Music
Funky Butt Brass Band, Onward (Independent)
The St. Louis-based Funky Butt Brass Band’s fourth studio album is one of the most diverse contributions to a genre that has continued to diversify since the Dirty Dozen included […]
Don Vappie and Jazz Créole, The Blue Book of Storyville (Lejazzetal Records)
Don Vappie is one of the best practitioners of traditional Creole banjo playing and his mind holds a vast repository of information about the history, the songs and the traditions […]
Dukes of Dixieland featuring the Victory Belles, Live at French Quarter Fest (Leisure Jazz)
On The Dukes of Dixieland’s new album, Live at French Quarter Fest, the band demonstrates their repertoire is not limited to traditional jazz. Over the course of 16 songs they […]
Slugger, Milky Way (Independent)
Slugger is a side project of Naughty Professor’s bassist Noah Young, Tank and the Bangas’ keyboardist Joe Johnson and George Porter, Jr.’s drummer Terrence Houston along with a relatively new […]
Sula Spirit, ‘A Journey Within’ (Independent)
World music lovers who know Janet “Sula” Evans from her work with the reggae vocal group Zion Trinity and Moyuba, the perennial Jazz and Heritage stage opener at Jazz Fest […]
Chris Lee Band, ‘Protest Songs and Party Anthems’ (Independent)
Often, the national music media pundits posit that rock ’n’ roll is dead—replaced on the charts by hip-hop, EDM and their derivatives. No one even plays or writes songs on […]
Sam Doores, Sam Doores (New West)
“Dust off this old piano (pronounced ‘piana’), because I’m too broke to leave Louisiana” is just one of the great lines you’ll hear listening to the joys, laments and reflections […]
Naughty Professor, Everyday Shredder (Independent)
Identity, the last album from New Orleans’ premier jazz-funk band Naughty Professor, was a sprawling, adventurous tour-de-force, which featured a who’s who of vocalists and MCs. Their latest effort, Everyday […]
Blato Zlato, In The Wake (Independent)
One thing that has not gone unnoticed in the age of streaming is the dearth of information about any given recording. For some forms of music (and for some listeners), […]
Dave Jordan, Burning Sage (Independent)
Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go. Dave Jordan has crafted a great album; perhaps the best of his long career as one of New Orleans’ foremost […]
