The Dick Nixons, Paint the White House Black (Triple X)

The Meters, The Meters Jam (Rounder)

Paul Sanchez, Jet Black and Jealous (Little Fish Platters)

Various Artists, Alligator Stomp, Volume 3 (Rhino)

Johnny Adams, I Won’t Cry (Rounder)

Professor Longhair, Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge (Rhino)

Rockin’ Dopsie Rules

It’s Friday night at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The pressed-tin walls of the Victorian-era dime store are being rattled royally by dark men with strange armor and […]

Johnny Adams, Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me (Rounder Records)

This album is a tribute to the late, great Doc Pomus, the co-author of such classics as “Lonely Avenue,” “Little Sister,” and “Save the Last Dance for Me.” It continues […]

Champion Jack Dupree, Forever and Ever (Rounder Records)

Back Home in New Orleans, the legendary Champion Jack’s first-ever recording in New Orleans, was released last year to universal praise. However, Forever and Ever does that LP—which seemed to […]

Allen Toussaint, The Allen Toussaint Collection (Warner Brothers Records)

Although few would compare Allen Toussaint’s own recorded output with his productions, Toussaint still recorded enough good material in the 1970s to have made a fine compilation. Unfortunately, this “best […]