In May 2005, the Charmaine Neville Band undertook what was to be a six-month recording project: to record her weekly performances at Snug Harbor, where Neville had performed on Monday nights since the 1980s. It was to be a window for the listener into what a jazz band can do and how it can evolve, [...]
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Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller, Our Songs (Threadhead Records)
July 1, 2010 – 12:42 am
[UPDATED] Holley Bendtsen and Amasa Miller’s Our Songs is an album-length story about the duo’s shared history in New Orleans music. It’s quite a history. They’re best known for their work with the Pfister Sisters and the Charmaine Neville Band, but during their careers they’ve recorded and performed with a wide variety of local and [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Charmaine Neville
July 1, 2010 – 12:15 am
“You know, we have a law in Louisiana. If you live here and you can’t cook, we make you move. That’s just written law. The way I learned how to cook was from everybody. I learned things from the Jewish lady around the corner, the Irish lady down the street, the Italian lady in the [...]
Various Artists, Her Name is New Orleans: Listen to the Women (Independent)
December 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
The liner notes explain, “With curves shaped by waters that provide and threaten, she cuddles you in the warmth of her bosom…. She dances with you in the streets… [and] she defines you with history and culture. Her name is New Orleans.” Influenced by the love and loss suffered in the city by Hurricane Katrina [...]
Carnival Tales
February 1, 1994 – 12:01 am
Dave Malone “Mardi Gras is kind of like the ’60s,” says the Radiators’ Dave Malone. “If you remember it, you weren’t really there.” Thus, Dave’s recall of his hard-livin’ early days is a wee bit cloudy. Only the essential facts survived. “It’s very fuzzy, my memory…but I remember female breasts,” he decides. “I remember being [...]
Charmaine Neville
March 1, 1989 – 12:01 am
“Wheee!” grinned a delighted new fan, marveling at the beautiful bundle of human sound and motion. “You make me tired just looking at you.” Charmaine Anita Neville is a multi-talented, impressive entertainer. Actually, she’s overwhelming. Charmaine takes the stage like a precocious four-year-old commanding a lump of silly putty to be first a dinosaur, then [...]
