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It Is To Laugh:

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Laurel & Hardy Meet Santana

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Tags: Arts · Music

This just in…

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Welcome to VermontMornings radio: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin. You know it’s Gershwin, but his take is so original, so unexpected, so Brian Wilson, that you should listen and judge for yourself. It WORKS. Six albums from the ’80′s and ’90′s by Laurie Anderson.  She was one of the early adopters of computer technology when the [...]

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Osheaga 2010

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

We joined lots of folks from all around North America at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal Saturday and Sunday for the Fifth Annual Osheaga Festival of Music & Arts.  Headliners included Arcade Fire, Weezer, Metric, Devo (!) and Keane, but we tended to look for something different…a new favorite singer or group to adopt.  Last [...]

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Tags: Music · On The Road

Put another nickel in…

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Music that’s been added to the mix this week: Sting‘s ‘Symphonicities.’ Sting hits, Police hits, your favorites, all backed by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Some say the classical approach is a bit cloying, we say Sting’s too cool to ever be cloying. Eddie Harris‘ ‘That Is Why You’re Overweight.’ An early ’70′s album from [...]

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The Thirtieth…

July 17th, 2010 · No Comments

…and biggest ever Stars & Stripes Festival continues as of this posting (around 7:30 PM EDT Saturday) with the street dance.  Started by the Lyndon State College Foundation, the Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce took over three years ago, and much like the chamber, the festival continues to grow and grow.  The parade began with [...]

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Tags: Food · Music · Northeast Kingdom · Weather

Introducing Brittany Williams

July 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments

We found out about singer Brittany Williams from our old friend Anthony Rootham, International Man of Fun and former Food & Beverage Director up at Burke Mountain.  Brittany is from Denver, she sings and plays piano and she has a CD out called “Cursed With A Blessing.”  Anthony shipped us a copy of the album [...]

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Tags: Music · On The Road

Vermont Fourth, Day 2

July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

The Vermont State Fiddle Championship shared space with the 40th annual Burklyn Arts & Crafts Fair at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville on Saturday, and with another day of nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures, it featured fiddlers from age seven to well over seventy.  They covered it all, but it really was all about the [...]

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Tags: Arts · Music · Northeast Kingdom

From our Orlando connection…

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: Music · On The Road

The Long Days

June 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Summer officially begins at 7:28 Monday morning EDT, but for the last couple of weeks, we’ve been enjoying The Long Days.  The dawn’s early bright suggests itself at about 3:45 AM and if you’re outside at 9:00 PM, you realize that the twilight has lasted longer and longer.  Look northward and the glow you see [...]

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Tags: Music · Northeast Kingdom · Vermont · Weather

What’s New

May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Added in the past few weeks on VermontMornings.com: “New Amerykah Part 2″, the new album from Erykah Badu, the queen of Neo-Soul. “Love And It’s Opposite”, just released by Tracey Thorn.  Tracey was the voice of the huge English pop group Everything But The Girl, best known for their global 1994 hit ‘Missing.’  Her voice [...]

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Tags: Music · Northeast Kingdom · On The Road