Music
Kenny Neal, Straight from the Heart (Ruf Records)
In this 35th anniversary year of his recording debut, Baton Rouge’s Kenny Neal follows his Grammy-nominated 2016 album, Bloodline, with Straight from the Heart. Packed with authentic south Louisiana blues […]
Making Tracks: Producer Scott Billington’s memoir focuses on the artists
During his more than 40 years as a record producer, Massachusetts native Scott Billington guided sessions for dozens of great roots music artists, many of them from New Orleans and […]
Charlie Musselwhite, Mississippi Son (Alligator Records)
Mississippi native Charlie Musselwhite travels an often-hard road in Mississippi Son, the latest of his nearly 40 albums. A singer, guitarist and ace harmonica player raised in Memphis, Musselwhite moved […]
George Winston, Night (Dancing Cat)
A musician who describes himself as a creature of the night, pianist George Winston charts a nocturnal journey with Night. His sensitive keyboard touch and beautiful tone do invoke the […]
Johnny Sansone, Into Your Blues (Short Stack)
With Into Your Blues, the versatile Johnny Sansone returns to the music that inspired him to be a musician. The singer/harmonica player and his big band of musicians romp and […]
Book Review: Katy Hobgood Ray, Snoozer Quinn: Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer (Out of the Past Music)
Update: Katy Hobgood Ray will sign copies of Snoozer Quinn: Freestyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer on Thursday, June 16, at 3 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Avenue. […]
Fest Focus: Creole String Beans
The Creole String Beans will perform at the Shell Gentilly Stage at Jazz Fest on Saturday May 7, at 12:20 p.m. The Creole String Beans sprouted from an unexpected invitation. […]
Fest Focus: Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders will perform at the Economy Hall Tent at Jazz Fest on Saturday, April 30, at 5:55 p.m. Don Vappie will participate in the […]
Fest Focus: Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope will perform at Jazz Fest on the Fais Do Do Stage on Saturday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent—the dynamic husband-and-wife duo […]
Fest Focus: Shannon McNally
Shannon McNally will perform at Jazz Fest on Saturday, May 7 at 12:50 p.m. on the Lagniappe Stage. When she was 16, Shannon McNally wanted to be Tom Petty playing […]
