Category Archives: music
Fantastic Blues-Rock By The Bobby Thompson Project
What an unexpected treat it was to hear and see The Bobby Thompson Project at The Extended Play Sessions for the last show in the now-former space!
The Bobby Thompson Project
Based in the Washington, DC area, the band brings a unique perspective to the blues, combining rock and funk, and even some soul, with traditional blues riffs.
Impressive Show By Modern Vintage Song Writer KaiL Baxley
Click here to read my review of this superb show by KaiL Baxley on No Depression.
KaiL Baxley
Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley
Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley and Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley
KaiL Baxley
Aodhan O’Reill
KaiL Baxley
Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley and Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley
KaiL Baxley and Aodhan O’Reilly
KaiL Baxley
KaiL Baxley
KaiL Baxley
Mally Smith
Mally Smith
Mally Smith
Share An Evening With Willy Porter
Please come for a very special fundraising event on Saturday, July 11th at 9:30 pm (the early show SOLD OUT!!!) with spectacular Weasel Records recording artist Willy Porter!! Don’t miss this rare show. The venue seats a small audience, so the experience is up close and personal. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend and would love it if some of my readers could go in my stead.
Willy Porter and Carmen Nickerson
Willy Porter has been a featured performer on both Shrewsbury Media Connection‘s Mostly Rock ‘n Roll program several times, and has played other sold out concerts at SMC to enthusiastic and grateful audiences.
A portion of all ticket sales goes towards SMC’s Nicholas J. Todisco Young Filmmakers Scholarship. You can order tickets here.
Plenty of free parking available in lot shared with Parker Road Preschool. Read the rest of this entry
A Special Evening With A Couple Of Singer-Songwriters
There was a lot of emotion at The Extended Play Sessions last week when Ian Fitzgerald and Brian Carroll, Boston-based singer-songwriters, performed although I doubt any of us in attendance had a clue about it.
Ian Fitzgerald
Brian Carroll
Ian and Brian have separate careers but they came together this night to perform both alone and together.
The Lonesome Trio Regaled Us With Story And Song
The Lonesome Trio
Ed Helms
Jacob Tilove
Ian Riggs
The Lonesome Trio
Ed Helms
Jacob Tilove
Ian Riggs and Ed Helms
The Lonesome Trio
Jacob Tilove and Ian Riggs
Ed Helms
The Lonesome Trio
Ed Helms and Ian Riggs
Ian Riggs and Ed Helms
The Lonesome Trio (wishing No Depression a happy 20th birthday)
My review of this terrific show by The Lonesome Trio at Club Passim appears on No Depression.
Are The Newport Folk Festival Announcements Finished?
The Newport Folk Festival announced only one ‘act’ this week, which makes me wonder if the full lineup is now available.
Newport Folk Festival Trademarked Logo
Django a Go Go Delivers a Gypsy Jazz Extravaganza
I love Django Reinhardt and gypsy jazz, and was excited to see this Django a Go Go show at Regattabar. I was not prepared, however, to be as amazed as I was by the immense talent on the stage this evening. Django a Go Go is a project of Stephane Wremble, a French (although soon-to-be American) musician who fell in love with Reinhardt’s music before he came to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music.
Stephane Wremble
The Spirit of Hank Williams Lives!
Girls Guns and Glory, a Boston-based country band, is riding high these days due to the justifiably great press its Hank Williams tribute album (and the shows dedicated to that album) is receiving. The Extended Play Sessions hosted them for a more-than-sold-out session last week and they brought their A game for this Hank Williams tribute performance.
Girls Guns and Glory
The band performs original songs as well, and until recently had performed the tribute shows only about a half-dozen times per year. I was lucky enough to see one of the traditional New Year’s Day shows so I knew how good this show would be.
Fine Entertainment At The Hands Of Garland Jeffreys
My review of this superb Garland Jeffreys show appears on No Depression.
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys band
Garland Jeffreys
Charly Roth
Brian Stanley
Joe ‘Italian Stallion’ Curiano
JJ Jordan
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Charly Roth
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Joe Curiano
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys singing from the audience
Garland Jeffreys
The Folk Tradition Lives!
On Friday I was privileged to be in the audience at the Regent Theatre for a fundraiser for Folk New England (FNE), an organization dedicated to preserving the music and the ephemera of the folk revival movement in New England. The size of the audience was smaller than the organization and artists deserved, but hopefully the great enthusiasm made up for it.
Betsy Siggins
Brian Quinn
The evening started with brief welcome speeches by Betsy Siggins, founding director of FNE and Brian Quinn, Executive Director of FNE.
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