in Norwood, Massachusetts.

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