When I ask Garrett Dutton aka G. Love about the style of music he plays, he gave several responses: “We call it ‘hip hop blues,’ …but we’ve also been called ‘sloppy’ and ‘laid back blues,’ which is definitely a compliment. I would say it’s more ‘trash can blues’.” Trash can […]
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Martha Redbone Roots Project Takes Us Home by Hayden Seder
Music has the power to transport us—to different times, places, and feelings. Hearing a certain song often takes you right back to the first time you heard it, maybe driving alone on a dark road. A melancholy tune might put a damper on your uplifted mood. The music of Martha […]
Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation by Hayden Seder
While many people might only be familiar with Thievery Corporation for their song “Lebanese Blond,” featured in the movie Garden State, the band, comprised of duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, has been performing a mixture of sounds from bossa nova to electronic to reggae to punk since the mid […]
Learning Center by 5B Insurance
The future belongs to those who prepare for it… We Provide Insurance and Financial Services to the Wood River Valley, State Farm Insurance. Sniff Out Home Fires Whether a fire has begun or the circumstances are right for one to ignite, homeowners may smell danger before seeing smoke or flames. If you sense […]
Discovering Yoga by Kim Frank
You are busy. You have a finite bit of time before your children come home from school, before your next meeting, before you have to walk the dog. You have to walk the dog. He cannot come to yoga class. There are a host of reasons you believe that yoga […]
Black Violin by Hayden Seder
Black Violin is all about breaking stereotypes; so much, in fact, that their newest album is titled Stereotypes and comes with a message of staying true to one’s self even though others may judge you. Violinist Kevin Sylvester (stage name Kev Marcus) and viola-player Wilner Baptiste (stage name Wil B) […]
Blistered Earth by Hayden Seder
The term “cover band” might conjure images of sub-par performers, not good enough to form their own band, crooning the sounds of whatever band they’ve chosen to emulate from the corner of a casino. Blistered Earth is not your typical tribute band. Read more here.
Sun Valley Film Noir by Martha McGuinness
Seductive double-dealing women, cynical hard-hearted men, murder, melancholy, disillusionment, moral corruption. It’s all coming to Sun Valley this September as the 2015 Sun Valley Film Noir series returns for its second year. The event was conceived of by Jeannine Gregoire, a Wood River Valley resident and professed Film Noir fanatic. […]