Music
Voodoo Town, Come Out and Play (Independent)
Although the songs on Come Out and Play are predictable and reminiscent of too many songs to mention, they are nevertheless interesting and fun. All the material contains smart trumpet […]
The Acadias, The Acadias (Independent)
The Acadias’ self-titled release contains well-written songs with courteous harmonies, with banjo, accordion, and acoustic and electric guitars. A song such as “Jude,” though, suggests that a less genteel approach […]
Craig Paddock, Merci (Independent)
Don’t expect this New Orleans-born singer-songwriter’s first CD release to be just guitar and vocals. With a vocal style reminiscent of John Boutte and a band that includes the warmth […]
Colleen Savage, Algiers (Independent)
Vancouver-based jazz singer and teacher Colleen Savage joins Tulane Professor John Doheny and a cast of other session musicians from New Orleans for a CD of classy jazz standards. Although […]
Austin Reed Alleman, Austin Reed Alleman (Independent)
This EP by NOCCA theater student Austin Reed Alleman contains six self-penned songs. “Going Home,” with his brother Ben Alleman on piano, is clearly the standout. [clear]
Don Vappie with the Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Rosenberg, Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age (Naxos Records)
As a classical music buff, I purchased this CD being curious of the works of the so-called “Girl Gershwin” Dana Suesse and of the other lesser-known composers of the “jazz […]
Obituary: John Berthelot (1942-2011)
John Berthelot, composer, arranger and founder of Great Southern Records passed away on Wednesday, February 23. Funeral services were private. Born at Touro Infirmary, Berthelot began taking clarinet lessons in […]
J. the Savage, Songs from the Tree of Life (Independent)
Singer songwriter Jamie Bernstein has been around the music scene in New Orleans for several years working with the Crescent City All-Stars and fronting his own band J. the Savage. […]
Charles Moore, Classical Guitar, Vol. 1 (Independent)
Charles Moore, the brother of Deacon John and Sybil Kein, plays guitar with both siblings and has appeared with Kein on her CDs exploring traditional Creole and European folk songs. […]
Ian McNulty, A Season of Night: New Orleans Life After Katrina (University Press of Mississippi)
Ian McNulty’s eye for detail makes A Season of Night important. He recorded the little things that we all experienced but never thought they were more than trivialities. We all […]
