Music
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (RCA)
In the wake of the tragic and unexpected death of founding member, saxophonist LeRoi Moore, in mid-August 2008, the Dave Matthews Band retreated to New Orleans’ Piety Street Studios in […]
Street Sweeper Social Club, Street Sweeper Social Club (SSSC)
It’s hard to resist the draw and the firepower of the Street Sweeper Social Club, the teaming of musical activists Tom Morello and Boots Riley of the Coup. As their […]
Zigaboo Modeliste and Gaboon’s Gang, Funk Me Hard Live, (JZM)
Legendary drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste’s first release since 2004’s I’m on the Right Track is a relic of sorts—a live EP originally recorded in 1980 from New Orleans’ Saenger […]
Hill Country Revue, Make a Move (Razor & Tie)
When the North Mississippi Allstars’ guitarist Luther Dickinson joined the Black Crowes on tour in 2008, his bandmates, brother Cody and bassist Chris Chew, hatched up a homespun conspiracy of […]
Big Rock Candy Mountain, Hey Kid (Independent)
While their name may allude to it, New Orleans-based indie outfit Big Rock Candy Mountain are anything but a group of folk-obsessed idlers in search of an idyllic hobo’s heaven. […]
New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Slither Slice (Threadhead)
Very rarely does an album come along that redefines the sound and spirit of an entire genre. On their first release in almost a decade, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers have […]
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux feat. Reverend Goat Carson, Rising Sun (f.Boo Music)
As a member of the venerated Wild Magnolias, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux played a key role in bringing the locally revered Mardi Gras Indian tradition to national and international prominence. […]
Various Artists, Robots Are Mean (NOIRC)
On their first compilation, Rock Beats Paper, the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective showed that there was more bounding around the streets of the Crescent City than the sounds of […]
Marcus Roberts, New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1 (J-Master)
Blind piano prodigy, Wynton Marsalis protégé and staunch traditionalist Marcus Roberts returns with his first album in eight years, New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1. He is back with his […]
Derek Trucks Band, Already Free (RCA Victor)
In many ways, 2006’s Songlines was a landmark album for the Derek Trucks Band. It was vocalist Mike Mattison’s first studio effort with the band, and it was the group’s […]
