In a city where Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, and Russell Batiste, Jr. play so many nights for tips, drinks, and nominal cover charges, it can be easy to take for granted the wealth of experience, professionalism, and straight-up talent that they bring to the stage every night. They’re so familiar to us that we [...]
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Joe Krown, Russell Batiste, Jr., and Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Triple Threat (Independent)
February 1, 2011 – 12:47 am
Clarence Bucaro, New Orleans (Hyena)
November 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
On his latest album, New Orleans, Clarence Bucaro revisits a project he shelved prior to releasing 2008′s ’Til Spring. Backed by an all-star ensemble, including sousaphonist Kirk Joseph and guitarist Anders Osborne, with whom Bucaro also shares production credits, this ten-song suite depicts the journeyman’s love affair with the Crescent City. Steeped in blue-eyed soul, [...]
Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rise Up! (Palmetto)
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Dr. Lonnie Smith is no stranger to New Orleans. Over the years, the venerable funk-master has recorded and performed with many of the Crescent City’s finest musicians and, most recently, he has become a staple during the Jazz Fest season with his regular appearances at the Blue Nile. Given this, its no surprise that the [...]
Booker T., Potato Hole (Anti-)
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In which the imperial (not imperious) king of B3 soul and funk climbs out of his own hole to make friends with Neil Young and the Drive-By Truckers. One unlikely three-way, you’d say, and I’d agree. But given Booker’s landing at Anti-, he had to shake hands with the de facto Anti- house band, and [...]
Quintron and Miss Pussycat: Homemade World
December 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
You don’t expect to hear Mr. Quintron discuss a water pump. The world of Quintron and his wife/percussionist/puppeteer Miss Pussycat is rarely so mundane, but while in New York City for a show featuring his new album Too Thirsty 4 Love and an art show of Pussycat’s puppets, the van broke down and had to [...]
