January 2022
Cover Story
- HaSizzle, "The King of Bounce," shakes up the music scene in New Orleans
To all of us who live here, and especially to Hasan “HaSizzle” Matthews, the heart, soul, and spirit of New Orleans…
BackTalk
- Dr. Michael White talks back
In 2014, Dr. Michael White—the traditional jazz clarinetist, band leader, composer, and Xavier University professor—inspired guitarist and banjo player Detroit Brooks…
Features
- The 50 Best Albums of 2021 in Louisiana Music
The COVID pandemic continued in 2021, making the presentation of live music difficult, and during a spike in infections, nearly impossible.… - Save the Bones: A Conversation with Danny Barker
The Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival will take place from Wednesday, January 12, through Saturday, January 15, primarily at the… - My Music with Jordan Anderson of J & the Causeways
Founded at the Maple Leaf Bar on a hot summer night, J & The Causeways is a band spearheaded by singer-songwriter-keyboardist…
Fresh
- 'Get Back' documentary offers unprecedented access to The Beatles
Fifty-three years after an album-recording session by the Beatles was filmed in London, director Peter Jackson and Disney Plus offer an… - Fan Expo New Orleans will bring stars of sci-fi and fantasy to Morial Convention Center
Anthony Mackie, the Marvel Studios’ star and New Orleans native, will join Star Trek’s William Shatner and dozens more celebrities at… - Get You a Healin’: New projects at Carlo Ditta’s Orleans Records
Carlo Ditta and his Orleans Records label recently launched a flurry of new initiatives, including the long-time-coming release of Houma singer-songwriter-bassist… - Music Quest: Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 10)
I have always preferred studio albums to their “live” counterparts. Yet, for various reasons over the years, I have come to… - Let it Be: New Orleans Beatles Festival gets back to where it once belonged
Following two years of pandemic-related delays, the New Orleans Beatles Festival is getting back to where it once belonged. On January… - Metronome the City release 'End Transmission' EP
For more than 20 years, Metronome the City has created an instrumental rock sound that captures the blur and bustle of…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Bésame
Bésame, a Latin fusion restaurant from chef Nanyo Dominguez, opened in October at 110 S. Rampart Street. The restaurant melds Latin…
Bookmark
- Howard Grimes with Preston Lauterbach, Timekeeper (DeVault Graves Books)
“When we cut [Ann Peebles] ‘I Can't Stand the Rain’ the track was tight, but naked. [Producer] Willie Mitchell thought it… - Denise LaSalle with David White, Always The Queen—The Denise LaSalle Story (University of Illinois Press)
Certainly, the cover of Always the Queen will turn heads while browsing the music section of your a literature retailer or… - Marc Savoy, Made in Louisiana: The Story of the Acadiana Accordion
The autobiographical Made in Louisiana tells the evolutionary journey of how Marc Savoy, a farmer’s son and chemical engineering graduate, became… - Billy Boy Arnold with Kim Field The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold (University of Chicago Press)
Now 86 years old, the great Billy Boy Arnold is not only the longest-tenured Chicago blues musician, but he is also…
Reviews
- Jon Batiste, We Are (Verve)
Combine the optimistic spirit and huge talent of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jon Batiste with New Orleans powerhouse icons that include the… - Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Cyrille Aimée, Petite Fleur (Storyville Records)
Petite Fleur celebrates the connection between New Orleans and France that was musically strengthened decades ago by clarinetist Sidney Bechet, who… - Camile Baudoin, This Old House (Independent)
Funny how the deep freeze that COVID-19 put on the New Orleans music scene ended up scrambling reality. When The Radiators… - Crispin Schroeder, Hear the Light (Independent)
Crispin Schroeder’s album Hear the Light presents this singer-songwriter-keyboardist’s polished yet still down-to-earth intermingling of pop, soul, jazz, gospel and New… - Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul, Live in New Orleans! (Independent)
From the bottom of the boot, baby! Sean Ardoin is now a three-time Grammy nominee with this riveting live recording from… - The Quickening, Time Out (Independent)
Time Out may push you to escape the boundaries of the psyche, but it doesn’t escape the boundaries of conventional jam… - Ted Hefko and the Thousandaires, Down Below (Independent)
From the first notes of Down Below, Ted Hefko’s new album with his band the Thousandaires, a sense of timelessness oozes like his… - Dougie & The Tone Drifters, MME Zin Zin (Independent)
By Doug Schroeder’s admission, this all-original, mostly Cajun music affair wasn’t supposed to happen. The fiddler wrote “La Valse de la… - Leo Nocentelli, Another Side (Light in the Attic)
Guitarist Leo Nocentelli is one of funk’s iconic players. His stamp is on so many classic recordings from the Meters as… - Diets, Hot Sausage Poboy (Independent)
Diets bring a smörgåsbord of blues and soul on their bite-sized EP Hot Sausage Poboy. The group has grown and changed… - Corey Harris, The Insurrection Blues (M.C. Records)
On his 20th album and his first in three years, Corey Harris recorded these 14 tracks in Italy, where he lived… - LeTrainiump, Purity (Independent)
Nostalgia is high for the TV shows, fashion, and lifestyles we grew up loving before the Internet Age. Gone are the…
