Wesbound Train Performs Back-to-Back Shows at Middle East
Everyone’s favorite soul-driven ska band will grace the stage of the Middle East Upstairs with great support acts to boot
Everyone’s favorite soul-driven ska band will grace the stage of the Middle East Upstairs with great support acts to boot
In a 2008 ESPN poll, Boston ranked 5th among viewers as “Title Town, USA.” By 2011, various publications were declaring Boston to be Title Town. What’s all this got to do with a ska show?
It seems like just yesterday everyone was doing a cover of Sam Cooke’s classic “Cupid”
The crowd at Beat Hotel in Harvard Square were treated to the jazz-driven sounds of the Rich Graiko Group.
Right off the bat, the sampler, put together by the founders of the RareBreed label Obi Fernandez (Westbound Train) and Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake), immediately draws eyes because of its killer line-up of bands.
MA dates include tonight at Beatnik’s in Worcester and Sunday at Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville
Video of Westbound Train from the 2006 Summer of Ska tour at the Soapbox Laundro-lounge in Wilmington, North Carolina
Obi Fernandez and Vinnie Fiorello have started a new record label called Rare Breed Recording Company
Annual event features the Slackers, The Pietasters, Mephiskapheles, and Westbound Train
Las Vegas ska/punk band Be Like Max performed Westbound Train’s classic “Bigger Things in Mind” acoustically as part of the Punks in Vegas Stripped Down series