Issue Articles
Feeling the Darkness: Shawn Williams is country-based with a New Orleans flair
Let’s get the obvious question out of the way: Is Shawn Williams really the person in her songs, the one with the messy emotional life? Absolutely, she replies. But not […]
Jamaican Me Breakfast Club, “Everything I Own” (Single), (Independent)
The Jamaican Me Breakfast Club has reggae-fied another ’70s soft-rock classic, last time it was The Carpenters’ “Close to You,” now it’s Bread’s teary ballad from 1972. And this one […]
Frenchie Moe, Way Down in Hustleville (Independent)
Singer-guitarist Frenchie Moe has quite the backstory: Born in France during the ’80s, she was performing blues as a teenager, and her first band was with veteran UK bluesman Victor […]
The Last Waltz: Anything is possible | An interview with producer Don Was
It looks like there’ll never be a last waltz for The Last Waltz. The Band’s splashy farewell concert from 1976 will be celebrated at the Saenger Theatre on .
A Spiritual Uncle and Nephew: Guitar slinger Darren Hoffman and master drummer Shannon Powell are Uncle Nef
Uncle Nef featuring Shannon Powell and Darren Hoffman will perform in the Blues Tent at Jazz Fest on Friday, May 6, at 12:15 p.m. Uncle Nef may not be the […]
Shining, Gleaming, Streaming, Flaxen, Waxen: The Cowsills bring old-fashioned good vibes
The Cowsills will perform at Jazz Fest on the Gentilly Stage on Friday, May 6, at 12:45 p.m. So you still associate the Cowsills with sunshine, flowers and the ’60s? […]
Fest Focus: Jimmy Hall
Jimmy Hall will perform in the Blues Tent at Jazz Fest on Thursday, May 5, at 2:50 p.m. Quick, what was the greatest live album to come out of the […]
A fresh spin: Jon Cleary releases a limited-edition single
Keyboard man Jon Cleary has made all sorts of records, but until this month he’d never put out a seven-inch single. A new album with the Absolute Monster Gentlemen is […]
Robert Eustis, The Tipping Point (Independent)
UPDATE: Robert Eustis will host an album release party for The Tipping Point on Thursday, May 12, 7 p.m. at Chickie Wah Wah, 2828 Canal Street. You’d think that someone’s […]
The Junior League, Bridge & Tunnel (Independent)
This is one absolute honey of a pop album, and if your collection is full of jangly guitars and haunting chorus hooks, it will hit you right where you live. […]
