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Eric Bibb and JJ Milteau, Lead Belly’s Gold: Live at the Sunset… And More (Stony Plain Records)
Lead Belly’s been gone for over 60 years, but his music still resonates throughout this fat nation on many different levels. Guitarist Eric Bibb and Mississippi saxophone player JJ Milteau […]
Lead Belly, Bridging Lead Belly (Rounder)
Lead Belly
Masters of Louisiana Music: Huddie William “Leadbelly” Ledbetter
Born: January 20, 1888, Mooringsport, Louisiana Died: December 6, 1949, New York, New York Based solely on the towering presence of his colorful reputation and the enormous contribution he made to the […]
Leadbelly: His Life, His Legend
“Sweet Singer of the Swamplands Here To Do a Few Tunes Between Homicides” -New York Tribune, January 5, 1935, heralding the arrival of Leadbelly. In 1935 Huddie Ledbetter finished […]
Keith Abel leads music and culinary tours of New Orleans with audio headphones
There are hundreds of tour guides in New Orleans. Each must be licensed by the city and applicants are required to pass an exam about New Orleans history, though it […]
A Punch of Sugar, A Little Blood and Grits, A Ceremony and A Belly
What with Jazz Fest and all (see my wag-tongued babblings, re: same, elsewhere in this ish), I shall now take this time to rummage through the New Releases stack, seeking […]
Dr. John: Dr. John: The Montreux Years (BMG)
Dr. John: The Montreaux Years collects recordings from seven of the late, much-loved singer-pianist’s Montreaux Jazz Festival sets. Following the April release of the Tipitina’s Record Club’s Solo Piano: Live In New Orleans 1984, The Montreaux Years is this year’s second official Dr. John concert album. It’s available in CD and digital formats, while the Tipitina’s Record Club album is a limited-edition vinyl LP.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 24)
This time around you will find four popular but now somewhat rare releases (in excellent condition anyway) from the mid and late 1960s with the last but certainly not least selection, being a genre favorite, from 1974. Climb aboard and join me for a ride down memory lane.
