Shad Weathersby’s Dreamworld

Dreamworld. A description of New Orleans. Shad Weathersby’s world on the album of the same name. A world of fantastic realities and everyday fantasies. Photos on his album reveal Weathersby’s […]

Oooh-Whee Baby: Reissues from Art Neville, Smiley Lewis, Lee Dorsey and Irma Thomas

Why Rock Pioneer Louis Jordan Deserves A Nine-CD Career Retrospective

Aaron Neville Goes Commercial; Fats Domino Preps for Christmas ’93

Mess O’ Blues

The Delmark, Rounder and Black Top labels insure that fall will offer up a bountiful harvest of blues albums.   Is there any coincidence in the fact that we have […]

The Batiste Brothers Band, Spice (Artang)

The Classic Catalogs of the Stax, Specialty and Regal Labels Live Again Through Reissues

Mamou, Ugly Day (Rounder)

Various Artists, Religious Recordings from Black New Orleans (504)

Mardi Gras Indians, Super Sunday Showdown (Rounder)