June 1997
BackTalk
Bluesworthy
Cover Story
- Cyril Neville's Perfect World
It's as close to perfect as perfect can be. Just the day before, the Neville Brothers closed out the 1997 Jazz…
Dis 'n' Dat
Eye Music
Fat City
Features
- The Best & Worst of Jazz Fest '97
What a difference a week makes. In less time than it took for God to create the universe, the Jazz Fest… - Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo may have 10 years on their slacker rock colleagues, but don't mistake Ira Kaplan. Georgia Hubley and James… - Loren Pickford
I was in Belgium one night, working at a place called Epistrophe ...I was up in the hotd room, watching a… - Ancestro
Formed at the University of Honduras in Tegucigalpa in 1990, Ancestro has quietly carved its own niche in the New Orleans…
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Film & Video Bits
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Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- Eddie Bo, Hook and Sling (Tuff City)
- La Touche, La Touche V: Louisiana (Ralph)
- Johnny O'Neal, One Step at a Time (Independent)
- Seth Kaufman, Circling Noon (Independent)
- Bobby Mitchell & the Toppers, I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (Bear Family)
- Shirley & Lee, The Sweethearts of the Blues (Bear Family)
- Various Artists, Sacred Steel (Arhoolie)
- Geb Rault Band, Yin Yang from the Mire (Independent)
- Freddie Palmisano, Do You Know What It Means (Independent)
- Various Artists, 15 Louisiana Zydeco Classics (Arhoolie)
- The Jayhawks, Sound of Lies (American)
