Issue Articles
Christmas Gumbo: The ultimate New Orleans holiday playlist
New Orleans’ history of Christmas music actually begins fairly recently: For all the great records that came out of this city in the ’50s and ’60s, only a precious few […]
Debbie Davis’ show keeps her from getting cynical about Christmas
Christmas can be a time for kicking up and celebrating, for gathering friends together, for taking solace after a tough year, or even for tearing up a little. Debbie Davis […]
Kevin Griffin, Anywhere You Go (BMG)
Though most locals know him as the frontman for Better Than Ezra, Kevin Griffin has quietly carved out a career as a co-writer to the stars. To put it bluntly, […]
Music documentary ‘Between the Notes’ shouldn’t be missed
Given the losses it’s endured over the past year, New Orleans music could use a smart, well-crafted love letter. It gets one in Between the Notes, a half-hour documentary short […]
John Boutté, “a ‘well tempered’ Boutté” (Independent)
Let’s face it: if an album of John Boutté singing (mostly) standards with a jazz trio had turned out to be anything less than magnificent, anyone who knows the man’s […]
Raymond Anthony Myles, “New Orleans Gospel Genius” (Tuff City)
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Raymond Anthony Myles, who was murdered at age 40 in 1998, has turned out to be irreplaceable. New Orleans has produced many great gospel voices […]
Khris Royal & Dark Matter, “Dark Matter II” (Independent)
This is the sort of album that a major labels would no longer release in a million years: a jazz-funk set that features first-rate players soloing at length for the […]
Various Artists, “Funky Funky New Orleans, Volume 6” (Tuff City)
When Tuff City began releasing these Funky Funky New Orleans compilations in the late ’90s, every track was a revelation. Any funk enthusiasts who only knew the Meters and Eddie […]
Mitch Woods, “A Tip of the Hat to Fats” (The Orchard / Blind Pig)
This may be the first Fats Domino tribute album to have no original Domino songs on it. Only three of the tracks here are Fats-associated, and those are all songs […]
Anders Osborne, “Buddha and the Blues” (Back on Dumaine)
Anders Osborne couldn’t have released this album at a luckier time: Just as the hit movie “Echo in the Canyon” is creating new interest in the fabled Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter […]
