August 1997
BackTalk
- Cosimo Matassa
Some of the best-known records made at Cosimo Matassa’s studio used their own language to express the simple pleasures of living.…
Bluesworthy
Cover Story
- The Radiators: Rock Solid for 20 Years
New Orleans’ longest-running and most successful rock band was launched, with the help of free Michelob, unlimited pizza, and a chainsaw.…
Eye Music
Fat City
Features
- Bands to Watch: Tom's House
- Bands to Watch: All That
Fans of classic funk, brass band jams, jazzy improvisation and a little bit of hip-hop -- fans who dig all of… - Bands to Watch: Joy Buzzer
- Bands to Watch: Gary Hirstius & Day 7
"You know, I sat around and blamed New Orleans for years. Bullshit! I sat around and blamed everyone else for me… - Under the Umbrella of Traditional Jazz
- Bands to Watch: Joe Tullos
Letters
Mojo Mouth
Plugged In
Straight, No Chaser
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- Buckshot and the Barnstormers, Redneck Roadsongs (Independent)
- Dr. John, Trippin' Live (Surefire/Wind-Up Entertainment)
- Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Blood on the Fields (Columbia)
- Al Jackson, A Poor Man's Blues (Kolab)
- Esquerita, Vintage Voola (Norton)
- Paul Sanchez, Loose Parts (Independent)
- Levi Chen, Lisa Franco, Michael Masley, Celtic Zen (Musik International)
- Kid Merv, And All That Jazz New Orleans (Independent)
- Kyle Hicks, The Real Me (Regal)
- Irene Sage, Don't Say Good Night (Independent)
- The Ghetto Twinz, In That Water (Upper Level/Rap-A-Lot)
- Buckwheat Zydeco, Trouble (Mesa)
- Pat Boyack and the Prowlers, Super Blue and Funky (Bullseye Blues)
- Rosie Ledet, Zydeco Sensation (Maison de Soul)
- The Creatures of Habit, Virgins Are Hard to Find (Independent)
