Music
Dash Rip Rock, Dash Does Shaver (Whiskey Bayou)
There aren’t many cover tunes on Dash Rip Rock’s dozen-plus albums; leader Bill Davis already has plenty of songs, thank you. But the band’s gone deep for this tribute to […]
Bob Dylan, Bootleg Series #10: Another Self Portrait (Sony)
1970’s Self Portrait goes down in history as Bob Dylan’s least understood album; but in truth there wasn’t much to understand: It was nothing more or less than a relaxed […]
My Music: Christian Serpas
“I saw an Elvis Presley movie when I was a kid; he was playing a guitar and it looked like he was having fun, so that looked pretty good to […]
Peace on You: Further Up the Road with Anders Osborne
Back in his darker days, Anders Osborne wrote a song called “On the Road to Charlie Parker.” The reference there (on his 2010 album American Patchwork) was obvious, to Parker […]
Ponderosa Stomp 2013 Focus:
Swamp Dogg’s Mad Soul Genius
There will always be argument about the greatest song title in the history of popular music. Poison’s “I Hate Every Bone in Your Body but Mine” has its supporters, as […]
It’s Five Somewhere: Chris Montez (Ponderosa Stomp 2013 Focus)
Did the “Let’s Dance” session in 1962 feel momentous to you? One of my first regional hits was a ballad, and I really wanted to do that style; the “Let’s […]
Kermit Ruffins, Trombone Shorty to Judge 2013 Red Bull Street Kings Contest
For the first time since the inaugural competition in 2010, Red Bull energy drink is presenting the Street Kings brass-band contest. This year’s four competitors are New Breed, New Creation, […]
Director Readies The Big Beat: The Story of Fats Domino & His Band
Word of a Fats Domino research project book, CD reissue, or documentary film often gets no more than a shrug of the shoulders these days. This one, however, will surely […]
Cyril Neville, Magic Honey (Ruf Records)
Cyril Neville is at once among the best-known and most-overlooked musicians in town. As a Neville Brother and former Meter, he’s automatic royalty, but his long catalogue of solo albums—some […]
Trombone Shorty, Say That to Say This (Verve)
This is the album that fans probably expected Trombone Shorty to make three years ago—a straight-ahead R&B disc. At the time, Shorty instead hooked up with Galactic’s Ben Ellman, whose […]
