Lord Nelson is two brothers, one greasy trombone, backbone bass, pocket drums, dirty south guitar and a hell of a lot of fun. The band was formed in 2012 by brothers, Kai [ … ]
Category: Featured Track
Fresh Track: Rachel Sumner “Shake & Shiver”
You know that quiver? The one you get when someone’s voice cuts deep into you and sends quakes throughout your body. That “full body chill” as my mom calls it. [ … ]
South Western Songs From The North East: Cowboy & Lady Debut ‘Fool With A Song’
Classic Country music comes from….Providence, Rhode Island? Well, ladies and gents, in this case that is the god’s honest truth. Cowboy & Lady (the duo of Tyler-James Kelly and Jess [ … ]
First Listen: The CarLeans “Irene”
There is a hurt in the tone and emotion of the tune “Irene” by The CarLeans. Jim Carpenter has a John Prine or late-in-life Johnny Cash whisper and cut to his [ … ]
Fresh Track: Ben Parent “Standing on the Corner of a Backroad in a Farmtown”
“Standing on the Corner of a Backroad in a Farmtown” sounds a bit like a mouthful Dylan song title, but the sound is somehting more of a cleaned up “Nebraska” [ … ]
First Listen: Nate Leavitt “Take Me Back”
Nate Leavitt has come to be known as a songwriter who can break your heart in 30 seconds of listening to one of his songs. His last record doesn’t release [ … ]
Track of the Week: David Bowie “Magic Dance”
With the breadth of Bowie’s genre bending and pioneering catalogue, it may seem strange to choose a track from the movie where his attire may be more famous than his [ … ]
Track of the Week: Nino Polizzi “When the River Thaws”
There is a very organic and real feeling to this tune from songwriter Nino Polizzi, but a confidence and pride in how he sings each word. With a slight rasp [ … ]
Track of the Week: Kate Hardly “Don’t Look at Him”
Kate Hardly is a new-ish name on the music scene here in town, at least in the fashion of branching out on her own. She has seemingly flew under the [ … ]
Duets: Hailey Magee & Maxwell Bailey
A big part of why I wanted to kick off the “Duets” project was to make a broader reach between musicians and songwriters within our New England community. I mean [ … ]