Issue Articles
101 Runners, Rosy’s Jazz Hall, March 4, 2007
Seeing the 101 Runners, a combination of the funk band Gradoux, big chiefs Monk Boudreaux, David Montana, Roddy Lewis, and percussionists Geechie Johnson and Uganda Roberts might be what it […]
A Heavy Load
LOUISIANA MUSIC FACTORY—The small stage of the Louisiana Music Factory is packed to the edge with musicians. Matt Perrine leads an aggregation of musicians from almost every walk of New […]
Fest Focus: Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove
Kirk Joseph’s career has taken him far and wide starting from the funeral parades on the streets to the funky rock of Anders Osborne, from stages worldwide with the Dirty […]
James Booker, Manchester ’77 (Document)
In recent years, more of James Booker’s recordings have made it to CD, and this is a great thing. The latest is this concert from Manchester England in 1977 during […]
Joe Krown Trio, Old Friends (Joe Krown)
There are more than several moments on his new release where pianist Joe Krown’s trio takes a song both uptown and downtown. On his version of “Tipitina,” he and the […]
Matt Perrine, Sunflower City (Independent)
Until sousaphonist and bassist Matt Perrine’s new record, nobody, and I mean nobody, needed to record the old warhorse “Muskrat Ramble” again. Been there done that a million times. But, […]
The Other Planets, Eightballs in Angola (Independent)
Mixing forward-looking sounds and studio wizardry, the new CD from the New Orleans collective the Other Planets, led by percussionist and sampler Anthony Cuccia, strikes an eclectic chord. This record, […]
Grace Bauer and Julie Kane, Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum (Xavier Review Press)
Truth and myth have merged since the poet Everette Maddox passed in February 1989. He is better known now for starting the Maple Leaf Poetry Reading series and for his […]
Do You Know…the Magnetic Ear
Who: Martin Krusche’s Magnetic Ear is a five-piece band that runs the jazz gamut. A native of Munich, Germany, tenor saxophonist Krusche has been here since 1995 with a couple […]
John Sinclair, Va Tutto Bene/It’s All Good (Stampa Alternativa)
Poet, critic, and counterculture icon John Sinclair’s new book is a great introduction to his oeuvre as well as a compilation of writings that illustrate his themes and concerns. The […]
