Johanna Divine did what any aspiring singer-songwriter does—she wrote a batch of songs with plans to eventually record them on voice and guitar. But when producer Dirk Powell heard them and realized the Nouveau String Band front gal’s affinity for ’30s Western swing, ’50s torch jazz and rockabilly, not to mention early ’60s country, genre-hopping [...]
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Linzay Young & Joel Savoy, Linzay Young & Joel Savoy (Valcour)
January 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Based on their longstanding musical association, it’s only fitting that Linzay Young and Joel Savoy unite for this eponymous recording and Valcour’s inaugural installment of its Artist Series. Young and Savoy have played together more than half their lives, since teenage-hood and later as Red Stick Ramblers during their LSU years. This collection of a [...]
July 2009 Letters
July 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
FANTASTIC We enjoyed the 40th anniversary edition of the Jazz Fest very much. It was my seventh time around, and if money permits there certainly will be an eighth in two-years’ time. Biggest discovery: the Red Stick Ramblers. Biggest surprise: Doc Watson (long may he run!). Greatest regret: that I missed a John Boutté performance. [...]
