Don’t miss the City’s biggest concert since Celebrate Gloucester

Gloucester Blues Festival ~ August 11 Stage Fort Park ~ Save $12 if you get your tickets now ~ get tickets here.

In this video, Vickie talks with producers Paul Benjamin & Bob Hastings about what we can expect.  It will be a very exciting day for Gloucester and we hope it will be the beginning of a new tradition.

Starting Monday, Paul Benjamin will be the gimmesound Artist of the Week.  He’ll give us some exciting previews of the Gloucester Blues Festival — music, video and all!

11 music choices tonight starting at 7.  Get out and party.  See the full music lineup here.

Oh yeah, he can sing gospel too …

Our friend Henri Smith just posted a recording of his band performing Just a Closer Walk with Thee at the First Parish Church in Manchester on May 6 that raised money for The Grace Center in Gloucester.  This is one more example of Henri’s versatile voice and his almost magical ability to inspire a crowd.  Listen the the song here.  You can see Henri and his band open for the Aaron Neville Quintet featuring Charles Neville on June 28 at North Shore Music Theatre (get tickets here).

It’s an unusually good week for music on Cape Ann and it starts early.  Here are just two highlights for tomorrow: Pete Lindberg with his friend Tristen (from Nashville) at Minglewood; and last week’s gimmesound Artist of the Week Frances Fitch performs the harpsichord her husband Greg Bover built at Shalin Liu.

See the full music lineup here.

She’s back … and she brought a friend. Let’s welcome Chelsea & Megan tonight at the Brew Pub @ 5pm.

Last month, one of our favorite local artists, Chelsea Berry brought a friend to town: Colorado singer/songwriter Megan Burtt — and now she one of our favorites too.  Here are two videos from one of last month’s concerts.

Powerful story of friendship and adventure followed by a song full of wisdom that seems far beyond her years (see more videos from that concert here.)

One  of our favorite Chelsea Berry songs that we think she should sing at every gig!

There’s music all day today.  It’s going on now at Alchemy and continues into late in the evening at Dog Bar, where Ryan Alto starts at 9.  See the full music lineup here.

Chelsea Berry gimmesound Artist of the Week


Chelsea Berry begins 2012 as gimmesound’s artist of the week.  She talks about 2011 highlights and what is in store for 2012.  Chelsea reveals local artist that will be preforming with  her at Shalin Liu on January 27, 2012.

Check out Chelsea’s gimmesound profile.