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 […]
Doug Bell is driving force in Bellevue Cadillac and in life
Doug Bell’s musical and personal life has been one of roller coaster like ups and downs and twists and turns. Bell, also known as Professor Doug Bell, has seen his life situation change faster than a TV channel. He’s been poor, rich, poor, then rich again. Bell played in a few obscure local bands before […]
Keturah is off to a promising start
Keturah Burgess began her career with a bang. Known by her first name in Rhode Island music circles, Keturah began hitting the open mikes in her native state in 2005. Within the first five years of her career, she recorded her solo CD with legend Duke Robillard on guitar, and she’s been nominated as Best […]
Mr. Nick is on a mission of love; raises funds for disabled aunt
Mr. Nick is on a mission of love. The blues-soul-R&B singer and stand-up comedian is launching his third annual Blue For Beanie fundraising blues music festival. The proceeds will support Mr. Nick’s aunt Jeannine David who suffered a brain injury and other impairments in a car accident four years ago. Tragically, his Aunt Jeannie, a […]
Raising Scarlet rock the rockabilly scene
Mike and Tammy Myles converted their old band Rude Toys into the rockabilly hit Raising Scarlet just three years ago. Now, the couple and their rhythm section are bringing Raising Scarlett and its driving take on American roots rock all over greater-Boston. Raising Scarlet has been riding the wave of resurgent interest in Rockabilly, hitting […]
