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 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 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
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
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 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 […]
Walter Joyce And The Jail Breakers kicked ass at Smoken’ Joe’s last night
Walter Joyce And The Jail Breakers kicked like a mule at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last night. This cat Walter Joyce and his Jail Breakers wasted no time getting into a heavy duty, driving beat, driving groove that Joyce could sail his fiery harmonica lines over. By the second number, Joyce was electrifying on harp, […]
Shirley Lewis Band rocked Smoken’ Joe’s last night
The Shirley Lewis Band rocked the crowd at Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last night. Lewis, despite getting on in years and needed to “take it easy” still made it a party with her vivacious spirit. Several people remained in her audience until the grand finale. As a bonus attraction Lewis had local legend Chris Stovall […]
HeatherFest 18 provided a winning vibe; blues music was really good too
HeatherFest 18 took place on a bright sunny afternoon yesterday. Fitting, for it was another bright, sunny run at the event that has been a fixture in the greater-Boston blues community for sometime now. Hosted by former YardRock bartender/former Boston Blues Society president Heather McKibben in her spacious backyard, HeatherFest is more about its vibe […]
Brad Faucher’s Session 450 plays cool music at Joco’s in Waltham, Mass.
Brad Faucher’s Thursday night jams known as Session 450 found the guitarist, as usual, doing a lot of funky stuff with his guitar. Bradford “Guitar” Faucher was also generous enough to share the spotlight with his three house band musicians and their guest players. Named Session 450 because it is held at Jocko’s Bar & […]
