Posts Tagged Ricky Valente
The Scene – Surprise Ricky Valente Show in Somerville
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on November 1st, 2009
Friday September 4th I was working my day away, as normally I do Monday through Friday. I had it in my head I was staying in and catching up on typing reviews from shows I’d seen. Around 2pm, Ricky Valente gave me a call, I assumed just to check in and talk about the concluding night of his tour in Philly, but Ricky had a surprise for me. Mike Levesque, Ricky’s friend and drummer for more then a half dozen years, had a gig in Somerville that night at Sally O’Brien’s with one of his other many bands, and secured Ricky a closing spot for the evening. If they could make it from Philadelphia to Somerville in time. An impromptu tour finale show, within reasonable driving distance, I was so there. Throughout the rest of my work day I sent a few texts and general social notifications around to gather some company. Ultimately able to persuade my brother Tim to come for the ride, we took off north towards Somerville around 7:30 and made some decent time, we arrived in time to catch a bit of The Callous Stars set, and the entirety of The Montgomerys. Read the rest of this entry »
Local Flavors – Fall 2009 Free Sampler Download
Posted by Sully in Local Flavors, The Scene on September 5th, 2009
An appetizer picked from the local sampling of musical acts in the area. Tastes of hip hop, reggae, punk, rock, jam, fusion, jazz, Latin, funk, blues, psychedelic, and folk are represented to satiate the widest variety of music loving palates. Download available for comfortable in home listening, and designed to fit on an 80 minute CD to take with you to go, and share with friends!
Tracklist after the break!
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Tunes Around Town – July Closes Out with a Bang and a Thump
Posted by Sully in The Scene, Tunes Around Town on July 26th, 2009
July has been an astounding month for Live Music in the area. Currently I have 32 sets worth of videos and reviewing to do, from 26 different musical acts, all seen from 7/8/09 – 7/18/09. I can’t let it stop me with so many shows going on this week, I foresee many more sets seen before I finish the next review. Without further adieu, here’s what you should keep an eye out for this week! Read the rest of this entry »
The Scene – June 11th, Headed to NYC for Ricky Valente at Arlene’s and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Posted by Sully in Live Review, The Scene on July 1st, 2009
Mike at the kit and Ricky tuning up for the set
A few months ago Ricky Valente alerted me to this particular gig he had in June, allowing Nicole and myself a lengthy enough heads up to take some time off work. We took June 11th and 12th off, and in the meantime I secured us some tickets to the taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Having little to no familiarity with New York I decided to set off after work on Wednesday June 10th, on our way to stay with my friend Jess and her finance Stef in Brooklyn. Heading to Providence my stomach began to growl, once at Nicole’s apartment she agreed we should probably get some food before hitting the road and we decided on the closest best eats, United BBQ. After filling our bellies it was probably around 7pm before we hopped on I-95 South for the three and a half hour drive. We were making pretty good time until we hit some construction spots in Connecticut. Upon arriving in New York by about 10pm there was some thick traffic over some sketchy looking bridges and after only one wrong turn through a red light and two missed turns, we arrived at out destination. Jess and Stef were excited to see us and after introducing us to Riesling their new kitten, we opened a bottle of wine and had a relaxing evening chatting and sipping some Portuguese red. A few hours passed before Stef admitted she had work in the morning and we all set to retire for the night. Read the rest of this entry »
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