25 years, millions and millions of notes, and cases and cases and cases of High Life beer later we bring you NORTHERN BURNER, a musical transfiguration spanning the barnyard, outer space, and make believe. Out December 14, 2021.
Album preview…
Jul 20 2021
Live & In Living Color (Again)
Looking forward to hitting the stage again for the first time in nearly a year, without doubt the longest we've ever gone without a live performance since starting up back in 1996.
Two shows coming up in the near future…
Apr 19 2021
New track "Green Room" out now
https://dreadnaughtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/green-room-theme-from-writers-on-a-new-england-stage
In 2005 I was asked by New Hampshire Public Radio and The Music Hall in Portsmouth NH to become the Music Director for their then-brand new collaboration, the "Writers On A New England Stage" live / broadcast series. It…
Mar 1 2021
Announcing our 25th anniversary album, NORTHERN BURNER
25 years... where, exactly, does the time go?
Into making new music actually, and we're excited to announce our new album NORTHERN BURNER, to be released in Summer 2021.
Featuring Bob, Rick, and Justin along with our pals Duncan Watt…
Jul 26 2020
Back on stage at The Music Hall on August 15, 2020
Your friendly neighborhood Dreadnaught returns to our home field, The Music Hall! Join us for "Live Under The Arch" on Saturday August 15, 2020 in Portsmouth NH. Two shows, 6:00 and 8:00 PM. Tickets coming soon: www.themusichall.org/series/music/live-under-the-arch
Feb 19 2020
Theme from "The Exchange"
In 2007, Dreadnaught recorded the theme song for New Hampshire Public Radio's flagship morning program, "The Exchange." The music has been a staple of NH airwaves and beyond ever since, but we've never actually released the entire track. Haven't had…
Jun 30 2019
Dreadnaught, She Wrote
Yearning to hear a sing-a-long worth "Perfect Strangers" played live? Salivating to experience "Night Court" whilst reading a vintage copy of Pro Wrestling Illustrated? Can't help but dream of having one hand on the Atari and the other around a…
Mar 24 2019
"Sleepwalk" out April 1, 2019
As with so many good Italian-American boys of a certain vintage, Santo & Johnny’s “Sleepwalk” was a favorite of ours from a very young age. A fantastical, dreamy, romantic recording with one of the loveliest melodies of mid-century American pop…
Mar 24 2019
Aging fairly well so far
More than 2 decades in and we're still... doing stuff. It was a great honor to win "Best Rock Group" at the 2018 Spotlight Awards, and on the heels of that we sat down and wrote a violin concerto, which…
May 28 2018
2018 Spotlight Awards
We're proud to be nominated for Best Album (HARD CHARGIN'), Best Rock Band (Dreadnaught), and Best Song ("Takin' A Ride With The Fat Man (Fatta Fatta Puck Puck)") in the 2018 Spotlight Awards. We’ll play a calm, sedate set on…
Jan 17 2018
"Truly inimitable" - Stereo Embers Review
Reviews of HARD CHARGIN' keep coming even into the new year, and this is as fine an analysis as we've seen yet. "A purposefully – or anyway irresistibly – schizophrenic, three-headed juggernaut that wanders with a precisely calibrated glee…
Jan 17 2018
Havin' A Drink With Dreadnaught - Essay by Geoff Logsdon
Back in 2012, Dreadnaught was invited to perform at ProgDay in Chapel Hill NC. In the midst of brutal high 90s temperatures at 10 AM on a Sunday morning we took the stage and delivered what we considered to be…