Music
Social Set, Celebrate (Independent)
Celebrate is an apt name for this self-released record from the New Orleans five piece Social Set. The five songs here include 3 upbeat tracks and 2 slower numbers. All […]
Kidd Jordan, On Fire 2 (Engine Records)
Although saxophonist Kidd Jordan has entered an age when most musicians start to slow down or coast on former laurels, Jordan is still making exquisitely passionate, creative, and beautiful music. […]
Corey Harris, Fulton Blues (Njumba Records)
Although Corey Harris made his name as a Delta blues player that is not nearly the end of his talents. He has a well-deserved reputation for performing many different genres […]
Songs for Junior Rangers, Volume 1 (National Park Foundation)
This collection further proves that New Orleans is the most musical place in the United States. Where else would the local National Park Service rangers put together a compilation of […]
Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee, Heels Over Head (Amulet Records)
After touring the planet in the wild trio known as Medeski, Martin, and Wood, it is not wonder that rhythm man Billy Martin wanted to roll some tape with some […]
The Blue Brass Project, The Same Pocket Vol. 3 (Lil King/Meantime Lounge Records)
Started in 2004, the BlueBrass Project puts players from the mountains of North Carolina together with New Orleans artists to find the common musical ground between bluegrass and brass band […]
Black Magnolia, Fields Are Burning (Independent)
Not all records have to be innovative or forward-thinking. Blues and jazz have worked in their unique ways for 100 years, and hard rock as the type that Baton Rouge’s […]
Banana Plant, Treasure Swamp: A Pop Opera (Independent)
The Banana Plant is the brainchild of Gwynn Torres and Sid Berger, musicians and producers of the Grammy-nominated album Gulf Alive, a “children’s” introduction to the animals and culture of […]
Seva Venet presents the Storyville Stringband of New Orleans, My Bayou Home (Independent)
It’s refreshing to hear a record of traditional New Orleans music not stuffed with the old warhorse tunes. I love to hear “Muskrat Ramble,” but nobody needs to record it […]
Stover, Past the 9 (Independent)
There is a contained energy to Stover’s latest release. From the first to the second to last tune, it seems that all the players are holding back a little. This […]
