Blues Tonight Band on the rise; Memphis bound
Craig Farrington was in great spirits during yesterday’s interview. Farrington’s musical combo Blues Tonight Band is on a roll. They released a critically acclaimed album last year, Zombie Blues, and they are now playing four to eight gigs a month. Blues Tonight Band will also represent New Hampshire’s blues scene in Memphis this coming winter. […]
Dave Stearns & Guitar Gallery celebrate 20 years of success
Dave Stearns recently celebrated 20 years of success at his Guitar Gallery store, located in Amherst, New Hampshire. Originally located in Londonderry, Stearns at one point ran two locations, but decided to move the entire business into his Amherst location, as he owns the building. “I haven’t had to jack up the rent on myself […]
Sal Clemente continues producing his amazing Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra concerts
Sal Clemente has been a very busy person for the last ten or so years. Clemente, and his band mate and business partner and friend Alan Ware, co-founded the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra to bring audiences the excitement of hearing the music of classic rock bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Queen in […]
Shikiboo hit the ground running in Boston music scene
Going by her locally famous stage name, Shikiboo has been guest singing all over greater-Boston as well as getting down with her own outfit she calls Shikiboo Boston. After only about two years in the Boston scene, this woman who only first got up on stage a few years back, has become a household word […]
Jose Ramos continues his amazing singing career in greater-Boston
Jose Ramos has been fronting his No Way Jose Band for ten years now. He’s the band leader, the musical director, the booking agent, and the lead vocalist. Ramos goes over well at his regular haunts like Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues in Brighton, Glenn’s Cool Bar and The Grog in Newburyport, The C Note […]
Jennifer Truesdale pens Get Paid To Sing, guidebook for singers seeking work
Jennifer Truesdale has made many achievements over the course of her 20 year singing career. Aside from the standard club gigs, Truesdale has composed songs for film and television, performed at resorts, colleges, convention centers, and owns a voice training business. For her latest venture, Truesdale has written a book called Get Paid To Sing, a manual […]
Boondocks Tavern & Country Grill on the rise in southern New Hampshire; owner brings in blues and rock
MaryEllen Robinson-Montplaisir decided to open her Boondocks Tavern & Country Grill as a Challenge. The person who owned the previous establishment in the building she leases told her she couldn’t make it run. “It was a challenge that people said couldn’t be done,” Robinson-Montplaisir said. “I’ve lived in Weare for 23 years. Before I owned […]
Dara Cassidy, fronting popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years
Dara Cassidy has been fronting her hugely popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years. That’s pretty good for someone who only thought she would be singing two or three songs nightly in a short lived house band. “I was a little bit nervous,” she said. “Once I got on stage and started doing […]
John Medeiros Jr. keeps the beat for a living
John Medeiros Jr. has been keeping the best for a long time. In fact, he’s kept the beat for essentially everybody in the greater-Boston/New England music scene at one time or another. A life long musician, Medeiros fell in love with the drums at an early age. The defining moment came when he heard Neil […]
Legendary singer-songwriter Marty Nestor continues to shine, gets better with age
Singer-songwriter Marty Nestor has had a storied career in the greater-Boston/New England music scene. Aside from racking up awards and nominations from the Boston Music Awards and other, Nestor’s previous bands played many of the popular nightspots in the 1970s and 1980s. His latest album, Saint of the Highway, showcases the culmination of the hard […]
