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The Scene – Santa Mamba at The Black Rep

The Xxodus Cafe at The Black Rep

The Xxodus Cafe at The Black Rep

Thursday September 17th I took off to Providence after work for the Santa Mamba show at The Black Rep. This six piece, Providence based, Latin rock band blend many styles into an electrifying live show. Gio Murillo fronts Santa Mamba providing vocals and acoustic rhythm guitar accompanied by John Medeiros on lead guitar and vocals, Nick Wade on the bass groves, with Aaron Wade on keys and vocals, John “Drum Warrior” Ferreira on drums and Gary Mendoza on additional percussion. I arrived to The Black Rep early to enjoy a few drink specials and talk with the band a bit before their set. Once the room began to fill out Santa Mamaba took to the stage and rocked the house:

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The Scene – The Black Rep’s Sound Session Finale

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Saturday July 11th was the culmination of The Black Rep‘s (site has inline sound) week long genre defying music festival, The Providence Sound Session. Featuring no less than 18 musical acts on two separate stages, it was responsible for the sudden outbreak of dancing in the streets all day long. Knowing the whole shebang started at noon I tried to rouse myself as early as possible. Excited for weeks, I’d been prompting my brother Tim and m’lady Nicole to come along with me for the free day of music. Nicole was brave enough to join me for the day but Tim had yet to rouse from his slumber so I set off to Providence solo to grab her, before heading down to Westminster Street. Read the rest of this entry »

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Local Flavors – Fall 2009 Free Sampler Download

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

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 »

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