tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48825002897886303442012-01-31T17:32:44.494-05:00I'm in love with rock & roll and I'll be out all nightJeff from NHhttps://profiles.google.com/117314487219608297084noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4882500289788630344.post-64460416739394827542011-11-09T22:33:00.000-05:002011-11-09T23:11:25.044-05:00

This Friday's date is November 11. 2011 (11-11-11) and has been declared Nigel Tufnel Day, Nigel's scene in the mockumentary "Spinal Tap" is classic among rock music fans. See the clip below. Here's my Top 11 songs to turn up to 11 Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nevermind AC/DC "Back in Black", Back in Black Metallica "Enter Sandman", The Black Album The

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The 24th annual Boston Music Awards will be held at the Liberty Hotel on Sunday, Nov 20 (the weekend before Thanksgiving). It can be pretty chaotic and hard to get around, but it's also a lot of fun. Limited tickets for the event (awards and performances) are available and benefit Music Drives Us. Here's a video by Time Out Boston from last year's shindig, which includes some performance

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What are you doing New Year's Eve? Lucero plays Paradise on Dec 31, 2011. Although it's unrelated, that's the same night as First Night Boston, so there will be lots and lots of people in town that night and lots to do before the show... Allmusic.com said of Lucero's "Dreaming in America": Flying by the seat of their pants, Southern indie rockers Lucero have eked out a career in

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 John Peel (30 August, 1939 – 25 October, 2004) was a famous radio DJ and one of the rare non-musicians whose impact in shaping modern music was greater than those of many of the musicians that he championed. October 25 marks the anniversary of his passing approaches, described as "the day the music died" by The London Evening Standard. I came across some great tributes to the man; including

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Official video for "Copenhagen" from Lucinda Williams' "Blessed". The hauntingly beautiful song was inspired by the loss of her manager Frank Callari, who died suddenly when she was touring in Europe, Lucinda Williams plays Capitol Center for the Arts on Fri, November 4.

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Two of Boston's best bands will be doing their best albums in their entirety live, so you may want to get your tickets soon. Both albums are considered to be among the greatest of all time. According to Best Ever Albums, "Doolittle" is ranked at 21 and "Ray" at 881. One could argue about the order, but both would be in my Top 100 albums of all-time and Ray would be higher on my list. The

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The Music-by-the-Sea Concert Series will be held at the Seacoast Science Center in the beautiful Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH. Gates open at 5pm and the music starts at 6pm. The cost is $8 for non-members, $4 for SSC members and all proceeds support the environmental education programs at SSC.  2011 Concert Schedule   July 7 Islandside: reggae-calypso July 14 Entrain:

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FYI, here's a couple of FREE outdoor music series north of Boston. Bring your own chair. Backyard Music series Tsongas Arena, Lowell http://www.tsongascenter.com/event_details.php?id=107 Join us behind the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, along the scenic Merrimack River for our new Backyard Music Series!  Bring the entire family down with your blankets or lawn chairs and

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Treat Her Right will be doing a live recording at Lizard Lounge on Wed, Apr 27, 2011. Special guests will include Tim Gearan, Monique Ortiz, Jess Tardy and more. I recently saw them put on a blazing set at this year's New England Americana Festival, so saying that this promises to be a great show would be an understatement. Advance tickets suggested.Born in the Boston area around 1984, Treat Her

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Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story is a film on the life and music of the former frontman for Boston's “low rock” band Morphine. Sandman tragically died on stage in 1999 at the age of 46. His impact on the Cambridge and Boston music scene is still felt today. Mark's vision lives on in the Mark Sandman Music Project. His music lives on in Elastic Waste Band (former members of Morphine) at

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"Back and Forth" the 2011 documentary on Foo Fighters is now airing on VH1. It's pretty good, so check local listings. The Foos will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live tonight (Apr 9).The Foos new album "“Wasting Light” was recorded in Dave's garage, on tape (no Pro Tools), produced by Butch Vig ("Nevermind") and features appearances by Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) and Bob Mould (

