Music
Lazy Lester, Blues Stop Knockin’ (Antone’s Records)
Sometimes the release of a new record (album, CD, what have you), feels like seeing an old friend again, and all the better if said friend is looking healthy and […]
Myself, Rebel Souljah (Joe Records)
Now that Wyclef Jean’s got the dread Grammy disease, appearing everywhere but the front of a Wheaties box, locally born and Brooklyn-bred rapper Myself may be hip-hop’s best hope for […]
Blues With A Bullet
Bluesworthy: Blues With A Bullet
Choppa, Choppa Style (Take Fo’ Records)
Choppa: Choppa Style (Take Fo’ Records)
Johnny Winter, Lone Star Shootout (Fuel 2000)
Johnny Winter: Lone Star Shootout (Fuel 2000)
Brian Perry, Birmingham (First Go Round)
Beware the press kit. When Brian Perry’s last CD, Intentionally, was released, I was quoted in these pages as saying that he was the “South Louisiana Springsteen.” Actually, I was […]
Melissa Sigler, Secrets (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
“You’re not fooling with a half-cocked kid,” warns Melissa Sigler in the lyrics of “Be Happy Blue,” from her second album Secrets. And indeed, Sigler, who’s been touted as Louisiana’s […]
Ben Hunter, Voodoo Reggae (Independent)
Given the close geographical and cultural ties between Jamaica and New Orleans, a local reggae superstar seems like a very good idea indeed. But is this the man to do […]