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For information about how to submit music files or a CD for review, click here. With love and honor for the gift of music, Kimmy Sophia Brown
View the complete list of MusicViews from One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine. (They're also intermixed in the list below.)
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ February 1, 2013 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Feb 21, 2013
I could feel the love coming from the packed house of bluegrass fans, as well as from music students and their families in attendance. Erica and two of her band-mates, Steve Roy and Matt Shipman, teach music lessons at The 317 Main Community Music Center in Yarmouth.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square ~ Portland, ME January 10, 2013 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Feb 21, 2013
...sorta like a Buddhist monk gone cowgirl -- the songs spiraling into the night, like prayer beads from a sagebrush mala. I was riveted and enthralled.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square Portland, ME ~ December 13, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jan 13, 2013
From their opening notes, and their body language, I could see they have unique musical styles that are joined together with love and humility to create the miracle of Winterbloom. Where should I begin? First, each one of them is beautiful.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ December 8, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jan 10, 2013
I realized that her songs are not “one time listens”. They are poetry, and they contain messages within messages, like Matryoshka Russian Dolls.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ November 30, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jan 4, 2013
She had an atmosphere of purity that evoked a feeling of the prairie grass and the plains, the bitter winters and broad summer sun. She shone as she spoke and sang, and looked trustworthy.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ November 30, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Dec 20, 2012
It astounds me how some folks that are tiny in stature can have such immense presence. Ms. Mitchell is a petite little fireball, confident as Annie Oakley, taking aim with her guitar.
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CD Review
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Dec 8, 2012
This is an album to listen to with a glass of wine in front of a warm fire, or as background music for a gathering of close friends.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ September 30, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Oct 27, 2012
This band is an amalgamation of individuals who steeped themselves in various genres, and like a fine restaurant, have a musical kitchen stocked with rare wines, exotic spices, tempting delicacies, and feasts for the ears.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ September 20, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Oct 22, 2012
Fish and Bird’s songs were not predictable or ordinary by any means. Similarly to Joy Kills Sorrow, they look like a bluegrass or traditional folk band at first glance, but their style is more of a fusion of genres.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ September 20, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Oct 11, 2012
The band was comprised of award winning musicians, each one a stand-alone genius in their own right. The musical upshot was dazzling.
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CD Review
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Sep 7, 2012
Jimmy Robinson’s excellent 2012 CD is aptly named Guitarworks. His guitar playing stands out like mountains on the moon; brave, bold, prominent.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ August 11, 2012~
Sep 1, 2012
Then she played some thunderous chords on the guitar, and from the bottom of her being came forth a voice directly from the female side of God – the incarnation of the phrase, “And it was Good”.
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A Tribute to MPBN's "In Tune by Ten"
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Aug 8, 2012
That's why people stopped for help at haunted houses in the olden days. Thank you, Verizon Wireless. Because of you, I won't be starring in a sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight.
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CD Capsule Review
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jul 25, 2012
Luke brings to mind a little bit of Margaritaville combined with JD Souther.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ July 12, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jul 24, 2012
It was a night of total immersion in the world of reels, jigs and airs. I thought I was a big fan of Celtic music, but I realized that once I was among these connoisseurs of the genre, I was in over my head.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ June 13, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Jun 18, 2012
Her voice was a bit huskier than Alison Krauss, but rivaled her in sweetness and emotional expressiveness.
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~ Venue: Town of Belfast, Maine, April 28, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ May 10, 2012
The thirty five (yes that’s right, count ‘em folks, thirty five!) bands and eight venues worked a staggered schedule. The first performers of the day were a mid-coast Maine jazz band, called Gypsy Caravan.
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ April 20, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Apr 30, 2012
They finished with a spirit filled version of "Travelin Shoes."... Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem made it their own and their version makes one almost look forward to death!
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by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Apr 26, 2012
Max's guitar fingerpicking technique is very bright and clear and his voice is as unabashed as a bird. The songs sound like they popped into his head and he began to play them simultaneously - almost the way a bard or minstrel might have...
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Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ March 2, 2012 ~
by Kimmy Sophia Brown ~ Mar 5, 2012
That man’s bones are made of music! Wearing a red shirt, jeans and cap, he picked up his twelve-string guitar and with finger picks and slide, commenced to play it like an otter in a waterfall.
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