Patrick Higgins

It was a hot summer day when Patrick Higgins prepared a bacon and asparagus risotto and played a song from his Bachanalia project. This is a project in which Bach tempo interpretations are taken to a new level by putting live solo guitar performances through a digital delay pedal.
In addition to Bachanalia, Patrick composes other experimental chamber music and plays guitar in the band ZS.

Look into these sites for more information:

http://www.patrickhigginsmusic.com

Interview on Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/label/northern-spy/blog/Higgins_and_Hillmer_Go_In_On_It

Bachanalia - Two Part Invention No. 2 BWV 773

Will Stratton

Red Hook, Brooklyn-based Will Stratton is currently on tour in Europe, which he's ecstatic about. Before leaving town and after finishing his new album he prepared these tacos and played a new song for us. The album uses the same quick finger-picking and voice base as this live performance, but it also has lots of strings and female vocals added in there. Here's an example:

Hopefully he's having a good time on tour and he doesn't miss his homeland of Zacatecas too much.

Jay Purdy

While Jay Purdy was playing a show with the Extraordinaires in Spain he took a little side trip to Italy. There he trekked for hours by train and on foot to finally arrive near-starved at the door of a family friend who had waiting for him this garlicky, onion-filled, capers-a-copious tuna pasta dish. It has held a special place in his palate since.
Jay's music with The Extraordinaires usually sounds a little more like this:

Little Fats

You may notice upon watching this video that Little Fats really isn't that fat. That's because a strict diet of Japanese east side grey noodles has helped him lose twenty kilograms. This is what he looked like before the diet:

He was apparently much angrier in his heavy days.
In this episode Little Fats prepares a quick egg salad dish and tells us all about his diet. Although he's playing a solo original song here, he usually plays standards joined by the Swingin' Hot Shot Party.

Little Fats - 四畳半で四畳半熱帯魚と暮らす