Make it funky
Shakedown is a Vermont-based Afrobeat/funk band that plays covers and original tunes. Their focus is on getting the audience to dance to horns, vocals and a boombastic rhythm section. Members are an offshoot of Brattleboro-based Alafia. Saturday, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m....
Music Review: “Penny Black” by Jubilee Riots, formerly Enter the Haggis
Jubilee Riots Penny Black (Independent release) In March 1995, Toronto musician Craig Downie was down on his luck — he had a few songs written for an impending gig, and no band to play them. But within a week or two, his contacts in the city’s Celtic music community...
Badfish sounds good to me
If you’re a member of Gen X, Sublime holds a special place in your heart. In the late ’90s, the band was playing the songs of your summer. Prozac for your ear is how I heard 99.3’s Leslie describe them, and that’s pretty accurate. Sublime released their megahit...
Nightcrawler: Crushing It
Lori McKenna hit the musical trifecta earlier this month with a song she penned for the group Little Big Town. “Girl Crush” premiered at number one on Billboard’s Hot Country 100 back in December of 2014. Last month, it won “Song of the Year” at the 49th annual...E-Edition
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