Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught makes its debut at The Music Hall Lounge in Portsmouth NH on Saturday, February 3, 2024.  After nearly 20 years of performing on the stage of the historic Hall as house band for the Writers On A New England…

Our new silver anniversary album NORTHERN BURNER is here. Acclaimed as an "instrumental tour de force that is distinctly Dreadnaught right from the off" by The Progressive Aspect, BURNER features our longtime collaborators Duncan Watt, Mac Ritchey, and Jon…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…