Whitehaus
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Among "Boston
's most prolific DIY venues," the Whitehaus is a non-traditional performance venue and artists collective located in an eight-bedroom home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
. Music and poetry made by "the hyper-prolific Whitehaus collective" is distributed under The Whitehaus Family Record
independent music label. As described by one source:
Their frequent "hootenannies
" are open to anyone to share their musical or poetic talents.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
's most prolific DIY venues," the Whitehaus is a non-traditional performance venue and artists collective located in an eight-bedroom home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
. Music and poetry made by "the hyper-prolific Whitehaus collective" is distributed under The Whitehaus Family Record
The Whitehaus Family Record
The Whitehaus Family Record is an independent record label based out of the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. It began as a community of artists, poets and musicians that would gather together and throw 'hootenannies.' Since then it has distributed over 40 releases and become a host for...
independent music label. As described by one source:
One of the most prolific new DIY collectives in Jamaica Plain, the Whitehaus Family Record, brings together folkFolk musicFolk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, indie, and experimental sound to produce a psychedelicPsychedelicThe term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
world of music, love, and all that other punk/hippieHippieThe hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
crossover goodnessHipster (contemporary subculture)Hipsters are a subculture of young, recently settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with musical interests mainly in alternative rock that appeared in the 1990s...
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Their frequent "hootenannies
Hootenanny
Hootenanny is an Appalachian colloquialism that was used in early twentieth century America to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown. In this usage it was synonymous with thingamajig or whatchamacallit, as in "hand me that hootenanny." Hootenanny was also an old country word for...
" are open to anyone to share their musical or poetic talents.