Blues guitarist Shakey Jake Oliva has American true grit
Shakey Jake Oliva was preparing for a Saturday night at the Vegas Lounge in Norwood, Massachusetts when he was interviewed for this feature. His blues outfit, Shakey Jake And The Blue Vibrations Band, have been on the Boston scene for a little over a year. Before that, he was in the Worcester scene. Shakey Jake […]
Christine Mascott fronts Cape Cod band Groovy Afternoon; celebrates music from the Woodstock era
Groovy Afternoon’s lead singer Christine Mascot is dedicated to the classic rock music of the Woodstock era. Mascott’s four piece performs iconic, legendary songs from 1965 to 1973. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Grand Funk Railroad, Mountain, Credence Clearwater Revival, and Jefferson Airplane make up the bulk of Groovy Afternoon’s set […]
Chris Terp enjoys Worcester blues & cover scenes; won recent Guitar Center competition
Chris Terp of Worcester cover band Touched and Worcester blues band On The Five has been a very busy guy for the last two years. He was also the winner of his local version of Guitar Center’s nation wide King Of The Blues talent search. Each contestant starts at the local level, and some will […]
Nikki Dessingue discusses her electronic pop duo Stereo Telescope
Nikki Dessingue, of Stereo Telescope, an electro-pop duo with Kurt Schneider, is a natural born performer. Growing up, she was an athlete, a dancer, and a gymnast.. Aside from her vital stage presence, Dessingue is also a synthesizer player and she has formed a dynamic partnership with multi-instrumentalist Schneider. Stereo telescope started off year and […]
Kari Tieger graces Rhode Island with exotic melodies; she also likes vampires
Kari Tieger was preparing for a concert at a New Age center when she was interviewed for this article. The kind of lovely lady that is well liked by all who know her, Tieger was gifted by the center’s owner with the opportunity to perform there. “We put this together a couple of months ago,” […]
Celestial Effects boldly takes guitar tone where no musician has gone before
Celestial Effects has only been around for about a year. Yet, the new company that manufactures guitar tone pedals has already sold their pedals to clients around the world. They are also half way through designing and marketing their first line of products. A division of 40 year old Thermalogic, designer and manufacturer of high […]
Guitarist Gil Correia, the soul of a true blues man
Gil Correia became a blues guitarist in his early 40s, after clawing his way out of a hard scrabble life. To see Correia on stage with his Gil Correia Band or at jams, you wouldn’t have guessed the 55 year old began playing at 42. He is intensely talented and versatile on stage. He has […]
Malyssa BellaRosa ignites Providence music scene; recording debut CD
Malyssa BellaRosa has been heating up Providence nightclubs, off and on, since the late 1990s. After a decade fronting all kinds of bands, BellaRosa is now a solo artist working on a CD to be released under her own name. BellaRosa’s years of hard work have been paying off lately. She’s been nominated Female Vocalist Of […]
Christine Greenawalt is Touched in Worcester cover band
Seven years ago, Christine Greenawalt formed her Worcester-based cover band Touched as a form of therapy after going through a divorce and an ensuing mid-life crisis. “It was the best mid-life crisis ever,” she quipped, giggled. “I never sang with a live band in my life until age 36.” As a youth, Greenawalt sang in […]
Gracie Curran is getting excited; working on CD with High Falutin Band
Gracie Curran and her band High Falautin have been working on a debut CD. “It’s gonna be bluesy souly. We’ve have two songs done. It’s going to be our first,” Curran said. “We’ve been writing and playing a lot so I’m very excited. We have an unbelievable producer. That’s what I’m very excited about. We […]
