Music
The High Ground Drifters, The High Ground Drifters, (Independent)
A bluegrass band in New Orleans has to be lonely. There’s a community of pickers, but the dearth of country and bluegrass bands and clubs suggests that it’s a small […]
Alec Ounsworth: A Crumbling Beauty
After singing “St. James Infirmary,” Alec Ounsworth walked off Tipitina’s stage slightly shaken. He thought he knew the lyrics until he got into the second verse, when he realized he […]
Tribal without Tattoos
The Bingo! Parlour will be one of the more unusual venues during the Voodoo Music Experience. In addition to hosting performances by Down, Fischerspooner, the Squirrel Nut Zippers and Why […]
The Pod People
The iPod tells us all we need to know. This Halloween weekend, the Voodoo Music Experience presents everything from singer/ songwriter Andrew Duhon to metal heroes Down to sacred steel […]
Lenny Kravitz
He has worked with Mick Jagger, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson and more. He’s soon to appear in the movie Precious with Mariah Carey. He’s in Paris for this interview, and […]
Otis Taylor, Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (Telarc)
Typically, I’m suspicious of the humorless and literal. More often that not, the combination leads to well-meant but obvious art. In the liner notes to Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs, […]
Red Stick Ramblers, My Suitcase is Always Packed (Sugar Hill)
By now, the story of any Red Stick Ramblers album is what mood they’re in. They’ve demonstrated that they can play Cajun, Western Swing, hot jazz, blues and country, and […]
I Now Pronounce You Funky
At this year’s Jazz Fest, former New Orleans House of Blues employee Wayne Lee was wed onstage in the Gospel Tent with the assembled crowd raising their hands toward them, […]
Kenny Bill Stinson, Kickin’ in My Stall (Independent)
North Louisiana’s Kenny Bill Stinson recorded Kickin’ in My Stall by himself at home, and the lack of anyone looking over his shoulder to keep him pious helps immensely. His […]
Keeping Crescent, Your Escape EP (Independent)
In the rehearsal hall and perhaps in clubs, local band Keeping Crescent likely sounds bigger, louder and more dramatic. On Your Escape EP, the last band to wave the flag […]
