Monday, May 21, 2012
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Alternative music icon of Throwing Muses acclaim, singer/songwriter/guitarist Kristin Hersh is coming to Empire Dine & Dance for an intimate, cabaret style performance on Friday, August 17. For info and tickets head to portlandempire.com
Here's a clip of Hersh from last year:
Portland musician Zach Jones will be at the Portland Bull Moose Music (151 Middle St.) on Friday, June 1st at 5:30 p.m. for an acoustic in-store performance.
Jones is set to release his new "throw back soul album" called "Things Were Better" and its the follow-up to last year's "Broken Record."
This week's flyer is all about singer-songwriter Eric Bettencourt. He's releasing a limited edition covers EP called "Weightless Embrace" with a show at One Longfellow Square this weekend. Monique Barrett opens the show.
Check out the track listing!
The Resistance, a neo-classic style alternative/hard rock quartet from the Waterville area, took the honors of "Best Young Band in the State of Maine" in Reindeer Records' statewide Off-Ramp: Exit 27 high school band competition.
In a press release, The Reindeer Group provided the back-story.
The Maine Academy of Modern Music (MAMM) held their high-school band MAMM SLAM rock-Off this past weekend at Asylum. The Veayo Twins (Katherine and Kristen Yeayo) beat out 11 other bands and won $1,000 cash, recording studio time, studio tours and TV and radio appearances.
Congrats to The Veayo Twins! Head to theveayotwins.com for more scoop on the band.