I first met Mark Cutler back in the late ’70s and early ’80s, while Mark’s band, The Schemers, and my band, played a lot of the same venues in Rhode Island.  I’ve always admired him as a great singer, musician and songwriter, and he always picked great songs to cover …

Dawn Alberts is a classically trained vocalist-turned-rocker.  She grew up in Tiverton, RI, and she’s the lead singer for Broke Since Tuesday, and Over The Edge, and Stricken, So… She’s also collaborated on tracks with heavy hitters such as Gary Ramsey of Kings Mountain, North Carolina and John Wooten of …

The first time I saw J.Kelley perform was at the Pour Farm Tavern.  I was really impressed with his great originals and his interesting takes on cover songs.  I had previously heard some cuts from his first album, and was not disappointed with the live version! He sings, plays guitar, …

We bowed three times. It didn’t feel like enough to me. There was a huge crowd at the Ginger Grill Sunday afternoon.  Friends and family of Jay Ghim gathered in one place (actually two places- the crowd spilled over into the Pour Farm Tavern) to honor the man and say …

While all of us listen to music, many of us do not know just how much work goes into completing an entire album.  Along with my recording partner Dori Legge, I recently finished recording one, entitled Tickets To The Moon. Here are the steps we had to take in order …

It has been a gradual, almost imperceptible progression, like a long fuse burning in a B-movie western.  No Problemo.  Green Bean.  Calico.  Solstice.  The Pour Farm Tavern.  One by one these businesses opened downtown, adding their names to the ranks of the already-established Freestones, Cat Walk Bar & Grill, Candleworks, …

After all the mudslinging had ceased and the innuendo had subsided, it was time to vote. Now, if I had listened to all the party ads and believed what I had heard, then each candidate was a crook, a degenerate, a liar or worse: a Liberal (heaven forbid!). The barrage …

Disclaimer: I am in no way a classical music expert- just a starving rock musician. He hit the stage like a rock star, dressed in black, long ebon hair, his ax under his arm.  But the ax was not a guitar and the star was the violinist Stefan Jackie. I …

On Saturday October 23, Rose Alley Ale House is having A COSTUME CONTEST FOR A CURE, which is an outdoor event in partnership with the TriTown Relay for Life that you won’t want to miss!!! Tickets are $15 and proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. There’s going to be …

I rarely save a ticket stub. Let’s see: Yaz Day at Fenway (Carl’s retirement celebration in 1983), Paul McCartney at Schaefer Stadium (2nd row), Bruce Springsteen Boston Garden (1978 Badlands Tour)- that’s about it. But I’m saving my Z ticket from last night’s performance of “Death of a Salesman”.  Christopher …