Paste is devoted to Pearl Jam today as they posted a number of articles about Eddie & Co.. One piece that’s of particular interest to our readers compares the grunge
If there’s pickin’ to be done, you could do far worse than Drew Emmitt, who thanks to his long tenure in Leftover Salmon and later projects like the Drew Emmitt Band, is one of the scene’s most visible mandolinists and bluegrass aficionados.
Never short on a strong opinion, Emmitt caught us up on all he has going on now, most notably a lengthy tour with the new Emmitt-Nershi Band (featuring Emmitt, Nershi, banjoist Andy Thorn and bassist Tyler Grant) and how getting back to basics — that is, the fun and fleet-fingered business of bluegrass — has been a blessing for both he and String Cheese Incident’s Bill Nershi.
With more on the horizon from the ENB, Emmitt’s band — and a stray Leftover Salmon reunion or two — it’s looking good that Emmitt’s year will finish better than it started, though if you’re holding your breath for that 40-date Leftover Salmon tour, it’s time to let go.
HT: Can you talk a little bit about how you and Bill decided to form a band together. Obviously you go way back and given the Colorado origins, have a lot in common as musicians and otherwise.
DREW EMMITT: Yeah, definitely. I guess where it started was we were at a benefit show in Boulder for the Mark Vann Foundation in 2007. We did some playing together there and just started talking backstage about how it’d be cool to play some bluegrass together. Later, I was down in Florida for a tour with my band and I heard from Billy. He said he was quitting String Cheese and wanted to put this band together and from that point on we’d planned to do it six months later so we’d have time to get it going.
READ ON for the rest of Chad’s chat with Drew Emmitt…
We’re a mere 46 Days from the start of the eighth Phish festival, and first since Coventry – Festival 8 – at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on
We’re nearing the end of our way-too-long Phish Joy Box giveaway as we’ve only got two questions left. As we’ve been telling you, the Phish Joy Box includes the CD
In case you haven’t heard, Motorino Pizza of Williamsburg just opened a Manhattan outpost in the East Village on 12th Street just off of 1st Avenue in the space previously occupied by Una Pizza Napoletana.
I decided to wait a few days while all of the food bloggerati, diehard foodies, pizza lovers and East Village hipsters descended upon the space. I stopped in on Thursday night right as they were opening at 5 PM. The first thing that hits you upon entering is the simplicity of the space, small with about 25-30 seats, a pressed tin ceiling and the obligatory East Village iPod mix blasting through the speakers.
The menu (shown below) is very simple and straightforward. My waiter told me that the menu will be seasonal, driven by what is currently available and fresh for that time of year.
READ ON for more of this week’s Friday 4 the Foodies…
Tickets for the Pavement reunion show at Central Park’s Summerstage on September 21, 2010 sold out immediately this morning, but a quick search of Ticketmaster shows a second show scheduled
Belle & Sebastian – The Blues Are Still Blue
People seem to either love or hate the film adaptation of The Who’s Tommy, but you can consider us in the former. Roger Daltrey gives a brilliant performance as the
fun. is the project of Nate Ruess, late of The Format, having teamed up with ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff. Don’t call it a supergroup – call it superpop with a tad of mutual admiration society.
Once in a while, a singer will come along who will make you want to listen a little bit closer. Brandi Shearer is that kind of singer, and her new album, Love Don’t Make You Juliet, is just as stunning as her voice. Shearer possesses the sexiest voice I’ve heard in years, and her infectious songs have staying power that ease on at a smooth pace.
