The CD, on local label Vee-Ron Records, may not be to everyone's taste, but if anything in the above description appeals to you, it's surely worth checking out.
Scott Weis Band, Have a Li'l Faith
On the flip side of the blues, The Scott Weis Band crunches in with a new CD of horn-driven Memphis soul and muscular, gravelly blues-rock. Has there been a lack of Joe Cocker in your life lately? How about that guy from The Commitments - whatever happened to him? Pop in this CD and get your fix. Deeply soulful, full of authentic religious feeling and chunky grooves, this is satisfying stuff.
OUT AND ABOUT: Jefferson Thomas churned out a tight, melodic and altogether impressive set of original, seventies-style soulful rock at Arlene Grocery last night... The St. Cecilia Chorus, which includes singer-songwriter Ari Scott, celebrated a hundred years of musicmaking with sparkling performances of Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony last week. Their legendary conductor since 1965, David Randolph, is still going strong into his nineties... New York City's equally legendary CBGB is really - really, this time - going to be closing down in a few months. You still have time to catch my band, Whisperado, playing at CB's Lounge on Saturday, May 13. For you out-of-towners, it's a perfect opportunity to come and say goodbye to the old dump.
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