When I got a press release about a new album being released titled “December,” I knew I wanted to feature it in the month that shares the name. Ever since I started doing this, I’ve wanted to cover seasonal albums during this special time of year, and music had such an impact on me growing […]

Back last month, I missed the opportunity to run a story on singer/songwriter Eleanor Buckland to promote her performance at One Longfellow Square on Nov. 11 — that show was a CD-release gig for her debut solo CD, “You Don’t Have To Know.” She does have three earlier releases as a member of the Boston-based […]

Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with many blues performers and one of my favorites happens to be coming up to a new-to-me venue in Sidney called the Snow Pond Center for the Arts, and it’s there on Dec. 9 that Shemekia Copeland will be electrifying the audience with her own signature […]

Believe it or not, I remember an old TV talent show called “Star Search” hosted by Ed McMahon (long before “America’s Got Talent” or “The Voice” or others of that ilk) and it was in 1983 when a young band named Sawyer Brown made up of Mark Miller, Bobby Randall, Joe Smyth, Jim Scholten and […]

I really enjoy covering events other than the musical variety, so it was an easy “Yes!” when I was offered a chance to chat with local comedian Dennis Fogg about his upcoming gig at Johnson Hall on Nov. 20. I remember seeing parts of an episode of “Restaurant Impossible” on the Food Network that featured […]

A little over a year ago, in the middle of the pandemic, I chatted with Gerald Brann, who performs as Elton John in the Yellow Brick Road tribute band, about a performance his group had coming up on Nov. 20 at the Somerset Abbey in Madison. Fast forward a year and the opportunity arose to […]

To begin with, Carbon Leaf is one of the best independent bands out there today, their lyrics are complex and highly emotive while their music not only defies categorization but is all-inclusive of nearly every genre you can think of. In my book, they are one of the few groups that can surprise and delight […]

I’ve known Denny Breau for many, many years and unabashedly confess to be a complete fan of his amazing skills on his 6-string, acoustic guitar. This Mainer, son of RCA recording artists Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, began playing his instrument of choice when he was 9 years old and was performing professionally by […]