Music
Billy Iuso, Overstanding (Nawlins Music)
With a crew like the one on this album—George Porter Jr., Art and Ivan Neville, Uganda Roberts, Jimmy Carpenter and Irene Sage, to cite a few of the names—Billy Iuso […]
Woodenhead, Live at Tipitina’s (Independent)
This isn’t Woodenhead’s only live album—one of the band’s first releases was a long-gone LP recorded at Jimmy’s—but it is the first live document of the lineup that’s been in […]
Banu Gibson and the Simple Lessons of Jazz
If f you study with Banu Gibson at her New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp, one of the first things she’ll do is march you around the French Quarter with your […]
Top 10 New Orleans Summer Songs
The New Orleans canon is pretty light on summer songs, probably because it’s a topic nobody can work up much enthusiasm about. But we dug deep: Anders Osborne: “Summertime in […]
The Mulligan Brothers, Via Portland (Independent), The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, So Delicious! (Yazoo)
There are two wildly different takes on roots music here—one maybe a little too reverent, the other maybe not reverent enough. Guess which one is more enjoyable? The Mulligan Brothers—a […]
Woodenhead Celebrates 40 Years
In the immortal words of Frank Zappa, Woodenhead is a band with no commercial potential—and damn proud of it. Never mind being the last of a dying breed: as an […]
Top 10 Bayou Songs
The Bayou has fired the imagination of many a songwriter, with one of the greatest bayou songs coming from a guy who hadn’t yet been there. In honor of Bayou […]
Kevin Clark & Tom McDermott, Temptation Rag (Vaper Records)
The wonder of a good jazz duet is that it can make you hear the most timeworn tunes in a different way. Prime example would be what pianist McDermott and […]
BeauSoleil’s 40-year Journey
If you want to know how much the perception of Cajun culture has changed since Michael Doucet formed BeauSoleil 40 years ago, consider this: early in the band’s life, Doucet […]
Top 10 NOLA Songs
This month’s playlist is dedicated to everyone making their annual pilgrimage for Jazz Fest, with 10 of the best songs we know about the city where it all goes on. […]
