July 2010
BackTalk
- Earth, Wind & Fire's Verdine White
When Earth, Wind & Fire substituted for Aretha Franklin at Jazz Fest this year, the audience likely traded up, whether it…
Cover Story
- Bonerama: Bell of the Bar
“Fuckin’ cab driver.” It’s November 6, 2006 and Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Tom Morello, Mike Mills and Bonerama have just finished…
Features
- Essence Festival 2010: Three Queens
Sometimes you hit a bull’s-eye. With Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson and Alicia Keys, it’s hard to imagine a trio of… - Musician Bartenders: At Work, At Play
Luke Allen’s songwriting process involves alcohol. He gets a good buzz going, usually from whiskey or beer. Inspiration hits as his… - Drinking Songs: A Louisiana 12-Pack
The oily Pelican State has a history of figuring out how to have a party, even under adverse conditions. Those good… - Behind the Bar: Mixologists' Challenge
What rhymes with “orange”? Nothing. What goes with orange? For New Orleans’ mixologists, the only limit is that of their imagination.… - Amy Trail of Pat O'Brien's: Location, Location, Location
Amy Trail knows she shouldn’t be doing this. It’s midnight at Pat O’Brien’s, and the line to get in the piano… - The Definition of a Jazz Nerd
I’ve been lucky to grow up as a privileged musician. I’ve been surround by a considerable amount of information and various… - A New Suit: All Rights Reserved
In a New York Times article written in late March, Howard Miller, Big Chief of the Creole Wild West and president…
Fresh
- The Help: Help Wanted
Dig into the recesses of your New Orleans concert-going history back to the early 1980s, or, if yours is of insufficient vintage,… - Montreal International Jazz Festival: Mardi Gras in July
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has always kept a close watch on its cultural cousin Louisiana, but this year… - The Local Skank: Catch My Disease
Usually clad in costumes ranging from pirates to Japanese school girls (the male drummer excepted, of course), the Local Skank is… - 2-Cent Entertainment: Their 2-Cent
YouTube isn’t just for music videos anymore. 2-Cent, a hip-hop-oriented grassroots entertainment company, is using it to fight illiteracy in African-American… - Tales of the Cocktail: The 'Tail's Tale
Ann Tuennerman celebrated the end of her walking tour with a party. She and her husband Paul invited cocktail industry figures,…
Letters
- July 2010 Letters
BUNK'S SAINTS Hank Cherry’s piece on Bunk Johnson in your June 2010 edition is quite interesting and to the best of…
Mojo Mouth
- Getting Rid of the “Noise”?
Last week, the New Orleans Police Department announced that they would enforce an ordinance on the books that prevents live music…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Capdeville
New Orleans is littered with restaurants and bars stashed in unassuming locations along less-traveled paths. Capdeville, the newest addition to that… - Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. Hits the Spot at Royal China
Royal China 600 Veterans Blvd. (504) 831-9633 Why Royal China? Well, they’ve got a killer shrimp fried rice, so I’m here…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Capdeville
New Orleans is littered with restaurants and bars stashed in unassuming locations along less-traveled paths. Capdeville, the newest addition to that…
The Spot
- Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. Hits the Spot at Royal China
Royal China 600 Veterans Blvd. (504) 831-9633 Why Royal China? Well, they’ve got a killer shrimp fried rice, so I’m here…
Reviews
- Happy Talk Band, Starve a Fever (Piety Street Files & Archaic Media)
Patti Smith wrote, “Those who have suffered, understand suffering and thereby extend their hand.” If the degree to which Starve a… - Cyril Neville, The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007 (MC Media)
An album of Cyril Neville’s tracks from 1994-2007 labeled “essential” might raise eyebrows. After all, how large is the Cyril Neville… - Feufollet, En Couleurs (Feufollet)
Early on, the Cajun wunderkind Feufollet proved capable purveyors of the trad dancehall variety. By their third album, Tout Un Beau… - Rough Seven, Give Up Your Dreams (Upper Ninth Records)
In a live setting, former Morning 40 Federation member Ryan Scully’s new band Rough Seven is a ball-peen hammer, raging blows… - Russell Batiste and Friends, Follow Your Dreams (Ruff Pup Records)
The influence of the jam band phenomenon on the local music scene deserves more refection. As a commercial enterprise, the genre… - Bamboula 2000, We Got It Goin' On (Bamboula Two Thousand Records)
While flirting with the world-music sin of over-amalgamation, the latest offering from Bamboula 2000 follows the compass-like congas of Luther Gray,… - The Holmes Brothers, Feed My Soul (Alligator Records)
The centerpiece on Feed My Soul is the reflective “Something is Missing,” a recurring theme throughout the album. The Brothers sing… - Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller, Our Songs (Threadhead Records)
[UPDATED] Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller’s Our Songs is an album-length story about the duo’s shared history in New Orleans music.… - Caddywhompus, Remainder (Community Records)
New Orleans-via-Houston tandem Caddywhompus sticks to a simple objective: assault the eardrums. This much was made clear on the collegiate noise-rock… - Mary McBride, The Way Home (Bogan Records)
As long as human beings try to express their emotions in language, magic still exists in the world. Mary McBride conjures… - Seva Venet, Seva Venet Presents the Storyville Stringband of New Orleans (Independent)
[UPDATED] The Storyville String Band of New Orleans recorded its new release live at the Pavilion of Two Sisters in City… - Nick Moss, Privileged (Blue Bella Records)
You got to give Nick Moss credit. He sure gets a lot of mileage out of two or three chords. Moss… - The Other Planets, Hello Beams (Attention Spaniel Records)
Jazz-rock band the Other Planets are among New Orleans' most capable, heavy musicians. You're never sure what to expect from the… - Conun Pappas, Jr., Oh, What A Feeling (Independent)
New Orleans has been a jazz piano town since, as he claimed himself, Jelly Roll Morton invented the jazz piano. Conun… - Michael Juan Nunez, American Electric (Parishline Records)
Lafayette blues rocker Michael Juan Nunez doesn't waste any time in getting to the meat of the matter on American Electric,…
