Issue Articles
Glen David Andrews, Walkin’ Through Heaven’s Gate (Threadhead)
As we make our way through the fourth year after the Federal flood, the burden of maintaining the city’s historic culture has fallen on the shoulders of young artists who’ve […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Bo Dollis
Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis was born on January 14, 1944 with an extraordinary gift that eventually made him a sacred figure in New Orleans and a fabulous symbol of the […]
Christian Scott, Live at Newport (Concord)
Neither raw talent nor highly polished technique is enough by itself to distinguish a jazz trumpeter roughly a century after the early masters defined the genre. Christian Scott has demonstrated […]
Brother Tyrone, Mindbender (Guitar Joe’s House of Blues)
Brother Tyrone, a powerful vocalist in the classic R&B tradition, has come up with an absolute gem in Mindbender. The recording sounds like something fresh out of Malaco studios in […]
Vic Shepherd, Crescent City Serenade (Independent)
These musicians have spent most of their careers as sidemen in New Orleans bands, and all of them have released solo projects at roughly the same time. Taken together, they […]
Brint Anderson, Brint Anderson (Brinttunes)
These musicians have spent most of their careers as sidemen in New Orleans bands, and all of them have released solo projects at roughly the same time. Taken together, they […]
Jimmy Carpenter, Toiling in Obscurity (Independent)
These musicians have spent most of their careers as sidemen in New Orleans bands, and all of them have released solo projects at roughly the same time. Taken together, they […]
Pat O’Brien’s: The Songs Remain the Same
On Halloween night, Pat O’Brien’s piano bar was packed with costumed quaffers getting wild and singing along drunkenly to everything from “Elvira” to “Rocket Man.” A guy dressed as an […]
