Music
Dianne Reeves, When You Know (Blue Note)
Multiple Grammy winner Dianne Reeves’ new record is yet another excellent showcase for her voice. Whether wistful on her cover of the Motown hit “Just My Imagination,” playful on Jon […]
Cousin Joe, I Never Harmed an Onion (Night Train)
Pianist Cousin Joe was a New Orleans fixture with his street performances and club gigs at establishments such as the Famous Door. This record is a collection of his piano […]
Evan Christopher, Delta Bound (Arbors)
Although his engagements in New Orleans are fewer since the federal flood, clarinetist Evan Christopher’s music has not suffered in the least since August 2005. His latest effort, Delta Bound, […]
The Honey Island Band, The Honey Island Band (Independent)
The Honey Island Swamp Band combines the talents of some of New Orleans instrumental ringers and lets them open it up for seven tunes that move from rock to roots […]
The Magnetic Ear, Live at the Saturn Bar (Independent)
Recorded during their summer 2007 residency, the Magnetic Ear’s Live at the Saturn Bar crackles with energy. From the raucous “Tastee Donut Disaster Zone Dance” to the rare version of […]
Herbie Hancock, The Joni Letters (Verve)
On his new record, The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock proves that he is the right pianist to do justice to Joni Mitchell’s idiosyncratic songs. Mitchell’s songs have always had jazz […]
At Sea for a Night
Guano and Nitrates by the Valparaiso Men’s Chorus is one of the best party records of the year, and an unlikely one at that. Who would think of recording an […]
John Sinclair, Guitar Army
Not a moment too soon does Process Media release a new edition of the radical 1970s classic manual and commentary Guitar Army by former White Panther head honcho and current […]
“The Sleeping Giant” James Winfield, Lonely Lonely Nights (Southland)
James Winfield has spent his life around New Orleans R&B. He’s hung out the Dew Drop Inn. He worked alongside Lee Dorsey at Dorsey’s body shop. He had one single […]
