Issue Articles
Clark Vreeland: Ten Years After
Founding member of the Rhapsodizers Clark Vreeland returns to Snug Harbor March 13 to play in New Orleans after a decadelong hiatus. He’s bringing with him his latest project, Spanky […]
Les Blank
Documentary filmmaker Les Blank has spent much of his life in Louisiana, whether attending university here at Tulane, working as second camera shooting Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, or capturing communities […]
DJ Quickie Mart, Brain Salad Surgery (mixtape)
Brain Salad Surgery is DJ Quickie Mart’s answer to Girl Talk, and at one level it’s a winner and at another, it’s a swing and a miss. Like Gregg Gillis—Girl […]
Galactic, Ya-Ka-May (Anti- Records)
When Galactic parted ways with Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, there was a lot of concern about what the band would become without a front man. Would it jam on Blue Note-like […]
Various Artists, Love Song to New Orleans (Independent)
How far can good intentions carry a project? What do good intentions excuse? Love Song to New Orleans invites these questions because it’s obviously a sincere collection of songs dedicated […]
Soul Rebels, No Place Like Home, (Independent)
I’ll never understand live albums. They may have been cut on hot nights, but they rarely sound hot. Instead, they tell listeners about the hot night they missed. No Place […]
Galactic’s Ben Ellman and Robert Mercurio
When Galactic and Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet parted ways in 2004, there were whispers of concern about what the band would become without a vocalist. Rather than replace DeClouet, they recorded […]
Juvenile, Cocky & Confident (Atlantic)
Has Juvenile ever not sounded cocky and confident? If the title of his new album tells us anything, it’s that he’s in his comfort zone as a high roller from […]
Preservation Hall Hot 4, St. Peter Street Serenade (Preservation Hall)
This iTunes-only music-and-video release is the clearest document of Ben Jaffe’s vision for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The band, like the building, is an institution, and members may change, […]
Julia Lashae, Eadem Mutato Resurgo (Independent)
The title phrase—if you substitute “mutata” for “mutato”—translates in Latin to “Although changed, I shall arise the same,” and Julia Lashae embodies that thought. For the occasion, the jazz vocalist […]
