Live Reviews

Curtis Salgado shined at 4th annual New England Winter Blues Festival

Curtis Salgado shined at 4th annual New England Winter Blues Festival

For about two hundred people, the memory of this past weekend’s NEMO blizzard will be melded with a memorable music event. Mr. Nick hosted his fourth annual New England Winter Blues Festival at Blue Ocean Music Hall in Salisbury, Massachusetts last night, and he pulled almost a full house of people out of their storm […]

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Heavy Horses prove themselves crowd pleasers at JJ’s in Northboro

Heavy Horses made one of their rotation stops at JJ’s Sports Bar & Grill in Northboro, Massachusetts last night. Their searing performances kept their audience cheering and dancing for three hours. Heavy Horses is an all star band made up of singers and musicians from the Worcester areas’ best. Vocalists Craig Rawding from Delta Generators, […]

Napoleon In Rags rocked J's Tavern

Napoleon In Rags rocked J’s Tavern

Napoleon In Rags is a Bob Dylan inspired cover band that offers plenty of roots rock music from Dylan’s heyday. Last night’s show at J’s Tavern in Milford, New Hampshire found N.I.R. putting on one hell of a performance. Lead singer Bobby Livingston is one of those full throated belters who prefers self-restraint, keeping the […]

Chris Stovall Brown set the Wantu Blues Jam on fire

Chris Stovall Brown set the Wantu Blues Jam on fire

Chris Stovall Brown graced the Wantu Blues Jam last Sunday afternoon. Brown treated the audience to his hefty bluesy harmonica work, his belty, husky vocal approach, and his frenetic, over the top guitar techniques. Brown was the latest weekly feature at the Sunday afternoon blues jam at the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Known […]

Kim Riley shines in solo acoustic & duo format; rocks Whippersnappers with fine selections and delivery

Kim Riley shines in solo acoustic & duo format; rocks Whippersnappers with fine selections and delivery

Kim Riley has been playing out professionally for several years. Both in her native Boston area and now up in her adopted home state of New Hampshire. So, it’s no wonder that the versatile cover performer can dig up all sorts of songs from her huge binders of song lists. Riley even performed “Mad World” […]

Adam Ezra Group continues great run of CD Release Parties for Daniel The Brave

Adam Ezra Group continues great run of CD Release Parties for Daniel The Brave

Adam Ezra Group continued a series of local CD Release Parties last night for their new disc Daniel The Brave. And, as always, the show last night at Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire was a killer performance from this neo-hippie band from Boston. The group kept the crowd energized and enthusiastic with their […]

Rosemary's Baby Blues was a good time band at Smoken' Joe's

Rosemary’s Baby Blues was a good time band at Smoken’ Joe’s

Rosemary’s Baby Blues is a cool horn band serving up cool blues and hot funk. They rocked Smoken’ Joe’s in Boston last Saturday night. Led by the foxy, wiry Rosemary Casey on saxophone, the three horns, guitarist, and rhythm section each held up their corner of the wavy, wiry sounds that filled the room. There […]

Problem Child rocked the Village Trestle

Problem Child rocked the Village Trestle

New Hampshire’s premiere AC/DC tribute band Problem Child drew a large crowd to the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire last night. Problem Child spent almost three solid hours driving the crowd from rapt attention to enthusiasm to couples slow dancing to closing number “Ride On.” Problem Child is a hard driving tribute band that […]

Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra began another run with fun filled concert last night

Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra began another run with fun filled concert last night

The Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra have begun another exciting run at the Regent Theater in Arlington, Massachusetts. Last night’s show was full of the energy, talent, and fun bombastic classic rock the URO have become known for. For the uninitiated, Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra is band made up of some of Boston’s best musicians and singers. They […]

Jose Ramos And The No Way Jose Band played Smoken' Joe's last night

Jose Ramos And The No Way Jose Band played Smoken’ Joe’s last night

Jose Ramos And The No Way Jose Band swaggered into Smoken’ Joe’s last night and treated the audience to several jammed out renditions of R&B and blues classics. Ramos’s bag is to gather a handful of top players and let them go to town during the instrumental portions of his song selections. This made for […]