Came across this article on the NY Times.Com
To find cask ale, you need to find a dedicated beer bar, especially one that is partial to British ale traditions. For bars in the New York area, this is an excellent resource. Here is a good source for cask ale outlets around the rest of the United States and in Canada, while here is a great web site for all matters pertaining to cask ales and craft beers
Never realized there were so many great bars nearby with cask ales available.
Loving this new PJ Harvey album, White Chalk. It's a little more quiet than her last two albums, but man, can that woman write a killer song. Her voice is a sultry and poignant as ever and she plays quite a bit of piano on this album.
She wrote it, not on guitar as usual, but on piano and other instruments, such as zither, harmonica and harp. Longtime pals Eric Drew Feldman and Jim White of the Dirty Three augmented the mostly hushed, atmospheric tracks with Mellotron, delicate percussion, guitar and banjo. Very similar album to 1998's Is This Desire? -- also co-produced by Harvey, Flood and John Parish -- but "White Chalk" is even more ethereal. I'm so bummed I missed her in concert the last two times she's played NYC. Hopefully she makes a return trip to NYC to play even more of her new album and old faves.
