Issue Articles
Harry Shearer
It’s easy for New Orleanians to be skeptical under the best of circumstances, and even more so where celebrities are concerned, but Harry Shearer and Judith Owen don’t just have […]
Kermit Ruffins, Have a Crazy Cool Christmas (Basin Street)
Kermit Ruffins Have a Crazy Cool Christmas (Basin Street) Kermit Ruffins’ role as the Bard of Good Times in New Orleans has led him into some musically dubious spots, places […]
Various Artists, A Family Christmas (Putumayo)
Putumayo’s most recent Christmas collection this year is supposedly fun for the whole family. Evidently, the whole family loves acoustic, stringed instruments—guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, and the like. As such, This […]
Charlie Miller, Christmas in New Orleans (Independent)
Christmas on an ice floe is more like it. Charlie Miller has recorded an album of solo trumpet versions of Christmas classics, and the echo on his horn makes it […]
Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart (Columbia)
This album has been the source of a lot of easy mocking, but Bob Dylan has rarely been as transparent as he is on Christmas in the Heart. In recent […]
A Homegrown Christmas
New Orleans and Louisiana have produced more Christmas music than people realize. Here are the highlights, all of which are available at Louisiana Music Factory or online music services: Johnny […]
Various Artists, Christmas with Sinatra and Friends (Concord)
A disappointment, not because it’s bad, but I was hoping for a Sinatra Christmas album I hadn’t heard. Instead, it’s a repackaging of lesser known Sinatra Christmas music padded with […]
First HAMP Knowledge
Howlin’ Wolf will host the first annual HAMP—HIV Awareness Music Project—on December 1 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. On World AIDS Day, this benefit will raise money for local […]
CD Review: A Fine Frenzy’s “Oh, Blue Christmas”
[In the December issue, we reviewed a number of Christmas CDs, but more came in after deadline. We hope to deal with as many as we can over the course […]
Rock City Morgue, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Castle Gray Skull)
Rock City Morgue has generally traded on a version of New York-based, B-movie-oriented punk rock for much of its career, and done so well. Building songs around ghosts, ghouls and […]
