The X Isles http://www.thexisles.com Island Style Music Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:02:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Nosara surf trip… http://www.thexisles.com/2013/03/02/nosara-surf-trip/ http://www.thexisles.com/2013/03/02/nosara-surf-trip/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:55:15 +0000 John http://www.thexisles.com/?p=417 Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica.

More photos… 

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…and many more dates this summer!

 

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Hawaiian surfer-photographer Clark Little takes some pretty stunning photos of the waves he loves to ride. He actually shoots from inside the wave, giving laymen a glimpse at the beauty that keeps people like him hooked on the sport.

(by Gerry Mak in New Photography)

Check out Clark’s incredible photos here: http://www.clarklittlephotography.com/

 

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John with his 2007 T5 Koa Taylor Guitar

]]> http://www.thexisles.com/2012/11/21/happy-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 The X Isles Band http://www.thexisles.com/2012/11/19/the-x-isles-band/ http://www.thexisles.com/2012/11/19/the-x-isles-band/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:26:35 +0000 John http://www.thexisles.com/?p=371 The X Isles also play locally as a 5 piece band.

Fifth Element 10/27/12

Bill Miele on Bass, Rick Andre on Steel Drums, John Sippell on Guitar and Vocals, Rusty Hughes on Keyboards and Bart Lingley just joined us on Drums.

]]> http://www.thexisles.com/2012/11/19/the-x-isles-band/feed/ 0 The Isle of Man http://www.thexisles.com/2012/10/27/the-isle-of-man/ http://www.thexisles.com/2012/10/27/the-isle-of-man/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:53:52 +0000 John http://www.thexisles.com/?p=337 Continue reading →]]> Whoever said, “No man is an island” forgot about the Isle of Man.

 

<–Peel Castle at the entrance to Peel Harbor in the Irish Sea.

That’s where manx cats originated………… I had an awesome black and white manx who went by the name Jaco. Bugga lived for 17 years!

 

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10-1 this Saturday 10/27/12
@ The Best Bar in Newport!

]]> http://www.thexisles.com/2012/10/24/halloween-bash-with-the-x-isles-band-this-saturday-5th-element/feed/ 0 Kicking It Up A Notch… http://www.thexisles.com/2012/09/27/bam/ http://www.thexisles.com/2012/09/27/bam/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:09:51 +0000 John http://www.thexisles.com/?p=316 Continue reading →]]> Last Sunday the X Isles played a clambake for Emeril Lagasse's Golf Classic that raises scholarship funds for Johnson ad Wales students. The weather was beautiful, the food was awesome and Emeril gave us a big friendly smile! BAM!

Goat Island, Newport RI: Last Sunday the X Isles played a clambake for Emeril Lagasse’s Golf Classic that raises scholarship funds for Johnson ad Wales students. The weather was beautiful, the food was awesome and Emeril gave us a big friendly smile! BAM!

]]> http://www.thexisles.com/2012/09/27/bam/feed/ 0 Pier 49 tonight with Jason on the pans! http://www.thexisles.com/2012/08/07/pier-49-tonight-with-jason-on-the-pans/ http://www.thexisles.com/2012/08/07/pier-49-tonight-with-jason-on-the-pans/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:06:20 +0000 John http://www.thexisles.com/?p=301 John will be performing tonight at Pier 49 in Newport, RI with Trinidadian master steel drum maker and musician Jason Roseman.

John and Jason @ Nautika last month

Tools of the Trade

Jason’s pan workshop
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The X Isles duo play for an engagement party at Newport’s exclusive Bailey’s Beach Club

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