Issue Articles
Neko Case, Republic, August 12, 2007
Neko Case doesn’t think of her music as Americana, despite having pedal steel wizard Jon Rauhouse and Chicago’s Kelly Hogan in her band, and, well, covering Bob Dylan. I get […]
The Sadies, New Seasons (Yep Roc)
Typically, the Sadies have treated vocals like taking out the trash, something you do only because you have to. For getting them to take some care with their singing, […]
Supagroup, Fire for Hire (Foodchain/Merovingian/C05)
Supagroup has never lacked personality. For years, set lists were comprised of songs that used “rock” in every title as a noun, verb or adjective, and it had the […]
A Matter of Taste
Recently, New Orleans’ chefs have done well by the James Beard Foundation, with Restaurant August’s John Besh and Cochon’s Donald Link winning Beard Awards for best chef in the region […]
Alec Wilkinson, The Happiest Man in the World (Random House)
Ingrid Lucia came to New Orleans in 1985 aboard a raft as part of the Flying Neutrinos, a family band of self-taught musicians that started busking around the French […]
Various Artists, Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)
Tribute albums are often a cruel taunt. The typically impressive talent roster covering a legendary artist promises musical thrills a-plenty, but too often they underwhelm. Performances are too faithful […]
Jake Smith, Real (Rocketown)
These days, all God’s chilluns are from New Orleans, and no CD crosses my desk that doesn’t announce the artist as coming from New Orleans. I think the press […]
Peter Case, Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (Yep Roc)
At the other end of the scale from the new Steve Earle album is Peter Case. Musically, he has backed away from modern times, and if it weren’t for […]
New Orleans Music in Exile (Starz DVD)
Robert Mugge’s documentary on Katrina’s devastation comes to DVD just in time for the hurricane’s second anniversary and as a film, its strength and weakness is the same thing. […]
Ledisi, Lost and Found (Verve Forecast)
There’s almost always some difference or disjunction built into modern rock ’n’ roll—the difference between the tone and nature of the words vs. the way they’re performed. Commonplace lines […]
