Blues Tonight Band Strutted their stuff at Wicked Twisted in Nashua
Blues Tonight Band made quite an impression at Wicked Twisted in Nashua, New Hampshire just two days ago. The quintet takes pure vintage blues idioms and plays them pedal to the floor with rock and roll aggression. The guitarists make it cry and sing. The harmonica player kicks it with rangy lead lines. The rhythm […]
Bad Mother rocked Smoken’ Joe’s last night
Bad Mother was low key as they kicked off the dinner hour entertainment at Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues in Brighton last night. Once it got closer to the hour of nine, though, the adept, turbocharged blues musicians went to town, serving up frothy mounds of exciting music. The foursome began with a jazzy, quasi-swinging […]
Geoff Bartley kept Cantab Monday Night Open Mic going strong last night; 21 years of success
Geoff Bartley has been hosting the Monday Night Open Mic at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts for 21 years. Last night’s open mic was only a microscopic sample of what has been offered in the decades old nightclub. Yet, it was enough to get an idea of why Bartley has been able to keep […]
HeatherFest 19 shined like a bright lovely day; great blues abounded
HeatherFest 19 just might have been thee music event of the fall season. Amidst beautiful weather, the annual backyard party in blues supporter Heather McKibben’s backyard went off without a hitch. A $25 donation upon entering the premises forms a charitable fund with one hundred percent of it going to HeatherFest charities. With that incredible […]
Rev Tor’s The Last Waltz found right emotional vibe at Bull Run concert
The Last Waltz in concert at the Bull Run in Shirley, Massachusetts went off without a hitch last night. It was a good, solid performance of all of the music from The Band’s farewell concert and the Martin Scorsese film made of that Thanksgiving Day event in 1975. There were fine dramatic details added to […]
Adam Ezra Group’s 4th Ramble benefited homeless veterans
Adam Ezra Group’s 4th Annual Ramble at Salisbury Beach last night was a benefit to raise money for homeless veterans. The concept was simple. Invite a bunch of Adam Ezra Group fans and other bands and their fans for a day long free concert. During the headlining Ezra Group set, pass around a “Bucket Of […]
Marshfield Fair blues festival continues the magic, Roomful, Gorillas, Fat City, Soul Box, Rampage, Hard Case shined
The Marshfield Fair’s Green Harbor Roots & Blues Festival has been around for so long now that its organizer, John Hall, has it down to a science. The bands Hard Case, The Rampage Trio, Soul Box, Fat Cit Band, Gas House Gorillas, and Roomful Of Blues each got to the stage at or about their […]
Arthur James Band rocked Boondocks Tavern; more popular than Jesus Christ?
Arthur James Band played the “after party” for Barnfull Of Blues at Boondocks Tavern last night. Performing outside in the cool evening air, James and his rhythm section delivered some smoking blues and called others from the festival up to jam with them. The two year old Weare, New Hampshire Boondocks Tavern is located not […]
Royalty Of Rock show blew the roof off, Erick Preston returns to the stage
The Rock Royalty Tour show at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket Rhode Island last night was a blast of classic rock from tribute bands that knew what they were doing. There isn’t a bad seat at the Stadium. The sound system was totally professional and John “Johnny Light Boy” Normington presented great visuals that made […]
Great acts at Smoken’ Joe’s Sixth Anniversary Party
During a busy weekend in the Boston music scene, I caught part of the action at Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ & Blues Sixth Anniversary Party And Pig Roast last week. I got their just in time to catch a lengthy set by saxophonist Nat Simpkins, guitarist Joe Pappas, and keyboardist James Ventola. The trio were playing a […]
