Gary Edwards’ Sound of New Orleans & The Hot-Selling “Bill”

A Close Look at Al Jackson and A Few, New Releases

Obituary: Jessie Hill

1932-1996 New Orleans lost one of its more colorful rhythm and blues artists September 17, when Jessie Hill succumbed to kidney and heart failure. He was 64. Hill is best […]

The Life & Times of Charles Brimmer

With none of his material currently on CD, Charles Brimmer is just a name on a handful of 45s and a few hard-to-find albums. However, during the 1970s, Brimmer was […]

Rockie Charles & Other News

Jim Flattman, ACE Releases & A Few Odds-n-Ends

Peter Noble, Notable Reissues and Some Specialty Guitars

Danny White (1931-1996) and Johnny Adams

R&B at Bally’s, Some Jazz Fest Highlights and the Local Scene

Slim’s Picks: Insider’s Guide to Music

Almost Slim is an authority on New Orleans R&B, Louisiana zydeco and blues. A legend for his vast, opinionated wealth of knowledge, we asked him to make some recommendations for […]