Over the course of more than 45 years in the music business, Lee Fields has sang all over the world, from Japan and Thailand to Russia and Romania, but he’s as surprised as anyone that when he plays a Liveset.com show and hits One Eyed Jacks’ stage on Saturday, April 28, it will be his [...]
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Leroy Martin, My Old Swamp Pops, My Old Friends and Some New Stuff (Jin Records)
April 1, 2012 – 12:53 am
It’s virtually impossible to summarize Leroy Martin’s eight-decade career in professional music succinctly: musician, writer, bandleader, producer, engineer and historian. In the ‘60s, his Acadians backed up Vin Bruce while his Vikings squadron supported Joe Barry with Martin producing Barry’s national chart topper “I’m a Fool to Care.” Barbara Lynn, Jimmy Donley and Mickey Gilley [...]
Eden Brent at Chickie Wah Wah April 14
April 1, 2012 – 12:31 am
Don’t let Eden Brent’s diminutive stature or her cherry-pie smile fool you. She is a blues powerhouse capable of pounding out and belting out the boogie-woogie like people just don’t do anymore. Raised up in the blues-saturated wilds off Highway 1 north of Greenville, Mississippi, Brent crafted her particular voice with a mix of formal [...]
Lynn Drury Hits the Spot at Domenica
April 1, 2012 – 12:29 am
Domenica 123 Baronne Street (504) 648-6020 What did you order? I got the prosciutto pizza, which has prosciutto, mozzarella, arugula, tomato and three different cheeses. How does this compare to the restaurants you went to when you lived in Italy? It’s the closest thing I’ve found in New Orleans to authentic Italian food. Who do [...]
French Quarter Fest Focus: Mia Borders
April 1, 2012 – 12:26 am
“I get bored and make companies,” says Mia Borders. Borders, who has a passion for a lot of things, also likes to write contracts. The 24-year-old singer sips a black tea and tries to count how many companies she’s created. “Film, just in case I sell a screenplay. My recording label. Mia Borders LLC. Oh, [...]
Ingrid Lucia’s Female Vocalists Compilation: Ladies Only
April 1, 2012 – 12:07 am
No boys allowed. That’s the stipulation for Ingrid Lucia’s upcoming compilation of present-day female New Orleans singers. “There is not a single compilation out there that represents any of the female vocalists that are either living or dead,” Lucia says. “People ask about it all the time and there’s nothing there.” Gal Holiday, Meschiya Lake, [...]
Little Freddie King, Chasing tha Blues (MadeWright Records)
March 1, 2012 – 12:57 am
While Chasing tha Blues gets off to a promising start, it begins to lose steam well before the conclusion of the chase. King is New Orleans’ resident free-form country bluesman, and when not on the bandstand he can often be seen riding his bicycle through the Quarter and the Marigny. His style will never be [...]
Chris Thomas King, Antebellum Postcards (21st Century Blues Records)
March 1, 2012 – 12:56 am
I often think that it must be hard to be Chris Thomas King—to have a restless musical imagination that prompts him to explore a host of styles and the chops to excel in all of them. What do you do? Deny the competing impulses and hew to one path, or follow them all and produce [...]
Ruthie Foster, Let it Burn (Blue Corn Records)
March 1, 2012 – 12:54 am
When Ruthie Foster first played Jazz Fest in 2008, I sat next to her as she sang during our interview on the Music Heritage Stage. At arm’s reach, her voice was as powerful and warm as it had been when channeled through the Blues Tent’s PA an hour earlier, and that voice has been her [...]
