Music
Max and the Martians, All the Same (Perpetual Doom)
This is the second release that Tuba Skinny member Max Bien-Kahn has done in the past six months under the Max and the Martians banner, and they couldn’t be more […]
Esther Rose, How Many Times (Father/Daughter Records)
Former New Orleans resident Esther Rose is probably best known as Jack White’s duet partner on his last album Boarding House Reach. When she joined White onstage at Jazz Fest […]
Merry Clayton, Beautiful Scars (Motown Gospel)
When Merry Clayton last played in her hometown of New Orleans, she did a triumphant June 2013 appearance at the Joy Theater during the local premiere of the documentary 20 […]
Mike Dillon, Shoot the Moon, Suitcase Man, 1918 (three albums) (Royal Potato Family)
The pandemic affects people in different ways, causing some to turn inward and relive their personal history; others to get politically engaged or just plain angry. And sometimes it prompts […]
Jamaican Me Breakfast Club featuring Susan Cowsill, “Close to You” (single), Soundcloud
(Soundcloud) The Club gets proudly romantic with considerable help from guest singer Susan Cowsill. You already know the song, one of Bacharach/David’s loveliest and the one that started the Carpenters’ […]
Max and the Martians, Stay at Home Demos (Independent)
When it comes to songwriting, Covid-19 has really been the elephant in the room; even the Swifts and McCartneys who’ve made entire albums since the spring haven’t seen fit to […]
Christmas Magic: Debbie Davis was going to save Christmas, but Christmas saved her
Debbie Davis is a singer on a mission: She wants to give 2020 a better ending than its beginning or middle. And with a little Christmas magic up her sleeve, […]
Colin Lake, Forces of Nature (Splice)
Blue-eyed soul man Colin Lake has lived an entire life since he last released an album in 2015: He left New Orleans and retired from performing two years later, sold […]
The Nation Beat, The Royal Chase (Independent)
It’s not often that you’ll find a jazz, funk or brass-band album where the longest of 11 tracks is under five minutes. That’s the case on the Nation Beat’s sixth […]
Shawn Williams, The Fear of Living, The Fear of Loving (Independent)
Plenty of people have made Covid-era albums so far, but most of them avoid the elephant in the proverbial room and try to sound as normal as possible. Not the […]
