Issue Articles
Jazz Fest Focus: Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires (Second Jazz Fest Weekend) Thursday, April 30, Fais Do-Do Stage, 4:25 p.m. When it comes to writing and music, Amanda Shires has many talents. She is a fine fiddle […]
What Fats Domino Means to New Orleans
Listen. You can hear Fats Domino everywhere in New Orleans, even in places where there is silence. There is something about his rhythms and melodies that are in the way […]
Nicholas Payton’s Box of Crayola
One of the many great things about Nicholas Payton is that he does not limit himself in his musical pursuits. Recently he has been heard onstage and on record with […]
Jon Batiste, Chad Smith & Bill Laswell, The Process (M.O.D. Technologies)
With its synthesis of rock, funk, fusion and hip hop, The Process is identifiable as a Bill Laswell project from the first notes. Bassist/producer Laswell has been making and remixing […]
Barbara Barnes Sims, The Next Elvis: Searching for Stardom at Sun Records (LSU Press)
The music business is a continual hustle. Label owners must always be looking for the next charting artist and next hit song. Barbara Barnes Sims saw this first hand when […]
Cary Hudson, Town and Country (Daddy Rabbit Records)
Cary Hudson’s latest record is a little mellower than his Blue Mountain recordings (if you want to hear a wild tale, check out their “Midnight in Mississippi” cut) but the […]
Metronome the City, Isonomia (Independent)
Metronome the City’s new record Isonomnia mixes 1970s progressive rock and fusion with current ambient textures to make for a listening experience that is revealing and fascinating from the outset. […]
The Mumbles, Syncopatience (Independent)
On their latest disc, the Mumbles combine an East Coast pop sensibility with a New Orleans laid-back horn attitude. Although singer songwriters are usually thought of with guitars, the Mumbles […]
Brian Boyles, New Orleans Boom & Blackout: One Hundred Days in America’s Coolest Hot Spot (The History Press)
“The Times They Are A’Changin” sang Bob Dylan in the early 1960s, and all residents and visitors to New Orleans are able to see how this applies to the Crescent […]
Yojimbo, Ghost Birthday (Independent)
Yojimbo’s new record has almost a silly aura to it. Singer Carly Myers emphasizes and exaggerates words and phrases in a young girl voice that can careen into a yell […]
