Cafe 939

Berklee Alumna, Shea Rose’s show at The Red Room on 2/4/12 was such a success.

Shea is the winner of the “Best R&B/Soul/Urban Contemporary Artist of the Year” at recent Boston Music Awards, she also blew away the jaded music community with a performance that will be talked about for years to come. The Boston Globe said it best: “The act that stole the show was Female Vocalist nominee Shea Rose, who came mostly unbeknownst to me, and proved herself the Boston artist most likely to make an impact on the national stage this year with a soulful set of hip-hop inflected funk and rock, and a crack band that showcased the vibrant singer’s star power.” 

Check out these photos of the Shea Rose concert, posted on Facebook, taken by Tom Lee.

Written By Nicole Bono

This month the children of James Taylor and Carly Simon, Ben and Sally Taylor graced the stage with an amazing performance, two shows in one night.  It was the two of them, and a third outstanding guitarist, David Saw, and all together they put on an overwhelmingly beautiful show.

Read this review written up on www.thenoise-boston.com:

BEN & SALLY TAYLOR

The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston, MA

12/15/11

Before I even walk through the door I know this rare local concert of James Taylor and Carly Simon’s children will be a special event. Ben Taylor comes onstage alone to open the set and performs the clever and humorous “Boyfriend” written by David Saw. Then Sally Taylor and David join Ben and go through a great set that showcases their tremendous songwriting abilities. Yes, at times Ben sounds like his dad and yes, at times Sally sounds like her mom, but that isn’t their main attraction. Ben’s “You Must Have Fallen” and “Nothing I Can Do” are brilliant foot-tapping acoustic folk and his song “America” impresses me, as it’s like the “This Land Is Your Land” of the current young generation. The changes in the dynamics of the group when Ben sings in front and Sally and David sing beautiful three-part harmonies or when Sally sings lead and Ben and David do backup is very exciting. Another cool facet of this show is when the siblings rib each other while talking to the crowd. You can tell they are brother and sister and love performing together. When Sally introduces her song “Give Me the Strength” and retells her personal feelings dealing with Carly’s cancer scare, the performance touches the listeners even more. Or her sharing the relationship troubles that led to her writing “Disaster” really makes the song reach me even deeper. They also do “Mad World” (Depeche Mode), “Better Be Home Soon” (Crowded House), and a cover of “Tomorrow” a song they joke is from Bugsy Malone, one of their favorite movie as kids. In the audience, I watch uncle Livingston enjoy his niece and nephew carry on the family tradition. A great show . (A.J. Wachtel)

Watch our Artist Interview with Ben and Sally here:

Written By Nicole Bono

Artist Elizaveta, played at The Red Room on 1/24/12. She created quite the buzz with her beautiful voice, and we had the honor of catching an interview with her right before the show started.

Elizaveta’s digital EP has already gotten tastemakers buzzing. Marie Claire enthusiastically writes, “Elizaveta stole my heart, and it’s only a matter of time before she steals yours. What are you waiting for? Drop everything and download Elizaveta’s EP now!”, while The Insider proclaimed that she’s “exciting and enthralling”. The critical fervor hasn’t stopped there as Fashion Week Daily called her song “Meant” a “piano masterpiece”.

However, the EP simply set the stage for the full-length. Produced by reputable multi-Grammy award winner Greg Wells [Adele, Rufus Wainwright, Katy Perry, Elton John], the album breaks ground and establishes Elizaveta as a 21st century presence with an old soul.