Music
Vanessa Collier, “Meeting My Shadow” (Ruf)
Vanessa Collier is a quadruple threat. A Maryland-based singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, she’s released a soul, blues and gospel–touched second album, Meeting My Shadow, via Germany’s Ruf Records. A […]
North Mississippi Allstars, “Prayer for Peace” (Songs of the South/ Sony Music Entertainment)
North Mississippi Allstars recorded their characteristically raw new album in Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Austin, St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, and Hernando, Mississippi. Echoing the album’s scattered studio locations, […]
Van Morrison, “The Authorized Bang Collection” (Exile/Legacy)
Van Morrison’s first solo collaboration with songwriter, producer and record company owner Bert Berns yielded the Irish soul man’s debut solo hit, “Brown Eyed Girl.” As overexposed as a song […]
More Than Punk: Mike Ness of Social Distortion is gaining momentum
Mike Ness, leader of Social Distortion, forged a multidimensional punk-rock band. Aerosmith and Bad Company shaped Ness as much as the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. The Carter Family, Johnny […]
Passionate About Pops: Vocalist Catherine Russell presents The Vocal Artistry of Louis Armstrong
Catherine Russell and Satchmo SummerFest go together like red beans and rice. A Grammy-nominated jazz singer whose credits also include decades of backup singing for major stars, Russell is the […]
Sonny Landreth, “Recorded Live in Lafayette” (Provogue)
As great a concert performer as Lafayette slide guitar ruler and singer Sonny Landreth is, Recorded Live in Lafayette is only his second in-concert CD. A double-CD release, it features […]
Samantha Fish talks back
New Orleans has long been a magnet for musicians and other artists working in many disciplines. Samantha Fish, a singer, songwriter and guitarist who’s released five albums via Germany’s blues-centric […]
New Orleans Beatles Festival: With a little help from my friends
The New Orleans Beatles Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with a 50th anniversary performance of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Taking place Saturday, July 22, […]
The Bacon Brothers [Kevin and Michael Bacon] talk back
Actor Kevin Bacon and his film-scoring brother, Michael, formed the Bacon Brothers band in 1995. Despite their busy separate careers, they keep their Americana, rock, country, singer-songwriter band going. The […]
Flow Tribe: You Know What It’s About
In the summer of 2004, a band formed by recent Brother Martin High School graduates picked the perfect name—Flow Tribe. For 13 years, the band has literally been a tribe, […]
