Lydia Arachne guides ambitious Semaphora through Connecticut music scene
Sometimes an artist’s project lands on the music scene with a loud thud, engaging all to look up and see what it’s all about. Semaphora, the brainchild of New Haven’s Lydia Arachne, a band concept similar to Alan Parsons Project, hit the Connecticut music scene about three years ago. Multi-instrumentalist Arachne had a plan and […]
Singer-songwriter Kim Moberg explores her Native American heritage
Cape Cod singer-songwriter Kim Moberg has spent the last ten years exploring her Native American roots. Moberg hails from the 1,800 year old Tlingit tribe of south eastern Alaska. Growing up Native American came with challenges, like dealing with prejudice. “Right now, it’s cool to be a Native American. A lot of people are curious […]
Transformed by blues, Mickey Maguire transforms auto repair lot into weekly blues jam
New Hampshire blues bass player Mickey Maguire has transformed his home town of Peterborough, New Hampshire into an oasis of blues music. Every Sunday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Maguire hosts his Soul Repair blues jam at his Mickey’s Repair Service parking lot right off of Route 202. After his favorite weekly blues […]
Pamela Means calls out the Strange Fruit in her savvy songwriting
Pamela Means has the means to be great. The Northampton, Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter began her career in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin where there are very few solo acoustic performers, especially women or biracial women solo acoustic artists. Some promoters back in the day brought big acts into Milwaukee, and Means fit in easily as an […]
Dale LePage breathes humanity into his jazz, his TV show, and his life
Worcester’s storied jazz singer Dale LePage, closing in on age 60, has had , in the past, to suffer insults and indignities for his sexual orientation. While many think the LBGT community is now receiving grand acceptance, there are still those with narrow minds and mean streaks. Just the other week LePage was out walking […]
Rick Berlin, forging his own identity in the Boston music scene
Rick Berlin, 75, piano player, singer, and band leader has been on the Boston music scene since the early 1970s. Aside from his storied and varied career, Berlin, like many residents of the planet, had to come to grips with his sexuality and how it shaped his perception of himself. “One’s sexuality informs one’s view […]
Singer-songwriter Brad Bosse maintains strong presence in southern NH; lives life on his own terms
Brad Bosse is a man’s man. Athletic, competitive, hard working. He has also carved out a busy career in southern New Hampshire’s solo acoustic/singer-songwriter scene. It is impossible for anybody to go out for dinner and drinks anywhere just north of the border on a regular basis without soon seeing him in a corner of […]
Sara Leketa rocks the music scene on her own terms
Sara Leketa has been on the greater-Boston music scene since starting out in Cape Cod way back in 1999.Even those who have not closely followed her career have heard her name because she is involved with many different projects. A singer-songwriter in her own right, she plays out as soloist, in duos, trios, and her […]
Amoricans, a Black Crowes tribute band on the rise
Born in the Merrimack Valley of southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, Amoricans are a tribute band on the rise. The eight musicians in this band not only master the material of The Black Crowes, they bring a vibe, a feeling, and a groove to every song they play in their ever changing and evolving […]
Feb 8 Breast Cancer Benefit Concert for music journalist, promoter Lisa Martineau to feature Leaving Eden
In times of need, music communities tend to look out for one of their own. It is no surprise then that the New Hampshire music community, in one way or another, will be supporting Breast Cancer Benefit Concert For music journalist and promoter Lisa Martineau. Beginning at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8 at Penuche’s […]
