Snacky Tunes

This week's episode of Snacky Tunes features an interview with Rene Ramirez of Ray's BBQ in Huntington Park, CA, and a live in-studio performance by Harsh Crowd, a punk-inspired band composed of four 14-year-olds who formed in 2013 after meeting at Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in Brooklyn, New York.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode of Snacky Tunes, Darin Bresnitz interviews Chef Greg Bernhardt of Paley, a restaurant in Columbia Square, the birthplace of the Golden Age of Hollywood. At the forefront of the California farm to table movement, Bernhardt serves a dynamic menu of seasonal and local ingredients in classic dishes with a modern twist – a nod to the inspiration behind the restaurant itself. The second half of the show features of live in-studio performance by OddKidOut, a 20 year old music producer from West Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator of FACT Magazine's #FACTInstaBeats Instagram series.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's episode of Snacky Tunes features an interview with Shawna Dawson, founder of the LA Food Fest, followed by a live in-studio performance by the band Myrrias.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg Bresnitz is on location at Barrafina, an authentic Spanish tapas bar owned and operated by restaurateurs Sam & Eddie Hart in London's Soho. In the second half of the show, a live in-studio performance from the band Street Smells, a New York City Garage Psych Rock band named for the smelliest street on earth. They are Jonny Street, on guitar and vox, Ryan Street, guitar and vox, Jessi Street, bass, Vivi Street, drums, and Lala Street, synth,aux, and vox. They like heavy fuzz, pajama jamz, and chasing the comet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg Bresnitz interviews Claire Wadsworth of the restaurant La Copine. La Copine began as a pop-up kitchen in 2009. Chef Nikki Hill partnered with singer-songwriter Claire Wadsworth in Philadelphia, where they started their business serving farm-to-table brunch on a food cart. In 2012, Nikki and Claire moved to California. Now living in Yucca Valley, they have opened their first restaurant in Flamingo Heights. After the break, a live in-studio performance by violinist Nadia Sirota. “A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beauti

In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Darin Bresnitz sits down with Austin expat Briana Valdez, owner of HomeState, a Texas kitchen in Los Angeles. The menu features Tex-Mex specialties such as migas and brisket tacos. After the break, we have a live in-studio performance by The Undercover Dream Lovers, the solo project of Brooklyn based artist and producer Matt Koenig. His first EP, While It’s in Style, was bedroom produced and self-released. Koenig wrote, tracked, and mixed all the instrumental and vocal parts for the EP, which was released on April 7th, 2016. The Undercover Dream Lovers live performance is a six piece band including two drummers, a bassist, 2 guitars, and a keyboardist.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bill Esparza, also known as Street Gourmet LA, joins us in the studio to talk about winning the James Beard Award for food coverage, Latin American cuisine, and how it all comes together in Los Angeles. In the second half of the show, the band Huh delivers a live in-studio performance. Huh are a heady, shreddy new rock band from New York City with a new EP and a new video. The four-piece creates thick, melodic sounds with whiffs of mid-'90s nostalgia and the occasional nod to Dad Rock. Onstage, their energetic set flows effortlessly from fast-paced, danceable tunes to dark, alluring ballads. Friends from around town, guitarist/vocalist Tia Vincent-Clark (The Fugue; Queening; Pygmy Shrews) singer Carrie-Anne Murphy (Bad Credit No Credit; Clapperclaw), and drummer Ryann Slauson (Sleepy Vikings; Loins; Giddy-Up, Helicopter!) played their first show in September of 2015. Bassist Molly Jean Schoen, fresh to NYC from Detroit, joined in early 2016.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac

In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg welcomes Raffaello Van Couten, Paul Kolbe, and Chef Marcellus Coleman of MID|NIGHTS Restaurant into the studio. Located in Williamsburg, MID|NIGHTS is the combination of a well executed food program, with a cocktail focused bar scene, that features outdoor seating, live DJ’s and a late-night menu. The second half of the show features WALL, a post-punk or no wave band (it's up for debate, according to their website) based in New York City. Tune in for a live in-studio performance and their origin story...plus, they reveal their favorite cat they've encountered thus far as a band.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg and Darin catch up with Tracy Jane Young and Josh Grinker, the creative forces behind Kings County Imperial, a reinterpreted Central Chinese restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Rather than striving strictly for "authenticity," the menu is all about making an emotional connection between the food on the plate and the people who made it. After the break, we have musical guest Michael Daves, whose two-album set Orchids and Violence is out now on Nonesuch Records. Both discs of Orchids and Violence are produced by Daves and have identical track listings of mostly traditional bluegrass songs. The first features straightforward interpretations of them and was recorded live to tape in a 19th-century church by Daves and a band of roots-music innovators: bassist Mike Bub, violinist Brittany Haas, mandolinist Sarah Jarosz, and Punch Brothers banjo player Noam Pikelny. The second disc was recorded in Daves's home studio and includes bass, drums, and electric guitar,

This week on Snacky Tunes, host Greg Bresnitz sits down with Kavita Meelu, who is one of the founders of Street Food Thursday. She has also developed a number of Berlin events, such as Burgers & Hip Hop and Mother’s Mother. After the break, Mike Edison and Mickey Finn, perform excerpts from Mike's new tragic-comic memoir, You Are a Complete Disappointment: A Triumphant Memoir of Failed Expectations.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg and Darin kick off the show with Canadian transplant Noah Bernamoff, the co-founder of Mile End Deli, Black Seed Bagels, and Grand Army. They chat about New York's uniquely competitive deli scene, cocktails at Grand Army, and Black Seed's plans for the upcoming Passover holiday. In the second half of the show, Philadelphia harpist Mary Lattimore delivers an exclusive in-studio performance. Mary has performed and recorded with such artists as Meg Baird, Thurston Moore, Sharon Van Etten, Jarvis Cocker, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Ed Askew, Fursaxa, and Jeff Zeigler. She has been a part of soundtrack projects including Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Lopapeysa, a film by David Kessler set in Iceland, and the film score for Marina Abramovic: the Artist is Present, a documentary about the artist. In March 2013, she accompanied Nick Cave’s beautiful horse soundsuits for the 100th anniversary of Grand Central Station in New York City. Mary was named 2014 Pew Fellow by the Pew Center for

