March 1992
Blues News
- Blues Record Company News, Ronnie Earl, Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial and More
RECORD COMPANY NEWS: Alligator Records has just signed its first non-American musician. His name is Peter Hole, a slide guitar player…
Features
- Mardi Gras Music
Ah yes, it's that time of year again in the ol' Big Easy...a town where as soon as the Christmas decorations… - A Musical Collage for Carnival
The cover photo shoot, by participant: Rik Slave sang "We Are the World." Fred LeBlanc bit Irma Thomas' knee. Irma laughed…
Film & Video Bits
- A Fistful of Notable Video Releases
Now that there's a little breathing room between Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, you may want to catch up on some…
Live Wire
- The Cult and Lenny Kravitz, Municipal Auditorium, February 4, 1992
The biggest disappointment of this odd bill was that Lenny Kravitz was relegated to the typical 45-minute set of an opening… - Harold Battiste, Jazz Perspectives from New Orleans and Los Angeles, UNO Liberal Arts Alumni College, February 15, 1992
Harold Battiste is a warm, knowledgeable human being, with extensive recording, playing, producing and teaching experience. He was perfectly suited to…
Spare Parts
- Take A Chaw on These Mardi Gras Tidbits
Get out your new suits, gang, 'cause Mardi Gras is just a few days away. But meanwhile, take a chaw from…
Reviews
- Lillian Boutte, Lipstick Traces: New Orleans R&B Sessions (Blues Beacon)
I can't think of more superlatives to say about this album. Lillian Boutte, the long-time favorite jazz singer from New Orleans… - Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque (DGC Records)
Already getting hyped as the alternative pop band of the 90s, racking up Best Album of the Year awards, riding at… - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky Is Crying (Epic)
Everyone knows that rock is largely derivative. True artists go to the trouble to reinvent what they borrow (see much of… - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, No Looking Back (Alligator Records)
“I built my own prison, my mind must find the key, and nobody, nobody can open this cell but me." Gatemouth's… - Ellis Marsalis, Heart of Gold (Columbia Records)
Ellis' fans will no doubt welcome his new album on Columbia. Produced by son Delfeayo, it features Ray Brown on bass… - Carol Fran and Clarence Hollimon, Soul Sensation (Black Top Records)
Once again Black Top reintroduces the world to some master blues musicians who could easily have slipped through the cracks of…
