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Sarah Borrello rocks hard, reaches for the stars

Sarah Borrello rocks hard, reaches for the stars

Sarah Borrello is on a roll. Last year, she won the New England Music Award for Best New Act. This year, she won the NEMA award for Best Rock Act. The early 20s rocker actually began playing out when she was only 15 years old. Her parents were bringing her and her brother to open mike events around their local Taunton area’s music scene. Possessing natural abilities, things started happening fast for Borrello.

Annie Hoffman arrives; The Field Effect bassist, Zippah sound engineer rocks Boston's music scene

Annie Hoffman arrives; The Field Effect bassist, Zippah sound engineer rocks Boston’s music scene

Annie Hoffman is a double success story in the Boston music scene. She is the bass player for the hugely popular, highly in demand band The Field Effect. The young lady is also making her mark as a skillful sound engineer at Zippah Recording Studios in Brighton, Massachusetts. Zippah is booked for the next several weeks with artists looking to record music, and The Field Effect recently won a Song Of The Year award at Boston Music Awards.

Girl On Top gearing up for live shows; plays AIDS benefit this Friday

Girl On Top gearing up for live shows; plays AIDS benefit this Friday

Karen DeBiasse has been fronting her hard rocking Girl On Top band for several years now. Picking up more gigs of late, Girl On Top will be playing a gig this Friday night to benefit the Aids Action Committee. Her band will play from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. this Friday, February 28, at T.T. The […]

Shana Stack Band are a New England success story in the making

Shana Stack Band are a New England success story in the making

Shana Stack Band is on a roll. The three year old country music band from Keene, New Hampshire has already released three albums of original music and they’ve received awards from Granite State and Nashville organizations.

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Ajda Snyder continues fronting eclectic band Black Fortress Of Opium

Ajda Snyder isn’t afraid to try something new and different. Her seven year old band Black Fortress Of Opium has been described as Gothacana, a mix of Goth and Americana music. Multi-instrumentalist Synder hails from Texas but moved to Boston to attend Berklee College Of Music.

Blues Tonight Band on the rise; Memphis bound

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 & 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 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 […]

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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 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 […]