May 8, 2008

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He’s got the nice guy blues
Brooks Young Band opens for B.B. King (again)
By Brian Early bearly@hippopress.com

When the Brooks Young Band opens for B.B. King next Saturday, it will be the band’s second time.

Another round of Firepower
Hip-hop group Monkey Biz releases third album
By Brian Early bearly@hippopress.com

Local hip-hop collective Monkey Biz recently released its latest installment of Firepower, a series of albums.

CLASSICAL MUSIC
NEWS: How's it going to end?
REVIEWS: New music in Nashua
PREVIEWS: Manchester Choral Society to sing "Songs of Travel"
by Jeff Rapsis

To listen to this week's songs, click on the link below

To listen to these artists, click on the links below

5/1/08 Dancing in the streets
5/1/08 Starbucks soundtrack changes at night

4/24/08 Finding the music in a wider world
4/24/08 Gypsy jazz at the Farm
4/17/08 From Idaho with love
4/17/08 A Ph.D. in flute
4/10/08 Ready to (pop) rock
4/10/08 The traditional flute player
4/3/08 Family, money, life — poast-goat
4/3/08 Building the crowds
3/27/08 Sorta bluegrass
3/27/08 Hold your horses
3/20/08 White-hot foosball action
3/20/08 Representing for Northeast hip-hop
3/13/08 Find the Irish in you?
3/13/08 Brian Regan cleans up
3/06/08 The $24,000 drink
3/06/08 Help for a fellow funnyman
2/28/08 The brand new same old Ani
2/28/08 On the Scene: Jazz uncovered
2/21/08 Flaming electric harp
2/21/08 Ground zero for rock that uplifts
2/14/08 20-year-old jazz prodigy tours
2/14/08 Eats drinks, dancing and sports
2/7/08 Still rocking our but with a mature sound
2/7/08 A Valentine's night out
1/31/08 Funkfoot wiggles its toes
1/31/08 Metal on the move
1/24/08 Ready in 10 is ready now
1/24/08 Cadillacs back on the road
1/17/08 Who's the greatest Guitar Hero
1/17/08 Country palooza
1/10/08 A lethal dose of rock
1/10/08 Are you jammer material?
1/3/08 Living the metalcore fairy tale
1/3/08 Still keeping the party going
12/27/07 Where to be when midnight strikes
12/27/07 Where to watch the game
12/20/07 Going black tie
12/20/07 Jam on Monday
12/13/07 Fighting words
12/13/07 Haute trashion
12/6/07 Jonathan Scott: making Manch country
12/6/07 Five bands, one night
11/29/07 Let the music happen
11/29/07 Locally grown be-bop
11/22/07 New era in music, again
11/22/07 Local album lights up
11/15/07 Going where the piano leads
11/15/07 Rude renewed
11/8/07 Stockbridge presents — on its own
11/8/07 Last night at the Uptown
11/1/07 deSoL brightens Manchester
11/1/07 Tito and tutus
10/25/07 deSoL brightens Manchester
10/25/07 Tito and tutus
10/18/07 Saying farwell to the Uptown
10/18/07 Sharing the sound
10/11/07 Suggestions from the audience
10/11/07 Bringing in the bands
10/04/2007 Are you a skater girl?
10/04/2007 Bands galore at 2nd annual FIREFest
9/27/2007 Young soloist gets gigs
9/27/2007 They're so heavy
9/20/2007 FIREfest doubles the fun
9/20/2007 A guitar, a keyboard, a drumset
9/13/2007 Birthdays and Bahama
9/13/2007 Dark Americana indie folk
9/6/2007 Bringing musica of the 'real one' north
9/6/2007 Slow but steady
8/30/2007 He's got the funk
8/30/2007 T-shirt based world aid
8/23/2007 Learn to pick, grin
8/23/2007 On drums, everywhere
8/16/2007 Learn to pick, grin
8/16/2007 Going for it'
8/9/2007 Voiceovers, solo albums, PB & bacon
8/9/2007 Mr. Bogois meets 'Mr. Jones'
8/2/2007 Five years of blues
8/2/2007 Catch the Grift
7/26/2007 Revolution-era house offers old and new
7/26/2007 Pop rock, with a side of metal
7/19/2007 Billy Sheehan, Doug Pinnick on bass
7/19/2007 Hey there food court
7/12/2007 P-Nut explains 311
7/12/2007 Still keeping it smooth
7/5/2007 Give it up for the other bands
7/5/2007 Music lover's mash-up
6/28/2007 New Hampshire is a little bit country
6/28/2007 Hip-hop comes to Concord
6/21/2007 Cruefest lives
6/21/2007 Rocking the Wal-Mart
6/14/2007 Hot tunes on Hanover Street
6/14/2007 Festival beyond the music
6/7/2007 Progressive roots rock with a bit of 'Crazy'
6/7/2007 Jazz-inspired pop, with horn section
