Joey Vellucci discusses his long, impressive career
Guitarist Joey Vellucci has kept himself busy on the New England music scene for 30 years, gigging almost every weekend. He also composes scores for film and television. Yet, the jazz-rock-pop-blues-funk-OK, he plays everything, artist has always flown under the radar, never attracting the attention of the press. Until now. Vellucci discussed his intriguing career […]
Kim Riley dominates southern New Hampshire music scene
Kim Riley has been one busy lady lately. She is a member of the newly reformed Napoleon In Rags, a Bob Dylan tribute band. Aside from a monthly gig at J’s Tavern in Milford, New Hampshire, Rags is hosting a Dylan birthday bash for Dylan’s 71st. “We’ve got just so many people on the bill,” […]
Introducing singer-songwriter-piano player Tanya Darling
Once upon a time she was a busy singer in the Boston music scene. Until life intervened. Tanya Darling recently jumped back into the music scene. In last January of this year she picked up guitar and started writing about her new life and taking her songs to open mics. Darling played the Boston circuit […]
OldJack taking it from Boston to the burbs
OldJack formed on a fluke back in 2008 when Dan Nicklin was putting bands together for recording projects. He ended up with a nine-piece band that features three female backing vocalists. OldJack, in its current form, has been together for two years, with Nicklin and bass player being the consistent members. Nicklin was looking for […]
Brian Maes Band pushing Collateral Damage CD; hitting Lynn & Londonderry this month
Brian Maes recently went through a soul searching experience. His new Brian Maes Band CD Collateral Damage was inspired by a major disappointment in his music career. His other project, Ernie And The Automatics, was put on hiatus so that band could put out a new product before carrying on as a road act. Maes […]
Willie J. Laws dominates New England blues scene
Willie J. Laws is the man. There’s just no doubt about that. The Texas to California to New Orleans to New England transplant is one of the jewels in the local areas music scene. And New Englanders are blessed to share their stages and to come out to see and hear the man who has […]
Niki Luparelli does it with dance, music, comedy
Niki Luparelli has been on the greater-Boston music and comedy scenes for several years now. The gorgeous blonde can be seen and heard fronting her band the Gold Diggers in area nightclubs. She can also, depending on her schedule, been found scantily clad in one of her cabaret comedies and or making her audiences busting […]
Jodee Frawlee continues her amazing career on guitar, vocals, and songwriting
Jodee Frawlee is easily one of the best guitarists in the northeast, if not the country. Frawlee’s power rock trio Starr Faithfull has been igniting New England stages for the last ten years. And Starr Faithfull, at the time it was formed, was the latest in a series of popular bands that Frawlee has played […]
Singer-piano player Jess Tardy is back in the saddle
Jess Tardy has been on the Boston music scene since she came to the city to study at Harvard University. Tardy has made a name for herself as a piano player singer plying her country soul tunes at numerous clubs. Her latest gig since September has been a Friday night residency at Bull McCabe’s. Tardy […]
Ace blues guitarist Tim O’Connor introduces himself, his first interview
Tim O’ Connor has been plying his trade on the New England blues scene since the early 1990s. O’Connor is a respected guitarist in his native New Hampshire where he is easier to see in a smaller population. Yet despite a lack of name recognition, his work with everyone from Ronnie Earl to Sweet Willie […]
