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REGGAE-ROCK | MoChester

Named for the portmanteau of Motown and its hometown, local reggae-rock quartet MoChester has been on the jam since 2001. Consisting of singer-guitarist Brandon Sheffer, keyboardist Jonathan Sheffer, and drummer Alex Melville, MoChester has progressed over the years from an acoustic singer-songwriter approach to a full-fledged rock band over the years, and celebrated a revival […]

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AMERICANA | Aaron Lipp & Brian Williams

Multi-instrumentalist Aaron Lipp has a consistent angle he uses to wrangle all he explores: It’s bluesy, and country-politan, and it’s aaalright. Lipp moves between electric and acoustic guitars with a fluidity that’s loquacious and loose — he makes it look so damn easy. He’s played keyboards for Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Robert Randolph, […]

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ROCK | Herb Heinz and the Turbines

It’s hard to simply refer to an artist as “versatile,” especially when there’s no foreseeable limit to that artist’s talent. Take one Herb Heinz, for example. Whether he’s working as a guitar-playing sideman and backing up a musician such as singer-songwriter Teressa Wilcox, or playing straight-ahead rock ‘n ‘roll, reggae, and other styles with his […]

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