“I don’t know why we didn’t give up,” Frank Sacramone said last night with a laugh, his dark mop still damp with sweat. Sacramone’s Bethany-based progressive metal band, Earthside, had just finished a …
Making Tracks

An oriental rug splays out on a concrete floor. A lampshade with strange symbols hangs between wooden crossbeams above a gear-filled production rig. On the far end of the room is a sparkle-silver Fibes drum kit with Dream cymbals, flanked …
Flower Chords

This weekend, an excellent place to find New Haven-based music acts is 20 miles out of town at the Meriden Daffodil Festival.
New Haven has long been known for its thriving original music scene, particularly in the pop and rock …
Songbirds of a Feather

There was a time when singer/songwriter/bandleader James Velvet had a popular monthly tentpole gig leading one of the area’s best-known folk-rock acts, hosted a weekly acoustic music series at local coffeehouses, played bass or rhythm guitar in other people’s bands, …