Music
Max and the Martians, Stay at Home Demos (Independent)
When it comes to songwriting, Covid-19 has really been the elephant in the room; even the Swifts and McCartneys who’ve made entire albums since the spring haven’t seen fit to […]
Christmas Magic: Debbie Davis was going to save Christmas, but Christmas saved her
Debbie Davis is a singer on a mission: She wants to give 2020 a better ending than its beginning or middle. And with a little Christmas magic up her sleeve, […]
Colin Lake, Forces of Nature (Splice)
Blue-eyed soul man Colin Lake has lived an entire life since he last released an album in 2015: He left New Orleans and retired from performing two years later, sold […]
The Nation Beat, The Royal Chase (Independent)
It’s not often that you’ll find a jazz, funk or brass-band album where the longest of 11 tracks is under five minutes. That’s the case on the Nation Beat’s sixth […]
Shawn Williams, The Fear of Living, The Fear of Loving (Independent)
Plenty of people have made Covid-era albums so far, but most of them avoid the elephant in the proverbial room and try to sound as normal as possible. Not the […]
The Lena Prima Big Band, Live in Concert (Basin Street Records)
Lena Prima’s last studio album, Prima La Famiglia, was the one she was born to make. It wasn’t the first time she’d done her father Louis Prima’s music, but this […]
Faux Mac — Singer Greg Hardy unmasked himself
A longstanding Dr. John mystery was solved online just a few months ago. It concerns a strange album called Zu Zu Man, that the fly-by-night Trip label released around 1975. […]
Help Society, Gettin’ Low & Lettin’ Go (Independent)
Funny how MTV-style synth pop is sounding like roots music nowadays, nearly four decades after its heyday. The difference is that it’s possible in 2020 to make a homemade album […]
Ranking the Beatles: Jonathan Pretus is counting to number one
One effect of the pandemic is that its forced people to think seriously about the things in life that really matter. For Jonathan Pretus, the Breton Sound frontman, ex-Cowboy Mouth […]
Lafayette native Sarah Lipstate a.k.a. Noveller brings us inviting guitar soundscapes
Like many Lafayette natives, guitarist Sarah Lipstate grew up bored with the music found on commercial radio. She’s since become one of the brighter talents in alternative music, performing and […]
