Music
The Legendary Doctor Generosity, Oolah Malla Walla (Independent)
Oolah Malla Walla is a record of new compositions written in the style of Professor Longhair and played by an All-Star New Orleans R&B band made up of Walter Wolfman […]
Backtalk: Johnny Sansone
Johnny Sansone had already established himself as a harmonica virtuoso in New Orleans when he released Crescent City Moon in 1997. The album won a slew of Best of the Beat […]
Panorama Jazz Band/Panorama Brass Band, Good Music for You (Panorama Records)
The absolute worst sin against art that a neophyte New Orleanian can commit is the embrace of the city’s deep, mysterious culture as his or her plaything. The streets of […]
Ruby & the Rogues, Ruby & the Rogues (Independent)
This is the record Ruby Redrang fans have been waiting for. The plucky guitarist/vocalist/songwriter leads an unorthodox trio with percussionist Michael Ennis and cellist Suki Kuehn. The combination of Redrang’s […]
Dayna Kurtz, Rise and Fall (Kismet/M.C. Records)
Dayna Kurtz is a welcome addition to the New Orleans music scene. She’s a singer/songwriter with the forthrightness of a farm girl and the wiles of a New York cabaret […]
Backtalk: Dayna Kurtz
The crowd assembled at the All Ways lounge April 17 to hear Dayna Kurtz included numerous local musicians and journalists. They were on hand for the release party of Rise […]
Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Playhouse (Basin Street Records)
Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has taken a typically contrarian approach to the death of the music business. Instead of compressing his music into the tiniest package technically possible and distributing it […]
Johnny Sansone, Lady On the Levee (Shortstack Records)
In 2009, Anders Osborne put together an acoustic band with John Fohl and Johnny Sansone to woodshed new material in a series of shows at Chickie Wah Wah. The collaboration […]
Spencer Bohren, Seven Birds (Valve Records)
Another keeper from the great Spencer Bohren. Bohren is well known for his singing and guitar work but he has amassed a really impressive songbook over the years, and Seven […]
Aurora Nealand and Tom McDermott, City of Timbres (Independent)
In addition to being an advanced conceptualist and historian, pianist Tom McDermott is a musician’s musician, one of the most adept accompanists in New Orleans. His ability to bring out […]
