November 2000
BackTalk
- Eliades Ochoa
Son, a very traditional form of Cuban music originating in the eastern interior of the island, sings of mountains, farms, and…
Bayou Boogie
- Trahan's Music Is For Everybody
In some people’s eyes, Horace Trahan is the Great White Hope Gone Bad. At Trahan’s debut, Cajun music fans had never…
Bluesworthy
- The Outlaw and the Genius: Blues Foundation Honors Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
They’re an unlikely pair on the surface, but Ray Charles and Willie Nelson actually share quite a bit in common, from…
Bookmark
- Bookmark: Brotherhood
A friend compares the Neville Brothers to a synthesizer. All the pop, country, reggae, world music and rhythm & blues found…
Chassez De Faim
- Chassez de Faim: Thai One On
When new restaurants open in New Orleans, the word spreads like wildfire throughout the dining community, especially among those new venues…
Cover Story
- Sonny Landreth: Inside the Slide
Bassist Dave Ranson was one of the first to be blown away by Sonny Landreth's six-string prowess. He was 12 or…
Dis 'n' Dat
- The Geraniums Are Blooming
The beautiful thing about the music business is that it's full of surprises. For instance, over a year ago, Jeff Treffinger…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Huddie William "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
Born: January 20, 1888, Mooringsport, Louisiana Died: December 6, 1949, New York, New York Based solely on the towering presence of his colorful… - Jonas Risin'
Who would have guessed that there lay dormant in New Orleans such a strong demand for good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll… - John Carey
“I was living in Taos at the time and I was really excited about moving to New Orleans and hooking up… - Widespread Panic
The "jamband" Widespread Panic, consistently one of the top 50 grossing touring acts in the nation, chose New Orleans and the… - Morning 40 Federation
Back in the spring of this year, Morning 40 Federation was just a name on the occasional telephone pole flyer, just… - Dr. Michael White: A Centennial of His Own
In honoring jazz pioneer George Lewis, New Orleans clarinetist Dr. Michael White celebrates a personal revival. Beginning in May, 1975, with…
Ill-literate
- Ill-literate: Hip-Hop's Essential Reality
Hip-hop is repressed expression. The voice of those who have had no voice. It is all at once angry, sensitive, funny,…
Know What It Means
- Know What it Means: Banu Gibson Is A Class Act
I propose a “Smart Set.” A group of people who appreciate a finely crafted melody and an intelligent and witty lyric,…
Letters
- Letters November 2000
BLACK & WHITE I'd like to respond to Bunny Matthews' interview with Robert Mugge regarding Mugge's film "Rhythm & Bayous: A…
Mojo Mouth
- Jazzed
OffBeat writers just helped prepare a New Orleans update of the "Jazz & Blues Lovers' Guide to the US," by Christiane…
Pass A Good Time
- Pass A Good Time: The Return of The Busty Wench
Over the last few weeks in passing conversation I’ve made mention to friends of an upcoming event in November. So help…
St. Rock
- St. Rock: Ovary Action's Estrogenic Punk
Madigan Shive, the singer for Bonfire Madigan recently announced at Tipitina’s, “We’d like to thank Ovary Action for opening for us.…
Straight, No Chaser
- Beginning Big Bands
Performances by big bands are rare in the jazz world these days–despite the recent "swing renaissance"–but it's exceptionally rare to hear…
Take Two
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Talkin' 'bout New Orleans: Tracking Down Warren Lee
In 1982, Charly Records released one of the all-time best collections of New Orleans soul and R&B material aptly titled Sehorn’s…
Reviews
- Rudy Ray Moore, Hully Gully Fever (Norton Records)
You may know him as Petey Wheatstraw, the Human Tornado, or most commonly, Dolomite. Many consider him the godfather of rap,… - Les Kerr, RedBlues (O.N.U. Records)
RedBlues, Nashville singer songwriter Les Kerr’s third CD, more than qualifies for “blues” status by anyone’s standards. It is a cryin’,… - Roosevelt Sykes, Raining in My Heart (Delmark)
Sykes was known to the ladies—and therefore to the boogie-woogie world—as “The Honey Dripper,” but he was a shouter, not a… - Bob Folse, La Rumba (Independent)
- Big Walter Horton and Alfred "Blues King" Harris, Harmonica Blues Kings (Delmark)
- The Foret Tradition, Dance with Me (HLE Records)
- Various Artists, The Ecco-Fonic Records Story (Ecco-Fonic Records)
- Paul Pena, New Train (Hybrid)
- Otis Rush, The Essential Otis Rush: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 (Fuel 2000)
- Josh Hyde, All You Need Is Soul/The Edge of Love (Independent)
- Afu-Ra, The Body of the Life Force (Koch Records)
- Various Artists, Jump 'n' Shout!: New Orleans Blues and Rhythm
- Mr. Downchild, Behind the Sun (Masita Music)
- Robert Nighthawk, Live on Maxwell Street 1964 (Bullseye Blues and Jazz)
It gets no rawer. Robert Nighthawk, the sadly underrated and underrecognized slide-guitar master who, more than any artist, brought the Delta… - Les Femmes D'Enfer, Hot Flash (Les Femmes D'Enfer)
- Mathilda Jones, Dues Paid In Full (Southland Records)
- Shemekia Copeland, Wicked (Alligator)
- Caetano Veloso, Prenda Minha (Verve)
- Omar And The Howlers, The Screaming Cat (Provogue Records)
- Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Lanquidity/When Angels Speak of Love/Pathways to Unknown Worlds-Friendly Love/The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums/Sun Ra's Greatest Hits (Evidence Music)
Lanquidity When Angels Speak of Love Pathways to Unknown Worlds/Friendly Love (twofer on 1 CD) The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums… - Timmy Wells, Kids! We Are the Future (KiddieCorp Music)
- June Gardner, 99 Plus One: Rare and Unissued Jazzy Soul and Funk (Night Train International)
- Riccardo Crespo (Do Rio Camaqua ao Rio Mississippi (Independent)
- Chris Whitley, Perfect Day (Vallet Entertainment, Inc.)
- The Zydeco Bone Shakers, Show You How to Zydeco (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Chris Duarte, Love Is Greater Than Me (Zoe Records)
- Maria Ochoa, Asi Quiero Vivir (Blue Jackel)
- Eliades Ochoa, Tribute to the Cuarteto Patria (Higher Octave)
- J.C. Carriere and Hot Step, Papa (Acadiana Sounds)
- The Love Dogs, New Tricks (Tone Cool)
Ranging from second-line jazz to zydeco, this kennel of jump blues Bostonians are entering new territory with the ferocity of a… - Wendy Colonna, Girls of Stone (TP Records)
It’s a bold step when a singer-songwriter heads to the live music Mecca of Austin where they have songsmiths like New… - Keb' Mo', The Door (Epic/550 Music/Okeh)
- The Boondoggles, Spark (Independent)
What do men do with their almost-inevitable string of bad relationships? Do they learn all the wrong lessons and torture each… - Afroskull, Monster for the Masses (Secret Ninja Records)
It’s not every day that an emerging jazz-funk-rock band puts out a debut that sounds like the soundtrack to the ultimate… - Various Artists, New Beats From the Delta (Fat Possum)
- R.L. Burnside, Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum)
- Various Artists, Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance (Rhino)
Throughout the imagery generally associated with the period of American history familiarly known as the Roaring Twenties—the flappers with their Gatsbyesque…
