Music
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram: Live In London (Alligator Records)
A Grammy-winning blues star at twenty-four years old, Mississippi’s Christone “Kingfish” Ingram documents his blues power in Live In London. Leading his trio—drummer Christopher Black, bassist Paul Rogers and keyboardist Deshawn “D-Vibes” Alexander—Ingram makes a mighty stand at The Garage, a long-running indie-rock venue in Highbury, north London.
Instigators of Funk and Rock and Roll: Tipitina’s tribute show fetes Fats Domino and Huey “Piano” Smith
This year’s Tipitina’s tribute to classic New Orleans musician’s honors two piano-playing stars of the 1950s and ’60s. A Tribute to the Instigators of Funk and Rock and Roll: Antoine “Fats” Domino and Huey “Piano” Smith, taking place November 22, follows earlier tributes to Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Earl King and Allen Toussaint.
Sticking to the Bass-ics: Robert Snow’s original music is new and fresh
They call Robert Snow the king of the sidemen.
“That’s what everybody calls me,” bassist Robert Snow said. “They say, ‘Oh, you play with everybody.’ But you’ve got to do that in New Orleans. You’ve got to play with a bunch of different bands.”
Rejected Celebrity: The Fixx, one of the biggest bands of the ’80s, reaps longevity
Forty years after the Fixx scored Top 40 hits in the United States, the British band remains a potent recording and performing entity. And its membership is exactly as it was in 1983. That’s the year the band released Reach the Beach, a Top 10 album featuring the Fixx classics “Saved by Zero” and “One Thing Leads to Another.”
Greg Barnhill Talks Back
The Ozone Songwriter Festival in Mandeville features more than one-hundred and fifty performances on four stages. In its sixth year, the festival begins November 3 with a showcase concert headlined by Jason Scheff, former lead singer with Chicago. A fundraising event for the festival, the Friday night showcase also features The Voice finalists Morgan Myles, Kim Cruse and Gabriel Broussard.
Neo-Psychedelic Cinematic Dream-Pop: Steve Kilbey talks about The Church’s upcoming House of Blues show
Steve Kilbey and his bandmates in the Church have been weaving neo-psychedelic cinematic dream-pop since 1980. The Australian band hit its chart summit in 1988 with the global hit, “Under the Milky Way,” and corresponding album, Starfish. This year’s well-received new album from the Church, The Hypnogogue, demonstrates Kilbey’s still shining creativity. The Church’s 26th studio album, The Hypnogogue is the first concept album in the band’s 43-year history and the most prog-rock project to date.
Never Too Young To Start Dreaming: Robert Finley enjoyed his late-blooming glory
Robert Finley may be the most unlikely success story in Louisiana music. A sharecropper’s son raised in a family of gospel singers in the small north Louisiana town of Winnsboro, he didn’t make music his primary occupation until he was sixty years old.
Lucinda Williams: Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
With a little help from her friends, Lucinda Williams more than gets by with Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.
Robbie Robertson found a lifelong muse in New Orleans
Robbie Robertson found a lifelong muse in New Orleans
Tribute: Joe Krown pays tribute to his New Orleans piano heroes
Joe Krown’s multidimensional career includes his work as a soloist and group leader