For a certain stripe of blues fan, the older, wilder and more obscure the performer the better. If you’re of that mindset, you probably saw Drink Small, the 80-year-old South Carolina bluesman who’s been playing various joints for the past half-century. The opening of his set, where he delivered a borderline-risque rap and then a [...]
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Rock n Hops for MusiCares Saturday, May 4 at NOLA Brewing
May 1, 2013 – 6:19 pm
Don’t let your Jazz Fest fun settle once the Fairground lights dim this Saturday night! Head a little ways down Tchop to the NOLA Brewing brewery (3001 Tchoupitoulas St) for Rock ‘N’ Hops – an evening of New Orleans craft-brewed beer and Louisiana music benefiting MusiCares. There will be two stages featuring a rotating line-up [...]
Shamarr Allen Hits the Spot at Katie’s
May 1, 2013 – 12:38 pm
Why did you choose to come to Katie’s today? I love the food, man, the food is great. You can get a home-cooked meal, or a po-boy. They have a lot of specials, do you ever try them? When I don’t know what to eat, I’ll try one of the specials. Is there [...]
ALL-STAR CAST DOES “NINE LIVES” LIVE
April 24, 2013 – 5:51 pm
A rare performance of Nine Lives, the acclaimed musical and double CD, will take place in New Orleans between Jazz Fest weekends. The play features 39 original songs by Colman DeKay and Paul Sanchez and is based on Dan Baum’s best-selling book Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, which tracks the lives [...]
Sonia Tetlow, Own Way Home (Threadhead Records)
February 1, 2013 – 12:56 am
Sonia Tetlow was the second of four female singer/bassists to join Cowboy Mouth in remarkably quick succession, and she’s now the second (after Mary Lasseigne) to make a solo album. And like Lasseigne’s album, it reveals a writing and singing depth barely hinted at during her time with the Mouth. The title track makes for [...]
Norbert Susemihl, Night on Frenchmen Street (Independent)
November 1, 2012 – 12:50 am
For decades, European musicians have followed a path similar to that taken by Germany-born Norbert Susemihl. They discover classic New Orleans jazz as teenagers, travel to the Crescent City in search of the “holy grail,” get absorbed by the scene and repeatedly make pilgrimages between this city and their homeland. (Actually, many of these artists [...]
Peter Novelli, Louisiana Roots and Blues (Chalet Music)
September 1, 2012 – 12:55 am
There are times on Louisiana Roots & Blues that you’d wish Peter Novelli would just burn a fast one for a change of pace, but, nonetheless, he’s the master of searing tones and crunchy, mid-tempo grooves. He’s not one to rush a guitar solo, instead taking the time to deliver something meaningful. He uses guests [...]
YouTube du Jour: Shamarr Allen – “Typical Rock Star”
June 15, 2012 – 12:28 pm
Summer is the favorite time for New Orleans musicians to go on tour, but for most artists that means heading to places like the Northeast, West Coast, or the European festival circuit. Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs are going pretty far off that beaten path though, with a three-week tour scheduled in the Central Asian [...]
Nine Lives: A Life of Its Own
June 1, 2012 – 12:17 am
Paul Sanchez is frowning. The latest cast and crew for a performance of the music from Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans is onstage at the Contemporary Arts Center during a final rehearsal, and something is not quite right. Sanchez paces quickly around the theater, chin in hand, listening intently and trying to [...]
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show, Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper (Threadhead Records)
May 1, 2012 – 12:48 am
For those of you who aren’t on the Paul Sanchez tip, he may be the best songwriter in this town chock-full of good songwriters. Since leaving Cowboy Mouth, he has taken the opportunity to present his tunes without the volume and bombast of his former band’s arena rock. Here on Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper, [...]