5/31/2007 In a dangerous time
5/31/2007 Introducing 'metalodic rock'
5/24/2007 Soca in SoNH
5/24/2007 'Royal poet of Manch'
5/17/2007 New life on Queen City Ave
5/17/2007 Keeping it clean
5/10/2007 Finger work
5/10/2007 Taking the party to the people
5/3/2007 Pop kids
5/3/2007 The kids get jazz
4/26/2007 Hometown favorite has versatile vocals
4/26/2007 Full Tilt is full of energy
4/19/2007 'ne musician, one guitar
4/19/2007 Album first, then fans
4/12/2007 'Generation Rx' fever
4/12/2007 Saying goodbye to Robin
4/5/2007 Milford Idol
4/5/2007 The girls can rock
3/29/2007 Rockin' country/countrified rock
3/29/2007 Making rock stars
3/22/2007 Letting the kids play
3/22/2007 Meet Mr. Sexyback
3/15/2007 Gentleman penguin farmer
3/15/2007 Double your Irish
3/8/2007 Manchester gets another Irish pub
3/8/2007 Helping out Rev. Cannibal Chicken
3/1/2007 Dining with your dancing
3/1/2007 Filth gets around
2/22/2007 Drums, beware
2/22/2007 Hip-hop, relaxed
2/15/2007 Not afraid of the mandolin
2/15/2007 Club Nashua
2/8/2007 Rocking you acoustically
2/8/2007 Just the good parts
2/1/2007 Hip-hop is not dead
2/1/2007 Musical army of one
1/25/2007 Loud music and much more
1/25/2007 The nation is listening
1/18/2007 A new breed of funk
1/18/2007 Connecting bands to fans
1/11/2007 Something strangely familiar
1/11/2007 Rattling the cage
1/4/2007 Moe's Haven presents Manchester
1/4/2007 Small band. big funk
12/28/2006 Party into next year
12/28/2006 Raining CDs in 2007
12/21/2006 Royalty of the 603
12/21/2006 New Year's resolution: No more 80s
12/14/2006 Slam Poetry finally gerts a team NH
12/14/2006 Radio free NE
12/07/2006 More than the one-word song
12/07/2006 The Lizards are everywhere
11/30/2006 Spanish music with an Arabic flavor
11/30/2006 Soakin' in the sound
11/23/2006 Brimmer goes Supernova-ish
11/23/2006 Holiday rock opera with lasers
11/16/2006 An all-chick show
11/16/2006 'Dynamic pop rock'
11/9/2006 Whole lotta drama
11/9/2006 One man ISO band
11/2/2006 Return of the class clown
11/2/2006 Ameranouche's gypsy jazz
10/26/2006 Tiff on the piano
10/26/2006 Two days, 30-plus bands
10/19/2006 Three days of face-melting metal
10/19/2006 In the Mike business
10/12/2006 Bloody rock band
10/12/2006 Jazz men
10/05/2006 Latin/soul/R&B/hip-hop/acoustic rock show
10/05/2006 reunion and goodbye
09/28/2006 'The Whistler' on flute
09/28/2006 Meet the Tides
09/21/2006 Doing business, hip-hop style
09/21/2006 Generating heat
09/14/2006 High on energy
09/14/2006 They're here all fall
09/07/2006 Play with Randozz
09/07/2006 Singing, drinking and weeding
08/31/2006 Staind wants its due
08/31/2006 Travel the world in Lowell
08/24/2006 Mr. Dancehall speaks
08/24/2006 Hard working mama
08/17/2006 Get into garage
08/17/2006 Flavors of kiwi
08/10/2006 Jamie's musical experiment
08/10/2006 Crazy Jane, hard workers
08/03/2006 Spiderbite hits double digits
08/03/2006 Project Goth star
07/27/2006 An uneasy relationship between clubs, booze
07/27/2006 From polka to bluegrass to Vietnamese eats
07/20/2006 A complicated individual
07/20/2006 Married to music
07/13/2006 Manchester's own Rock Star
07/13/2006 Poker and bikes, for a cause
07/06/2006 From karaoke to album
07/06/2006 Rock wunderkind
06/29/2006 Rhumba and foxtrot, veggies and dip
06/29/2006 Can't slow down the Stack
06/22/2006 Be a good neighbor
06/22/2006 Saying goodbye to all thsoe burritos
06/15/2006 Granite State finds its voice on the Edge
06/15/2006 Christian rock is how we roll
06/08/2006 Farewell, Ted Hebert
06/08/2006 Sleeping with strangers and bandmates
06/01/2006 We're still here!
06/01/2006 My name is Luka
05/25/2006 Sky Show pays tribute to rock and roll
05/25/2006 Win a date witha waitress
05/18/2006 Milling out the music
05/18/2006 Dancing without a liscense
05/11/2006 Dreaming about Alaska
05/11/2006 Up and down again
05/04/2006 Jazz and Red Sox at the J
05/04/2006 Get a girl and learn to dance
04/27/2006 Meet Virginia in New Hampshire
04/27/2006 Hand in hand on Hammond
