Over the course of the year, musician Paul Sanchez and screenwriter Colman deKay’s opera and album Nine Lives has blossomed into one of the most celebrated New Orleans releases of 2011. On stage, the musical adaption of Dan Brown’s 2009 book of the same title takes the form of a pop opera. Backed by a [...]
Tag Archives: Matt Perrine
Lynn Drury, Sugar on the Floor (Old Shoes Records)
May 1, 2011 – 12:44 am
Sugar on the Floor is Lynn Drury’s trump card. The talented New Orleans singer-songwriter has built a strong local following through her emotionally-charged live performances, but her strengths as a musician and songwriter haven’t been adequately captured on record until now. Part of the problem is that New Orleans is a difficult environment for songwriters. [...]
New Orleans Nightcrawlers: French Quarter Fest Focus
April 1, 2011 – 12:20 am
The New Orleans Nightcrawlers brass band began innocently enough in 1994 as a writer’s workshop founded by pianist Tom McDermott, sousaphonist Matt Perrine and trumpeter Kevin Clark. “We really just wanted to practice writing and arranging for a more modern, harmonically complex jazz band,” recalls Clark. Now, after 17 years of albums and gigs all [...]
Matt Perrine and Debbie Davis: The Couple That Plays Together…
February 1, 2011 – 12:11 am
Without music, how many would never have fallen in love? Without love, how many songs would have never been written? And yet two musicians in an intimate relationship sounds like romantic chaos. Not so for respected local low-end specialist (sousaphone/bass) Matt Perrine and wife Debbie Davis, best known for her interpretations of songs by the [...]
Matt Perrine & Sunflower City, Bayou Road Suite (Threadhead)
May 1, 2010 – 12:54 am
New Orleans locals are familiar with sousaphonist Matt Perrine playing any style in any situation. His virtuosity brings forth the inevitable “I’ve never heard a tuba played like that” comment; then you take it for granted until you hear another tuba player. Less noticeable, but apparent to his bandmates, are Perrine’s arranging and composing chops. [...]
Midnite Disturbers: Jazz Fest Focus
May 1, 2010 – 12:26 am
The idea for the Midnite Disturbers came at drummer Stanton Moore’s kitchen table. He and fellow drummer Kevin O’Day had been tossing around the idea of forming an all-star brass band, and they had called Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews to see what he thought. When he agreed, they started calling friends and ended up with [...]
Various Artists, A Very Threadhead Holiday (Threadhead)
December 16, 2009 – 11:26 am
The artists that cut or are cutting albums for Threadhead Records came together to record A Very Threadhead Holiday, a charming, often irreverent Christmas album. The album succeeds in being seasonal (if not always holly and jolly), and it represents the musical personalities of those involved. Craig Klein’s “Christmas on My Mind” is a good-natured [...]
YouTube du Jour: Threadheads’ “Mr. Grinch”
December 14, 2009 – 10:54 am
On Friday night, Paul Sanchez, Debbie Davis, Margie Perez, Glen David Andrews and the cast of A Very Threadhead Holiday played a CD-release party at Chickie Wah-Wah. Here’s Susan Cowsill singing “Mr. Grinch” with Matt Perrine and Craig Klein on horns.
Various Artists, A Family Christmas (Putumayo)
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Putumayo’s most recent Christmas collection this year is supposedly fun for the whole family. Evidently, the whole family loves acoustic, stringed instruments—guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, and the like. As such, This is often a low-wattage, chilled-out Christmas. There’s some great stuff on it including Martin Sexton’s “Holly Jolly Christmas” and Sam Bush’s “Sleigh Ride, but the [...]
