Music
Bipolaroid, Twin Language (Get Hip)
A few years ago, an album titled Unknown Mystery ’60s Group stirred up some notice in garage-rock collectors’ circles. It was released as an unearthed demo by a band whose […]
Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh Finds Purgatory and Paradise in New Orleans
Whenever a rock ’n’ roll figure moves to New Orleans—from biggies like Courtney Love and Trent Reznor to cult heroes Alex Chilton, Dave Pirner and Peter Holsapple—they’re usually absorbed into […]
Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, New Kind of Funk (One More Time)
Sounds more like the old kind of funk, but that’s nothing to gripe too hard about. The first Wild Magnolias CD with Bo Dollis Jr. as the leader (and Bo […]
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, […]
