Blogs
Left Out
Wilson Savoy reflects on the overlooked band in this year’s Grammy consideration for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album here. Along the way, he touches on why the omission and what “Cajun […]
Grammy list updated
Reid Wick from NARAS sent me his personal list of Louisianans who were involved with Grammy-nominated recordings, and I’ve learned a few through other means. David Egan, for example, wrote […]
Snow Day!
It’s snowing this morning. It’s too warm for it to stick on the ground, but it’s covering parked cars. Naturally, the city’s in a state of freak-out, and a […]
C. Ray: Master of the Moment
Yesterday ground was broken for the mixed income neighborhood on the site of what was once the St. Bernard Housing Project. Now it will be called “Columbia Citi Residences […]
Irony-Free Zone
At Gambit‘s blog, Alison Fensterstock has been posting strange Christmas songs daily. I’m not going to bust on her for that because I’m currently downloading a disco Christmas album […]
Politicians Here …
… are kicking themselves. Why didn’t they think of this?
A Seasonal Test
Julian Koster is part of the Elephant 6 collective, and his The Singing Saw at Christmastime is the seasonal exploitation record at it finest. Rather than have dogs bark […]
More Christmas
Daptone Records has a regular free downloadable podcast available monthly from iTunes. This month’s podcast is naturally a Christmas mix, and it’s great – some obscurities, some classics including […]
Allen Toussaint and Jimmy Webb
The inaugural New Orleans Songwriters’ Festival was a success, drawing over 100 performers for the Friday night Bluebird Cafe Open Mic at the Blue Nile, and attendance surpassed expectations […]
What Will Happen to the Critics?
In the current business climate, print media’s having a rough go negotiating its place in a world where so much free information is available via the Internet. At ARTicles, […]