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It looks like a great line-up for the annual 3-night New England Americana Festival (NEAF) at Church. Hope to see you there! Official website: http://www.newenglandamericanafestival.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188885037809233  Here's a semi-official schedule from http://www.narragansettbeer.com/2011/03/win-tickets-to-the-new-england-americana-festival Festival Night

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The full announcement is now at http://www.newportfolkfest.net/ The 2011 acts include Amos Lee, BrownBird, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Delta Spirit, Devil Makes Three, Earl Scruggs, Elvis Costello, Gillian Welch, Justin Townes Earle, Mavis Staples, M. Ward, Middle Brother, Rambin' Jack Elliot, Tegan & Sara, The Civil Wars, The David Wax Museum, The Decemberists, The Secret Sisters, The Wailin'

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"Color Me Obsessed" the potentially true story of the last best band, The Replacements The new documentary film on The Replacements will be shown at Independent Film Festival Boston, Apr 27 - May 4. Films will be shown at Sommerville, Brattle, and Coolidge Corner Theatres, as well as Stuart Street Playhouse. I don't have specific info on this film, but am hoping to catch it. There are a few

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The second annual New England Americana Festival will return to Church of Boston for three nights. The dates are Thu, Mar 31 through Apr 2, 2011. The lineups look great again this year and are listed below. ThursdayWill Dailey & The Rivals, Sara Borges. Comanchero, Sam Otis Hill, Patrick Coman, Rationales, The Molenes, Jeff Conley, Johnny A and The Molasses Band, Highway Ghosts, Adela &

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The New England Americana Association (NEAA) is releasing it's "Americana Project" CD on March 13 at Church of Boston. The festivities kick off around 5 with a listening party, followed by live music from OldJack, Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons, and Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards.More info at www.newenglandamericanafestival.com www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125935610811589 Details on the

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The 24 bands have been selected for this year's Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble. It will be held over 9 nights at TT the Bear's beginning on Sun, Apr 3. The Semi-finals are Fri, Apr 15 and the Finals are Fri, Apr 22. Tickets are available at www.ttthebears.com/public/calendar.php Some of the bands on the rootsier side include OldJack,  The Autumn Hollow Band and retro rockers Tired Old Bones and Jenny

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February is a great time to come in from the cold and catch a hot show. That is, if you can shovel yourself out, make it to the venue and find a parking spot. Will Dailey & The Rivals is a "must-see" residency Thursday nights at Lizard Lounge in February. Will and his band are enough reason to get out, but wait there's more. They will also have special guests every week. Advance tickets are

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The White Stripes have officially called it quits. Thanks for the memories Jack and Meg! Here's the text from whitestripes.com: The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live. The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as

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"Skins", the new disc from Buffalo Tom is due out this winter. It's listed as 3.8.2011 on buffalotom.com. Check out their website for a free download. Here's the video for "Down" from "Skins". Buffalo Tom will be heading to Europe in March. The tour dates are listed on Bill Janovitz' blog.

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The Low Anthem have just released their new album "Smart Flesh" and are kicking off a new tour. Their Boston area show will be at Old South Church on Fri, March 4. Tickets available at royaleboston.com Below is a haunting video for "Ghost Woman Blues", which they performed on Late Show with David Letterman on Jan 12, 2010. I saw them at Johnny D's when they opened for Sarah Borges at Johnny D's

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The Sea Monsters, winners of Best Residency in the 2010 Boston Music Awards finished up their SUN night run at Precinct. I'm hoping that they'll resurface in the year ahead. In the meantime, you can catch Christian McNeill with friends Tim Gearan, Jimmy Ryan and Eric Royer on WED nights at TOAD. The Giant Kings finished their blazing December residency at Lizard. I was lucky enough to be there on

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Girls Guns and Glory with The Sweet & Low Down performing the music of Hank Williams on the anniversary of his death (1953). Avi and Celia from Hey Mama also joined the celebration. It was a great night of honky tonk roclk & roll at Lizard Lounge on New Year's Day, 2011.  

