He’s My Brother She’s My Sister raises what I would deem a mellow raucous. The sibling fronted outfit seamlessly blends cosmic Southern California glitz with the down home qualities of alternative folk. They disregard synths and artificial drum loops, for music that wholeheartedly embraces the human sound. Robert Kolar (brother) and Rachel Kolar (sister) meet [...]

Make Do And Mend might currently reside in Boston, but they actually formed a little further south, in West Hartford. These guys have been making serious commotion in the post-hardcore scene since their 2006 debut, because their sound bears the grit that only bands from New England have. It’s a trait rooted in the hard [...]

Bring Our Music Back, Inc. will present the 2nd Annual Festival of Trees and Music at the Lyme Art Association, opening to the public the day after Thanksgiving, November 25th through December 4th, 2011.  The exhibit runs daily from 10a-6p! Ring in the holidays with a special visit to view the exhibit of over 36 decorated [...]

A mainstay of the downtown New Haven music scene, the GateHouse Band is a re-unified brigade of master-class blues musicians who all made their bones in the old days of the legendary Elm City juke joint, Café Nine. Their high-energy improvisational performance style of re-interpreted blues, rock and R& B classics recently garnered them top [...]

The Friday Night Live Music Coffeehouse Series starts this fall at the newly opened Songbird Café in Old Lyme, CT. The live music series features local homegrown emerging talent in conjunction with Bring Our Music Back, Inc. The Friday Night Coffeehouses will be from 7-9pm throughout the fall in the charming, unique “pied-a-terre” styled Songbird [...]

All in one weekend. Usually a tough decision , but not this weekend. You see, B Willie is headling at the North Haven Fair tonight, so you can do the mutli tasking thing. Get all the great fair foods like raised doughnuts, apple fritters, fried dough pizza, and so much more and catch B Wille [...]

It is official! Bring Our Music Back, Inc. has been awarded a 5-year contract from the State of Connecticut, to produce “August Nights at Harkness . . . Music the way it was!” at the revered state landmark, Harkness Memorial State Park, located along the shoreline in Waterford, CT. Starting on Thursday August 4th at [...]

The local music entertainment landscape is getting a major upgrade with the emergence of Carrie Johnson.  This past spring, The Carrie Johnson Band finished in the Top Four at a major radio station contest. Who is Carrie?  Carrie is a personable, sincere, and sassy; Singer, Songwriter, and Musician, all in one petite frame.  In the [...]

Man, does that name ever ring a big bell! Always a consummate musician, Brian MacDonald was an integral part of the fantastic Thunder Road, a tribute band long before the musical landscape was littered with tributes. Performing to wide acclaim from the late ‘70s into the early ‘90s, Brian and this ground breaking band pounded [...]

Sunday, July 10, 2011, Toad’s Place, New Haven CT. The era where the music industry has a vice grip on what “is” and “is not” music is coming to an end and try as it might, there is nothing the industry can do about it. According to Maria Manes, CEO of Mindz-I Entertainment Group, another [...]

Two NYC-based singer/songwriters will perform in CT on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3. Cassandra Kubinski, an Enfield native, will perform songs from her upcoming album, produced by Edd Kalehoff ( producer for Hank Williams, Jr, Jessica Simpson, Faith Hill, and many more). Annie Fitzgerald will perform songs from her recently released album “In [...]

Consider this a “Special Edition” of the “Weekend Update”, so to speak. Both of these bands have some big shows this weekend, so I want to make sure I get the word out on them. First up, B.Willie Smith. Many of us who have been around for a few years already know about BWS, but [...]

Former Guilford resident Naomi Sommers is back in the area for several musical performances, featuring some special reunions. Naomi, the daughter of Connecticut bluegrass musicians Beth Sommers and Phil Rosenthal, currently lives in Germany with her husband Greg Bewley (also from Guilford) and their young son Theo.  Naomi performs frequently throughout Europe. She toured Great [...]

Contrary to what all of you may think from some of my recent video postings on FB, I am not the type of music fan who listens to one genre 24/7. matter of fact, with the exception of 3 very specific styles, I listen to them all. And, I actually love working out to metal. [...]

J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, Boston, The Cars, The Joe Perry Project, Farrenheit, Jon Butcher Axis, Bellevue Cadillac.  These are just a few of the amazing bands that have brought the sound of Boston Rock around the world as far back as the 1970’s. Now the most accomplished musicians from these bands join together in one [...]