In this episode, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson welcome special guest composer Dan VanHassel to share their best concerts (and beers) of 2017, as well as look ahead to preview their top 5 music and beer events of January 2018.

Jan 7 (7-10p) - Aeronaut Brewing

In this episode, hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson visit Bone Up Brewery in Everett, MA and chat with the co-owners and co-brewers, Liz and Jared Kiraly. They listen to the music of composer Daniel T Lewis, and the Kiraly's design the perfect beer that embodies Lewis' music. Along the way are discussions about Teamaker hops, specialty grains, and thriving in the shadow of a much larger brewery.

Special guest Bryan Reeves (owner of Craft Beer Cellar in Roslindale, MA) returns to the podcast to discuss our top five Christmas beers! With special musical clips by composer Jon Fielder!

The Original Gravity Podcast explores modern music, modern beer, and the people behind these arts. In this episode, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson preview their top 5 beer and music events for December 2017.

December 1 - Slumbrew American Fresh Brewhouse Opening

490 Foley St, Assembly Square, Somerville MA

Time TBA

December 1 - Rest/Noise performance of Michael Gordon’s Timber

Music Mansion - 88 Meeting St, Providence RI

8 pm

December 2 - Worcester Earn-A-Bike Annual Fundraiser

3 Cross Brewery, 4 Knowlton Ave, Worcester MA

5 pm - 10 pm

Suggested donation $10-15

December 2 - EQ Ensemble

New School of Music, 25 Lowell St, Cambridge MA

7:30 pm

$15 General Admission, $10 Students

December 8 - The Tallis Scholars (2017)

St. Paul Church, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge MA

8 pm

$45 full price, $22.50+fee at ticketforce.bostix.org

December 9 - Boston Beer Run

Heartbreak Hill Running Company, 294 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA

Lamplighter Brewing, Aeronaut Brewing, Slumbrew, Cambridge Brewing Company

11 am

Free to join, pay for beer and food as consumed

December 9 - Times Two

The Record Company, 960 Mass Ave, Boston MA

8 pm

$15 suggested donation

December 10 - Notch’s 2nd Annual German Christmas Market

Notch Brewery & Tap Room, 283 Derby St, Salem MA

12 pm - 4 pm

December 11 - Poutine Party!

Winter Hill Brewing Company, 328 Broadway, Somerville MA

5 pm - 10 pm

December 22 - Caroling on the Boston Common!

...The Boston Common

7 pm

A special "extended cut" of OGP's conversation with composer Aaron Jay Myers. In this shorter special edition, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson chat with Aaron about commissioning fees, best practices when asking someone to write for you, musical and cultural appropriation, American lagers, Christian rock music, and Aaron's new upcoming CD release. (Aaron also shares his true reaction to Greg's beer suggestion from Episode 17.)

Parental discretion advised: the language is a bit more vulgar.

The Original Gravity Podcast explores modern music, modern beer, and the people behind these arts. In this episode, hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson chat with composer Aaron Jay Myers about his work, his history with punk rock and improvisation, his drive to be a composer, and the almost spiritual impact music has on him. We listen to three of Aaron's works, including music from his old punk band Mad Max, his current band Zyzzyx, and a recent duet for two violins: For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky. Greg then determines exactly what beer would pair with Aaron's work.

Special guest Brian Reeves (owner of Craft Beer Cellar in Roslindale, MA) joins co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson in discussing their top five NEIPAs brewed in New England.

In the second of a series of monthly beer & music previews, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson each share their top five beer or music related events taking place in and around Boston in the month of November.

November 3-5: Guerilla Opera

Chrononhotonthologos: A new opera by Andy Vores

132 Ipswich St, Boston

$15 General Admission

http://guerillaopera.com/season/chrononhotonthologos/

November 3-4: Drink Craft Beer Beer & Sweets Fest

Liberty Hall, 200 Stuart St, Boston

$55

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-beer-and-sweets-fest-tickets-36216624900

November 4: Ensemble Adapter (8:00pm)

Paine Hall, Harvard University

Free

http://hgnm.org/concert/ensemble-adapter/

November 4: Harpoon Friendsgiving (6pm)

Harpoon Brewery

$75 (proceeds go to Greater Boston Food Bank)

http://www.harpoonhelps.com/events/harpoon-friendsgiving-dinner-boston-448

November 10: 4th Annual Big Cheese & Charcuterie Party (7:00pm)

Bantam Cider Company

$40

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bantam-ciders-4th-annual-big-cheese-charcuterie-party-tickets-38165192117

November 14-19: Lamplighter 1st Anniversary Party

Lamplighter Brewery

https://www.facebook.com/events/1892931377701051/

November 16-18: Nerax North

Salem Knights of Columbus Hall

$9 + pay as you go

https://nerax.org/wp_nerax/nerax-north/

November 16-19: Dead Man Walking (an opera by Jake Heggie)

Boston Conservatory Theater

$30

https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events/dead-man-walking

November 19: Nasty Cooperative (2:00pm)

Hands to Heart Yoga Center

http://sarahbob.net/nasty-cooperative

November 19: Semiosis Quartet (7:00pm)

New School of Music

http://www.semiosisquartet.com/new-events/

The Original Gravity Podcast – hosted by Keith Kirchoff and Greg Carlson – explores modern music composed by New England Composers and designs homebrewed beer recipes that pair with this music. The NEIPA has taken the nation (and certainly New England) by storm, and one might forget that there is a wealth of amazing other IPAs being brewed as well! In this episode, we do our second "Top 5" list, this time tackling the top five non-New England style IPAs that are brewed in New England! Spoiler: it's gonna make you thirsty.

The Original Gravity Podcast explores modern music, modern beer, and the people behind these arts. In this episode, the pod goes on the road to Kansas City for Electronic Music Midwest. There, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Eric Honour sit down with composer Jessica Rudman and chat about the challenges of stage fright, how a composer's relationship to their music evolves over time, 90's pop music, and Jessica's work for saxophone and electronics, Concertina 1: Cathedrals. Eric also decides which beer would pair perfectly with Jessica's work.