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In case you missed David Wax Museum at the Newport Folk Festival, First Night Boston or around town, get ready to mark your calendars. The David Wax Museum's CD Release Extravaganza will be Thu, Feb 3 at OBERON in Harvard Square. Below is their new video, which was featured in this story from NPR's All Songs Considered. "Born With A Broken Heart" from Anthem Multimedia on Vimeo. They said to

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The Story of... Fairytale of New York, a BBC program on the song "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Widely regarded as one of the best non-traditional Christmas songs, the song was written by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer. The song is also notable for it's censorship due to a couple of words. While I wouldn't use the words myself and their meaning differs based on context,

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  Photos from Cassavettes final show at Middle East Upstairs, Sat, 18-Dec-2010. It was a fun night and fitting celebration for a great 5-year run for one of Boston's best bands. Look for the guys playing in Glenn Yoder & His Merry Band, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion! and/or Scissormen. Shake Down The Sun by cassavettes

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It was a amazing night. Both Middle East and TT's were sold out. I never made it over to TT's, but the Middle East was rockin'. Many Billy lookalikes from every decade. I've never seen so many sportcoats at a rock show. Mary Lou Lord was a passionate emcee and told a lot of Billy stories. The slide show (video) was very cool, with Warren Zevon's "Excitable Boy" as it's soundtrack. Musical

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Photos from the 3rd annual Gram National, the two night festival celebration of the music of alt-country pioneer Gram Parsons. Precinct Bar, Nov 5 & 6, 2010.   Previously in Nashville, Gram National was held for the first time in Boston in 2010. The Beantown connection being that he attended Harvard and formed the International Submarine Band here in 1966. Gram died in 1973 at

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This weekend (Fri, Nov 5 and Sat, Nov 6) brings Gram National 2010 to Precinct, a two-night showcase of the music of Gram Parsons. This the the 3rd annual celebration and the first in Boston, the place where Gram first attended Harvard and founded the International Submarine Band in 1966. Gram is considered widely influential and a pioneer in alt-country and Americana music. He is pictured

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As reported in the Boston Pheonix, legendary Boston music promoter and scenester Billy Ruane passed away this evening. He would have been 53 in November. Boston Phoenix story: Billy Ruane, R.I.P.; Middle East holds 11 pm vigil He was a supporter of the Boston music scene for over three decades. The story "Still Rockin' (Boston Phoenix, Nov 2007)" describes how he helped bring live music to The

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Although I didn't go, I followed some of the Austin City Limits Festival online. I've been a longtime fan of the Austin City Limits PBS show and the line-up was pretty good, but huge outdoor festivals aren't really my thing. I'm spoiled for good by seeing the same great bands at much smaller venues. For example, I've seen The Strokes a few times before their hiatus and doubt that an extra 60,000

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Clear your calendar for THIS Saturday night and head to Middle East for the second annual One Night Band, presented by Boston Band Crush. The show starts at 8pm and I hear there will be swag bags for the first fans. So get there early! You'll see 40 selected Boston musicians, who will be formed into random eight 5-member bands, each performing a 4-song set (3 originals and one cover). You do the

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Session Americana is made up of some great musicians and always put on a great show, having as much fun around their table as everyone in the audience.They are Billy Beard (drums), Jim Fitting (harmonica), Sean Staples (mandolin, banjo, guitar), Dinty Child (keyboards, guitar), Ry Cavanaugh (guitar), Jon Bistline (bass). Special guest: Kimon Kirk. Photos from Night Two of Session Americana

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Although lesser known than national festivals like Bonnaroo, SXSW or even NXNE, New England is home to some great music festivals throughout the year. Since many are annual events, you should keep your eyes open in case you missed your favorite this year. Many local festivals are held outdoors during the summer. For more info on some of the facilities, check out my post on Summertime Venues.

