Music
Anders Osborne, Tipitina’s Live 2006 (Munckmix)
This three-disc set documents an Anders Osborne show from November 17, 2006 at Tipitina’s that offers a little bit of everything Osborne fans expect to hear at his performances—good songs, […]
John Lee Hooker, Hooker (Shout! Factory)
John Lee Hooker played the Riverboat President back in the late 1980s on a dream bill organized by the Fabulous Thunderbirds. The boat was packed stem to stern with buzzing, […]
Papa Mali, Do Your Thing (Fog City)
Malcolm Welbourne, AKA Papa Mali, can be forgiven for not having a handy identity to hang his MySpace tag on. Though he came to prominence in the 1980s on the […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Fats Domino
Everybody knows Antoine “Fats” Domino. He is the celebrity’s celebrity, a walking trademark, known and loved throughout the world. Unlike all the other larger than life figures who’ve emerged from […]
Delfeayo Marsalis, Minions Dominion (Troubadour Jass)
This is as much an Elvin Jones album as a Delfeayo Marsalis session, which is a testament to the trombonist’s genius as a producer. A great producer knows the potential […]
James Andrews and Friends, New Orleans, New Orleans (Independent)
Few musicians have been as dramatically transformed by the impact of Hurricane Katrina as James Andrews. The crisis turned the trumpeter and vocalist from a talented purveyor of the good […]
Billy Iuso And the Restless Natives, When Can I Come Home (Independent)
If you’re looking for the absolute fulcrum where New Orleans funk and the jam-band aesthetic balance each other out equally, this is it. Guitarist/vocalist Billy Iuso has deep connections in […]
Morning 40 Federation On the Floor
Oh, I need a 40 in the morning… Morning 40 Federation is not the first rock band to celebrate its members’ fondness for drinking and partying. But the 40s may […]
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, Hard Years Blues (Independent)
Washboard Chaz Leary has become a fixture on the New Orleans club scene, a constant presence fronting his own band or playing with the Tin Men, the Palmetto Bug Stompers, […]
Big Chief on the Battlefront
Big Chief Alfred Doucette of the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians is mad at Chris Rose. Last November, Rose wrote a column for the Times-Picayune called “1 Dead in Attic,” […]
