The New Orleans Fringe Festival starts Wednesday, November 16 with its fourth year of unconventional theatre, but with more than 70 mostly-unheard-of shows, a Yard Art Tour, trunk show, and free-for-all tent, it can be difficult to choose what to attend. The shows include everything from puppetry, improvisational, and spoken word to dance, burlesque, and [...]
Tag Archives: Jonathan Freilich
Jonathan Freilich, Electric Eggplant (Independent)
September 1, 2011 – 12:57 am
Jonathan Freilich’s guitar work and compositions are the sound of modern jazz in New Orleans. Although sometimes abstract and angular, they have rhythmic bounce and melodic sense that is much more accessible than similar music made in other settings and still reflect the best New Orleans music. His new album, Electric Eggplant, features musicians who [...]
The Tom Paines, The Rites of Man (Threadhead Records)
August 1, 2010 – 12:34 am
The Rites of Man is the debut album from the Tom Paines, the latest incarnation of veteran New Orleans jacks-of-all-musical-trades Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich. They’ve collected folk songs from throughout the English-speaking world in the decades surrounding the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th. There’s plenty new about the songs on The [...]
Naked Orchestra, From Pandemonium to a View of Eidolons (Independent)
May 1, 2010 – 12:47 am
Large ensembles in creative music are largely a labor of love, a testament to the musicians’ respect for the bandleader, and a tangible manifestation of a music community. The Naked Orchestra is certainly all of these, and the fact that it’s persevered for over a decade without any official institutional support speaks volumes to both [...]
