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 […]
Joe and Wendy Dodd make Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues a roaring success
Last summer Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues celebrated their fifth year in business. After five years, owners Joe and Wendy Dodd are still going strong, consistently creating interest in their Boston restaurant and blues venue. The Dodds, aside from having a menu of incredibly tasty barbeque offerings, present many of New England’s better known blues […]
Village Trestle’s new owners boost music offerings, attendance
Brenda Cadieux and Amberly Gibbs have been very busy for the last several months. Both women, for years, had been bartenders at the Village Trestle, located in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Cadieux, in fact, has been the marketing person for the Wantu Blues Jams, which the Trestle has traditionally hosted every Sunday afternoon. When the couple […]
Boston singer-songwriter Sarah Blacker is a young woman in a hurry
Sarah Blacker could best be described as a young woman in a hurry. The Boston-based singer-songwriter is constantly writing new songs and she’s constantly releasing new music. Her last full length CD Come What May was released in March of 2011. She released her Perfectly Imperfect E.P. this past year, and she is readying some […]
Nicole Nelson is on a role
Boston’s beautiful and now very well known singer Nicole Nelson has been on a roll this year. Aside from her perennial success with her long time duo partner Dwight Ritcher, Nelson won a Boston Music Award for Female Vocalist Of The Year after appearing as a contestant on NBC television’s reality show The Voice. The […]
Dave Birkin’s really weird gig at the Middle East
Musicians have a mix of good gig and bad gigs. Some have quite a few weird gigs. Boston saxophonist Dave Birkin recently shared one of his weird gig experiences. Birkin, of Dave B And The Hot Shots, had once opened for a circus comedy like show at the Middle East in Cambridge that featured public […]
Boston’s guitar goddess Catherine Capozzi continues colorful career
Catherine Capozzi has long been recognized as a guitar goddess on the Boston music scene. From her days with prog rockers All The Queen’s Men to her highly regarded Axemunkee instrumental work to her recent foray into the campy Sci Fi comic book themed Darling Pet Munkee, Capozzi has been a queen of the six […]