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The Summer Series continues TONIGHT (Thu, July 29) at Hard Rock Cafe Boston. The show features Chris O'Brien, The Autumn Hollow Band, Jeff Byrd and the Dirty Finch, Brendan Hogan and more! For more info see www.newenglandamericanafestival.com

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This looks like a great double-bill, happening this Friday, July 16 at Middle East upstairs. I first heard Ha Ha Tonka from their live sessions on the most excellent HearYa blog. I later saw them play at the most excellent Bloodshot BBQ at Middle East last summer. They are most excellent. You should go see them! Below is a video from HearYa Live Session #50 Ha Ha Tonka - "Walking On The Devil's

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This Saturday, July 10 at House of Blues Boston. For more info or to by tickets, see www.rememberhaiticoncert.com

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The Riverfront Music Festival is a free outdoor concert happening this Saturday, July 10, 2010. The lineup this year looks very good with The Candles (1pm), Sarah Harmer (2pm), Steven Kellog & the Sixers (3:30pm) and The Lemonheads (5pm). I'm most looking forward to The Candles and The Lemonheads, who are currently touring together. For more info, see www.newburyportchamber.org/

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Save the dates (the last Thursdays in June, July and August) for the NEAF Summer Series at Hard Rock Cafe. The full schedule at the website below, including Jimmy Ryan & Hayride!, Chris O'Brien, Dennis Brennan Band, Sam Reid, Autumn Hollow, Brown Bird and many more. Thu, June 24 Jimmy Ryan and Hayride (w/ Mark Spencer from SonVolt / Blood Oranges) Sam Reid and the Riot Act Eric Robertson

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Below are the Free local shows at the House of Blues Front Room in June.

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Jack White freely admits that the Flat Duo Jets were a great influence and perhaps even provided the blueprint for The White Stripes. Albeit without the red, white and black color scheme or the hokey brother and sister story. Hailing from North Carolina, Dexter Romweber currently fronts the Dex Romweber Duo with his older sister Sara Romweber. Note the little White Stripes jab at the

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As reported in "Bringing bands to the front" on boston.com, the free music series in the front room at House of Blues Boston starts in June. Check the poster below for details.

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Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story is a feature-length documentary about the massive acclaim, dismal commercial failure and enduring legacy of pop music’s greatest cult band, Big Star. The film is still in production and includes coverage of the Big Star/Alex Chilton tribute shows at SXSW 2010 on Mar 20 and at Levitt Shell in Memphis on May 15, 2010. Below is the trailer for documentary

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As reported in "Makeover in Paradise"Jim Sullivan, Paradise Rock Club will undergo a major renovation over the summer. The improvements will close the club from about July 4 to Labor Day. It should reopen with a larger capacity, to around 1000 from 728.  The stage (shown here) will also be moved away from the middle pillar, which sits right in front of the band. I only recently learned, from

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TONIGHT: Mon, May 10 marks the beginning Rolling Stones Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, channel 7,  12:35AM). It is scheduled to be a celebration of the re-release of Exile on Main Street and a companion documentary "Stones in Exile", which will be aired with limited commercials on Fri, May 14. All the details are on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon blog. Here's the info for the

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Mayfair in Harvard Square May 2, 2010 Photos from the 27 Annual Mayfair in Harvard Square Performers shown:The Last 55s Todd Thibaud Band

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Summertime, and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high... Who says that there ain't no cure for the summertime blues? Oh yeah, it was Eddie Cochran (later covered by Blue Cheer and The Who), but they were all wrong. There are some great Summer only concert series in New England that may just be the ticket for some summer fun, both indoors and outdoors. Most are announcing

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Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round Like so many music fans, I was saddened by Alex Chilton's passing on St Patty's Day 2010. I personally found out about it on twitter and tried in vein to debunk it as a mistake or hoax. I finally believed it when I found the story on nytimes.com. I don't think I can add much to what's been written about him, so I'll include some

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THIS coming Sat (Apr 17) is Record Store Day. I encourage you to go out and visit your local indie record store. Vinyl records are making a comeback, so consider buying one or two (or a new-fangled CD, if you'd rather). For participating shops in your area see: http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues. There is also a list of RSD exclusives (mostly vinyl) described in RSD_2010_

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This looks like an interesting development in the Boston music scene. Looks like it could give some competition for House of Blues and Paradise. Royale (formerly the Roxy) the newly renovated, state-of-the-art nightclub on Tremont Street is working with New York City’s The Bowery Presents to book the finest up-and-coming music acts plus established names. This will be one of the best things

