We Had Voices Vox 2008-02-20T05:08:23Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e643d0ebe2b/ Not your grandpa's kind of radio. Sonovagun! tag:vox.com,2008-02-20:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00f48cfb8e4f0001 2008-02-20T05:01:31Z 2008-02-20T05:08:23Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Diamonds In The Road

Some time ago, I picked up a mandolin and made my way to the weekly bluegrass jam session run by a fellow named Sherriff Bob over at The Baggot Inn in the West Village. It was my first time there with an instrument, and I knew less than little abo...

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Many Lies

Marc Von Em is a blues/folk guitarist who I first came across one night I randomly stopped by Rockwood Music Hall in the LES. As it happens, that was one of two nights of live performances he later pulled for his CD, Live At Rockwood. If you liste...

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]]> The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn tag:vox.com,2008-01-06:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00e398cf3bbe0002 2008-01-06T01:34:15Z 2008-01-06T01:36:09Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Summertime St. James Infirmary (Live at Chez Oskar's)

I first heard about these guys from a friend of mine who was so kind as to give me a CD. They're a Brooklyn based (obviously) ragtime jazz band that mixes both classics and their own material. On Monday nights, they play a weekly show at Chez Os...

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]]> The Best Things In Life Are Free Fries tag:vox.com,2007-11-12:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00e398bcd9bd0004 2007-11-12T16:14:35Z 2008-01-02T16:34:43Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Egyptian Ella

So, I just got back from Paris with Jenni, and one of the cooler things we did was go to a concert at Le Cabaret Pirate, which is a bar/restaurant/music venue/Chinese pirate ship floating in the Seine. The band that night was Fatima Spar und die F...

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]]> Minnesota? Nice... tag:vox.com,2007-11-12:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00e398bcca8a0002 2007-11-12T16:42:08Z 2007-11-14T13:42:44Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

How Good It Is

I had the nice opportunity to hang out with a couple musicians from Minnesota this past summer: Chris Koza and Joanna James. And yes, they are some of the sweetest folk I've ever met. Chris did a series of weekly sets at The Living Room, and a fi...

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]]> We Had Voices redux tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00e398ce12a70005 2008-01-02T16:20:58Z 2008-01-03T15:04:39Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom New Year's is the time of the year that you're socially pressured into reflecting on what it is you accomplished the past year, and what it is you want to accomplish the next year. Last March, We Had Voices (main page, Vox group) Session #1 went u...

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]]> Video may have killed the radio star... tag:vox.com,2007-06-08:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00d4143b4acc685e 2007-06-08T17:27:47Z 2007-06-18T21:16:58Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Wrong Trousers

...but mando/harp/upright combos are still fighting the good fight.

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]]> We Had Voices Session #1 released! tag:vox.com,2007-04-20:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00d4143192633c7f 2007-04-20T23:02:03Z 2007-04-21T21:11:45Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Whv1_poster We Had Voices Session #1

Woot! It's here! You can find the official WHV Session #1 podcast at our brand spankin' new WHV PodBean.com site. Here's the Vox upload, but keep in mind that it's lower quality than the PodBean one, and it's also not downloadable. Feature reques...

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]]> Ready, set, Vox! tag:vox.com,2007-04-16:asset-6a00d09e643a45be2b00d414306a0e3c7f 2007-04-16T14:10:16Z 2007-04-16T14:10:16Z Wes http://itburns.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

WHV - Who's At Starbucks?

Ok, so I heard about Vox via This American Life, and I think, great, yet another multimedia community to keep track of. But I have to admin, Vox actually does look pretty slick, and a site of this sort is one of the million projects that I never g...

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