Music
Robert Mugge, “New Orleans Music in Exile” (Mug Shot Productions)
Robert Mugge’s 2006 documentary, New Orleans Music in Exile, serves as a time capsule for the shell-shocked months after Hurricane Katrina. Originally broadcast in May 2006 by Starz and Starz […]
Ann Wilson talks back
In the 1970s, hard rock music was a boys’ club. Girls weren’t supposed to rock. But Ann and Nancy Wilson, two talented, determined sisters from Seattle, smashed the stereotype. The […]
My Music: Casey Wayne McAllister
“My father was a songwriter and a guitarist. He and his friends played these huge jam sessions. Their music was all acoustic, but it ran from western swing to bluegrass […]
Back to Basics: Mike Zito is himself again
Guitar, bass, drums and the blues. It’s back to basics for Mike Zito. He’s returned to the riff-fueled blues-rock that inspired him to make music in the first place. It’s […]
Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher (Shanachie)
By the time Mahalia Jackson signed with Columbia Records in 1954, the New Orleans native had been a gospel star for six years. 44 years after her death, she’s still […]
Charlie Wooton: Hard Groove
Restlessly creative bassist Charlie Wooton keeps rows of candles burning. Along with former Neville Brothers drummer “Mean” Willie Green, Wooton lays the groove down for the New Orleans Suspects. He […]
Kenny Neal: More to Life
Kenny Neal, one of Baton Rouge’s internationally known blues artists, grew up in the country. His bluesman father, the late Raful Neal, filled the family’s house in West Baton Rouge […]
Book Review: Martin Hawkins, Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge (LSU Press)
Swamp-blues artist Slim Harpo has long been one of Louisiana’s least chronicled music stars. The new book by British writer Martin Hawkins changes that. At 416 pages, Slim Harpo: Blues […]
Marc Broussard: Bayou Soul
Solomon Burke’s soul classic “Cry to Me” inspired Marc Broussard’s eighth album, S.O.S.: Save Our Soul 2. Broussard’s studio interpretation of “Cry to Me”—and his choice of his father, guitarist […]
Reggie Scanlan: Lucky Like That
Gigs keep coming for Reggie Scanlan. The veteran New Orleans bassist’s resume includes his recently, amiably ended seven years with the New Orleans Suspects. Back in 2011, the Suspects gave […]
