“The twenty-somethings who make up Tumbling Bones play a mix of old-time country and old-fashioned blues that belies their relative youth. But their folk music is no museum piece. It is living, breathing music infused with
a little of the contemporary rock ‘n’ roll the band members were reared on and reworked into their original arrangements and compositions.
The last half decade has taken them from street-performing on European street corners to venues across the continental United States to an acclaimed performance on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. The band’s debut EP Risk Not Your Soul (2011) reached the Top Ten on the Roots Music Report‘s folk radio chart. Since the release of their second record Schemes in May of this year Tumbling Bones has been on the road non-stop including dates throughout the midwest, east coast, and an outstanding three week tour of Ireland.”
As of this morning, Harvest Home Farmer’s Market has received confirmation that the following restaurants are on board for its food tasting benefit this September:
Jin Ramen
Melba’s
LeMonde
Dinosaur Bar-b-que
Creole
Red Rooster
Levain Bakery
5 and Diamond
And congratulations to Melba for her appearance on the View.
Eric White is certified by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust of London and the American Sommelier Association. White is a published wine professional with extensive experience in the NYC wine market.
He has lectured in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and South Africa concerning logistics in selling wine in America, the basic of tasting wine, The South African Winelands, and the basic understanding of food and wine pairing.
Eric White has worked with premier wine merchants in New York City, international wineries and currently managing The Winery in Harlem, NY.
The Tumbling Bones are purveyors of traditional American music who value, above all, grit. The twenty-somethings who make up the trio – Peter Winne, Jake Hoffman, and Sam McDougle – have been callousing their hands and pushing their vocal chords for years as they’ve toured, recorded, and breathed folk music. Their raw, though lucid, take on old American music has taken them across the world. The Tumbling Bones used to play in stringband-turned-indie rock outfit The Powder Kegs, and their time with that band took them from street-performing in Copenhagen and Berlin to venues along the east coast to an acclaimed 2007 performance on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor” (they played on the show’s “People in Their Twenties Talent Competition” and won first prize).
Their debut, the 2011 EP – ‘Risk Not Your Soul” – combines fiery American spirituals (“Banks of Jordan”), driving fiddle tunes (“Sally Johnson”), wistful folk ballads (“East VA Blues”), and rusty country blues (“St. Louis Blues”). Peter Winne’s deep baritone lead, Jake Hoffman’s cutting tenor, and Sam McDougle’s fiddle and percussion are faithful to old styles, but the Tumbling Bones can’t help injecting modern sensibilities into their music, however subtly. The record showcases the band’s versatility while staying true to their insistence that traditional American music be presented with a strong dose of grit and emotional intensity, even in the 21st century.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is the official venue for our Savor the Season event and we at Harvest Home Farmer’s Market could not be more excited!
As their website states, founder John Stage began Dinosaur Bar-B-Que with two partners as a mobile concession unit in 1983. After five years on the road, they settled in downtown Syracuse as a quick service lunch/dinner bar-b-que joint in 1988 and in 2004 opened their third Dinosaur Bar-B-Que location in Harlem.
Harlem location
Dinosaur Bar-b-que has been nationally acclaimed as some of the best bbq in the country. With numerous awards under their belt in publications such as Men’s Health and Eating Well magazines as well as receiving the honor of the Number 1 BBQ on Good Morning America, they have also been featured on various Food Network and Travel Channel shows. Their cookbook, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse, was also voted a best BBQ cookbook by the National Association of BBQ.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que prides themselves on fresh, homemade, high-quality food. They were a natural choice for Harvest Homes, and we are so excited to host Savor the Season – Uptown! at their restaurant this fall.
Founder and owner John Stage of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Chef Marcus Samuelsson is an internationally acclaimed chef who has thrilled the food scene with a blend of culture and artistic excellence. Celebrated as one of “The Great Chefs of America” by the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Samuelsson launched his career as a graduate of the Culinary Institute in Gothenburg, with apprenticeships in Switzerland, Austria, France and the United States.
Mr. Samuelsson will host Savor the Season, a benefit for Harvest Home Farmer’s Market celebrating 20 years of service to low and moderate income neighborhoods around the City of New York. This tasting event will showcase ‘best’ restaurants and chefs north of 110th Street.Savor the Season will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 in the banquet space owned by Dinosaur Bar-b-que in West Harlem.
Savor the Season Uptown! 
