Welcome to pressurecooker.net, the worldwide home of Pressure Cooker from Boston, Massachusetts USA, celebrating ten years of performing and recording original reggae music.
Craig Akira Fujita interview at WERS
Erik Ziedses des Plantes interviews Pressure Cooker's Craig Akira Fujita on March 25th at WERS Live Music Week 2008. Read it here.
Mar 27, 2008
Fresh Live MP3 from WERS Local Music Week 08
Pressure Cooker performed three songs & interviewed last night at WERS 88.9's Local Music Week.Click here to download the mp3!
Mar 26, 2008
In the studio
Pressure Cooker has been working hard in the studio over the last several months on our SIXTH release! We are working on a whole new batch of original tunes, with the guidance of accomplished sound engineer Craig Welsch in a terrific new studio called Hillside Sound in Brighton, Mass. More
Nov 26, 2007
Pressure Cooker + 2-Tone Legends English Beat at the Middle East Downstairs
For the second time this year, Pressure Cooker joined forces to support 2-tone era ska legend Dave Wakeling & his current English Beat touring band. It was a night to remember, with an excellent four-piece band called Destroy Babylon opening up the night, fusing a Clash-esque sound and dubbed out beats. More
Sep 14, 2007
Interview at WERS
Jordan Clifford of WERS in a wide-ranging interview with Pressure Cooker at Local Music Week on August 6, 2007. "Most people don't draw many connections between New England, an area full of rich white people, and Jamaica or its culture...Anyone who knows anything about New England ska should be more than familiar with scene mainstays Pressure Cooker. More
Aug 28, 2007
Summertime with Pressure Cooker
Greetings Pressure Cooker fans...we've had a fantastic summertime '07 schedule. The Burning Fence instrumentals rocked Johnny D's in mid-July featuring special guests including Dave Szebeda, trumpet (Babaloo), as well as Kal Traver, saxophone from John Brown's Body plus Eric Bridson (Allstonians, others) on the trombone. More
Aug 25, 2007
Pressure Cooker and NY-SKA JAZZ ENSEMBLE on June 24 at Middle East Upstairs!
Ska fans...Boston meets New York at the Middle East Upstairs on Sunday night June 24th as Pressure Cooker joins the NY Ska Jazz Ensemble (an all star lineup featuring former members of the Toasters, Bim Skala Bim, Burning Spear, and the Scofflaws). A classic ska show that makes it feel like 1997 all over again. More
Jun 16, 2007
A springtime "Ex-Ska-Vaganza" in Lebanon NH with The English Beat
Last Saturday night, Pressure Cooker opened for legendary singer-guitarist Dave Wakeling and his 2007 English Beat outfit, as their US tour made a stop in New Hampshire at the lovely Lebanon Opera House theatre. The local crowd was there early and ready to dance in the aisles and Pressure Cooker rocked the house with a strong one hour "power" set. More
May 28, 2007
Pressure Cooker Announces Spring and Summer Shows
We are bringing the best original old-school reggae & rock-steady music to top destinations in New England in Spring and Summer 2007. Next Saturday, we are pleased to support 2-Tone legends The English Beat in Lebanon, NH. More
May 19, 2007
May 10 at Johnny D's - Old-school Reggae Flashback with Pressure Cooker
This Thursday May 10th, 2007, Pressure Cooker presents a very special night of late 60's & 70's reggae, rocksteady and ska covers for a new series at Johnny D's called Flashback Thursdays. We will perform classic selections from legends of the music, including Bob Marley & The Wailers, Toots & the Maytals, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, The Ethiopians, The Skatalites, John Holt, Lee Perry, Studio One/Coxsone Dodd, Jacob Miller, Desmond Dekker, The Gladiators, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis and many others. More
May 5, 2007
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Fundraiser Performance
Pressure Cooker was proud to perform at a special fundraiser for the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program. The dinner, held Monday night April 30th at the Boston Harbor Hotel, helped raise money for the program's future facility in Boston's South End. More
May 2, 2007
Spring shows added
Spring greetings from Pressure Cooker! We just added a bunch of shows for the upcoming season, check us out in Maine at the Sugarloaf Reggae Fest on April 13 & 14. More
Apr 7, 2007
WERS Live Music Week
Pressure Cooker performed live on the air on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at the studios of WERS 88.9 FM, Emerson College radio, during their annual Live Music Week fundraiser. Read the interview and view photos of the session here.Check back on pressurecooker.net soon for a live MP3 of the radio performance!
Mar 20, 2007
Pressure Cooker and the Aggrolites: East Coast meets West Coast Rocksteady at the Middle East!
The Boston rocksteady faithful turned out in force at the Middle East Upstairs last night, March 14, 2007 to mash it up all night long. Respect to The Deadly Sins who opened the show. More
Mar 15, 2007
Another Johnny D's Classic
It was a packed Friday night at Johnny D's in Somerville, Mass on March 2nd, Pressure Cooker was in full form, we paid tribute to the originators with a few great covers including Penny Reel, Arte Bella and Don't Run it Down among two solid sets of original Pressure Cooker fare. Be sure to make it down to Johnny D's for the next one! More
Mar 5, 2007
Good times at Sugarloaf USA
Pressure Cooker embarked on a 4.5 hour journey up to the mountain of Sugarloaf USA in the pristine north woods of Carrabassett Valley, Maine last weekend 2/2 and 2/3. We rocked the Widowmaker lounge all weekend long with a 5-piece mountain version of Pressure Cooker, no horns :( but good times all around plus lots of old-school rocksteady cover tunes. More
Feb 7, 2007
The new website
We are pleased to roll out the newest version of Pressurecooker.net to celebrate our 10th anniversary! Please visit frequently for the latest info on shows, new music releases, video clips, photos, and rare stuff from the archive. More
Jan 15, 2007
Live Video from CD Release Party
Didn't make it to the Future's History CD release party in Boston on April 1st? Watch this video clip of our new song "The List"! More
May 1, 2006
Pressure Cooker Releases Fifth CD: Future's History
On April 1, 2006, Pressure Cooker drops it's fifth and most ambitious CD release entitled Future’s History, live at Harper’s Ferry in Allston, Massachusetts.
Future's History contains twelve crucial & unique tracks of Pressure Cooker music. More
Apr 1, 2006
Songs for Sibusiso Benefit CD
Pressure Cooker is proud to be part of the new CD "Songs For Sibusiso: Children's Music To Benefit Children in South Africa." The 14-song disc was produced by Pressure Cooker's own Michael O'Connor. More
Dec 15, 2004