Music
Various Artists, Medicine Show Live at Grant St. Dancehall (Acadian Art Council)
Here’s a pure slice of the vibrant southwest Louisiana cultural scene that has given rise to, among others, the Grammy-winning Cajun Renaissance group, Beau Soleil. Recorded mainly at a live […]
Donald Harrison, Free To Be (Impulse!)
Free To Be is the natural successor to Harrison’s 1997 release, Nouveau Swing, which won some attention for the alto saxophonist’s elegantly liquid playing and a conception based on straight […]
Various Artists, River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (Smithsonian Folkways)
Beginning at the headwaters of the Mississippi and traveling its length out to the Gulf, the River of Song project sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution – a four-part care video […]
Cyrus Chestnut, Cyrus Chestnut (Atlantic Jazz)
The take on pianist Cyrus Chestnut, a Betty Carter alum, was dull brilliance, a charge his label has set out, successfully, to reverse after a string of admirable but unimpressive […]
Miles Davis, The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
Bitches Brew, Miles’ best-selling album, still has the ability to mystify even the experienced listener; in its day the double-LP, released in late 1969 and played primarily on rock and […]
Lil Rascals, We Shall Walk through the Streets of the City (Got Fire Music)
Until the rest of America gets hip to the astonishing comeback of the music of the streets of New Orleans, how can we ever hope to explain to them the […]
High Priest of Funk: Eddie Bo
On what is only his second night in a new venue, Eddie Bo already has the joint jumping. For nearly three non-stop hours, the compact, energetic figure with the silver […]