On this week's episode of Snacky Tunes, the ladies from Cherry Bombe magazine stop by to talk about their upcoming Jubilee conference, and the overall state of women in the food world. The second half of the show features an in-studio performance from New York City electro-pop outfit Frances Rose, aka Sarah Frances and Michelle Rose Cagianese. As dual vocalists, songwriters, and producers, the sisters are known for a dynamic sound which deftly blends a wide range of influences including R&B, indie rock, grunge, and contemporary chart-pop. Growing up in the rural Hudson River Valley, Sarah and Michelle began their journey with classical instruments at age seven, with Sarah learning violin and Michelle the cello; blossomed into a songwriting duo as pop and indie-obsessed teenagers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Snacky Tunes, Darin speaks with Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, founders of Cherry Bombe Magazine, who tell us about starting their biannual publication focused on women and food. After the break, we hear some live music in the studio from Frances Cone. This program has been sponsored by Tekserve. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's special edition of Snacky Tunes, we bring you another panel from the South By Southwest festival: "Modern Food Reporting." Presented by Darin Bresnitz, co-host of Snacky Tunes, and Jack Inslee, executive producer at Heritage Radio Network, with guests Helen Rosner (Eater) and James Hamblin, MD (The Atlantic Monthly).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's special edition of Snacky Tunes, we present "The Real Cost of Food" panel from South By Southwest. Presented by Darin Bresnitz & Greg Bresnitz, co-hosts of Snacky Tunes, and Jack Inslee, executive producer at Heritage Radio Network, with guests Alex Stupak of Empellon and Erik Bruner-Yang of Maketto in Washington D.C.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Snacky Tunes, host Greg talks to Maria Godoy. Maria Godoy is a senior editor with NPR’s Science Desk and the host of NPR’s food blog, The Salt. Maria covers the food beat with a wide lens, investigating everything from the health effects of caffeine to how our diets define our cultural and personal identities.With her colleagues on the food team, Maria won the 2012 James Beard Award for best food blog. The Salt was also awarded first place in the blog category from the Association of Food Journalists in 2013; and it won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Blog from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation in 2013. Musical guest: Beverly See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first half of this week’s Snacky Tunes, Greg and Darin chat with Matt Robard, co-author of the book Koreatown along with Deuki Hong. The second half of the show features the rapper False Prpht, as well as his producer, Poozy. Their collaboration was created through a chance encounter in a North Carolina airport, and merges rap with hardcore/noise. Also joining them in the studio is manager Siobhan Bledsoe, a published poet and False Prpht’s former bandmate in the punk band Mattress. “The narrow path in between [hip hop and hardcore] is so evident. It’s there, people just need to take it.” [46:45] – False Prpht  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tune in to Snacky Tunes this week as Greg and Darin Bresnitz welcome Jakob Layman and Gurus to the show! Jakob is a Los Angeles based photographer with expertise in food and restaurant photography.  He is photo editor of Time Out Los Angeles and regularly freelances for local and international publications.  He has had his images published in newspapers and magazines such as Newsweek, The New York Times, The New York Times T Magazine, LA Times, Los Angeles Confidential, Condé Nast Traveler, Food Network Magazine, SPIN, Time Out New York, and Esquire. Gurus is a big multimedia project based in Brooklyn, NY, with street percussion, saxophone, voices, visual imagery, and printed material, singing about a cult and at times resembling one. Their debut single, “Believers,” is out February 5, 2016, followed shortly by their album, “Unconditional Surrender” in May 2016.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tune in for a brand new episode of Snacky Tunes as Greg Bresnitz is joined in studio by guest co-host Jordana Rothman as well as Anna Polonsky, co-founder of The MP Shift. The MP Shift is a New York based concept, design and branding studio, which specializes primarily in hospitality and lifestyle. Turning clients’ ideas into lasting brands, focusing on every detail from visual identity to the floor tiles, through marketing and events, Anna explains how The MP Shift uses its network of makers and professionals to build their verbal and visual strategy and serve their inspiration, while deliberately avoiding a signature style. Guitarist / crooner Dave Tudi founded Triple Hex in the early oughts in Brooklyn, releasing the rockabilly tinged Phantom Highway 13 EP in 2006 on Thigh High Records. The band followed up with extensive touring throughout Europe in 2007 before releasing a Stooges-esque three track 7” entitled Scratch My Back. The band went through a couple lineup changes before enlisting Miss Chip on 60s

Tune in for a brand new episode of Snacky Tunes as Darin Bresnitz is in conversation with Courtney Nichols, co-founder of Disco Dining Club. Disco Dining Club is a bi-monthly culinary excursion steeped in all the excess, debauchery & hedonism of disco. Each dinner features cuisine from a renowned chef, unlimited oysters, an open bar provided by local microbreweries, wineries and distilleries, an all-vinyl disco DJ set, a live performance, multiple, thematic installations, and an invite-only crowd of cultural tastemakers – all donning decadent attire while partaking in a night of disco escapades. It is the intent of Disco Dining Club to take the warehouse scene out of the underground and into the dining room that asks but one thing of guests: to consume everything. In the second half of the show, Greg Bresnitz is in studio with Miwi La Lupa. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Buffalo, NY now living in New York City, Miwi is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and is a