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The wait is finally over. Come celebrate the release of Kate Redgates, “Light Under the Door” at the Music Hall Lounge on Saturday, June 3.

Saving American Music | Blues, Roots, Country, Jazz, Rock & Roll, Bluegrass, Folk

Singer-songwriter Bob Bradshaw weaves his stories through a blend of roots music forms, drawing from his background as a prose writer and frontman for a rock ‘n’ roll band. Prior to the pandemic, Bradshaw was a live fixture in New England. The Ghost Light, referencing that single light in the theater that stays on after performers and audience have left the premises, is a pandemic-induced metaphor for his ninth studio album. Somehow, he maintains cohesion with 12 vastly different stories, ...

Photo: Rafi Sofer Storyteller Bob Bradshaw crafts compelling characters and brings them to his audiences with intimacy and conviction. One moment he’s an impulsive daredevil, the next, a sea-weary pirate, or next simply one of us, an ordinary soul searching for meaning, hope, and redemption. With The Ghost Light, every track inhabits a different little world. Bradshaw comes by his style honestly. As a young journalist in his native Cork, Ireland, Bradshaw wrote a mix of news and short storie...