Jodi chats with Jennifer Johnson of the Idaho Foodbank about their Community Gardens program.For more info, check out these links: www.idahofoodbank.org/community_gardens/, www.letsmoveboise.com, and ampleharvest.org.
Local legend, international artist, and good friend Curtis Stigers was featured in a special River Session on Thursday, April 19th, in anticipation of the release of his new album, "Let's Go Out Tonight." This featured song, Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed," is the album's lead-off track.
Practically our house band, Scars on 45 stopped by the Moxie Java Listener Lounge and performed four songs for us, including this one "Beauty's Running Wild," from their new debut self-titled album.
Donovan Frankenreiter stopped by the Moxie Java Listener Lounge at The River on March 29, 2012, just prior to his appearance later in the evening at the Knitting Factory. (He also went shopping for rocks with Tim and Rochelle.)
Tyrone Wells stopped by the Moxie Java Listener Lounge on 3/21/2012, before his concert later that evening at the Knitting Factory, and performed several songs from his new album, Where We Meet, including this one..."Freedom."
On Oct. 26th, 2011, Andrew McMahon, who is the heart and soul of Jack's Mannequin, stopped by the Moxie Java Listener Lounge at our studios for a special River Session prior to his appearance at the Knitting Factory that evening.
Joy Williams and John Paul White, aka The Civil Wars, stopped by the River Listener Lounge prior to their concert later in the evening at The Egyptian, and performed, along with a haunting version of "Billie Jean," the title cut of their album, "Barton Hollow."
Sam Beam, aka "Iron & Wine, " stopped by the Listener Lounge on Memorial Day afternoon, prior to his appearance in town later that evening. He and a small backup band, including several vocalists, sang this latest single hit, "Tree by the River," from the album Kiss Each Other Clean.
On 02/22/2011, Brit -band "Scars On 45" stopped by The River and performed a special session in our Listener Lounge. This was the only place they played in Boise!
Our friend Mat Kearney performed at a special River Session, and nowhere else in town, and played his new single, "Hey Mama."
Tim Johnstone had the pleasure and honor of sitting down for a conversation with Stevie Nicks about her new CD In Your Dreams. The interview took place in La Costa California on February 18th, 2010. At that point, Stevie had just begun talking about her first new CD in ten years.
The Head and the Heart, out of Seattle, stopped by the River for a special session before appearing later that evening at another venue. Among the songs they performed was this latest single of theirs.
That tall talented nice guy, Tyrone Wells, came back to visit us in Boise in the Moxie Java Listener Lounge on Nov.3, 2010, before his appearance in concert that night. Here's one of our favorite songs of his as performed in our studios..."More."
Alpha Rev, out of Austin, Texas, stopped by the Listener Lounge enroute somewhere other than Boise on Wednesday, Nov. 17th. They performed for us for almost an hour...enthralling the packed-full lounge with four songs, one of which was this title cut of their latest album, "New Morning."
Shawn Mullins stopped by our LIstener Lounge prior to his headlining appearance for The River's 2010 Concert For Cause on Wed. Dec. 15th. This is the title cut for his latest album.
Dan Layus and several memebers of Augustana stopped by the River Listener Lounge Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, for a chat and played four tunes, including an earlier one included here: "Boston"
No interviews. No music videos. In spite of that, they still remained effective in getting their music out to their fans.
he band discusses their willingness to experiment in the studio, mostly prompted by their love for playing live.
Mudhoney's Mark Arm discusses his relationship with Pearl Jam.
Known for their live shows, the bootleg recordings of their concerts become a thriving industry for the band and a sort of cult folowing for the fans.