Jeff Barsky aka Insect Factory (Bedmaker, Shadow Riot) graces the astro stage in episode 14 of Live from the Avant Garden! In the first part of the show, Jeff talks about sharing his hands on Kibbutzim and on fretboards for acts such as Time is Fire and his (sometimes) solo project Insect Factory. In the second part of the show, we get an exclusive acoustic improv performance by Insect Factory. We also get some other 'sclusies like our largest audience yet including cameos from Bonnie Schlegel, Antonia Tricarico and Joe Lally! V.J. even joins in on the fun for a guitar duet on the last tune! This is an episode to get lost in!

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You can hear Jeff Barsky's newest solo record Voice Paintings out now on UK imprint Chocolate Monk and Bandcamp

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Episode 13 of Live from the Avant Garden proves your superstitions that Izzy Burke and Don Potter's project, Letters to Delphi, is a direct line to the muses. We test the bounds of recording in the great wide open and Don and Izzy prove their mettle as inimitable forces in the DMV music scene! The first part of the show offers you insights into their respective paths growing to the top of your ears in influential local hard hitters such as Outerloop, Cherub Tree, and Modest Goddess while planting seeds as music mentors through vital programs such as Girls Rock NOVA and Girls Rock DC. The second part of the show gives you a front row seat to Letters to Delphi's hot new music including their scorching single, Winter Elegy. We also get exclusive listens to solo Izzy Burke tunes that will be gracing stages and headphones in the near future! Don't forget to also check out "The First EP" by Izzy's band, Modest Goddess, out now everywhere good music grows!

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Episode 12 features Ben Tufts and Guy Bouchie alongside Bobby Thompson of GXB and Root Nine Records, respectively. We dig deep into the roots of Northern Virginia music scenes then and now; and we learn about the vital work being done today at local institutions such as Vanguard Arts Center, Music on the Hill, 7DrumCity and through organizations like Girls Rock NOVA/Girls Rock DC. We then get to hear Guy and Ben rock the robins with some select GXB tunes followed by Bobby and Ben getting dirty with some down-home roots music featuring the lap steel for the first time on the podcast!

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