Blogs
Mandatory Reading
This weekend, I chaired a panel at the PotLuck Audio Conference on New Orleans music with Cosimo Matassa, Wardell Quezergue, Harold Battiste, Scott Billington and Mark Bingham. Bingham brought a […]
Zappa on Zappa
Dweezil Zappa brings the Zappa Plays Zappa tour to the House of Blues Wednesday. As technical and musicianly as Frank Zappa’s music is, for me it pointed to a life outside of […]
Bo Diddley homework
Since Bo Diddley died earlier this week, people have weighed in with their thoughts. Here are a few highlights: RockCritics.com has critic Robert Palmer’s spot-on take on the “Bo Diddley […]
Why Do It?
The DVD “A Skin, A Night” accompanies the release of the National’s EP The Virginia. The band’s “Fake Empire” was one of my favorite singles last year despite its dour […]
OffBeat contributor on Outkast
Perfect Sound Forever turned over its editorial chores to critic Robert Christgau, who selected work from his students at Princeton, where he teaches Cultural Criticism. OffBeat contributor Drew Hinshaw was […]
A Look Ahead to Voodoo?
Nate Chinen reviewed the reunited Stone Temple Pilots’ show in New York City on Sunday. Although I hope for the best, he perfectly described my long-time feeling about the band: “The […]
Horses & Masters of Reality
I hoped Philip Shaw’s Horses (Continuum)Â would help me get closer to Patti Smith’s debut album. Only “Gloria” and “Land” delivered the wild and dangerous art that her early 1970s press […]
The Sound of Percolation
Today I’m trying to get through some recent electropop CDs of one stripe or another, all of which entertain me. Sally Shapiro: Remix Romance Vol. 1 and 2 (Paper Bag): Swedish dance pop […]
Last Call for This Year’s Jazz Fest
I’ve done all the post-Fest writing I’m going to do, and our Jazz Fest wrap-up will appear in the June issue (due out later this week). But writer Larry Blumenfeld has […]
Dr. Michael White an NEA Heritage Fellow
Yesterday, traditional jazz clarinetist and educator Dr. Michael White was awarded an NEA Heritage Fellowship. He is the eighth Louisianan to receive this recognition since 2000. In 2001, Boozoo Chavis was named a […]