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I'm looking forward to the new Peter Wolf album "Midnight Souvenirs". The disc includes several great Boston musicians, as well as cameos from Shelby Lynne, Neko Case and Merle Haggard. Peter performed “Tragedy” with special guest Shelby Lynne on the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on April 5th. You can listen to the song below or on Peter's Facebook page. Shelby Lynne played Johnny D's at 7PM on

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OK, I'm heading out to see Dropkick Murphys tonight, so that's my start to NXNA (North by Not Austin). Here's a few other ideas... See the Three Ring Circus calendar, Amy's Show List, Boston Emissions or Boston Music Scene for even more ideas. Sat-Wed (Mar 13-17):Dropkick Murphys @ House of Blues (6 nights/7 shows) Sun:Sunday Spins (vinyl) @ Toad, 3pm Americano Session w/ Tim Gearan @ The Burren,

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This is Boston, not Austin. If you follow modern music like me, then you're painfully aware that the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) music festival is kicking off this weekend. SXSW is one of the largest music events of the year, with more than 1,400 performers playing in more than 80 venues around Austin over four days, in March. Austin is arguably the Live Music Capitol of the World and SXSW

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New England Americana Festival - Night 3 27-Feb-2010 The final night of the 3-day New England Americana Festival ended with a bang. The bands shown above included Eric Royer and his guitar machine, Autumn Hollow, Jimmy Ryan and Hayride! and Three Day Threshold. Band info at www.newenglandamericanafestival.com

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[ Click below for photos ] Girls Guns and Glory New England Americana Festival 26-Feb-2010 girlsgunsandglory.com myspace.com/girlsgunsandglory www.newenglandamericanafestival.com

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Brown Bird New England Americana Festival 25-Feb-2010 Rhode Island's Brown Bird performed an amazing set of haunting Americana music.  If you get a chance, do go see them! The 4th annual Americana Fest (formerly Alt-country extravaganza) showcases more than 30 local bands and runs Feb 25-27 at Church of Boston. myspace.com/brownbird brownbird.net www.newenglandamericanafestival.com

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[Click below for photos] The Cover Up presents Neil YoungLizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA13-Feb-2010 The Cover Up is a live music series that gathers some great Boston musicians to play together for one night and pay homage to their favorite artists. These are not "cover" or "tribute" bands, they are fans like you and me, only they actually can play the songs and do them justice. Above all, they

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[ Click below for photos ] Inspired by Hipster Puppies Tessie Feb 2010 Sorry, Girl. It won't happen again. See more Tessie pictures at Best in Show

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Cassavettes rocked the house at this year's Rodfest concert at Paradise. [ Click below to see photos ] Cassavettes at Rodfest 8Paradise Rock Club30-Jan-2010 Boston's Cassavettes at the 8th annual Rodfest show. This year's line-up also included Three Day Threshold, Quixote and many others. Celebrating life and music at maximum volume. Cassavettes are (alphabetically): Coyote Scott Jones (bass)

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Tickets are on sale now for the New England Americana Festival, Feb 25-27 at Church of Boston. Tickets are $8 for Thursday, $10 for Friday, $10 for Saturday or a 3 Day Pass for $20! More info at www.newenglandamericanafestival.com Thu, Feb 25The Accident that Led Me to the World 6:50-7:20Jeff Byrd and Dirty Finch       7:30- 8:00Odessa Rose                     8:10- 8:40Bryan Pero and the Tired

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What the world needs now is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my head Cracker with Camper Van Beethoven Middle East 17-Jan-2010 I'm more of a Cracker fan, but this show also featured David Lowery's other band Camper Van Beethoven. CVB were actually the "rootsier" side this time, with the violin and steel guitar. Cracker was more the rock side, as their new album "Sunrise in the Land

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Jimmy Ryan and Hayride! during their January residency at Lizard Lounge. And yes, the exclamation mark is part of the name. But for good reason. The band rocks! The band does one acoustic and one electric set and include special guests such as Sean Staples, Ward Hayden and Sarah Borges. [Click below to see photos] Jimmy Ryan & Hayride!with Ward HaydenLizard Lounge 20-Jan-2010 Jimmy Ryan

