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Music Monday: Roz And The Rice Cakes Tour...

Roz and The Rice Cakes – Need to Feed from Rich Ferri on Vimeo. Roz and the Rice Cakes are touring down to SXSW and bringing ‘Gansett with them. Check out the dates near you. And if you’re...

Weekend Recap: New England Americana Fest...

Narragansett has been a proud supporter of the New England Americana Festival since it’s inception. Harvard Square was taken by storm this weekend with 3 days of over 50 great bands at various stages and venues across the...

New England Americana Festival

Any roots music lover will tell you that Cambridge, MA has been a breeding ground and focal point of traditional American music for generations. The musicians, venues, and fans from and traveling through Cambridge over the years have...

Band Of The Week: The Coming Weak's Reunion

General Assembly, 95.5 WBRU, and Narragansett Beer are pleased to announce The Coming Weak Reunion Show at the Fête Lounge! Back when the Living Room was still open in Providence, bands like The Coming Weak would play there...

Band Of The Week: Halfway To Avalon

Halfway to Avalon is an alternative-pop rock band that has pretty, yet sometimes gritty vocals, with strong melodic choruses that are backed by heavy and resounding drums with colorful leads and guitar driven groves. The band was formed...

Video Premiere: Roz Raskin And The Rice C...

Band Of The Week: The Rice Cakes

The Rice Cakes have had an amazing year. It all started with winning the 95.5 WBRU Rock Hunt. Aside from touring extensively, they've played some big shows in their home state. We saw them at the last BRU...

The Rice Cakes Are Back On Tour!

TOUR SUMMARY! FRIENDS! We are hitting the road for our 7th tour (sponsored by our good friends at Narragansett Beer) in 3 years and we are beyond stoked. We will be hitting some of our favorite spots around...

Band Of The Week: Halfway To Avalon

Halfway to Avalon was formed in September of 2009 after recording their 4 Song Self titled EP with original members Ryan Gavin (Guitar/Vocals), Jacob King (Guitar) and Geoff Bahre (Drums). After Recording, the Band and Geoff Parted ways,...

BRU Summer Concert Series Concludes With ...

The Rice Cakes are equal parts keyboardist and vocalist Roz Raskin, bassist Justin Foster, and drummer Casey Belisle. The eclectic trio recently won 95.5 WBRU’s 2012 Rock Hunt and was named Best Local Act of 2010 by the...

Weekend Recap: BRU Summer Concert With Wa...

Walk The Moon gave one hell of set at this Friday's BRU Summer Concert. There fans came out with face paint on just like in their video. Check out the above livestream video from the show. There's just...

Weekend Recap: WBRU Summer Concert With W...

This year's WBRU Summer Concert Series has been the best yet. White Rabbits played an unbelievable set on a gorgeous Friday night in Waterplace Park. With the great line-up, tons of folks are coming out each week to...