here's the article from the recent issue of The Wire, you can also go check out their website which is www.thewirenh.com

Also make sure you check out Elsa Cross as well, shes FANTASTIC!!

Elsa Cross, Boy mark national tours with local shows

Rockabilly mistress Elsa Cross has quickly amassed a devoted following on the Seacoast. The release of her debut album last year sealed her reputation as a local force in the arenas of modern folk and old-style country-rock. Now it's time for Cross to take her act on the road and test her raw guitar skills and crooning vocals on national audiences.

Cross leaves this weekend for a two-week tour through five states, beginning with a Sept. 7 show in Brooklyn, N.Y. She then stops in Baltimore and Pittsburg before swinging through Tennessee for shows in Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. The tour ends in North Carolina, where she has booked gigs in Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Sylvia and Asheville. 

Joined by bassists Steve Roy and drummer PJ Donahue, Cross is enthusiastic about hitting the road. She organized the tour herself and has been saving up to fund her travels. "Last summer I waited tables at two jobs to make my CD (and) this summer I've been working my butt off to fund my tour," Cross said in an email. 

Before she departs, Cross will play a local show at The Blue Mermaid in Portsmouth at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5. She hopes some familiar faces will show up to offer last-minute support before she embarks on her first serious tour.

A few days later, another musician with Seacoast roots will look for familiar faces in Portsmouth. Singer-songwriter Kathleen Boyle, known by her artist name of Boy, migrated away from the Seacoast more than a year ago and currently lives in Pennsylvania. But her two-month tour of the nation will bring her to The Red Door at 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, where she will be joined by Joshua English and Hateful Little Cakes. On Friday, Sept. 12, she will perform a set of her acoustic indie folk-rock at ellO Gallery at 8 p.m.

Like Cross, Boyle worked hard to save up for her tour, which starts in New York and swings through New England before hitting Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nebraska and Illinois. She lived in her van to save money and worked only to feed herself as the tour approached.

"It's the biggest tour I've done yet," Boyle said in an email.

Both musicians view their tours with a mix of excitement and apprehension, but they hope that playing within the Portsmouth comfort zone will bolster their confidence as their journeys begin.

"I'm finally getting a chance to travel, which is what I've wanted to do for a really long time. It's been a large part of my dream as a musician," Cross said.