Hurray for the Riff Raff has readied a new album, Look Out Mama, and while the band has a label, Loose Music, to release the album in England, it’s planning to release the album itself in America. To help make that happen, it has started a Kickstarter campaign. Among the premiums for contributing is an [...]
Tag Archives: folk
Gina Forsyth, Promised Land (Waterbug Records)
February 1, 2012 – 12:54 am
Attention musicians: For those thinking they need to rush their product out with sub-par material and inferior packaging for that nifty festival gig, take note of Gina Forsyth. The New Orleans singer-songwriter/roots musician never releases anything before it’s damn good and ready—and then some—thanks to Katrina and other life interruptions. Her solo sophomore effort is [...]
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra at One Eyed Jacks February 14
February 1, 2012 – 12:19 am
A song by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra comes on like a thunderstorm. The skies darken, things creak in the stillness, someone remarks on the ominous mood and suddenly the world erupts in a calamity of lightning and upheaval. When you think the world is saturated with such unrest, it peters out and the [...]
Truckstop Honeymoon: A Musician’s Life and Half a Cow
February 1, 2012 – 12:13 am
After six years in Lawrence, Kansas, former Lower Ninth Ward duo Mike West and Katie Euliss have expanded their family from four to six and added five albums to their discography as Truckstop Honeymoon. There are other things to brag about as well, such as chickens and hamsters and the daily triumph of sanity. They [...]
Ani DiFranco, Which Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe Records)
January 1, 2012 – 12:58 am
The new Ani DiFranco record is the latest entry in DiFranco’s musical and lyrical view of the world and current events. Over the years, she has perfected her sound, and this record is a pristine example of that. Her guitar sounds tight chords with a heavy, yet not overwhelming emphasis on the lower range. Her [...]
Ruthie Foster, Live at Antone’s (Blue Corn Records)
January 1, 2012 – 12:50 am
Ruthie Foster has a cult/fanatic following. People either have never heard of her or they think she has one of the best voices of our time. Her new CD Live at Antone’s shows why her voice has received such notice. It is husky and soulful but never overdone. She wails at the top of her [...]
YouTube du Jour: Sarah Quintana
December 22, 2011 – 1:10 pm
Sarah Quintana is an unsung singer in New Orleans, with a haunting voice and an ear for a pretty melody. A NOCCA grad schooled in jazz guitar, she sings original folk-jazz compositions and French chansons. An album of her work is much overdue, and Quintana hopes to change that with her current Kickstarter campaign, looking [...]
Camile Baudoin and the Living Rumors, Old Bayou Blues (Threadhead Records)
December 1, 2011 – 12:56 am
The band name for the long-time Radiators’ guitarist tells the story. Old Bayou Blues is the sound of friends sitting around on a porch in a living room singing songs they remember—a little Fats Domino, a little Hank Williams, a drinking song, a blues, and so on. Baudoin’s the top name on the marquee, but [...]
Daniel Beaumont, Preachin’ the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House (Oxford University Press)
December 1, 2011 – 12:26 am
Son House has long been regarded as one of the most authentic Delta bluesmen. His music and performances were as intense as music gets, and his influence stretches from Robert Johnson to John Mooney, both of whom were his pupils. Daniel Beaumont’s book, Preachin’ the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House, is the [...]
Ani DiFranco
December 1, 2011 – 12:25 am
Folk singer Ani DiFranco moved to New Orleans approximately eight years ago, but she has entered the city’s musical community discreetly, playing the occasional show such as last year’s Gulf Aid benefit for those affected by the BP Oil Disaster. She has done so, she says, because “that is my style. I like to do [...]
