Issue Articles
Fourth of July Playlist
What do you prefer to hear on the 4th of July, honest-to-God patriotic songs or fiery protest anthems? This playlist for the holiday includes some of both. Shamarr Allen: “Only […]
Sasha Masakowski & the Sidewalk Strutters, Old Green River (Independent)
Sasha Masakowski’s third album may be a surprise for those who’ve heard the last one, 2012’s Wishes. That disc was largely Brazilian and cabaret music, with the arrangements kept intimate […]
Billy Iuso, Overstanding (Nawlins Music)
With a crew like the one on this album—George Porter Jr., Art and Ivan Neville, Uganda Roberts, Jimmy Carpenter and Irene Sage, to cite a few of the names—Billy Iuso […]
Woodenhead, Live at Tipitina’s (Independent)
This isn’t Woodenhead’s only live album—one of the band’s first releases was a long-gone LP recorded at Jimmy’s—but it is the first live document of the lineup that’s been in […]
Banu Gibson and the Simple Lessons of Jazz
If f you study with Banu Gibson at her New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp, one of the first things she’ll do is march you around the French Quarter with your […]
Top 10 New Orleans Summer Songs
The New Orleans canon is pretty light on summer songs, probably because it’s a topic nobody can work up much enthusiasm about. But we dug deep: Anders Osborne: “Summertime in […]
The Mulligan Brothers, Via Portland (Independent), The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, So Delicious! (Yazoo)
There are two wildly different takes on roots music here—one maybe a little too reverent, the other maybe not reverent enough. Guess which one is more enjoyable? The Mulligan Brothers—a […]
Woodenhead Celebrates 40 Years
In the immortal words of Frank Zappa, Woodenhead is a band with no commercial potential—and damn proud of it. Never mind being the last of a dying breed: as an […]
Top 10 Bayou Songs
The Bayou has fired the imagination of many a songwriter, with one of the greatest bayou songs coming from a guy who hadn’t yet been there. In honor of Bayou […]
Kevin Clark & Tom McDermott, Temptation Rag (Vaper Records)
The wonder of a good jazz duet is that it can make you hear the most timeworn tunes in a different way. Prime example would be what pianist McDermott and […]
