The Culmination of the FESStival at Tip’s; Remembering Whiteman, Lambert, Burkhamer

Louisiana Music 1995

Blind Melon Singer Dies in New Orleans; New Anders, Bagdaddies CDs

Tab Benoit: Born on the Bayou

Tab Benoit is Houma’s top music export. Maybe one day the blues guitarist will believe that.   From the crest of the Prospect Street Overpass on the way into Houma, […]

Concert Series, Publishing Deal Refocus Attention on Fess; Irene Finally Signs

Mark Whitfield Finds His Way Home

After starting his career in New York and experimenting with the dreaded “instrumental pop,” the guitarist settled in Baton Rouge and took a 7th Avenue stroll back to clean, straight-ahead jazz. […]

Cowboy Mouth Now Singing for MCA; Shreveport Blues Guitarist Jesse Thomas Dies

The Radiators

Todd Westbrook, By the Quarter Moon’s Light (Westco)

Todd Westbrook’s name is the only one on the cover of By the Quarter Moon’s Light, the Baton Rouge singer’s second CD, but the recording comes across more like a […]

Tipitina’s on the Block but Still Open; Cutting Edge Conference to Open August 30th

A front-page story In the Times-Picayune about Tipitina’s being up for sale triggered all manner of speculation about the club’s Immediate future and what should be done with It (see […]