Music
The Hungry Williams, Let’s Go! (Independent)
Fans of classic New Orleans rock and roll and rhythm and blues know the name Charles “Hungry” Williams.
Barbara Blue, From the Shoals (Earwig Music Company/Big Blue Records)
Barbara Blue, a blues and soul singer from Pittsburgh who performed on Beale Street in Memphis for nearly 25 years, recorded From the Shoals at Nutthouse Studios in
Sheffield, Alabama.
Amy Ray talks back
Famous for being one-half of the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray also has a parallel solo career. She’ll perform with the Amy Ray Band at Tipitina’s on February 13, with Kevn Kinney, front man for Drivin N Cryin, opening the show.
Prine-A-Pa-Looza: Paul Sanchez and a host of local talent salute John Prine
Paul Sanchez and a host of local talent will salute John Prine
You Got to be Somebody: The Dave Bartholomew Culture Experience – Celebrating a New Orleans Music Master
The Dave Bartholomew Culture Experience – Celebrating a New Orleans music master
Ernie Vincent talks back
Ernie Vincent has been a mainstay on the New Orleans music since the 1970s. On January 13, the singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and band leader will release his latest album via the Birmingham, Alabama-based Cornelius Chapel Records. Titled Original Dap King, the project quite naturally presents Vincent performing his signature funk as well as psychedelicized blues and soul and swampy rock and roll.
Troy Sawyer says Girls Can Play Trumpets, Too
Trumpeter Troy Sawyer’s program teaches trumpet to girls ages eight to nineteen.
As important as trumpet is in New Orleans, young women and girls haven’t played the instrument in significant numbers in the home of jazz. Troy Sawyer, a trumpeter, band leader and music educator, wants to change that.
Chris Isaak talks back
Chris Isaak’s new album arrives a few months after the Americana Music Association honored him with a lifetime achievement award. Everybody Knows It’s Christmas is the singer-songwriter’s second holiday album in a career that includes 14 albums, international hit singles and dozens of acting roles in film and television.
Rhythm Is The First Component: New Orleans Jazz Museum exhibit Drumsville modulates to book form
In 2018, Robert H. Cataliotti, an author and educator from Maryland, co-curated the Drumsville! exhibit with Jazz Museum music curator David Kunian. Cataliotti has now written Drumsville! The Evolution of the New Orleans Beat, an extensively researched and illustrated 228-page book published by LSU Press.
Tony Dagradi: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music Education
Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Education – Tony Dagradi
