Music
Willie West, When Love Ain’t There…(Gift Records)
The latest from West is of the highest order. It would be foolish to compare these recordings to those of old, suffice to say that the vocals are powerful and […]
Fernest Arceneaux, Old School Zydeco (Mardi Gras Records)
Nothing terribly serious here, just some rough and ready zydeco played the way it used to be played. Hardly a new comer, Fernest was making great push and pull 45s […]
Clarence Samuels, House of Blues (Gift)
It’s quite amazing that Clarence Samuels, the first man to record for Leonard Chess in 1947, wouldn’t have his own CD—contemporary or reissue—on the market until 2000. Like a superstitious […]
Talkin’ ’bout New Orleans: Tracking Down Warren Lee
In 1982, Charly Records released one of the all-time best collections of New Orleans soul and R&B material aptly titled Sehorn’s Soul Farm. The anthology included tracks by Aaron Neville, […]
