Jimmy's Discovery Series Presents: The Blue Ribbons

Boston Music Award winners, The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart, they combine upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship Charan Devereux;Boston Globe. "The Blue Ribbons latest album, 2024's Forever, But Not For Long, has plenty of pop hooks. Or rather, it had plenty of them before the band took sledgehammers and scalpels to most of the pretty bits. It took a while to get the bones of some of the tunes down just so we could break them, bandleader James Rohr told Herald with a laugh. Local champs the Blue Ribbons are a pop band in the same way that the Beatles or Steely Dan or Television are pop bands in that they like pop but aren't too precious about the songs," Rohr said.