Robin Soares celebrated her birthday with music bash
Robin Soares hosted her annual birthday bash at the Yacht Club in East Providence, Rhode Island yesterday, and it was an afternoon of good music from good bands. A bikini contest and some jello wrestling matches were also entertaining. Robin Soares is the front person for Rhode Island’s extremely popular cover band 5 Flavor Discount […]
Johnny Barnes & The Nightcrawlers left them smiling at Smoken’ Joe’s
Last night, Johnny Barnes & The Night Crawlers kept the crowd at Smoken’ Joe’s BBQ in rapt attention for three hours. The four-piece that features front man Johnny Barnes on guitar and lead vocals opened with an instrumental jam a wild, raucous number that informed right off the bat this band has a heavier, wilder […]
Roomful turned up the heat at Dante’s Firefly’s in Marlboro last night
Roomful Of Blues made a stop at Dante’s Firefly’s in Marlboro, Massachusetts last night, and the swinging, blues band put on another spiffy show. Such a classy, precise band playing in Firefly’s wide open bandstand area conjured an atmosphere of upscale nightclubs from previous decades. Roomful opened with their trademark wall of horn sound and […]
Lydia Warren And The Neurotics stir up Smoken’ Joe’s
Lydia Warren And The Neurotics hit Smoken’ Joe’s in Brighton last night and served up a few hours of hefty blues. Warren, on lead and rhythm guitar and vocals, was joined by her Neurotics line up of harmonica player/guitar player/vocalist Josh Fulero, bass player Danny Banks, and drummer Chris Rivelli. The group opened with Muddy […]
Eve Rising precursor gig rocked The Tap
History teaches us that one event can incite, provoke, and or stimulate another. The Eve Rising pre-festival fundraiser show last Saturday night at The Tap in Haverhill, Massachusetts was one such event. It was held to promote a large Eve Rising festival coming on September 17, 2011. Last Saturday night’s pre-festival show in Haverhill indicates […]
Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets blues jam growing into spacious new room
Downtown Dave And The Deep Pockets have changed the location of their Sunday night blues jam to Penuche’s Grill at 96 Hanover Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. And they’re really starting to fit the spacious room. With more open area than their previous Sunday night room, that precious blues sound just percolated and traveled around […]
Lisa Marie & Silvertone Steve duo played Village Trestle last night
Lisa Marie and Silvertone Steve showed up at the Village Trestle in Goffstown, New Hampshire last night, and the bluesy duo kicked as on many oldies and American roots classic. They are cool, and any blues fan should dig this act. The pair opened up with the “Driving Song” and it was cool how Silvertone […]
The Sugar Shakes rocked, rolled, souled Haverhill last night
The Sugar Shakes returned to their regular rotation room The Tap in Haverhill, Massachusetts last night and they got many up and dancing and shaking it. Vocally, The Sugar Shakes go more for feeling, but musically they can step it up, step it down, move it all around. The Sugar Shakes are a band who […]
Bruce Bears hosted Beehive Sunday night blues with style; Tim Pike guested
Some of the best blues and R&B can be found on Sunday nights in the city of Boston. The Sunday Night Blues Series at Tremont Street’s Beehive nightspot continues with host Bruce Bears on keyboards and vocals. Bears was supported by bass player Brad Hallen, who was subbing for regular bassist Jesse Williams, and drummer Max Teixeira. […]
Theater review: Hair made colorful Boston appearance
The production of Hair that closed out at the Colonial Theater in Boston last night was a lively, spirited rendition of the 44 year old Broadway show. While this current touring production offers no depth in character development, it captured the essence of what Hair is about: Freedom! Freedom to protest the war. Freedom to […]
