Music
Luke Winslow-King, The Coming Tide (Independent)
Most people don’t realize that New Orleans is the tail end of the Mississippi River Delta, so “delta” blues has always fit in here with the rest of the great […]
John Autin, Piano Town (Rabadash Records)
John Autin is one of those unsung New Orleans musicians who goes about his work (assorted gigs across the French Quarter, including a residency at Chophouse after recently ending a […]
Various Artists, Ingrid Lucia Presents New Orleans Female Vocalists (American Brat Collaboration)
Always community-minded, vocalist and bandleader Ingrid Lucia has put together a great compilation of female singers from across the New Orleans music scene. The lineup here sticks close to the […]
South Memphis String Band, Old Times There (Merless Records)
The latest record from the roots collective the South Memphis String Band has a relaxed, off-the-cuff feel. Then again, anyone who has seen Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tri-State Coalition), […]
Sun Ra, The Eternal Myth Revealed: Volume One – 1914-1959 (Transparency Records)
Pianist, bandleader, arranger and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra was thought to be a decidedly non-mainstream figure in the jazz world as he directed his Arkestra throughout the last half of the […]
Jay Mazza, Up Front and Center: New Orleans Music at the End of the 20th Century (Threadhead Press)
Jay Mazza has been faithfully listening to and writing about the music scene in New Orleans since he moved here in 1979, and this book is his chronicle of what […]
Hurray For the Riff Raff, Look Out Mama (Born to Win Records)
On Look Out Mama, Hurray for the Riff Raff expands its sonic palette while maintaining the simple, basic nature of their songs and lyrics. The band has added more percussion […]
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show, Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper (Threadhead Records)
For those of you who aren’t on the Paul Sanchez tip, he may be the best songwriter in this town chock-full of good songwriters. Since leaving Cowboy Mouth, he has […]
Ben Sandmel, Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans (Historic New Orleans Collection)
At last, Ben Sandmel’s long-awaited tome about singer Ernie K-Doe, possibly the wildest character to call the Crescent City home, has arrived. In Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New […]
Ernie K-Doe vs. Reality
Ben Sandmel’s long-awaited book, Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans, is finally here. He first heard K-Doe’s “Mother-In-Law” as a kid, but he didn’t really get into him […]