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One of my favorite Boston bands in one of my favorite NH venues. Girls Guns and Glory at The Press Room in beautiful downtown Portsmouth, NH. It was frigid outside, but the band kept the heat turned up inside. Special guest Avi Salloway (Hey Mama, Avi & Celia) sat in on slide (and beer-bottle slide) guitar. [Click below to see photos] Girls Guns and Glory The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH 09-

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Be careful what you say to me, I'll put it in a song It doesn't happen often enough that I get to see one of my favorite Boston bands at one of my favorite places. But in the span of two weeks, I've already seen Cassavettes at Toad (Dec 31) and Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles at Lizard Lounge (Jan 2). The trifecta was complete with Girls Guns and Glory at The Press Room (Jan 9) in beautiful

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I used my "real" camera and got some pretty good shots from the Sarah Borges show on Sat. They were recording a live CD (which I pre-ordered) over two nights at Lizard Lounge. The band sounded great and a good time was had by all. [ Click on picture below ] Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles Live CD recording (02-Jan-2010) Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA One of my favorite Boston bands at one of

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They're a-lookin' for a home, They're a-lookin' for a home. There are several venues around town that bring in bands as "artists in residency", usually for a month but sometimes more. Possibly the longest running residency was Tim Gearan, who had an amazing decade-plus run at Toad. That's Billy Beard (at left), who may be one of the most frequent performers at the Toad/Lizard residencies. I

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The 4th annual New England Americana Festival (formerly Alt-Country Extravaganza) will be held Thu, Feb 25 through Sat, Feb 27. The three nights will be rockin' at Church of Boston, which has hosted the event for the last two years. Confirmed bands for this year: The Bean Pickers Union, The Rationales, Bryan Pero and the Tired Horses, The Bees Knees, Golden West Motor Lodge, Odessa Rose, Dave

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man or woman miss out on the night life... Members of Morhine (aka The Elastic Waste Band) are doing a Wed night residency at Atwoods Tavern through February (at least). Yes, that Morphine. I had heard great things about these shows and had seen Jeremy Lyons' excellent opening set for Eilen Jewell at Me & Thee. When I finally made it out to see them, they

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Tim Gearan Band has been playing in the Boston area for about 17 years, both solo and with a band. Tim plays rootsy, bluesy rock on electric and acoustic guitar. He recently ended his Monday night residency at Toad in October after an amazing 15 year run. More on that below... Like Dennis Brennan, Bill Janovitz and Billy Beard, Tim is one of the true Unsung Heroes of the Boston Music Scene.

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My life's been my art and I've told it in my songs... Eilen Jewell Band with Jeremy Lyons at Me&Thee Eilen Jewell has quite a following in the Cambridge area and I had always heard great things about her and her band. But this was my first chance to see them and Me & Thee Coffeehouse was a great venue. If you haven't been, Me & Thee is a great Friday night music series, held for the past

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Dennis Brennan Band, Nov 25 at Lizard Lounge People in the know told me that Dennis was a must-see, similar to what they told me about Tim Gearan (and they were right about Tim). So while I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, I knew this was the show to see and the band line-up looked great; Lyle Brewer (guitar, Sarah Borges), Billy Beard (drums, Session Americana) and Richard Gates (bass)

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Of all the Boston bands, I've seen Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles the most times. They're a great bands and always put on a lively show. They've also won numerous Boston music awards, been nominated for Americana Music Awards, played SXSW and been featured on NPR. Maybe most importantly, they are a great live band. In addition to putting on a great show, they also bring some of the best

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Being a White Stripes fan, I had heard about "It Might Get Loud" at least a year before it came out and anxiously awaited it's release. The film is described as "a documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three rock legends". The legends in this case are Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Jack White (White Stipes, Raconteurs) and The Edge (U2). I was fortunate enough to see it at

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Radio is a sound salvation. Radio is cleaning up the nation. Here are some great radio shows with information about Boston music and rock & roll in general. Ironically, the lyrics above and below come from Elvis Costello's "Radio Radio", which was a protest song condemning the commercialization of radio. Also ironically, I'm more likely to listen online these days than live on the radio. But I

