It was an amazing and glorious weekend recently when the What Cheer? brigade and many other wonderful bands emerged on Davis square, in Somerville, MA, for the second annual HONK! fest. Let me tell you, those organizers had their shite together and put on one heck of an amazing weekend! We were pleased as the [...]
This weekend: the HONK! Festival in the Somerville area of Boston. 19 street bands, mostly brass and drums, most with more than 10 members — some with more than 20 — all banging out the tunes in the streets for FREE!!! Not thinking of attending? Yeah, once I thought I would hold my pee for [...]
That’s right, kids. We made it back from Europe, a bit more bloodied and bruised, but all in all wowed by the reception we got, and the joy of seeing some of the things we saw and heard. But there is only little rest for the wicked, as they say. New York, Boston, and Providence [...]
On Sunday, July 15th, Jake’s bar and Grille — here in our fair city of Providence — will be hosting three wonderful acts. this is the rare chance to see your friends and ours — Barn Burning — performing with Okkervil River. That’s right, folks, Okkervil river! But wait, crazier still, we’re going to march [...]
