Archive | December, 2006
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December 2006 Contents

Cover Story

A World of Pure Imagination

Alex Rawls

Features

Collateral Damage

Alex Rawls

Lost In Music

OffBeat Staff

Playing Under the Radar

Katy Reckdahl

BackTalk

Hal Willner

Alex Rawls

OffBeat Eats

Gabrielle’s Fate

Todd A. Price

Fresh

A Sketchy Character

Todd A. Price

A Star Is Televised

Herman Fuselier

All in the Family

Geraldine Wyckoff

Do You Know…Metronome The City?

André Mouton

Dressed To Swing

Marc Stone

Heavy Medal for Preservation Hall

Richard Giraldi

Learning The Blues Again

Jeff Hannusch

The Beat Goes On

OffBeat Staff

Tis the Season

Alex Rawls

Obituaries

Obituary: Timothea Beckerman

OffBeat Staff

Reviews

Billy Iuso And the Restless Natives, When Can I Come Home (Independent)

John Swenson

Blackbeard, Strictly Dub Wise (Front Line/EMI)

Alex Rawls

Bluerunners, Live at the Triple Door (Independent)

Dan Willging

Broken Smokes, Separate The People (Independent)

Robert Fontenot

Clint Maedgen, Clint Maedgen (Independent)

Jeremy J. Deibel

Delfeayo Marsalis, Minions Dominion (Troubadour Jass)

John Swenson

Dire Wood, Stand at the Edge and Listen (Red Amp)

Robert Fontenot

Don Rich, You Need Love (Jin)

Jeff Hannusch

Esquizito, Something I Dreamed Last Night (Maison Musique)

Geraldine Wyckoff

George Strait, Fresh Cut Christmas (Hallmark)

Alex Rawls

Guitar Gabriel, Toot Blues (Music Maker)

Jeff Hannusch

Incognito, Bees+Things+Flowers (Narada Jazz)

Alex Rawls

James Andrews and Friends, New Orleans, New Orleans (Independent)

John Swenson

Jay Weigel/The Saint Louis Cathedral Orchestra and Choir, The Mass of Pope John Paul II (Manchester Craftsmen ‘s Guild)

Joseph Irrera

Johnny Cash, The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. 2 (Universal)

Alex Rawls

Judith Owen, Here (Courgette)

Alex Rawls

Junior Wells, Live At Theresa’s 1975

Jeff Hannusch

Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Road Runners, You Got Me! (Independent)

Dan Willging

Michael Hall, The Song He As Listening to When He Died (Freedom)

Jeff Hannusch

Racines, Racines (Swallow)

Dan Willging

Rhonda Vincent, Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection (Martha White/Rounder)

Alex Rawls

Robert Cray Band, Live From Across The Pond (Nozzel/Vanguard)

Jeff Hannusch

The Sadies, Tales of the Rat Fink (Yep Rock)

Alex Rawls

Tony Joe White, Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings (Rhino Handmade)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, Christmas Break (Telarc)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited

Donald Miller

Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel (RCA Nashville/ Legacy)

Michael Hurtt

Mojo Mouth

Louisiana: The Festival State

Jan Ramsey

Letters

December 2007 Letters

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