Ed nukes his ukes

Punk Ukulele? Sounds like peanut butter and ketchup right, two mixed doesn't sound good. Well think again, Mr. Ed White ladies and gentlemen. From doing Ramones covers from I Wanna Be Sedated to KKK Took My Baby Away he blows up the stage at the Cantab lounge in Boston. I met Ed on Artist Row this summer while he did a gig at the store me and my fiance Virginia had with another couple, Sara and Dan. Sara knew Ed from her college days but haven't seen him in years. They corresponded and a couple of weeks later Ed was at Artist Row with his trusty uke setting up. I talked to him at first for a while and was blown away at how nice of a guy he was, then he started playing. Punk played on a ukulele sounds amazing!! Not only does Ed play covers of punk songs but he writes his own as well. My favorite having to be I Thought Your Boyfriend Was A Lesbian or The Bronco Rides again (Tribute to the hatred of OJ). With the energy of a young man and the wit of a old man Ed plows through songs like a hurricane. Everyone should listen to the great Ed White, just like the lucky crowds at the famous Cantab!! Uke till ya puke Ed!!

There's a Storm Brewing

Art and music go so well together. They are like two conjoined twins that are too proud to be torn apart. But nothing's more brilliant than Album art. The size of a record is just too perfect to display beautiful artwork. It's not just all about the music anymore, a beautiful cover can sell a record just as well as a strong voice. I find no greater pleasure than listening to a great album and just staring at the album cover blankly trying to conjure up what the band or the cover artist was thinking about when they reached the conclusion to the completion of the then thought to be greatest album ever to be recorded on God's green earth.

So album art has been around since the beginning of albums. Around the '60's is when they just didn't feel the need to keep putting the artists face on the cover anymore. Something more surreal would be better. To keep the buyers not just interested in the artist but the art as well. The greatest surreal album artist of all time in my personal opinion and plenty of others as well has got to be Storm Thorgerson.

The man who did great albums for bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Peter Gabrial, Muse, Audioslave, Paul Macartney, Steve Miller, Styx, Yes, etc.

He was the main player in the graphic art group called Hipgnosis. From Houses Of The Holy to the iconic Dark Side Of The Moon they created amazing artwork that has been regarded as mind blowing by millions.
Storm artwork has been displayed in gallery's all over the world.

Blues Is Her Business And Business Is Booming

Her voice pairs well deep down in the delta. You can find her in the pubs and clubs of New England belting out a great diversity of songs such as the one posted (Willie and the Hand Jive), Midnight Special, Ring of Fire, Walking the Dog, etc. She recently started playing at GASWorks on Artists' Row in Salem, MA. There you can find her voice stopping people in their tracks. She can even be compared as the Siren of the blues, trapping people with her voice from far away and carrying them down the corridors of the Row to marvel in her ability to sing her heart out. I’m lucky enough to call her a friend.

Lisa Marie’s a Boston based blues singer that shares her talent all the way from RI up to Maine. Her voice is mostly compared to Janis Joplin (although she doesn’t really sing a lot of Janis) she explains that she loves just singing songs that she listens to and loves. I have no complaints, there’s no better feeling than sitting on a chair at the Row across from Lisa and listening to her wide array of songs (something different every time). She comes with her little box of musical nick naks and just sings better than anyone I’ve seen in years.

There’s no slowing down for her, from the first song she belts out to the very last she gives it her all. It’s not rare to see a crowd of dancing fiends shake their stuff while Lisa makes the songs her own. She always has an amazing guitarist sitting next to her be it Eric Reirden, Silvertone Steve, etc. Also the great Mamadou Diop sits in every time he has a chance and wails on the African drum on the other side of Lisa and never misses a beat with every song she puts down. I advise everyone who reads this to check out Lisa’s website at http://www.zyworld.com/lisamarie13/ and watch the video that I’ve posted above. She’s always amazing live. Not only is she an amazing singer but a really great person all in all. Thank you Lisa Marie for the fun times.