Issue Articles
Paz Fest: Celebrating Joni Mitchell at the Civic
As one of the city’s legendary production managers, stage managers and soundmen, Michael Paz has had his finger on the pulse of New Orleans’ music scene for decades, but his […]
Steve Judice, “Loose Ends” (Independent)
Steve Judice is a full-time lawyer and part-time musician who’s taken a simple but rather brilliant approach to making his name as a traditionally countryish troubadour: He simply finds out […]
Gary Nichols featuring Charlie Musselwhite & Spooner Oldham, “Field of Plenty” (Merrimack Records)
From the early–twentieth century illustration on the front that celebrates youth and bounty to the striking classic Dust Bowl photograph on the back that reveals the truth about our priorities, […]
Rick Bear and Friends, “Sweetness” (Independent)
This holds true for everything from “’Round Midnight” to “Cantaloupe Island” to “My Funny Valentine,” the main difference being that on the slower, more ponderous numbers Gregory switches over to […]
CoolNasty, “Light Green” (Independent)
If there was ever any true indication that hip-hop has evolved into the go-to African-American improvisational form, this jazz-funk ensemble is it. There’s not one bit of spoken word on […]
Sean Hobbes, “About Myself” (Independent)
Sean Hobbes is a Philadelphia expat who’s engendered some buzz around town with a series of mixtapes that bind his love of modern R&B (Philly natives seem to be born […]
Naughty Professor, “Identity” (Independent)
It’d be unfair to categorize Naughty Professor as a mere backing band on their latest set, since they’ve already got three fantastic instrumental albums under their belt (two studio, one […]
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, “sketch” (Full Frontal Records)
You’ve got to love anybody this hyphenated. Johnny Sketch and his Dirty Notes were pioneers in the local funk-rock bad-boy jam-band department, but they’ve continuously refined their sound like old […]
Water Seed, “We Are Stars” (Independent)
“Open Sesame,” the first track on Water Seed’s fifth album, isn’t the Kool & the Gang club hit from the early Seventies, but that’s not for lack of trying: The […]
The Deslondes: In a hurry to take it slow
“I set down with my back against the wall looking all through the troubled, tangled, messed-up men. Traveling the hard way. Dressed the hard way. Hitting the long old lonesome […]
