Visible Voice and Kitchen Sessions join forces
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 7:11AM Words // Scott Pingeton
Steve Legare started Kitchen Sessions, a house concert and video series in 2010, right around the same time I started Visible Voice - but our story goes back much farther. Steve and I met in college where we bonded over a shared love of music. A few years later we both found ourselves inspired to do what we love - share the music that we're passionate about. I was there at the first Kitchen Session (David Wax Museum) and Steve was there for the concert that became the first post on Visible Voice. Steve has gone on to shoot hundreds of live videos and host over 20 house concerts. You can see his (and KS-cohort Maria Romero's) work on Paste.com, NPR Music, Pitchfork, The Voice Project and others too numerous to name. Over the past two years Steve and I have collaborated countless times, but today we officially join forces.
What does this mean for each site? Kitchen Sessions will become a permanent, recurring feature on Visible Voice. That means you can count on lots more exclusive content - take-away shows, live video, audio recordings and lots more. From now on, Visible Voice will host all KS videos, freeing up Steve to spend more time filming/editing and less time updating the website. We also have some very exciting new projects in the works that we'll have more info on soon. I think it will be a win-win for everyone.
This video may represent the genesis of both Visible Voice and Kitchen Sessions - a recap of the 2009 Newport Folk Festival, the weekend that inspired both of us to start our respective projects:
