July 2024
Cover Story
- Automatic For The People: The Building and Bounce Back of Juvenile and Mannie Fresh
We are on the verge of a Hot Boys summer and upcoming year like no other. Essence Fest features the Cash…
BackTalk
- Tom Bailey from the Thompson Twins Talks Back
Tom Bailey, who was one-third of the hit-making 1980s British trio the Thompson Twins, doesn’t have new music to promote this…
Features
- Elite on the Beat: A Conversation with Jamal Batiste
Jamal Batiste has steadily become as in-demand a drummer as it gets. Whether with his own group or enhancing others, he… - Exiled Cajun Troubadour: Drew Landry will never stop trying to do good for people
To take liberties with Gene Autry’s signature song, Drew Landry is back in the saddle again. Music is once again in… - Legendary Session Musician Carol Kaye loves New Orleans musicians
Bassist and guitarist Carol Kaye made invaluable contributions to thousands of rock and roll, pop and soul recording sessions. Many of…
Fresh
- Vintage vinyl treasures (Episode 40)
The following five vintage vinyl treasures were spinning on my turntable during the summer of 1974, some 50 years ago. Nowadays…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Good Catch / Thai Urban Bistro
In November 2021, on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, chef Aom Srisuk and her husband and business partner Frankie Weinberg…
Reviews
- PJ Morton: Capetown to Cairo (Morton Records / Empire)
The musical brotherhood and sisterhood that exists between the African continent and New Orleans is instantly recognized on “Smoke and Mirrors,”… - Kid Eggplant & the Stuffed Melatauns: War…We Love It! (Independent)
This may be the most oddly eclectic album I’ve reviewed in all my years with this magazine. And that’s sayin’ something.… - The Imagination Movers: Blue Skies (Independent)
Gather ’round children, and I will spin you a gruesome tale of horror and subversion. Your parents have been conspiring to… - Dr. John: Frankie & Johnny (Sundazed)
The discography of Mac Rebennack, better known as the inimitable, inscrutable piano and vocal icon Dr. John, is as mixed up… - Soul Project: Live From Norway (Independent)
One of the more difficult aspects of witnessing this current period of New Orleans cultural life is to watch so many… - Steele Creek: Towards the Light (Southern Crescent)
Phil Cramer doesn’t write songs so that others can easily cover them. As the brainchild and songwriter behind the Americana ensemble… - The Rare Sounds: Introducing the Rare Sounds (Color Red)
The association between guitarist Eddie Roberts of the New Mastersounds and members of the Greyboy Allstars goes back to before his… - Drew Landry: Exiles: The Dockside Tapes, Volume 1 (Fightinville Records)
On his first domestic full-length release in 16 years, Drew Landry refers to Exiles as a love letter to Louisiana, the…