04/20/2006 You're so lame ...
04/20/2006 Saying good-bye to Hi-Fi
04/13/2006 Getting schooled by a BusBoy
04/13/2006 Bach in a box
04/06/2006 Rage in the cage
04/06/2006 Rockin' at Rocko's
03/30/2006 So, you think you're funny ...
03/30/2006 The Wickedness of Jada Pinkett Smith
03/23/2006 Welcome to the hall of records
03/23/2006 Iceman of steel
03/16/2006 KISS army unites
03/16/2006 Face to face with TnA
03/09/2006 Celebrating soul, Dublin style
03/09/2006 Tossed salads, egotistical giants and real blood
03/02/2006 Jamie Dominic: The next big thing?
03/02/2006 Aerosmith rocks the Verizon Arena
02/23/2006 Beats, beads and breasts
02/23/2006 Taking nothing to the extreme
02/16/2006 Breaking down breakdancing
02/16/2006 A battle is brewing
02/09/2006 Pit stop for hip-hop
02/09/2006 The Jazz man speaks
02/09/2006 Classical: From Russia with updating
02/02/2006 Classical: Nashua Symphony to perform
02/02/2006 Classical: Bach's 'Well Tempered Clavier' in Concord
02/02/2006 Classical: Mozart's birthday bash in Concord
02/02/2006 Nite: Abba Cadabara
02/02/2006 Nite: U-God's kung-fu not strong enough
01/26/2006 Classical: Philharmonic Chamber Players at Currier
01/26/2006 Classical: All-Mozart concert in Concord
01/26/2006 Classical: Nashua Philharmonic stages family concerts
01/26/2006 Classical : Granite Stae Opera stages Oscar Wilde workshop
01/26/2006 Nite: Murder at Del Vaudo's
01/26/2006 Nite: Catch the live vibe
01/19/2006 Classical: Something Wilde
01/19/2006 Nite: Making a Tree Sing
01/12/2006 Classical: Win Tickets!
01/12/2006 Nite: A.K.A. can really pay
01/05/2006 Classical: Lend them your ears
01/05/2006 Nite: Predicting the future
A concert for Chris Allain
A guide to reaching guitar-god status
Addicted To Cowboy Tunes
Another Concert With A Cause
Averi, The Everyone Band
Everyday Green   (website)
A Fan's Must
A look at Kelly Clarkson
Aloha Lava
Best of Bush
Bob Desmarais, NHTunes-Meister
Brian Vander Ark's Resurrection
Building a hip-hop scene
Country-Fried Bacon Bits
Dan Maimone - Music Promoter
Dave Dicenso
Dave Matthews and friends set to play the V
Evan Goodrow, dictator
Finding the Holy Grail of jazz
Four Sticks
Frederick Moyer, Jazzing Up Gershwin
Gems Of The Baroque
Gwen Stefani, love, Angel, Music, Baby
Hits And Misses On The Album Trail
Dave Clark; Caroline Gulde
Holiday Pops Roundup
Hollywood Allstarz
i   (website)
Idolatry comes to the V
Invasion of the iPod People
iPop, iTune, Therefore iAM
It's Christmas With The Devil's Music
K.D. Bell
Koko Taylor - Royal Blue
James Montgomery Returns To Manchester
Jonatha Brooke, The 'Circus' Comes To Town
Keeping the music real
Liking The Mike At The Tupelo Music Hall
Living in “Hair Nation”
Looking For The Berklee Label?
Looking back at 2005
Losers embrace technology
Make It A Classical Holiday
Mark's Showplace
Manchester Is Awash In Opera
McLachlan Wows Verizon
Melissa Auf der Maur
Men at Work frontman Colin Hay
Mike Morris, What Has He Done?
Music from 'Garden State'
Nashua Chamber Orchestra
NH Philharmonic's 100th Season
Philharmonic Launches Pop Season
Ray Chesna, Songwriter/Performer
Relax, they’ve got you covered
Richie Havens, Bringing Us "Back To The Garden"
Road Leads Kellogg Here
Rocking the cliché
Ryan Shaughnessy
Rubyhorse
'Savoy' Truffle, A Musical Delicacy
Scissor Sisters
Searching For Empire Idol
Shannachie
Sky Show Soaks Up The Rain
Take me to your leader
The Best Sounding Movies Of Fall
The Bop Ants
The Different Drummer
The Everyday Visuals
The Fate Of All Tyrants
The FIXX is in, not out
The 5th Beatle Speaks Out
The Shaw Brothers
The Soul Band
The View From The Recording Studio
The Year's Best Concerts And Opera
The Zutons
Thinking Aloud
Those Who Wait
To battle or not to battle?
Tom Rush Rules Tupelo
Top classical performances of 2005
Unfinished business
Wake up to Chester
Welcoming The Divine Miss M
What's 'Moving' At Newbury Comics
When you are the star
Your No So Very Far From Tupelo
Vegas Temper

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