Music
Adam Crochet, Real Good Love (23 Ducks Records)
Adam is the guitarist for Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, but on his own he practices something he likes to call “Louisiana smooth blues.” And that’s just what he’s got on […]
Carsie Blanton, So Ferocious (Independent)
Though she sits squarely in the singer-songwriter mode—enough to make both Paul Simon and Loudon Wainwright approve—Carsie Blanton has, through half a dozen or so albums, evolved from just another […]
Gary Negbaur, Alive in New Orleans (Crazy Bird Productions)
Gary Negbaur comes from the piano tradition, but it’s not necessarily the NOLA one—he’s a Berklee-trained, classically jazz-based New York singer-songwriter, and his traditions run more towards Cole Porter and […]
John Paul Daniel, All is Well (Independent)
Songwriter Daniel has been kicking around country music for years now, his most famous moment coming via shared credits on Pam Tillis’ “All of This Love” and Sherrié Austin’s “I […]
Alfred Banks, A Beautiful Prelude EP (Independent)
Don’t look now, but there’s a whole raft of up-and-coming hip hop artists on the New Orleans scene, most of them making a significant break from the 504’s legendary bounce […]
The Good for Nothin’ Band, Maniac World (Independent)
Their PR sounds like someone ate way too much Bohemian mythology, from Kerouac to Burroughs, and then went out drinking all night, but while the Good for Nothin’ Band won’t […]
MarchFourth!, Magic Number (Independent)
If for some reason you’re not yet familiar with the brilliant multimedia assault that was heretofore known as the MarchFourth Marching Band, picture a multiplied Tower of Power—9 horns! 5 […]
The Taxpayers, Big Delusion Factory (Useless State Records)
The Taxpayers get more press than most New Orleans rock bands, and that’s because they have more history, starting out as a Portland post-emo group of indie rockers who literally […]
Joy, Just Like That (Independent)
Joycelyn Owens is best known as the featured female vocalist for Walter “Wolfman” Washington and his Roadmasters, and if you like the music of that shifting ensemble, you’ll feel right […]
Antoine Diel & Sam Kuslan, In My Father’s House (Independent)
You’d be hard-pressed to find an album in 2016 that mixes two distinct styles of Christian music so bravely, if not flawlessly. Antoine Diel is not only classically trained but […]
