On Sunday 11/12 2023, the New England Music Awards held their annual awards ceremony at the Six String Grill and Stage in Foxborough, MA to a full house of music luminaries. The room was packed from wall to wall with amazing talent from all over the New England area. This being my first year involved with the Nominating Committee, I had no idea what to expect. To my suprise, the Six String Grill was filled […]
OCTAVATE – ARTIST SPOTLIGHT & SINGLES REVIEW
My cousin Rick is a disc jockey in Boston on Wave Radio Boston. He has the 4-6 pm time slot on Friday nights. He recently sent me a text about a band he knows from the area called Octavate who have just released several high powered singles this year. After taking a listen, I had to agree with him. The band’s sound is incredible. Octavate is hard hitting with grungy accents but even more than […]
WAVERADIO BOSTON – AN INTERVIEW WITH PETE HUDSON
WaveRadio Boston was conceived as a vision by two high school friends. Pete Hudson and John Anthony Laudate always had a yearning to become broadcasters. They grew up listening on the formidable FM radio giant WBCN.. As they grew older, they became disillusioned in the formatted regimen of the current radio industry. Same songs and same playlists, day after day. But when internet radio reared its enticing head, John and Pete saw an opening. In […]