Giving Tuesday

A few years back we were given a tour of the Queen’s beehives at Royal Park in London by Mike Gill, one of the Queen’s beekeepers. Justine Thieriot, who has been interning with The Kitchen Sisters these past months took over the tape and has created her...

Musical Monday – Cave Clove

At first listen, Cave Clove’s “Closer to the Moon” sounds conspicuously frictionless, as if gliding forward in zero gravity. Synthesizers swirl in broad strokes, Katie Clover’s elegant melodies come pouring out and wide bass notes fill out the lower end of the sonic...

Musical Monday – Be Calm Honcho

When I was a kid, we had these family friends who were into a sort of New Age Reform Judaism thing, and when we went to their house for Shabbat dinners, we would have to say one thing we were thankful for. I was never quite sure what to say, and I think I felt some...

Musical Monday – La Misa Negra

It began with a comment here, a remark there; like the growing whispers of Sauron’s army gathering in the East, or the speculation of the Republicans regaining control of the Senate in the midterm election (debatably more dire). Friends would say, “You need to check...

Musical Monday – Jessica Pratt

Even though Jessica Pratt has left town for the City of Angels, “Back, Baby,” the first single from her upcoming album On Your Own Love Again, has San Francisco written all over it. There’s an overarching sense of heartbreak and loss here, but Pratt sneaks in all of...