Arthur James gears up for another International Blues Competition in Memphis; fundraiser January 20th in Milford, NH
Arthur James is gearing up for his trip to Memphis to compete in the International Blues Competition. His first step, since winning the Granite State Blues Society’s blues challenge last June, will be a fundraiser on January 20th at the VFW hall in Milford. Funds will be used to defray the costs of traveling down […]
Jessica Prouty Band ready to take the world by storm
Jessica Prouty Band just headlined a successful pre-New Year’s show at The Sad Café in Plaistow, New Hampshire, a regular room for them since 2007. Jessica Prouty Band has been busy touring New England, releasing CDs, and winning numerous band competitions. And that’s pretty darn good for band of teenagers, most of whom just graduated […]
A Ton Of Blues is on the rise
Finding a lot of fans and a lot of success for a blues band that formed less than two years ago, A Ton Of Blues have already won the Worcester Music Awards for best blues and R&B band, and they recently won the Boston Blues Challenge, a victory that sets them up for the International […]
Jamie Lynn Hart is rising star in the Boston music scene
Jamie Lynn Hart is on a roll. She just released her CD Anticipate, and she’s gearing up for a tour of the northeast to promote it. Local reviewers have been praising Anticipate, and that should come as no surprise to those who have seen Hart during her five years on the scene. Hart has been […]
Diana Shonk celebrates 20 years publishing Blues Audience Newsletter
Diana Shonk recently celebrated her 20th year as publisher of the Blues Audience Newsletter. With a blues party at the Bull Run in Shirley, Massachusetts and an award presented to her at HeatherFest in Norton, Massachusetts last September, Shonk has been receiving many recognitions for her longevity in the difficult businesses of publishing and music […]
Susan Angeletti shows her Wisdom on fifth CD release
Susan Angeletti has released her fifth CD Wisdom and she has the wisdom of a lady who is five CDs into a whirlwind career in blues and hard rock. Her first CD was released in 1998 and she’s been in bands since she was a 16 years high schooler in western Massachusetts. Wisdom is her […]
Shea Rose sings rock, soul, and hip hop with artistic integrity
Shea Rose just graduated from Berklee College Of Music earlier this year, and shortly after that she released her second recording, a downloadable mix tape called Little Warrior. Rose’s album cover captures the eye with a nude pose and far out hairstyle. She captures the ear with her special blend of rock, soul, and hip […]
Boston rapper Pretty Poison launches Street F.e.l.o.n.s. Enterprise label
Pretty Poison has been a rapper on the Boston scene for 14 years. After being named Best Female Rapper by Urban Music Awards last year, Pretty Poison is now debuting her own label, Street F.e.l.o.n.s. Enterprise, to showcase other urban music artists. Yet, all of Pretty Poison’s accomplishments came after years of hard work and […]
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket is a funk band on the rise
Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket has built up quite a following in the two years they’ve been on the scene. The 11 piece funk band from Salem, Massachusetts plays all over New England. This shouldn’t be too surprising as the band members each have years of experience and years of connections built up. Band leader and […]
Los Sugar Kings expand on Latin rhythms; marry world music to rock and blues
Los Sugar Kings have been on the scene for seven years, and the Latino, rock, blues, world music influenced band are still going strong. In fact, they have got a second CD coming out soon. Patino Vazquez detailed the history of Los Sugar Kings up to their present day recording project. “It morphed out of […]
