Music / The Arts

Shining Tribute Fit For A (Sun) King

Members of Shine and Sun KingMembers of Shine and Sun KingPublished in The Message For The Week, September 3, 2008

Recently at the Heritage Tavern & Restaurant in Charlestown, NH, family, friends and musicians a llike, gathered to pay tribute and celebrate the rockin’ life of Doug Bashaw, a local musician and sound engineer who recently lost his life in a motorcycle accident.


Tribute To A Friend, A Rocker

Photo by Joe MillikenPhoto by Joe MillikenPublished in The Eagle Times, August 14, 2008
Mr. Doug Bashaw, 44, was many things to many people; a son, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a bass player and drummer, a singer and sound engineer extrodinaire. Most of all though, Doug was simply a special person in the true sense of the words.


Is Everybody In? A Look At Some Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Omissions

Todd RundgrenTodd RundgrenPublished in Goldmine Magazine, March, 2005
With another year of artists being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a fine list it is including The Pretenders, U2, and Buddy Guy, it always raises questions with this writer about who gets in, who decides who gets in, what the criteria is to get in, and who is still on the outside looking in.


Bellows Falls, VT. Middle School Artists Get Creative

Published in The Message For The Week, June 4, 2008
BFMS Spring Art Show: Photo by Joe MillikenBFMS Spring Art Show: Photo by Joe MillikenThe Bellows Falls Middle School Art Department recently held its’ annual “Spring Art Exhibit”, with sixth, seventh and eighth grade artists presenting their work in various mediums including praphite pencils and oil pastel, acrylic paints and Chinese water colors.


A Touch Of Glass From Neumann Studios

"Meadowlark" by Eliza Neumann: Courtesy of Neumann Studios"Meadowlark" by Eliza Neumann: Courtesy of Neumann StudiosPublished in The Commons, Brattleboro, VT, May 2008
For more than three decades, stained glass artist Rick Neumann of Neumann Studios in Brattleboro, has been refining his craft - the ancient art of delicate stained glass creations - through the design, application and restoration of glass artworks such as custom and craft-style windows, lamps and light boxes, traditional Victorian-era


Vermont Rockers Spectris Building A Colorful Image

Spectris: Photo By Joe MillikenSpectris: Photo By Joe MillikenPublished in The Message For The Week, April 16, 2008
Attention local rock and roll fans: be on the look out for a Spectris gig near you, because this is a well–rounded progressive rock band that you won’t want to miss. A fun band, but also a “musician’s band.”


Not Your Average Bear Carver

The Bear: Photo courtesy of Illana Joffrey Fine ArtsThe Bear: Photo courtesy of Illana Joffrey Fine ArtsPublished in The Commons, Brattleboro, VT., March, 2008
From the first glance of his soon–to–be gallery and studio located in rural Chester, Barre Pinske is not what you would call a your prototypical artist. What started out over 20 years ago as a modest carving hobby, has blossomed into a well-rounded career as a professional artist and gallery owner.


"Networks And Intersections" Offer Complexity Through Simplicity

Envelopes To Print: By Elizabeth DuffyEnvelopes To Print: By Elizabeth DuffyPublished In The Commons, Brattleboro, VT., February, 2008
In an often complex art world, it can sometimes be the simplest of patterns and repetition of interconnecting parts that can create such beautiful complexity.
Such is the case with Networks And Intersections – Finding Meaning Through Complexity, an exhibit currently showing at the Brattleboro Museum & Arts Center, (BMAC) which began last December 19 and runs through March 22.


Rock Legend Joe Perry "TABS" His Sons For A Rare Solo Show At Foxwoods Resort Casino

Joe PerryJoe PerryPublished in The Message For The Week, February 11, 2008 Photos courtesy of Michele Blackwelder
Aerosmith's Joe Perry is a rock guitar legend. However in New England he is also quite frankly, a favored son and true music icon. So when Perry recently performed a rare, solo show at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, it was a greatly anticipated gig for hard–core Joe Perry fans throughout the northeast.


TAB The Band Hitting The Mark On Their Own Terms

Ben Tileston, Adrian Perry and Tony Perry. Photo by Melissa MahoneyBen Tileston, Adrian Perry and Tony Perry. Photo by Melissa Mahoney
For a band that has only been together for just over a year, TAB the Band, which features Tony Perry on guitar and supporting vocals, Adrian Perry on bass and lead vocals and Ben Tileston on drums and supporting vocals, has quickly made an impact despite reasons one might think.


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