Young singer-songwriter Kim Jennings branches out
Musicians come from a variety of backgrounds. Some come from an academic background, which doesn’t hurt as education is always applicable. Singer-songwriter Kim Jennings has a BA in psychology in Harvard. Jennings was also a French major for one year. She actually started out at Harvard as a physics major and going to be a […]
Casey Desmond is poised to take national scene
Up and coming Boston pop singer Casey Desmond recently returned from Los Angeles where she auditioned for an NBC TV show called The Voice that will air April 26th. Desmond couldn’t say any more about the TV show. Desmond jumped into the music scene six years ago in 2005, after growing up in a musical […]
Roomful’s Chris Vachon discusses Hook, Line, And Sinker; recent tour
Giving interviews has been part of Chris Vachon’s job for many years now. Vachon has been the band leader for Roomful Of Blues since he joined the now 40 year old institution in 1996. The guitarist is just as comfortable talking to the press as he is paying out a smoking’ lead guitar phrase on […]
Leddie Jackson came back from the dead; relearned guitar
Leddie Jackson has come back from the dead to play guitar. Jackson, currently ripping up on guitar in southern New Hampshire, has been a fixture in Boston and Worcester music circles for years. He had a medical condition that killed him, briefly, before he was brought back to life in an ambulance. Now on his […]
Sun Jones offers brightness in dark world
Sun Jones has only been together as a band for just over a year. Yet, the members of the band have been on the scene for 20 years. Guitarist-singer-songwriter Charley Carrozo gave some insight into this new band that has already played Johnny D’s and some major music festivals since forming less than two years […]
Shirley Lewis is still the regal queen of blues
Shirley Lewis recently turned 74 and her singing career is still going strong. She is still the regal queen of the blues. Raised in a musical family, she has been singing since she was four. She feels that the biggest misconception of her talent is that everyone now only knows her as a blues singer. […]
Erin Harpe recounts her recent Memphis experience
Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers recently returned to Boston after competing in the International Blues Competition in Memphis. The band got as far as the semi-finals, and, although they didn’t make it into the finals, they still value their experience and their memories of Memphis. Winning the Boston Blues challenge months earlier was a […]
Hammond B3 player Ron Levy continues life of music and Jewish faith
A 60 year old working musician should have a lot to talk about when the conversation turns to his own career. Ron Levy is no exception. The Boston native has been seen playing his keyboards with the Philip Pemberton Band for the last several months. Those who’ve known him over the years, know that his […]
Kyrsta Youngs enjoys music life more since moving from Boston to Nashville
Her Boston fans have been wondering whatever became of her after she moved down south last fall. Singer-songwriter-piano player Krysta Youngs moved out of Boston to pursue her Top 40 dreams in the city of Nashville. Not seeing many opportunities for independent, original artists in Boston, Youngs packed up her bags and left for Music […]
Rock violinist Marnie Hall blazes a unique trail
Marnie Hall loves the violin. She loves violin so much that she looks for work with orchestras as well as writes and plays string parts for rock bands. She also teaches violin to school children. It is her work with rock bands, though, that Hall gets most excited about. You can hear the breathy excitement […]
