2011

F4tF: The Dupont Circle Farmer’s Market

Jon Hochstat May 6, 2011 No Comments

Last weekend I was in Washington D.C. visiting some friends and staying in Dupont Circle area of town. On Sunday morning I did something I hadn’t done in almost 10 years – visit the Dupont Circle Farmer’s Market.

If you love farmer’s markets and happen to be in Washington DC on a Sunday, you owe it to yourself to go. Here is what their website has to say about the market:

The Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market is located in the heart of one of Washington, DC’s most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. Washingtonian magazine credits the market with “teaching Washingtonians to love their fruits and vegetables.” The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times of London also named the market one of the top farmers’ markets in the country. During the peak season, there are more than 40 farmers offering fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, cheeses, fruit pies, breads, fresh pasta, cut flowers, potted plants, soaps and herbal products.

The market is open 8:30AM to 1:00PM April through December. Per their website, the market is located at 20th St. NW between Massachusetts Ave. and Connecticut Ave. Click here for map. I got there early.

READ ON for the pictures I took that day…

Video: Eddie Vedder – Longing To Belong

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 6, 2011 No Comments

On May 31 Eddie Vedder will release his second solo album Ukulele Songs, which as the title suggests will see the Pearl Jam front man exclusively playing tunes on the

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein May 6, 2011 No Comments

Soul Patrollin’ American Idol Taylor Hicks returns to HD Net this weekend when his Whomp at the Warfield special from 2007 airs on Sunday night at 8PM EDT. Hicks mixes

Tori Amos Releasing Classically Influenced Night of Hunters

May 6, 2011 No Comments

Tori Amos marks her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, the world’s most celebrated classical music record label with Night of Hunters, set for release this September. The iconic, platinum-selling singer-songwriter

Chamberlin: Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT 4/22/11

Doug Collette May 6, 2011 No Comments

All props to Chamberlin as an engaging young band, but they may not have done justice to themselves or their music in the small room at Higher Ground, due in part to the sound in the house and an odd choice of material.

Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Akhil Sood May 6, 2011 No Comments

The long drawn and epic introduction to “Last Known Surroundings,” the first song off Take Care… is undoubtedly the highpoint on an album that, despite its predictably frequent moments of euphoria and jubilation, eventually fizzles out with barely a whimper. Is it time for post post-rock already?

The B List: 10 Kickass 8-Bit Rock Covers

Scott Bernstein May 5, 2011 6 Comments

[Originally Published: May 14, 2009]

Back in April we told you the story of Scott Hannay, an Upstate NY musician who put together Umphrey’s McGee covers using a sound chip from the original Nintendo gaming system that were so good the band asked him to sit-in with them. Turns out, there is a whole community of 8-bit music makers like Scott who are creating their own original songs as well as covering tunes at 8-bit Collective. We made a list of ten favorite 8-bit rock covers…

1. Where It’s At – Beck

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2. Martha My Dear – The Beatles

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3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Pt. 2) – Flaming Lips

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4. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana

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READ ON for more 8-bit covers including Kids, Karma Police and Peaches…

HT Giveaway: Concert For George Prize Pack

Scott Bernstein May 5, 2011 43 Comments

Back in 2002 a number of George Harrison’s favorite collaborators gathered at the behest of Eric Clapton and Harrison’s widow Olivia to pay tribute to “The Quiet One” and the

The New Deal Farewell Tour Begins

Scott Bernstein May 5, 2011 No Comments

Last month jamtronica faves the New Deal announced that 2011 will mark the end of the band’s 12-year career. While that time period has been extended to include a farewell

HT Interview: Galactic’s Rob Mercurio

JR Hevron May 5, 2011 2 Comments

This week, Galactic releases its second live album, The Other Side Of Midnight: Live in New Orleans. “It was a good time in the band’s career to take a snapshot and have it documented,” says the band’s bass player Robert Mercurio. “We had been touring with Cyril Neville and felt that we had a really good show and wanted to capture it.”

The album was recorded in front of a sold-out audience at Tipitina’s a few days before Halloween 2010. “I just remember it being a classically great, high-energy time,” says Mercurio. “Tipitina’s always feels like home. You feel like you don’t have to put out that much effort, but it just happens, and that’s how that night felt. It just oozed out.”

Guests on the album include vocalist Cyril Neville, Trombone Shorty, trumpet player Shamar Allen, trombonist/rapper/vocalist Corey Henry, the Soul Rebels Brass Band, and bounce rapper Big Freedia.

“For the first live album [2001’s We Love ‘Em Tonight], we recorded two nights and picked the best stuff. I don’t think we even had any guests,” remembers Mercurio. “But for this one, we started thinking about the songs and put a little more effort into getting special guests and rehearsing with them.”

READ ON for more of our chat with Rob Mercurio of Galactic…

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