Music
Sonia Tetlow, Own Way Home (Threadhead Records)
Sonia Tetlow was the second of four female singer/bassists to join Cowboy Mouth in remarkably quick succession, and she’s now the second (after Mary Lasseigne) to make a solo album. […]
Rhino Electro-Acoustic Project, Purple Green & Gold Blues (Independent)
At this time of year, any funky jazz album with hardly any ballads is a Mardi Gras album by default. There aren’t any familiar Indian chants or carnival chestnuts on […]
Harry Bodine, Travellin’ the Southland (EP) (Independent)
There’s always been a kinship between New Orleans and Austin, Texas—Cyril Neville, Marcia Ball, the Iguanas and Theresa Andersson are among the musicians who’ve lived in both cities. So it […]
John Lee Hooker Jr., All Hooked Up (Steppin’ Stone)
When the first song on a blues album includes the line “All her friends was on Facebook,” you can assume that the artist isn’t living in the past—especially when the […]
Dash Rip Rock, Black Liquor (Alternative Tentacles)
Behind Dash Rip Rock’s party-band exterior has always been a dead serious Southern rock group kicking to get out. The last two Dash albums, Country Girlfriend and Call of the […]
Gravy Flavored Kisses, The Mail (EP) (Independent)
You want a meaty storyline, Gravy Flavored Kisses got one: “The Ballad of Edgar Valdez,” the six-minute finale of their four-song EP, tells the true story of a Texas high-school […]
Diablo’s Horns, Burnin’! (Word of Mouth)
This funky album has a lot going for it, but the best thing about it is… the lyrics? Not something you’d often say about an album in this genre, but […]
Graham Parker and the Rumor Co-Founder Revisits Pub Rock Roots
Since moving to New Orleans two decades ago, Leeds, U.K.-born Bob Andrews has been visible as a solo piano “professor,” journeyman keyboardist, and band member (for John Mooney, Alex McMurray […]
The New Orleans Suspects, The New Orleans Suspects (Independent)
If there’s any doubt the New Orleans Suspects are the best kind of throwback, check the funky, jubilant version of the traditional hymn “Jesus on the Mainline” that closes their […]
Scott Cooper, A Leg Trick (Independent)
Perfectionists like Peter Gabriel and Steely Dan may spend years on an album, but Bay Area musician Scott Cooper has got them beat: The initial tracks on his debut CD […]
