September 2005
Alt NO
- Crystallizing Jhelisa
While this “alternative music” exists mainly to expose fops to truly original music—as opposed to New Orleans’ glut of blueprint-reading throwbacks—there…
BackTalk
- Robert Mercurio
Galactic, arguably the most popular New Orleans band in the contemporary galaxy, celebrates its tenth anniversary on September 9 and 10…
Bayou Boogie
- Playing Right
With no members under the age of 50, the Creole Zydeco Farmers reign as zydeco’s elder statesmen. Drummer Clarence “Jockey” Etienne…
Cover Story
- Ghost Music: Shannon McNally
A lazy, sun-dappled August breeze rustled the broad leaves of the maple tree shading Song Café on Chartres Street. It was…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Narcissism
In the myth of Narcissus, the vain son of Endymion and Selene rejects the advances of the nymph Echo, who sets…
Features
- From the Archive: Bela Fleck
In 1989, Béla Fleck was in a bit of a predicament: He found himself scrambling to find a band to back… - Confessions of a Stripper
On the 11th of August, Messrs. M— and J— took to speaking with one Miss Q—, formerly of various gentlemen’s clubs… - An OffBeat Exploration of French Quarter Strip Clubs
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Brunettes, Whatever By (Anonymous) As Told To Will Bunn Matthews, III “It is the duty of a… - Jay Farrar of Son Volt
“I’ve committed well spent days driving parts of Highway 61 from New Orleans to Minneapolis,” says Jay Farrar. He roars up… - We Were Only Freshmen
The U.S. government prescribes a nutritional pyramid for healthy eating, but in actuality the eating habits of most students more closely…
Jazzin'
- Warmdaddy's Home
“Desi always says that we’ve been married for 15 years but she’s only known me for seven because I’m on the…
Letters
- Letters September 2005
HOPE WITHOUT DOPE I just recently moved back to New Orleans. In a blackout from Chicago I drank my way down…
Live Wire
- Le Tigre, House of Blues, July 30, 2005
- Extra Action Marching Band, Rubalad "Rumpus Room", Brooklyn and Knitting Factory, Manhattan, July 31 - August 1, 2005
- The Radiators, House of Blues, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 17, 2005
- Harry Anderson in Wise Guy, Oswald's Speakeasy, August 3, 2005
- Lila Downs, SummerStage, New York, New York, July 31, 2005
- Satchmo Summerfest Times Three
- Freddy Omar con su Banda, Ray's Over the River, June 25, 2005
Mojo Mouth
- Dear Landlord
Man, it’s been so hot. Did you ever notice that everything in New Orleans just stops during the summer? One of…
St. Rock
Reviews
- Maceo Parker, School's In! (BHM Productions)
Saxman Maceo Parker's musical history is almost a direct parallel to the history of funk, the present of which he continues… - The BoDeans, Homebrewed: Live from the Pabst (Back Porch)
- Panorama Jazz Band, Panoramaland (Independent)
- Son Volt, Okemah and The Melody of Piot (Transmit Sound/Legacy)
- Maria Muldaur, Meet Me at Midnite (Shout! Factory)
- Maria Muldaur, Louisiana Love Call (Shout! Factory)
- Zydepunks, ...And the Streets Will Flow with Whiskey (Independent)
- Uncle Fucker, Usurpers of the Tradition (Independent)
- Various Artists, Italian Cafe (Putumayo)
- Various Artists, North African Groove (Putumayo)
- Various Artists, American Folk (Putumayo)
- The Gold Standard, Square (Independent)
- Antarctica Vs. The World, Grave New World (Tent City Records)
- Willie Nelson, Countryman (Lost Highway)
- Little Milton, Think of Me (Telarc)
- Terence Higgins and Swampgrease, In the Bywater (Independent)
- Burke Ingraffia, Independence Louisiana (Caleo)
- Joe Newman Quintet, At Count Basie's (Verve)
- Jimmy "T99" Nelson, The Legend (Independent)
- Wynton Marsalis, Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes (Blue Note)
- Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, The Buena Vista Social Club presents Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal (Nonesuch)
- Hi-Fi Sky, Music for Synchronized Swimming in Space (Seersucker Fantasy)
- Phil deGruy, Just Duet (Heard Instinct)
- Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth (Interscope)
- Crispin Schroeder, Move (Spring)
- B.G., The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 1 (Koch Records)
- Dash Rip Rock, Re-Cyclone (Alternative Tentacles)
- Bobby Lounge, I Remember the Night Your Trailer Burnt Down (Abitian)
- North Mississippi Allstars, Electric Blue Watermelon (ATO Records)
- Jonathan Batiste, Times in New Orleans (Independent)
- Watyr, Meditation (H20)
- Garage a Trois, Music from the Film Outre Mer (Telarc)
