Welcome back! Here are five local cuts to get you through the dog days of summer. Nes Tarot’s Psycho Tropics – “Slacky Adventures of Psychlone Funk” As the title suggests, this is a funky jam. Opening with off-kilter instrumentation and birdsong, the track snaps into place as it dances into the first verse. The vocals […]
Okee dokee folks… NINETEEN YEARS! Wow! I have now been writing columns in Motif for a little more than 19 years! I started writing for Motif an issue or two after it was born. At first I thought it was crazy that I was asked to write for the magazine, as the closest thing I […]
It is a fact that people use substances, both legal and illegal, for all sorts of reasons. Some are more socially acceptable while others are relegated to back rooms and locked bathroom stalls. All can have a positive or negative impact on a person and, if not used safely, can cause illness or death. Overdose […]
Okee dokee folks… This thought popped into my head today. When my duo, Fuzek-Rossoni, began playing open mics over 35 years ago, one of the first places we played was the Stone Soup “Hoot.” The late Richard Walton ran things back then and one of the things he always said that wound up burned in […]
The time is upon us for yet another edition of the historic Newport Jazz Festival. This year for a change of pace from past guides, I’m going to focus on artists or collaborations that may not garner the same recognition as some of the bigger names on the poster. Here are three picks for each […]
Paralleling this year’s events at Newport Folk Fest is a show called “ALL FEMALE FRONT: A Newport to Nashville Festival Night,” produced by Spring Street Productions at Newport Playhouse. Normally, you would only associate a playhouse with the typical plays and theater productions, but Newport’s one-and-only houses much more than just that! On Friday, July […]
It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a new album of sea shanties from Sharks Come Cruisin’ but that all changes this fall! The band will release their third full-length album with the lead single, “Pay Me My Money Down,” coming out on August 1. The single will be available for download via Bandcamp and […]
Okee dokee folks… I was fortunate to be in attendance for the Counting Crows/Dashboard Confessional show at Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) last night. The Crows were on their Banshee Season Tour and brought their friends along for the shows. To many folks this seemed like an odd pairing as one could not understand why […]
Okee dokee folks… The other night, July 8, I checked out a new, to me, venue, The Bank of NH Pavilion, and attended The Last Summer on Earth Tour with Barenaked Ladies, Five For Fighting, and Del Amitri. This very cool, outdoor concert amphitheater is located close to Lake Winnipesaukee and Laconia Airport. This area […]
The ukuleleists pose with Paws of the PawSox (before he emigrated). Next time you’re waiting in line at your favorite food truck, local ukulele band The Unlikely Strummers might serenade you with a tune all about your order. Unlikely Strummers’ director Cindy Miller put together an ensemble of roughly 30 musicians after a ukulele class […]