I love jazzy funk music, I just do. I love how it oozes charisma with every note and it’s awfully hard to not feel good while listening to it. I’m also a sucker for a horn section, which jazz-funk has an endless supply of. Hailing from Denver, The Motet have…

A lot of people look back at the music they listened to during their formative years during their late teens and early 20s and I’m not afraid to say I’m one of them. When I was starting college during the mid-2000s, one of the many bands I got into was…

I first got into Billy Nomates through the track “Mork n’ Mindy” she collaborated with fellow British act Sleaford Mods off the album Spare Ribs that came out in 2021. I was really impressed by her vocal presence that had her singing in an effortlessly soulful way. After first hearing…

The music scene in my home city of Providence, Rhode Island is still going strong in persevering way. Despite many musical & artistic fixtures passing away (RIP Pete McClanahan, Mike Schiavone, Luke Randall, Nick Iddon, Shane Manzi & Ned Cronin), this special community is honoring them by consistently creating and…

At the start of 2022, blues-rock dynamos Dred Buffalo began to take the New England region of the United States by storm. The quartet consisting of vocalist Alerisa Rose, guitarist Chase Cavacco, drummer Logan Underwood and bassist Nate Svogun have wowed a lot of folks around the area with an…

While casual music fans might know him from his time collaborating with Jack White as part of The Raconteurs, Brendan Benson has put out some fantastic music as a solo artist. He has a poetic lyrical delivery as the music he creates establishes a unique edge while creeping over artistic…

I’ll just go ahead and say it, Elder is one of my favorite metal bands both currently and all-time. I got to see the Berlin via New Bedford, Massachusetts act for the first time when they shredded up the stage at AS220 around six years ago in my home city…

Along with being the guitarist & producer for the Austin, Texas psychedelic soul band Black Pumas, Adrian Quesada is making some music of his own. His solo material pays tribute to his experience of growing up on the border of multiple countries, cultures and languages. Musically this results in groovy…

Regardless of the style, music is always meant to pushed into different directions. With every song a new avenue is paved and with every record there’s a new block, rotary, cul de sac or whatever else you want to call it. Artistic growth is vital for the craft to thrive…