Issue Articles
Jeremy Lyons: Cute Ethnomusicologist Quits the Street and Hits the Road
There seems to be an unfounded obsession in music journalism with defining sounds, clarifying music for the public in terms of type. It manifests itself in a bad habit of slapping a label on every artist that comes along, and then later cursing him for deviating from a genre that he may have been locked into unwillingly . Consider Jeremy Lyons against this background, and it just doesn’t jive.
Tuba Fats, Tuba Fats (Independent)
Tuba Fats
George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Funk ‘n’ Go Nuts (Independent)
George Porter Jr.
John Mooney
About one hundred years ago, out of an unforeseen fusion of cultures, came a new sound that broke all the rules. It was a method, of sorts, for exploring those […]
John Mooney, Gone to Hell (Blind Pig)
John Mooney
Rhudabega, Rhudabega (Louisiana Red Hot)
Rhudabega
Monty Alexander, Monty Meets Sly and Robbie (Telarc)
Monty Alexander
Delta Roux, Dirty Shoes (B-Slide Records)
Delta Roux
