Archive: 2010

Horse Feathers will have a new album, titled ‘Thistled Spring’ out on Kill Rock Stars on Apr 20th, 2010. This will be their second full length for KRS after 2008’s ‘House With No Home,’ and their third overall. An appearance at SXSW in March will be followed by a US tour in Apr/May.   ‘House With No Home’ […]

Legendary hip-hop/rock group CYPRESS HILL have signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Priority/EMI and are gearing up for the April 6th release of RISE UP, their first new studio album in six years. The deal is the first artist signing by Priority Records Creative Chairman Snoop Dogg. "My role as Creative Chairman of Priority Records […]

On February 9th, Bama Rags/RCA Records will release Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds’ Live In Las Vegas, a 2-CD set capturing their December 12, 2009 show at the Theater for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The concert was the culmination of "An Acoustic Weekend with Dave Matthews […]

Sweet Release may be Velvet Truckstop’s debut album, but it sounds like the work of a band who’s comfortable in its own skin and knows what it wants to sound like. Constanten and Cage, being the pros that they are, step onboard only to serve the song; Sweet Release is a solid sample of Velvet Truckstop’s voice from beginning to end. They ain’t tryin’ to be nobody but themselves.

Charlie Hunter has certainly proved he's his own man during the course of a career that's found him working as parts of solos, duos, quartets, quintets and larger ensembles both as frontman/bandleader and collaborative participant. He is comfortable with himself to the extent his self-description as a 'boutique' artist sounds both pragmatic and proud.

Salvator Santana is proud to announce an exclusive run of shows in support of his long anticipated solo debut, Keyboard City, due 2/2/2010. The innovative keyboardist will be sharing the stage with UK funk transplants, The New Mastersounds, on tour along the west coast this Spring. The young Santana’s live band will feature a keyboard-centric […]

Tickets for Trey Anastasio’s tour with Classic TAB went onsale to the general public starting yesterday and within a few hours Red Bank, Washington D.C., Charlottesville, Milwaukee and Boston sold out. Count me among the people who didn’t think Phish fans would be ready to go back into their pockets so quick, but good for […]

There are some supergroup lineups that impress and some that blow you away. The lineup for Some Cat From Japan – Will Bernard, Nigel Hall, Scott Metzger, Ron Johnson & Eric Bolivar – is one of those mind-blowing lineups. Some Cat From Japan plays music inspired by Jimi Hendrix and the group comes to Sullivan […]

While there aren’t too many gigs played in January, you can always count on the first month of the year to be filled with festival announcements. Just this week alone we’ve had three major announcements. Let’s recap… The Spirit of Suwanee Park in Live Oak, FL hosts two major festivals, Wanee and Bear Creek, both […]

Hope everyone enjoyed part 1 of my Vancouver trip. The fish & chips and sushi covered in part 1 were a great introduction to Vancouver seafood. Things however we about to take a turn towards Pork Nirvana in a BIG way.

My friend took me to a very small meat store called J,N & Z Deli Smoked Meat located at 1729 Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Quite simply put, this small space is the best meat store I have ever been in anywhere, which includes Biltong stores in Cape Town, South Africa. The Viktualienmarkt in Munich and countless Boucheries in Paris and other parts of France.

I knew this place was gonna be cool when I caught Santa selling hand painted wooden eggs in front while smoking a hand rolled cigarette.

When you step into the store, it is like taking a step back in time. The staff is very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about everything in the store.

READ ON for more of this week’s Friday 4 the Foodies…