Guitarist Brad Faucher takes This Is Soul Sunday to greater recognition
Guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and band leader Brad Faucher has been a fixture on the Boston music scene since he graduated from Merrimack College in 1994. Right now Faucher’s biggest thing is called This Is soul, a Sunday night event held every week at The Beehive on Tremont Street in Boston. Faucher has assembled a band […]
Professor Harp gears up for new CD; talks the blues
Hugh Holmes has gone by the title and moniker The Undaunted Professor Harp for many years. And with good reason. He knows his stuff well enough to get an honorary PhD and he isn’t afraid to try different things no matter how dire the circumstances. The Professor, who has made a name for himself […]
Rose Kula re-enters Manchester music scene
Rose Kula recently reentered the southern New Hampshire music scene after a long absence. She was recently featured at a Wan-Tu Blues Jam at Johnny Bad’s on Elm Street in the Queen city. Kula was invited by the Wan-Tu promoter because Wan-Tu was hosting a reunion of players who were associated with what is widely […]
Saxophonist Kat-Lee Newton; raised in New Hampshire, learned in New Orleans
Kat-Lee Newton has been kicking around the music circles of her native Dover, New Hampshire since moving back from New Orleans a few years ago. Her band Dixie Kats has been playing Kate O’Shea’s in Seabrook, New Hampshire this past summer. Newton plays sax and accordion for the two year old band. Surf, rockabilly, old […]
Sax Chick Rosemary Casey returns to the blues music scene
Rosemary Casey has become a fixture in the greater-Boston blues scene for the second time in her life. Casey dropped out of the scene at least a decade ago to raise a family. These days, she’s back with a vengeance, and she’s put together a work-when-they-can band called Rosemary’s Baby Blues. Casey reemerged last year […]
Jen Thayer rocks northern seacoast; plans new CD
Jen Thayer has been rocking the northern New England seacoast for several years. Thayer has composed 15 new songs t hat she has taken to her band mates to record for next album. With a lot of gigs on her schedule and her recording plans, Thayer could be the busiest musician in Maine. Though she […]
Lisa Love discusses her Experience
The Lisa Love Experience has picked up so much steam over the years that they are now booking their clubs and weddings over a year in advance. One of New England’s premiere cover bands, Lisa Love Experience is fronted by their energetic front woman and name sake of the band. Yes, “Lisa Love” is her […]
Cindy Daley still makes the scene after 30 years in the business
Cindy Daley has been around the greater-Boston music scene since the 1970s. She said she’s lasted as long as she has because she really the loves music. She took a little time off in the 1990s to become a nurse. Today, she’s the lead singer of her Cindy Daley Band which plays out in South […]
Partners In Life, Partners In Music; The Common Knowledge Of Scot & Amberly Gibbs
Being married to a professional musician can often be a challenge. When both husband and wife are professional musicians and play in a band together, the disadvantages can often outweigh the advantages. Take the case of guitarist Scot Gibbs and his vocalist wife, Amberly Gibbs. The greatest challenge is for Mrs. Gibbs to get respect […]
Lori Diamond forges strong identity with latest CD Mystery
Lori Diamond is a singer-songwriter who creates lush emotional atmospherics with only her voice, piano, and sparse accompaniment. She used to be a rocker and a funky live performer, but now she is in “a chill vibe.”
