Music
Mike Zito & Friends, Rock & Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry (Ruf Records)
Mike Zito & Friends: Loose and Lively You can never have too much Chuck Berry in your collection. But a quick glance at the credits of this tribute album […]
Jackson Stokes, Jackson Stokes (Create Records)
Everything about this album is retro: The sound, the packaging (which purposely evokes a mid-’60s Columbia-label design), the length (nine songs, 39 minutes)—and from the sound of things, the soul […]
James Martin, Keep Movin’ (Independent)
Saxophonist James Martin’s first album, Something’s Gotta Give was a fairly straightforward New Orleans funk album, but there were hints he had something more original up his sleeve—particularly on a […]
Paul Sanchez, I’m a Song, I’m a Story, I’m a Ghost (Sanchez Music)
A Lonesome Coda After a prolific few years, Paul Sanchez is rather suddenly saying goodbye. He’s announced that this is his last album—he’s not the first artist to make […]
Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician): Margie Perez
Margie Perez embodies what it means to be a working artist in New Orleans right now: she plays whenever possible, constantly expanding her reach with a variety of bands and […]
Christmas Gumbo: The ultimate New Orleans holiday playlist
New Orleans’ history of Christmas music actually begins fairly recently: For all the great records that came out of this city in the ’50s and ’60s, only a precious few […]
Debbie Davis’ show keeps her from getting cynical about Christmas
Christmas can be a time for kicking up and celebrating, for gathering friends together, for taking solace after a tough year, or even for tearing up a little. Debbie Davis […]
Kevin Griffin, Anywhere You Go (BMG)
Though most locals know him as the frontman for Better Than Ezra, Kevin Griffin has quietly carved out a career as a co-writer to the stars. To put it bluntly, […]
Music documentary ‘Between the Notes’ shouldn’t be missed
Given the losses it’s endured over the past year, New Orleans music could use a smart, well-crafted love letter. It gets one in Between the Notes, a half-hour documentary short […]
John Boutté, “a ‘well tempered’ Boutté” (Independent)
Let’s face it: if an album of John Boutté singing (mostly) standards with a jazz trio had turned out to be anything less than magnificent, anyone who knows the man’s […]
