Music
Davell Crawford, The B-3 and Me (Bullseye Blues & Jazz)
I’ve met folks who listen to nothing but organ trios, who can tell a Jimmy Smith like in a nanosecond from one by Jack McDuff or Groove Holmes. I’m not […]
Richard Lebouef and Two Step, Again, for the First Time (La Louisiane)
When the singer-accordionist is a LeBouef and his band consists of a Picard, an Hebert, a Fontenot, and a Sonnier, you know you’re talking real Cajun music. And because the […]
Lenny McDaniel, Tired Angels (Café au Lait Music)
New Orleans’ singer/songwriter/guitarist Lenny McDaniel seems to have found a happy medium. On his third effort Tired Angels, McDaniel strikes a balance between the lighthearted and memorable rock and soul […]
Michael Pellera, Cloud 9 (Pajacis Music)
Pellera has a remarkable ability to compose evocative, dreamy landscapes, combining the emotionally charged impressionism of post-bop jazz with a romantic, almost classical sense of melody. On Cloud 9, his […]