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Let's Go Murphys! Let's Go Murphys! There may be nothing that says Boston better than a St Patty's Day show with the hometown heroes Dropkick Murphys. Last year's shows were recorded and filmed for an upcoming live CD/DVD that should be available by the time the Murphys take the stage in 2010. I've seen them at Avalon (replaced by House of Blues), House of Blues, and at Agganis and Tsongas

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I had been meaning to go see The Cover Up ever since I first heard of it. It's a live music series that gathers some great Boston musicians to play together for one night and pay homage to their favorite artists. These are not "cover" or "tribute" bands, they are fans like you and me, only they actually can play the songs and do them justice. Above all, they can have fun doing it and so does the

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Inspired by the many "best of the 2000's" lists, like "The Decade's 50 Most Influential Recordings" from NPR, I came up with my own list. But rather than list the top 10/20/50 albums, I immediately thought of the single album that most shaped my musical experience in all the decades that I've been listening to modern rock & roll. These are the albums that either ignited or re-ignited my

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Once was a time when this town was all shiny and new There were hopes and dreams, there was promise too It's not often that I get to write about a band from my home state of NH. One of the area's top alt-country bands, The Molenes list many of my own favorites as influences; Son Volt, Whiskeytown, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, X, Ryan Adams, Drive-By Truckers... and oh yes, Big Star and The Replacements.

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And we ain't nobody's darlins, So just shut up and play that guitar Allmusic.com said of Lucero's "Dreaming in America": Flying by the seat of their pants, Southern indie rockers Lucero have eked out a career in music despite never receiving a royalty check from their first record company and watching their second label close its doors right as the band was getting hot. Add a charismatic,

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I gotta pick up the pieces of my life,I gotta start all over again... While reading a book called "The Show I'll Never Forget", where 50 authors described their most memorable concert-going experience, I couldn't help thinking about what concert I would write about. Even though I attended many of the shows that The Phoenix listed as "The 40 Greatest Concerts in Boston History", the one that I'd

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You pull into the 7-11, kickin' gravel and squealin' tires You want to hear The Clash, but they're playing "Frampton Comes Alive" We last saw Chuck Melchin of The Bean Pickers Union wearing a jacket and tie while ripping through a set of vintage V-Roy's songs at the Halloween Spectacular. That got our attention, as did the copy of "Potlatch" that we picked up at the show. If you like The

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Yeah I know, but sometimes I forget... Session Americana is a local treasure in the Boston Music Scene. They are made up of some great musicians and always put on a great show, having as much fun around their table as everyone in the audience. Here's the description from their website: Session Americana sit tightly around a small cafe table, ambient mics tuned to catch the whole sound of the

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Mark your calendars for this one... Saturday January 30, 2010 Rodfest 8 featuring: Three Day Threshold (CD Release Party) with Cassavettes and more bands TBA doors at 8 PM; 18+ show Ticket info at www.thedise.com/rockclub/listings.html In case you're not aware of this (8th annual) benefit show, here's some info from myspace.com/rodfest: Rodfest is a celebration of life and music. The goal

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We're an American band. We're coming to your town, we'll help you party down... OK, I couldn't resist the inside joke. The band auditioned for a Tom Cruise movie (filmed in MA) and were going play a Grand Funk song in a wedding scene. As reported on boston.com, they didn't get the part. Oh well, who needs a whole lotsa money or a big, fine car.... In all seriousness, they are really a great

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Every picture tells a story, don't it? No photographic evidence exists, but maybe that's not a bad thing. Suffice it to say that a good time was had by all. We had a table that was part of the stage for most of the show, so it doesn't get much better than that. Good to see Ali, Johnny and Melissa. Sarah Borges and Lyle Brewer (from her band, the Broken Singles) started the evening off doing

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I'm in love with rock & roll and I'll be out all night In case it's not familiar, the title "Faster miles an hour" comes from the song "Roadrunner" by Boston's Jonathon Richman and the Modern Lovers. The song came out in the early '70's and is still considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time (ranked #269 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time). Some writers, including the

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