Show You Should Know: The Suitcase Junket at The Sinclair (5/31) Featured Concert Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - May 24, 20170 The Suitcase Junket has been around. Traveling about New England, the US and beyond with a trunk full of...well, trunks and other odds and ends used to create a vibrant and eclectic collection of sounds. Matt Lorenz has been at this thing for a while now and seems to be constantly thinking of ways to evolve an already evolutionary style that he has conjured up from the back shelves of thrift stores and throw aways from alleys and dumpsters. Turning trash into treasure, and some beautifully explosive moments. 2015's "Make Time" was an early favorite of that year for us here on RLR and landed on our early favorites of the year list, proclaiming, "Matt Lorenz is simply amazing...awe-inspiring, his writing
VT Show You Should Know: Session Americana at Brigg’s Opera House (WRJ, VT 5/7) Featured Concert Music Features Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - May 5, 20170 For those not fully enveloped by all that Waking Windows has to offer this weekend...or hell, those of you looking for an escape of the inevitable craziness of running from venue to venue to see an INSANE amount of fantastic bands this weekend we suggest getting on down to the quaint scenery of White River Junction and checking out the always entertaining Session Americana. Cozy...but feverous. The band is uptempo, energetic and entertaining as all hell, but they sit pleasantly around a table as they pick through tunes written by them, friends and old classic, occasionally sip something out of a bottle or lowball glass and...well, you just need to be there to know. This is something not to be missed if
Show You Should Know: Space Between, Julia Mark and Three At Home (Gallery 263, 4/28) Featured Concert Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - April 27, 20170 Its always nice to go to a show and see a good band. Going to a show and seeing two good bands, well heck thats fantastic...but 3 acts in one night? Unheard of you say? Then get on over to Gallery 263 tomorrow evening and take it in for yourself. The triple bill sees newish rockers Space Between, piano extraordinaire and singer Julia Mark and duo Three At Home taking to the intimate space that Gallery 263 offers to its patrons. Its a heck of a great place to take in a show and this is one you should get down for. Space Between (strictly been told this name is NOT inspired by the Dave Mathews songs) is a newer addition to
Show You Should Know: Mile Twelve and Old Salt Union @ The Burren (May 5th) Featured Concert Music Features Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - April 18, 2017April 18, 20170 We had a good ol' time last September with the folks of Mile Twelve in the old boiler room area at Freshgrass. Since that time the band has added the mandolin prowess of David Bendict to the mix and are teaming up with another Freshgrass alumni band to take some good old fashioned bluegrass music to the back room at The Burren in Davis Square. "With in-depth musical compositions, a catchy hook, and a high- energy metaphorical punch to the gut, they are truly front runners in the new generation of string music" is a hard tagline to ignore, and Old Salt Union surely lives up to it. Intertwining traditional bluegrass with jazz infused inspiration and a bit of blues for
Show You Should Know: Lula Wiles, Sean Trischka’s Corporate Punk, Greg Liszt and Dietrich Strause and BBC comedian, Ben Ashenden (The Burren, April 13th) Featured Concert by Brian Carroll - April 12, 2017April 12, 20170 Despite how dire the world looks these days there has been a beacon of light that I have seen amongst the music community, and that has been pulling together to support what they believe in. Be it artists donating all of their sales for a month or compilations put together for the ACLU or a Lady Hang for Planned Parenthood, people have been using their art as a voice and support system for the things that matter most to them. This Thursday evening is no different, as some of Boston's brightest young folky talent descends on The Burren in Somerville alongside BBC comedian Ben Ashenden to raise money for pediatric cancer patients at MGH. “The Boston folk scene has always been supportive
Show You Should Know: The Grand -Lady Hang @ Passim (Benefit for Planned Parenthood) 3/28 Featured Concert by Brian Carroll - March 27, 20170 Its always special to see one of your favorite acts on a stage...its like, a completely mind blowing experience when there is a whole host of them on a stage together collaborating, making beautiful sounds and genuinely just being totally badass. That will unfold tomorrow evening at Club Passim when not one, not two, but 7 incredibly talented artists do just that. The Grand-Lady hang will see Rachel Sumner, Aurora Birch, Deni Hlavinka, Holly McGarry, Katie Martucci, Eleanor Buckland & Isa Burke take to the stage at the legendary listening room that is Club Passim to raise money to benefit Planned Parenthood. Rachel Sumner (Twisted Pine, Sumner & Moss) tells us the idea, "started out as a round at Passim's campfire. that
Show You Should Know: Aoife O’ Donovan, Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge (3/19 Burlington, VT) Featured Concert Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - March 17, 2017March 17, 20170 Warning: broken record announcement. Aoife O' Donovan is one of our favorites and the chance to catch her up here in our new home of Vermont is something we have eagerly anticipated for the past 9 months of living here. The icing on the cake of musical delectability and virtuous prowess: she is on tour with two of the finest pickers to ever pick a pickin' machine, Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge. The show is this Sunday and in the type of venue that best serves this type of music: a listening space. A spot where each note, each word, can properly decant itself out into the audience and the appreciation for the subtlety of brilliant songwriting and interwoven guitar lines that take
Show You Should Know: For the Sake of the Song – Hank Williams (Loretta’s Last Call, Boston, MA) Featured Concert by Brian Carroll - March 15, 2017March 15, 20170 While the rest of the bars in Boston are loading in kegs of green light beer and working on pouring their perfect pint of Guinness, Loretta's Last Call will be slinging Lonestars and well whiskey to the sad songs of Hank Williams brought to you by our friends at the kick ass series "For the Sake of the Song" and New England to Nashville. The two entities have teamed up in the past for great events and this one should be no different. Coupling artists that may be on the slightly more commercial side of country with those with Americana and American roots leanings, sharing audiences and a common respect for the man, the myth, the legend that is good
HEY VERMONT! : Lula Wiles at W. Newbury Hall (Newbury, VT) March 12 Featured Concert Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - March 6, 20170 I don't need to say this, but since I have transplanted to a new state in the last 9 months and all my fellow green mountain staters may not have heard me say this enough: you need to see Lula Wiles. The badass songstress trio with harmonies that would make a chorus of angels envious and songs of love lost (and a murder ballad or two) that would make them blush comes to the Northeastern part of the state this coming weekend...and you should be there too. Check out this live video we shot of the gals a while back and head below to get your tickets. We will see you there! Tickets are 20 bucks and well worth the price of admission.
Show You Should Know: Sunaana Fest in Portland, Maine This Weekend Featured Concert Uncategorized by Brian Carroll - March 2, 20170 It has been unseasonably warm these past few weeks and while we still have a nice base layer of snow up here in VT its slowly been seeping up that grayed, brownish dirt hue that makes a rolling white hill of beauty turn into a mushy field of...yuuuuck. The good news is that the season of festivals is drawing close and already the Sunaana Festival in Portland, Maine makes a very early appearance and opportunity to catch 12 bands in a weekend...oh, and did we mention there will be A LOT of real good beer? From the festy folks: Bold and cold! Sunaana is a winter festival created to embrace the time of year when the days are short and the nights are