Music
Matt Perrine, Sunflower City (Independent)
Until sousaphonist and bassist Matt Perrine’s new record, nobody, and I mean nobody, needed to record the old warhorse “Muskrat Ramble” again. Been there done that a million times. But, […]
The Other Planets, Eightballs in Angola (Independent)
Mixing forward-looking sounds and studio wizardry, the new CD from the New Orleans collective the Other Planets, led by percussionist and sampler Anthony Cuccia, strikes an eclectic chord. This record, […]
Grace Bauer and Julie Kane, Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum (Xavier Review Press)
Truth and myth have merged since the poet Everette Maddox passed in February 1989. He is better known now for starting the Maple Leaf Poetry Reading series and for his […]
Do You Know…the Magnetic Ear
Who: Martin Krusche’s Magnetic Ear is a five-piece band that runs the jazz gamut. A native of Munich, Germany, tenor saxophonist Krusche has been here since 1995 with a couple […]
John Sinclair, Va Tutto Bene/It’s All Good (Stampa Alternativa)
Poet, critic, and counterculture icon John Sinclair’s new book is a great introduction to his oeuvre as well as a compilation of writings that illustrate his themes and concerns. The […]
Louis Prima and Sam Butera and the Witnesses/Pete Fountain, Live Jazz From Club 15 (Request)
It is amazing how some New Orleans music, while still full of the soul and authenticity that is secreted from the pores of the Crescent City, can still sound good […]
Obituary: Jessie Mae Hemphill
(1934-2006) Singer and blues woman Jessie Mae Hemphill passed away Saturday, July 22. The world had not heard her guitar playing since she’d had a stroke in 1993, but she […]
Obituary: Barbara George
(1943-2006) New Orleans singer Barbara George passed away Thursday morning August 10 in Houma, Louisiana after a long illness of complications from hepatitis C. She was 63 years old. George […]
Bouncing Back
In the summer of 2005, writer Nik Cohn, published Triksta, which details his immersion in the world of New Orleans’ street rap and bounce music. In it, he writes of […]
